10KSB 1 a06-2169_110ksb.htm ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS OF SMALL BUSINESS ISSUERS

 

U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-KSB

 

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

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005

 

 

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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: 000-50638

 

GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

(Name of small business issuer in its Charter)

 

OKLAHOMA

 

20-0180812

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

101 N. Robinson, Ste. 920

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(405) 601-5300

(Issuer’s telephone number)

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

 

 

 

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

 

Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value

 


 

Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. o

 

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 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 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.o

 

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

 

Issuer’s revenue for the year ended December 31, 2005:  $450,000.

 

The aggregate market value of the issuer’s common stock, $.0001 par value, held by non-affiliates of the issuer as of March 21, 2006, was $3,651,683 based on the highest bid price of $0.90 on that date as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

As of March 21, 2006, 8,310,425 shares of the issuer’s common stock, $.0001 par value, were outstanding.

 

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

 

 



 

GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

FORM 10-KSB

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Part I.

 

 

Item 1.

Description of Business

 

Item 2.

Description of Property

 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

 

 

Part II.

 

 

Item 5.

Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Item 6.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation

 

Item 7.

Financial Statements

 

Item 8.

Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

Item 8A.

Controls and Procedures

 

Item 8B.

Other Information

 

 

 

 

Part III.

 

 

Item 9.

Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Controlled Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

 

Item 10.

Executive Compensation

 

Item 11.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters

 

Item 12.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

Item 13.

Exhibits

 

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

Certain statements under the captions “Item 1. Description of Business,” “Item 6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation,” and elsewhere in this report constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” or “should” or other variations thereon, or by discussions of strategies that involve risks and uncertainties.  Our actual results or industry results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include general economic and business conditions; our ability to implement our business strategies; competition; availability of key personnel; increasing operating costs; unsuccessful promotional efforts; changes in brand awareness; acceptance of new product offerings; and changes in, or the failure to comply with, and government regulations.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1.          Description of Business

 

Overview

 

Effective August 18, 2003, pursuant to an exchange agreement, the owners of the member interests in Graymark Productions, L.L.C. exchanged their respective member interests in Graymark Productions, L.L.C. for 4,870,000 shares of our common stock.  As a result of this exchange, Graymark Productions, L.L.C. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Graymark Productions, Inc. and the plan of operation of Graymark Productions, L.L.C. became that of Graymark Productions, Inc.

 

Since commencement of our operations in August 2001, 2005 is the first year that we received significant revenue ($450,000) from our motion picture productions.  In June 2005, we received a $450,000 non-refundable advance under licensing agreements covering the foreign and domestic distribution and broadcast rights to our first motion picture project, Cloud 9.  We have competed the filming and are in the post-production of our second, third and fourth motion picture film projects, The Hunt, Surveillance, and Soul’s Midnight.

 

The Motion Picture Industry

 

General.  The movie industry generally consists of two principal activities, production and distribution.  Production encompasses the development, financing and creation of feature-length movies.  Distribution entails the promotion and marketing of movies in the various media markets, including theatrical, home video and television presentation.  We initially will acquire developed or “packaged” films from third parties, rather than retain and employ personnel to develop films for our production.  Furthermore, our movies will be distributed pursuant to licensing arrangements with unrelated third-parties that are independently engaged in the promotion and distribution of movies.  Our approach to acquisition, production, and distribution is to balance our financial risks against the probability of commercial success of each movie project.

 

With the advent of cable and satellite television and the accompanying increase in the number of available broadcast channels, including the offering of pay-per-view movies and the premium channels, and development of the home video market, the demand for motion pictures has dramatically expanded in recent years. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, overall domestic box office revenue increased 1% to $9.5 billion in 2004 from 2003.  The domestic motion picture exhibition industry has historically maintained steady growth in revenues and attendance.  The MPAA reports that total domestic box office revenues grew more than 25% from 2000 to 2004, and annual attendance grew from 1.4 billion to over 1.5 billion over the same period.

 

Competition.  Competition for the viewing audience is intense.  Our competitors include the diversified major studios, the less diversified studios and other independent producers, as well as independent distributors.

 

Major studios have historically dominated the motion picture industry from financing through production and distribution. The term major studios is generally regarded in the entertainment industry to include:  Universal Pictures, which includes Focus Features; Warner Bros., which includes New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, Fine Line Features and Warner Independent Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox, which includes Searchlight Pictures; Sony Pictures Entertainment, which includes Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems Pictures and Sony Classics; Paramount Pictures, which includes Paramount Classics; The Walt Disney Company, which includes Buena Vista, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone and Miramax Film Corp.; and MGM, which includes Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and United Artists Pictures. Competitors less diversified than the major studios include Dreamworks SKG, Alliance Atlantis, Artisan Entertainment and IFC Entertainment. The majors produce and distribute most of the largest box office grossing theatrical movies.  The independent movie production companies include Magnolia Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Lions Gate Entertainment, Sundance Film Series, First Run Features, Strand Releasing, NewMarket, Palm Pictures and Shadow Distribution.

 

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In recent years the major studios have come to be owned by large diversified corporations, generally with a variety of businesses, and have focused on producing a relatively smaller number of movies annually however with substantial production budgets and distribution costs.  This has increased the ability of the small independent movie production companies to produce and supply a greater number of movies.  Because of the expansion of the viewing media, motion pictures appealing to more specific audiences are sought and exploited, including the production of science fiction, horror and speciality films targeting specific age, gender and social-economic markets and viewing audience interests.

 

According to the MPAA, the average cost to produce and distribute a major studio film in 2004 was $98.9 million, including $63.6 million of production costs and $34.4 million of distribution and marketing expenses (sometimes called “print and ad costs”).  In comparison, films released by independent studios typically cost less than $30 million to produce and $10 million to market for a total of $40 million.  Within the motion picture industry, these films would be considered low-budget films.  Despite the limited resources available to independent studios, independent films have gained wider market approval and increased share of overall box office receipts in recent years.

 

The independent production companies generally rely on the majors, the less diversified studios and independent distributors to distribute their movies and obtain financing from banks and private investors in addition to the majors, less diversified studios and independent distributors.

 

Phases of Prerelease Production

 

There are four phases of movie making prior to release, beginning with development and progressing through pre-production, principal photography, and post-production.  Each phase involves artistic and creative contributions to the resulting movie and each presenting a variety of challenges that may impact the movie’s success.

 

Development Phase.  The development phase begins with a movie producer employed by a studio or an independent film production company or as the producer’s independent development project.  The producer typically develops a storyline or acquires the rights to a novel, a story or original screenplay, often on an “option” basis.  Under this option arrangement, the producer makes a installment payment of the purchase price and undertakes to pay the balance before or during the production phase.  The screenplay is developed based on the acquired novel or storyline.  Once the screenplay is developed, creative personnel (the director and leading and supporting actors) commitments are obtained and production schedules and budgets are prepared.  Production financing of the movie is generally secured by the producer through arrangements with the studio or other sources including independent film production companies, banks and other lending institution, or private investors.  The development phase may be short-term or extend over a number of years.

 

Pre-Production Phase.  Following development, the movie enters the pre-production phase.  This phase involves the producer securing contractual arrangements with creative and production personnel, planning the shooting schedules, securing locations and any required studio facilities or stages, completing the acquisition of the screenplay and the related source material or script, completing the budget, securing insurance and, if applicable, the completion bonding, and preparing to start filming.  This phase typically takes three to four months.

 

Principal Photography Phase.  During the photography phase the movie is photographed.  The principal photography phase typically takes one to five months, depending on the shooting locations, weather conditions, budget constraints, stunts and special effects, length and other requirements particular to the movie project.

 

Post-Production.  In the post-production, final production phase, the movie is edited, the music, dialogue and special effects are finalized and synchronized with the movie’s photography.

 

Motion Picture Distribution

 

Exploitation of the potential financial success of a movie is primarily depends on the ability to license the motion picture’ distribution rights for exhibition in theaters, on DVD and video rental, pay-per-view broadcast,

 

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cable, satellite and network television.  Distribution arrangements are negotiated with distributors (i.e., studios and independent distribution companies).  In addition to negotiating the terms of distribution arrangements, the distribution phase involves the making of distribution or print copies of the movie and delivery to exhibitors, and advertising and promotion of the movie.  The independent movie production companies generally lack the resources (financial, personnel and exhibitor relationships) for distribution and, accordingly, utilize the services of distribution companies, including the major studios and their subsidiaries, for distribution.

 

Distribution Arrangements.  Distributors are granted exclusive license rights to distribute a movie, either worldwide or within the distributor’s market area, for a distribution fee based upon the revenue generated by the movie.  In some instances, particularly under international distribution arrangements (other than in Canada), the distributor will pay an up-front amount to the producer for the distribution rights.  Up-front payments for North American (United States and Canadian) distribution rights are generally recouped from movie revenue, while under international distribution arrangements the producer may not retain any portion of the movie’s revenue and only receive the up-front payment for international distribution.  North American and international distribution may be undertaken by the same distributor or may be granted to one or more international distributors.

 

Movie revenues are generated by exhibiting the movie in various channels or media (also known as release windows) within the distributor’s assigned distribution area.  In general movies are released either for theatrical exhibition or into the ancilary or non-theatrical venues.  The releases into the various markets are timed sequentially commencing with the movie’s North American theatrical release and international release, if applicable, and then release into the non-theatrical venues (i.e., airline flights and hotels), pay-per-view, cable and satellite, home video, network television, and syndicated television.  International theatrical releases commence generally up to nine months following the initial North American release.

 

Censorship and Ratings.  Movies are subject, both domestically and internationally, to review by censorship and rating boards that oversee the content of the movies distributed within their respective countries.  MPAA reviews and rates movies distributed in the United States to provide the viewing audience a guide to the nature and maturity of the movie content.  There are five rating levels, G for general audiences, PG for parental guidance suggested, PG-13 for parents strongly cautioned, R for restricted and NC-17 for no one 17 and under admitted.  During 2004, of the movies rated by MPAA, 58% were rated R, 12% were rated PG-13, 21% were rated PG, and 7% were rated G.

 

The rating received may limit the exhibition and marketing venues, especially those movies receiving the most restrictive NC-17 rating.  Because of the viewing popularity and preference for R and PG-13 movies, if a movie receives a more restrictive rating than expected, the producer may elect to edit the movie’s content to obtain the desired rating.  These editing changes increase the production costs of the movie.  If editing of the movie would adversely affect the movie’s quality in the opinion of the producer, the received rating may be accepted.  Furthermore, if an NC-17 rating is received, the producer may elect to release the movie on an “unrated” basis, rather than with the NC-17 rating that generally would significantly limit the exhibition and marketing venues of the movie.

 

Movie Releases.  Distributors develop and follow various systematic release campaigns for movies, generally depending on the movie’s content, targeted audience, potential box office performance, and the existing competitive environment at the time of release.  The extent of a theatrical release will generally depend upon whether the distributor believes the movie will have a broad, mass appeal and significant audience interest has or will develop in advance of the release that would justify a wide theatrical release campaign (exhibition on more than 1,500 screens).  Alternatively, the distributor may develop and utilize a limited release campaign to develop a gradual public awareness of the movie.  This release approach is often used for movies that have a particular targeted audience appeal and once these movies have achieved some limited box office success, the movies the release may be expanded to a greater number of screens.

 

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Movie Life Cycle

 

Successful movies may continue to be exhibited in theaters for up to six months or longer following the initial release.  Concurrent with their release in the United States, motion pictures are generally released in Canada and may also be released in one or more other foreign markets. After the initial theatrical release, distributors seek to maximize revenues by releasing movies in sequential release date windows that are generally exclusive against other non-theatrical distribution channels:

 

Typical Film Release Windows

 

Release Period

 

Months After
Initial Release

 

Approximate
Release Period
(Months)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theatrical

 

 

0-3

 

Home video/DVD

 

4-6

 

1-3

 

Pay-per-transaction
(Pay-per-view and Video-on-demand)

 

6-9

 

3

 

Pay television (cable and satellite)

 

10-29

 

12-21

 

Network or basic cable

 

30-36

 

18-36

 

Syndication

 

48-70

 

3-15

 

Licensing and merchandising

 

Concurrent

 

Ongoing

 

All international releasing

 

Concurrent

 

Ongoing

 

 

Within two years of their initial release, most movies generate the vast majority of their revenues and substantially all of their revenues within five years following their initial release.  In those instances that a movie is believed to have sequel potential, merchandising or video game marketability, revenue generating life of the movie may extend over many years following initial release.  It is difficult to predict the revenue potential of these type of movies and the actual revenue potential may be insubstantial.

 

Additional revenues may be generated from the licensing of soundtrack releases (for public performances and sheet music publications), merchandise products related to the movie (video games, toys, posters, and apparel), sequels and television programming based on the movie, and book publications.

 

Distribution Costs

 

Theatrical distributions costs are comprised of two principal elements, the cost of duplicating the movie (generally referred to as “print costs”) and promoting and advertising costs (generally referred as “ad costs”).  These combined costs are referred to as “print and ad costs.”  The print and ad cost of distribution depends upon the number of screens the movie will initially be exhibited, whether a wide or limited release.  Advertising costs include promotion through theatrical trailers, ads (magazine and television), billboards, websites, press releases, film festivals, interviews, celebrity appearances and premieres.  The promotion and advertising budget is typically correlated to the expected number of screens on which the movie will initially be exhibited.  After initial release, the distributor may continue to advertise the movie as releases into additional distribution channels or media occurs.

 

The distributor is typically responsible for the print and ad costs of a movie within the distributor’s licensed territory.  Furthermore, in addition to the up-front payment to the producer or production company, the distributor recovers these costs from movie revenue before the producer or production company receives a share of revenues.  The distributor and producer may agree on the minimum and maximum amounts of print and ad costs that the distributor is permitted to recover from movie revenue.

 

It is not possible to accurately predict a movie’s box office success.  Expecting a large box office success, a distributor may spend a great deal to market the film in advance of its release without achieving the expected box office success.  Because the distributor will be entitled to recover its distribution and marketing costs from exhibition

 

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revenues before the production company will receive any portion of these revenues, the production company’s share of exhibition revenues and the financial success of the movie may be reduced.  In this event, the production company may be required to recover the movie’s production costs from alternative revenue sources, if any are available, or suffer loss of all or a portion of the movie’s production costs if the movie is not sufficiently successful.

 

Revenue Sharing

 

The revenue generated by a movie is shared at the various stages beginning at exhibition followed by distribution, production personnel (directors, writers, actors and other creative talent) and lastly the producer and production company.

 

Theatrical Exhibitors – Theatrical exhibitors retain a portion of box office receipts from which the exhibitors operating costs are paid (a fixed amount per week) and a percent of receipts.  The negotiated percent of receipts varies from movie to movie and depends in part upon box office performance of the distributor’s or producer’s prior releases.  Generally the theatrical exhibitors retain 50% of box office receipts.

 

Home Video Market – Distributors generally do not share revenues from the rental of movies, rather the distributor sells copies of the movies (video cassettes and DVDs) to the retailers for a fixed amount.  However, recently, with respect to certain movies, the retailers have entered into revenue sharing arrangements under which the retailer pays a smaller fixed amount for copies of the movies and the distributor receives a percent of the rental income (generally less than 25%).  Regardless of the arrangement with retailers, the revenue generated in the home video market correlates to the movie’s box office performance in those cases.

 

Television – Network and syndication broadcast rights of movies are usually licensed only when the movies are highly successful at the box office.  Pay-per-view and pay cable and satellite (premium movie channels) broadcast rights are typically licensed by distributors without regard to the success of the theatrical release or whether the movies were theatrically released.

 

Releases directly to cable or video in most cases generate substantially reduced revenues and are avoided, unless the movie was produced on a very low budget.

 

Furthermore, movies are licensed for other forms of non-theatrical exhibition, including airlines, ships, military installations, prisons and hotels.

 

Distributor’s Costs and Fees.  Typically from first revenues received by a distributor, by agreement with the production company, the distributor is entitled to

 

                                          recover the costs of duplicating the movie and its advertising and promotion (subject to an agreed maximum amount),

 

                                          recover the up-front fee paid (if any) to the independent production company for the distribution rights, and

 

                                          retain an agreed percent of the movie’s revenue as a revenue-based distribution fee.

 

The revenue-based distribution fee is negotiated on a movie-by-movie basis and may vary significantly depending on a variety of factors, including the channels and markets in which the movie is to be released, the overall demand for the movie, and the track record of the producers, directors and acting talent associated with the movie.  The revenue-based distribution fee may be up to 40% of revenue.  Under some distribution arrangements, particularly distribution outside North America, the production company may only receive a fixed amount, in part payable up-front and the balance over the distribution period of the movie and forego any rights to receive a share of distribution revenue.

 

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Production Personnel Revenue Participation.  Often times the creative production personnel (directors, actors, etc.) may agree to participate in the financial success of a motion picture in lieu of or for a reduced up-front, fixed amount of compensation.  This financial-success participation is through sharing of the revenues generated by the motion picture and received by the production company, similar to a royalty, either before or after recover of exhibitor, distributor and producer costs of the motion picture.  The right to receive a share of revenue by the creative production personnel is known as a “participation” and is determined through negotiations and varies from movie to movie and depends upon the particular creative talent of the person (whether the person is a director, actor, etc.).  The participation by creative talent in motion picture revenue lessens the production company’s financial exposure in the event the movie is not successful, but correspondingly reduces or dilutes the production company’s share of revenues if the movie proves to be successful.

 

Home Video

 

Growth in this sector has been supported by increased DVD penetration that reached 59.7% in 2004 up from 43.1% in 2003, according to the MPAA.  Declining prices of DVD players, enhanced video and audio quality and special features such as deleted scenes, film commentaries and “behind the scenes” footage have helped increase the popularity of the DVD format, sparking increased home video rentals and sales in recent years.

 

For the home video market, the distributor sells video copies of a film in the form of video cassettes or DVDs to retailers.  Retailers then rent these units to consumers. Traditionally, retailers retain all of the rental revenue of a film. Recently some distributors have adopted a strategy known as revenue sharing, where they sell video units of a film to retailers at reduced prices in exchange for the right to receive a portion of the rental revenues (generally less than 25%).

 

Television Programming

 

Increased capacity for channels on upgraded digital cable systems and satellite television has precipitated the launch of numerous new networks seeking programming to compete with traditional broadcast networks.

 

International Markets

 

Worldwide demand for North American filmed content has increased in recent years.  According to the MPAA, international box office receipts in 2004 were $25.2 billion, a 24% increase from 2003.  The ability to pre-sell international distribution rights for films produced by independent studios has played a key role in helping these studios finance the production of motion pictures.

 

Residual Ownership

 

Distribution licenses of movies are generally for a specific number of years (10 or more years) and may be licensed in perpetuity.  In most instances, movie ownership remains with the production company that employed the creative talent (writers, directors, producers, camera operators, editors, etc.) to produce the movies.  Generally, pursuant to the agreements with the creative talent personnel, ownership of the movies produced belongs to the production company, although the creative talent personnel may have rights to share in the revenues of the movies as part of their employment arrangement with the production company.

 

Movies or motion pictures are considered literary creations and, accordingly, are copyright protected for 95 years following publication or release in most cases, or for 120 years following creation if not published or released within 25 years after creation.  The values or continuing revenue potentials of movies following distribution vary from movie to movie.  Those movies that remain popular following distribution may be redistributed for exhibition in later years.  Additionally, technology advancements and developments (much like the development of the DVD digital format) may create new distribution opportunities for licensing.

 

Within the motion picture industry there are companies (primarily movie distributors and movie production companies) that build and maintain “film libraries.”  These libraries are built through proprietary production of the

 

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movies and acquisition of movies from production companies. If acquired, these companies generally acquire the copyrights and trademarks of the motion pictures.  Sale of the copyrights and trademarks of a motion picture to a distribution company may be included as a part of a comprehensive licensing arrangement for initial distribution of the motion picture.  Alternatively, the production company may retain ownership of the motion picture to hold for future sale or to build the production company’s film library.

