-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Fh2GjzjtT4nZvaOJcNH+Dwzbgc5S8uYheejJkCncP75+W9sQMCOVoJXPYMEoi7JE dy4ipy2dQPo/0ubNVkyXmA== 0001144204-08-019911.txt : 20080401 0001144204-08-019911.hdr.sgml : 20080401 20080401164424 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-019911 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080401 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080401 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Advance Nanotech, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000354699 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 201614256 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-10065 FILM NUMBER: 08729935 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: 29TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 583-0080 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: 29TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DYNAMIC I-T INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990830 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COLORADO GOLD & SILVER INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 10-K/A 1 v109333_10-ka.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
 
x ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
 
¨ TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

Commission File No. 011-15499


ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
20-1614256
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

600 Lexington Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, NY, 10022
(212) 583-0080
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

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

Title of each class
Name of each exchange on which registered
None
None

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

Common Stock, $.001 par value

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.     Yes o  No x
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.     Yes o  No x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.                                                                     Yes x  No o
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer   o
 
Accelerated filer   o
 
Non-accelerated filer   o
 
Smaller reporting company   x
 
 
 
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).        Yes o No x  
 
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant: $13,946,482 (based upon the average bid and asked price of the registrant’s common stock, $.001 par value, as of June 30, 2007). The aggregate estimated market value was determined by multiplying the approximate number of shares of common stock (35,760,207) held by non-affiliates by the average bid and asked price of such stock ($0.39), as of June 30, 2007, as quoted on the OTCBB by the National Association of Securities Dealers (the "NASD").
 
 
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 36,595,686 at March 26, 2008.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: NONE


EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Advance Nanotech, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the “Original Form 10-K”) is solely to file certifications by the correct principal executive officer of the Company as Exhibit Nos. 31.1 and 32.1 thereof.
 
This Amendment No. 1 amends and restates in its entirety Part IV, Item 15(a)(3) of the Original Form 10-K. The remaining provisions of the Original Form 10-K have not been amended.  This Amendment No. 1 continues to reflect circumstances as of the date and time of the filing of the Original Form 10-K and does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K or modify or update those disclosures in any way.
 

 
ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC.
 
ANNUAL REPORT
ON FORM 10-K

INDEX

 
 
 
 
PAGE
PART I
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
Business
 
1
Item 1A.
 
Risk Factors
 
9
Item 1B.
 
Unresolved Staff Comments
 
15
Item 2.
 
Properties
 
15
Item 3.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
15
Item 4.
 
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
15
         
PART II
 
 
 
 
Item 5.
 
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
16
Item 6.
 
Selected Financial Data
 
16
Item 7.
 
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
17
Item 7A.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
25
Item 8.
 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
 
25
Item 9.
 
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
 
25
Item 9A(T).
 
Controls and Procedures
 
25
Item 9B.
 
Other Information
 
26
         
PART III
 
 
 
 
Item 10.
 
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
27
Item 11.
 
Executive Compensation
 
32
Item 12.
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
 
37
Item 13.
 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
 
40
Item 14.
 
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
 
40
         
PART IV
 
 
 
 
Item 15.
 
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
 
41
SIGNATURES
 
43
 
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This report contains certain forward-looking statements of our intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, strategies, and predictions with respect to future activities or other future events or conditions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are usually identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” or similar expressions. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks outlined under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and other sections of this report, that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, express or implied by these forward-looking statements.
 
Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained in this report are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this report will prove to be accurate. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this report and any amendments to this report. We will not update these statements unless the securities laws require us to do so. Accordingly, you should not rely on forward-looking statements because they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
As a public company, we are required to file annually, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, or you may read and copy any of our materials on file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Our filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Please call the SEC at 1-800-732-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Room. We also provide copies of our Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q, Proxy Statement and Annual Report at no charge to investors upon request and make electronic copies of our most recently filed reports available through our website at www.advancenanotech.com as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such material with the SEC.
 
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ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Unless otherwise noted, the terms "Advance Nanotech", the "Company", "we", "us", and "our" refer to the ongoing business operations of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and its subsidiaries, whether conducted through Advance Nanotech or a subsidiary of the company.
 
 
Historical Operations

We have historically been a leading provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology related products for homeland security and display technologies. Our historical business model sought to identify patent-pending and proprietary nanotechnologies and fund the additional patent development of such nanotechnologies in exchange for the exclusive rights to commercialize any resulting products. Our portfolios of nanotechnologies have been grouped into two categories of products: Displays and Homeland Security. The Display product category includes the operations of our subsidiary Advance Display Technologies plc (listed on the PLUS-quoted market in London under the ticker symbol “ADTP”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Homeland Security product category includes the operations of our subsidiaries Advance Homeland Security plc, Advance Nanotech Ltd., Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte. Ltd, and Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., and their respective direct and indirect subsidiaries.

We have historically been dedicated to the identification, development and successful commercialization of new and disruptive nano-enabled products. We had intended to create value by reducing the cost of commercializing nano-enabled based products. By partnering with universities and leveraging the infrastructure and multi-disciplinary human resources of our university partners, we sought to reduce our cost base otherwise associated with nano-enabled products. After prototypes were proven within the lab and we had developed a product roadmap and business plan, we sought to incorporate the formation of majority-owned subsidiaries around the specific technology. We intended to return value to our stockholders through the sale or licensing of the technology, by securing additional financing for the subsidiary from either the venture capital community or the capital markets, or by successfully executing our business plan and consolidating our income as the majority stockholder of the subsidiary.

Current Operations
 
In December 2007, we decided to revise our strategy and to focus our efforts, principally, on the commercialization of our chemical detection technology. As a result, we are currently a development stage company seeking to commercialize novel chemical sensor products based on our proprietary and innovative gas sensing technology, called Owlstone, which offers an attractive combination of small size, high sensitivity, low power consumption, reprogrammability, high chemical selectivity and low cost. We have determined to progressively divest ourselves of our other technologies and their respective subsidiaries. We will, thereafter, become an operational business centered upon our Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. subsidiary and the ongoing commercialization of its products.

We operate in a $5.4 billion market in the United States alone, and we have initially targeted the industrial and homeland defense markets. In later stages, we plan to commercialize sensing products for the consumer, environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics markets. We are poised to benefit from powerful trends driving the demand for improved technologies within the chemical sensing arena, including substantial government and private sector investment in homeland security, regulatory emphasis on safety, and increasingly stringent environmental regulations.
 
The market for chemical sensing faces unique challenges in detecting hazardous substances in various forms and in a myriad of operating environments. In homeland defense, chemical sensors are used to detect chemical warfare agents and explosives to protect military personnel, government buildings and civilians. In industrial applications, chemical sensors monitor air quality for health and safety purposes and also provide vital information during manufacturing processes. The existing technologies for chemical sensors in these industries are outdated and are typically limited by physical size, sensitivity and/or reliability. We believe that these factors have led to unacceptable sample collections, uninspired deployment scenarios, high false positive rates and, subsequently, a call to action by the U.S. Department of Defense for better solutions.
 
Our Solution
 
Our sensing technology, Owlstone, was specifically designed to meet the specifications set forth by the U.S. Department of Defense. The key element of the Owlstone sensor is a silicon chip that provides a chemical-sensing mechanism using Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or FAIMS, a variant of conventional Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or IMS. Our technology enables unprecedented miniaturization of sensors with superior analytical capability at a compelling cost advantage, the ability to be programmed and reprogrammed to detect a wide range of substances, and high selectivity and sensitivity. The Owlstone detector was conceived by Andrew Koehl who began the development of Owlstone’s fundamental technology in 2001. Mr. Koehl was later joined by Paul Boyle and David Ruiz-Alonso and, together, they developed the core technology.
 
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 Miniaturization and Standardization of Manufacturing
 
The sheer size of current chemical sensing units limits their deployment and provides a specific challenge in sample collection. The small size of our detector enables flexible deployment and allows for the sensor to be moved into contact with the sample, a novel approach in many existing chemical sensing applications. In homeland defense, this means more comprehensive sensing through the use of distributed networks of sensors. In industrial applications, this means a sensor or a sensor network can be integrated directly into process control providing real-time monitoring of chemical composition, which saves companies both time and money. Our technology enables miniaturized and cost effective detectors with low power consumption through its proprietary chip. Despite the innovative and proprietary design of the chip, it is manufactured via standard silicon-based microchip fabrication, which reduces its manufacturing cost. This increases the number of potential applications such as weaving the chip into the lapel of every military uniform, which provides local chemical sensing at the individual troop level.

Software Reprogrammable Sensor
 
Most competing sensors are designed to detect a narrow set of substances and cannot be reprogrammed once deployed, thereby limiting their scope of use. To update a deployed sensor, additional costs are incurred due to the need to physically replace sensor modules that detect substances different than the ones they were originally intended to detect. The Owlstone sensor solves this problem through the modularity of the components that comprise its sensing system. The separation of the detector hardware from the software application containing the “intelligence” to distinguish chemical signatures allows the Owlstone sensor system to be reprogrammed without having to replace hardware. Whether the sensor is programmed to detect benzene or sarin, the underlying hardware remains the same; when coupled with a wireless device, the sensor can be updated remotely at the direction of the end user. This enables an installed base of Owlstone sensors to be remotely reprogrammed to detect additional substances or even new substances not yet developed. Given today’s dynamic terrorist threats, the ability to quickly and cost-effectively adapt to new hazards will be invaluable for applications in airports and subway systems. In comparison to competing technologies, the Owlstone sensor allows for the specialization and mass production of a single set of hardware devices for use across the spectrum of application. Owlstone’s approach creates a significant time-to-market advantage for new product creation: as new products or applications are desired, the fundamental hardware remains the same, thereby eliminating the need for customization of manufacturing.
 
Vast Reduction in False Positives
 
A major problem with most existing detection systems is their cross-sensitivity to background interferants, which leads to false positives. False positives resulting from seemingly normal background interferants, such as perfumes, result in unnecessary and costly responses. The Owlstone sensor offers significant selectivity advantages over other micro-sensors currently being utilized by providing a more detailed chemical fingerprint, thereby resulting in a higher degree of confidence in the chemical identification process and a lower false positive rate. In addition, a distributed network provides more points of analysis and further reduces spurious responses. Current development partnerships are focused on bringing to market chemical sensing devices for gases like benzene and formaldehyde, known as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, at detection levels many times more sensitive than other technologies with much lower corresponding false positive rates. These features of the Owlstone sensor enable applications where false positive rates must be minimized. For example, it allows the deployment of sensors to mass transit systems or government buildings where common interferants are difficult to predict and control and currently result in disruptions in operations.
 
Our Products
 
We are currently marketing two chemical sensing products: Tourist and Lonestar. Tourist is an evaluation platform currently being sold by Owlstone to select partners and customers. Our recently launched Lonestar product is a fully functional unit for certain applications in industrial markets as well as a test platform for partners providing a fully integrated and deployable chemical detection system. Lonestar was launched in July 2007, and we have commenced shipping units to end-users. In addition, we have also developed and shipped a third product called the Owlstone OVG-4, which is a system for generating trace concentration levels of chemicals and calibration gas standards.
 
We intend to keep our sales organization lean and are pursuing product-based strategies within markets that are characterized by high-volume, centralized procurements. In applications where procurement is fragmented, we intend to partner with existing market leaders that already possess distribution networks and infrastructure using either “component” supply or contract sales strategies.
 
Industry Overview
 
The market for chemical sensors in the United States for existing technologies is forecast to reach approximately $4.2 billion in 2008, according to the Freedonia Group. This market forecast excludes military applications. Chemical sensing for military applications using existing technologies is forecast at $1.2 billion in 2008, according to Frost & Sullivan. This does not include markets formed by the introduction of new innovative technologies that enable expanded deployment scenarios. There are significant trends driving the demand for improved technologies within the chemical sensing market, including substantial government and private sector investment in homeland security, regulatory emphasis on safety, and increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

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Unlike a product specifically tailored for a single vertical industry, chemical sensor technology spans many industries and applications. Chemical sensors can be found in the heating and air conditioning systems of buildings, production lines of many manufacturing facilities, server rooms of computer hosting facilities, on battlefields, in airports, in hospitals, in residential homes and in laboratories. They can be stand-alone devices whose sole purpose it is to detect a specific chemical or gas, or they can be integrated as a component into other products where chemical sensing is only one part of its mission.
 
Our initial focus is in the homeland defense and industrial markets for chemical sensing. Additional markets for potential growth include environmental, consumer and medical industries, all of which we intend to pursue as our Owlstone sensor technology gains momentum in its initial markets.
 
Homeland Defense Market
 
The homeland defense market has an obvious need for comprehensive integrated chemical sensing devices. Sensor technologies in the homeland defense market are commonly categorized by their end use application, falling within either the detection of chemicals, biologicals, radiation, nuclear or explosives, which are referred to as CBRNE. We are principally focused on the explosive and chemical sensor technologies.
 
The most mature market within CBRNE is the explosives market, which has wide acceptance and deployment across government and civilian entities. Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or IMS, is the technology of choice for explosives because of its significant sensitivity to defined explosive threats. However, IMS-based technologies are bulky, costly and unreliable.
 
Chemical sensing, while showing the greatest potential and garnering much of the attention in homeland defense, has primarily been the domain of the military and first responders, leaving the general public and most government facilities unprotected. The chemical sensing market consists of three major segments: worn, handheld and 24/7 monitoring.
 
 
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Worn Sensors : The worn sensor market has been redefined by U.S. military programs such as JCAD (Joint Chemical Agent Detector) and includes requirements that aggressively combine performance, size, weight and cost characteristics. The objective of JCAD is to develop and provide military services with a lightweight portable monitoring and chemical agent detector for ships, aircraft and individual war-fighting applications.
 
 
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Handheld Sensors : The handheld sensor market is predominately driven by the use of chemical detection systems within first responders and the military. A mature marketplace with tens of thousands of systems currently deployed, opportunities are currently driven by the naturally occurring replacement cycle and the introduction of improved systems for use in mobile applications. The push for improved solutions will be increasingly driven by the integration of multiple technologies (e.g., photoionization detector and chemical detection) rather than the individual improvement of one detection technique. By combining chemical detection with an existing, established and standard first response instrument, we have the opportunity to redefine the handheld systems currently in this market and create an immediate replacement cycle opportunity.
 
 
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24/7 Monitoring : 24/7 monitoring includes sensing systems with the purpose of protecting critical infrastructure on a continuous basis. The creation of governmental programs for the purpose of protecting critical infrastructure within mass transit systems and select government facilities has exposed the deficiencies of existing chemical sensing solutions. These deficiencies include ineffective sample collection, nuisance alarms and significant cost. For example, the introduction of chemical sensing into building protection has created scenarios where the requirement for proper sampling includes the addition of complex mechanical systems and the modification of building infrastructure. The result of these scenarios is a cost-prohibitive investment that leaves the market relegated to only the most high-profile facilities. Another challenge facing chemical sensing solutions is the presence of nuisance alarms as a result of common cleaning agents, such as bleach- or ammonia-based products. Current chemical sensing solutions offer little to no quantitative capabilities for the validation and management of nuisance alarms.

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Industrial Market
 
The industrial market is divided into process control and health and safety applications.
 
 
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Process Control : Process control involves the monitoring of manufacturing processes to ensure quality control and consistency in manufacturing operations. For example, chemical sensors can be used by pharmaceutical, food processing and petrochemical companies to monitor manufacturing processes and react when inconsistencies are identified. In certain markets, there is an absence of detection-based process control sensors providing continuous information on chemical presence and composition. As a result of sample collection limitations, existing technologies do not offer real-time, continuous monitoring of process control and instead offer only a single “point-in-time” analysis. In-line monitoring provides companies with continuous quality control, thereby allowing users to immediately identify and rectify deviations from the intended process and save companies time and money. Our sensor is uniquely positioned to capitalize on these challenges through its flexible deployment and selectivity characteristics.
 
 
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Health and Safety : Health and safety detection systems are intended to protect personnel occupying industrial facilities from hazardous chemicals. There is a known deficiency with existing sensors in industrial environments with respect to the simultaneous detection of multiple gases and the detection and concurrent identification of specific substances (e.g., benzene). Our sensor has been demonstrated to detect a range of volatile organic compounds, including benzene, and has done so in the presence of complex mixtures and common interferants.
 
Market Opportunity
 
While there are an array of chemical detection technologies to support a variety of markets and needs, available technologies often fall short of what is desired by end users. These technologies include IMS and sorbent materials technology.
 
Miniature sensors do exist in the market today, but they are limited based on their underlying technology. For example, current miniature chemical sensors, such as sorbent materials sensors, provide low performance and have several limitations such as:
 
 
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they typically proving a simple “yes/no” response to the identification of individual gases;
 
 
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measurements can be adversely affected by slight changes in environmental variables, like fluctuations in temperature;
 
 
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the presence of chemicals unrelated to the target chemicals of interest, called interferants, can cause an erroneous response;
 
 
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they are typically pre-functionalized, meaning they are built to detect a certain chemical and cannot be reprogrammed to detect other chemicals if needed after deployment in the field; and
 
 
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most miniature sensors on the market today target simple gases with a low molecular weight, leaving few solutions to sense more complex substances like benzene or formaldehyde.
 
Higher performance instruments, such as those using IMS, also have their limitations:
 
 
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they are large, costly and power hungry;
 
 
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they typically require high voltages and are difficult to assemble, leading to power, weight and cost deficiencies; and
 
 
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the sheer size and cost of such instruments precludes their use in many scenarios. IMS is commonly used in security applications for the detection of explosives and dangerous chemical agents but is too big and expensive to be used in mass battlefield deployment scenarios.

The increasing emphasis on indoor air quality from government regulators and other organizations is leading to a need for innovative air quality monitoring equipment. There are a numbers of chemicals that can be present in domestic and office air which are damaging to health, including volatile organic compounds. While existing chemical sensors are capable of detecting volatile organic compounds, they are generally unable to differentiate between different chemicals and, therefore, cannot discriminate between harmful and harmless volatile organic compounds. Legislation to enforce air quality standards is already in place in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, with Europe and the U.S. anticipated to follow suit. Current technology has yet to keep up with the legislation, as there is not an effective deployable solution to monitor air quality to ensure compliance.
 
As a result of limitations of existing technology solutions, there are several current market needs that cannot be met and demand a new approach to chemical sensing.
 
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Benefits of Our Sensor
 
While the market for chemical sensing has been defined by existing technologies, we believe that the overall chemical sensing market will grow due to the availability of novel sensing products such as those that we are developing. Our proprietary design and use of Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or FAIMS, enables our chemical sensor to be brought to the sample, an approach that existing technologies do not permit due to size limitations. Our flexibility in deployment enhances the ability to utilize networked sensor systems within environments where it is difficult to obtain a proper sample for analysis.
 
The following outlines the combination of features that distinguish our technologies from our competition:
 
 
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Small and Lightweight : Cutting-edge, micro-electromechanical systems and micro-fabrication techniques are used to integrate the spectrometer (or sensor) onto a silicon microchip, thereby enabling a new class of detection solutions with unprecedented analytical unit miniaturization capability.
 
 
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Cost Effective : Use of standard, micro-fabrication techniques makes it possible to manufacture in volume accurately and repeatable at an extremely low cost. This affordability opens up the prospect of new applications and deployment scenarios, including disposable use for selective volatile chemical detection.
 
 
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Customizable and Reprogrammable : Because our technology relies on programmable intelligence rather than pre-functionalization, it is easily customized through software updates and can be dynamically reprogrammed remotely for new target applications even after commissioning.
 
 
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Rapid Analysis and Continuous Monitoring : Analysis and results are obtained in a fraction of a second, with the ability to measure the presence, absence or concentration of chemicals accurately, rapidly and continuously in real-time.
 
 
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Sensitive : Ion-based detection offers the highest level of sensitivity, thereby enabling the detection of minute traces of targeted substances down to parts-per-billion levels so that compounds can be identified before they reach significant levels. This is especially important in prognostics and health management systems.
 
 
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Low Power : Integration onto a chip leads to low power consumption, which allows for battery operation. The “instant on” capability of our sensor means that it can be quickly cycled on and off to maximize battery lifetime.
 
 
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Reduced False-Positive Rate : By creating a complete “fingerprint” of a chemical and by operating in a distributed network environment, it is possible to dramatically reduce anomalous false positives.
 
 
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Networkable : The addition of a drop-in wireless capability provides a networked sensor solution. This eases installation and facilitates deployment in an ad-hoc manner for remote monitoring applications. Networked sensors also provide greater coverage in obtaining samples from various locations within a desired environment.

 
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Durable : A semi-permeable membrane on the sensor excludes dust and dirt and allows continued operation in environments with high traffic, humidity or contamination.
 
 
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Long Life : There are no degradable materials used in manufacturing our sensor that would otherwise limit the lifetime of the sensor, thereby reducing overall maintenance costs.
 
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Our chemical sensing technology can be used wherever there is the need for a small, low power, low cost, yet highly sensitive and selective method of detection. The following outlines potential applications of our sensors in various markets. While our initial focus is on the homeland defense and industrial markets, we believe that there is significant growth potential within these markets for novel deployments of chemical sensors.
 
In the homeland defense market, we believe that the following are some of the uses of our chemical sensors:
 
 
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“temporary” battlefield detection network - air-dropping hundreds of disposable, small devices across a battlefield which would provide an intelligent, wireless network of chemical sensors that could alert central command about a chemical threat to protect troops;
 
 
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chemical sensor “button” - a small, button-sized sensor sewn in the uniforms of troops to create an immediate sensing device for soldiers to save time in seeking shelter or dawning chemical protection gear if needed; and
 
 
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border security through shipping container security - embedding small, inexpensive detectors in the approximately 250 million shipping containers moving through major seaports every year to detect narcotics, dangerous chemicals and/or explosives, all linked via a wireless network that alerts the port of dangers before a ship arrives in port.
 
In the industrial market, we believe that the following are some of the uses of our chemical sensors:
 
 
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industrial process control monitor - ensuring quality control in the manufacture of products;
 
 
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hydrocarbon monitor - analysis of hydrocarbons in engine exhaust for better control of engine functions to maximize performance and minimize emissions through small, inexpensive sensing components;
 
 
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nitrogen oxides monitor - monitoring of nitrogen oxides (NOx) concentrations in exhaust gas to ensure values do not exceed permissible limits; and
 
 
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cabin air quality sensor - detection of volatile organic compounds and other pollutants inside a car for cabin air quality management.
 
