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

FORM 10-QSB

(Mark One)

x
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006

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

Commission file number: 0-26402

THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
87-0448843
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
   
1 Gorham Island
 
Suite 303
 
Westport, Connecticut
06880
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)

203-222-7315
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
 

 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share
 

 
Check whether the issuer (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

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

Check whether the issuer has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes x No o
 
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

As of November 14, 2006, the number of Common shares outstanding was 29,917,705

Transitional Small Business Issuer Format (Check one) Yes o No x
 

 
THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
INDEX TO FORM 10-QSB

 
PAGE
PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Financial Statements
3
     
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
 
 
or Plan of Operation
7
     
Item 3.
Controls and Procedures
9
     
PART II-OTHER INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
9
     
Item 6.
Exhibits
10
 
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PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION

THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
September 30,  June 30,
 
 
 
2006
 
2006
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Audited)
 
           
Assets
 
           
Current Assets
         
Cash
 
$
845,441
 
$
1,138,209
 
Funds reserved for acquisitions
   
2,100,000
   
2,000,000
 
Prepaid expenses
   
26,118
   
39,318
 
               
Total Current Assets
   
2,971,559
   
3,177,527
 
               
Property and Equipment
             
Office equipment
   
22,445
   
6,786
 
Accumulated depreciation
   
(1,580
)
 
(966
)
               
Net Property and Equipment
   
20,865
   
5,820
 
               
Other Assets
             
Security deposit
   
22,209
   
22,209
 
               
Total Assets
 
$
3,014,633
 
$
3,205,556
 
               
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
               
Current Liabilities
             
Accounts payable
 
$
62,608
 
$
46,030
 
Accrued liabilities
   
31,700
   
15,000
 
               
Total Current Liabilities
   
94,308
   
61,030
 
               
Liabilities Not Subject to Compromise
             
Accrued postpetition expenses
   
54,485
   
57,701
 
               
Liabilities Subject to Compromise
             
Prepetition trade accounts payable
   
238,588
   
238,588
 
Prepetition accrued liabilities
   
45,500
   
45,500
 
Current portion of capital lease obligation
   
679
   
679
 
               
Total Liabilities Subject to Compromise
   
284,767
   
284,767
 
               
Total Liabilities
   
433,560
   
403,498
 
               
Stockholders’ Equity
             
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share;
             
authorized 80,000,000 shares; 29,917,705 and
             
29,867,705 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
29,918
   
29,868
 
Capital in excess of par value
   
7,674,258
   
7,610,563
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(5,123,103
)
 
(4,838,373
)
               
Total Stockholders’ Equity
   
2,581,073
   
2,802,058
 
 
             
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
$
3,014,633
 
$
3,205,556
 
 
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THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2006 and 2005
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
       
Restated
 
   
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
Revenue
         
Oil and gas sales
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
               
General and Administrative Expenses
             
Legal and professional
   
131,794
   
63,967
 
Administrative salaries
   
93,000
   
93,000
 
Depreciation
   
614
   
164
 
Office overhead expenses
   
14,393
   
4,990
 
General and administrative
   
55,044
   
109,517
 
               
Total Expenses
   
294,845
   
271,638
 
               
Net Operating Loss
   
294,845
   
271,638
 
               
Other Income and (Expense)
             
Interest income
   
10,115
   
-
 
Interest expense
   
(-
)
 
(6,072
)
               
               
Total Other Income and (Expense)
   
10,115
   
( 6,072
)
               
Net Loss
 
$
( 284,730
)
$
( 277,710
)
               
Basic Loss per Common Share
 
$
( 0.01
)
$
( 0.01
)
               
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding
   
29,876,038
   
29,867,705
 

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THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2006 and 2005

   
2006
 
2005
 
 
 
 
 
Restated
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
         
Net loss
 
$
( 284,730
)
$
( 277,710
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
             
provided by (used in) operating activities:
             
Depreciation
   
614
   
165
 
Common stock issued for services
   
63,745
   
-
 
Additional expense for warrant issuance
   
-
   
88,714
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
             
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses
   
13,200
   
49,745
 
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
   
16,578
   
38,550
 
Increase (decrease) in accrued postpetition liabilities
   
(3,216
)
 
-
 
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses
             
and other current liabilities
   
16,700
   
(1,928
)
               
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities
   
( 177,109
)
 
(102,464
)
               
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
             
Funds reserved for acquisitions
   
( 100,000
)
 
-
 
Expenditures for property and equipment
   
( 15,659
)
 
( -
)
               
Net Cash (Used In) Investing Activities
   
( 115,659
)
 
( -
)
               
