10-K/A 1 form10ka.htm AMENDMENT TO FORM 10-K sec document
                       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, 2000
                                       OR

[    ]      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
            SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

                        Commission file number 000-24941

                    NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
                         (f/k/a DELICIOUS BRANDS, INC.)
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           (Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                       06-1255882
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(State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                      Identification Number)

590 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor, PMB 2137 NY, NY                 10022
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number including area code:      (212) 521-4108
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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.01
par value

            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
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            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 Form 10-K. / ___ /

            As of March 31, 2001, the aggregate market value of the Registrant's
Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $4,702,976. Solely for
the purposes of this calculation, shares held by directors and officers of the
Registrant have been excluded. Such exclusion should not be deemed a
determination or an admission by the Registrant that such individuals are in
fact, affiliates of the Registrant.

            As of March 31, 2001, there were 5,717,673 shares outstanding of the
Registrant's Common Stock.

            Documents Incorporated by Reference:            None.



EXPLANATORY NOTE

     This  Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this  "Amendment")  is being filed in
order to amend  the  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on April 17, 2001 to include the information
required to be disclosed in Part III thereof.

            Part III of this Annual Report is hereby amended in its entirety to
add the following information:

                                    PART III

ITEM 10.         DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

                        The following are the members of the Company's Board of
Directors and the Company's executive officers.

    NAME               AGE       POSITION
    ----               ---       --------

Donald C. Schmitt      70        Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief
                                 Executive Officer & President
Thomas J. Guinan       64        Director
Edward R. Sousa        43        Director
John H. Wyant          54        Director
Michael P. Schall      47        Director
Russell D. Glass       38        Director


     DONALD C. SCHMITT has been a director of the Company  since 1989,  Chairman
of the Board since August 1997 and Chief  Executive  Officer and President since
June 2000.  From 1977  through the sale of  substantially  all the assets of the
Company in September 1999, Mr. Schmitt was the chairman of the board, president,
chief  executive  officer and a principal  stockholder of The Shur-Good  Biscuit
Co., Inc.,  distributor of cookies,  crackers and salty snack foods. Mr. Schmitt
is also  chairman of the board of  Excellence  Alliance  Group,  Inc.,  which is
privately owned, vice chairman of the board of Miller Buckeye Biscuit Co., which
is  privately-owned,  and the  former  president  of the  Biscuit  and  Crackers
Distributor  Association.  He won the Xavier  University  Executive  Achievement
Award  in  1993.  Mr.  Schmitt  was  also  awarded  a Papal  appointment  to the
Equestrian  Order of Holy Sepulchre by the Catholic  Church in 1995. Mr. Schmitt
holds a B.A. in accounting from Xavier University.

     THOMAS J.  GUINAN  has been a  director  since  September  1999 and was the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and President from September 1999 through June
2000. Mr. Guinan is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mello
Buttercup Ice Cream  Company.  Mr. Guinan has over thirty years of experience in
turning around and managing  premium branded food  companies.  He was co-founder
and partner of Blazek  Associates,  which provides  consulting  and  acquisition
intermediary  services  to  equity  funds.  In  addition,  Mr.  Guinan  provided
consulting  services to SMS Brands and served on its  advisory  board,  where he
worked  closely on the  acquisitions  of YoFarm Yogurt and Lemon Chill.  He also
served  as the  interim  CEO and  Director  of both the Cape  Cod  Potato  Chips
Company, Inc. and the Frozfruit Company. Mr. Guinan was the COO of the Pinkerton
Group,  and previously  held  executive  and/or senior  management  positions at
Alberto Culver, PET Inc., Lipton/Unilever, and General Foods. Mr. Guinan holds a
B.A. from Manhattan College.


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     EDWARD R. SOUSA has been a director of the Company since February 1998. Mr.
Sousa has been a practicing  attorney in New York for more than five years.  Mr.
Sousa holds a B.A. from Brandeis  University  and a J.D. from the  University of
Pennsylvania.

     JOHN H. WYANT has been a director of the Company since  December  1997. Mr.
Wyant was the founder  and has been the  managing  partner of Blue Chip  Venture
Company, a venture capital firm with approximately $700 million under management
that concentrates on financing  companies  primarily based in the Western United
States,  since its  inception  in 1990.  Mr.  Wyant also serves as a director of
various  private  companies  and two other  publicly  traded  companies,  Regent
Communications,  Inc.  and  USInternetworking,  Inc.  Mr.  Wyant holds a B.A. in
political  science  from  Denison  University  and a J.D.  from  Salmon P. Chase
College of Law.