 

Graymark Productions

 

We believe our strategy of producing feature length motion pictures independent of and without financial assistance from the movie industry studio system offers a number of advantages.  In general, these advantages may reduce our production costs and avoid investment in the distribution and marketing of our films and increase our exhibition revenues and the financial success of our films.  These advantages are as follows:

 

                                          Studios providing production-cost funding typically charge high interest rates, overhead fees and other miscellaneous expenses to the film project that increase production costs and the risk of not recovering production costs through exhibition revenue.  These costs and expenses are avoided.

 

                                          Financing production costs independently of a distributor or studio reduces the distributor’s investment in the film and may result in competitive bidding in the distributor selection process and arm’s-length negotiation of more favorable distribution arrangements, including

 

                                          lowering of distribution fees (for example, typically distribution fees are 30% to 40% of theatrical revenue exhibition), and

 

                                          reduction or elimination of costs and expenses related to other films that a distributor releases but that the distributor charges to a producer (these are known as “cross-collateralization” charges), all of which result in a larger percentage of gross receipts from the film’s exhibition being received; thus, increasing the likelihood of recovery of production costs and achieving a financial return.

 

                                          Utilize more fully the ability of proven artists to maintain creative control and decision making without studio or distributor involvement or interference.

 

Although we believe independent film production offers these advantageous, there are a number of disadvantages associated with producing a film outside the studio system.  The consequences of any one of these disadvantages may reduce our share of exhibition revenues and the financial success of our film, and require that we recover the film’s production costs from alternative revenue sources, if any, or suffer loss of all or a portion of the film’s production costs.  These disadvantages are as follows:

 

                                          The revenue potential of a film is critically dependent on distribution and relying on third-party distribution, there is no assurance that distribution will be obtained or, if obtained, distribution will be on favorable terms.  In the event we are unable to obtain distribution of a film or obtain distribution on a timely basis, we will be required to recover the film’s production costs from alternative revenue sources, if any, or suffer a complete loss of the production costs.

 

                                          By relying on third-party distributors to market our films, we have very limited control over distribution.  Regardless of our success in negotiating a favorable distribution agreement, a distributor may release the film in a very limited number of theaters, devote limited resources marketing and promoting the film, withdraw the film from theaters prematurely, or even choose not to release the film into exhibition.

 

                                          A distributor may expend more time and resources marketing a film in which the distributor has a production-cost investment compared to one of our films in which the distributor will not have a production-cost investment.  In the event a distributor does not sufficiently market our film, our share of exhibition revenue may be reduced, and we may be required to recover the film’s production costs from alternative revenue sources, if any, or suffer loss of all or a portion of the film’s production costs.

 

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                                          It is not possible to accurately predict a film’s box office success.  Expecting a large box office success, a distributor may spend a great deal to market the film in advance of its release without achieving the expected box office success.  Because the distributor will be entitled to recover its distribution and marketing costs from exhibition revenues before we will receive any portion of these revenues, our share of exhibition revenues and the financial success of the film may be reduced.  In this event, we may be required to recover the film’s production costs from alternative revenue sources, if any, or suffer loss of all or a portion of the film’s production costs if the film is not sufficiently successful.

 

                                          We have very limited financial resources compared to the studios.  In the event we are unable to complete production of a film on schedule or within budget, our funds may be insufficient to complete the film.  Unlike the studios, we may not have alternate sources of funds.

 

                                          Because we have a very limited film production history, other independent production companies may have a competitive advantage or leverage with distributors by being able to offer multiple films for sale to distributors.  Distribution companies typically offer more favorable financial terms to companies that have the proven ability to produce multiple films, because the distributor expects to be offered additional films to distribute.

 

                                          While we expect to have certain audit rights to verify exhibition revenues received by our North American distributors, distributors are often in a position, if they so choose, to account for revenues in a manner that understates or fails to accurately account for revenues, or they may fail to maintain appropriate accounting records, making it difficult to determine a producer’s actual share of revenues upon audit.  Although we do not have any experience related to auditing distributors’ revenue accounting, we anticipate that the costs associated with this type of audit may be substantial and may vary significantly from distributor-to-distributor and even movie-to-movie.  This type of audit will not be within the normal course of our operations. Therefore, there is no assurance that, in all cases, we will be able to obtain an accurate accounting of our exhibition revenues or that audits will result in increases in the revenues that justify the associated audit costs.

 

Motion Picture Production. We will undertake a movie project based entirely on our preliminary evaluation of the movie’s commercial potential.  Because each motion picture is an individual artistic work, prediction of the success of a movie is difficult or maybe impossible to predict with accuracy.  The commercial success of a movie depends on a number of factors beyond our control, including

 

                                          viewer preference and taste, which constantly changes,

 

                                          quantity and popularity of other films and leisure activities available to movie goers at the time of release of our produced movies,

 

                                          exhibition competition at movie theaters, through video retailers, on cable television and through other forms or channels of distribution and viewing, and

 

                                          inability to obtain distribution in all media channels.

 

Furthermore, regardless of the financial success of a produced movie, a substantial amount of time may elapse between our expenditure of funds and the receipt of revenues, if any, from our motion pictures.  For example, we commenced production of Cloud 9, our first movie, in January 2004 at an approximate cost of $2.4 million.  Cloud 9 was not released in the domestic DVD market until January 2006.  Also, as our production activities or production budgets increase, we may be required to increase overhead, make larger up-front payments to talent and consequently bear greater financial risks with respect to each produced movie.

 

Actual motion picture production costs often exceed budget, sometimes substantially.  The budgeted production costs of Cloud 9 were $2.0 million and total production costs exceeded the budget by about $0.4 million

 

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or 20%.  The production, completion and distribution of motion pictures are subject to a number of uncertainties, including delays and increased expenditures due to creative differences among key cast members and other key creative personnel or other disruptions or events beyond our control.  Death or disability of star performers, technical complications with special effects or other aspects of production, shortages of necessary equipment, damage to film negatives, master tapes and recordings or adverse weather conditions may cause cost overruns and delay or frustrate completion of a production.

 

In addition, if a motion picture production incurs substantial budget overruns, there is no assurance that we will recoup our invested costs in a film.  Increased costs incurred with respect to a particular film may result in the delayed release of the motion picture at the intended time and potentially the postponement to a less favorable time, all of which could cause a decline in box office revenue and the overall financial success of the movie.  Budget overruns could also prevent a movie from being completed or released.

 

If a motion picture production incurs substantial budget overruns, we may be required to seek additional financing from outside sources to complete production.  There is no assurance regarding the availability of such financing or, if available, the terms will be acceptable or favorable.

 

Budget cost overruns increase movie production costs often times without any additional assurance of exhibition revenues or corresponding increase in these revenues, and therefore adversely affect the financial performance of the movie and recovery of invested costs in the movie.  If these overruns are substantial and we do not have the capital resources to pay these additional costs, we may be forced to abandon the movie or sell the movie of which there is no assurance.  Either abandonment or sale of the movie will or may result in a loss that may be substantial and that may affect our ability to continue our movie production activities.

 

If we do not achieve or sustain profitable operations, we could be required to reduce significantly or suspend our operations, including movie production activities, seek a merger partner or sell additional securities on terms that may be highly dilutive to our shareholders.

 

We anticipate primarily producing English language motion pictures intended for theatrical, video, pay-per-view, and television (cable, satellite and network broadcast) that have production budgets of $250,000 to $3 million (within this report these motion pictures are referred to as “low-budget motion pictures” or “low-budget films”).  We initially anticipated producing motion pictures that had production budgets of $2 million to $5 million, but based on the production of our first two motion pictures, we believe that a range of $250,000 to $3 million is appropriate.

 

We generally acquire movies for production that are in the development phase, generally to the point that the initial screenplay has been written, and that are low-budget films and then arrange for distribution through third-parties primarily into the domestic and international theatrical markets and possibly into the ancillary markets (home video and television).

 

Movie Types.  It is expected that our movies will have a PG rating, a PG-13 rating or an R rating and, accordingly, will target the teenager and adult-viewing markets, and will be characterized as comedy, drama, comedy-drama, suspense, horror, adult, romance, or mystery.

 

Any pre-production distribution arrangements we obtain may be based upon the subject movie having a particular rating classification from the Motion Picture Association of America (or MPAA).  With these arrangements in place, we will attempt to produce the movie in a manner that will ultimately obtain the expected rating.  However, it is difficult to predict the rating classification that the MPAA will ultimately assign to the movie.  If the expected rating were not obtained, distribution support (including marketing and advertising) may be reduced, resulting in fewer distribution venues and smaller viewing audience.  Further, censors in foreign jurisdictions may find elements of a movie objectionable.

 

We may be required to revise the movie resulting in additional and unbudgeted costs to obtain the desired rating classification or to remove the objectionable elements of the movie.  Even following revision of the movie, the

 

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release in certain jurisdictions may be denied.  These events may result in release and distribution delays and adversely affect the commercial success of the movie.

 

Production Experience and Process

 

Although we have only completed the production of four motion pictures, our production team (Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Fred Roos and George “Fritz” Kiersch) has developed a track record for producing large and modestly budgeted films with commercial success.  See “Item 9.  Directors and Executive Officers of Registrant.”  We do not intend to employ screenplay writers or employ full-time pre-production creative personnel.  We will only acquire film projects that at least have written screenplays in the development phase, and may already have production commitments from directors, lead and supporting actors and other creative talent and a preliminary production schedule and budget.  These types of projects are referred to in this report and known as “packaged film projects” within the motion picture industry.

 

Our executive officers and directors review a significant number of screenplays and film projects each year, looking for script and material that will attract new as well as accomplished creative talent.  We then actively further develop the film.  In general, this further development may include

 

                                          refinement or enhancement of the screenplay and script,

 

                                          recruiting creative talent including the director and acting cast that appeals to the film’s target audience, and

 

                                          preparation of the production schedule and budget.

 

Although no assurance can be provided, we believe that the experience, movie industry contacts and established reputation of our Messrs. Frederickson, Roos and Kiersch, as described above, will sufficiently serve to attract or provide access to screenplays and film projects that met our annual production goals and strategies.

 

The decision whether to “greenlight” or proceed with production of a film is a diligent process.  Generally, each film project will be presented to our board of directors for consideration.  We will typically seek to mitigate the financial risk associated with film production by

 

                                          negotiating arrangements for the sharing of production costs and producer revenues, similar to the Investor Agreement for the production of Cloud 9 and the Output Agreement with Image Entertainment (see “Item 6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation”),

 

                                          selling international distribution rights to international distributors before completion of film production, and

 

                                          structuring compensation arrangement with talent that provide for them to participate in the financial success of the motion picture (through revenue sharing) in exchange for reducing up-front compensation or payments.

 

Furthermore, we may become involved in the development, acquisition, and production of television projects in the movie-of-the-week and mini-series formats.  However, we do not intend to pursue these types of projects in the near term.

 

Distribution.  Although we have not previously released a movie into theatrical distribution, our motion pictures may be distributed in the domestic theatrical market and to a much lesser extent in the international theatrical market and the ancillary markets.  The prediction of the financial success of a movie in any market is difficult or maybe impossible to predict with accuracy.  Because a movie’s performance in the ancillary markets (home video and pay and free television) is often directly related to the movie’s box office performance, poor box office results may negatively affect future revenue streams outside the theatrical market.  Even if one of our movies achieves financial success in the theatrical markets, revenues from the ancillary market may not be substantial.

 

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Production costs and theatrical marketing costs are rising at a faster rate than increases in either domestic admissions to movie theaters or admission ticket prices.  As a consequence, we currently dependent on the ancillary market for the financial performance of our movies.  In the event one of our movies theatrically released is not successful or only moderately successful in theatrical distribution, the revenue potential of the movie in the ancillary market may not exist or may not be substantial.

 

The motion pictures we produce will be distributed by third-party distributors and we will not directly engage in film distribution.  As in the case of Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight, we may engage in preliminary negotiations with distributors on a pre-production basis with the intent of determining the interest of distributors in distributing the particular film and its potential target audience appeal when released.  The favorable or unfavorable reaction of the distributors to the film project may influence whether we proceed with production or elect not to acquire and participate in production of the particular film project.  We expect to enter into distribution arrangements that require the distribution company to pay the expenses and costs of distribution, including print and ad costs.

 

Distributors’ decisions regarding the timing of release and promotional support of our motion pictures are important in determining the success of these pictures.  As with most companies engaging in licensed distribution, we will not control the timing and manner in which our licensed distributors promote and distribute our produced movies.  Any decision by these distributors not to distribute or promote one of our movies or to promote competitors’ movies to a greater extent than they promote ours may result in a substantial loss of revenue potential that would adversely affect our ability to recoup our capital investment in the movie and further result in a substantial loss.

 

Our approach to acquiring film projects is to limit our financial exposure.  The decision whether to acquire a film project will be made by our board of directors.  The criteria considered by our board will include a film’s expected critical reaction, marketability, and potential for commercial success, as well as the cost to acquire the picture and the ancillary market potential for the film after theatrical release or in the event the picture is not theatrically released.

 

We expect to distribute our productions to the international marketplace through third parties.  These distribution arrangements will involve the sale of the film’s distribution rights to the distributor, most likely on a worldwide basis with the exception of North America.  With respect to some of our films, we may sell the international distribution rights prior to completion of the film’s production (within in the movie industry referred to as “pre-sold”). Any revenues for pre-sold distribution rights will be used to pay a portion (possibly a significant portion) of the film’s production costs.  As mentioned above, we have not entered into any negotiations for the sale of the international distribution rights on a pre-sold basis.

 

Any third-party distribution in the video rental market will most likely be through the major video rental outlets of Blockbuster, Inc., Hollywood Entertainment Corporation, Movie Gallery, Inc. and Rentrak Corporation.  Furthermore, any direct marketing by the third-party distributor will most likely be through mass merchandisers, including Costco Wholesale Corporation, Target Corporation, Best Buy Co. Inc., and others who buy large volumes of videos and DVDs to sell directly to consumers.

 

Our Competitive Disadvantage

 

Major Studios and other Independent Producers.  Our competitors are larger and more diversified, including the independent producers and major U.S. and international studios (see “– The Motion Picture Industry – Competition” above).  Most of the major U.S. studios are part of large diversified corporate groups with a variety of other operations, including television networks and cable channels, that can provide both means of distributing their products and stable sources of earnings that may allow them better to offset fluctuations in the financial performance of their motion picture operations.  In addition, the major studios and many independent producers have substantially more resources with which to compete for ideas, storylines and scripts created by third parties as well as for actors, directors and other personnel required for production.

 

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Because we have a very limited movie production history and financial performance, and have very limited capital resources, we are at a competitive disadvantage within the movie industry.  This competitive disadvantage may adversely affect the financial performance of our movies.

 

Oversupply of Movies.  The number of motion pictures released by our competitors may create an oversupply of product in the market, reduce our share of box office and ancillary market sales receipts and make it more difficult for our films to succeed commercially.  Oversupply may become most pronounced during peak release times, such as school holidays and national holidays, when theater attendance is expected to be highest.  For this reason, and because of our more limited production and advertising budgets, we do not plan to release our films during peak release times, which may also reduce our potential revenues for a particular release.

 

Moreover, we cannot guarantee that we can release any one of our films initially as scheduled.  In addition to production or other delays that might cause us to alter our release schedule, a change in the schedule of a major studio or other competitor may force us to alter the release date of a film because we cannot always compete with a competitor’s larger promotion campaign.  Any of these changes could adversely impact a film’s financial performance.  In addition, if we cannot change our schedule following a change by a major studio or other competitor because we are too close to the release date. Our competitor’s release utilizing the typically larger promotion and advertising budget may adversely impact the financial performance of our movie.

 

Theatrical ExhibitionCurrently, a substantial majority of the motion picture screens in the U.S. typically are committed at any one time to 10 to 15 films distributed nationally by major studio distributors.  In addition, as a result of changes in the theatrical exhibition industry, including reorganizations and consolidations and the fact that major studio releases occupy more screens, the number of screens available to us when we want to release a picture may decrease.  If the number of available motion picture screens decreases, box office receipts, and the correlating future revenue streams, such as from home video and pay and free television, of our motion pictures may also decrease.  This decrease in box office receipts and revenue streams will adversely affect the financial performance of our movie that may result in a substantial loss of our investment in the movie.

 

Intellectual Properties

 

As of the date of this report, the intellectual property rights we have relate to our interest in the movies Cloud 9, The Hunt, Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight.  We expect to develop and acquire additional intellectual property rights in each motion picture we produce.  Once acquired, we may not have the financial resources to protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as major studios and other competitors.  We will attempt to protect proprietary and intellectual property rights to our productions through available copyright and trademark laws and licensing and distribution arrangements with reputable international companies in specific countries (outside of North America) and media for limited durations.  Despite the precautions we will undertake, existing copyright and trademark laws afford only limited practical protection in certain countries.  Our movies may also be distributed in countries that do not afford copyright and trademark protection.  As a result, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy and distribute our movies or certain portions, which if distributed in domestic market could reduce our revenues and adversely affect the financial performance of the movie.

 

Litigation may also be necessary in the future to enforce our acquired or developed intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity.  This litigation could result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources.  There is no assurance that infringement or invalidity claims will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.  Regardless of the validity or the success of the assertion of these claims, we could incur significant costs and diversion of resources in enforcing our intellectual property rights or in defending against such claims.  In the event we are successful in protecting our intellectual property rights, the costs of this protection may not be recovered from the revenues of the particular movie and may adversely affect the financial performance of the movie.

 

Motion picture piracy is extensive in many parts of the world, including South America, Asia, the countries of the former Soviet Union and other former Eastern European bloc countries.  Additionally, as motion pictures

 

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begin to be digitally distributed using emerging technologies, including the internet and online services, piracy most likely will become more prevalent, including in the U.S., because digital formats are easier to copy and download, much like the musical recordings.  As a result, users can download and distribute unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures over the internet.  In addition, there could be increased use of devices capable of making unauthorized copies of motion pictures.  As long as pirated content is available to download digitally, many consumers may choose to download pirated motion pictures rather than pay for motion pictures.  Piracy of any movie we produce may adversely impact the gross receipts received from the exploitation of these movies, domestically and internationally, which could have a material adverse effect on the financial performance of the movie.

 

Government Regulation

 

Our operations are and will be subject to various federal, state and local requirements which affect businesses generally, such as taxes, postal regulations, labor laws, and environment and zoning regulations and ordinances.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business.  We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings.

 

Employees

 

As of the date of this report, we have three full-time employees (our president, a production assistant and an administrative assistant) and two employees that are required to devote the necessary time and attention to the duties and responsibilities assigned to them.  One of these employees, John Simonelli (our chief executive officer), has been very involved in the production of all of our movies and devoted his full time and attention (more than 40 hours per week) to the production activities of Graymark Productions, Inc. since the beginning of 2004.

 

The other employee, our chief financial officer, devotes not less than 16 hours per week to his responsibilities and duties at Graymark Productions, Inc.  Because of the work required in connection with this filing and the required financial information, including audited financial statements for 2005, the reporting to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and compliance with The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, he has been devoting substantially more hours than 20 hours per week to his duties and responsibilities at Graymark Productions, Inc.

 

Our future performance depends in significant part upon the continued service of our key management personnel, and our continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified and motivated personnel in all areas of our operations.  Competition for such personnel is intense, and there can be no assurance that we can retain key employees or that we can attract, assimilate or retain other highly qualified personnel in the future.