In the consumer market, we believe that the following are some of the uses of our chemical sensors:
 
 
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next generation smoke detectors for the home - smoke detectors that detect pre-combustion chemical signatures (i.e., “the smoke before the smoke before the fire”) to help alert occupants about fire dangers, thereby possibly preventing a fire before it occurs; and
 
 
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integrated gas monitors - the detection of smoke, carbon monoxide, radon, volatile organic compounds and other gases could all be integrated into a home network of sensors protecting families.
 
In the environmental applications market, we believe that the following are some of the uses of our chemical sensors:
 
 
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emissions monitor - monitor the emission of harmful industrial gases into the atmosphere that may damage the environment;
 
 
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detection of toxic industrial compounds - test for the release of toxic compounds, monitor decontamination efforts and confirm effective remediation of the chemical agent; and
 
 
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water quality monitor - monitor for contamination and toxicity to ensure the safety of drinking water supplies.
 
In the medical applications market, we believe that the following are some of the uses of our chemical sensors:
 
 
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diagnostic instrument - analysis of breath or bodily fluids for non-invasive diagnosis or monitoring of disease;
 
 
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treatment monitor - analysis of breath or bodily fluids for non-invasive monitoring of treatment efficacy and progress; and
 
 
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anaesthesia and respiratory monitor - detect exhaled anaesthesia agents and other relevant indicators in the breath to minimize the response time of clinicians to vital signs.

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Our Technology
 
Hardware Component
 
The microchip sensor sits at the center of each of our products. It enables quicker and more accurate chemical detection and analysis. The sensor has the ability to measure the presence, absence or concentration of chemicals accurately, rapidly and continuously for real-time analysis at the point of need. The silicon sensor can be tuned to detect a wide range of airborne or dissolved chemical agents in extremely small quantities. It works by using a proprietary form of Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or FAIMS, which is a sensitive and proven method of trace detection in which a chemical fingerprint is generated for each threat and is identified and classified using software. FAIMS is the evolution of IMS, which is the current method of choice for the detection of chemical warfare agents and explosives in the field.
 
In addition to our proprietary use of FAIMS, the Owlstone microchip chemical detection technology differs from previous generations of instrumentation in that micro- and nano-fabrication methods are used to integrate the spectrometer onto a silicon microchip. This leads to the following advantages: reduced size, lower cost, lower power consumption, and unprecedented performance-to-size ratio. Because standard semiconductor fabrication methods are used, parts can be mass produced at low cost, opening up opportunities for many exciting new applications for chemical detection such as mass deployment of sensors in “distributed network” configurations for military and industrial applications.
 
Unlike other miniature chemical sensor technologies that use pre-functionalization, our technology does not rely on exotic materials that must be custom-engineered for each application and degrade over time. Our sensor is easily customized to each application through software updates and can be dynamically reprogrammed for new signatures even after deployment. In addition, the use of chemically inert materials ensures a long shelf life.
 
Software Component
 
Our technology relies on software intelligence to analyze the chemical fingerprint detected by the spectrometer on the microchip. The technology does not require pre-functionalization, a common requirement of other sensor technologies where the actual sensor is built only to detect a single substance. The sensor is a platform technology that can be used for many applications in many markets. It is adapted to each use through software rather than hardware changes. Thus, the core of the system remains the same between applications, but the software programmed into the device is different, thereby making it easy and quick to redevelop for new products in new markets. Our products can be updated for new chemical targets even after deployment in the field through software updates.

Because our technology uses multiple parameters to generate a spectrum, the resultant spectra, or fingerprints, are rich in information and allow a more accurate readout. Our technology can generate multidimensional spectroscopic images for analysis by using powerful image processing algorithms.
Competition
 
The market for chemical sensors is highly competitive, complex and fragmented, with many applications and many different competing technologies. Some companies are focused around specific industry niches, while others are focused around specific sensor types. Owlstone’s competitors can be segmented in two categories. First, chemical sensors relating to the technical methodology of detection; and second, direct corporate competitors in the FAIMS sensing space, which is the chosen technology deployment of Owlstone.
 
Intellectual Property
 
Our ability to successfully commercialize our products and technologies is significantly enhanced by our ability to secure strong intellectual property rights-generally patents-covering these products and technologies. The development and protection of intellectual property and proprietary technology is a key priority in our current and ongoing activities. As of December 31, 2007, we had been issued one U.S. patent. In addition, we had eleven patent applications pending with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and seven patent applications pending with European patent offices covering the key functional and operational features of our chemical detection technologies.

Government Approvals

In order to test, manufacture and market products for commercial use, we may need to satisfy mandatory procedures and safety and effectiveness standards established by our customers, including various regulatory bodies. Any adverse event, either before or after approval, can result in product liability claims against us, which could significantly and adversely impact our business, results of operations and the value of our common stock.

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Corporate History
 
We were originally formed as Colorado Gold & Silver, Inc., a Colorado corporation, on March 3, 1980, and subsequently changed our name to Dynamic I-T, Inc. and then in January 2004, changed our name to Artwork & Beyond, Inc., or Artwork. On October 1, 2004, Artwork entered into a share exchange agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the share exchange agreement. The acquisition transaction closed simultaneously with the execution of the share exchange agreement. Artwork and its affiliates were unrelated to the stockholders of us or Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. prior to the execution, delivery and performance of the share exchange agreement. As a result of this transaction (and certain capital transactions, including a reverse 100-to-1 stock split on October 5, 2005), control of Artwork was changed, with the former stockholders of Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. acquired approximately 99% of Artwork’s outstanding common stock. In addition, all of the officers and directors of Artwork prior to the transaction were replaced by designees of the former shareholders of Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc., and Artwork’s corporate name was changed to “Advance Nanotech, Inc.” As a consequence of the change in control of Artwork resulting from these transactions, all prior business activities of Artwork were completely terminated, and Artwork adopted the business plan developed by Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. prior to the transaction. On October 5, 2004, the new Board of Directors approved the change of the issuer’s name to “Advance Nanotech, Inc. (a Colorado corporation),” or Advance Nanotech Colorado.
 
On June 19, 2006, Advance Nanotech Colorado merged with and into its newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary, Advance Nanotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Advance Nanotech Delaware, in order to reincorporate in the State of Delaware. The reincorporation was approved by Advance Nanotech Colorado's shareholders on May 11, 2006. As a result of the reincorporation, our legal domicile is now Delaware. Each outstanding Advance Nanotech Colorado common share was automatically converted into one Advance Nanotech Delaware common share. As a result of the reincorporation, each outstanding option, right or warrant to acquire shares of Advance Nanotech Colorado common stock converted into an option, right or warrant to acquire an equal number of shares of Advance Nanotech Delaware common stock, with no further action required by any party, under the same terms and conditions as the original option, right or warrant.

On December 19, 2007, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with its majority owned subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. (“Owlstone”), and certain stockholders of Owlstone (consisting of all of the founders and executive officers of Owlstone, who are hereafter called the “Owlstone Founders”) to increase the Company's ownership interest in Owlstone by issuing newly issued shares of our common stock to the Owlstone Founders in exchange for Owlstone common shares at an exchange rate of 3.33 shares of our common stock for each share of Owlstone common stock. The Owlstone Founders currently own an aggregate of 4,211,303 shares of Owlstone common stock, consisting of 22.26% of the total number of shares of common stock of Owlstone outstanding. The Exchange Agreement also contemplates (a) that the Company will, following consummation of the exchange with the Owlstone Founders, offer to acquire the remaining shares of Owlstone common stock then outstanding (the “Minority Stockholders”, which hold approximately 26.21% of the currently outstanding Owlstone shares) on terms and conditions identical to those offered to the Owlstone Founders and (b) the issuance to the Minority Stockholders of one warrant to purchase 0.33 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.30 per share.

On December 28, 2007, the Company sold its 8.8% equity interest in Singapore-based Singular ID Pte Ltd. for $1.19 million.

Employees

As of December 31, 2007, we had 31 employees, including 27 full-time employees, on a consolidated basis.
 
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
 
We are a development stage company and we have limited historical operations. The following is a summary of certain risks we face. They are not the only risks we face. Additional risks of which we are not presently aware or that we currently believe are immaterial may also harm our business and results of operations.
We may need to raise additional capital in the near future, and, if we are unable to secure adequate funds on acceptable terms, we may be unable to support our business plan and be required to suspend operations.
 
We may need to raise additional capital in the near-term, and may seek to do so by conducting one or more private placements of equity securities, selling additional securities in a registered public offering, or through a combination of one or more of such financing alternatives. There can be no assurance that any additional capital resources will be available to us as and when required, or on terms that will be acceptable to us. If we are unable to raise the capital required on a timely basis, we may not be able to fund our research projects and the development of the businesses of our subsidiaries. In such event, we may be required to suspend our plan of operations. Moreover, even if the necessary funding is available to us, the issuance of additional securities would dilute the equity interests of our existing stockholders, perhaps substantially.
 
We have not generated significant revenue in the past and have not been profitable historically.
 
Since inception, we have generated revenue of only $1,018,395 as of December 31, 2007. Given our strategy of developing unproven technologies in the chemical detection business, we do not expect to realize significant revenue from operations and achieve profitability before the end of 2008, at the earliest. Any delays beyond the expected development periods for our technologies would prolong, and could increase the level of, our operating losses and negative operating cash flow. Many factors (including factors beyond our control) could result in a disparity between liquidity sources and cash needs, including those discussed below.
 
We are a development stage company, and our success is subject to the substantial risks inherent in the establishment of a new business venture.
 
As a consequence of the change in control that we experienced on October 1, 2004, we changed management, and all efforts that were previously initiated by prior management were abandoned. At that time, our new management adopted a new plan of operations based on the strategy that was only formulated in 2004. In December 2007, we further refined our strategy to focus solely on chemical detection technologies. Implementation of this strategy is still in the development stage.
 
Our business and operations should be considered to be in the development stage and subject to all of the risks inherent in the establishment of a new business venture. Accordingly, our intended business and operations may not prove to be successful in the near future, if at all. Any future success that we might enjoy will depend upon many factors, many of which may be beyond our control, or which cannot be predicted at this time. We may encounter unforeseen difficulties or delays in the implementation of our plan of operations, which could have a material adverse effect upon our financial condition, business prospects and operations and the value of an investment in our common stock.
 
We will need to achieve commercial acceptance of the chemical detection technologies that we develop to obtain revenue and achieve profitability.
 
Chemical detection technologies are evolving rapidly, product life cycles are short and technologies can become obsolete. Even if our research efforts are successful, during the period before which our technology becomes commercially viable, superior competitive technologies may be introduced or customer needs may change, diminishing or extinguishing the commercial uses for our technologies.
 
The governmental and private sector markets into which we sell our products and the types of products sold in these markets are emerging. Our ability to grow will depend in part on the rate at which markets for our products develop and on our ability to adapt to emerging demands in these markets. Our ability to compete will depend on our ability to design, develop, manufacture, assemble, test, market, sell and support new products and enhancements quickly and cost effectively. We may lose our competitive position if we fail to innovate and develop new products quickly. In addition, geopolitical developments, terrorist attacks and government mandates may cause sharp fluctuations in the demand for our products. If, for any of these or other reasons, any of our technologies fail to gain acceptance in the market, we will not recoup our development costs, and we will have to attempt to develop new technologies and products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, cash flows and results of operations.
 
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We may need approval from our customers, including governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries, to successfully realize commercial value from our activities.
 
In order to test, manufacture and market products for commercial use, we may need to satisfy mandatory procedures and safety and effectiveness standards established by our customers, including various regulatory bodies. Any adverse event, either before or after approval, can result in product liability claims against us, which could significantly and adversely impact our business, results of operations and the value of our common stock.
 
A substantial portion of our revenues depends on sales to the U.S. government and could be affected by changes in federal funding levels.
 
Agencies and departments of the U.S. government account for substantially all of our revenues from research and development contracts and grants. We are counting on significant revenues from U.S. government contracts for the foreseeable future. U.S. government programs are limited by budgetary constraints and are subject to uncertain future funding levels that could result in the termination of programs. A decline in security-related government spending, or a shift away from chemical detection programs that we address, could hurt our sales, put pressure on our prices and reduce our revenues and margins.
 
The U.S. government may terminate or modify its contracts with us.
 
We must comply with and are affected by laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration and performance of U.S. government contracts, which affect how we do business as a contractor and which may impose additional expenses on our business.
 
There are inherent risks in contracting with the U.S. government. The U.S. government can typically terminate, reduce orders under or otherwise modify any of its contracts with us for its convenience (i.e., without cause) whether or not we have failed to perform under the terms of the applicable contract. In such case, the government would not be required to pay us for the lost profits for the unperformed work. A termination arising out of our default could expose us to liability and harm our ability to compete for future contracts and orders. In addition to unfavorable termination provisions, our U.S. government contracts and related regulations contain provisions that allow the U.S. government to unilaterally suspend us from receiving new contracts pending resolution of alleged violations of procurement laws or regulations, reduce the value of existing contracts, issue modifications to a contract and control and potentially prohibit the export of our services and associated materials.
 
We have limited sales and marketing capabilities and ultimately may not be successful in selling or marketing any technologies that we develop.
 
The creation of infrastructure to commercialize products is a difficult, expensive and time-consuming process. We currently focus our business on identifying and funding chemical detection technologies, and we have limited sales and marketing capabilities. We need to develop a stronger sales and marketing force with technical expertise and distribution capability or rely upon third parties to produce, sell and market our technologies on our behalf. To the extent that we enter into co-promotion or other licensing arrangements, any revenues to be received by us will be dependent on the efforts of third parties if we do not undertake to develop our own sales and marketing capabilities. The efforts of third parties may not be successful. We may not be able to establish direct or indirect sales and distribution capabilities or be successful in gaining market acceptance for proprietary products or for other products. Our failure to establish marketing and distribution capabilities or to enter into marketing and distribution arrangements with third parties could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and cash flows.

The lengthy sales cycles of our products may cause our revenues to fluctuate substantially.
 
Customers evaluating our products must often make very difficult choices about product capabilities and costs. Many of our customers buy our products to implement or enhance large projects. Our larger customers take longer to evaluate our products and place new orders. For these and other reasons, our products have long sales cycles. Sales are often delayed or cancelled for reasons that we cannot control. Delays and cancellations could significantly affect revenues reported for any given financial quarter.
 
We are dependent on third-party suppliers for component parts used in the assembly of our products.
 
We are dependent on third parties to supply many materials used by the technicians in our facilities. Because we rely on outside parties to supply certain critical components used in assembling our products, our business and financial viability are dependent on the regulatory compliance and timely and effective performance of these third parties. We depend on the quality of the products supplied to us over which we have limited control. We are also dependent on the strength, validity and terms of our various contracts with third-party suppliers.
 
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We are dependent on third parties for the manufacture of our products and, therefore, will have limited control of the manufacturing process and related costs.
 
Any technologies that we successfully develop will require third-party assistance in manufacturing them. If we are unable to collaborate with outside parties capable of performing manufacturing operations, at acceptable costs, our effort to commercialize a particular technology may not prove successful. The efforts of those third parties may not be successful. We may not be able to establish relationships with third parties to manufacture our products, or the cost thereof may result in our not generating a profit from the product. Any interruption or failure by these suppliers, distributors and collaboration partners to meet their obligations pursuant to various agreements with us could have a material adverse effect on our business, profitability and cash flows.
 
Failure to obtain and maintain approvals and permits from governmental and regulatory agencies, including with respect to use of radioactive materials, could have a material adverse effect on us.
 
In order for us to operate our chemical detection business, we need to register with, and obtain licenses from, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to distribute and possess radioactive materials that we utilize in our products.   We have no control over the outcome of the review and approval process. We do not know whether or when any such approvals, permits or licenses can be obtained, or whether or not any existing or potential interventions or other actions by third parties will interfere with our ability to obtain and maintain such permits, licenses or approvals. Failure to obtain and maintain any of these approvals, licenses and permits could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
 
We face competitive business conditions that a small business may struggle with to gain a competitive position in the industry.
 
We face intense and ever-changing competition from other established companies in the chemical detection industry. Many of these companies are competitors who possess significantly greater financial, managerial, engineering, manufacturing and marketing resources. For example, our competitors include very large and experienced enterprises, including BAE Systems, plc, Canberra Industries, Inc., DRS Technologies, Inc., FLIR Systems Inc., General Electric Company, Goodrich Corporation, Honeywell International, Inc., ICX Technologies, Inc., L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc., RAE Systems, Inc., SAIC, Inc., Smiths Industries, Ltd. and United Technologies Corporation. Our competitors may successfully develop technologies that outperform our technologies, respond better to customer requirements, cost less or otherwise gain greater market acceptance. Our larger competitors may be able to better manage large or complex contracts, maintain a broader geographic presence, compete more effectively on price, or provide a greater level of customer support. Any of these competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new technology, market developments or pursue new sales opportunities more effectively than we can.
 
Given our small size, changing technology and our limited resources, the intensity of competition will likely continue for the foreseeable future. This may limit our ability to introduce and market our products, limit our ability to adequately price our planned products and services and, ultimately, limit our ability to generate sufficient sales revenues that would allow us to achieve profitability and positive cash flow.
 
Our success depends on the attraction and retention of senior management and technicians with relevant expertise.
 
Our future success will depend to a significant extent on the continued services of its key employees. The Owlstone detector was conceived by Andrew Koehl who began the development of Owlstone’s fundamental technology in 2001. Mr. Koehl was later joined by Paul Boyle and David Ruiz-Alonso and, together, they developed the core technology. We do not maintain key man life insurance for any executive officer. Our ability to execute our strategy also will depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified technicians and sales, marketing and additional managerial personnel. If we are unable to find, hire and retain qualified individuals, we could have difficulty implementing our business plan in a timely manner, or at all.

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We are subject to the attendant risks of conducting business in foreign countries.
 
We conduct some business with companies located outside the U.S. As a result, we are subject to the attendant risks of conducting business in foreign countries, including:
 
 
·
difficulty in managing and evaluating technical progress of projects funded at research facilities of our strategic partners and/or collaborators internationally;
 
 
·
difficulty in identifying, engaging, managing and retaining qualified local employees;
 
 
·
difficulty in identifying and in establishing and maintaining relationships with strategic partners, research collaborators and suppliers of finished and unfinished goods and services;
 
 
·
the potential burden of complying with a variety of foreign laws, trade standards and regulatory requirements, including import and export control laws, tariffs and other barriers;
 
 
·
limited protection of our intellectual property and limited ability to enforce legal rights and remedies; and
 
 
·
general geopolitical risks, such as political and economic instability and changes in diplomatic and trade relations.
 
Our international operations expose us to risks associated with fluctuations in foreign currencies.
 
As part of our international operations, from time to time in the regular course of business, we convert dollars into foreign currencies and vice versa. The value of the dollar against other currencies is subject to market fluctuations, and the exchange rate may or may not be in our favor.
 
Our business has inherent operational risks that cannot be adequately covered by insurance or indemnity, and our products and technologies may not qualify for protection under the SAFETY Act.
 
We may face unanticipated risks of legal liability for damages caused by the actual or alleged failure of technologies that we supply. Our products may be deployed in response to an emergency or terrorist attack, which may increase our exposure to third-party claims. Many of our technologies are unproven. We may face liabilities related to these products. While we have attempted to secure appropriate insurance coverage at appropriate cost, it is impossible to insure against all risks that inhere in our industry or guarantee that insurers may pay a particular claim, or that we will be able to maintain coverage at reasonable rates in the future. Substantial claims resulting from an accident in excess or not otherwise covered by indemnity or insurance could harm our financial condition and operating results. Our insurance policies also contain deductibles, limitations and exclusions which increase our costs in the event of a claim.
 
Under the “SAFETY Act” provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the U.S. government provides liability limitations and the “government contractor” defense applies if the Department of Homeland Security “designates” or “certifies” technologies or products as “qualified anti-terrorism technologies,” and if certain other conditions apply. We may seek to qualify some or all of our products and technologies under the SAFETY Act’s provisions in order to obtain such liability protections, but there is no guarantee that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will designate or certify our products and technologies as a qualified anti-terrorism technology. To the extent we sell products without such qualification, we will not be entitled to the benefit of the SAFETY Act’s cap on tort liability or U.S. government indemnification. Any indemnification that the U.S. government may provide may not cover certain potential claims.

Nanotechnology-enabled products, such as those used in our chemical detection technologies, are new and may be viewed as being harmful to human health or the environment.
 
There is increasing public concern about the environmental and ethical implications of nanotechnology, which could impede or delay market acceptance of products developed through these means. Nanotechnology-enabled products are mainly composed of materials such as carbon, silicon, silicon carbide, germanium, gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, cadmium selenide or indium phosphide. Because of the size, shape or composition of the nanostructures or because they may contain harmful elements, nanotechnology-enabled products could pose a safety risk to human health or the environment. The regulation and limitation of the kinds of materials used in or to develop nanotechnology-enabled products, or the regulation of the products themselves, could harm the commercialization of nanotechnology-enabled products and impair our ability to achieve revenue from the license of nanotechnology applications.

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If export controls affecting our products are expanded, our business and operations will be adversely affected.
 
The U.S. government regulates the sale and shipment of numerous technologies by U.S. companies to foreign countries. We are developing products that might be useful for military and antiterrorism activities. Accordingly, U.S. government export regulations could restrict sales in other countries of any products that we develop. If the U.S. government places expanded export controls on our technology or products, our business, operations and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. If the U.S. government determines that we have not complied with applicable export regulations with respect to products that we sell outside the U.S., we may face civil or criminal penalties in the form of fines or other punishment.
 
Export control laws may also inhibit the free interchange of technical discussions among our employees. Absent license authorization from the appropriate agency, technologies related to our military or dual-use products cannot be discussed with our foreign national employees who are not permanent residents, nor with our foreign subsidiaries. Licensing requirements may delay product development and other engineering or sales activities.
 
Our ability to protect our patents and other proprietary rights is uncertain, exposing us to the possible loss of a competitive advantage.
 