     MICHAEL P. SCHALL has been a director of the Company since  February  1999.
Since December 2000, Mr. Schall has been President and Chief  Executive  Officer
of the B. Manischewitz  Company  L.L.C.  From July 1994 until November 2000, Mr.
Schall was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Guiltless Gourmet, Inc.,
a manufacturer and marketer of all-natural  snack foods. From 1987 to June 1994,
Mr. Schall was President of Strategic Marketing Methods, a marketing  consulting
firm to the retail and packaged  goods  industry.  From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Schall
was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for the grocery  products  division of
Prepared  Products  Company.  From 1980 to 1985,  Mr.  Schall  served in various
capacities  in brand  management  for  Lawry's  Foods,  Inc.,  a  subsidiary  of
Unilever.  Mr. Schall holds a B.S. in marketing from California State University
and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California Graduate.

     RUSSELL D. GLASS has been a director  of the  Company  since April 1999 and
was so elected pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement by and
between the Company and Little Meadow Corp., a company whose sole stockholder is
Carl C.  Icahn.  Since  April  1998,  Mr.  Glass  has been  President  and Chief
Investment  Officer of Icahn  Associates  Corp., a diversified  investment firm.
Since August 1998, Mr. Glass has also served as vice chairman of Lowestfare.com,
Inc., an internet travel reservations  company.  Since April 2000, Mr. Glass has
also  been  serving  as the  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of Cadus
Pharmaceutical  Corporation,  a firm which holds various biotechnology  patents.
Previously,  Mr. Glass had been a partner in Relational Investors LLC, from 1996
to 1998,  and in Premier  Partners  Inc.,  from 1988 to 1996,  firms  engaged in
investment  research and  management.  From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Glass served as an
investment banker with Kidder,  Peabody & Co. Mr. Glass served as a director
of Automated  Travel Systems,  Inc., a software  development  firm; he currently
serves as a director of the following  companies:  Axiom  Biotechnology  Inc., a
developer  of  pharmacology   profiling  systems;  Cadus  Pharmaceutical  Corp.;
Lowestfare.com,  Inc., National Energy Group, Inc., an oil & gas exploration
and production company; and the A.G. Spanos Corporation,  a national real estate
developer and owner of the NFL San Diego Chargers Football Club. Mr. Glass holds
a B.A. in economics  from Princeton  University and an M.B.A.  from the Stanford
University Graduate School of Business.

ITEM 11.                EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The following  table sets forth,  for the fiscal years  indicated,  certain
information concerning the compensation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer
and each other most highly  compensated  executive officers of the Company whose
aggregate compensation exceeded $100,000 during the year ended December 31, 2000
(collectively, the "Named Executive Officers").



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                                                                  SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE


                                                                                             Long-Term
                                                                                            Compensation
                                                Annual Compensation                           Awards
                                 ---------------------------------------------------          ------
                                                                       Other Annual         Securities
          Name and                                                     Compensation         Underlying        All Other
       Principal Position           Year      Salary($)    Bonus($)      ($)(1)              Options(#)     Compensation
       ------------------           ----      ---------    --------      ------             -----------     ------------

Donald C. Schmitt                   2000           -          -        38,500(2)                -             15,625(3)
   Chairman, President and
   Chief Executive Officer

Thomas J. Guinan                    2000       50,000(3)      -        55,006(4)                -              5,192(5)
Chief Executive Officer             1999       45,100(6)      -            -                    -              5,000(7)
                                    1998           -          -            -                    -                 -

Jeffry W. Weiner                    2000       53,305(8)      -       155,000(9)                -              3,625(10)
    Chief Financial Officer         1999      142,600         -            -                    -             11,000(11)
                                    1998      133,920     35,000           -                    -              9,125(12)
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1.   Although  the  officers  receive  certain  perquisites,  the  value of such
     perquisites  for any officer did not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of
     the officer's salary and bonus, except as set forth in the table above.

2.   Annual Chairman's fee.

3.   On May 30,  2000,  the Board of  Directors  approved the issuance of 25,000
     shares of  Common  Stock  with an  aggregate  market  value of  $15,625  in
     consideration of services rendered to the Company.

4.   Mr.  Guinan  served as Chief  Executive  Officer  and was  employed  by the
     Company until June 2000 with annual salary of $120,000.