 

Our employees are not represented by a labor union.  However, in connection with the production of our motion pictures, we will employ actors, writers and directors who are members of the Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America, respectively, pursuant to industry-wide collective bargaining agreements.  The collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America was successfully renegotiated and became effective as of November 1, 2004 for a term of three years.  The collective bargaining agreements with the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America were each successfully renegotiated and became effective as of July 1, 2005 for a term of three years.  Our productions may also employ members of a number of other unions, including the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, and the Teamsters.  A strike by one or more of the unions that provide personnel essential to the production of motion pictures could delay or halt our ongoing production activities.  A union related halt or delay, depending on the length of time, could cause a delay or interruption in our release of new motion pictures that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

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ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR FUTURE RESULTS

 

The following factors and the matters discussed below and elsewhere in this report should be considered when evaluating our business operations and strategies.  Additionally, there may be risks and uncertainties that we are not aware of or that we currently deem immaterial, which may become material factors affecting our operations and business success.  Many of the factors are not within our control.  We provide no assurance that one or more of these factors will not:

 

                                          adversely affect

 

                                          the market price of our common stock,

 

                                          our future operations, and

 

                                          our business,

 

                                          financial condition, or

 

                                          results of operations

 

                                          require significant reduction or discontinuance of our operations,

 

                                          require us to seek a merger partner or

 

                                          require us to sell additional stock on terms that are highly dilutive to our shareholders, and

 

                                          may ultimately result in a decline in or complete loss of the value of our securities.

 

We have incurred substantial losses and such losses may continue which will increase our accumulated deficit.

 

Since commencement of the operations of GrayMark Productions, L.L.C. in August 2001, we have incurred substantial operating losses.  Our losses from operations have resulted in an accumulated deficit at December 31, 2005, of $1,793,162.  There may be a substantial increase in the level of our operating expenses during 2006 and possibly longer, resulting in an increase in our accumulated loss.  See “Item 6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.”  As is the case with all motion picture projects, we will be required to make significant expenditures in the development and production of our motion pictures and may not realize revenue from these motion picture projects for a substantial period.  Consequently, we anticipate continuing to incur significant and increasing losses in the foreseeable future until the time, if ever, that we are able to generate sufficient revenues to support our operations.

 

Because we have a limited operating history, we may not be able to successfully manage our business or achieve profitability.

 

We have a limited operating history upon which you can base your evaluation of our prospects and the potential value of our common stock and the redeemable warrants.  Other than four motion pictures we have filmed, we have not previously completed the development and production of a motion picture.  We began the distribution of Cloud 9 in January 2006 and are in post-production of our other three motion pictures.  We received $450,000 in revenue from Cloud 9 in the form of a non-refundable advance on the domestic home video receipts.  We are confronted with the risks inherent in a start-up company, including difficulties and delays in connection with commencement of our motion picture projects, operational difficulties and our potential under-estimation of movie production and corporate administrative costs.

 

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We may not obtain profitability which may require suspension of our operations, seek a merger partner or obtain additional equity capital that may be dilutive to our shareholders.

 

We cannot provide any assurance that

 

                                          our produced motion pictures will be financially successful,

 

                                          we will be able to successfully implement our business strategy, or

 

                                          we will be able to generate meaningful revenue or achieve profitable operations.

 

We will undertake a movie project based entirely on our preliminary evaluation of the movie’s commercial potential.  Prediction of the success of a movie is difficult or maybe impossible to predict with accuracy.  The commercial success of a movie depends on a number of factors beyond our control, including

 

                                          viewer preference and taste, which constantly changes,

 

                                          quantity and popularity of other films and leisure activities available to movie goers at the time of release of our produced movies,

 

                                          exhibition competition at movie theaters, through video retainers, on cable television and through other forms or channels of distribution and viewing, and

 

                                          inability to obtain distribution in all media channels.

 

If we do not achieve or sustain profitable operations, we could be required to reduce significantly or suspend our operations, including movie production activities, seek a merger partner or sell additional securities on terms that may be highly dilutive to our shareholders, including the purchasers of the common stock shares and redeemable warrants pursuant to this offering.

 

Our movie production activities require a substantial investment of capital that if not recovered from movie revenue will result in a loss that may be substantial and jeopardize our ability to continue movie production activities.

 

The acquisition, production, and distribution of motion pictures requires a significant amount of capital resources.  A substantial amount of time may elapse between our expenditure of funds and the receipt of revenues from our motion pictures.  Although we intend to take measures to reduce the risks of our production exposure, there is no assurance that we will be able successfully to implement these arrangements or that we will not be subject to substantial financial risks relating to the production, acquisition, completion and release of future motion pictures.  As our production activities or production budgets increase, we may be required to increase overhead, make larger up-front payments to talent and consequently bear greater financial risks.

 

In the event we are unable to recover our invested costs in a movie due to poor financial performance or on a timely basis to support our ongoing operations, we may be required to reduce or curtail our production operations unless financing or additional capital funds are obtained of which there is no assurance.

 

We may incur budget cost overruns that increase movie production costs without any additional assurance of exhibition revenues or corresponding increase in these revenues, and therefore these overruns could adversely affect the financial performance of the movie and recovery of our invested costs from movie revenue.

 

Our business model requires that we be efficient in production of our motion pictures.  Actual motion picture production costs often exceed their budget, sometimes substantially.  The production, completion and distribution of motion pictures are subject to a number of uncertainties, including delays and increased expenditures due to creative differences among key cast members and other key creative personnel or other disruptions or events

 

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beyond our control.  Risks including death or disability of star performers, technical complications with special effects or other aspects of production, shortages of necessary equipment, damage to film negatives, master tapes and recordings or adverse weather conditions may cause cost overruns and delay or frustrate completion of a production.  If a motion picture production incurs substantial budget overruns, we may be required to seek additional financing from outside sources to complete production.  We make no assurances regarding the availability of such financing on terms acceptable to us.

 

In addition, if a motion picture production incurs substantial budget overruns, there is no assurance that we will recoup these costs.  Increased costs incurred with respect to a particular film may result in the delayed release of the motion picture at the intended time and potentially the postponement to a less favorable time, all of which could cause a decline in box office revenue and the overall financial success of the movie.  Budget overruns could also prevent a movie from being completed or released.

 

In the event we are unable to obtain additional financing and capital resources to complete a movie, we may be required to sell the incomplete movie and recover our invested cost from the sale proceeds or abandon the movie, each of which may or will result in a loss that may be substantial. Budget cost overruns increase movie production costs without any additional assurance of exhibition revenues or corresponding increase in these revenues, and therefore adversely affect the financial performance of the movie and recovery of invested costs in the movie.  Either abandonment or sale of the movie will or may result in a loss that may be substantial and that may affect our ability to continue our movie production activities.

 

Rises in production and distribution costs at a rate faster than ancillary market (home video and cable television exhibition) revenues and theatrical admissions and ticket prices may adversely affect the financial performance of any movie we produce.

 

We expect that the domestic and international ancillary markets (home video and television) will be the distribution markets of any movie we produce.  The prediction of the financial success of a movie in any market is difficult or maybe impossible to predict with accuracy.

 

Because production costs and distribution costs are rising at a faster rate than increases in domestic admissions to movie theaters and admission ticket prices, we are primarily dependent on the ancillary markets for the financial performance of our movies.  In the event a movie project is released theatrically and is unsuccessful or only moderately successful in theatrical distribution, the revenue potential in the ancillary market may not exist or may not be substantial. Also, in the event of theatrical release, in most cases the ancillary market revenue will serve as a source for recovery of the theatrical distributor’s distribution costs.  Thus, in the event of a theatrical release, we may not depend on the ancillary market to contribute significantly to the financial success of any movie we produce and release theatrically.

 

Because our revenues and operating results will depend on the financial performance of our movies, our revenues and operating results may vary significantly from period to period.

 

Our revenues and results of operations will depend significantly upon the commercial success of the motion pictures that we produce and distribute, which cannot be predicted with certainty.  Consequently, our revenues and results of operations may fluctuate significantly from period to period, and the results of any one period may not be indicative of the results for any future periods. There is no assurance that we will manage the acquisition, production, and distribution of our motion pictures profitably from period to period which may result in the decline in or complete loss of the value of our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

We do not expect to obtain output agreements with cable and broadcast channels providing minimum periodic payments, instead we intend to license our movies for one-time license fees that may contribute to the volatility in the resale price or value of our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

We do not have any arrangements for the distribution of our produced movies in cable or broadcast television channels.  If our movies are distributed in these ancillary markets, distribution will be on a

 

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movie-by-movie basis, rather than an output basis.  Without multiple output agreements that typically contain guaranteed minimum payments, our revenues may be subject to greater volatility.  This revenue volatility may further contribute to the volatility in the market value of our common stock and redeemable warrants, if and when a market develops.

 

Accounting principles and industry practice may accentuate fluctuations in our operating results and contribute to the volatility in the resale price or value of our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

In addition to the cyclical nature of the entertainment industry, our accounting practices (which are standard for the industry) may accentuate fluctuations in our operating results.  In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and industry practice, we will amortize film costs using the “individual-film-forecast” method.  Under this accounting method, we amortize costs for each film based on the ratio that revenue earned by title in the current period divided by the estimated total revenues by title.  We will be required to regularly review and revise when necessary our total revenue estimates on a title-by-title basis.  This review may result in a change in the rate of amortization as well as a write-down of the film asset to estimated fair value.

 

Results of operations in future years will be affected by our amortization of our film costs.  Periodic adjustments in amortization rates may significantly affect these results.  In addition, we are required to expense film advertising costs as incurred, but are also required to recognize the revenue from any motion picture over the entire revenue stream expected to be generated by the individual movie. These accounting principles and methods and their impact on operating results may further contribute to the market volatility of our common stock and redeemable warrants, if and when a market develops.

 

Our success depends on the financial performance of produced movies, which is difficult to predict, and the failure to recover from exhibition revenue the production and other invested costs of the movie may result in substantial losses from operations.

 

Operating in the motion picture industry involves a substantial degree of risk.  Each motion picture is an individual artistic work, and favorable audience reactions primarily determine commercial success, the accurate predictability of which is difficult and sometimes impossible.  Generally, the popularity of our motion pictures will depend on many factors, including the critical acclaim they receive, if any, the actors and other key talent, their genre and their specific subject matter. The commercial success of our motion pictures will also depend upon the quality and acceptance of motion pictures that our competitors release into the marketplace at or near the same time, critical reviews, the availability of alternative forms of entertainment and leisure activities, general economic conditions and other tangible and intangible factors, many of which we do not control and all of which may change.

 

In addition, because a motion picture’s performance in ancillary markets, including home video and pay and free television, is often directly related to its box office performance, poor box office results may negatively affect future revenue streams. Our success will depend on the experience and judgment of our management to select and develop new investment and production opportunities. We provide no assurances that our motion pictures will obtain favorable reviews or ratings, that our motion pictures will perform well at the box office or in ancillary markets or that broadcasters will license the rights to broadcast any of our motion pictures. The failure of one of our movies to generate sufficient revenue to recoup our production and other invested costs will result in an operating loss that may be substantial.  If the loss were to be substantial, we may be required to curtail or suspend our movie production activities for lack of financial resources which could ultimately result in the holders of our common stock and redeemable suffering a loss of investment in our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

The failure of a distributor to promote our produced movie may adversely affect our share of exhibition revenues and the financial performance of the movie.

 

Licensed distributors’ decisions regarding the timing of release and promotional support of our motion pictures and, if applicable, related products are important in determining the success of these pictures and products.  As with most companies not engaging in licensed distribution, we do not control the timing and manner in which our licensed distributors distribute our motion pictures.

 

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Any decision by those distributors not to distribute or promote one of our motion pictures or to promote competitors’ motion pictures to a greater extent than they promote ours may result in a substantial loss of revenue potential that would adversely affect our ability to recoup our capital investment in the movie and further result in a substantial loss.  If this loss were to be substantial, we would be required to curtail or suspend our movie production activities that ultimately may result in loss of investment in our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

We will depend on the distributors of any motion picture we produce to account for and accurately report our share of exhibition revenue, and in the event of audit, our cost to audit and verify our revenue share may be substantial and may exceed the amount of the revenue understatement, if any.

 

While we expect to have certain audit rights to verify exhibition revenues received by our North American distributors,

 

                                          distributors are often in a position to account for revenues in a manner that understates or fails accurately to account for revenues or

 

                                          distributors may fail to maintain appropriate accounting records making it difficult to determine accurately our actual share of revenues upon audit.

 

Although we do not have any experience related to auditing distributors’ revenue accounting, we anticipate that the costs associated with this type of audit may be substantial and may vary significantly from distributor-to-distributor and even movie-to-movie.  Therefore, there is no assurance that, in all cases, we will be able to obtain an accurate accounting of our exhibition revenues or that accounting audits of revenue will result in increases in the revenue that justify the associated audit costs.  Our failure to receive our share of exhibit revenues or incurring substantial costs to determine accurately our revenue share may adversely affect the financial success of the motion picture and recovery of our invested costs in the motion picture.

 

The creative talent utilized in the making of movies are members of various organized unions, thus our movie production activities and the success of these activities could be adversely affected by strikes or other union job actions, resulting in increased movie costs and delays, adversely affecting the financial performance of the movie and our ability to recover invested costs from movie revenue.

 

The motion pictures to be produced by us generally will utilize actors and directors (and possibly writers) who are members of the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America (and Writers Guild of America), respectively, pursuant to industry-wide collective bargaining agreements.  Also, many productions also employ members of a number of other unions, including, without limitation, the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, and the Teamsters.  A strike by one or more of the unions that provide personnel essential to the production of motion pictures could delay or halt our ongoing production activities.

 

A union related halt or delay, depending on the length of time, could cause a delay or interruption in our release of a movie into distribution.  Any delay in the distribution of our movie will also delay receipt of any revenue from the movie.  If this delay continues for an extended period, and we do not have other available funds to commence development and production of our next movie project, we may be required to suspend production operations until receipt of movie revenues commences.  During any period our production operations are suspended or curtailed, we will continue to have administrative expenses that deplete capital resources that otherwise may be available for movie development and production.

 

Our competitors have competitive advantages that we do not have, including substantially greater financial and human resources and established distribution networks, and these competitive advantages may adversely affect our ability to achieve the anticipated financial performance of our movies.

 

Our competitors are larger and more diversified, including the independent producers and major U.S. and international studios.  Most of the major U.S. studios are part of large diversified corporate groups with a variety of other operations, including television networks and cable channels, that can provide both means of distributing their products and stable sources of earnings that may allow them better to offset fluctuations in the financial performance of their motion picture operations.  In addition, the major studios and many independent producers have substantially

 

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more resources with which to compete for ideas, storylines and scripts created by third parties, as well as for actors, directors and other personnel required for production. The resources of the major studios and many independent producers may also give them an advantage in acquiring other businesses or assets, including film libraries, that we might also be interested in acquiring.

 

At times there may exist an oversupply of motion pictures in the market, resulting in greater competition for the viewing audience that may reduce exhibition revenues and consequently adversely affect the commercial success of our movie.

 

The number of motion pictures released by our competitors may create an oversupply of product in the market and make it more difficult for our films to succeed commercially.  Oversupply may become most pronounced during peak release times, such as school holidays and national holidays, when theater attendance is expected to be highest.  For this reason, and because of our more limited production and advertising budgets, we do not plan to release our films during peak release times, which may also reduce our potential revenues for a particular release.

 

Moreover, we cannot guarantee that we can release all of our films initially as scheduled.  In addition to production or other delays that might cause us to alter our release schedule, a change in the schedule of a major studio or other competitor may force us to alter the release date of a film because we cannot always compete with a competitor’s larger promotion campaign.  A release date change could adversely impact a film’s financial performance.  In addition, if we cannot change our schedule following a change by a major studio or other competitor because we are too close to the release date, our competitor’s release utilizing the typically larger promotion and advertising budget may adversely impact the financial performance of our movie.

 

There are emerging technological advances in the entertainment industry, particularly in the home entertainment market, which if not successfully exploited, may adversely affect our ability to generate movie revenues in the ancillary market.

 

The entertainment industry in general and the motion picture industry in particular continue to undergo significant technological developments, including video-on-demand.  This rapid growth of technology combined with shifting consumer tastes could change how consumers view our motion pictures.  For example, an increase in video-on-demand could decrease home video rentals.  Other entertainment distribution companies will have larger budgets to exploit these growing trends.  Because we are in the early stages of development and our commercial success is impossible to predict, we cannot predict how we will financially participate in the exploitation of our motion pictures through these emerging technologies.  If these emerging technologies reduce theater attendance and box office receipts in the event of a theatrical release or there is a substantial reduction in the ancilary market through video-on-demand and we cannot successfully exploit these emerging technologies, the revenue streams of our movies will decrease, especially in the ancillary market (home video and television), which will adversely affect the financial performance of our movies and may result in a loss.

 

Our movie production activities are substantially dependent upon Gray Frederickson and John Simonelli, our executive officers, and their unavailability would have a material adverse effect on our ability to produce movies and obtain distribution arrangements.

 

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the efforts, contributions and abilities of our management.  Although we have employment agreements with Gray Frederickson and John Simonelli, there is no assure that the services of Messrs. Frederickson and Simonelli and our other key personnel will continue to be available to us.  The loss of services of Messrs. Frederickson and Simonelli and other key employees could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue our motion picture production activities.

 

In the production phase of our motion pictures we will utilize skilled creative and production personnel on a contract basis, including cinematographers, editors, costume designers, set designers, sound and lighting technicians, and actors.  We expect to hire qualified personnel to provide these services; however, we may be unable to retain the desired quality of production personnel on acceptable terms, on a timely basis, or otherwise.  This may result in delayed production or reduce the quality of the motion picture that may consequently impair the revenue potential of the movie.  Further, the personnel hired may be members of unions and guilds that may restrict our ability to terminate unsatisfactory or non-performing personnel under existing union or guild contracts and regulations.  This

 

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could result in delay of production and release of our motion pictures and significantly increase our production costs, any of which could adversely affect the financial performance of any movie we produce.

 

Each of our movies will be subject to rating restrictions and censorship that may result in ratings that adversely affect distribution and decrease the revenue potential of the movie.

 

Any distribution arrangements we obtain prior to completion of the subject movie may be based upon the movie having a particular rating classification from the Motion Picture Association of America (or MPAA).  With these arrangements in place, we will attempt to produce the movie in a manner that will ultimately obtain the expected rating.  However, it is difficult to predict the rating classification that the MPAA will ultimately assign to the movie.  If the expected rating were not obtained, distribution support (including marketing and advertising) may be reduced, resulting in fewer distribution venues and smaller viewing audience.  Further, censors in foreign jurisdictions may find elements of a movie objectionable.

 

At additional and unbudgeted costs, we may be required to revise the movie to obtain the desired rating classification or to remove the objectionable elements of the movie.  Even following revision of the movie, the release in certain jurisdictions may be denied.  These events may result in release and distribution delays and adversely affect to commercial success of the movie.

 

We may not be able to obtain additional funding to meet our financial requirements, particularly those associated with our movie production activities and completion of a movie, which could result in our failure to complete a movie and loss of our invested costs in the movie.

 

Our ability to grow through production and distribution of motion pictures and to fund our operating expenses depends upon our ability to obtain funds through equity financing, debt financing (including credit facilities) or the sale or syndication of some or all of our interests in certain projects or other assets.  If we do not have access to such financing arrangements, and if other funding does not become available on terms acceptable to us, we may be required to curtail or suspend our movie production activities.  This curtailment or suspension may ultimately result in the loss of investment in our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

We may enter into production cost and revenue sharing arrangements, the negotiation of which may require significant costs and diversion of our time and resources, that do not achieve the anticipated benefits.

 

We expect to enter into various production cost and revenue sharing arrangements, including joint ventures and partnerships, intended to complement or expand our business.  We may not realize the benefits we anticipated when we entered into these arrangements.  In addition, the negotiation of potential arrangements could require us to incur significant costs and cause diversion of management’s time and resources. The costs of obtaining these sharing arrangements will increase our invested cost in a movie without providing a correlating increase in the movies revenues; thus, adversely affecting the financial performance of the movie.