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
             
Proceeds from the issuance of warrants
   
-
   
105,000
 
               
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
   
-
   
105,000
 
               
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash
   
(292,768
)
 
2,536
 
 
             
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period
   
1,138,209
   
227
 
               
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period
 
$
845,441
 
$
2,763
 
               
Cash Paid For:
             
Interest
 
$
43,195
 
$
6,072
 
Taxes
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
 
             
Non-Cash Financing Activities:
             
Common stock issued for services rendered
 
$
63,745
 
$
-
 
Warrants issued for payment of debt
 
$
-
 
$
50,000
 
 
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THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARY
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
September 30, 2006

GENERAL

The American Energy Group, Ltd. and Subsidiary (the Company) has elected to omit substantially all footnotes to the financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2006 since there have been no material changes (other than indicated in other footnotes) to the information previously reported by the Company in their Annual Report filed on the Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2006.
 
WARRANTS

During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company issued 260,000 warrants in exchange for $130,000. The warrants provide that up to 160,000 shares may be purchased at $1.50 per share and up to 100,000 shares may be purchased at $1.75 per share during the three year period ending September 30, 2008. The Company estimates the fair value of each stock award at grant date by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The warrants granted during the quarter ended September 30, 2005 were based on the following assumptions.
 
Dividend yield
0
Expected volatility
100%
Risk free interest
3.90%
Expected lives
3 years
 
As a result of the 260,000 warrants issued during the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company incurred $88,714 of expense which is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.

RESTATEMENT

The financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 were restated to reflect the changes identified below. Management and the Board of Directors concluded these restatements were necessary to reflect the changes described below.

At September 30, 2005, $21,815 of the amount included in prepaid expenses as an asset were related to the unamortized value of common stock issued for payment of prepaid services. This amount has been reclassified from an asset to the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet. The restated financial statements also include the reclassification of $164 of depreciation expense on the consolidated statement of operations.

UNAUDITED INFORMATION

The information furnished herein was taken from the books and records of the Company without audit. However, such information reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to properly reflect the results of the interim period presented. The information presented is not necessarily indicative of the results from operations expected for the full fiscal year.
 
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ITEM 2- MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
 
Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements about the future, sometimes referred to as “forward-looking” statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of the words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “propose,” “plan,” “intend” and similar words and expressions. We intend the forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Statements that describe our future strategic plans, goals or objectives are also forward-looking statements.

Readers of this report are cautioned that any forward-looking statements, including those regarding the Company or its management’s current beliefs, expectations, anticipations, estimations, projections, proposals, plans or intentions, are not guarantees of future performance or results of events and involve risks and uncertainties, such as:

·
The future results of drilling individual wells and other exploration and development activities;

·
Future variations in well performance as compared to initial test data;

·
Future events that may result in the need for additional capital;

·
Fluctuations in prices for oil and gas;

·
Future drilling and other exploration schedules and sequences for various wells and other activities;

·
Uncertainties regarding future political, economic, regulatory, fiscal, taxation and other policies in Pakistan;

·
Our future ability to raise necessary operating capital.

The forward-looking information is based on present circumstances and on our predictions respecting events that have not occurred, which may not occur or which may occur with different consequences from those now assumed or anticipated. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risk factors detailed in this report. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date of this report. We are not obligated to update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent event or circumstances.

Overview

Prior to the Company’s bankruptcy proceedings initiated on June 28, 2002, we were an active oil and gas exploration and development company. The foreclosure of our Fort Bend County, Texas oil and gas leases by the secured creditor in early calendar 2003 resulted in the loss of our only revenue producing asset. We intend to initiate new business activities by prudent management of our Pakistan overriding royalty interest and our Galveston, Texas interests and if we are successful in generating working capital from these investments or from sales of securities, we intend to pursue investment opportunities in the oil and gas business.

Drilling of the first well in Pakistan as to which our overriding royalty pertains, named the Haseeb No. 1 Well, was successfully completed in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. All testing to date indicates that the Haseeb No. 1 well will be a significant commercial gas well. While prior estimates of the commencement of gas sales were late 2006, current estimates indicate that such gas sales are expected to begin during the quarter ending March 31, 2007.

The drilling of Al-Ali #1 Well, the second well to which our overriding royalty pertains, was undertaken by Hycarbex to fulfill the work obligations for the third contract year under the Concession License. The primary objective of the well was to penetrate the Sui Main Limestone. According to Hycarbex’s technical staff, drilling confirmed the vertical closure of 20m in the Sui Main Limestone. While gas shows were encountered during drilling, the gas volumes, on preliminary analysis, did not appear to be commercially viable. The well has been temporarily closed according to industry practices by placing plugs and releasing the rig. The drilling data is being studied by Hycarbex, together with a review of the logging data by Schlumberger Oilfield Services, in order to determine if further operations would likely yield commercial volumes of gas.
 