5.   Payment  made  pursuant  to a  consulting  agreement  with the  Company for
     services  to be rendered  following  the sale of  substantially  all of the
     assets of the Company.

6.   Payment of 1999 accrued vacation time of $5,192.

7.   Mr. Guinan began employment in September 1999 with an annual base salary of
     $120,000.

8.   Payment of temporary living allowance.

9.   Mr.  Weiner  served as Chief  Financial  Officer  and was  employed  by the
     Company until June 2000 with an annual base salary of $130,000.

10.  Payment  made  pursuant  to a  consulting  agreement  with the  Company for
     services  to be rendered  following  the sale of  substantially  all of the
     assets of the Company.

11.  Payment  of  automobile  expenses  of $2,500  and  payout  of 1999  accrued
     vacation time of $1,125.

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12.  Payment  of  automobile  expenses  of $6,000  and  payout  of 1998  accrued
     vacation time of $5,000.

13.  Payment  of  automobile  expenses  of $5,500  and  payout  of 1997  accrued
     vacation time of $3,625.


OPTION GRANTS

     No stock options were granted to the Named  Executive  Officers  during the
year ended December 31, 2000 except for 1,500 options granted to Mr. Schmitt for
serving as a director. In May 2000, the Board of Directors approved an amendment
to the terms of Jeff Weiner's  options  extending their expiration dates through
the  original  expiration  dates if Mr.  Weiner's  employment  with the  Company
terminated.

AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES AND YEAR-END OPTION VALUES TABLE

     No stock options were exercised by the Named Executive  Officers during the
year ended December 31, 2000. The following table sets forth certain information
regarding  unexercised  options held by each of the Named Executive  Officers at
December 31, 2000.

                         Number of Securities           Value of Unexercised
                        Underlying Unexercised              In-The-Money
                            Options Held at                  Options at
                         December 31, 2000(#)           December 31, 2000($)
                         --------------------           --------------------
          Name        Exercisable     Unexercisable   Exercisable  Unexercisable
          ----        -----------     -------------   -----------  -------------

Donald C. Schmitt       64,750             750             -              -


CONSULTING AGREEMENTS

     The Company  entered into  consulting  agreements  with Messrs.  Guinan and
Weiner pursuant to which they would provide certain  consulting  services to the
Company  following the Company's sale of  substantially  all of its assets.  Mr.
Guinan  received  $55,006  and Mr.  Weiner  received  $155,000  from the Company
pursuant to these agreements.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

     Each eligible  non-employee director receives an annual grant of options to
purchase  1,500 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the 1994 Formula Stock Option
Plan (the "Formula Plan") at an exercise price equal to fair market value on the
date of grant and  $1,500  per Board  meeting  attended.  The  Formula  Plan was
adopted  to  provide  an  incentive  for  non-employee  directors.  Non-employee
directors  who  hold  more  than 5% of the  outstanding  shares  of stock of the
Company or who are in control of such a holder are  ineligible  to receive stock
option  grants  under  the  Formula  Plan.   Non-employee   directors  may  also
irrevocably  elect to be  ineligible  to receive  stock option  grants under the
Formula  Plan.  Options to purchase up to 75,000  shares of Common  Stock may be
granted under the Formula Plan.

     Options are granted under the Formula Plan,  without approval or discretion
on the part of the Board to non-employee directors as follows: each non-employee
director,  on the date such non-employee director is elected receives options to
purchase  1,500 shares of Common  Stock,  which vest and become  exercisable  in
three equal  installments,  one-third on the date of grant and one-third on each
of the first and second anniversaries of such grant. Each non-employee  director
who has been a director of the Company for at least one year and has met certain
other requirements  receives on each January 1 options to purchase an additional
1,500  shares of Common  Stock,  which will vest and become  exercisable  in two
equal  installments,  one-half  on the date of grant and  one-half  on the first
anniversary  of such  grant.  Currently,  options to purchase  65,000  shares of
Common Stock are outstanding under the Formula Plan at an exercise price between
$0.625 and $12.38 per share.



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     All directors are reimbursed for their  reasonable  out-of-pocket  expenses
incurred in connection with their duties to the Company.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS

     For the year ended December 31, 2000, the Compensation  Committee consisted
of  Messrs.  Schmitt,  Scholl  and  Wyant.  Except  as  set  forth  in  "Certain
Relationships and Related  Transactions,"  none of such Directors was a party to
any transaction with the Company which requires  disclosure under Item 402(j) of
Regulation S-K.

ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     The  following  table sets forth  certain  information  with respect to the
beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Company as of March 31, 2001 for (i)
each  person  known  by the  Company  to own  beneficially  more  than 5% of the
outstanding  Common  Stock,  (ii) each of the Named  Executive  Officers  of the
Company,  (iii)  each of the  Company's  directors  and (iv) all  directors  and
officers as a group.

                                            Shares
                                          Beneficially     Percent of
                                            Owned(2)        Class(2)
                                           --------        --------
     Name and Address(1)

Donald C. Schmitt(3)                         214,750          3.7%

T. J. Guinan(4)                                  750           *

John H. Wyant(5)                              14,000           *

Edward Sousa(6)                                5,250           *

Michael P. Schall(7)                           2,250           *

Russell D. Glass(8)                        1,500,686         25.1%

Little Meadow Corp.(9)                     1,498,436         25.1%

All directors and officers as a group      1,737,686         28.5%
(6 persons) (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)

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* Less than one percent (1%) of outstanding Common Stock.

(1)  Except  as  otherwise  indicated,   the  address  for  each  of  the  named
     individuals is c/o Next Generation  Technology Holdings,  Inc., 590 Madison
     Avenue, 21st Floor, PMB 2137, New York, New York 10022.

(2)  Except as otherwise  indicated,  the stockholders  listed in the table have
     sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock
     beneficially  owned by them.  Pursuant to the rules and  regulations of the
     Commission,  shares of Common Stock that an individual or group has a right
     to acquire  within 60 days  pursuant to the exercise of warrants or options
     are deemed to be  outstanding  for the purposes of computing the percentage
     ownership of such individual or group, but are not deemed to be outstanding
     for the purpose of computing the  percentage  ownership of any other person
     shown in the table.

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(3)  Includes of (i) 25,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of
     options  exercisable  through  November  8,  2004,  at a price of $6.00 per
     share; (ii) 37,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
     exercisable  through  August 4, 2004 with respect to 6,500 shares,  through
     December 31, 2004 with respect to 1,500 shares,  through  December 31, 2005
     with  respect to 1,500  shares,  through  December 31, 2006 with respect to
     1,500 shares,  through  December 17, 2007 with respect to 25,000 shares and
     through  December 31, 2007 with respect to 1,500 shares,  all at a price of
     $6.00 per share;  (iii) 1,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
     of options exercisable through December 31, 2008, at a price of $12.375 per
     share;  (iv) 1,500 shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon excise of options
     exercisable  through  December 31, 2009 at a price per share of $1.50;  (v)
     13,000   shares  of  Common  Stock   issuable  upon  exercise  of  warrants
     exercisable through April 27, 2001, at a price of $4.00 per share, of which
     warrants to purchase 4,000 shares of Common Stock are held by an individual
     retirement  account  ("IRA")  for the benefit of Mr.  Schmitt,  warrants to
     purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock are held by Mr. Schmitt together with
     his  wife  and  4,000  shares  are  held by an IRA for the  benefit  of Mr.
     Schmitt's wife, of which shares Mr. Schmitt disclaims beneficial ownership;
     and (vi) 23,750 shares of Common Stock  issuable upon  conversion of 23,750
     shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which  automatically  convert on August
     1,  2001 if not  earlier  converted,  of which  5,000  shares  of  Series A
     Preferred  Stock are held by an IRA for the benefit of Mr.  Schmitt,  6,250
     shares of Series A Preferred  Stock are held by Mr.  Schmitt  together with
     his wife and 5,000  shares of Series A  Preferred  Stock are held by an IRA
     for the  benefit  of Mr.  Schmitt's  wife,  and  7,500  shares  of Series A
     Preferred  Stock  held by a trust for the  benefit of Ms.  Ruth  Schmitt of
     which Mr. Schmitt is custodian.  Excludes (i) 37,900 shares of Common Stock
     held by Donald  Schmitt's  adult  children,  of which  shares  Mr.  Schmitt
     disclaims beneficial ownership; (ii) 19,600 shares of Common Stock issuable
     upon exercise of warrants exercisable through April 27, 2001, at a price of
     $4.00 per share,  held by Mr.  Schmitt's adult children and his mother,  of
     which shares Mr. Schmitt disclaims beneficial  ownership;  and (iii) 28,750
     shares of Common Stock issuable upon  conversion of 28,750 shares of Series
     A Preferred  Stock,  which  automatically  convert on August 1, 2001 if not
     earlier converted,  held by Mr. Schmitt's adult children and his mother, of
     which shares Mr. Schmitt disclaims beneficial ownership.