We have filed for patents and will continue to file patent applications. If a particular patent is not granted or we are unable to successfully prosecute a patent application, the value of the invention described in the patent would be diminished.
 
Furthermore, even if these patents are granted, they may be difficult to enforce. Efforts to enforce our patent rights could be expensive, distracting for management, unsuccessful, cause our patents to be invalidated and frustrate commercialization of products. In addition, even if patents are issued and are enforceable, competitors may independently develop similar, superior or parallel technologies to any technology developed by us, or our technology may prove to infringe upon patents or rights owned by others. Thus, the patents held by or licensed to us may not afford us any meaningful competitive advantage.
 
Our inability to maintain our licenses and our intellectual property rights could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and ability to implement our business plan. If we are unable to derive value from our licensed or owned intellectual property, our operations and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
 
The U.S. government’s right to use technology developed by us limits our intellectual property rights.
 
We seek to protect the competitive benefits we derive from our patents, proprietary information and other intellectual property. However, we do not have the right to prohibit the U.S. government from using certain technologies developed by us or to prohibit third-party companies, including our competitors, from using those technologies in providing products and services to the U.S. government. The U.S. government has the right to royalty-free use of technologies that we have developed under U.S. government contracts. We are free to commercially exploit those government-funded technologies and may assert our intellectual property rights to seek to block other non-government users thereof, but we may not successfully do so.

Our business may increasingly depend upon obtaining and maintaining required security clearances.
 
We may bid for U.S. government contracts that require our employees to maintain various levels of security clearances and require us to maintain certain facility security clearances in compliance with Department of Defense and other government requirements. Obtaining and maintaining security clearances for employees involves a lengthy process, and it is difficult to identify, recruit and retain employees who already hold security clearances. If our employees are unable to obtain or retain security clearances, or if our employees who hold security clearances stop working for us, we may face delays in fulfilling contracts, or be unable to fulfill or secure new contracts, with any customer involved in classified work. Any breach of security for which we are responsible could seriously harm our business, damage our reputation and make us ineligible to work on any classified programs.

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We may divest assets to reflect changes in our strategy.
 
We have begun divesting businesses and assets which we have determined no longer fit our strategy. For example, we sold an equity interest in a business in December 2007 to redirect our efforts away from the development of early-stage nanotechnologies. We may undertake divestiture transactions when we believe there is a financial or strategic benefit to us in doing so. Such divestitures, should they occur, may result in losses. There may also be costs and liabilities that we incur or retain in connection with these divestitures. We may be unable to successfully divest non-strategic assets and, if we incorrectly evaluate the strategic fit and valuation of divested businesses or assets, we may forego opportunities that would otherwise have benefited our business.
 
A number of factors may cause our consolidated operating results to fluctuate on a quarterly or annual basis, which may make it difficult to predict our future operating results.
 
We expect our consolidated revenues and expenses to fluctuate, making it difficult to predict our future operating results. Factors that could cause our operating results to fluctuate include:
 
 
·
demand in the markets that we serve;
 
 
·
our ability to define, design and release new products that meet customer needs, and to do so quickly and cost effectively;
 
 
·
market acceptance of new and enhanced versions of our products;
 
 
·
the forecasting, scheduling, rescheduling or cancellation of orders by our customers;
 
 
·
the timing, performance and pricing of new product introductions by our competitors;
 
 
·
variations in the performance of our businesses;
 
 
·
the timing and availability of adequate manufacturing capacity from our manufacturing suppliers;
 
 
·
our ability to forecast demand in the markets that we serve;
 
 
·
the mix of products that we sell;
 
 
·
the length of our sales cycles;
 
 
·
the lack of backlog of orders for our products;
 
 
·
general economic conditions in the countries where we operate or our products are used; and
 
 
·
changes in exchange rates, interest rates and tax rates.
 
Any of the above factors, many of which are beyond our control, could significantly harm our business and results of operations. The results of a prior quarter or annual period should not be relied upon as an indicator of future operating performance.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

We do not own any interest in real property. We lease 3,569 square feet of general office space at our principal executive offices at 600 Lexington Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10022 for base rent of approximately $14,917 per month. These facilities are the center for all of our administrative functions in the United States. The lease expires on September 13, 2010. Management believes that the office space is adequate for our current needs. On February 1, 2007, we subleased some of this office space to an affiliate of a director of the Company, Lee Cole. The sublease had a term from February 1, 2007 through January 2008 and required monthly rental payments of $8,000. The sublease has been extended on a month-to-month basis.
 
Our directly owned subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., leases office facilities at Park 80 West Plaza 2, Saddle Brook, New Jersey, for monthly rent of approximately $2,000. The lease is on a month-to-month basis, and either party can terminate at any time with a 30-day notification. The office is utilized as an executive office for Owlstone.
  
Our indirectly owned subsidiary, Owlstone Limited, has three leased offices in Cambridge (UK). The Cambridge (UK) offices are located at St. John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS. All three leases are on a month-to-month basis, and either party can terminate at any time with a 30-day notification. The following is a breakdown of the three leases and their other terms:
 
 
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Unit 17 - 1,280 square feet and monthly rent payments of approximately $8,800 (GBP £4,500), which commenced on October 13, 2006;
  
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Unit 33 - 1,280 square feet and monthly rent payments of approximately $7,700 (GBP £3,950), which commenced on February 14, 2005; and
  
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Unit 47 - 205 square feet and monthly rent payments of approximately $1,500 (GBP £786), which commenced on January 13, 2006.

 
We are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation against us that we expect will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, or operating results. However, legal claims are inherently uncertain, and we cannot assure you that we will not be adversely affected in the future by legal proceedings.
 
 
At the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders held on February 12, 2008, the stockholders of the Company voted in favor of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000. At the meeting, 19,605,132 shares were present, or represented by proxy, which represented 53% of the Company’s shares outstanding as of the record date for the meeting. The vote was 18,664,897 for the amendment, 740,635 against the amendment and 199,600 abstentions and broker non-votes.

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PART II 
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
 
Our common stock is traded on the over-the-counter market and is quoted on the NASD Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol “AVNA.” The high and low bid information for each quarter for the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007, as quoted on the NASD Electronic Bulletin Board, are as follows:
Quarter
 
High Bid
 
Low Bid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Quarter 2006
 
$
2.23
 
$
1.31
 
Second Quarter 2006
 
$
2.00
 
$
0.95
 
Third Quarter 2006
 
$
1.20
 
$
0.62
 
Fourth Quarter 2006
 
$
0.89
 
$
0.57
 
 
         
First Quarter 2007
 
$
0.82
 
$
0.41
 
Second Quarter 2007
 
$
0.52
 
$
0.25
 
Third Quarter 2007
 
$
0.40
 
$
0.20
 
Fourth Quarter 2007
 
$
0.38
 
$
0.20
 
 
The quotations above reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions and may not reflect actual transactions.
 
Holders
 
As of March 24, 2008, an aggregate of 36,595,686 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding and were owned by approximately 2,554 holders of record, based on information provided by our transfer agent.
 
Dividends
 
We have never paid dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate that we will do so in the foreseeable future.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
Not applicable.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Overview
 
We have historically been a leading provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology related products for homeland security and display technologies. Our historical business model sought to identify patent-pending and proprietary nanotechnologies and fund the additional patent development of such nanotechnologies in exchange for the exclusive rights to commercialize any resulting products. Our portfolios of nanotechnologies have been grouped into two categories of products: Displays and Homeland Security. The Display product category includes the operations of our subsidiary Advance Display Technologies plc (listed on the PLUS-quoted market in London under the ticker symbol “ADTP”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Homeland Security product category includes the operations of our subsidiaries Advance Homeland Security plc, Advance Nanotech Ltd., Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte. Ltd, and Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., and their respective direct and indirect subsidiaries.
 
We have historically been dedicated to the identification, development and successful commercialization of new and disruptive nano-enabled products. We had intended to create value by reducing the cost of commercializing nano-enabled based products. By partnering with universities and leveraging the infrastructure and multi-disciplinary human resources of our university partners, we sought to reduce our cost base otherwise associated with nano-enabled products. After prototypes were proven within the lab and we had developed a product roadmap and business plan, we sought to incorporate the formation of majority-owned subsidiaries around the specific technology. We intended to return value to our stockholders through the sale or licensing of the technology, by securing additional financing for the subsidiary from either the venture capital community or the capital markets, or by successfully executing our business plan and consolidating our income as the majority stockholder of the subsidiary.
 
In December 2007, we decided to revise our strategy and to focus our efforts, principally, on the commercialization of our chemical detection technology. Henceforth, we have determined to progressively divest ourselves of our other technologies and their respective subsidiaries. We will, thereafter, become an operational business centered upon our Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. subsidiary and the ongoing commercialization of the products therein.
 
Plan of Operations
 
For the year ended December 31, 2006 and until early December 2007, our strategy had been to leverage technology which was developed at universities. We sought to benefit from work done at those universities by establishing majority-owned subsidiaries to commercialize the most promising technologies. Although likely to produce prototypes and develop manufacturing processes, it was not necessarily the intention for us to ultimately manufacture the products developed. We had two main ways to potentially generate more product sales revenue:
 
 
·
license the processes and products to a third party for a royalty or other payment. By licensing, we would not have to commit resources to build a sales or a production infrastructure; and
 
 
·
retain the rights but contract with a third party for production. The Company might then be able to sell the finished products. This approach required either the establishment of a sales and distribution network or collaboration with a supplier who has an established sales and distribution network.
 
The decision as to which approach to take was to have been dictated by which approach would, in the opinion of management, generate the highest return for us. It had been intended that this approach may have had to vary from product to product.
 
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The following table summarizes our portfolio technologies as of December 31, 2007:
 
TECHNOLOGY
 
PORTFOLIO
COUNT
 
%
OWNERSHIP
 
R&D
FUNDING as
of 12/31/2007
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
 
DEVELOPMENT
PHASE
 
DIVISION
 
       
 
 
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
Centre for Advanced Photonics & Electronics (CAPE) 
$
1,372,863
                   
1   EPI CNT
   
1 &
   
100.00
%
       
Chirality control of nanotubes by epitaxial growth on solid catalysts
   
Research Technologies
   
Displays
 
2   BI-MAT  
   
2 &
   
100.00
%
       
Integrated low cost and disposable sensors and sensor arrays
   
Research Technologies
   
Homeland Security
 
 
                               
(CAPE partner projects with Dow Corning Ltd., ALPS Electric Company Ltd., and Marconi Communications Ltd.)  
       
 
 
 
     
   
3 * &
   
25.00
%
       
High mobility oxides
 
 
Research Technologies
 
 
Displays
 
2   NOTICE  
   
4 * &
   
25.00
%
       
Next generation communications infrastructure for broadband
 
 
Research Technologies
 
 
Homeland Security
 
3   ANTS  
   
5 * &
   
25.00
%
       
Artificial nanoscale threshold switching in phase-change materials
 
 
Research Technologies
   
Homeland Security
 
4   ROMP  
   
6 * &
   
25.00
%
       
Reconfigurable optical modes in plastic fibers and waveguides
 
 
Research Technologies
   
Homeland Security
 
5   RANTED  
       
33.00
%
       
Re-orientable aligned carbon nanotube devices
   
Research Technologies
   
Homeland Security
 
       
                                 
$
2,813,058
         
 
 
 
1   Cambridge Nanotechnology  
   
8 ^
   
100.00
%
       
Indium tin oxide replacement
 
 
Emerging Technology
 
 
Displays
 
2   Ultratubes (formerly known as NanoOptics)  
   
9 + &
   
100.00
%
       
Nanotubes for ultra-fast optical components
   
Emerging Technology
 
 
Displays
 
3   Nano Photonics  
   
10 ^
   
100.00
%
       
Liquid crystal structures over nanotube array
   
Emerging Technology
   
Displays
 
4   Nano Devices I  
   
11 ^
   
100.00
%
       
Silicon nanowires for optical applications
   
Emerging Technology
   
Homeland Security
 
5   Nano Devices II  
   
12 ^
   
100.00
%
       
Silicon nanowires for high mobility transistors
   
Emerging Technology
   
Homeland Security
 
6   Osputt (formerly known as Inovus Materials)  
   
13 + &
   
100.00
%
       
Carbon nanotube/liquid crystal mixtures
   
Emerging Technology
   
Displays
 
7   Exiguus Technologies  
   
14 ^
   
100.00
%
       
Silicon nanowires conductivity enhancers in organic conductors
   
Research Technologies
   
Displays
 
       
                                   
Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. 
   
16
   
58.68
%
$
5,511,519
   
FAIMS chemical sensor
   
At Market
   
Homeland Security
 
       
                           
 
     
Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Limited 
   
17 @
   
55.00
%
$
1,560,591
   
Low-power processing and wireless communication for bio-sensors
   
Near to Market
   
Homeland Security
 
 
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TECHNOLOGY
 
PORTFOLIO
COUNT
 
%
OWNERSHIP
 
R&D
FUNDING as
of  12/31/2007
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
 
DEVELOPMENT
PHASE
 
DIVISION
 
                           
NanoFED Limited (University of Bristol) 
             
$
1,522,547
                   
1   Nano FED  
   
18 &
   
100.00
%
       
Lithiated microdiamond emitter for displays
   
Near to Market
   
Displays
 
2   Nano Light  
   
19 &
   
100.00
%
       
Zinc oxide nanorods for enhancement of phosphors
   
Emerging Technology
   
Displays
 
       
                                 
Nano Solutions Limited (Imperial College, London)
     
$
3,230,056
         
 
   
 
1   Advanced Proteomics  
   
20 #
   
75.00
%
       
Engineered nanoparticles for proteomics
 
 
Emerging Technology
 
 
Homeland Security
 
2   Intelligent Biosensors I  
   
21 #
   
75.00
%
       
Nano-powered sensors for new therapies in epilepsy
 
 
Emerging Technology
 
 
Homeland Security
 
3   Intelligent Biosensors II  
   
22 #
   
75.00
%
       
Implantable nerve cuff for monitoring the vagus nerve for epilepsy
   
Emerging Technology
   
Homeland Security
 
4   NanoVindex  
   
23 #
   
75.00
%
       
Nanoparticle-hydrogel composites for drug delivery
   
Emerging Technology
   
Homeland Security
 
5   Nano Diagnostics  
   
24 #
   
75.00
%
       
Detection of hemorrhagic stroke using wideband microwaves
   
Emerging Technology
   
Homeland Security
 
6   Visus Nanotech  
   
25 #
   
75.00
%
       
Visual restoration by nanoparticle stimulation of retinal cells
   
Emerging Technology
   
Homeland Security
 
7   Econanotech  
   
26 #
   
75.00
%
       
Environmentally friendly nanocomposites
   
Research Technologies
   
Homeland Security
 
8   Nanocomposites  
   
27 #
   
75.00
%
       
Titanium oxide nanocomposites
   
Research Technologies
   
Homeland Security
 
______
 
*
Represents a minority interest within the portfolio
 
@
Represents that the research project is suspended pending further negotiation with the collaboration partner.
 
&
Represents that the research project phase has completed. We are in discussion with the respective University with respect to the intellectual property rights resulting from the original collaboration agreement.
 
#
Represents that the research project is terminated. On February 22, 2007, we and Imperial College mutually agreed to terminate and cancel the original collaboration agreement in full. We may work together with the College to form a new collaboration agreement which could include the intellectual property rights as background intellectual property for any new project started.
 
^
Represents that the projects have been terminated as of May 14, 2007.
 
+
Represents that the projects have been transferred to the CAPE collaboration agreement.
 
Note:
We have incurred research and development costs to date that are in addition to the above projects.
 
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 During December 2007, we reassessed our strategy and concluded that the interests of our stockholders were best served through focusing our efforts principally on our most commercialized technology, namely those products developed by Owlstone. Owlstone has developed a chemical detector that has been incorporated into its lead product named Lonestar, which is currently being used in the marketplace. This product was launched in July 2007 and has a growing customer base. Our revised plan of operations includes a strategic mixture of selling completely integrated products and supplying component parts to original equipment manufacturers.

We intend to both partner with market leaders to integrate our technologies into existing commercial applications and partner with contract manufacturers to bring our products direct to market, as is the case with our Lonestar product. We believe that this dual strategy positions us to best achieve the potential for our technologies in the most effective and time-sensitive manner.
 
Initial Market Penetration
 
We intend to focus our immediate resources on penetrating the industrial and homeland defense markets.
 
Industrial Market
 
The industrial market consists of those companies that engage in manufacturing products and who have a need to either detect chemicals to ensure the integrity of their manufacturing process or to protect their employees in the workplace. We believe that the industrial market is more readily penetrable due to existing commercial acceptance of the use of chemical sensors and the relatively simple technological challenges in detecting the presence of chemicals. Our technology has already proven to be effective in the detection of specific analytes required by industrial partners. The initial opportunity for our chemical sensors exists in two specific sub-markets of the industrial market: process control and health and safety.
 
For the process control market, our products provide detection-based process control sensors providing continuous information on chemical presence and composition. Our Lonestar product was principally designed to serve this particular need. The sales channels for the Lonestar product include direct end users and suppliers of process control devices and systems. We are actively targeting customers in pharmaceutical, food/beverage, health and beauty, and petrochemical markets initially, based on current partnerships and interest from companies within these markets.
 
Health and safety detection systems are intended to protect personnel occupying industrial facilities from hazardous chemicals. Our technology has been shown to be able to simultaneously detect multiple gases, as well as detect and identify the presence of specific chemical substances. We intend to provide our sensor as a component of the finished product using our current industrial partners, along with new partnerships that we cultivate after considering the potential partner’s size, distribution capabilities and projected sales volume.
 
Homeland Defense
 
Our sensor technology was specifically designed to meet the needs of homeland defense applications. To date, the homeland defense market has been limited to aging technologies that are not well-suited for their current applications. In many cases, laboratory-based platforms have been deployed as solutions in the battlefield. The market dynamics for homeland defense include large amounts of capital for funding, a relatively low bar set by existing systems, and a strong desire for new solutions to combat existing and future problems. While we are projecting a longer timeframe for initial product roll-out in the homeland defense market compared to the industrial market, the milestones achieved in both industrial sensor and product development will be applicable to the development of homeland defense solutions and may result in a faster time to market. Our development roadmap for the homeland defense market includes both product development through contract manufacturers and supplying components with established homeland defense suppliers.
 
This strategy supports two primary objectives. First, it allows us to rapidly gain commercial acceptance and application of our technologies in the shortest timeframe possible through fast penetration of the industrial segment. Second, it provides the ability for Owlstone to demonstrate the innovative nature of its technologies through product applications that will be designed for the homeland defense markets, thereby enhancing its ability to obtain government funding.

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Partnerships
 
We evaluate potential partnerships on a continuous basis. We undertake a vigorous due diligence process before signing on with a partner to develop or integrate our technologies, including the evaluation of criteria such as partner size, distribution capabilities, volume of products sold and manufactured, probability of successful detection, and reputation. Once a partnership is established, we staff a senior member of our team to lead the partnership, including management of the testing process and resultant product development.
 
We track the development of our partnerships through three key phases:
 
Phase A - Identification/Engagement. In Phase A, the purpose is to identify and engage high-value opportunities and partnerships. This is achieved through intense internal and external market research, preparation of a proprietary company intelligence report, creation of an opportunity matrix and initial engagement of a partner specific to a chemical sensing need.
 
Phase B - Opportunity Evaluation Agreement. In Phase B, we and the partner enter into an opportunity evaluation agreement. Under this agreement, basic feasibility trials are conducted whereby the technology is tested for initial proof-of-concept in detection of the required chemical substance.
 
Phase C - Field Trials. In Phase C, the technology moves out of the lab and into advanced feasibility trials in real world deployment scenarios.
 
Upon completion of the above phases, we establish a further relationship with the partner. The nature and structure of that relationship is determined at the time it is established and may include exclusive or non-exclusive licenses, distribution rights, or component-based supply agreements.
 
Sales and Marketing Strategy
 
Our marketing strategy will be driven by two initial objectives: brand awareness and opportunity generation. We anticipate that our sales and marketing effort will be tiered to be consistent with our business strategy. Initially, this will include two distinct efforts to support the industrial and homeland defense markets.
 
The industrial market is broken into two major opportunities: health and safety and process control. Health and safety is based on a component supply partnership model pursuant to which we intend to partner with organizations to provide end-product and sales distribution into the health and safety markets. This model will not require the development of a direct sales and marketing staff. We are currently pursuing process control opportunities directly with the Lonestar product line that we are actively marketing.
 
Homeland defense will primarily utilize a direct sales channel to end-customers. Fundamental to this approach is the fact that many of the opportunities within homeland defense are large centralized procurements where access and management can be achieved through a lean direct sales channel. A contract sales network consisting of distributors and resellers is anticipated to be established for distribution into geographically-based territories. In addition, we anticipate selling into markets for specific applications of our products, which are more difficult to access and have more challenging staffing requirements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources 

Cash Flows
 
Our operations have not historically generated positive cash flow. We do not expect that our business activities will begin to generate significant positive cash flows before the fourth quarter of 2008. We currently expect that our capital requirements for the next twelve months will be financed in part through the following:
 
 
·
cash on hand, which was $1,867,626 as of December 31, 2007, plus the gross proceeds of $2,393,000 released from escrow in February, 2007 in connection with a December 2007 private placement.;
 
 
·
issuances of up to $3,000,000 of additional debt and/or equity; and
 
 
·
once they are generated, cash flows from our operations.

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Sources of Cash

On March 31, 2006, Merrill Lynch extended a line of credit with loans to be secured by collateral. Amounts withdrawn under this facility bear interest at a variable rate of 2.0% over the effective LIBOR rate. This loan management account allows us to pledge a broad range of eligible assets and accounts in various combinations to maximize our borrowing capacity. Collateral may include cash and cash equivalents, debts, claims, securities, entitlements, financial assets, investment property and other property. The amount of borrowings available to us under this facility increases proportionally to the assets pledged as security for the loan. Accordingly, a decline in the value of collateral pledged to secure a loan under this facility could force the sale of the underlying collateral. As of December 31, 2007, we had not used this facility. As of December 31, 2007, we maintained a cash balance of $47 and a security balance of $0 in Merrill Lynch investment accounts. We may cancel this agreement at any time subject to being supported by a collateral account sufficient to support an outstanding loan balance, if any. At December 31, 2007, we had $47 of credit available under this agreement.