 

Our ability to sell the international distribution rights in our produced movies may be adversely affected by international developments, which may result in reduction of movie revenues and adversely affect the financial performance of the movies.

 

We expect to distribute each motion picture we produce outside the United States by sale of the international distribution rights to an international distributor for lump-sum single payment (in U.S. currency) without retaining any right to receive revenue from international distribution.  As a result, our ability to sell the international distribution rights will be subject to certain risks inherent in the international movie and entertainment market, many of which are beyond our control.  These risks include:

 

                                          changes in local regulatory requirements, including restrictions on content;

 

                                          changes in the laws and policies affecting trade, investment and taxes (including laws and policies relating to the repatriation of funds and withholding taxes);

 

                                          differing degrees of protection for intellectual property;

 

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                                          instability of foreign economies and governments;

 

                                          cultural barriers;

 

                                          wars and acts of terrorism; and

 

Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our ability to sell the international distribution rights of any motion picture and therefore may adverse affect the financial performance of the movie.

 

Our ability to compete depends in part on protecting and defending against intellectual property claims and infringements, the cost of this protection may be substantial and material, which may not achieve the expected protection benefits, and increase our invested costs in our movie possibly without achieving increased movie revenue.

 

As of the date of this report, the only intellectual property rights we have relate to our production of the movies Cloud 9, The Hunt, Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight; however, we expect to develop and acquire additional intellectual property rights in each motion picture we produce.  Once acquired, we may not have the financial resources to protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as major studios and other competitors.  We will attempt to protect proprietary and intellectual property rights to our productions through available copyright and trademark laws and licensing and distribution arrangements with reputable distribution companies and media for limited durations.  Despite the precautions we will undertake, existing copyright and trademark laws afford only limited practical protection in certain countries.  Our movies may also be distributed in countries that do not have copyright and trademark law protection.  As a result, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy and distribute our movies or use certain portions or applications of our movies.

 

Litigation may also be necessary in the future to enforce our acquired or developed intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity.  This litigation could result in substantial costs and the diversion of resources.  We provide no assurance that infringement or invalidity claims will not materially adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.  Regardless of the validity or the success of the assertion of these claims, we could incur significant costs and diversion of resources in enforcing our intellectual property rights or in defending against such claims.  In the event we are successful in protecting our intellectual property rights, the costs of this protection may not be recovered from the revenues of the particular movie and may adversely affect the financial performance of the movie.

 

Piracy of any movie we produce may reduce the movie revenues and adversely affect our ability to recover the costs invested in the movie.

 

Motion picture piracy is extensive in many parts of the world, including South America, Asia, the countries of the former Soviet Union and other former Eastern European bloc countries.  Additionally, as motion pictures begin to be digitally distributed using emerging technologies including the internet and online services, piracy could become more prevalent, including in the U.S., because digital formats are easier to copy and download, much like the musical recordings.  As a result, users can download and distribute unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures over the internet.  In addition, there could be increased use of devices capable of making unauthorized copies of motion pictures.  As long as pirated content is available to download digitally, many consumers may choose to download pirated motion pictures rather than pay for motion pictures. Piracy of any movie we produce may adversely impact the gross receipts received from the exploitation of these movies, domestically and internationally, which could have a material adverse effect on the financial performance of the movie.

 

The public market prices and values of our common stock or redeemable warrants may fluctuate widely.

 

In any developed market for our common stock or redeemable warrants the market prices may be subject to significant fluctuations in response to, and may be adversely affected by

 

                                          variations in quarterly operating results,

 

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                                          changes in earnings estimates by analysts,

 

                                          developments in the motion picture industry generally and more particularly the low-budget motion picture industry,

 

                                          timing of motion picture releases by us as well as our competitors, and

 

                                          general stock market conditions.

 

Our common stock is included in the over-the-counter market and has a low trading volume that increase the volatility of the market price and value of the common stock as well as our redeemable warrants.

 

Our common stock is included in the over-the-counter market.  The over-the-counter market is volatile and characterized as follows:

 

                                          the over-the-counter securities are subject to substantial and sudden price increases and decreases,

 

                                          at times the price (bid and ask) information for the securities may not be available,

 

                                          if there is only one or two market makers, there is a risk that the dealers or group of dealers may control the market in our common stock and set prices that are not based on competitive forces, and

 

                                          the available offered price may be substantially below the quoted bid price.

 

Our common stock subject to “penny stock” rules that impose additional duties and responsibilities on broker-dealers and salespersons making purchase recommendations and require purchasers to met certain qualifications, all of which materially limit or restrict the ability to resale the common stock in terms of resale prices and the ability to sell on a timely basis.

 

Our common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules.  A “penny stock” is generally a stock that

 

                                          is only listed in “pink sheets” or on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board,

 

                                          the high bid price for the common stock is less than $5.00, and less than two market makers are currently displaying bid and ask quotations at specified prices, or

 

                                          is issued by a company with net tangible assets of less than $5 million (or after having been in existence for more than three years, less than $2 million) or

 

                                          has average revenues during the previous three years of less than $6 million.

 

The penny stock trading rules impose additional duties and responsibilities upon broker-dealers and salespersons recommending the purchase or sale of a penny stock.  Required compliance with these rules materially limit or restrict

 

                                          the ability to resell our common stock, and

 

                                          the liquidity typically associated with other publicly traded stocks may not exist.

 

We may issue additional common stock and preferred stock at prices and on terms determined by our board of directors, without shareholder consent or approval, that upon issuance may result in substantial dilution of our shareholders interests as well as the market price and value of our common stock and redeemable warrants.

 

We have 77,026,325 shares of our common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock available for issuance.  We have the right to offer these shares at offering prices to be determined in sole discretion of our board

 

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of directors.  The sale of these shares may result in substantial dilution to our shareholders.  Also the preferred stock may have rights superior to those of our common stock.  These stock issuances may adversely affect the market price or value of our common stock as well as our redeemable warrants.

 

Item 2.           Description of Property

 

Facilities

 

Our corporate headquarters and offices are located at 101 North Robinson, Suite 920, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  These office facilities consist approximately of 1,500 square feet and are occupied under a month-to-month unwritten lease, requiring monthly rental payments of approximately $600.  Roy T. Oliver, one of our greater than 5% shareholders and affiliates, controls Corporate Tower, LLC.  Mr. Oliver on behalf of Corporate Tower, LLC has orally indicated that there is no intent to terminate our occupancy of the office facilities and that the term of the lease will continue simply be on a month-to-month basis.  Upon termination of this occupancy arrangement, we believe there is adequate office space and facilities available in the Oklahoma City area.  In the event we are required to move from our current office facilities, the terms of occupancy, including the increased rental payments, will be substantially different than those under which our office space is currently occupied and the annual rental rate will probably be from $8 to $12 per square foot ($12,000 to $18,000 per year based upon 1,500 square feet of office facilities).

 

Item 3.            Legal Proceedings

 

In the normal course of business, we may become involved in litigation or in settlement proceedings relating to claims arising out of our operations.  We are not a party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Item 4.           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

No matters were submitted to vote of our security holders during the twelve months ended December 31, 2005.

 

PART II

 

Item 5.   Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Small Business Issuers Purchases of Equity Securities

 

Lack of Market

 

Our common stock is traded in the over-the-counter market and is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol GRMK.  Prior to February 24, 2005, there was no public trading market for our common stock.  The closing sale prices reflect inter-dealer prices without adjustment for retail markups, markdowns or commissions and may not reflect actual transactions. The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices of our common stock during the calendar quarters presented as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

 

 

Bid Price
Common Stock

 

Quarter Ended

 

High

 

Low

 

March 31, 2005

 

$

2.60

 

$

1.10

 

June 30, 2005

 

$

2.25

 

$

0.73

 

September 30, 2005

 

$

1.65

 

$

0.73

 

December 31, 2005

 

$

1.30

 

$

1.00

 

 

On March 21, 2006, the closing bid price of our common stock as quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board was $0.90.

 

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The market price of our common stock is subject to significant fluctuations in response to, and may be adversely affected by

 

                                          variations in quarterly operating results,

 

                                          changes in earnings estimates by analysts,

 

                                          developments in the motion picture industry generally and more particularly the ancillary motion picture market,

 

                                          adverse earnings or other financial announcements of our distribution partners,

 

                                          announcements and introductions of product or service innovations, and

 

                                          general stock market conditions.

 

The over-the-counter market is volatile and characterized as follows:

 

                                          the over-the-counter securities are subject to substantial and sudden price increases and decreases,

 

                                          at times the price (bid and ask) information for the securities may not be available,

 

                                          if there are only one or two market makers, there is a risk that the dealers or group of dealers may control the market in our common stock and set prices that are not based on competitive forces, and

 

                                          the actual sale price ultimately obtained for a block of stock may be substantially below the quoted bid price.

 

Our common stock is subject to the “penny stock” rules.  A “penny stock” is generally a stock that

 

                                          is only listed in “pink sheets” or on the OTC Bulletin Board,

 

                                          has a price per share of less than $5.00 and

 

                                          is issued by a company with net tangible assets less than $2 million.

 

The penny stock trading rules impose additional duties and responsibilities upon broker-dealers and salespersons recommending the purchase or sale of a penny stock.  Required compliance with these rules

 

                                          materially limit or restrict the ability to resell our common stock, and

 

                                          the liquidity typically associated with other publicly traded stocks may not exist.

 

Dividend Policy

 

We do not intend to pay and you should not expect to receive cash dividends on our common stock.  Our dividend policy is to retain earnings to support the expansion of our operations.  If we were to change this policy, any future cash dividends will depend on factors deemed relevant by our board of directors.  These factors will generally include future earnings, capital requirements and our financial condition.  Furthermore, in the event we issue preferred stock shares, although unanticipated, no dividends may be paid on our outstanding common stock shares until all dividends then due on our outstanding preferred stock will have been paid.

 

Holders of Equity Securities

 

We have 138 record owners of our common stock shares.

 

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Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

The following table sets forth as of December 31, 2005, information related to each category of equity compensation plan approved or not approved by our shareholders, including individual compensation arrangements with our non-employee directors.  The equity compensation plans approved by our shareholders are our 2003 Stock Option Plan and 2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan.  All stock options and rights to acquire our equity securities are exercisable for or represent the right to purchase our common stock.

 

Plan category

 

Number of Securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights

 

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

 

Number of securities remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003 Stock Option Plan

 

60,000

 

$

1.10

 

240,000

 

2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan

 

80,000

 

$

1.10

 

220,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants issued to ViewTrade Financial and its assigns

 

443,250

 

$

1.10

 

 

Warrants issued to E. Peter Hoffman, Jr.

 

100,000

 

$

1.25

 

 

Convertible promissory notes issued to SXJE, LLC(1)

 

1,636,364

 

$

0.92

 

 

Warrants issued to SXJE, LLC

 

500,000

 

$

2.00

 

 

Warrants issued to SXJE, LLC

 

500,000

 

$

3.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

3,319,614

 

 

 

460,000

 

 


(1)                                  Upon consummation of a “Qualified Financing” by us, the outstanding principal amount of the convertible notes and all accrued and unpaid interest (collectively the “note balance” at any applicable time) will automatically convert into our common stock shares equal to 120% of the note balance divided by the price per share of the equity securities sold in the Qualified Financing.  The maximum price or value of the common stock shares into which the note balance converts may not exceed the equivalent of $1.10 per common stock share or not less than 1,636,364 shares.  The number of our common stock shares that may be issued in payment of accrued interest under the notes is not determinable as of the date of the report.  “Qualified Financing” refers to any equity financing pursuant to which we receive aggregate gross cash proceeds of $2,000,000 or more (excluding the automatic conversion of the convertible notes) on or before the maturity dates of the notes.

 

Securities Sold Pursuant to Private Placement Offering

 

On July 13, 2004, our Registration Statement (No. 333-111819) became effective under the Securities Act of 1933 for the resale of 2,980,000 common stock shares, 2,980,000 redeemable warrants and the 2,980,000 common stock shares for which the redeemable warrants are exercisable and 100,000 common stock shares underlying a stock option granted to E. Peter Hoffman.  The 2,980,000 common stock shares and 2,980,000 redeemable warrants were sold pursuant to our private placement offering that commenced in September 2003.  These common stock shares and redeemable warrants were offered in units consisting of one common stock share and one redeemable warrant for $1.00 each, resulting in gross proceeds of $2,980,000.  The placement agent received a 10% commission and a 3% non-accountable expense allowance of the gross proceeds for an aggregate of $387,400.  Additional offering expenses were $57,376 resulting in net proceeds of $2,538,474.  The following expenditures were made from the net proceeds:

 

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                                          $2,015,458 for the costs of producing and deposits outstanding relating to our motion picture project titled, Cloud 9 and other projects in progress, and

 

                                          $523,016 for working capital.

 

Item 6.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.

 

We operated historically as a limited liability company, Graymark Productions, L.L.C. that was formed in August 2001.  Since commencement of our operations in August 2001, we generated our initial movie production revenue in 2005 ($450,000).  In June 2005 we received a $450,000 non-refundable advance under licensing agreements covering the foreign and domestic distribution and broadcast rights to our first motion picture project, Cloud 9.  Our 2003 revenue ($13,391) was primarily attributable to consulting services, a non-reoccurring revenue source, while during 2004 and 2002 we did not have revenues from operations.

 

Recent Developments

 

Distribution of Cloud 9.  In conjunction with the production of Cloud 9, we along with the other producers of Cloud 9 formed Out of the Blue Productions, LLC (the “Production Company”).  The Production Company has entered into three agreements covering the domestic (United States and Canada) and international distribution of Cloud 9 in the ancillary market (home video market) and as the broadcast rights (pay and free television, video on demand and pay-per-view) for Cloud 9.  Pursuant to the agreement covering domestic distribution (“Domestic Agreement”), the Production Company received, in June 2005, a non-refundable advance, of $450,000, of our share of the net receipts from the domestic distribution of Cloud 9.  The Domestic Agreement allows the licensee to receive a distribution fee equal to 20% of gross domestic receipts of Cloud 9 after its recoupment of all manufacturing, distribution and marketing costs from those receipts.  Cloud 9 was released in the domestic video market in January 2006.

 

In June 2005, the Production Company entered in to an agreement for the international distribution of Cloud 9 (“International Agreement”).  Under the International Agreement the licensee is entitled to receive recoupment of its manufacturing, distribution and marketing costs and thereafter a distribution fee of equal to 15% of gross international receipts up to $2,000,000 and 10% of gross international receipts above $2,000,000.

 

Furthermore, during June 2005, the Production Company entered in to a Sales Agency Agreement for the marketing of the broadcast rights (pay and free television, video-on-demand and pay-per-view) of Cloud 9 (“Broadcast Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Broadcast Agreement, the licensee is entitled to a fee equal to 20% of the gross receipts from broadcast of Cloud 9 on pay and free television, video-on-demand and pay-per-view after its recoupment of its distribution expenses.

 

As a result of the agreements with the director, casting company, actors and co-finance providers, our residual net profits interest in Cloud 9 is 30.6% after recoupment and payment of all distribution costs, expenses and fees.  Furthermore, our co-finance providers are entitled to receive the first $500,000 of proceeds we receive from the licensing of the distribution rights of Cloud 9 of which $450,000 has been paid (see “Item 12.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”).  After giving effect to the recovery of the $500,000 contributions to the production costs of Cloud 9 under the co-financing agreements and then the recovery of our production costs and other invested costs and interest, our net profits interest in Cloud 9 will be 30.6%.  In conjunction with the production of Cloud 9, the producers formed Out of the Blue Productions, LLC (the “Production Company”).  Our entitlement to distributions from the Production Company and the profits interest granted to Bert Reynolds provide for interest at a rate of 2% above the prime rate (limited to 5%) for purposes of determining recovery of the production and other costs of Cloud 9.

 

Post-Production of The HuntDuring March 2005, we commenced and completed principal filming of our second motion picture project titled, The Hunt.  We are currently in post-production of The Hunt.  We anticipate that the total production costs for The Hunt will be approximately $435,000.

 

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We have entered into agreements for the domestic and international distribution of The Hunt.  The agreements grant the licensees a distribution fee equal to 22.5% and 20.0%, respectively, of the gross receipts and allows for the recoupment of all manufacturing, distribution and marketing costs.  In addition, we agreed to allocate 35% of the copyright interest in The Hunt to the minority interest for an amount equal to 50% of the budget of The Hunt.  As of December 31, 2005, we have received approximately $214,000 from the minority interest under the terms of the agreement.  The company that developed the story concept for The Hunt retained a 25% interest in the net receipts of The Hunt.  Net receipts is defined as receipts after we recoup our production costs, interest and overhead.  In addition, we entered in to net participation agreements with the director, casting company and others equal to 7% of the net receipts of The Hunt.

 

Post-Production of SurveillanceDuring August 2005, we commenced and completed principal filming of our third motion picture project titled, Surveillance.  We are currently in post-production of Surveillance.  We anticipate that our total production costs for Surveillance will be approximately $627,000.

 

We have entered into an agreements for the domestic and international distribution of Surveillance.  The agreements grant the licensees a distribution fee equal to 25% and 20%, respectively, of the gross receipts and allows for the recoupment of all manufacturing, distribution and marketing costs.  In addition, we agreed to allocate 50% of the copyright interest in Surveillance to the minority interest for an amount equal to 50% of the budget of Surveillance.  As of December 31, 2005, we have received approximately $293,000 from the minority interest under the terms of the agreement.  In addition, we entered in to net participation agreements with the director, casting company and others equal to 8% of the net receipts of Surveillance.

 

Post-Production of Soul’s Midnight.  During September 2005, we commenced the pre-production phase of our fourth motion picture project titled, Soul’s Midnight.  We completed the filming of this movie in November 2005.  We anticipate that our total production costs for Soul’s Midnight will be approximately $671,000.

 

We have entered into an agreement for the domestic distribution of Soul’s Midnight.  The agreement grants the licensee a distribution fee equal to 25% of gross receipts and allows for the recoupment of all manufacturing, distribution and marketing costs.  In addition, we sold 25% of the copyright interest in Soul’s Midnight to the licensee for an amount equal to 25% of the budget of Soul’s Midnight.  We also sold 50% of the copyright interest in Soul’s Midnight to the creators of the script for an amount equal to 50% of the budget.  As of December 31, 2005, we have received $487,500 from the minority interests under the terms of the agreement.

 

Convertible Note Financing.  In August and October 2005, we issued two promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000.  The Notes are secured by all of our assets and the assets of our current and future subsidiaries.  The Notes bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum that is payable quarterly and can be paid in cash or shares of our common stock.  The Notes become due and payable on the first to occur of:

 

                                          July 27, 2007 for the first note and October 25, 2007 for the second note (the “Maturity Dates”);

 

                                          the consummation of a “Qualified Financing;” or

 

                                          the continuation of and Event of Default, as defined, for more than 30 days following notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

Upon consummation of a Qualified Financing, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest (collectively the “Note Balance”) will automatically convert into shares of our common stock or other equity securities equal to 120% of the Note Balance divided by the price per share of our common stock or other equity securities sold in the Qualified Financing.  The maximum price or value of our common stock or other equity securities into which the Note Balance converts may not exceed the equivalent of $1.10 per common stock share.  Qualified Financing refers to any equity financing pursuant to which we receive aggregate gross cash proceeds of $2,000,000 or more on or before the Maturity Date.

 

In conjunction with issuance of the Notes, we and the holder of the Notes entered into common stock purchase warrant agreements, each evidencing warrants exercisable on or before August 5, 2010 for the first note and October 25, 2010 for the second note.  Two agreements provide for the purchase of 250,000 (500,000 total)

 

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common stock shares at $2.00 and the other two agreements provide for the purchase of 250,000 (500,000 total) common stock shares at $3.00.