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Additional wells and seismic operations are currently planned by Hycarbex.

Results of Operations

Our operations for the period ending September 30, 2006 reflected a net loss of $294,845 attributable to salaries paid to the directors, legal and professional fees, office overhead, and administrative expense. There were no revenues from operations and our sole business during the quarter consisted of management of our Pakistan and Texas assets. All of our previously owned producing oil and gas leases were foreclosed by the first lien lender in early calendar 2003. Subsequent to emerging from bankruptcy, the Company has had no recurring income stream and has been solely dependent upon cash infusion from the sale of securities and loans which occurred in periods prior to the current quarter and which have been used and will continue to be used to finance salaries, legal expenses and administrative overhead until the revenues from gas sales from the successful Haseeb No. 1 Well begin. These gas sales are expected to begin during the quarter ending March 31, 2007 based upon the best available information received from Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc., the operator of the well.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since emerging from bankruptcy, we have been funded through the private sale of convertible debt securities totaling $575,000 pursuant to Second Amended Plan of Reorganization, all of which has been converted to common stock, and from various loans and private sales of common stock and warrants. In the fourth quarter of our last fiscal year, we sold $3.95M of our Common stock and warrants. Of this amount, we have deposited $2,100,000 with Hycarbex in trust for future acquisitions of additional royalty interests in Pakistan. We anticipate that the capital obtained from these prior transactions will provide sufficient working capital through early calendar 2007. We further anticipate that in early 2007 gas sales from the Haseeb No. 1 Well will begin and that actual production revenues will then meet our working capital needs. However, there can be no assurance that the gas sales will begin at the time anticipated and we may require additional operating capital to meet future needs. Since we do not have an existing credit facility to meet our capital needs, we will have to resort to private loan sources or additional sales of securities to meet these cash requirements should the distribution of production revenues be delayed. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to raise the needed capital through such means.

Business Strategy and Prospects

We believe that there have been positive developments resulting from the bankruptcy proceedings. We have eliminated the Company’s debt burden, diminished its labor force and significantly reduced all facets of general and administrative overhead. The cancellation and reissuance of new securities have reduced the outstanding shares from over sixty six million shares to just under thirty million shares, a number which both permits the issuance of additional securities in the future as needed to obtain strategic assets or funding from investors, and which provides an opportunity for enhanced shareholder value if the current assets become cash generating assets, as anticipated. Our registration of 2,000,000 Common shares on Form S-8 during the quarter ended June 30, 2005 will likewise provide a means of compensating key consultants in the coming months. During the current quarter, we issued 50,000 shares under this Registration Statement at a value of $63,745 to our legal counsel in the ongoing litigation with Moin Hussain, Saleem Khan and Khan & Piracha. In the near term, we intend to continue to manage our Pakistan royalty and our Galveston County, Texas oil and gas leases discussed below.

Pakistan Overriding Royalty
 
The Company, through its former subsidiary, Hycarbex, expended in excess of $10,000,000 on drilling and seismic on the Jacobabad and Yasin concessions in the Republic of Pakistan comprised of over 2,200 square kilometers. The structure, to date, has no Proved Reserves as that term and the calculation for discounted future net cash flows for reporting purposes is mandated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 69, titled “Disclosures About Oil and Natural Gas Producing Activities”. We did not obtain a commercial discovery well in any of our previous Pakistan drilling efforts prior to the sale of the subsidiary, but have announced the success of the Haseeb No. 1 well and the completion of 110 kilometers of additional seismic research by Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc. While the subsequent Al-Ali #1 Well did not prove commercially successful and is under review to determine whether it can be completed as a producing well, we strongly believe that the concession acreage contains oil and gas producing physical structures which are worthy of further exploration. If successfully developed, our reserved 18% overriding royalty interest will likely be a good source of cash revenues because the royalty, by its nature, entitles us to share in gross, rather than net, production. These revenues are expected to be used by the Company for further investment in other revenue generating assets or business activities.
 