On November 6, 2006, our subsidiary, Advance Display Technologies plc, or ADT, entered into a conditional Facility Agreement with NAB Ventures Limited, or NAB. We entered into the credit facility in part in order to allow the shares of ADT to be listed on the PLUS-quoted in London. NAB has agreed to provide us one or more loans, each called a drawdown, in the aggregate principal amount of up to approximately $7 million (GBP £3.5 million) subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement. As of December 31, 2007, we had $334,001 outstanding under the agreement. Any outstanding principal amount bears interest per annum at an interest rate of 9.0%. In the event the agreement is not repaid on the maturity date of December 31, 2009, the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest thereon will also bear additional interest at a default rate of 1.5% per month, or 18.0% annum. We may cancel this agreement at any time subject to having no outstanding loan balance. Before each drawdown, there must be a mutual written agreement between us and NAB upon a budget. There are no financial covenants under this agreement. As an inducement to provide the facility under the agreement, NAB received 1,875,000 of ordinary shares of ADT and a warrant to purchase an additional 1,875,000 ordinary shares of ADT at an exercise price per share equal to the share price that ADT’s ordinary shares commenced trading on the PLUS-quoted market, or approximately $1.00 (GBP £0.50). The warrants have a cashless exercise provision. In addition to being the lender under the agreement, NAB also owns 950,000 shares, or 2.7%, of our outstanding common stock. The NAB credit facility has resulted in our recording deferred financing costs, of which $1,603,238 were unamortized as of December 31, 2007. The financing costs resulted from the issuance of 1,875,000 ordinary shares of ADT and a warrant to purchase 1,875,000 additional ordinary shares of ADT. These financings costs are amortized over the 37-month life of the NAB credit facility and will be fully expensed on December 31, 2009.

Debt Obligations

In December 2007, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with selected institutional and accredited investors (the “Investors”) regarding the private placement of up to a maximum of $8,800,000 principal amount of 8% Senior Secured Convertible Notes (the “Notes”). Each Investor who subscribed to the Notes received 50% warrant coverage at $0.30 per share as common stock warrants (the “Warrants”). The private placement was made pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 because the transaction complied with the requirements of Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.
 
In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements, the Company received gross proceeds of an aggregate of $6,700,000. However, because the Company did not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) to allow for conversion of the Notes, and exercise of the Warrants, representing the total amount of proceeds received, the Company issued Notes and Warrants for only that portion of the total proceeds that was allowed given the current capital structure of the Company. As a result, the Company issued Notes in December 2007 with an aggregate principal amount of $3,953,000 and Warrants convertible into 7,906,000 shares of Common Stock. The remainder of the proceeds received during the private placement was placed in escrow pending amendment of the Company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000. Upon obtaining approval of the Charter Amendment by the stockholders, on February 15, 2008, the Company issued additional Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $2,747,000 and Warrants convertible into 5,494,000 shares of Common Stock.

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The Notes mature in December 2010, three years after their date of issuance, and are convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at a price of $0.25 per share. The Notes constitute senior indebtedness of the Company and provide that no other indebtedness of the Company (excluding an additional $3,000,000 in debt, certain credit facility lines and trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) shall be incurred without the consent of the note holders. The Warrants are exercisable into shares of Common Stock until December 2012, five years after their date of issuance, at a price of $0.30 per share. The Notes and the Warrants each have anti-dilution provisions that provide for conversion or exercise price adjustments under certain circumstances.

Results of Operations
 
Year Ended December 31, 2007 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2006
 
We generated revenues of $512,350 in the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to $506,045 for the year ended December 31, 2006. Revenues generated were a direct result of our subsidiary, Owlstone, shipping its Tourist, Lonestar and Vapor Generator products along with instructional and set-up services provided to customers as of December 31, 2007.
 
Research and development costs for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to the year ended December 31, 2006, were $2,399,979 and $6,105,311, respectively, representing a decrease of $3,705,332, or 60.7%. This decrease is attributable to the cancellation or suspension of a significant portion of our project portfolio. Research and development costs include costs associated with the projects as shown in the table below.
Project
 
2007
 
2006
 
Change From
Prior Year
 
Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. (1)
 
$
2,252,022
 
$
1,626,886
 
$
625,136
 
NanoFED Ltd (2)
   
   
737,180
   
(737,180
)
Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Ltd (1)
   
   
   
 
Cambridge Nanotechnology Ltd (3)
   
   
952,476
   
(952,476
)
Nano Solutions Ltd (4)
   
   
1,746,367
   
(1,746,367
)
Centre of Advanced Photonics & Electronics (5)
   
   
914,091
   
(914,091
)
Advance Nanotech (6)
   
147,957
   
128,311
   
19,646
 
Total
 
$
2,399,979
 
$
6,105,311
 
$
(3,705,332
)


(1)
Developing three nanotechnologies
(2)
Developing two nanotechnologies
(3)
Developing seven nanotechnologies
(4)
Developing five nanotechnologies
(5)
Developing six nanotechnologies, one of which was exclusively funded by us and five of which were funded by us in partnerships with Dow Corning Limited, Alps Electric Company and Ericsson Marconi Corporation.
(6)
Management expenses related to projects
 
Our Singular ID technology was not included in the table above because our minority interest in the entity owning the technology was accounted for using the cost method. On December 28, 2007, the Company sold its 8.8% equity interest in Singapore-based Singular ID Pte Ltd. for $1.19 million.
 
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2006 were $7,615,276 and $13,356,539, respectively, representing a decrease of $5,741,263, or 42.9%. The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the year was a result of:
 
  
·
a decrease in consulting, marketing and legal expenses of approximately $2 million dollars;
  
·
a decrease in non-cash expenses related to our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan being fully issued of approximately $2.2 million;
 
·
an increase in payroll and employee related expenses driven by additional headcount at Owlstone of approximately $1 million;
 
·
an increase in banking and lending costs of approximately $754,000 relating to the NAB Ventures Credit Facility;
  
·
a decrease in travel expenses of approximately $240,000 due to reduction in personnel;
 
·
decreases in rent, office expenses, VAT taxes and other administrative expenses.
 
Interest and other income for the year ended December 31, 2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $2,643,714 and $151,412, respectively, representing an increase of $2,492,302 from 2006. The increase in other income of $2,620,618 resulted from the Company’s forgiveness of previously incurred accounts payable for Research and Development programs that were canceled with our collaboration partners. Interest Income decreased by $128,316 from 2006. This decrease was a result of our decreasing cash and cash equivalents maintained in our short-term money market account, which was invested as a result of the net proceeds raised in the 2005 private placements. Cash decreased as a result of our need to continue funding operations. All of our cash reserves had been invested in liquid securities at large financial institutions.

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Year Ended December 31, 2006 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2005
 
The Company has generated revenues of $506,045 in the year ended December 31, 2006. Revenues generated were a direct result of our subsidiary, Owlstone, shipping their Tourist Products and Vapor Generators along with instructional and set-up services provided to customers as of December 31, 2006. We did not generate any revenue in 2005.
 
Research and development costs for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, were $6,105,311 and $6,898,247, respectively, representing a decrease of $792,936, or 11.5%. Research and development costs include costs associated with the projects are shown in the table below.

 
Project
 
2006
 
2005
 
Change From
Prior Year
 
Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. (1)
 
$
1,626,886
 
$
897,204
 
$
729,682
 
NanoFED Ltd (2)
   
737,180
   
639,138
   
98,042
 
Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Ltd (1)
   
   
1,560,591
   
(1,560,591
)
Cambridge Nanotechnology Ltd (3)
   
952,476
   
1,860,582
   
(908,106
)
Nano Solutions Ltd (4)
   
1,746,367
   
1,483,688
   
262,679
 
Centre of Advanced Photonics & Electronics (5)
   
914,091
   
457,044
   
457,047
 
Advance Nanotech Ltd (6)
   
128,311
   
   
128,311
 
Total
 
$
6,105,311
 
$
6,898,247
 
$
792,936
 
 

(1)
Developing one nanotechnology
(2)
Developing two nanotechnologies
(3)
Developing seven nanotechnologies
(4)
Developing five nanotechnologies
(5)
Developing six nanotechnologies, one of which was exclusively funded by us and five of which were funded by us in partnerships with Dow Corning Limited, Alps Electric Company and Ericsson Marconi Corporation.
(6)
Management expenses related to projects
 
Our Singular ID technology was not included in the table above because our minority interest in the entity owning the technology was accounted for using the cost method.
 
Research and development costs have decreased as a result of our entering the straight-line quarterly payment phase of the collaboration agreements with the universities, compared to the initial one-time project start-up costs and miscellaneous overhead costs expensed in 2005. Other decreases are due to renegotiations currently taking place on the Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies and Imperial College projects. As of December 31, 2006, we were discussing revisions to these agreements with our partners and, therefore, had halted some funding in 2006.
 
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the year ended December 31, 2005 were $13,356,539 and $8,105,496, respectively, representing an increase of $5,251,043, or 64.8%. The increase in general and administrative expenses for the year was a result of:
 
 
·
increases in consulting, marketing and legal expenses;
 
·
an increase in non-cash expenses related to our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan;
 
·
an increase in payroll and employee related expenses due to the growth in employee headcount;
 
·
an increase in travel expenses related to ongoing project reviews and assessments and financing activities; and
 
·
an increase in office rents and administrative expenses.

Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $151,412 and $222,661, respectively, representing a decrease of $71,249 from 2005. The reduction in interest income was a result of our decreasing cash and cash equivalents maintained in our short-term money market account, which was invested as a result of the net proceeds raised in the 2005 private placements. Cash was decreasing as a result of needing to continue funding operations. All of our cash reserves had been invested in liquid securities at large financial institutions.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
As of December 31, 2007, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
ITEM 7A. QUANITITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISLCOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

The financial statements, along with the notes thereto and the report of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm thereon, required to be filed in response to this Item 8 begin on page F-1.
 
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
 
None.

ITEM 9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a)    Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures    

As of December 31, 2007, our management carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). Disclosure controls are controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Form 10-K, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As described below under Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, our management has identified and reported to our audit committee and Mendoza Berger & Company LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. As a result of this material weakness, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of December 31, 2007, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

(b)    Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company's principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the company's board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
 
 
·
pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
 
·
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
 
·
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. In making this assessment, the company's management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In performing the assessment, management has identified the following control deficiency that we have concluded is a material weakness in both the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007.
 
 
·
Ineffective controls over the accounting and oversight of our majority owned subsidiary Owlstone Limited. 

Our management made multiple changes to improve our internal control over financial reporting throughout the organization in 2007; however, one of our majority owned subsidiaries did not complete an integration to a new consolidated accounting system as planned for 2007. One key change for the Company going forward will be the design and implementation of internal controls over the accounting and oversight of our majority owned subsidiary Owlstone Limited, including enhanced accounting systems, processes, policies and procedures that continue past December 31, 2007 and were initially applied in the preparation of our 2007 consolidated financial statements. In connection with the initial operation of these controls, we identified and recorded a number of adjustments to our 2007 consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, prior to including them in this report.
 
 
In light of this conclusion and as part of the preparation of this report, we have applied compensating procedures and processes as necessary to ensure the reliability of our financial reporting. Accordingly, management believes, based on its knowledge, that (1) this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report, and (2) the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the years and periods then ended.
 
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.    

(c)    Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
During the quarter ended December 31, 2007, we identified a material weakness with the accounting of our majority owned subsidiary and with the internal controls associated with oversight of this subsidiary. We intend to further develop and re-design controls over Owlstone Limited throughout the first quarter and beyond in 2008 including assigning responsibility for execution of the controls throughout various levels of our organization and focusing on increasing the precision, speed and efficiency of the controls. During the period from inception (August 17, 2004) to December 31, 2007, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
       
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
 
None

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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

MANAGEMENT
 
Our directors and executive officers as of March 24, 2008, are as follows:
Name
 
Age
 
Principal Occupation
Magnus R. E. Gittins (1)
 
28
 
President and Executive Chairman of the Board
Antonio Goncalves, Jr. (2)
 
33
 
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Finn
 
41
 
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Lee J. Cole
 
47
 
Director
Peter Rugg
 
60
 
Director
Virgil E. Wenger
 
77
 
Director
Joseph Peters
 
50
 
Director
Douglas Zorn
 
57
 
Director
 

(1) On March 14, 2008 the Company received notice from Magnus Gittins, the President and Executive Chairman of the Company that he intends to terminate his employment relationship with the Company one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of such notice, pursuant to the terms of his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company dated August 13, 2007.

(2) On March 15, 2008, the Company received notice from Antonio Goncalves Jr., the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that he intends to terminate his employment relationship with the Company one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of such notice, pursuant to the terms of his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company dated August 13, 2007.

Magnus R. E. Gittins, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board
 
    Mr. Gittins began serving as our President and Executive Chairman of the Board in May 2006. Mr. Gittins had been our Chief Executive Officer from October 2004 until November 2006, having co-founded us in 2004. Mr. Gittins serves as Chief Executive Officer of Advance Display Technologies plc, a UK public company, since August 2006 and Chief Executive Officer of Advance Nanotech Limited, a UK corporation, since its inception in 2003. Mr. Gittins is a Director of First London Securities Plc Since June 13, 2007. Mr. Gittins was the President and CEO of our predecessor Delaware corporation from its inception in August 2004. Prior to our founding, Mr. Gittins was the Chief Technology Officer of a European-focused, technology venture-capital fund from 1998 to 2000. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Gittins was a partner with Sterling FCS, a technology consultancy. Mr. Gittins holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Antonio Goncalves, Jr., Chief Executive Officer
 
Mr. Goncalves joined us as Chief Operating Officer in August 2006. Mr. Goncalves was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer in November 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Goncalves held several leadership positions with Purdue Pharmaceutical L.P., a privately held pharmaceutical company, and its independent associated companies from March 2001 to August 2006. Most recently, he served as associate director of finance where he directed the risk management and insurance functions for the company, acted as the financial lead for several segments of the company, and had responsibilities in the cash management and treasury functions. Mr. Goncalves also previously held the position of associate director of corporate audit where he directed internal audit functions, provided business consulting services and identified risk, exposures and opportunities for improvement within the company. Prior to Purdue Pharmaceutical L.P., Mr. Goncalves was the senior manager of worldwide corporate audit for DaimlerChrylser AG from 1998 to 2001. He previously held several positions with People’s Bank from 1992 to 1998 including controller of People’s Capital and Leasing and internal audit roles. Mr. Goncalves received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Sacred Heart University and is a Certified Business Manager (CBM).
 
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Thomas P. Finn, Chief Financial Officer
 
Thomas Finn has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2005, having joined us in February 2005 as our Financial Controller. Prior to joining us, Mr. Finn worked for Purdue Pharmaceutical L.P. and its independent associated companies in various capacities but most recently as an internal auditor from January 2004 to February 2005. Mr. Finn worked as an independent consultant, from May 2000 to January 2004, as interim CFO and controller and auditor for various start-up companies where he has always focused on improving controls and procedures. Mr. Finn also worked for over six years with IBM Corporation until May 2000. Mr. Finn holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Masters of Business Administration in International Business from the Helsinki School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland.
  
Lee J. Cole, Director
 
Mr. Cole has served as a director since October 2005 and formerly served as Chairman of the Board from October 2004 to April 2006. Mr. Cole is the Chairman of Gardant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an OTC-traded pharmaceutical development organization, and has served in that position since September 2004. Since 1998, Mr. Cole has been a principal with Tech Capital Group, a technology consulting and investment firm that has investments in private and public information and healthcare technology companies. Mr. Cole is also a director since June 2004 of Enhance Biotech, Inc., an OTC-traded developer of lifestyle drug pharmaceuticals, a director since November 2002 of Neuro Bioscience, Inc., an OTC-traded biopharmaceutical developer focusing on diseases and disorders affecting the central nervous system, and a director since December 2002 of Electronic Game Card, Inc., an OTC-traded developer and designer of gaming devices, and is currently the interim Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Game Card, Inc.
 
Peter Rugg, Director

Mr. Rugg has served as our director since October 2005. Mr. Rugg, a Senior Partner of Tatum, LLC, an executive services firm, has been employed as a partner of that firm for the last three years and has been with Tatum, LLC for over five years. Mr. Rugg has more than 30 years of diversified business experience with special competence in capital structure, and creative financing alternatives and general management of small and medium sized companies. At Tatum, Mr. Rugg managed public company financial reporting, investor relations, tax compliance and audit, budget and planning, and information technology systems, HR, operations, and business development.
 
Virgil E. Wenger, Director
 
Mr. Wenger has served as our director since October 2005. Mr. Wenger, a CPA and former partner in Ernst & Young LLP, retired in 1990 after a 37-year career with Ernst & Young LLP and Arthur Young & Company. Since 1990, Mr. Wenger has continued his business activities as an independent consultant and financial advisor. Since 1992, Mr. Wenger has served as a Trustee of the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad, an American Stock Exchange listed company. Since 2003, Mr. Wenger has served as a director of Enhanced Technology Financial Services, Inc., a provider of information about loans, and as Chief Financial Officer of Shareholder Intelligence Services, LLC, a provider to companies of consolidated information about their shareholders. Mr. Wenger is the father-in-law of our CFO and Secretary, Thomas P. Finn.
 
Joseph Peters, Director
 
Mr. Peters has served as our director since January 22, 2008. Mr. Peters served President George W. Bush as the Assistant Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs of the White House's Drug Policy Office - commonly referred to as the Drug Czar's Office. There his duties included supervision of the country's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program. Mr. Peters also served as the Drug Czar's Liaison to the White House Office of Homeland Security and Governor Tom Ridge. Previously, Mr. Peters joined the Clinton White House, to direct the country's 26 HIDTAs, with an annual budget of a quarter billion dollars. Mr. Peters also represented the White House Drug Czar’s office with police, prosecutors, governors, mayors and many non-governmental organizations. Mr. Peters was named as a special organized crime prosecutor with the US Department of Justice and received its “John Marshall Award” from US Attorney General Dick Thornburg. Mr. Peters began his career as a State prosecutor when he joined the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office in 1983. He later served as a Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Organized Crime Section, and in 1989 was named the first Executive Deputy Attorney General of the newly created Drug Law Division. In that capacity, Mr. Peters oversaw the activities of 56 operational drug task forces throughout the State, involving approximately 760 local police departments with 4,500 law enforcement officers. Mr. Peters consults to national and international law enforcement organizations on narco-terrorism and related intelligence and prosecution issues. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), where he sits on their Terrorism Committee. Mr. Peters serves as President and Director of MSGI Security Solutions, Inc (MSGI.OB) since 2004. Mr. Peters also serves on the Board of Directors of Vigicomm Inc. since 2007.

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Douglas Zorn, Director
 
Mr. Zorn has served as our director since March 2007. Mr. Zorn is the founder of three start-up companies. Mr. Zorn is the founder and a director of US Wireless Data, Inc. (d/b/a StarVox Communications), a Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) communication company, where he has also served as the Chairman and President since June 2004 to the present. Mr. Zorn also founded and served as President, CEO and Chairman of Appiant Technologies, Inc., a communications software company from April 1994 to February 2003, and as COO of Monterey Telecommunications Corporation, an OEM wireless switch manufacturer from March 1992 to March 1994. Mr. Zorn also served as Vice President and CFO of Centigram Communications Corporation, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of integrated systems, from April 1985 to February 1992. Mr. Zorn is a certified public accountant who holds a Masters in Business Administration from Santa Clara University.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
Our Board of Directors and management are committed to responsible corporate governance to ensure that we are managed for the long-term benefit of our stockholders. To that end, our Board of Directors and management periodically review and update, as appropriate, our corporate governance policies and practices. In doing so, our Board and management review published guidelines and recommendations of institutional stockholder organizations and current best practices of similarly situated public companies. Our Board and management also regularly evaluate and, when appropriate, revise our corporate governance policies and practices in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and listing standards issued by the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., or NASDAQ.
 
Corporate Governance Policies and Practices
 
The following is a summary of our corporate governance policies and practices:
 
 
·
A majority of the members of our Board are independent directors, as defined by NASDAQ. Our Board has determined that all of our directors are independent, other than Virgil Wenger and Magnus Gittins. Independent directors do not receive consulting, legal or other fees from us other than Board compensation.
 
 
·
All of our employees, officers and directors are subject to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy, which is available on our website at www.advancenanotech.com. The ethics policy meets the code of ethics requirements of the SEC. If any material provisions of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy are waived for our Chief Executive Officer or senior financial officers, or if any substantive changes are made to our policy as they relate to any director or executive officer, we will disclose that fact on our website within four (4) business days. In addition, any other material amendment of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy will be so disclosed.
 
 
·
Our Board’s current policy is to separate the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
 
 
·
The Audit Committee and Governance Committee each consist entirely of independent directors.
 
 
·
The Compensation Committee consists of two non-employee directors, one of which does not meet the definition of “independent” under the rules of NASDAQ. Virgil Wenger is the father-in-law of our Chief Financial Officer, Thomas P. Finn.
 
 
·
Our Board reviews at least annually our business initiatives, capital projects and budget matters.
 
 
·
The Audit Committee reviews and approves all related-party transactions.
 
 
·
As part of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy, we have made a “whistleblower” hotline available to all employees for anonymous reporting of financial or other concerns. The Audit Committee receives directly, without management participation, all hotline activity reports, including complaints on accounting, internal controls and auditing matters.
 
Stockholder Communications with Directors
 
Stockholders who want to communicate with the Board or with a particular director may send a letter to the Secretary of the Company at Advance Nanotech, Inc., 600 Lexington Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10022. The mailing envelope should contain a clear notation indicating that the enclosed letter is a “Board Communication” or “Director Communication.” All such letters should state whether the intended recipients are all members of the Board or just certain specified individual directors. The Secretary will circulate the communications (with the exception of commercial solicitations) to the appropriate director or directors. Communications marked “Confidential” will be forwarded unopened.
 
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Board Meetings and Committees
 
Our Board consists of a majority of independent directors, consisting of Messrs. Cole, Robertson, Rugg and Zorn. Each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and Board committees on which such director served during 2007. The Board has four standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Governance Committee and an Executive Committee. Current committee members are listed below. Each committee has a charter which is available on our website at www.advancenanotech.com.
 