 

The fair value of each warrant issued was estimated on the date of issuance using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  The fair value of the options were based on the difference between the present value of the exercise price of the option and the estimated fair value price of the common share.  The fair value of the warrants was estimated to be $349,459 and was recorded as paid-in capital.  The value of the warrants will increase interest expense over the respective terms of the Notes.

 

Output Agreement.  In June 2005, we entered into an agreement providing Image Entertainment (“Image”) with the first-look right at the movies we produce (the “Output Agreement”).  Image has a “first look” on all projects up to $2,000,000 that we undertake during the three-year period beginning on the date of delivery of The Hunt which was delivered in February 2006.  If Image were to choose not to become involved in a motion picture project, we have the right to produce and distribute the motion picture with another person without any further obligation to Image.  Image agreed to fund up to 50% of each production budget for mutually agreed upon motion picture projects.  This funding is payable in three installments:  20% of the approved the production budget through pre-production, 60% of through the physical shooting schedule, and 20% through the post production process.

 

For a term of 20 years, Image will have domestic distribution rights of each motion picture we co-produce with Image.  Image is entitled to receive a 25% distribution fee from gross domestic sales and a back-end profit participation from all sales after payment of the distribution fee.  In general, the back-end profit participation interest and ownership interest in each co-produced motion picture will be based upon Image’s funding of the budgeted share of production costs.  The actual back-end profit participation percentage is equal to the percentage Image funds of the motion picture project after recovery from sales of the mutually approved expenses.  Our joint exploitation of the broadcast rights with Image have been left to future negotiation.

 

Graymark Productions’ Recovery of Production Costs and Participation in Cloud 9  Net Profits

 

As a result of the agreements with the director, casting company, actors and the Co-Finance Agreements, our residual net profits interest in Cloud 9 will be 30.6%.  Pursuant to Co-Finance Agreements, Roy T. Oliver (one of major shareholders), John Simonelli (our Chief Executive Officer), 36th Street Properties LLC (of which Mark R. Kidd, our Chief Financial Officer, owns 50%) and Larry E. Howell are entitled to receive the first $500,000 of proceeds we receive from the rights sales and distribution of Cloud 9 (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”).  After giving effect to the recovery of the $500,000 contributions to the production costs of Cloud 9 under the Co-Financing Agreements and then the recovery of our production costs and other invested costs and interest, our net profits interest in Cloud 9 will be 30.6%.  The net profits interests of Genco Olive Oil, Inc., Fenton-Cowitt Casting, D.L. Hughley, Angie Everhart, and Gabrielle Reece do not provide for an interest rate on the production and other costs of Cloud 9, while our entitlement to distributions from the Production Company and the net profits interest granted to Burt Reynolds provide for interest at a rate of 2% above the prime rate (limited to 5%) for purposes of determining recovery of the production and other costs of Cloud 9.  The Co-Finance Agreements with Messrs. Oliver, Simonelli and Howell and 36th Street Properties LLC provide for interest, but do not specify the applicable interest rate.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth selected results of our operations for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.  The following information was derived and taken from our audited financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report.

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Revenue

 

$

450,000

 

$

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of film costs

 

419,737

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

277,179

 

234,214

 

Legal and professional fees

 

69,669

 

94,808

 

Consulting and management fees

 

69,500

 

10,261

 

 

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2005

 

2004

 

Investor relations

 

10,200

 

 

Stock transfer and reporting costs

 

10,102

 

25,900

 

Film participation costs

 

4,167

 

 

Film marketing

 

 

13,880

 

Other

 

35,304

 

34,336

 

Total operating expenses

 

895,858

 

413,399

 

Operating income (loss)

 

(445,858

)

(413,399

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and other income

 

16,937

 

17,542

 

Interest expense

 

(122,265

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net other income (expense)

 

(105,328

)

17,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss before provision for income taxes

 

(551,186

)

(395,857

)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(551,186

)

$

(395,857

)

 

Comparison of 2005 and 2004

 

During 2004, our operations advanced to the development and production of motion picture projects and we were in the filming phase of our first motion picture project, Cloud 9, and did not realize any revenue from our operations.  During 2004, we incurred salary and benefits expense of $234,214 for the management and administrative team put in place during 2004.  Legal and professional fees of $94,808 were incurred during 2004 and were attributable to legal and accounting fees associated with our public reporting process.  We incurred film marketing costs of $13,880 in conjunction with Cloud 9.  Other expenses of $34,336 were incurred during 2004 and were primarily comprised of expenses associated with the day to day operations of our corporate office.

 

During 2005, we completed the negotiation of licensing agreements for the foreign, domestic and broadcast rights of Cloud 9.  We generated revenue of $450,000 in conjunction with the domestic licensing of Cloud 9.  Based on our estimate of the total ultimate revenue from Cloud 9, we amortized $409,237 of the film costs incurred on Cloud 9.  We are in the post-production phase on our second, third and fourth motion picture projects, The Hunt, Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight.  Our operational expenses were similar in nature to those incurred in 2004.  During 2005, we incurred salary and benefits expense of $277,179, a $42,965 increase over 2004.  This increase was attributable to increased salaries for our President, Chief Financial Officer and production accountant and the addition of a production assistant in the fourth quarter of 2005.  Legal and professional fees of $69,669 were incurred during 2005 and were attributable to legal and auditing services incurred primarily in conjunction with our United States Securities and Exchange Commission quarterly and annual reporting.  We utilized investment banking related consulting services in the amount of $69,500 and investor relation services in the amount of $10,200.  We also incurred stock transfer and reporting costs of $10,102.  Other expenses of $35,304 were incurred during 2005 and were primarily comprised of expenses associated with the operations of our corporate office.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

In April 2004, we completed our private placement offering of our common stock shares and redeemable warrants in units of one common stock share and one redeemable warrant.  During 2003 and 2004, we received net proceeds of $2,535,224 from this private placement offering.  Our cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2005 that totaled $1,153,840.

 

At December 31, 2005, we had working capital of $1,084,681.  Our operating activities in 2005 used net cash of $1,768,190.  We used cash as the result of a net loss of $551,186 which was reduced by amortization of film costs of $419,737, the issuance of common stock for services and interest totaling $34,708, amortization of loan discount of $62,252 allocated to common stock warrants, depreciation of $4,864, a decrease in film deposits of $16,101 and an increase in accrued liabilities of $22,529.  Additional operating uses of cash in 2005 included the costs we incurred in the production of our motion picture projects totaling $1,650,209 and $126,986 in prepaid loan fees related to our issuance of convertible notes payable (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related

 

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Transactions”).  Our investing activities in 2005 included $994,097 we received from minority interests related to our motion picture projects The Hunt, Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight.

 

During 2004, our operating activities for 2004, used net cash of $2,596,976.  We used cash as the result of a net loss of $395,857, which was reduced by depreciation of $4,866, the issuance of 25,000 shares of common stock to our legal counsel for legal services rendered and fully performed and valued at $25,000 and an increase in accrued liabilities of $11,091.  Additional operating uses of cash in 2004 included the costs we incurred in the production of our first motion picture project, Cloud 9, totaling $2,183,475, costs of $10,000 on a film project in progress and deposits paid-out during the production phase of Cloud 9 totaling $48,601.

 

During 2005, we received $1,500,000 in proceeds from the issuance of convertible promissory notes (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”).  During 2005, we repaid $450,000 of our $500,000 obligations under the Co-financing Agreements.  During 2004, (i) we sold 25,000 shares of our common stock in a private placement for gross proceeds of $25,000 (net proceeds of $21,750) and (ii) we received $500,000 in funding under Co-financing Agreements associated with our motion picture project, Cloud 9 (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”).

 

Financial Commitments

 

FilmCapital, Inc. Agreement.  In March 2002, Messrs. Frederickson and Stansberry, members of Graymark Productions, L.L.C., entered into an agreement to pay FilmCapital, Inc. $50,000 for services performed.  This liability is only payable in the event Graymark Productions, L.L.C. or its affiliates obtain funding for film projects from outside investors.  Messrs. Frederickson and Stansberry have each represented that their intent was not to cause Graymark Productions, L.L.C. to be liable for this obligation and each has agreed to indemnify us for any liability that may arise out of this agreement.  In December 2003, we recorded a consulting expense and liability of $50,000 related to the agreement with FilmCapital.  At the time that we pay this recorded liability, Messrs. Frederickson and Stansberry will be required immediately to reimburse us for the payment.

 

Registration Obligations.  We agreed, at our expense, to register the common stock shares and redeemable warrants offered for sale pursuant to our 2003-2004 private placement offering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and maintain effectiveness of the registration, at our expense, for a seven-year period ending on December 19, 2010. Furthermore, we agreed for the seven-year period ending on December 19, 2010 to include the common stock shares underlying the placement agent warrants in any registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission at our expense.  In accordance with this obligation, we initially included the common stock shares for which the placement agent warrants are exercisable in our registration statement.  However, on February 27, 2004, Viewtrade Financial, on its own behalf as well as the other holders of the placement agent warrants and the recipients and holders of the common stock shares assigned to them by Viewtrade Financial elected to remove those shares from the registration statement.

 

Office Space Arrangement.  Our corporate headquarters and offices are located at 101 North Robinson, Suite 920, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  These office facilities consist approximately of 1,500 square feet and are occupied under a month-to-month unwritten lease, requiring monthly rental payments of approximately $600.  Roy T. Oliver, one of our greater than 5% shareholders (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”), controls Corporate Tower, LLC.  As of the date of this report, Mr. Oliver on behalf of Corporate Tower, LLC has orally indicated that there is no intent to terminate our occupancy of the office facilities.  Upon termination of this occupancy arrangement, we believe there is adequate office space and facilities available in the Oklahoma City area.  In the event we are required to move from our current office facilities, the terms of occupancy, including the increased rental payments, will be substantially different than those under which our office space is currently occupied and the annual rental rate will probably be from $8 to $12 per square foot ($12,000 to $18,000 per year based upon 1,500 square feet of office facilities).

 

12-Month Overhead Budget.  Our budgeted overhead expenses for the next 12 months are as follows:

 

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Expenditure

 

Monthly

 

12
Months

 

Administrative expenditures:

 

 

 

 

 

Executive officer compensation

 

$

18,333

 

$

220,000

 

Administrative salaries

 

4,800

 

57,600

 

Payroll taxes

 

2,527

 

30,330

 

Film marketing

 

2,000

 

24,000

 

Telephone

 

700

 

8,400

 

Rent

 

500

 

6,000

 

Legal

 

2,917

 

35,000

 

Accounting

 

2,917

 

35,000

 

Public relations

 

417

 

5,000

 

Travel

 

4,167

 

50,000

 

Health insurance

 

1,020

 

12,240

 

Automobile

 

500

 

6,000

 

Miscellaneous

 

485

 

5,820

 

Total Administrative Expenditures

 

$

41,283

 

$

495,390

 

 

Additional Financial CommitmentsOther than our commitments discussed above, we do not have any capital commitments.  We neither have any plans nor anticipate the need to raise additional funds during the next 12 months; however, we may receive additional funds from the exercise of outstanding warrants and stock options, the exercise of which is generally not within our control.

 

If our production activities are successful (of which there is no assurance) or movie production budgets increase, we may be required to increase overhead by hiring additional employees and increase our office facilities.  We anticipate that during the next 12 months we will not be required to increase our number of employees or increase our office facilities.

 

We believe that our operations as a result of our motion picture projects will achieve profitability.  We provide no assurance that

 

                                          we will be successful in implementing our business plan or

 

                                          unanticipated expenses or problems or technical difficulties will not occur which would result in significant delays.

 

Any one of these will adversely affect our ability to become profitable or to maintain profitability.

 

Future commitments under contractual obligations by expected maturity date at December 31, 2005 are as follows:

 

 

 

< 1 year

 

1-3 years

 

3-5 years

 

> 5 years

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible notes payable

 

$

 

$

1,500,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,500,000

 

Film obligations

 

50,000

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

Operating leases

 

7,200

 

 

 

 

7,200

 

Employment contracts

 

113,000

 

 

 

 

113,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

170,200

 

$

1,500,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,670,200

 

 

Accounting Methods

 

The application of the following accounting policies, which are important in presenting our financial position and results of operations, requires significant judgments and estimates on the part of management. For a summary of all of our accounting policies, including the accounting policies discussed below, see note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report.

 

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (or U.S. GAAP).

 

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In June 2000, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position 00-2, Accounting by Producers or Distributors of Films (“SoP 00-2”).  SoP 00-2 establishes accounting standards for producers or distributors of films, including changes in revenue recognition, capitalization and amortization of costs of acquiring films and television programs and accounting for exploitation costs, including advertising and marketing expenses. These accounting standards are as follows:

 

                                          Advertising and marketing costs are expensed the first time the advertising takes place.

 

                                          The capitalization of production costs for episodic television series is limited to revenue that has been contracted for on an episode-by-episode basis until the time that the criteria for recognizing secondary market revenues are met.

 

We capitalize the costs of production, including financing costs, to investment in motion pictures.  These costs will be amortized to direct operating expenses in accordance with SoP 00-2. These costs are stated at the lower of unamortized motion picture costs or fair value (net present value).  These costs for an individual motion picture will be amortized in the proportion that current period actual revenues bear to management’s estimates of the total revenue expected to be received from the motion picture over a period not to exceed 10 years from the date of delivery.  We will be required to regularly review and revise when necessary the total revenue estimates of each motion picture produced.  As a result, if revenue estimates change with respect to a motion picture, it may be necessary to write down all or a portion of the unamortized costs of the motion picture.  There is no assurance that revised revenue estimates will not occur that result in significant write-downs affecting our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Revenue from the sale or licensing of motion pictures will be recognized upon meeting all recognition requirements of SoP 00-2.  Revenue from the theatrical release of motion pictures will be recognized at the time of exhibition based on our participation in box office receipts.  If applicable, revenue from the sale of DVDs in the retail market, net of an allowance for estimated returns, will be recognized on the later of shipment to the customer or “street date” (when it is available for sale by the customer).  Furthermore, if applicable, under revenue sharing arrangements, rental revenue would be recognized when we would become entitled to receipts.  For contracts that provide for rights to exploit a motion picture on multiple media (e.g. theatrical, video, television) with a fee for a single motion picture where the contract specifies the permissible timing of release to various media, the fee will be allocated to the various media based on an assessment of the relative fair value of the rights to exploit each media and will be recognized as the movie is released to each media.  For multiple-title contracts with a fee, the fee will be allocated on a title-by-title basis, based on an assessment of the relative fair value of each title.  If applicable, revenues from television licensing are recognized when the motion picture becomes available to the licensee for telecast.  Cash payments received are to be recorded as deferred revenue until all the conditions of revenue recognition have been met.  If applicable, we will accrue for video returns and provide for allowances in the financial statements based on previous returns and our allowances history on a title-by-title basis in each of the video businesses. In this case, there may be differences between actual returns and allowances and our historical experience.

 

We will depend on the distributors of any motion picture we produce to account for and accurately report our share of exhibition revenue.  While we expect to have certain audit rights to verify exhibition revenues received by our North American distributors,

 

                                          distributors are often in a position to account for revenues in a manner that understates or fails accurately to account for revenues or

 

                                          distributors may fail to maintain appropriate accounting records making it difficult to determine a producer’s actual share of revenues upon audit.

 

Although we do not have any experience related to auditing distributors’ revenue accounting, we anticipate that the costs associated with this type of audit may be substantial and may vary significantly from distributor-to-distributor and even picture-to-picture.  Therefore, there is no assurance that, in all cases, we will be able to obtain an

 

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accurate accounting of our exhibition revenues or that audits will result in increases in the revenues that justify the associated audit costs.

 

Cautionary Statement Relating to Forward Looking Information

 

We have included some forward-looking statements in this section and other places in this report regarding our expectations.  These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.  Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology including “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategies that involve risks and uncertainties.  You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they:

 

                                          discuss our future expectations;

 

                                          contain projections of our future operating results or of our future financial condition; or

 

                                          state other “forward-looking” information.

 

We believe it is important to discuss our expectations; however, it must be recognized that events may occur in the future over which we have no control and which we are not accurately able to predict.  Readers are cautioned to consider the specific business risk factors described in the report that is a part of our Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2004, and not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof.  We undertake no obligation to publicly revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this report.

 

Item 7.           Financial Statements

 

Our financial statements which are prepared in accordance with Regulation S-B are set forth in this report beginning on page F-1.

 

Item 8.           Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants and Financial Disclosure

 

Effective September 20, 2005, we dismissed Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC as our independent accountants. Upon the recommendation and approval of our Audit Committee and Board of Directors, we appointed Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP as our independent accountants, effective September 20, 2005.

 

Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC reports on our 2002, 2003 and 2004 consolidated financial statements contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified, as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

 

There have been no disagreements with Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure that disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports.

 

There have been no reportable events with respect to Registrant as described at Item 304 of Regulation S-B.

 

On September 20, 2005, we engaged Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP as our certifying accountant to audit our consolidated financial statements for 2005.  We have not previously consulted with Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP on items concerning (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements or (ii) any subject matter of a disagreement or reportable event with Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC.

 

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During 2005, there were been no disagreements concerning matters of accounting principle or financial statement disclosure between us and our independent accountants of the type requiring disclosure hereunder.

 

Item 8A.  Controls and Procedures.

 

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are responsible primarily for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  These controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Furthermore, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are responsible for the design and supervision of our internal controls over financial reporting that are then effected by and through our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  These policies and procedures

 

                                          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 our management and directors; and

 

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

 

Our Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and the internal controls over financial reporting as of the last day of the period covered by this report, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting were fully effective as of the last day of the period covered by this report and reported to our auditors and the audit committee of our board of directors that no change occurred in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting occurred during the period covered by this report that would materially affect or is reasonably likely to materially affect our disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting.  In conducting their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, these executive officers did not discover any fraud that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting.  Furthermore, there were no significant changes in our disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over financial reporting, or other factors that could significantly affect our disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls over financial reporting subsequent to the date of their evaluation.  Because no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses were discovered, no corrective actions were necessary or taken to correct significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures.

 

Item 8B.  Other Information

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2005, all items required to be reported on Form 8-K were reported.

 

During 2005, we issued 10,000 shares of our common stock to ARC Financial Services, Inc. in payment of consulting services of $15,000 and issued 10,000 shares of our common stock to IR Partners, LLC in payment of investor relations services of $9,375.  Furthermore, we issued 10,726 shares of our common stock to SXJE, LLC, one our greater than 10% shareholders, in payment of $10,833 of accrued interest under two convertible promissory

 

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notes (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”).  These shares were issued pursuant to registration exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D and 4(2) of the Act.  Each recipient of the common stock shares was furnished information concerning our operations, and each had the opportunity to verify the information supplied.  Additionally, each of the stock certificates evidencing the shares carries a legend restricting transfer of the shares, and we issued stop transfer instructions to UMB Bank, N.A., the transfer and of our common stock, with respect to all certificates representing the common stock.  In connection with issuance of these common stock shares, no commissions or other form of remuneration was paid.

 

PART III

 

Item 9.           Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Controlled Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

 

Our Directors and Executive Officers

 

Set forth below is certain information with respect to our executive officers and directors.  Directors are generally elected at the annual shareholders’ meeting and hold office until the next annual shareholders’ meeting and until their successors are elected and qualify.  Executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors and serve at its discretion.  Our Bylaws provide that the Board of Directors shall consist of such number of members as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine by resolution or election, but not less than three and not more than nine.  Our Board of Directors currently consists of five individuals.

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position with the Company

 

 

 

 

 

John Simonelli(1)

 

59

 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr.(1)

 

68

 

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Mark R. Kidd(1)(2)

 

39

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Roos(2)

 

71

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

George “Fritz” Kiersch(2)

 

55

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis B. Moon

 

40

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Stanton Nelson

 

34

 

Director

 


(1)                                  Serves on our Compensation Committee.