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Galveston County, Texas Leases

In 1997, we purchased the interests of Luck Petroleum Corporation from its bankruptcy trustee in two oil and gas leases in Galveston County, Texas. The leases are situated in an area which is productive in multiple zones or horizons and the leases themselves have produced commercial quantities of oil and gas from both shallow and mid-range zones. In 1986, Luck Petroleum Corporation assigned these mid-range zones to Smith Energy, reserving for itself an “after-payout” 15% back-in working interest. Luck Petroleum Corporation also limited the depths assigned to Smith Energy, thereby resulting in depths generally greater than 10,000 feet being reserved to Luck Petroleum Corporation. We previously asserted to Smith Energy our contention that “payout” has occurred, as defined in the 1986 conveyance by Luck Petroleum Corporation to Smith Energy, and Smith Energy disputed our contention. On April 14, 2006, we entered into a Compromise Settlement Agreement with Smith Energy and Howard A. Smith, fully resolving the dispute without the need for further litigation. Under the settlement terms, we agreed to relinquish our 15% back in interest in the mid-range zones in exchange for Smith Energy’s overriding royalties in the deep zones, access to Smith Energy’s existing high quality 3D seismic data covering the leases, and a stipulation by Smith Energy that we can operate all wells drilled by us or our agents in the deep zones and, where needed, utilize existing Smith Energy roads, water injection wells, and other facilities.

We are exploring the various opportunities to realize value from these deep rights, including potential farmout or sale. The best course for these assets has not been determined, but the leases are held in force by third party production and, therefore, do not require development of these rights by a certain date.
.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We had no off balance sheet arrangements during the quarter ended September 30, 2006.

ITEM 3- CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

In conjunction with this Report on Form 10-QSB and the certification of the disclosures herein, and as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, Pierce Onthank, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2006. This review found the disclosure controls and procedures to be effective. There have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 which occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect these internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II-OTHER INFORMATION

Pursuant to the Instructions on Part II of Form 10-QSB, items 2, 3, 4 and 5 have been omitted.

ITEM 1-LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On January 12, 2006, a lawsuit was filed in the 281st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas against the Company, the Company’s subsidiary, The American Energy Operating Corp., Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc., Pierce Onthank, individually, Iftikhar Zahid, individually, and Georg Friedher Von Canal, individually, titled: M.S. Moin Hussain, Saleem Z. Khan and Khan & Piracha vs. The American Energy Group, Ltd., The American Energy Operating Corp., Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc. f/k/a Hycarbex, Inc., Pierce Onthank, Iftikhar Ahmed Zahid and Georg Friedher Von Canal. American Energy Operating Corp. was dismissed from the suit by the Plaintiffs very soon after the filing. The Plaintiffs are Moin Hussain, who originally incorporated Hycarbex, Inc. in 1985, and Saleem Khan, and Khan & Piracha, who are Pakistan-based attorneys. According to the Plaintiffs’ pleadings, the Plaintiffs allege that in 1995, shortly after the petroleum exploration license covering the Jacobabad Block 2768-4 was awarded to Hycarbex, Inc., The American Energy Group, Ltd. acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Hycarbex, Inc. The Plaintiffs further state in their pleadings that consideration for the sale of the stock included a 1% overriding royalty assigned to Hussain, and that Hussain subsequently assigned two tenths of one percent of same to Saleem Khan. Plaintiffs further assert that in connection with the subsequent acquisition by Hycarbex, Inc. of the Yasin block in 2001, Khan & Piracha assisted in the acquisition and were allegedly promised by Hycarbex, Inc. that they would receive twenty percent (20%) working interest in the Yasin Concession. The Plaintiffs specifically allege that Defendants, through Hycarbex, Inc., entered into a written agreement whereby Hycarbex, Inc. agreed to hold their respective portions of the concession in trust for Khan and Piracha. The Plaintiffs allege that the several Defendants have failed to honor the alleged commitments without identifying the specific party responsible for the alleged obligation. As of September 30, 2006, Mr. Zahid and Mr. Von Canal have not been personally served and have not otherwise made an appearance in the lawsuit. The Company, Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc., American Energy Operating Corp. and Pierce Onthank have answered the lawsuit denying all liability. The Company, Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc., and Pierce Onthank have likewise filed a counterclaim against Saleem Khan, and Khan & Piracha alleging a breach of fiduciary duty and coercion on their part in relation to their attempts to obtain a 20% working interest in the concession while serving as legal counsel to Hycarbex, Inc. Discovery was ongoing during the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The Company intends to continue to defend the allegations of the Plaintiffs and to prosecute the counterclaim.
 
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ITEM 6-EXHIBITS

The following documents are filed as Exhibits to this report:

Exhibit 31.1 - Certification by R. Pierce Onthank, President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a);

Exhibit 32.1 - Certification by R. Pierce Onthank, President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 1350(a) and (b).
 
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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.
 
     
  THE AMERICAN ENERGY GROUP, LTD.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By  /s/ R. Pierce Onthank
 
R. Pierce Onthank, President, Chief Executive
Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Director
 
DATED: November 14, 2006  

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