The committee memberships of our directors as of March 24, 2008 are as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
Committee Membership
 
Name
 
Director Since
 
Audit
 
Compensation
 
Governance
 
Executive
 
Magnus R. E. Gittins
 
2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chair
 
Lee J. Cole
 
2005
 
X
 
Chair
 
 
 
X
 
Peter Rugg
 
2005
 
Chair
 
 
 
Chair
 
 
 
Virgil E. Wenger
 
2005
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
X
 
Joseph Peters
 
2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Douglas Zorn
 
2007
 
X
 
 
 
X
 
 
 

Audit Committee: The functions of the Audit Committee are to recommend selection of independent public accountants to our Board, to review the scope and results of the year-end audit with management and the independent auditors, to review our accounting principles and our system of internal accounting controls and to review our annual and quarterly reports before filing with the SEC. Our Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are independent directors under the rules of NASDAQ. Our Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are financially literate, as that term is defined by NASDAQ and by applicable SEC rules, and that Doug Zorn, CPA, is an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” who is independent of management in accordance with applicable regulations. The Audit Committee currently consists of Messrs. Rugg (Chairman), Cole and Zorn. The Audit Committee met four times during 2007 and all members of the Audit Committee attended those meetings.
 
Compensation Committee: The Compensation Committee reviews and approves salaries, bonuses and other benefits payable to the executive officers and administers the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan as amended. All members of the Compensation Committee are (1) “non-employee directors” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act), and (2) “outside directors” (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended). None of the members of the Compensation Committee have interlocking relationships as defined by the SEC. One member of the Compensation Committee does not meet the definition of “independent” under the rules of NASDAQ. Virgil Wenger is the father-in-law of our Chief Financial Officer, Thomas P. Finn. As such, Mr. Wenger abstains from any vote or resolution specifically related to the compensation for his son-in-law. The Compensation Committee is specifically responsible for determining the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee currently consists of Messrs. Cole (Chairman) and Wenger. The Compensation Committee met three times in 2007.
 
Executive Committee: The Executive Committee meets and takes action on behalf of the full Board between regularly scheduled meetings in the event that it is not practical or timely to convene a full meeting of the Board. The Executive Committee currently consists of Messrs. Gittins (Chairman), Cole and Wenger. The Executive Committee met three times during 2007.
 
Governance Committee: The Governance Committee is responsible for proposing a list of directors for election by the stockholders at each annual meeting and for proposing candidates to fill any vacancies. The Governance Committee currently consists of Messrs. Rugg (Chairman) and Zorn. The Governance Committee met one time in 2007.
 
The Governance Committee manages the process for evaluating current Board members at the time they are considered for re-nomination. After considering the appropriate skills and characteristics required on the Board, the current makeup of the Board, the results of the evaluations, and the wishes of the Board members to be re-nominated, the Governance Committee recommends to the Board whether those individuals should be re-nominated.

The Governance Committee meets at least on an annual basis and will review with the Board whether it believes the Board would benefit from adding any new member(s), and if so, the appropriate skills and characteristics required for the new member(s). If the Board determines that a new member would be beneficial, the Governance Committee solicits and receives recommendations for candidates and manages the process for evaluating candidates. All potential candidates, regardless of their source, are reviewed under the same process. The Governance Committee (or its chairman) screens the available information about the potential candidates. Based on the results of the initial screening, interviews with viable candidates are scheduled with Governance Committee members, other members of the Board and senior members of management. Upon completion of these interviews and other due diligence, the Governance Committee may recommend to the Board the election or nomination of a candidate.
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Candidates for independent Board members have typically been found through recommendations from directors or others associated with the Company. Stockholders may also recommend candidates by sending the candidate’s name and resume to the Governance Committee under the provisions set forth above for communication with the Board. The deadline to submit recommendations for nominees for election to the Board at our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was October 31, 2007.
 
The Governance Committee has no predefined minimum criteria for selecting Board nominees, although it believes that all independent directors should share qualities such as independence; experience at the corporate, rather than divisional level, in multi-national organizations larger than us; relevant non-competitive experience; and strong communication and analytical skills. In any given search, the Governance Committee may also define particular characteristics for candidates to balance the overall skills and characteristics of the Board and the perceived needs of the Company. For example, we have previously sought a nominee with significant financial expertise and a nominee with significant relevant operating experience. The Governance Committee believes that it is necessary for at least one independent Board member to possess each of these skills. However, during any search the Governance Committee reserves the right to modify its stated search criteria for exceptional candidates.
 

Section 16 of the Exchange Act requires that directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written representations from the directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements were met during 2007 in a timely manner.
 
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
 
Summary Compensation Table
 
The following table sets forth a summary of annual and long-term compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 to our Chief Executive Officer and each of the next two most highly compensated executive officers (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) serving at the end of 2007 (referred to as the named executive officers):
 
Principal Position
 
Year
 
Salary
($)
(1)
 
Bonus
($)
(2)
 
Stock
Awards
($)
(3)
 
Option
Awards
($)
(4)
 
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(5)
 
All Other
Compensation
($)
(6)
 
Total
($)
 
Magnus R. E. Gittins
   
2007
 
$
158,144
 
$
-
 
$
37,779
 
$
38,723
 
$
-
 
$
2,250
 
$
198,173
 
Executive Chairman and
   
2006
 
$
183,333
 
$
-
 
$
114,178
 
$
255,613
 
$
-
 
$
71,320
 
$
624,444
 
Chairman of the Board
                                 
 
                                 
Antonio Goncalves
   
2007
 
$
252,083
 
$
-
 
$
22,433
 
$
38,723
 
$
-
 
$
10,700
 
$
285,216
 
Chief Executive Officer
   
2006
 
$
109,145
 
$
-
 
$
167,127
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
3,864
 
$
280,136
 
 
                                 
Thomas P. Finn
   
2007
 
$
240,833
 
$
-
 
$
52,134
 
$
38,723
 
$
-
 
$
10,700
 
$
303,667
 
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
   
2006
 
$
195,000
 
$
-
 
$
137,537
 
$
76,684
 
$
-
 
$
10,700
 
$
419,921
 

(1)
Per SEC rules, the salary column represents the amount of actual gross wages paid in 2006 and 2007 to the named executive officer.
 
(2)
The Company did not pay discretionary cash bonuses during 2006 and 2007. Any bonuses paid were performance-based and paid through our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and included in the “Stock Awards” column.
 
(3)
For 2007, reflects awards of our common stock on May 17, 2007 to Messrs. Gittins, Goncalves and Finn who received 104,941, 62,313 and 144,817 stock awards, respectively. Each stock award is reflected as the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to the fiscal year in accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment.” Under the terms of the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, which was implemented on December 30, 2005, 3,000,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance upon stock awards and stock options to be granted. The 2005 Equity Incentive Plan is a non-qualified plan and will expire on December 22, 2010, but options may remain outstanding past this date. The Board authorizes the grant of options to purchase stock as well as the grant of shares of stock under this plan. Grants cancelled or forfeited are available for future grants. The amounts shown above reflect the value of the stock award based on the grant date fair value of the stock expensed at the time of the appropriate service period during the year. In addition, Messrs. Gittins, Goncalves and Finn were each awarded 650,000 shares of restricted common stock to be vested quarterly, pro rata, over two years commencing on August 13, 2007. These shares have not yet been issued because a sufficient number of authorized shares are not available under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.
 
For 2006, each named executive officer received stock awards as follows as accounted for in the financial statements for fiscal year end December 31, 2007:

Name
 
Grant Date
April 13, 2006
 
Grant Date
July 31, 2006
 
Grant Date
November 28, 2006
 
Grant Date
January 23, 2007
 
Totals
for 2006
 
 
 
Grant Date
Fair Value
Per Share
 
Shares
Received
 
Grant Date
Fair Value
Per Share
 
Shares
Received
 
Grant Date
Fair Value
Per Share
 
Shares
Received
 
Grant Date
Fair Value
Per Share
 
Shares
Received
 
Total Fair
Value of
Stock
Awards
 
Total
Shares
Received
 
Magnus R. E. Gittins
 
$
1.84
   
16,652
 
$
0.84
   
20,021
  $ 0.84    
45,375
(b)  $ 0.71    
40,290
 
$
114,178
   
122,238
 
Antonio Goncalves
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
  $ 0.84    
20,173
  $ 0.71    
211,523
 
$
167,127
   
231,696
 
Thomas P. Finn
 
$
1.84
   
12,489
 
$
0.84
 
39,422
(a)  $ 0.84    
71,419
(c) $ 0.71    
30,218
 
$
137,537
   
153,548
 
 

 
(a)
Of the total shares received, 24,406 shares represented a performance based bonus.
 
(b)
Of the total shares received, 9,064 shares represented a performance based bonus.
 
(c)
Of the total shares received, 44,186 shares represented a performance based bonus.
 
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(4)
The values shown reflect the dollar amounts relating to option awards recognized for financial statement reporting purposes for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007, as applicable, in accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment.” Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 are included in Note I to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC on March 30, 2007.
 
For 2007, these values include amounts from options awarded on August 13, 2007; however, these options have not yet been issued because a sufficient number of authorized shares are not available under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 are included in Note I to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
 
(5)
The Company did not pay any cash bonuses in 2006 or 2007.
 
(6)
All Other Compensation consists of commuting allowance, gross-up for payment of taxes and housing allowance as follows:
 
Name
 
Commuting
Allowance
($)
 
Housing
Allowance
($)
 
Gross-up
for taxes
($)
 
Total Other
Compensation
($)
 
Magnus R. E. Gittins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2007
 
$
2,250
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
2,250
 
2006
 
$
-
 
$
44,400
 
$
26,920
 
$
71,320
 
Antonio Goncalves
                 
2007
 
$
6,000
 
$
-
 
$
4,700
 
$
10,700
 
2006
 
$
2,167
 
$
-
 
$
1,697
 
$
3,864
 
Thomas P. Finn
                 
2007
 
$
6,000
 
$
-
 
$
4,700
 
$
10,700
 
2006
 
$
6,000
 
$
-
 
$
4,700
 
$
10,700
 
 
    Each of the above named executive officers entered into Amended and Restated Employment Agreements with the Company on August 13, 2007. The terms of their agreements are identical except as described herein. The base salary for Mr. Gittins is $270,000 per annum; Mr. Goncalves’ base salary is $260,000; and Mr. Finn’s base salary is $250,000. The initial term of their employment agreements are for two years and continue during such time until terminated by either party pursuant to the terms summarized under “Employment, Termination and Change-in-Control Arrangements” on page 35. Each employment agreement renews automatically for a one-year period at the end of its term unless either party provides notice to the other party at least 90 days prior to the expiration date. Each named executive officer receives a $500 commuting allowance as a non-accountable reimbursement for commuting expenses. Each named executive officer is entitled according to their employment agreements to receive options for 350,000 shares of our common stock with a cashless exercise provision, an exercise price of $0.25 and a vesting schedule of 87,500 options per quarter commencing on August 13, 2007. Each named executive officer is also entitled according to their employment agreements to 650,000 shares of restricted common stock which vest quarterly pro-rata over two years commencing on August 13, 2007. These options and restricted shares have not yet been issued because a sufficient number of authorized shares are not available under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company accrues these equity awards accordingly until such time as a new equity plan is approved and implemented by the Board of Directors. Each employment agreement contains a provision prohibiting the named executive officer from competing with the Company for a period of at least six months after his employment is terminated. The foregoing descriptions of the employment agreements are qualified in their entirety by the actual agreements, copies of which have previously been filed with the SEC.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2007 Fiscal Year-End
 
The following table provides certain information as of December 31, 2007, concerning unexercised options and stock awards including those that had been granted but not yet vested as of such date for each of the named executive officers.

 
 
Option Awards(2)
 
Stock Awards(2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards
 
 
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Un-exercised
Options
(#) (1)
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
 
Option
Exercise
Price
 
Option
Expiration
 
Number
of
Shares
or
Units of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
 
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
 
Number of
Unearned
Shares,
Units
or Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
 
Market or
Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested 
 
Name
 
Exercisable
 
Un-exercisable
 
Options (#) 
 
($)
 
Date
 
(#)
 
($)
 
(#)
 
($)
 
Magnus R. E. Gittins
   
400,000
   
-
   
-
 
$
2.03
   
1/5/2011
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
$
-
 
Antonio Goncalves
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
$
-
 
Thomas P. Finn
   
120,000
   
-
   
-
 
$
2.03
   
1/5/2011
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
$
-
 
 

(1)
Represents the number of options to purchase shares of our common stock. The options were issued on January 5, 2006 and have a five-year term. The options were immediately vested 100% on the date of grant. The options were issued at fair market value determined by the closing stock price on the day preceding the grant date. We record the straight-line expense of the options over a three-year service period.
 
 
(2)
These numbers do not include stock options and stock awards that were awarded on August 13, 2007, which have not been issued because we do not have sufficient shares available under our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

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 Employment, Termination and Change-in-Control Arrangements
 
Each of Messrs. Gittins, Goncalves and Finn have two-year employment agreements with us dated August 13, 2007, which provide for payments by us under various circumstances after termination of their employment as described below.
 
Termination by Executive Without Good Reason. An executive may terminate his employment with us for any reason or no reason by giving us at least 180 days prior written notice. We, at our election, may either require the executive to continue to perform his duties for the full 180-day notice period or terminate his employment at any time during such 180-day notice period. An election by us to terminate an executive’s employment at any time during such 180-day notice period will not be deemed to be a termination of the executive’s employment by us without cause or a termination of the executive’s employment by us for cause, but will be treated as a termination of employment by the executive without good reason. If an executive’s employment is terminated by us before the 180-day notice period has expired without cause, the executive shall continue to receive his base salary and bonus, and we will continue to provide medical and dental benefits for the executive and the executive’s family, by paying the premium for health insurance continuation coverage under COBRA to the extent he elects COBRA coverage (or continue to contribute the employer portion of the premium normally paid by us for our current employees), for the unexpired balance of the 180-day notice period.
 
Termination by Executive for Good Reason. Upon 180 days’ written notice to us of an executive’s intent to terminate his employment agreement, the executive has the right to terminate his employment for “good reason,” which is one the following reasons: either our material breach of his employment agreement or relocation of our headquarters and/or the executive’s regular work address to a location which is more than 40 miles from the current principal address at which he is required to perform his duties without his prior written consent. If an executive terminates his employment for good reason, he will continue to receive his base salary and bonus, and we will continue to provide medical and dental benefits for him and his family, by paying the premium for health insurance continuation coverage under COBRA to the extent he elects COBRA coverage (or continue to contribute the employer portion of the premium normally paid by us for our current employees), for period of the lesser of 180 days from the earlier to occur of the date notice of termination is given or the date on which employment actually terminates.

Termination by Us for Cause. If the executive’s employment is terminated for “cause,” the executive will not be entitled to and shall not receive any compensation or benefits of any type following the effective date of termination, except such benefits as may be required to be extended under applicable state or federal law. The term “cause” includes, but is not limited to, (i) conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) engagement in conduct which has the effect, or might reasonably be expected to have the effect of bringing disrepute to our reputation or hold us or the executive up to public ridicule; (iii) fraud on or misappropriation of any funds or property of us, any affiliate, customer or vendor; (iv) wilful violation of any securities law, rule or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses); (v) personal dishonesty, or breach of fiduciary duty which involves personal profit; (vi) gross incompetence in the performance of the executive’s duties; (vii) wilful misconduct in connection with the executive’s duties; (viii) habitual absenteeism or inattention to the executive’s duties; (ix) chronic use of alcohol, drugs or other similar substances (other than pursuant to medical prescriptions and under doctors’ supervision for treatment of legitimate illnesses or conditions) which affects the executive’s work performance; (x) wilful violation of any of our rules, regulations, procedures or policies which has, or may reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on us; (xi) engaging in behavior that would constitute grounds for liability for harassment (as proscribed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidelines or any other applicable state or local regulatory body) or other egregious conduct that violates laws governing the workplace; or (xii) material breach of any material provision of any employment, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or other similar agreement executed by the executive for our benefit or of any of our material policies, all as determined by the Board, which determination will be conclusive. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, employment may not be terminated for “cause” in the event that the executive becomes permanently disabled.
 
Termination by Us Without Cause. We retain the right to terminate an executive without cause or prior written notice, in which case he will continue to receive his base salary and bonus, and we will continue to provide medical and dental benefits for him and his family, by paying the premium for health insurance continuation coverage under COBRA to the extent he elects COBRA coverage (or continue to contribute the employer portion of the premium normally paid by us for our current employees), for period of the lesser of 180 days from the earlier to occur of the date notice of termination is given or the date on which employment actually terminates.

Termination by Virtue of a Change in Control. An executive may elect in writing to declare that he has been terminated as a result of a “change in control” (as hereafter defined), at which time he shall be entitled to a lump sum severance payment equal to his base salary earned over the preceding twelve-month period and a sum sufficient to pay for the continuation of his medical and dental insurance with all of his then-current benefits for a like twelve-month period. The term “change in control” includes: (i) a buy-out of us whereby more than 50% in the aggregate of our ownership interests becomes beneficially owned by persons not now holding an ownership interest; (ii) our liquidation or dissolution; or (iii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets.

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Termination for Executive’s Permanent Disability. To the extent permissible under applicable law, in the event an executive becomes permanently disabled during employment, we may terminate his employment agreement by giving 30 days notice to the executive of our intent to terminate, and unless the executive resumes performance of his duties within five days of the date of the notice and continues performance for the remainder of the notice period, his employment agreement will terminate at the end of the 30- day period. “Permanently disabled” means the inability, due to physical or mental ill health, to perform the essential functions of the executive’s job, with a reasonable accommodation, for 90 days during any one employment year irrespective of whether such days are consecutive. If an executive’s employment is terminated by us because of his permanent disability, the executive shall continue to receive his base salary and bonus, and we will continue to provide medical and dental benefits for him and his family, by paying the premium for health insurance continuation coverage under COBRA to the extent the executive elects COBRA coverage (or continue to contribute the employer portion of the premium normally paid by us for our current employees), for 180 days from the date on which employment actually terminates.
 
Termination Due to Executive’s Death. An executive’s employment agreement will terminate immediately upon his death, and we shall not have any further liability or obligation to him, his executors, heirs, assigns or any other person claiming under or through his estate, except as set forth in this paragraph. We will pay any accrued but unpaid salary or bonuses through the date of termination to the executive’s estate. If the executive’s employment is terminated by us because of the executive’s death, his estate will continue to receive the executive’s base salary and bonus, and we will continue to provide medical and dental benefits for the executive’s family, by paying the premium for health insurance continuation coverage under COBRA to the extent the executive’s estate elects COBRA coverage (or continue to contribute the employer portion of the premium normally paid by us for our current employees), for 180 days from the date on which employment actually terminates.
 
Non-Employee Director Compensation

Members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Company receive a retainer of $5,000 per quarter and a fee of $1,000 for attending each Board or stockholder meeting held in person. Directors who are employees, such as Mr. Gittins, do not receive compensation for serving as directors or for attending Board of Directors, committee or stockholder meetings. In addition, Mr. Cole does not receive any compensation for serving as a director or for attending Board of Directors, committee or stockholder meetings because he received a special grant of stock options in 2006 to acknowledge his role as a founder of the Company. We maintain a written compensation policy for our non-employee directors. We do not provide additional compensation for service on any of our Board committees. There is one family relationship between a director and an executive officer of the Company, which was disclosed on the day the director was elected: Virgil Wenger, a director of the Company, is the father-in-law of Thomas Finn, Chief Financial Officer.

The following table provides information on compensation awarded or paid to our non-employee directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

Name
 
Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash
($)
 
Option
Awards
($)
 
Total
($)
 
Lee J. Cole (1)
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Peter Rugg (2)
 
$
27,500
 
$
-
 
$
27,500
 
Virgil E. Wenger (3)
 
$
28,500
 
$
-
 
$
28,500
 
John Robertson (4)
 
$
27,500
 
$
-
 
$
27,500
 
Douglas Zorn (5)
 
$
17,500
 
$
-
 
$
17,500
 
 
(1) As of December 31, 2007, there were 120,000 stock options granted to Mr. Cole that were still outstanding.
(2) As of December 31, 2007, there were 20,000 stock options granted to Mr. Rugg that were still outstanding.
(3) As of December 31, 2007, there were 20,000 stock options granted to Mr. Wenger that were still outstanding.
(4) As of December 31, 2007, there were 20,000 stock options granted to Mr. Robertson that were still outstanding. Mr. Robertson resigned as a director on January 22, 2008. Mr. Peters became a director on January 22, 2008.
(5) As of December 31, 2007, there were zero stock options granted to Mr. Zorn that were still outstanding.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN INFORMATION

We presently have a single plan for the granting of equity incentives to directors, employees and consultants - the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, or the Plan. Stock grants and options to purchase common stock may be issued under the Plan. The Plan is intended to be a broad-based, long-term retention program that is intended to attract and retain talented employees, directors and consultants and align their interests with stockholder interests. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of the Company by aligning the interests of participants with those of our stockholders. Our Board adopted the Plan on December 22, 2005.

We have reserved 3,000,000 shares of our common stock for issuance pursuant to grants under the Plan. Under the Plan, participants may be granted shares of our common stock or options to purchase common stock. The Plan contains provisions allowing net exercise, cashless exercise and a holdback election for taxes payable upon grant of these awards. The Board delegated administration of the Plan to the Compensation Committee consisting of directors Lee Cole and Virgil Wenger. The Compensation Committee will be responsible for approving all grants made under the Plan.

Information about our 2005 Equity Incentive Plan information as of December 31, 2007 is as follows:

   
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 (excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
 
   
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
           
 
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
             
 
   
               
 
   
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
    820,000  
$
2.14
 
 
240
 
               
 
 
 
Total
    820,000  
$
2.14
   
240
 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 24, 2008 by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our common stock, by each director, by each named executive officer, and by all directors and executive officers as a group. As of March 24, 2008, we had 36,595,686 shares of common stock outstanding.
 
Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table, we believe that each of the persons or entities named in the table exercises sole voting and investment power over the shares of common stock that each of them beneficially owns, subject to community property laws where applicable. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities owned or which can be acquired by such person within 60 days of the measurement date upon the exercise of stock options or warrants. Each person’s percentage ownership is determined by assuming that stock options, or warrants, beneficially owned by such person (but not those owned by any other person) have been exercised.