(2)                                  Serves on our Audit Committee.

 

The following is a brief description of the business background of our executive officers and directors:

 

Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr. serves as our President and Chief Operating Officer (since August 18, 2003) and President and Chief Operating Officer (since February 3, 2005), served as our Chief Executive Officer from August 18, 2003 until February 3, 2005, and serves as the manager of Graymark Productions, L.L.C.(from its formation in August 2001).  Prior to that time, Mr. Frederickson was independently engaged in the production of films for his own account.

 

Mr. Frederickson is a highly successful producer of major motion pictures.  He produced three films on the American Film Institute’s “100 Greatest Movies of All Time,” won an Oscar as Co-Producer of The Godfather, Part II and received an Academy Award Nomination as a Co-Producer of Apocalypse Now.  He had a 20-year association with the Academy Award-winning director, Francis Ford Coppola, as a producer in Coppola’s famed Zoetrope Studios.  During that time, he also co-produced The Godfather Part III, and was an associate producer of The Godfather.  He has 20 other films to his credit that include Little Fauss and Big Halsy with Robert Redford, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly with Clint Eastwood, and Candy with Marlon Brando and Richard Burton. He has extensive contacts in the film industry, not only due to his production of films for Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, United Artists, and Warner Brothers, but also as Vice President in Charge of Feature Film Production at Lorimar.  He also produced several pilots and series for television for Columbia, ABC, and Tri-Star/NBC. 

 

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Mr. Frederickson is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Television Art and Sciences, The Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild, and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

 

John Simonelli serves as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (since February 3, 2005) and formerly served as our President and Chief Operating Officer (from August 18, 2003 to February 3, 2005).  Mr. Simonelli is an independent business consultant who has extensive experience in the planning, development, and funding of emerging growth companies.  He served as a director of Precis, Inc. from December 2000 until July 2001.  Precis, Inc. is a publicly-held company primarily engaged in the providing of healthcare savings to the self-insured. From March 1994 until July 1999, Mr. Simonelli was employed by Laboratory Specialists of America, Inc. and served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, and a Director until December 7, 1998.  Laboratory Specialists of America, Inc. was engaged in forensic drug testing and was formerly publicly-held until acquired by The Kroll-O’Gara Company by merger.  Mr. Simonelli served as a Director, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of Vantage Capital Resources, Inc. from March 1996 until its merger with The Vialink Company (formerly Applied Intelligence Group, Inc.) and thereafter served as a Director and Vice President of The Vialink Company until October 14, 1996.  He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of MBf USA, Inc. (formerly American Drug Screens, Inc.), a publicly-held company engaged in the medical products and services industry, from February 1988 through June 1992.  He served as Chief Executive Officer of Unico, Inc. (formerly CMS Advertising, Inc.), a publicly-held company engaged in the franchising of cooperative direct mail advertising businesses, from June 1986 to June 1988.  From July 1981 through June 1985, he served in various capacities, including President and Director, with Moto Photo, Inc., a publicly-held company engaged in the business of franchising one-hour, photo development laboratories.  Mr. Simonelli served as President and Chief Executive Officer from May 1985 until November 1985, and a Director, from May 1985 through 1988, of TM Communications, Inc. (formerly Video Image, Inc. and TM Century, Inc.), a publicly-held company engaged in radio broadcasting and corporate communications.

 

Mark R. Kidd serves as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.  Mr. Kidd has over 15 years experience in finance and accounting.  Mr. Kidd is also Chief Operations Officer of C&L Supply, Inc., a privately-held wholesale distribution company which serves customers in seven states.  Mr. Kidd is also a co-owner of 36th Street Properties, LLC, a privately-held commercial real estate company and RandMark, LLC, a privately-held retail wireless company.  Mr. Kidd served as Chief Financial Officer of Precis, Inc., a publicly-held company, from August 1999 until January 2002 and as a director of Precis, Inc. from January 2000 until February 2002.  He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and a Director of Foresight, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Precis, Inc. from February 1999 until January 2002.  Mr. Kidd served as President of Paceco Financial Services, Inc., a privately-held regulated savings company, from March 1998 until December 2000.  Mr. Kidd is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. in accounting from Southern Methodist University.

 

Fred Roos has served as one of our Directors since August 18, 2003 and has been independently engaged in the motion picture business during the last five years.  Mr. Roos is also a highly successful producer, who partnered with Gray Frederickson on several Francis Coppola films, including Godfather II, Godfather III, Apocalypse Now, One From The Heart, and The Outsiders.  He also produced numerous other acclaimed films including The Conversation with Gene Hackman, Rumble Fish, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams with Jeff Bridges, Barfly, The Cotton Club, and The Black Stallion.  He has a highly esteemed reputation, not only an important producer, but as one of the most notable casting directors and consultants in Hollywood.  His films as casting director include Petulia (George C. Scott, Julie Christy), Five Easy Pieces (Jack Nicholson), American Graffiti (Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford), and The Godfather (Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, and Diane Keaton.)  His most recent films are The Virgin Suicides, directed by Sofia Coppola, with James Woods, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, Town And Country, starring Warren Beatty, and The Son of The Black Stallion, for Disney, scheduled for the summer of 2003 on IMAX.

 

George “Fritz” Kiersch has served as one of our directors since August 18, 2003.  He has extensive experience in theatrical motion picture direction having worked in almost all film craft categories over the past 28 years with an emphasis on producing, directing and writing.  From this variety of career strengths, in both creative and business practice, Mr. Kiersch has gained a thorough knowledge of all aspects of film planning, production and finish, developing strong leadership skills and professional depth. He directed the production of Children of the Corn, a modest budget 1984 release by New World Pictures based upon a Stephen King short story that was a

 

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significant commercial success.  Mr. Kiersch has directed seven additional motion pictures studios and a television network including, Tuff Turf, a youth oriented action story starring James Spader and Robert Downey Jr., Shattered Image, a psychological thriller, starring Bo Derek and Jack Scalia, and a version of the classic, Gulliver’s Travels for Hallmark Entertainment.

 

In 2000 he accepted a full professorship as the inaugural Director of the Film and Video Studies Program at the Oklahoma City Community College, a curriculum focused on physical film production that has increased to 12 or 14 courses per semester with an enrollment of over 150 students and six adjunct instructors.  Since 2001 he has co-chaired and developed the Oklahoma Cinema Studies Consortium that oversees cross registration among The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma City Community College that effectively established the largest film studies program in the mid-west by providing the greatest depth of course work, disciplines of specific study and the largest faculty.  In addition, for the last two years Mr. Kiersch has served as the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Film Institute, a master workshop structured program.

 

After receiving a BA in Economics in 1974 from Ohio Wesleyan University, Mr. Kiersch began a concentrated study of cinema and camera technique toward a Masters of Film Art at University of Southern California.

 

Lewis B. Moon has served as one of our directors since August 18, 2003.  In 2004, Mr. Moon became a practicing attorney in the Oklahoma County Public Defender’s office.  As a partner in Lewann Ltd. beginning in January 1999 Mr. Moon’s responsibilities include management and daily oversight of investment capital hedge funds and new acquisitions of investment corporations and management of daily operations of oil and gas production including new exploration and drilling operations.  Lewann Ltd. is a privately-held hedge fund management firm.  During 1998 and January 1999, he served as a territory manager (Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas) of Beretta U.S.A. Corporation, a privately-held firearms manufacturer.  In 1990 he graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and received a Juris Doctorate in December 2003 from the Oklahoma City University School of Law.

 

Stanton Nelson has served as one of our directors since August 18, 2003.  Mr. Nelson currently serves as Vice President of R.T. Oliver Investment Company, a privately-held company engaged in oil and gas exploration and development and real estate ownership and management and controlled by Roy T. Oliver, one of our greater than 5% shareholders.  Mr. Nelson also serves as Chairman of Carrollton Broadcasting Company, a privately-held company that operates a radio station in Dallas, Texas.  In 2000, Mr. Nelson served as Director of State and Federal Affairs for the University of Oklahoma.  From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Nelson served as President of Stephens Broadcasting, a privately-held company that owned radio stations in Oklahoma.  From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Nelson served as a staff member for United State Senator David Boren.  Mr. Nelson has a B.B.A. in business management from the University of Oklahoma.

 

Certain Legal Proceedings

 

On September 28, 1990, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) filed a civil action against John Simonelli, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Operating Executive Officer, alleging violations of (i) Sections 13(d) and 16(a) (which require that officers, directors and certain shareholders file securities ownership reports with the Commission) and (ii) Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-6 (which, in general, proscribe affiliates of issuers from purchasing securities during a distribution) of or promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  The alleged violations, which occurred at various times from February 1985 through September 1987, pertained to Mr. Simonelli’s unreported purchases of securities of Unico, Inc., an issuer unrelated to us.  On the same day, Mr. Simonelli, without admitting or denying any of the Commission’s allegations, agreed to make restitution payment to Unico, Inc. and consented to a permanent injunction that enjoined Mr. Simonelli from violating the foregoing sections of and rules promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors, officers, and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock or other registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Officers, directors and

 

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greater than 10% shareholders are required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

 

Pursuant to two lending transactions on August 5 and October 25, 2005, SXJE, LLC and its controlling person, Sam Eyde, acquired beneficial ownership of our common stock shares under the terms of two promissory notes and four common stock purchase warrants that resulted in them beneficially owning more than 10% of our common stock shares (see “Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”).  SXJE, LLC and its controlling person failed to timely report those beneficial ownership acquisitions under Section 16(a).  Otherwise, based solely on our review of the copies of the forms we received covering purchase and sale transactions in our common stock during 2005, we believe that each person who, at any time during 2005, was a director, executive officer, or beneficial owner of more than 10% of our common stock complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during 2005.

 

Item 10.  Executive Compensation

 

We do not compensate directors for serving on our board or attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof.  However, it is anticipated that stock options will granted to our directors on terms to be determined by our board. As of the date of this report, the number of stock options to be granted to the members of our board of directors has not been considered or determined.

 

The following table sets forth the total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and for those executive officers who received compensation in excess of $100,000 during 2005.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Compensation

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary(1)

 

Bonus(2)

 

John Simonelli

 

2005

 

$

60,000

 

$

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

2004

 

$

60,000

 

$

 

 

 

2003

 

$

60,000

 

$

 

Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr.(3)

 

2005

 

$

106,000

 

$

 

Chief Operating Officer

 

2004

 

$

100,000

 

$

 

 

 

2003

 

$

100,000

 

$

 

 


(1)                                  Dollar value of base salary (both cash and non-cash) earned during the year.

(2)                                  Dollar value of bonus (both cash and non-cash) earned during the year.

(3)                                  Mr. Frederickson received additional non-cash compensation, perquisites and other personal benefits that during 2005 consisted of health insurance benefits totaling $4,541 and 2004 consisted of health insurance benefits totaling $6,930 and an automobile allowance of $6,500.  The aggregate amount and value of the non-cash compensation, perquisites and other personal benefits during 2005 and 2003 did not exceed 10% of the total annual salary and bonus paid to and accrued for Mr. Frederickson during the year.

 

Aggregate Option Grants and Exercises in 2005 and Year-End Option Values

 

Stock Options and Option Values.  During 2005, we did not grant any stock options to our directors and executive officers and no outstanding stock options were exercised.

 

Aggregate Stock Option Exercise and Year-End Option Values.  The following table sets forth information related to the number and value of options held by the named executive officer at December 31, 2005.  During 2005, no options to purchase our common stock were exercised by the named executive officers.

 

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Value of Unexercised

 

 

 

Number of Unexercised

 

In-the-Money

 

 

 

Options as of

 

Options as of

 

 

 

December 31, 2005

 

December 31, 2005(1)

 

Name

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

John Simonelli, Chief Executive Officer

 

20,000

 

 

$

 

$

 

Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr., Chief Operating Officer

 

20,000

 

 

$

 

$

 

 


(1)                      The closing sale price of our common stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on December 31, 2005 was $1.10.  The per-share value is calculated based on the applicable closing sale price per share, minus the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares of common stock underlying the options.

 

Employment Arrangements and Lack of Keyman Insurance

 

We have an employment agreement with each of Messrs. Frederickson and Simonelli that expires on August 18, 2006 that provides, among other things, (i) Mr. Frederickson with an annual base salary of $100,000 and Mr. Simonelli an annual base salary of $60,000, (ii) bonuses at the discretion of the Board of Directors, (iii) eligibility for stock options under our stock option plan, (iv) health insurance benefits, and (v) benefits consistent with similar executive employment agreements.  This agreement requires Mr. Frederickson to devote his full time and attention to our business and affairs, while Mr. Simonelli is required to devote the amount of time to perform the duties and responsibilities assigned to his position.  The agreements also restrict the rights of Messrs. Frederickson and Simonelli to participate in other activities outside to the extent the activities conflict with the ability to perform his duties and that would violate his duty and loyalty to us.  Since commencement of the production of Cloud 9, Mr. Simonelli has devoted more than 40 hours per week to his duties and responsibilities at Graymark Productions, Inc.

 

Furthermore, Mr. Simonelli and Mark R. Kidd have orally agreed to work not less than 16 hours per week in the performance of the respective duties and responsibilities assigned to them by the board of directors of Graymark Productions, Inc.  We do not maintain any insurance covering the disability or life of Mr. Frederickson.

 

Loss of Key Personnel

 

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the efforts, contributions and abilities of our management.  Although we have employment agreements with Messrs. Frederickson and Simonelli, the loss of services of Messrs. Frederickson and Simonelli and other key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

Other than through the receipt of discretionary stock option grants, our directors are not compensated for attending board or committee meetings.  Directors who are also our employees receive no additional compensation for serving as directors or on committees. We reimburse our directors for travel and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with their attendance at meetings of our board.

 

On November 19, 2004, we granted each of our Directors five-year stock options exercisable for the purchase of 20,000 shares of our common stock for $1.10 per share. These stock options were granted for services during 2004.  The purchase price of the shares was equal to or in excess of the closing sale price of our common stock on the grant date of the stock options.

 

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Equity Compensation Plans

 

For the benefit of our employees, directors and consultants, we have adopted two stock option plans, the 2003 Stock Option Plan (the “Employee Plan”) and the 2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan (the “Non-Employee Plan”).

 

The 2003 Employee Plan.  For the benefit of our employees, directors and consultants, we adopted the 2003 Employee Plan.  This plan provides for the issuance of options intended to qualify as incentive stock options for federal income tax purposes to our employees and non-employees, including employees who also serve as our directors.  Qualification of the grant of options under the plan as incentive stock options for federal income tax purposes is not a condition of the grant and failure to so qualify does not affect the ability to exercise the stock options.  The number of shares of common stock authorized and reserved for issuance under the plan is 300,000.  As of the date of this report, we have granted stock options under this plan that are exercisable for the purchase of 60,000 common stock shares at $1.10 per share on or before December 31, 2009.

 

Our Board of Directors administers and interprets this plan (unless delegated to a committee) and has authority to grant options to all eligible participants and determine the types of options granted, the terms, restrictions and conditions of the options at the time of grant.

 

The exercise price of options may not be less than 85% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant of the option and to qualify as an incentive stock option may not be less than the fair market value of common stock on the date of the grant of the incentive stock option.  Upon the exercise of an option, the exercise price must be paid in full, in cash, in our common stock (at the fair market value thereof) or a combination thereof.

 

Options qualifying as incentive stock options are exercisable only by an optionee during the period ending three months after the optionee ceases to be our employee, a director, or non-employee service provider.  However, in the event of death or disability of the optionee, the incentive stock options are exercisable for one year following death or disability.  In any event options may not be exercised beyond the expiration date of the options.  Options may be granted to our key management employees, directors, key professional employees or key professional non-employee service providers, although options granted non-employee directors do not qualify as incentive stock options.  No option may be granted after December 31, 2009.  Options are not transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

 

All outstanding options granted under the plan will become fully vested and immediately exercisable if (i) within any 12-month period, we sell an amount of common stock that exceeds 50% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately before the 12-month period or (ii) a “change of control” occurs.  For purposes of the plan, a “change of control” is defined as the acquisition in a transaction or series of transactions by any person, entity or group (two or more persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group for the purpose of acquiring our securities) of beneficial ownership of 50% or more (or less than 50% as determined by a majority of our directors) of either the then outstanding shares of our common stock or the combined voting power of our then outstanding voting securities.

 

The 2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan.  The Non-Employee Plan provides for the grant of stock options to our non-employee directors, consultants and other advisors.  Our employees are not eligible to participate in the Non-Employee Plan.  Under the provisions of this plan, the options do not qualify as incentive stock options for federal income tax purposes and accordingly will not qualify for the favorable tax consequences thereunder upon the grant and exercise of the Options.  The total number of shares of common stock authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of Options granted under this plan will be 300,000. As of the date of this report, we have granted stock options under this plan that are exercisable for the purchase of 80,000 common stock shares at $1.10 per share on or before December 31, 2009.

 

Our Board of Directors administers and interprets this plan and has authority to grant options to all eligible participants and determine the basis upon which the options are to be granted and the terms, restrictions and conditions of the options at the time of grant.

 

Options granted under this plan are exercisable in such amounts, at such intervals and upon such terms as the

 

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option grant provides.  The purchase price of the common stock under the option is determined by our board; however, the purchase price may not be less than the closing sale price of our common stock on the date of grant of the option.  Upon the exercise of an option, the stock purchase price must be paid in full, in cash by check or in our common stock held by the option holder for more than six months or a combination of cash and common stock.

 

Options granted under this plan may not under any circumstance be exercised after 10 years from the date of grant.  No option under the Non-Employee Plan may be granted after July 30, 2008.  Options are not transferable except by will, by the laws of descent and distribution, by gift or a domestic relations order to a “family member.”  Family member transfers include transfers to parents (and in-laws) to nieces and nephews (adopted or otherwise) as well as trusts, foundations and other entities principally for their benefit.  This plan will terminate on July 30, 2008. As of the date of this report, we have granted stock options under this plan that are exercisable for the purchase of 100,000 common stock shares at $1.10 per share on or before December 31, 2009.

 

Director Liability and Indemnification

 

As permitted by the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, our Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”) eliminates in certain circumstances the monetary liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty as directors.  These provisions do not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for a breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions by a director not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) for liability arising under Section 1053 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act (relating to the declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act); or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  In addition, these provisions do not eliminate liability of a director for violations of federal securities laws, nor do they limit our rights or the rights of our shareholders, in appropriate circumstances, to seek equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief.  Such remedies may not be effective in all cases.

 

Our Bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers.  Under such provisions, any director or officer, who in his or her capacity as an officer or director, is made or threatened to be made, a party to any suit or proceeding, may be indemnified if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interest.  The Bylaws further provide that this indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights that an officer or director may be entitled.  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Bylaws or otherwise may be permitted to our directors and officers, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission indemnification is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

Item 11.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

The following table presents certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 22, 2006 of (i) the only persons known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock, (ii) each of our directors and executive officers (including those executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, see “Item 10.  Executive Compensation”) and (iii) all of our executive officers and directors as a group, together with their percentage holdings of the beneficially owned outstanding shares.  All persons listed have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares unless otherwise indicated, and there is no family relationship among our executive officers and directors.  For purposes of the following table, the number of shares and percent of ownership of outstanding common stock that the named person beneficially owns includes common stock shares that the named person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this report (pursuant to exercise of stock options, warrants or conversion rights) and are deemed to be outstanding, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purposes of computing the number of shares beneficially owned and percent of outstanding common stock of any other named person.