(4)  Consists of 750 shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of options
     exercisable through December 31, 2010 at a price of $0.625 per share.

(5)  Consists  of (i) 10,250  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon
     exercise of options  exercisable  through  August 14, 2004 with  respect to
     6,500  shares,  through  December  31, 2004 with  respect to 1,500  shares,
     through  December 31, 2005 with respect to 750 shares and through  December
     21, 2007 with respect to 1,500  shares,  all at a price of $6.00 per share;
     (ii)  1,500  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of  options
     exercisable  through  December 31,  2008,  at a price of $12.375 per share;
     (iii)  1,500  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of options
     through  December  31,  2009 at a price of $1.50  per  share;  and (iv) 750
     shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options  through  December
     31, 2010 at a price of $0.625 per share.

(6)  Consists of (i) 3,000  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of
     options  exercisable through March 24, 2009 at a price of $10.25 per share;
     (ii) 1,500 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options through
     December  31,  2009 at a price per share of $1.50 per share;  and (iii) 750
     shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options  through  December
     2010 at a price of $0.625 per share.

(7)  Consists of (i) 1,500  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of
     options  exercisable  through  February 10, 2009, at a price of $11.375 per
     share;  (ii) 750 shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon exercise of options
     through December 31, 2010 at a price of $0.625 per share.


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(8)  Consists of 1,500 shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of options
     exercisable  through  April 11, 2009,  at a price of $10.75 per share;  and
     (ii) 750 shares of Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of options  through
     December 31, 2010 at a price of $0.625 per share.  Mr. Glass, as a director
     of Little  Meadow  Corp.,  may be is deemed to  beneficially  own 1,257,108
     shares of Common  Stock and 251,328  shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon
     conversion  of 35,000 shares of Series B Preferred  Stock,  all of which is
     held beneficially by Little Meadow Corp.

(9)  Includes  251,328 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 35,000
     shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by Little Meadow Corp.

SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

     Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  requires
the Company's officers and directors,  and persons who own more than ten percent
of a registered  class of the Company's  equity  securities,  to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the   "Commission").   Officers,   directors   and  greater  than  ten  percent
stockholders are required by the Commission's regulations to furnish the Company
with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

     The  Company  believes,  based  solely on  review  of copies of such  forms
furnished  to the  Company,  or  written  representations  that no Form 5's were
required, that all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to its officers,
directors  and greater than ten percent  beneficial  owners were  complied  with
during the year ended December 31, 2000,  except that Mr. Schmitt  inadvertently
failed to file on Form 4 three  transactions  involving the Company's  preferred
stock,  all of which were disclosed  in a Form 5 that was timely  filed with the
Commission.

ITEM 13.                CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS & RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     During the period  January 1, 2000  through  March 31,  2001,  the  Company
entered into the  following  transaction  with Donald  Schmitt,  Chairman of the
Board.  On June 1, 2000,  the Company issued Mr. Schmitt 25,000 shares of Common
Stock with a market value of $15,625 for services rendered.

     On March 15, 2000,  the Company  entered into an agreement  with one of its
suppliers  (whose sole  stockholder  is a  stockholder  of the Company and was a
director of the Company until December 1997) and Mr. Schmitt whereby Mr. Schmitt
personally  assumed  the  remaining  liability  by paying  $100,000  in cash and
issuing a promissory note for $401,084.  During 2000, the Company reimbursed Mr.
Schmitt  for the  payments  he  made  on the  Company's  behalf  and the  entire
obligation has been satisfied.



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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.

                                   NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
                                   (Registrant)

Dated: April 30, 2001              /s/ Donald C. Schmitt
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Donald C. Schmitt
                                   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, this
report  has  been  signed  below  by the  following  persons  on  behalf  of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

DATE                               SIGNATURE

April 30, 2001                     /s/ Donald C. Schmitt
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Donald C. Schmitt
                                   Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

April 30, 2001                     *
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Michael P. Schall
                                   Director

April 30, 2001
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Edward R. Sousa
                                   Director

April 30, 2001                     *
                                   ------------------------------
                                   John H. Wyant
                                   Director

April 30, 2001                     *
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Thomas J. Guinan
                                   Director
April 30, 2001                     *
                                   ------------------------------
                                   Russell D. Glass
                                   Director

* By:   /s/ Donald C. Schmitt
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            Donald C. Schmitt
            Attorney-in-fact