   
 Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
 
Percentage
of Total
Shares
Outstanding
 
Name and Address of Owner (1)
 
Shares
 
Options /
Warrants
 
Total
     
5% or Greater Stockholders:
                    
LC Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (2)
   
   
6,000,000
   
6,000,000
   
14.1
%
Ingalls & Snyder LLC (3)
   
   
6,000,000
   
6,000,000
   
14.1
%
Michael E. Hildesley (4)
   
   
3,600,000
   
3,600,000
   
9.0
%
BEME Capital Limited (5)
   
   
3,600,000
   
3,600,000
   
9.0
%
MacBay Partners, LP (6)
   
   
4,500,000
   
4,500,000
   
11.0
%
MacBay Partners, LLC (6)
   
   
4,500,000
   
4,500,000
   
11.0
%
Provco Ventures I, LP (7)
   
   
3,000,000
   
3,000,000
   
7.6
%
The Black Diamond Fund (8)
   
   
3,000,000
   
3,000,000
   
7.6
%
Alpha Capital Anstaldt (9)
   
   
3,000,000
   
3,000,000
   
7.6
%
Harborview Master Fund LP (10)
   
   
2,100,000
   
2,100,000
   
5.4
%
 
                 
Directors:
                         
Magnus Gittins (11)
   
340,470
   
575,000
   
915,470
   
2.5
%
Lee Cole (12)
   
   
120,000
   
120,000
   
*
 
Virgil Wenger (13)
   
38,379
   
20,000
   
58,379
   
*
 
Peter Rugg (14)
   
19,190
   
20,000
   
39,190
   
*
 
Douglas Zorn (15)
   
   
   
   
*
 
Joseph Peters (16)
   
   
   
   
*
 
 
                       
Named Executive Officers:
                         
Magnus Gittins (See above)
                         
Antonio Goncalves, Jr. (17)
   
246,325
   
175,000
   
421,325
   
1.1
%
Thomas Finn (18)
   
232,613
   
295,000
   
527,613
   
1.4
%
All Directors and Named Executive Officers as a Group (8 persons)
   
876,977
   
1,205,000
   
2,081,977
   
5.4
%
 

*   Less than 1%
 (1)
Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, the address of each stockholder is c/o Advance Nanotech, Inc., 600 Lexington Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
 
(2)
Represents (1) 4,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 and (2) 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. The stockholder shares voting and dispositive power with others, including MacBay Partners, LP and MacBay Partners, LLC, under accounts that it manages under investment advisory contracts. The address of the stockholder is 680 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019.
 
(3)
Represents (1) 4,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 and (2) 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. H. Shepard Boone exercises voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of common stock. The address of the stockholder is 61 Broadway, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10006.
 
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 (4)
Represents (1) 2,400,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000 and (2) 1,200,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. The address of the stockholder is 23 Woodlands Rd., London SW13 0JZ, UK.
   
 (5)
Represents (1) 2,400,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000 and (2) 1,200,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Angela Harris exercises voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of common stock. The address of the stockholder is Suite 834, P.O. Box 1419, Europort, Gibraltar.
   
(6)
Represents (1) 3,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $750,000 and (2) 1,500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. The stockholder has shared voting and dispositive power over all of the shares. MacBay Partners, LP, is an investment partnership managed under an investment advisory contract by Ingalls & Snyder LLC, a registered broker dealer and a registered investment advisor. MacBay Partners, LLC, is the general partner of MacBay Partners, LP, the address of the stockholder is c/o Ingalls & Snyder, LLC, 61 Broadway, New York, New York, 10006.
   
(7)
Represents (1) 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 and (2) 1,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Gary R. Dilella exercises on behalf of the stockholder voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of common stock. The address of the stockholder is 79 E. Lancaster Ave., Suite 200, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085.
   
(8)
Represents (1) 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 and (2) 1,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Brandon S. Goulding exercises on behalf of the stockholder voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of common stock. The address of the stockholder is 155 Revere Drive, Suite 10, Northbrook, Illinois 60062.
   
(9)
Represents (1) 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 and (2) 1,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Konrad Ackerman exercises on behalf of the stockholder voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of common stock. The address of the stockholder is 160 Central Park South, Suite 2701, New York, New York 10019.
   
(10)
Represents (1) 1,400,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000 and (2) 700,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants. Harborview Master Fund L.P. is a master fund in a master-feeder structure whose general partner is Harborview Advisors LLC. Richard Rosenblum and David Stefansky are the managers of   Harborview Advisors LLC and have ultimate responsibility for trading with respect to Harborview Master Fund L.P. Messrs.  Rosenblum and Stefansky disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares. The address of the stockholder is 850 Third Avenue, Suite 1801, New York, New York 10022.
   
(11)
Includes 575,000 shares of common stock options, 400,000 of which are issuable upon exercise of stock options that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $2.03 per share and 175,000 shares of common stock that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The 400,000 stock options were granted to Mr. Gittins in his role as a founder of the Company and the 175,000 stock options were granted to Mr. Gittins as part of his employment agreement.
   
(12)
Includes 120,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $2.03 per share. These stock options were granted to Mr. Cole in his role as a founder of the Company.
   
(13)
Includes 12,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants that are immediately exercisable at $1.25. The Company issued these warrants to Mr. Wenger in connection with his participation in a private placement by us in 2005. Also includes an option to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock at $3.50 for participation on the Board of Directors.
   
(14)
Includes 6,450 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The Company issued these warrants to Mr. Rugg in connection with his participation in a private placement by us in 2005. Also includes an option to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock at $3.50 for participation on the Board of Directors.
   
(15)
Douglas Zorn joined the Board of Directors on March 6, 2007 and did not beneficially own common stock as of the date of the table.
   
(16)
Joseph Peters joined the Board of Directors on January 22, 2008 and did not beneficially own common stock as of the date of the table.
   
(17)
Includes 175,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. These stock options were granted to Mr. Goncalves as part of his employment agreement.
   
(18)
Includes 295,000 shares of common stock options, 120,000 of which are issuable upon exercise of stock options that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $2.03 per share and 175,000 shares of common stock that are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The 120,000 stock options were granted to Mr. Finn in his role as an early employee of the Company and the 175,000 stock options were granted to Mr. Finn as part of his employment agreement.
 
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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSATIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
On November 6, 2006, our subsidiary, Advance Display Technologies plc, or ADT, entered into a conditional Facility Agreement with NAB Ventures Limited, or NAB. NAB will provide us one or more loans; each called a drawdown, in the aggregate principal amount of up to approximately $7 million (GBP £3.5M) subject to the terms and conditions. In addition to being the lender under the Facility Agreement, NAB also owned 950,000 shares, or 2.6%, of our common stock outstanding as of January 4, 2008. As of December 31, 2007, we had approximately $334,001 outstanding under the Facility Agreement. Any outstanding principal amount bears interest per annum at an interest rate of 9.0%. In the event the Facility Agreement is not repaid on the maturity date of December 31, 2009, the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest thereon also bears additional interest at a default rate of 1.5% per month or 18% annum. We may cancel this agreement at any time subject to having no outstanding loan balance. Before each drawdown, there must be a mutual written agreement between us and NAB upon a budget. There are no financial covenants under this agreement. As an inducement to provide the Facility Agreement, NAB will receive 1,875,000 of ordinary shares and a warrant to purchase an additional 1,875,000 ordinary shares of ADT at an exercise price per share equal to the share price that ADT’s ordinary shares commence trading on the Plus-quoted or other similar public exchange. The warrants have a cashless exercise provision.
 
Beginning February 1, 2007, we have subleased certain office space at the New York Corporate office located at 600 Lexington Avenue. The sublease tenant is an affiliate of Mr. Cole, a director of the Company. Under the terms of the sublease, the sublease will run from February 1, 2007 through January 2008 and require monthly rent payments of $8,000. The sublease has been extended on a month-to-month basis effective March 1, 2008.
 
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

See the information provided in Item 10, “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance” for a discussion about director independence.
 
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Mendoza Berger & Company LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firms for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. A representative of Mendoza Berger & Company LLP is expected to be present at the 2007 Annual Meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if he desires to do so and is expected to respond to appropriate questions. The following table shows the fees billed or expected to be billed to us for the audit and other services provided by our accountants for 2007 and 2006:

 
 
2007
 
2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Audit Fees
 
$
104,973
 
$
87,183
 
Tax Fees
   
5,080
   
9,328
 
All other Fees
   
-
   
-
 
Total Fees
 
$
110,053
 
$
96,511
 

AUDIT FEES. This category includes the audit of our consolidated financial statements, and reviews of the financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB. This category also includes advice on accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit or the review of interim financial statements, SEC registration statements and comfort letters.

TAX FEES. These fees relate to the preparation and review of tax returns, tax planning and tax advisory services.

ALL OTHER FEES. None.

Our Audit Committee is required to pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the independent auditor. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditor has received general pre-approval, subject to certain dollar limitations, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Audit Committee or otherwise required by applicable law, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee has the right to exercise the pre-approval authority of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has determined that the professional services rendered by our accountants are compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence. The Audit Committee gave prior approval to all audit and non-audit services rendered in 2006 and 2007.
 
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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

(a) Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits.
(1) See Index to Financial Statements located on page F-1.
All consolidated financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not required, and are not applicable, or the required information has been included elsewhere within this Form 10-K.

(3) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
2.1
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 11, 2006, by and between Advance Nanotech Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Advance Nanotech Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K dated June 19, 2006 and filed June 20, 2006).
 
 
 
2.2+
 
Exchange Agreement, dated December 19, 2007, by and among Bret Bader, Mark Brennan, Paul Boyle, Andrew Koehl, David Ruiz-Alonso and the Company.
 
 
 
2.3+
 
Agreement, dated December 18, 2007, between the Company, the other vendors party thereto and Bilcare Singapore Pte Limited.
 
 
 
3.1+
 
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
   
 
3.2
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated February 12, 2007 and filed February 15, 2007).
 
 
 
3.3
 
Company’s Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K dated June 19, 2006 and filed June 20, 2006).
4.1
 
Forms of Investor Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Form 8-K dated January 20, 2005 and filed January 26, 2005, and to Exhibit 10.12 to Form 8-K dated February 28, 2005 and filed March 4, 2005).
 
 
 
4.2
 
Form of Placement Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Form 8-K dated January 20, 2005 and filed January 26, 2005, and to Exhibit to 10.13 to Form 8-K dated February 28, 2005 and filed March 4, 2005).
 
 
 
4.3
 
Form of Investor and Placement Agent Warrant Agreement consent letter to amend the exercise price pursuant to the Securities and Purchase Agreement dated as of October 13, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Form 10-KSB filed by the Company on March 30, 2007).
 
 
 
4.4+
 
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
 
 
 
4.5+
 
Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note.
 
 
 
10.1
 
Loan Management Account Agreement, by and between the Company and Merrill Lynch Bank USA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-QSB filed by the Company on November 14, 2007).
 
 
 
10.2
 
Facility Agreement, dated November 6, 2006, by and between NAB Ventures Limited and Advance Display Technologies plc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Form 10-QSB filed by the Company on November 14, 2006).
 
 
 
10.3
 
Amended and Restated Senior Secured Grid Note, dated August 14, 2006, by the Company in favor of Jano Holdings Limited (cancelled) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 16, 2006).
 
 
 
10.4
 
Security Agreement, dated August 14, 2006, by the Company in favor of Jano Holdings Limited (cancelled) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 16, 2006).
     
10.5*
 
2005 Equity Incentive Plan and related agreements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated and filed by the Company on December 29, 2005).
     
10.6*
 
Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and related agreements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Form 10-QSB filed by the Company on May 15, 2006).
 
41


 Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
10.7*
 
Company’s Director Compensation and Confidential Information Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated March 6, 2007 and filed by the Company on March 9, 2007).
 
 
 
10.8*
 
Service Agreement, dated November 13, 2006, by and between Advance Display Technologies plc and Magnus Gittins (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K dated November 13, 2006 and filed by the Company on December 1, 2006).
 
 
 
10.9
 
Facility Agreement, dated March 28, 2007, by and between Conquistador Investments Limited and Advance Homeland Security PLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Form 10-KSB filed by the Company on March 30, 2007).
 
 
 
10.10 
 
Debenture, dated March 28, 2007, between Conquistador Investments Limited and Advance Homeland Security PLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Form 10-KSB filed by the Company on March 30, 2007). 
     
10.11* 
 
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated August 13, 2007, by and between the Company and Thomas Finn (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Form 10-QSB filed by the Company on August 14, 2007). 
 
 
 
10.12* 
 
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated August 13, 2007, by and between the Company and Magnus Gittins (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Form 10-QSB filed by the Company on August 14, 2007). 
 
 
 
10.13*
 
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated, August 13, 2007, by and between the Company and Antonio Goncalves, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Form 10-QSB filed by the Company on August 14, 2007). 
 
 
 
10.14+
 
Form of Subscription Agreement, dated December 19 and 21, 2007, between the Company and the subscribers thereto.
 
 
 
10.15+
 
Escrow Agreement, dated August 20, 2007, between the Company, Axiom Capital Management, Inc. and HSBC Bank USA, National Association.
 
 
 
10.16+
 
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated December 19, 2007, between the Company and Axiom Capital Management, Inc.
 
 
 
10.17+
 
Collateral Agent Agreement, dated December 19, 2007, among Axiom Capital Management, Inc. and the parties thereto.
 
 
 
21.1
 
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Direct or Indirect)
Advance Homeland Security plc (a UK corporation)
Advance Display Technologies plc (a UK corporation)
Advance Nanotech Limited (a UK corporation)
Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte. Limited (a Singapore corporation)
Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)
Owlstone Limited (a UK corporation)
Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Limited (a UK corporation)
Cambridge Nanotechnology Limited (a UK corporation)
Nano Solutions Limited (a UK corporation)
NanoFed Limited (a UK corporation)
 
23.1w
 
Consent of Mendoza Berger & Company, LLP
     
31.1w
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. 
     
31.2w
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.
     
32.1w
 
Certification by Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.2w
 
Certification by Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 

*
Management contract or compensation plan, contract or arrangement.
+
Previously herewith.
w Filed herewith.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 1st day of April 2008.
 
ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC.
 
 
/S/ ANTONIO GONCALVES, JR.
 
ANTONIO GONCALVES, JR
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
F-2
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2007 and 2006.
F-3
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and for the period from August 17, 2004 (inception) through December 31, 2007.
F-4
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the period from August 17, 2004 (inception) through December 31, 2007.
F-5
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the period from August 17, 2004 (inception) through December 31, 2007.
F-6
 
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and Subsidiaries.
F-7
 
F-1


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Advance Nanotech, Inc.


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Advance Nanotech, Inc., as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended and for the period from inception (April 17, 2004) through December 31, 2007. 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 audits.

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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 audits 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 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 audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Advance Nanotech, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended and for the period from inception (August 17, 2004) through December 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note A to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations that raise doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note A. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


Mendoza Berger & Company, LLP

/S/ MENDOZA BERGER & COMPANY, LLP

Irvine, California
March 28, 2008
 
F-2

 
ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
 
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
ASSETS
 
2007
 
2006
 
CURRENT ASSETS
         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,867,626
 
$
361,845
 
Restricted cash
   
77,557
   
77,523
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
162,622
   
25,173
 
Accounts receivable
   
1,325,080
   
237,658
 
Grants receivable
   
-
   
146,373
 
Inventory
   
74,672
   
75,485
 
VAT tax refund receivable
   
3,902
   
147,761
 
Deferred financing costs, current portion
   
801,618
   
786,287
 
Loans receivable
   
-
   
-
 
               
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
   
4,313,077
   
1,858,105
 
 
           
Property plant and equipment, net
   
242,005
   
350,723
 
Patents
   
636,381
   
475,034
 
Deferred financing costs, net of current portion
   
801,620
   
1,572,575
 
Investment
   
-
   
195,630
 
 
           
TOTAL ASSETS
 
$
5,993,083
 
$
4,452,067
 
 
           
           
CURRENT LIABILITIES
           
Accounts payable
 
$
1,291,882
 
$
2,011,244
 
Accrued expenses
   
1,369,538
   
1,463,471
 
               
Deferred equity compensation
   
345,268
   
495,658
 
Deferred revenue
   
38,279
   
146,373
 
Capital lease obligation, current portion
   
21,483
   
22,365
 
               
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
   
3,066,450
   
4,139,111
 
 
           
Loan payable
   
334,001
   
602,423
 
Convertible notes payable
   
6,294,105
   
-
 
Common stock warrants
   
2,184,266
   
-
 
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion
   
13,879
   
35,362
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
   
11,892,701
   
4,776,896
 
 
           
Minority interests in subsidiaries
   
6,854,191
   
6,496,093
 
 
           
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY / (DEFICIT)
           
Preferred stock; $0.001 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares
issued and outstanding in 2007 and 2006, respectively
   
-
   
-
 
Common stock; $0.001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 36,595,686 and
34,371,462 shares issued and outstanding in 2007 and 2006, respectively
   
36,596
   
34,372
 
Additional paid in capital
   
16,128,733
   
14,064,249
 
Warrant valuation
   
2,708,358
   
5,743,116
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
   
(801,386
)
 
(480,780
)
Deficit accumulated during development stage
   
(30,826,109
)
 
(26,181,879
)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
   
(12,753,808
)
 
(6,820,922
 
 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
$
5,993,083
 
$
4,452,067
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-3

 
ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

 
 
Year ended
December 31, 2007
 
Year ended
December 31, 2006
 
Period from
August 17, 2004
(Date of inception)
to December 31, 2007
 
Revenue- product
 
$
185,496
 
$
260,385
 
$
445,881
 
Revenue- service
   
326,854
   
245,660
   
572,514
 
Total net revenue
   
512,350
   
506,045
   
1,018,395
 
 
             
Cost of sales
   
(125,488
)
 
(151,451
)
 
(276,939
)
Gross margin
   
386,862
   
354,594
   
741,456
 
 
             
Research and development
   
(2,399,979
)
 
(6,105,311
)
 
(16,138,944
)
Selling, general and administrative
   
(7,615,276
)
 
(13,356,539
)
 
(29,929,243
)
Total operating expenses
   
(10,015,255
)
 
(19,461,850
)
 
(46,068,187
)
 
             
Loss from operations
   
(9,628,393
)
 
(19,107,256
)
 
(45,326,731
)
 
             
Other income/ (expense)
             
Interest income
   
23,096
   
151,412
   
417,419
 
Grant income
   
146,331
   
52,500
   
198,831
 
Gain on sale of investment
   
937,836
   
-
   
937,836
 
Forgiveness of accounts payable from collaboration agreements
   
2,620,618
    -    
2,620,618
 
Interest expense
   
(193,627
)
 
(28,728
)
 
(241,174
)
Fair value of warrants gain
   
-
   
-
   
8,739,143
 
Accrued late registration costs
   
-
   
-
   
(2,325,193
)
                     
 
             
Net loss
 
$
(6,094,139
)
$
(18,932,072
)
$
(34,979,251
)
 
             
Minority interest in net loss of subsidiary
   
1,449,909
   
2,703,233
   
4,153,142
 
 
             
Net loss
 
$
(4,644,230
)
$
(16,228,839
)
$
(30,826,109
)
 
             
Foreign currency translation adjustment loss
   
(320,606
)
 
(282,926
)
 
(801,386
)
 
             
Comprehensive loss
 
$
(4,964,836
)
$
(16,511,765
)
$
(31,627,495
)
 
             
Net loss per share- basic and diluted
 
$
(0.17
)
$
(0.56
)
$
(1.12
)
 
             
Net loss per share after minority interest- basic and diluted
 
$
(0.13
)
$
(0.48
)
$
(0.98
)
 
             
Comprehensive loss per share- basic and diluted
 
$
(0.14
)
$
(0.49
)
$
(1.01
)
 
             
Weighted average shares outstanding- basic and diluted
   
35,906,842
   
33,728,527
   
31,352,543
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

F-4


ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY/ (DEFICIT)
FROM INCEPTION (AUGUST 17, 2004) TO DECEMBER 31, 2007
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deficit
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
Common
 
 
 
Additional
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
Other
 
Total
 
 
 
Stock
 
Preferred
 
Paid In
 
Warrant
 
During
 
Comprehensive
 
Stockholders'
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Stock
 
Capital
 
Valuation
 
Development
 
Income/(Loss)
 
Equity
 
Initial capitalization
   
200,000
 
$
200
   
 
 
$
(200
)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Acquisition shares, net of financing costs
   
19,352,778
   
19,353
       
(444,353
)
             
(425,000
)
Shares issued at $1/share
   
1,500,000
   
1,500
       
1,498,500
               
1,500,000
 
Shares issued for cash
   
112,500
   
112
       
224,888
               
225,000
 
Net loss
                       
(1,585,858
)
     
(1,585,858
)
Foreign currency translation
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
19,828
   
19,828
 
Balance as of December 31, 2004
   
21,165,278
   
21,165
   
-
   
1,278,835
          
(1,585,858
)
 
19,828
   
(266,030
)
 
                                 
Shares issued in connection with private placement, net of financing costs
   
11,666,123
   
11,667
       
20,569,193
               
20,580,860
 
Shares issued as late registration penalty
   
384,943
   
386
       
2,324,807
               
2,325,193
 
Shares issued from cashless warrant conversions
   
71,549
   
71
       
(71
)
             
-
 
Shares issued for services
   
265,000
   
265
       
2,182,235
               
2,182,500
 
Common stock warrants
               
(10,140,471
)
 
10,140,471
           
-
 
Placement agent warrants
               
(1,925,996
)
 
1,925,996
           
-
 
Fair value of warrant gain / (loss)
               
(8,739,143
)
             
(8,739,143
)
Net loss
                       
(8,367,182
)
     
(8,367,182
)
Foreign currency translation
   
 
   
 
   
  
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
(217,682
)
 
(217,682
)
Balance as of December 31, 2005
   
33,552,893
   
33,554
   
-
   
5,549,389
   
12,066,467
   
(9,953,040
)
 
(197,854
)
 
7,498,516
 
 
                                 