 

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Shares

 

 

 

Name (and Address) of Beneficial Owner

 

Beneficially
Owned(1)

 

Ownership
Percent(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SXJE, LLC and Sam Eyde(3)
2400 Byron Circle
Lansing, Michigan 48912

 

3,563,636

 

43.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Simonelli(4)
101 North Robinson, Suite 920
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

1,023,000

 

12.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr.(5)
101 North Robinson, Suite 920
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

1,020,000

 

12.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy T. Oliver.
101 N. Robinson, Ste. 900
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

1,000,000

 

12.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lewann, Ltd.(6)
6345 Glenbrook Court
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118

 

520,000

 

6.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis B. Moon(6)
6345 Glenbrook Court
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118

 

520,000

 

6.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark A. Stansberry
1105 Waterwood Parkway, Suite GP-2
Edmond, Oklahoma 73034

 

600,000

 

7.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Peter Hoffman, Jr.(7)
6301 North Western Avenue, Suite 260
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118

 

610,700

 

7.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark R. Kidd(8)
101 North Robinson, Suite 920
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

70,000

 

.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Roos(9)
101 North Robinson, Suite 920
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

20,000

 

.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

George “Fritz” Kiersch(9)
101 North Robinson, Suite 920
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

20,000

 

.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stanton Nelson(10)
101 North Robinson, Suite 900
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

 

20,000

 

.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Officers and Directors as a group
(seven individuals)(11)

 

2,693,000

 

32.5

%

 


(1)                      Shares not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the right of a person or members of a group to acquire them within 60 days are treated as outstanding for determining the amount and percentage of common stock owned by such person.  To the Company’s knowledge, each named person has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares shown except as noted, subject to community property laws, where applicable.

(2)                      Rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent, based upon 8,289,151 shares of common stock outstanding.

(3)                      The number of shares and the percentages include 2,563,636 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of certain conversion right under two promissory notes for the purchase of not less than 1,363,636 common stock shares, common stock purchase warrants exercisable for the purchase of 1,000,000 common stock shares and redeemable warrants exercisable for the purchase of 200,000 common stock shares.

(4)                      Mr. Simonelli is Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer.  The number of shares and the percentages include 20,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring December 31, 2009.

(5)                      Mr. Frederickson is our President and Chief Operating Officer.  The number of shares and the percentages

 

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include 20,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring December 31, 2009.

(6)                      Lewann, Ltd. is controlled by Lewis B. Moon and each is deemed the beneficial owner of the common stock shares.  Mr. Moon is one of our directors.  The number of shares and the percentages include 20,000 common stock shares purchasable by Mr. Moon pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring December 31, 2009.

(7)                      The number of shares and the percent includes 300,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of redeemable warrants expiring October 30, 2008 and 100,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of warrants expiring December 31, 2008.

(8)                      Mr. Kidd is our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.  The number of shares and the percentages include 20,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring December 31, 2009.

(9)                      The named person is one of our directors.  The number of shares and the percentages include 20,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring December 31, 2009.

(10)                Mr. Nelson is one of our directors and serves as Vice President of R. T. Oliver Investment Company, a company controlled by Roy T. Oliver.  Mr. Nelson does not have any beneficial owner in the common stock shares beneficially owned by Mr. Oliver.  The number of shares and the percentages include 20,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring December 31, 2009.

(11)                The number of shares and the percent includes 160,000 common stock shares purchasable pursuant to exercise of stock options expiring on December 31, 2009.

 

Item 12.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

 

Contained below is a description of transactions and proposed transactions we entered into with our officers, directors and shareholders that beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock during 2005 and 2004.  These transactions will continue in effect and may result in conflicts of interest between us and these individuals.  Although our officers and directors have fiduciary duties to us and our shareholders, there can be no assurance that conflicts of interest will always be resolved in favor of us and our shareholders.

 

2005 Affiliate Loan Transactions.  In two separate lending transactions on August 5 and October 25, 2005, we issued a two-year promissory note each in the principal amount of $750,000 to SXJE, LLC (controlled by Sam Eyde) evidencing loans aggregating $1,500,000. The two notes are secured by all assets of our and our subsidiaries’ assets and bear interest at 8% per annum.  Upon consummation of a “Qualified Financing” by us, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest (collectively the “note balance” at any applicable time) will automatically convert into our common stock shares equal to 120% of the note balance divided by the price per share of the equity securities sold in the Qualified Financing.  The maximum price or value of the common stock shares into which the note balance converts may not exceed the equivalent of $1.10 per common stock share or not less than 1,636,364 shares.  The number of our common stock shares that may be issued in payment of accrued interest under the notes is not determinable as of the date of the report.  “Qualified Financing” refers to any equity financing pursuant to which we receive aggregate gross cash proceeds of $2,000,000 or more (excluding the automatic conversion of the notes) on or before the maturity dates of the notes.  During 2005, we issued 10,726 shares of our common stock in payment of $10,833 accrued interest under the notes.

 

Furthermore, in connection with the two lending transactions, we entered into two common stock purchase warrant agreements with SXJE, LLC, two of these agreements evidence warrants exercisable on or before October 25, 2010, in the aggregate for the purchase of 500,000 common stock shares at $2.00 each and the other two agreements exercisable for the purchase of 500,000 common stock shares at $3.00 each.  The number of common stock shares purchasable will be appropriately adjusted in the event of any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction.

 

For the period ending October 25, 2010, we agreed to include the common stock shares underlying the common stock purchase warrants in any registration statement we file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission at our sole cost and expense.

 

Viewtrade Financial served as our financial advisor and was paid a fee $75,000 during 2005.

 

Co-Finance Agreements.  In May 2004, we entered into a Co-Finance Agreement with each of Roy T. Oliver, one of our major shareholders, John Simonelli, our President and Chief Operating Officer, 36th Street

 

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Properties LLC (of which Mark R. Kidd, our Chief Financial Officer is a 50% owner) and Larry E. Howell.  Pursuant to these Co-Finance Agreements each of Messrs. Oliver, Simonelli, and Howell and 36th Street Properties LLC made contributions to share in the production costs of Cloud 9 of $250,000, $100,000, $50,000 and $100,000, respectively, for the aggregate sum of $500,000.  Their contributions to the production costs of Cloud 9 are recoverable from all proceeds we receive from the rights sales and distribution of Cloud 9, commencing from the first dollar we receive until Messrs. Oliver, Simonelli and Howell and 36th Street Properties LLC are repaid their respective contributions in full.  In addition, each of Messrs. Oliver, Simonelli and Howell and 36th Street Properties are entitled to receive in the aggregate 20% (10%, 4%,2% and 4%, respectively) of the “net profits” we receive from the rights sales and distribution of Cloud 9.  “Net profits” is defined as the sum remaining of the proceeds from the rights sales and distribution of Cloud 9 after deduction of third-party distribution fees and expenses, our recoupment of all costs plus interest, production costs, distribution costs, cash deferments to cast, crew or producers, equipment suppliers, rights holders or any other party.  In June 2005, we paid $450,000 of our $500,000 obligations under the Co-Finance Agreements.

 

Office Space Lease.  In December 2003, we entered into a 12-month unwritten lease with Corporate Tower, LLC which is controlled by Roy T. Oliver, one of our greater than 5% shareholders and affiliates, for occupancy of our offices in Oklahoma City.  Under this lease arrangement, we are required to pay rent of approximately $600 per month.  The costs of leasehold improvements of our office facilities was approximately $15,000 which we paid rather than Corporate Tower, LLC.

 

We believe that the transactions described above were on terms no less favorable to us than could have been obtained with unrelated third parties.  All material future transactions between us and our officers, directors and 5% or greater shareholders

 

                                          will be on terms no less favorable than could be obtained from unrelated third parties and

 

                                          must be approved by a majority of our disinterested-independent members of our board of directors.

 

Item 13.  Exhibits

 

(a)  Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 2, 2004.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Registrant’s Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Certificate of Common Stock of Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Placement Agent Agreement between Viewtrade Financial and Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Placement Agent Warrant Agreement between Viewtrade Financial and Registrant and form of Placement Agent Warrant Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.4

 

Redeemable Warrant Agreement between UMB Bank, N.A. and Registrant, incorporated

 

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by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of Redeemable Warrant Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.6

 

Financial Advisor Agreement between Viewtrade Financial and Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.7

 

Stock Option Agreement between E. Peter Hoffman, Jr. and Registrant , incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Exhibit 10.8 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

4.8

 

Form of Senior Promissory Note dated August 5, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 11, 2005.

 

 

 

4.9

 

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreement attached as Exhibit A-1 to the Form of Senior Promissory Note dated August 5, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 11, 2005.

 

 

 

4.10

 

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreement attached as Exhibit A-2 to the Form of Senior Promissory Note dated August 5, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 11, 2005.

 

 

 

4.11

 

Form of Senior Promissory Note dated October 24, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 1, 2005.

 

 

 

4.12

 

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreement attached as Exhibit A-1 to the Form of Senior Promissory Note dated October 24, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 1, 2005.

 

 

 

4.13

 

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreement attached as Exhibit A-2 to the Form of Senior Promissory Note dated October 24, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 1, 2005.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Letter agreement amongst Gray Frederickson, Mark A. Stansberry and Registrant dated August 27, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2
(No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Employment Agreement between Gray Frederickson and Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Employment Agreement between John Simonelli and Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Graymark Productions, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Graymark Productions, Inc. 2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819)

 

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as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.7

 

Investor Agreement amongst A & A Productions, LLC, Frozen Television, Inc. and Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2
(No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.8

 

Consulting Agreement between E. Peter Hoffman, Jr. and Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.9

 

Form of Lock-up Letter Agreement entered into by Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr. (covering 1,000,000 common stock shares for 24 months), John Simonelli (covering 1,000,000 common stock shares for 24 months), Mark R. Kidd (covering 50,000 common stock shares for 24 months), Mark A. Stansberry (covering 600,000 common stock shares for 24 months), Lewann, Ltd.(covering 1,000,000 common stock shares for 24 months), Roy T. Oliver (covering 1,000,000 common stock shares for 12 months), and Michael E. Dunn (covering 20,000 common stock shares for 24 months) with Viewtrade Financial, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on January 9, 2004.

 

 

 

10.10

 

Letter agreement between Graymark Productions, L.L.C., Gray Frederickson, Mark A. Stansberry, and FilmCapital, Inc., dated April 22, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

 

 

 

10.11

 

Articles of Organization of Out of the Blue Productions, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

 

 

 

10.12

 

Operating Agreement of Out of the Blue Productions, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

 

 

 

10.13

 

Amendment to Investor Agreement between A&A Productions, LLC, Frozen Television, Inc. and Registrant, dated January 5, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

 

 

 

10.14

 

Literary Purchase Agreement amongst Brett Hudson, Burt Kearns, Albert S. Ruddy and Registrant, dated as of December 22, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

 

 

 

10.15

 

Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Out of the Blue Productions, LLC, dated April 23, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on May 10, 2004.

 

 

 

10.16

 

Freelance Director’s Loanout Contract Theatrical Motion Picture Photoplay, dated January 19, 2004, between Out of the Blue Productions, LLC and Geneco Olive Oil, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2
(No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on May 10, 2004.

 

 

 

10.17

 

Letter of Harry Basil dated as of January 19, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17

 

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of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on May 10, 2004.

 

 

 

10.18

 

Co-Finance Agreement, dated May 7, 2004 between Registrant and John Simonelli, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.19

 

Co-Finance Agreement, dated May 7, 2004 between Registrant and 36th Street Properties LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.20

 

Co-Finance Agreement, dated May 7, 2004 between Registrant and Larry E. Howell, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.21

 

Co-Finance Agreement, dated May 10, 2004 between Registrant and Roy T. Oliver, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.22

 

SAG Motion Picture Contract – Weekly Performer between Angie Everhart and Out of the Blue Productions, LLC, dated April 16, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.23

 

Letter agreement between Five Timz Productions and Out of the Blue Productions, LLC dated April 15, 2004 with the SAG Motion Picture Contract – Weekly Performer between D.L. Hughley and Out of the Blue Productions, LLC dated April 15, 2004 attached as Exhibit A, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.24

 

SAG Motion Picture Contract – Weekly Performer between Gabrielle Reece and Out of the Blue Productions, LLC, dated April 14, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.25

 

Letter agreement between Out of the Blue Productions, LLC and Clematis Productions, Inc., dated February 20, 2004 with the SAG Motion Picture Contract – Weekly Performer between Burt Reynolds and Out of the Blue Productions, LLC attached as Exhibit A dated February 20, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

10.26

 

Fenton-Cowitt Casting Agreement between Gray Frederickson and Pixie, Inc., dated January 20, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2004.

 

 

 

21

 

Subsidiaries of Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (No. 333-111819) as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of John Simonelli, Chief Executive Officer of Registrant.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Mark R. Kidd, Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Registrant.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Harry Gray Frederickson, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Registrant.

 

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32.2

 

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Mark R. Kidd, Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Registrant.

 

Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

Fees for Independent Auditors

 

The audit report of Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC reports on our 2004 consolidated financial statements and the audit report of Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP on our 2005 consolidated financial statements contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified, as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

 

There were no disagreements with Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC or Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC or Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports.  Also, there was no occurrence of a reportable event under Item 304 of Regulation S-B respecting the years ended December 31, 2005, and 2004.

 

During 2004 and 2003, Evans, Gaither & Associates, PLLC rendered professional services to us in connection with, among other things, the audit of our annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 and reviews of the unaudited financial statements included in our Quarter Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the three months ended June 30 and September 30, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 12 and November 15, 2004, respectively, and for each of the three months ended March 31 and June 30, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9 and August 12, 2005, respectively.  During 2005, Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP rendered professional services to us in connection with, among other things, the audit of our annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2005 and review of the unaudited financial statements included in our Quarter Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2005.

 

Audit Fees.  Total audit fees for 2005 and 2004 were $41,425 and $26,905, respectively.  The aggregate audit fees included fees billed for the audit of our annual financial statements and for reviews of our financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB.  For 2005, total audit fees include estimated billings for the completion of the 2005 audit after year-end.

 

Audit-Related Fees.  There were no aggregate fees billed for audit-related services for the 2005 and 2004.

 

Tax Fees.  The aggregate fees billed for tax services for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 were $3,710 and $10,188, respectively.  During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, tax services included fees for tax compliance and consulting services related to our annual federal and state tax returns.

 

All Other Fees.  We were not billed for any other accounting services.

 

In reliance on the review and discussions referred to above, our Audit Committee and Board of Directors approved the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Audit Committee Pre-Approval Procedures.  Rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission implemented in accordance with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require audit committees of companies reporting under and pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to pre-approve audit and non-audit services.  Our Audit Committee follows procedures pursuant to which audit, audit-related and tax services, and all permissible non-audit services, are pre-approved by category of service.  During a year circumstances may arise that require engagement of the independent public accountants for additional services not contemplated in the original pre-approval.  In those instances, we sill obtain the specific pre-approval of our Audit Committee before engaging our independent public accountants.  The procedures require our Audit Committee to be informed of each service, and the procedures do not include any delegation of our Audit Committee’s responsibilities to management.  Our Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members.  The member to whom this authority is delegated will report any pre-approval decisions to our Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

 

For 2005, all of the audit-related fees, tax fees and all other fees were pre-approved by our Audit Committee or the Chairman of the Audit committee pursuant to delegated authority.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

/S/ JOHN SIMONELLI

 

 

 

John Simonelli

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 24, 2006

 

 

By:

/S/ MARK R. KIDD

 

 

 

Mark R. Kidd

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Controller

Date: March 24, 2006

 

 

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.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 /S/ JOHN SIMONELLI

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

March 24, 2006

 John Simonelli

 

and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /S/ HARRY G. “GRAY” FREDERICKSON, JR.

 

 

President and Director

 

March 24, 2006

 Harry G. “Gray” Frederickson, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/S/ FRED ROOS

 

 

Director

 

March 24, 2006

 Fred Roos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /S/ GEORGE “FRITZ” KIERSCH

 

 

Director

 

March 24, 2006

 George “Fritz” Kiersch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /S/ Lewis B. Moon

 

 

Director

 

March 24, 2006

 Lewis B. Moon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 /S/ STANTON NELSON

 

 

Director

 

March 24, 2006

 Stanton Nelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Graymark Productions, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

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 audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2005 and the results of its consolidated operations and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

/s/ Murrell, Hall, McIntosh & Co., PLLP

 

 

February 27, 2006

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Graymark Productions, Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 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 financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Graymark Productions, Inc. as of December 31, 2004, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2004, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

 

 

/s/ Evans,Gaither & Associates, PLLC

 

 

March 18, 2005

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

F-3



 

GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,153,840

 

$

877,933

 

Film deposits

 

32,500

 

48,601

 

Total current assets

 

1,186,340

 

926,534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets, net

 

16,325

 

21,190

 

Prepaid loan fees

 

126,986

 

 

Investment in films

 

3,458,417

 

2,227,945

 

Total assets

 

$

4,788,068

 

$

3,175,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

$

101,659

 

$

79,130

 

Total current liabilities

 

101,659

 

79,130

 

Film obligations

 

50,000

 

500,000

 

Convertible notes payable, net of discount of $287,207 at December 31, 2005

 

1,212,793

 

 

Total liabilities

 

1,364,452

 

579,130

 

Minority interests

 

994,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock $0.0001 par value, 90,000,000 shares authorized; 8,289,151and 8,258,425 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively

 

829

 

826

 

Paid-in capital

 

4,221,852

 

3,837,689

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(1,793,162

)

(1,241,976

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

2,429,519

 

2,596,539

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

4,788,068

 

$

3,175,669

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

450,000

 

$

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of film costs

 

419,737

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

277,179

 

234,214

 

Legal and professional fees

 

69,669

 

94,808

 

Consulting and management fees

 

69,500

 

10,261

 

Investor relations

 

10,200

 

 

Stock transfer and reporting costs

 

10,102

 

25,900

 

Film participation costs

 

4,167

 

 

Film marketing

 

 

13,880

 

Other

 

35,304

 

34,336

 

Total operating expenses

 

895,858

 

413,399

 

Operating loss

 

(445,858

)

(413,399

)

Other Income (Expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and other income

 

16,937

 

17,542

 

Interest expense

 

(122,265

)

 

Net other income (expense)

 

(105,328

)

17,542

 

Net loss before minority interests and provision for income taxes

 

(551,186

)

(395,857

)

Minority interests

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(551,186

)

$

(395,857

)

Net loss per share of common stock, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.07

)

$

(0.05

)

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

 

8,266,107

 

8,235,508

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

F-5



 

GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

For the Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Additional
Paid-in

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Capital

 

Deficit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2003

 

8,208,425

 

$

821

 

$

3,790,944

 

$

(846,119

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sale of stock

 

25,000

 

2

 

21,748

 

 

Issuance of stock for legal services

 

25,000

 

3

 

24,997

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

(395,857

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2004

 

8,258,425

 

826

 

3,837,689

 

(1,241,976

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of stock for consulting services

 

10,000

 

1

 

14,499

 

 

Issuance of stock for investor relations services

 

10,000

 

1

 

9,374

 

 

Issuance of stock for convertible notes interest

 

10,726

 

1

 

10,832

 

 

Warrants issued with convertible notes

 

 

 

349,458

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

(551,186

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2005

 

8,289,151

 

$

829

 

$

4,221,852

 

$

(1,793,162

)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(551,186

)

$

(395,857

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

4,864

 

4,866

 

Amortization of film costs

 

419,737

 

 

Issuance of common stock for services

 

23,875

 

25,000

 

Issuance of common stock for convertible note interest

 

10,833

 

 

Amortization of loan discount

 

62,252

 

 

Changes in assets and liabilities –

 

 

 

 

 

Film deposits

 

16,101

 

(48,601

)

Prepaid loan fees

 

(126,986

)

 

Investment in films

 

(1,650,209

)

(2,193,475

)

Accrued liabilities

 

22,529

 

11,091

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used by operating activities

 

(1,768,190

)

(2,596,976

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interests - contributions

 

994,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net cash provided by financing activities

 

994,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from convertible note financing

 

1,500,000

 

 

Sale of stock

 

 

21,750

 

Proceeds from film co-financing agreements

 

 

500,000

 

Partial repayment of film co-financing agreements

 

(450,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net cash provided by financing activities

 

1,050,000

 

521,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

275,907

 

(2,075,226

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

877,933

 

2,953,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,153,840

 

$

877,933

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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GRAYMARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

Note 1 – Nature of Business

 

Graymark Productions, Inc. (the “Company”) is organized in Oklahoma and an independent producer and distributor of film entertainment content.  The Company began operations in 2001 as Graymark Productions, L.L.C. (“Graymark LLC”), all of the assets of which were acquired by the Company through our incorporation-reorganization, effective August 18, 2003.  Prior to 2005, the Company was devoting substantially all of its efforts to the establishment of its business and therefore was a development stage enterprise until 2005.