Warrants issued for services
               
157,708
               
157,708
 
Shares issued for services
   
95,000
   
95
       
88,905
               
89,000
 
Shares issued to employees
   
723,569
   
723
       
982,354
               
983,077
 
Stock options issued (FAS 123R)
               
962,542
               
962,542
 
Common stock warrants
               
5,203,445
   
(5,203,445
)
         
-
 
Placement agent warrants
               
1,119,906
   
(1,119,906
)
         
-
 
Net loss
                       
(16,228,839
)
     
(16,228,839
)
Foreign currency translation
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
(282,926
)
 
(282,926
)
Balance as of December 31, 2006
   
34,371,462
   
34,372
   
-
   
14,064,249
   
5,743,116
   
(26,181,879
)
 
(480,780
)
 
(6,820,922
)
 
                                 
Warrants issued in connection with private placement
                   
(2,184,266
)
             
(2,184,266
)
Placement costs relating to private placement
                   
(567,755
)
             
(567,755
)
Shares issued to consultants for services
   
1,100,000
   
1,100
       
438,900
               
440,000
 
Shares issued to employees
   
1,124,224
   
1,124
       
593,946
               
595,070
 
Stock options issued-FAS123R
               
748,901
                 
748,901
 
Common stock warrants
               
3,034,758
   
(3,034,758
)
         
-
 
Net loss
                         
(4,644,230
)
     
(4,644,230
)
Foreign currency translation
   
 
   
   
   
  
   
 
   
 
         
(320,606
)
 
(320,606
)
Balance as of December 31, 2007
   
36,595,686
   
36,596
   
-
   
16,128,733
   
2,708,358
   
(30,826,109
)
 
(801,386
)
 
(12,753,808
)
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
F-5


(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 
 
 
 
 
 
Period from
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
August 17, 2004
 
 
 
Year ended
 
Year ended
 
(Date of inception)
 
 
 
December 31, 2007
 
December 31, 2006
 
December 31, 2007
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(4,644,230
)
$
(16,228,839
)
$
(30,826,109
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows
             
used in operating activities
             
Depreciation
   
131,206
   
102,827
   
295,840
 
Fair value of warrant liability
   
-
   
-
   
(8,739,143
)
Common stock issued for services
   
440,000
   
89,000
   
2,711,500
 
Common stock issued to employees
   
595,070
   
983,077
   
1,578,147
 
Stock options issued to employees
   
748,901
   
962,542
   
1,711,443
 
Warrants issued for services
   
-
   
157,708
   
157,708
 
Accrued late registration costs
   
-
   
-
   
2,325,193
 
Gain on sale of investment
   
(937,836
)
 
-
   
(937,836
)
Forgiveness of accounts payable from collaboration agreements
   
(2,620,618
)   -    
(2,620,618
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
             
Increase in restricted cash
   
(34
)
 
(779
)
 
(77,557
)
Decrease in prepaid licensing fees
   
-
   
489,988
   
-
 
Increase in prepayments and other
   
(137,449
)
 
(10,181
)
 
(162,622
)
Increase in accounts receivable
   
(1,087,422
)
 
(237,658
)
 
(1,325,080
)
Decrease (increase) in grants receivable
   
146,373
   
(146,373
)
 
-
 
Decrease (increase) in inventory
   
813
   
(75,485
)
 
(74,672
)
Decrease (increase) in VAT receivable
   
143,859
   
610,409
   
(3,902
)
Decrease in loan receivable
   
-
   
177,421
   
-
 
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
   
1,901,256
 
 
314,549
   
3,912,500
 
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses
   
(93,933
)
 
1,209,162
   
1,369,538
 
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue
   
(108,094
)
 
146,373
   
38,279
 
Increase (decrease) in deferred equity compensation
   
(150,390
)
 
(42,896
)
 
345,268
 
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
   
(5,672,528
)
 
(11,499,155
)
 
(30,322,123
)
 
             
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
             
Purchase of property plant and equipment
   
(22,489
)
 
(178,057
)
 
(537,846
)
Development of patent technology
   
(161,347
)
 
(296,179
)
 
(636,381
)
Investment
   
1,133,466
   
(11,998
)
 
937,836
 
Minority investment in subsidiary
   
358,098
   
6,496,093
   
6,854,191
 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
   
1,307,728
   
6,009,859
   
6,617,800
 
 
             
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
             
                     
Capital lease obligations, net
   
(22,365
)
 
(20,572
)
 
35,362
 
Proceeds to/from credit facility (NAB Ventures Ltd.)
   
(268,422
)
 
602,423
   
334,001
 
Deferral of financing costs
   
755,624
   
(2,358,862
)
 
(1,603,238
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock ($1 round)
   
-
   
-
   
1,500,000
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
   
-
   
-
   
20,805,860
 
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes
   
6,294,105
   
-
   
6,294,105
 
Financing fees on issuance of notes
   
(567,755
)
 
-
   
(567,755
)
Financing fees on merger shares issued
   
-
   
-
   
(425,000
)
                             
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
   
6,191,187
   
(1,777,011
)
 
29,170,335
 
 
   
  
   
   
   
  
 
Effect of exchange rates on cash and equivalents
   
(320,606
)
 
(282,926
)
 
(801,386
)
 
   
  
   
 
   
  
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
   
1,505,781
   
(7,549,233
)
 
1,867,626
 
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
   
361,845
   
7,911,078
   
-
 
CASH AT END OF PERIOD
 
$
1,867,626
 
$
361,845
 
$
1,867,626
 
 Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
             
Cash paid for interest
 
$
15,552
 
$
14,018
 
$
48,340
 
Conversion of amounts due on related party credit facility to common stock
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1,500,000
 
Cash convertible note issued in repayment of loan payable
 
$
354,000
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
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ADVANCE NANOTECH, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2007
  
NOTE A - ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Corporate History
 
We were originally formed as Colorado Gold & Silver, Inc., a Colorado corporation, on March 3, 1980, and subsequently changed our name to Dynamic I-T, Inc. and then in January 2004, changed our name to Artwork & Beyond, Inc., or Artwork. On October 1, 2004, Artwork entered into a share exchange agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the share exchange agreement. The acquisition transaction closed simultaneously with the execution of the share exchange agreement. Artwork and its affiliates were unrelated to the stockholders of us or Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. prior to the execution, delivery and performance of the share exchange agreement. As a result of this transaction (and certain capital transactions, including a reverse 100-to-1 stock split on October 5, 2005), control of Artwork was changed, with the former stockholders of Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. acquired approximately 99% of Artwork’s outstanding common stock. In addition, all of the officers and directors of Artwork prior to the transaction were replaced by designees of the former shareholders of Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc., and Artwork’s corporate name was changed to “Advance Nanotech, Inc.” As a consequence of the change in control of Artwork resulting from these transactions, all prior business activities of Artwork were completely terminated, and Artwork adopted the business plan developed by Advance Nanotech Holdings, Inc. prior to the transaction. On October 5, 2004, the new Board of Directors approved the change of the issuer’s name to “Advance Nanotech, Inc. (a Colorado corporation),” or Advance Nanotech Colorado.
 
On June 19, 2006, Advance Nanotech Colorado merged with and into its newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary, Advance Nanotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Advance Nanotech Delaware, in order to reincorporate in the State of Delaware. The reincorporation was approved by Advance Nanotech Colorado's shareholders on May 11, 2006. As a result of the reincorporation, our legal domicile is now Delaware. Each outstanding Advance Nanotech Colorado common share was automatically converted into one Advance Nanotech Delaware common share. As a result of the reincorporation, each outstanding option, right or warrant to acquire shares of Advance Nanotech Colorado common stock converted into an option, right or warrant to acquire an equal number of shares of Advance Nanotech Delaware common stock, with no further action required by any party, under the same terms and conditions as the original option, right or warrant.

On December 19, 2007, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with its majority owned subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. (“Owlstone”), and certain stockholders of Owlstone (consisting of all of the founders and executive officers of Owlstone, who are hereafter called the “Owlstone Founders”) to increase the Company's ownership interest in Owlstone by issuing newly issued shares of our common stock to the Owlstone Founders in exchange for Owlstone common shares at an exchange rate of 3.33 shares of our common stock for each share of Owlstone common stock. The Owlstone Founders currently own an aggregate of 4,211,303 shares of Owlstone common stock, consisting of 22.26% of the total number of shares of common stock of Owlstone outstanding. The Exchange Agreement also contemplates (a) that the Company will, following consummation of the exchange with the Owlstone Founders, offer to acquire the remaining shares of Owlstone common stock then outstanding (the “Minority Stockholders”, which hold approximately 26.21% of the currently outstanding Owlstone shares) on terms and conditions identical to those offered to the Owlstone Founders and (b) the issuance to the Minority Stockholders of one warrant to purchase 0.33 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.30 per share.

As of December 31, 2007, Advance Nanotech owns all the issued and outstanding shares of Advance Homeland Security plc and Advance Nanotech Limited ("ANL"), both UK companies. Advance Nanotech owns 92.9% of Advance Display Technologies plc (“ADT”), a UK public company listed on the PLUS Market. ADT owns 100% of Cambridge Nanotechnology Limited and 100% of NanoFED Limited. Advance Nanotech owns 58.6% of the outstanding shares of Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Advance Nanotech also owns 90% of Advance Nanotech (Singapore) Pte Ltd. ANL owns 55% of Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies, Ltd (formerly Imperial Nanotech Ltd), 75% of Nano Solutions Limited and all the outstanding shares of the following dormant UK companies: Nano Devices Limited, Intelligent Materials Limited, Biostorage Limited, Nanolabs Limited, Nano Biosystems Limited, Nano Photonics Limited, , Inovus Materials Limited, Advance Proteomics Limited, Nano Diagnostics Limited, Exiguus Technologies Limited, Visus Nanotech Limited, Intelligent Biosensors Limited, Econanotech Limited, Nanocomposites Limited, Nanovindex Limited, Nano Optics Limited.
 
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 Current Operations
 
In December 2007, we decided to revise our strategy and to focus our efforts, principally, on the commercialization of our chemical detection technology. As a result, we are currently a development stage company seeking to commercialize novel chemical sensor products based on our proprietary and innovative gas sensing technology, called Owlstone, which offers an attractive combination of small size, high sensitivity, low power consumption, reprogrammability, high chemical selectivity and low cost. We have determined to progressively divest ourselves of our other technologies and their respective subsidiaries. We will, thereafter, become an operational business centered upon our Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. subsidiary and the ongoing commercialization of its products.

We operate in a $5.4 billion market in the United States alone, and we have initially targeted the industrial and homeland defense markets. In later stages, we plan to commercialize sensing products for the consumer, environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics markets. We are poised to benefit from powerful trends driving the demand for improved technologies within the chemical sensing arena, including substantial government and private sector investment in homeland security, regulatory emphasis on safety, and increasingly stringent environmental regulations.
 
The market for chemical sensing faces unique challenges in detecting hazardous substances in various forms and in a myriad of operating environments. In homeland defense, chemical sensors are used to detect chemical warfare agents and explosives to protect military personnel, government buildings and civilians. In industrial applications, chemical sensors monitor air quality for health and safety purposes and also provide vital information during manufacturing processes. The existing technologies for chemical sensors in these industries are outdated and are typically limited by physical size, sensitivity and/or reliability. We believe that these factors have led to unacceptable sample collections, uninspired deployment scenarios, high false positive rates and, subsequently, a call to action by the U.S. Department of Defense for better solutions.

Our Solution
 
    Our sensing technology, Owlstone, was specifically designed to meet the specifications set forth by the U.S. Department of Defense. The key element of the Owlstone sensor is a silicon chip that provides a chemical-sensing mechanism using Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or FAIMS, a variant of conventional Ion Mobility Spectrometry, or IMS. Our technology enables unprecedented miniaturization of sensors with superior analytical capability at a compelling cost advantage, the ability to be programmed and reprogrammed to detect a wide range of substances, and high selectivity and sensitivity. The Owlstone detector was conceived by Andrew Koehl who began the development of Owlstone’s fundamental technology in 2001. Mr. Koehl was later joined by Paul Boyle and David Ruiz-Alonso and, together, they developed the core technology.

Our Products
 
We are currently marketing two chemical sensing products: Tourist and Lonestar. Tourist is an evaluation platform currently being sold by Owlstone to select partners and customers. Our recently launched Lonestar product is a fully functional unit for certain applications in industrial markets as well as a test platform for partners providing a fully integrated and deployable chemical detection system. Lonestar was launched in July 2007, and we have commenced shipping units to end-users. In addition, we have also developed and shipped a third product called the Owlstone OVG-4, which is a system for generating trace concentration levels of chemicals and calibration gas standards.
 
We intend to keep our sales organization lean and are pursuing product-based strategies within markets that are characterized by high-volume, centralized procurements. In applications where procurement is fragmented, we intend to partner with existing market leaders that already possess distribution networks and infrastructure using either “component” supply or contract sales strategies.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION and USE OF ESTIMATES
 
The presentation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Advance Nanotech, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries (the "Company"). Minority stockholders of Owlstone (41.32%), Nano Solutions (25%) and Bio-Nano Sensium (45%) are not required to fund losses; accordingly no losses have been allocated to them.
 
All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation and minority interests were accounted for in the consolidated statements of operations and the balance sheets.

GOING CONCERN
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, contemplates the continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has been in the development stage since its inception (August 17, 2004), sustained losses and has used capital raised through the issuance of stock and debt to fund activities. Continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon establishing and achieving profitable operations. Such operations will require management to secure additional financing for the Company in the form of debt or equity. Management believes that actions currently being taken to address the Company’s funding requirements will allow the Company to continue its development stage operations. There is no assurance that the necessary funds will be realized by securing equity through stock offerings or through additional debt. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Our operations have not historically generated positive cash flow. We do not expect that our business activities will begin to generate significant positive cash flows before the fourth quarter of 2008. We currently expect that our capital requirements for the next twelve months will be financed in part through the following:
 
  
·
cash on hand, which was $1,867,626 as of December 31, 2007, plus the gross proceeds of $2,393,000 released from escrow in February 2008 in connection with a December 2007 private placement.;
  
·
issuances of up to $3,000,000 of additional debt and/or equity; and
  
·
cash flows from our operations.
 
Management is actively exploring various debt and equity financing transactions. Plans to generate additional revenue from operations could include co-development and co-funding of our products, licensing products for upfront and milestone payments, and applying for more government grants. We have initiated cost reduction programs and will continue to control and reduce expenses until funds from operations can support the growth of the business. While the Company is exploring all opportunities to improve its financial condition within the next several months, there is no assurance that these programs will be successful.

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
The Company's future results of operations involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K under Item 1A. “Risk Factors.” The Company is potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk, which consist principally of cash and cash equivalents. The cash and cash equivalent balances at December 31, 2007 are principally held by two institutions in the US and one bank in the UK. Each US financial institution insures our aggregated accounts with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), up to $100,000. At December 31, 2007, the Company had uninsured cash deposits in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit of $1,667,573.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
Cash and cash equivalents include investments in liquid instruments having maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase. The Company has restricted cash as a result of placing the security deposit related to our principal executive offices in New York in a standby letter of credit account. The Company is entitled to all of the interest earned on the account and will have unrestricted access to both the cash and interest at the end of the lease term.
 
At December 31, 2007, the Company had an escrow account with HSBC Bank for investor deposits held in relation to the December 2007 8% Convertible Note offering. The account was a non-interest bearing account and had a cash balance as of December 31, 2007 of $2,443,000.
 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Research and development costs are clearly identified and are expensed as incurred in accordance with FASB statement No. 2, "Accounting for Research and Development Costs."

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FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
 
The Company's primary functional currencies are the United States Dollar (USD$) and the Great Britain Pound (GBP£). Assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Expenses are translated at the average exchange rates in effect during the period. Translation gains and losses not reflected in earnings are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income/loss in stockholders' equity.

EARNINGS / LOSS PER SHARE
 
The Company computes basic earnings (loss) per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period in accordance with Statement of Financial Standards No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” ("SFAS 128") which specifies the compilation, presentation, and disclosure requirements for income per share for entities with publicly held common stock or instruments which are potentially common stock. Under SFAS No. 128, diluted earnings (loss) per share are computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and the dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive potential common shares primarily consist of stock options and warrants issued by the Company. For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the effect of the options and warrants were anti-dilutive.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
The Company's financial instruments include cash equivalents and accounts payable. Because of the short-term nature of these instruments, their fair value approximates their recorded value. The Company does not have any financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In December 2007, the EITF of the FASB reached a consensus on Issue No. 07-1, Accounting for Collaborative Arrangements (EITF 07-1). The EITF concluded on the definition of a collaborative arrangement and that revenues and costs incurred with third parties in connection with collaborative arrangements would be presented gross or net based on the criteria in EITF 99-19 and other accounting literature. Based on the nature of the arrangement, payments to or from collaborators would be evaluated and its terms, the nature of the entity’s business, and whether those payments are within the scope of other accounting literature would be presented. Companies are also required to disclose the nature and purpose of collaborative arrangements along with the accounting policies and the classification and amounts of significant financial-statement amounts related to the arrangements. Activities in the arrangement conducted in a separate legal entity should be accounted for under other accounting literature; however required disclosure under EITF 07-1 applies to the entire collaborative agreement. This Issue is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years, and is to be applied retrospectively to all periods presented for all collaborative arrangements existing as of the effective date. We do not expect this will have a significant impact on our financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141(R)), which replaces SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, requires an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions. This Statement also requires the acquirer in a business combination achieved in stages to recognize the identifiable assets and liabilities, as well as the non-controlling interest in the acquiree, at the full amounts of their fair values. SFAS No. 141(R) makes various other amendments to authoritative literature intended to provide additional guidance or to confirm the guidance in that literature to that provided in this Statement. This Statement applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We do not expect this will have a significant impact on our financial statements.

In December 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements (SFAS No. 160), which amends Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards that require the ownership interests in subsidiaries not held by the parent to be clearly identified, labeled and presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent’s equity. This statement also requires the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the non-controlling interest to be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income. Changes in a parent’s ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest must be accounted for consistently, and when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained non-controlling equity investment in the former subsidiary must be initially measured at fair value. The gain or loss on the deconsolidation of the subsidiary is measured using the fair value of any non-controlling equity investment. The Statement also requires entities to provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the non-controlling owners. This Statement applies prospectively to all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements and applies prospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We do not expect this will have a significant impact on our financial statements.

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In June 2007, the EITF of the FASB reached a consensus on Issue No. 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services Received for Use in Future Research and Development Activities (EITF 07-3). EITF 07-3 requires that non-refundable advance payments for goods or services that will be used or rendered for future research and development activities should be deferred and capitalized. As the related goods are delivered or the services are performed, or when the goods or services are no longer expected to be provided, the deferred amounts would be recognized as an expense. This Issue is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007 and earlier application is not permitted. This consensus is to be applied prospectively for new contracts entered into on or after the effective date. The pronouncement is not expected to have a material effect on our financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (SFAS No. 159), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS No. 159 permits the Company to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. SFAS No. 159 is expected to expand the use of fair value measurement, which is consistent with the FASB’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal year 2008 but early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, that the adoption of SFAS No. 159 will have on our financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and enhances disclosures about fair value measures required under other accounting pronouncements, but does not change existing guidance as to whether or not an instrument is carried at fair value. SFAS No. 157 is effective as of the beginning of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. We do not expect this will have a significant impact on our financial statements.
 
RECLASSIFICATIONS
 
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2004 financial statements in order to conform to the current presentation.

NOTE B- PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, which range from 3 to 5 years.

 
 
Estimated
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
Asset Description
 
Useful Life
 
2007
 
2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Furniture and Fixtures
   
3-5years
 
$
62,444
 
$
60,986
 
Office Equipment
   
3-5years
   
58,377
   
54,760
 
Computers
   
3years
   
109,480
   
99,327
 
Software
   
3years
   
59,387
   
76,719
 
Plant and Machinery
   
5years
   
252,198
   
224,930
 
 
       
541,886
   
517,722
 
 
             
Less: accumulated depreciation
       
(299,881
)
 
(166,001
)
 
             
Net Property and equipment
     
$
242,005
 
$
350,721
 
 
The Company recorded depreciation of $131,206 and $102,827 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred and were $14,161 and $2,004 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
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NOTE C- INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company capitalizes internally developed assets related to certain costs associated with patents. These costs include legal and registration fees needed to apply for and secure patents. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had capitalized internally developed patents of $636,381 and $475,034, respectively. The Company has not yet recorded amortization expense related to the patents because the patents are not subject to amortization until issued and placed in use. Intangible assets will be amortized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “ Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” ("SFAS 142") using the straight-line method over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or remaining legal life. The Company expenses any administrative costs related to the legal work on these patents. Intangible assets acquired from other enterprises or individuals in an “arms length” transaction are recorded at cost.

The Company has filed 30 of its own US and foreign patent applications. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had one patent issued in its own name or the name of a majority owned subsidiary. The Company intends to obtain and defend patents which will give us an exclusive right to commercially exploit our inventions for a certain period of time from the filing date of the patent application.

NOTE D - INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARY

On July 28, 2005, Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Advance Nanotech, Inc., acquired a 12.08% equity stake in Singular ID Pte Ltd for an investment of SGD$300,000 or approximately $207,510. As a result of subsequent equity financings, Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte Ltd.’s equity stake in Singular ID was reduced to 8.8% prior to its sale in December 2007. On December 28, 2007, the Company sold its 8.8% equity interest in Singapore-based Singular ID Pte Ltd. for $1.19 million and as a result, realized a gain of $937,836.

The Company did not exercise significant influence over the entity and carried the investment at cost. The Company recorded its investment in Singular ID in accordance with FASB No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”, using the cost method.   The original investment under the cost method is accounted for in the same manner as marketable equity securities and recorded on the parent company’s balance sheet at original cost measured by the fair market value of the consideration given. There were no adjustments or impairment charges to the fair market value from acquisition through the period ending December 31, 2007.

NOTE E - MINORITY INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES

Minority interest in subsidiary represents the minority stockholders’ proportionate share of the equity of:

 
·
Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. - At December 31, 2007, the Company owned 58.68% of Owlstone’s outstanding shares, which also represented its percentage of voting control.
 