 

The Company produces and distributes films that are completed and marketed using smaller budgets than those of major studios.  The Company has completed the production and released its first motion picture project titled, Cloud 9.  The Company has also completed the filming and is in post-production on its second, third and fourth motion pictures titled, The Hunt, Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight.  The Company has negotiated agreements for the marketing and distribution of all four films.  Management believes that producing and distributing low- or modest-budget, commercially successful films affords the Company access to Hollywood talent and scripts and third-party production packages for acquisition, without compromising management’s approach to managing financial risk.

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Consolidation – The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Graymark Productions, Inc. and its majority owned and controlled subsidiaries.  The Company’s subsidiaries include Graymark LLC, Out of the Blue Productions, LLC (“Out of the Blue”), The Hunt, The Motion Picture LLC (“The Hunt”), Surveillance, The Motion Picture LLC (“Surveillance”) and Soul’s Midnight LLC (“Soul’s Midnight”).  Graymark LLC became a subsidiary of the Company in August 2003 as a result of the incorporation-reorganization of the Company.  Out of the Blue, was formed in December 2003 as the entity under which Cloud 9 was produced.  At December 31, 2005, the Company has funded $2,399,660 of the acquisition and production costs of Cloud 9.  The Company is entitled to recover its capital contributions to Out of the Blue plus interest at 2% above the prime rate (defined as “investment recoupment”) from cash distributions before the other interest owners and thereafter 50% of cash distributions and is entitled to receive a majority of the proceeds from rights sales, distribution and any and all exploitation of the Picture.  The Company has 100% voting control of Out of the Blue.

 

Accounting Changes

 

SFAS 123(R) – In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment.  SFAS 123(R) replaces SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.  SFAS 123(R) requires compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements over the period that an employee provides service in exchange for the award.  Public companies are required to adopt the new standard using a modified prospective method and may elect to restate prior periods using the modified retrospective method.  Under the modified prospective method, companies are required to record compensation cost for new and modified awards over the related vesting period of such awards prospectively and record compensation cost prospectively for the unvested portion at time of adoption, of previously issued and outstanding awards over the remaining vesting period of such awards.  No change to prior periods presented is permitted under the modified prospective method.  Under the modified retrospective method, companies record compensation costs for prior periods retroactively through restatement of such periods using the exact pro forma amounts disclosed in the companies’ footnotes.  Also, in the period of adoption and after, companies record compesation

 

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cost based on the modified prospective method.  SFAS 123(R) is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2005.  Early application is encouraged, but not required.

 

The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006 using the modified prospective method.  The adoption had no impact on the Company at the time of adoption.  If the Company had elected to restate prior periods using the modified retrospective method, net loss for the year ended December 31, 2004, would be restated and would increase by $63,574.  Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2005, would not be impacted.

 

SFAS 151, SFAS 152, SFAS 153 and SFAS 154 – SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs - an amendment of ARB No. 4 and SFAS No. 152, Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions - an amendment of FASB Statements No. 66 and 67, SFAS No. 153, Exchange of Non-monetary Assets - an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29 and SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections - a replacement of APB No. 20 and SFAS 3 were recently issued.  SFAS No. 151, 152, 153 and 154 have no current applicability to the Company and have no effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Use of estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Revenue recognition – Revenues from the sale of the rights to a film are recognized when the feature film is available to the distributor for exploitation and no conditions for delivery exist, which under most sales contracts requires that full payment has been received from the distributor.  Revenues from the theatrical distribution of motion pictures are recognized when motion pictures are exhibited.  Revenues from video sales are recognized on the date that video units are made widely available for sale by retailers.  Revenues from the licensing of motion picture films are recorded when the material is available for telecasting by the licensee and when certain other conditions are met.  Revenues from consulting services are recognized when earned.

 

Cash and cash equivalents – The Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Fixed Assets – Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.  Depreciation is calculated using the straight line method based on the useful lives which range from three to seven years.

 

Investment in Films – Investment in films includes capitalizable direct negative costs, production overhead, interest and development costs and are stated at the lower of cost, less accumulated amortization, or fair value.  Film production and participation costs are expensed based on the ratio of the current period’s gross revenues to estimated remaining total gross revenues from all sources on an individual production basis.

 

Investment in films is stated at the lower of amortized cost or estimated fair value on an individual film basis.  The valuation of investment in films is reviewed on a title-by-title basis, when an event or change in circumstances indicate that the fair value of a film is less than its unamortized cost.  The fair value of the film is determined using management’s future revenue and cost estimates and a discounted cash flow approach.  Additional amortization is recorded in the amount by which the unamortized costs exceed the estimated fair value of the film.  Estimates of future revenue involve measurement uncertainty and it is therefore possible that reductions in the carrying value of investment in films may be required as a consequence of changes in management’s future revenue estimates.

 

Minority Interest – Minority interest in the results of operations of consolidated subsidiaries represents the minority shareholders’ share of the income or loss of the various consolidated subsidiaries.  The minority interest in the consolidated balance sheet reflect the original investment by these minority shareholders in these consolidated subsidiaries, along with their proportional share of the earnings or losses of these subsidiaries.

 

Income Taxes – The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and tax credit carry-forwards.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates

 

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expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect of deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

Net loss per share – Net loss per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of common, and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding.  There were no differences between basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods presented.  At December 31, 2005 and 2004, all outstanding options and warrants were excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share as the effect of the assumed exercise was anti-dilutive.

 

Concentration of credit risk – The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits.  The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant risk.  The amount of cash deposits as of December 31, 2005 in excess of FDIC limits is $864,730.

 

Fair value of financial instruments – The recorded amounts of cash and cash equivalents, other receivables, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these items.

 

Stock options – The Company accounts for its stock option grants in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opnion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations including FASB Interpretation No. (FIN) 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation.  As such, compensation expense is generally recorded on the date of grant only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price.

 

Compensation expense related to stock options granted to non-employees is accounted for under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation and Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued To Other Than Employees For Acquiring, or in Conjunction With Selling, Goods or Services, which require entities to recognize an expense based on the fair value of the related awards.

 

Reclassifications – Certain amounts presented in prior years have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.

 

Note 3 – Investment in Films

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released, net of accumulated amortization

 

$

2,012,439

 

$

 

Completed and not released

 

375,790

 

2,217,945

 

In progress

 

1,070,188

 

 

In development

 

 

10,000

 

Total

 

$

3,458,417

 

$

2,227,945

 

 

The Company estimates that 100% of the unamortized investment in films at December 31, 2005 will be amortized within the next three years.  Approximately $2,108,000 of film costs are expected to be amortized during the next twelve months.  No participation liabilities are expected to be paid during the next twelve months.

 

Note 4 – Convertible Notes Payable

 

In August and October 2005, the Company issued promissory notes (the “Notes”) in the principal amount of $750,000, respectively; $1,500,000 in total.  The Notes are secured by all assets of the Company including all purchase agreements and any options or rights to acquire, all intellectual and real property, all assets and properties of the Company and all of its existing and future subsidiaries.  The Notes bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum.  Interest due on the Notes is payable quarterly and can be paid in cash or shares of Company stock.

 

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The Notes become due and payable on the first to occur of: (i) July 27, 2007 for the first note and October 25, 2007 for the second note (the “Maturity Dates”); (ii) the consummation of a Qualified Financing; or (iii) the continuation of an Event of Default, as defined, for more than 30 days following notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default.  Upon consummation of a Qualified Financing, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest (collectively the “Note Balances”) will automatically convert into shares of equity securities of the Company equal to 120% of the Note Balances divided by the price per share of the equity securities sold in the Qualified Financing.  The maximum price or value of the equity securities into which the Note Balances convert may not exceed the equivalent of $1.10 per common stock share.  Qualified Financing refers to any equity financing pursuant to which the Company receives aggregate gross cash proceeds of $2,000,000 or more on or before the Maturity Dates.

 

In conjunction with issuance of the Notes, the Company and the holder of the Notes entered into common stock purchase warrant agreements, each evidencing warrants exercisable on or before August 5, 2010 for the first note and October 25, 2010 for the second note.  The two agreements provide for the purchase of 250,000 (500,000 total) common stock shares at $2.00 and the other two agreements provide for the purchase of 250,000 (500,000 total) common stock shares at $3.00.

 

The fair value of each warrant issued was estimated on the date of issuance using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  The fair value of the options were based on the difference between the present value of the exercise price of the option and the estimated fair value price of the common share.  The fair value of the warrants was estimated to be $349,459 and was recorded as paid-in capital.  The value of the warrants will increase interest expense over the life of the Notes.

 

In addition, the Company’s financial advisor was paid fees of $150,000 for services rendered in conjunction with execution of the Notes.  The fees were recorded as prepaid loan fees and will be amortized over the life of the Notes.

 

Note 5 – Film Obligations

 

During May 2004, the Company obtained $500,000 of funding under co-finance agreements for its motion picture project, Cloud 9.  The terms of the co-financing provide for the investors to recoup their contribution from the first proceeds of Cloud 9.  After all Cloud 9 costs are recouped by the Company, the investors are entitled to a profit participation in the Company’s profit from Cloud 9.  As a group, the investors are entitled to 20% of the net profits paid to the Company, but the investors do not have any ownership rights in the film.  The $500,000 received under the co-financing agreements represented 21% of the total cost of Cloud 9.  During June 2005, $450,000 was repaid to investors from the first proceeds from Cloud 9.  The funding under the co-financing agreements came from related parties to the Company as described below:

 

Source of Funding

 

Original
Amount

 

Remaining
Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greater than 5% shareholder

 

$

250,000

 

$

 

Company’s chairman and chief executive officer

 

100,000

 

50,000

 

A company 50% owned by the Company’s chief financial officer

 

100,000

 

 

Company shareholder

 

50,000

 

 

Total

 

$

500,000

 

$

50,000

 

 

Note 6 – Film Profit Participation and Contingent Compensation

 

Pursuant to an investor agreement between the Company and the developers of the screenplay for Cloud 9 (the “Picture”), the Company shares the development and productions costs and revenue of Cloud 9.  For its financial contribution to the costs of making Cloud 9, the Company is entitled to receive the following:

 

                                          100% of revenue and proceeds from the rights sales, distribution and/or any and all exploitation of Cloud 9 until the Company recovers its investment in the Picture, plus interest at the rate of prime plus 2% per annum from

 

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the date of the contribution until the Company is repaid its investment in the Picture.

 

                                          50% of “net profits” received from the rights sales, distribution and/or any and all exploitation of the Picture.  “Net Profits” is defined as the sum remaining after deduction of third party distribution fees; cash deferments to cast, equipment suppliers, rights holders or any other approved party.

 

The Company’s subsidiary, Out of the Blue Productions, LLC (the “Production Company”), has entered into contingent compensation agreements with the director and certain cast members of Cloud 9 in the form of “net and gross profit participations” that are customary in the film industry.  These participations are typically based on the profit of a film after all production and distribution costs have been recouped (“gross participation”) or all production and distribution costs and overhead have been recouped (“net participations”).  A percentage of these “gross and net profits”, as negotiated between the participants, are paid out as contingent compensation for creative participants in a motion picture film.  The participations negotiated by the Production Company for Cloud 9 total 23.5% of which the Company’s interest in Cloud 9 is burdened by one-half of these net profit participations.  The Company’s residual profits interest in Cloud 9 is 30.6% after giving effect to the gross and net profits participations given pursuant to contingent compensation arrangements and the co-finance agreements (see Note 5 – Film Obligations).

 

The Production Company also agreed to pay additional contingent bonuses to certain cast members when aggregate United States and Canada box office receipts as reported in Daily Variety reach various levels between $8,500,000 and $20,000,000.  The total contingent amounts that would be paid if box office receipts reach $20,000,000 is $300,000.

 

Pursuant to an output agreement between the Company and a third-party distribution company (“Distributor”), the Distributor has a first-look right at the movies produced by the Company.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Distributor has agreed to fund up to 50% of each production budget on mutually agreed upon motion picture projects.  The Distributor will be entitled to a respective percentage of all gross receipts on those projects.

 

The following summarizes the revenue participations before and after net profit participations on the Company’s films The Hunt, Surveillance and Soul’s Midnight:

 

 

 

Before Payout

 

After Payout

 

 

 

Company

 

Other
Members

 

Company

 

Other
Members

 

Third-
Party
Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue allocation

 

65

%

35

%

44

%

24

%

34

%

Production costs to be paid

 

50

%

50

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surveillance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue allocation

 

50

%

50

%

46

%

46

%

8

%

Production costs to be paid

 

50

%

50

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soul’s Midnight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue allocation

 

25

%

75

%

24

%

72

%

4

%

Production costs to be paid

 

25

%

75

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 7 – Distribution Agreements

 

The Company has entered into various distribution agreements for the marketing and distribution of it’s films in the domestic, broadcast and international markets.  These agreements provide for the distributor to earn a distribution fee from the gross proceeds generated by each picture in the applicable market.  The table below summarizes the distribution fees negotiated as of December 31, 2005 (markets that have no distribution agreements in place are identified as “n/a”):

 

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Cloud 9

 

The
Hunt

 

Surveillance

 

Soul’s
Midnight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic DVD market

 

20

%

22.5

%

25

%

25

%

Broadcast

 

20

%

n/a

 

n/a

 

n/a

 

International

 

15

%

20

%

20

%

n/a

 

 

Note 8 – Income Taxes

 

The income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 consists of:

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current provision

 

$

 

$

 

Deferred provision (benefit)

 

(272,254

)

(138,464

)

Change in beginning of year valuation allowance

 

272,254

 

138,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 

$

 

 

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 are comprised of:

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Deferred income tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

471,745

 

$

200,295

 

Valuation allowance

 

(470,542

)

(198,288

)

Total deferred tax asset

 

1,203

 

2,007

 

Deferred income tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

(1,203

)

(2,007

)

Total deferred tax liability

 

(1,203

)

(2,007

)

Deferred tax liability, net

 

$

 

$

 

 

The Company’s effective income tax rate for continuing operations differs from the U.S. Federal statutory rate as follows:

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal statutory rate

 

(34

)%

(34

)%

State tax rate

 

(4

)%

(4

)%

Valuation allowance

 

38

%

38

%

Effective income tax rate

 

%

%

 

At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1,387,000 and $572,000, respectively, expiring at various dates through 2018.  Because the Company was operated as a limited liability company through August 2003, there was no current or deferred provision for income taxes through that date.

 

Note 9 – Capital Structure

 

Pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 90,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.0001 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

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In December 2003, the Company concluded a private placement of common stock and issued 2,955,000 shares of common stock.  The net proceeds of the private placement offering were $2,513,474 ($0.85 per share) after deduction of $441,526 in offering costs.  In conjunction with the private placement, investors received one redeemable warrant for each common share purchased.  The redeemable warrants are exercisable for the purchase of one share of common stock initially for $2.00 on or before October 30, 2008.  The exercise price for the warrants increases after certain trading criteria is met by the Company.  The underwriter also received warrants for the exercise of an additional 443,250 shares of common stock.  The underwriter warrants are exercisable between December 19, 2003 and October 30, 2008 at an exercise price of $1.10.  The warrants issued to the underwriter were valued at $5,910 pursuant to the valuation formula for determining the value of underwriter compensation under rules promulgated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.  The issuance of the warrants to the underwriter resulted in additional paid-in capital of $5,910 related to the services performed by the underwriter in conjunction with the private placement offering which was offset by a reduction of paid-in capital of $5,910 related to the payment for those services which is included in offering costs.

 

Note 10 – Stock Options and Warrants

 

During 2003, the Company adopted two stock option plans, the 2003 Stock Option Plan (the “Employee Plan”) and the 2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan (the “Non-Employee Plan”).  The Employee Plan provides for the issuance of options intended to qualify as incentive stock options for federal income tax purposes to our employees, including employees who also serve as a Company director.  The number of shares of common stock authorized and reserved under the Employee Plan is 300,000.  The exercise price of options may not be less than 85% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant of the option.

 

The Non-Employee Plan provides for the grant of stock options to the Company’s non-employee directors, consultants and other advisors.  The Company’s employees are not eligible to participate in the Non-Employee Plan.  Under the provisions of this plan, the options do not qualify as incentive stock options for federal income tax purposes.  The total number of shares of common stock authorized and reserved under the Non-Employee Plan is 300,000.

 

In September 2004, the Company issued options to the Company’s officers and directors for the purchase of 140,000 shares of the Company’s stock at an exercise price of $1.10.  The options were issued under the Company’s 2003 Stock Option Plan and 2003 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan The options expire on December 31, 2009.

 

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions used for grants: weighted average risk free interest rate of 4.0%; no dividend yield; volatility of 50%; and expected life less than five years.  The fair value of the options were based on the difference between the present value of the exercise price of the option and the estimated fair value price of the common share.  The fair value of the 140,000 options was estimated to be $63,574.  In accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, no compensation expense was recorded.  If the Company had elected to recognize compensation expense based on the fair value of the options granted at the grant date as prescribed by “Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123”, (“SFAS 123”), net loss and net loss per share would have been as follows:

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(551,186

)

$

(395,857

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

(63,574

)

Pro forma net loss

 

$

(551,186

)

$

(459,431

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted — as reported

 

$

(0.07

)

(0.05

)

Basic and diluted — pro forma

 

$

(0.07

)

(0.06

)

 

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Information with respect to stock options and warrants outstanding follows:

 

 

 

Shares

 

Average
Exercise
Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2003

 

3,498,250

 

$

1.86

 

Granted

 

165,000

 

1.24

 

Exercised

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2004

 

3,663,250

 

$

1.84

 

Granted

 

1,000,000

 

2.50

 

Exercised

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2005

 

4,663,250

 

$

1.98

 

 

 

 

Options and Warrants Outstanding

 

Options and Warrants
Exercisable

 

 

 

Shares
Outstanding
at 12/31/05

 

Average
Remaining
Life
(Years)

 

Average
Exercise
Price

 

Shares
Outstanding
at 12/31/05

 

Average
Exercise
Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1.00 to $2.00

 

4,163,250

 

3.1

 

$

1.86

 

4,163,250

 

$

1.86

 

$2.01 to $3.00

 

500,000

 

4.7

 

3.00

 

500,000

 

3.00

 

Total

 

4,663,250

 

 

 

 

 

4,663,250

 

 

 

 

The intent of the Black-Scholes option valuation model is to provide estimates of fair values of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable.  Option valuation models require the use of highly subjective assumptions including expected stock price volatility.  The Company utilized the Black-Scholes method to produce the pro forma disclosures required under SFAS 123.  In management’s opinion, existing valuation models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its stock options because the Company’s stock options have significantly different characteristics from those of traded options and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate.  The effects of applying SFAS 123 are not indicative of future amounts.

 

Note 11 – Related Party Transactions

 

The Company’s corporate offices are located in a building owned by an entity controlled by one of our greater than 5% shareholders.  The office space is occupied under a 12-month unwritten lease.  Rent expense applicable to the corporate offices for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 was $6,523 and $7,653, respectively.

 

Note 12 – Subsequent Event

 

In January 2006, the Company issued 21,274 shares of common stock to pay accrued interest due, as of December 31, 2005, on the Company’s convertible notes payable.

 

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