·
Advance Display Technologies plc- At December 31, 2007, the Company owned 92.9% of Advance Display Technologies’ outstanding shares, which also represented its percentage of voting control.
 
·
Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte. Ltd.- At December 31, 2007, the Company owned 90.0% of Advance Nanotech Singapore Pte. Ltd.’s outstanding shares, which also represented its percentage of voting control.
 
·
Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Ltd.- At December 31, 2007, the Company owned 55.0% of Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Ltd.’s outstanding shares, which also represented its percentage of voting control.
 
·
Nano Solutions Ltd.- At December 31, 2007, the Company owned 75.0% of Nano Solutions Ltd.’s outstanding shares, which also represented its percentage of voting control.

The Company’s percentage of controlling interest requires that operations be included in the consolidated financial statements. The percentage of equity interest that is not owned by the Company is shown as “Minority interests in subsidiaries” in the consolidated balance sheets and “Minority interest in net loss of subsidiary” in the consolidated statements of operations.

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NOTE F- REVENUE RECOGNITION
 
Revenue from product sales, net of estimated provisions, will be recognized when the merchandise is shipped to an unrelated third party, as provided in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements” (SAB104”). Accordingly, revenue is recognized when all four of the following criteria are met:
 
  
·
persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists;
  
·
delivery of the products has occurred;
  
·
the selling price is both fixed and determinable; and
  
·
collectability is reasonably probable.
 
As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company has recognized revenue of $512,350 and $506,045, respectively.

Revenues generated were a direct result of our subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., shipping their Tourist products and Odor Vapor Generators (“OVG”) along with instructional and set-up services provided to customers as of December 31, 2007. The Owlstone Tourist is the first production model sensor offered by Owlstone and reflects the company's rapid progress in developing leading-edge micro and nano fabrication techniques. The Tourist represents chemical detection technology that is significantly smaller and less expensive than existing technology currently available. In addition to offering its own products, Owlstone plans to partner with market leaders to integrate its technology into a wide range of commercial applications to allow the efficient and accurate detection of various chemical agents including contaminants, chemical warfare agents and potentially harmful gases.

Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. has obtained other purchase orders for its products and contracted services. As of December 31, 2007, Owlstone had a total backlog of product, service and contract sales of approximately $43,341. Owlstone revenues include both product sales and service revenue from industrial partners. Service revenue includes contracted research and development or engineering work for specific customers.

Our customers consist primarily of governmental agencies and large manufacturers and wholesalers who sell directly into retail channels. Provisions for sales discounts and estimates for damaged product returns and exchanges will be established as a reduction of product sales revenues at the time revenues are recognized. 
 
NOTE G - REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES

On March 31, 2006, Merrill Lynch extended a line of credit with loans to be secured by certain collateral. Amounts withdrawn under this facility bear interest at a variable rate of 2.0% over the effective LIBOR rate. This loan management account allows the Company to pledge a broad range of eligible assets and accounts in various combinations to maximize the Company’s borrowing capacity. Collateral may include cash and cash equivalents, debts, claims, securities, entitlements, financial assets, investment property and other property. The amount of borrowings available to the Company under this facility increases proportionally to the assets pledged as security for the loan. Accordingly, a decline in the value of collateral pledged to secure the loan under this facility could force the sale of the underlying collateral. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had not used this facility. As of December 31, 2007, the Company maintained a cash balance of $47 and a security balance of $0 in Merrill Lynch investment accounts. The Company may cancel this agreement at any time subject to being supported by a collateral account sufficient to support an outstanding loan balance, if any. At December 31, 2007, the Company had $47 of credit available under this agreement.

On November 6, 2006, the Company’s subsidiary, Advance Display Technologies, plc (“ADT”), entered into a conditional Facility Agreement with NAB Ventures Limited (“NAB”). The Company entered into the credit facility in part in order to allow the shares of ADT to be listed on the PLUS-quoted market in London.

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NAB has agreed to provide the Company one or more loans, each called a drawdown, in the aggregate principal amount of up to approximately USD $7 million (GBP £3.5 million) subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $334,001 outstanding under the agreement. Any outstanding principal amount bears interest per annum at an interest rate of 9.0%. In the event the agreement is not repaid on the maturity date of December 31, 2009, the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest thereon will bear additional interest at a default rate of 1.5% per month, or 18.0% annum. The Company may cancel this agreement at any time subject to having no outstanding loan balance. Before each drawdown, there must be a mutual written agreement between the Company and NAB upon a budget. There are no financial covenants under this agreement. As an inducement to provide the facility, NAB received 1,875,000 of ordinary shares of ADT and a warrant to purchase an additional 1,875,000 ordinary shares of ADT at an exercise price per share equal to the share price that ADT’s ordinary shares commenced trading on the PLUS-quoted market or approximately $1.00 (GBP £0.50). The warrants have a cashless exercise provision. In addition to being the lender under the agreement, NAB also owns 950,000 shares, or 2.7%, of the Company’s outstanding common stock. The NAB credit facility has resulted in the Company recording deferred financing costs, of which $1,603,238 was unamortized as of December 31, 2007. The financing costs resulted from the issuance of 1,875,000 ordinary shares of ADT and a warrant to purchase 1,875,000 additional ordinary shares of ADT. These financings costs are amortized over the 37-month life of the NAB credit facility and will be fully expensed on December 31, 2009.

On March 30, 2007, the Company’s subsidiary, Advance Homeland Security, plc (“AHS”), entered into a conditional Facility Agreement with Conquistador Investments Limited (“CIL”). CIL has agreed to provide the Company one or more loans, each called a drawdown, in the aggregate principal amount of up to approximately USD $12 million (GBP £6.0 million), subject to certain terms and conditions. Any outstanding principal amount bears interest per annum at a rate of 9.0%. In the event the agreement is not repaid on the maturity date of December 31, 2010, the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest thereon also bears additional interest at a default rate of 1.5% per month or 18% annum. Before each drawdown, there must be a mutual written agreement between the Company and CIL upon a budget. There are no financial covenants under this agreement. As an inducement to provide the facility, CIL will receive 8,000,000 ordinary shares of AHS, representing approximately 16%. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $0 outstanding under the agreement, no shares had been issued to CIL and no portfolio assets had been transferred to AHS. The Company does not anticipate requesting a borrowing under this facility and is considering canceling this facility due to the recent financing of the senior secured 8% convertible note offering.

On March 30, 2007, the Company and Jano Holdings Ltd. (“Jano”) mutually agreed to cancel, effective immediately, the $20.0 million amended and restated senior secured grid note (the “Note”) dated August 14, 2006. In addition, the Company and Jano simultaneously canceled the following agreements dated August 14, 2006: associated security agreement, amended facility letter and amended warrant to purchase 6,666,666 shares of the Company’s common stock at the exercise price of $1.25. The Company has repaid all principal and interest outstanding on the credit facility and there were no amounts outstanding as of the date of this mutual cancellation.

NOTE H - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

1. Common Stock
 
On June 19, 2006, the Company created a new class of "blank check" preferred stock (discussed below at 2) which converted 25,000,000 shares of authorized common stock into preferred stock. As a result, the 100,000,000 shares of previously authorized common stock were reduced to 75,000,000 million shares of authorized common stock, par value $0.001. At December 31, 2007, 36,595,686 shares of common stock were outstanding.

At the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders held on February 12, 2008, the stockholders of the Company voted in favor of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000.

2. Preferred Stock
 
On June 19, 2006, the Company created a class of "blank check" preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, consisting of 25,000,000 shares. The term "blank check" preferred stock refers to stock for which the designations, preferences, conversion rights, and cumulative, relative, participating, optional or other rights, including voting rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are determined by the Board of Directors (“Board”). As such, the Board will be entitled to authorize the creation and issuance of 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series with such limitations and restrictions as may be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, with no further authorization by stockholders required for the creation and issuance of the preferred stock. Any preferred stock issued would have priority over the common stock upon liquidation and might have priority rights as to dividends, voting and other features. Accordingly, the issuance of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets allocable to or available for distribution to holders of common stock and adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the common stock. As of December 31, 2007, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
 
3. Fiscal Year 2007 Stockholders’ Equity Transactions (See NOTE I for stock-based compensation equity transaction disclosure)

Restricted stock, stock options and warrants issued to non-employees are recorded at their fair value as determined in accordance with SFAS No. 123, “Share-Based Payment” and Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring or in Conjunction With Selling Goods or Services”, and recognized over the related service period.
 
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4. Private Placements-
 
Fiscal Year 2007
 
On December 19 and 21, 2007, we entered into subscription agreements with selected institutional and accredited investors regarding the private placement of up to a maximum of $8,800,000 principal amount of 8% senior secured convertible notes. Each investor who subscribed to the notes received 50% warrant coverage at $0.30 per share as common stock warrants. The notes mature on the date that is three years from the date of issuance and are convertible into shares of our common stock at a price of $0.25 per share. The notes constitute our senior indebtedness and provide that we can not incur other indebtedness (excluding an additional $3,000,000 in debt, certain credit facility lines and trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) without the consent of the noteholders. The notes are secured by all of our intellectual property, books and records and proceeds of the sale of our intellectual property, as well as all of the equity interests in our subsidiaries. The warrants are exercisable into shares of our common stock for a period of five years from the date they are issued at a price of $0.30 per share.
In connection with the private placement, we received gross proceeds of an aggregate of $6,700,000. However, because we did not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of our common stock to allow for conversion of the notes and exercise of the warrants, representing the total amount of proceeds received, we issued notes and warrants in December 2007 for only that portion of the total proceeds that was allowed given our current capital structure. As a result, we issued notes with a principal face amount of $3,953,000 and warrants convertible into 7,906,000 shares of our common stock. The remainder of the proceeds received during the private placement was held in escrow as of December 31, 2007 pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement, pending amendment of our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of our authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000. This charter amendment was approved by our stockholders in February 2008.

Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the December 2007 8% Convertible Note offering, the Company is required to pay a cash penalty if it fails to file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the common stock underlying the Notes purchased and the common stock underlying the issued warrants. The fair value of the 7,906,000 warrants issued in connection with the December 2007 offering was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, risk-free interest rate of 4.46%, the contractual life of 5 years and volatility of 138%. I n accordance with EITF No. 00-19, "Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to and Potentially Settled in a Company’s Own Stock”, the estimated fair value of the warrants, in the amount of $2,184,266, was recorded as a liability, with an offsetting charge to additional paid-in capital.
Exchange Offer
 
On December 19, 2007, we entered into an exchange agreement with our majority-owned subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., or Owlstone, and certain stockholders of Owlstone (consisting of all of the founders and executive officers of Owlstone) to increase our ownership interest in Owlstone by issuing newly issued shares of our common stock to the Owlstone founders and executive officers in exchange for Owlstone common shares at an exchange rate of 3.33 shares of our common stock for each share of Owlstone common stock. The Owlstone founders and executive officers currently own an aggregate of 4,211,303 shares of Owlstone common stock, consisting of 22.26% of the total number of shares of common stock of Owlstone outstanding.
 
The exchange agreement also contemplates that we will, following consummation of the exchange with the Owlstone founders and executive officers, offer to acquire from the minority stockholders the remaining shares of Owlstone common stock then outstanding, which represent approximately 26.21% of the currently outstanding Owlstone shares, on terms and conditions identical to those offered to the Owlstone founders and executive officers. In addition, the exchange agreement contemplates the issuance to the minority stockholders of one warrant to purchase 0.33 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.30 per share.
 
Fiscal Year 2005
 
    The Company conducted two private equity placements during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The first placement comprised of three rounds and the second placement included two rounds of stock sales. Each placement is discussed below:

    On February 2, 2005, the Company completed a final closing of the sale of, in aggregate, 9,960,250 shares of its common stock to investors in a private placement of securities. The Company sold the shares at a gross price of $2.00 per share, or $19,920,500 in the aggregate. The Company also issued one warrant to purchase one share of the common stock to each investor for every two shares of common stock purchased in the private placement, resulting in an aggregate of 4,980,125 warrants being issued to investors at an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The February 2, 2005 private placement closed in three steps: the first step on January 20, 2005, at which closing 4,698,750 shares were sold, the second step on January 26, 2005, at which closing 2,390,000 shares were sold and finally on February 2, 2005 when the remaining 2,871,500 were sold. In connection with the closing of the sale of shares, the Company paid a cash fee to placement agents in the amount of $2,232,835, and the Company issued to placement agents warrants to purchase, in aggregate, 895,775 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share.

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    On March 24, 2005, the Company completed a final closing of the sale of, in aggregate, 1,818,400 shares of its common stock to investors in a private placement of securities. The Company sold the shares at a gross price of $2.00 per share, or $3,636,800 in the aggregate. The Company also issued one warrant to purchase one share of common stock to each investor for every two shares of common stock purchased in the private placement, resulting in an aggregate of 909,200 warrants being issued to investors at an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The March 24, 2005 private placement closed in two steps: the first step on February 28, 2005, at which closing 1,768,400 shares were sold and finally on March 24, 2005, at which closing the remaining 50,000 shares were sold. In connection with the closing of the sale of shares, the Company paid a cash fee to placement agents in the amount of $417,134, and the Company issued to placement agents warrants to purchase, in aggregate, 89,090 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share.

    In summary, in March 2005, the Company completed its two private placements resulting in the issuance of an aggregate of 11,778,650 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $23,557,300. Net proceeds from the transactions, after issuance costs and placement fees, were $20,805,610. In connection with these transactions, the Company also issued one warrant to purchase one share of common stock to each investor for every two shares of common stock purchased in the private placement, resulting in an aggregate of 5,889,325 warrants ("Investor Warrants") being issued to investors at an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The Company also issued warrants to the placement agent ("Agent Warrants") to purchase 984,866 shares of its common stock at $2.00 per share.

    Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement entered into in connection with the two 2005 private placements, the failure of the Company to file a required registration statement prior to the required filing date, or to cause either of the effectiveness actions to occur prior to the required effectiveness date, shall be deemed to be a "Non-Registration Event". The Company failed to file the registration statement on time, and a Non-Registration Event occurred. For each thirty (30) day period during such Non-Registration Event, the Company was required to deliver to each purchaser, as liquidated damages, an amount equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the aggregate purchase price (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) paid by such purchaser for securities (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). The Company had at its sole discretion to pay the Non-Registration Event penalty payment in cash or in shares of its common stock. On November 23, 2005, the Company issued 384,970 shares of its common stock to the purchasers. When the Company was in a penalty position for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 00-19, " Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed To, and Potentially Settled In a Company's Own Stock, " the fair value of the warrants were accounted for as a liability, with an offsetting reduction to additional paid-in capital. The warrant liability was reclassified to equity as additional paid-in capital on the date that the registration statement was deemed effective, which is the same date the potential for a penalty ceased.

    On June 2, 2005 the Company filed a registration statement on SEC Form SB-2 to register 26,305,374 shares of common stock. This total number includes 9,960,250 shares issued in a first private placement, 5,875,902 shares underlying warrants issued in conjunction with the first private placement, 1,818,400 shares issued in a second private placement, 998,290 shares underlying warrants issued in conjunction with a second private placement, and 7,652,532 additional shares with "piggy-back" registration rights. The Company filed an amendment to this Form SB-2 on October 28, 2006, and, on November 3, 2005, the Company was verbally informed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the SB-2 Registration Statement filed on June 2, 2005, and amended on October 28, 2005, was effective.

    The Company has been re-valuing the warrants on a quarterly reporting basis since March 31, 2005 in accordance with EITF 00-19. The Company has also adopted FASB 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.

    The warrants have remained classified in equity as the Company has settled the "Non-Registration Event" penalty by settlement in shares of common stock in accordance with the penalty provisions. As of the period ending March 31, 2006, the Company has reassessed the classification of the warrant contracts as required by EIFT 00-19 and determined that under no circumstance or future event, the warrants will be subject to a re-classification back to the liabilities section of the balance sheet. The Company has determined that the registration statement has been effective and on file with the SEC and is satisfied that no other obligations will arise from these contracts. As a result of this re-assessment, the Company will account for the warrants as permanent equity as defined in accordance with EITF 00-19. The Company last re-valued the warrants for the period ended December 31, 2005, in accordance with EITF 00-19.

    The fair value of the Investor Warrants was estimated at $10,140,471 for the period ending December 31, 2005 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the Agent Warrants was estimated at $1,925,996 for the period ending December 31, 2005 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
 
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    At March 31, 2005, the difference between the fair value of the warrants (Investor and Agent Warrants) of $23,883,077 and the net proceeds from the offering of $20,805,610 was classified as a non-operating expense in the amount of $3,077,467 in the Company's statement of operations. The warrant valuation was then re-measured at December 31, 2005 and estimated to be $12,066,467 coinciding with the decrease in the market value of the Company's common stock. The change in fair value of the warrants of $8,739,143 from March 31, 2005 to December 31, 2005 was recorded as non-operating income in the Company's respective statement of operations. The offset in the fair value of the warrants is recorded in additional paid in capital. As of December 31, 2006, 6,802,642 shares were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding investor and placement agent warrants.

5. Warrant Re-pricing
 
    As of December 31, 2007, the Company did a subsequent re-pricing to the 2005 Investor and Agent Warrants automatically as a result of the 8% Convertible Note financing that closed in December 2007 as follows:
 
 
 
# Warrants
 
Price
 
Investor Warrants-Original Price
   
2,382,125
 
$
1.94
 
Investor Warrants-Re-priced with Consent
   
3,507,200
 
$
0.81
 
Agent Warrants-Original Price
   
192,502
 
$
1.29
 
Agent Warrants-Re-priced with Consent
   
720,815
 
$
0.81
 

    As of December 31, 2007, the above re-pricing was a result of anti-dilution provisions for the 2005 Investor and Agent Warrants. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on December 31, 2007 was $0.29. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants original terms as discussed above. These warrants were issued to the investors based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005 as discussed above.

    As of December 2007, the Company reclassified a gain for 2007 of $3,034,758 to additional paid in capital on the re-pricing of the warrant valuation in relation to the closing of the 8% Convertible note offering triggered anti-dilution provisions of the 2005 Investor and Agent warrants. The gain was a result of using a Black Scholes pricing model to determine the fair value. There is no income statement effect for the re-pricing of the warrants because they were priced “out-of-the-money” and as such would not contain a beneficial conversion feature to record.  The reclassification remained in stockholders’ equity.
 
    As of June 30, 2007, the Company re-priced Investor Warrants to purchase 61,250 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on June 30, 2007, was $0.39. This resulted in a re-classification of $100,563 among equity accounts warrant valuation and additional paid in capital. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms as discussed above. The Company accepted consent letters up until the close of business on the date of the 2007 Annual Meeting which was held on June 7, 2007.

    As of March 31, 2007, the Company re-priced Investor Warrants to purchase 18,750 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on March 31, 2007, was $0.48. This resulted in a re-classification of $30,784 among equity accounts warrant valuation and additional paid in capital. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms as discussed above. These warrants were issued to the investors based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005 as discussed above. The Company accepted consent letters up until the close of business on the date of the 2007 Annual Meeting which was held on June 7, 2007.

    As of December 31, 2006, the Company re-priced Investor Warrants to purchase 3,452,200 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on December 31, 2006, was $0.71. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms as discussed above. These warrants were issued to the investors based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005 as discussed above. The Company accepted consent letters up until the close of business on the date of the 2007 Annual Meeting which was held on June 7, 2007.

    As of December 31, 2006, the Company re-priced Agent Warrants to purchase 720,815 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on December 31, 2006, was $0.71. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms as discussed above. These warrants were issued to the agents based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005 as discussed above. The Company accepted consent letters up until the close of business on the date of the 2007 Annual Meeting which was held on June 7, 2007.

    In total, the Company reclassified a total gain to date of $9,358,109 to additional paid in capital on the re-pricing of the warrant valuation for the 2005 Investor and Placement Agent warrants. The gain was a result of using Black Scholes pricing model to determine the fair value. There is no income statement effect for the re-pricing of the warrants because they were priced “out-of-the-money” and as such would not contain a beneficial conversion feature to record.  The reclassification remained in stockholders’ equity.

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    The reason why the warrants were re-priced related to the issuance of the new warrants to Jano Holdings Ltd. as a result of the Company’s credit facility. These warrants triggered the anti-dilution adjustment in Section 2.1(c) of the Investor and Placement Agent Warrant Agreements and would have re-priced the Investor Warrants from $3.00 to $2.71 per share and the Agent Warrants from $2.00 to $1.88 per share. However, the Company and the Board of Directors decided to re-price all of the issued Investor and Agent Warrants pursuant to the Securities and Purchase Agreement dated as of December 31, 2004, with a new exercise price of $1.25 per share.
 
6. Warrants

The following table summarizes information about warrants:
 
 
 
 Warrants 
Summary
      
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
August 2004 (Inception)
   
-
            
 
             
Granted
   
6,666,666
   
(a)
 
 
2.00
 
Exercised
   
-
       
-
 
Cancelled or Forfeited
   
-
       
-
 
 
   
 
       
 
 
December 31, 2004
   
6,666,666
       
2.00
 
 
             
Granted
   
6,874,190
   
(c)
 
 
2.86
 
Exercised
   
(71,549
)
 
(d)
 
 
2.00
 
Cancelled or Forfeited
   
-
       
-
 
 
   
    
       
 
 
December 31, 2005
   
13,469,307
       
2.45
 
 
             
Granted
   
10,955,213
   
(a) (b) (c)
 
 
1.26
 
Exercised
   
-
       
-
 
Cancelled or Forfeited
   
(10,839,681
)
 
(a) (c)
 
 
2.32
 
 
   
   
       
 
 
December 31, 2006
   
13,584,839
       
1.58
 
 
             
Granted
   
7,986,000
   
(e) (f) (g)
 
 
0.31
 
Exercised
   
-
       
-
 
Cancelled or Forfeited
   
(6,746,666
)
 
(a) (e) (f)
 
 
1.27
 
 
   
   
       
 
 
December 31, 2007
   
14,824,173
     
 
0.73
 
                
 
 
(a)
The Company’s predecessor, in June 2004, issued Jano Holdings Ltd. (“Jano”) warrants to purchase 6,666,666 shares of common stock of Advance Nanotech. The warrants were cancelled on March 30, 2007.
     
 
 
(b)
During 2005, the Company settled with investors in Artwork and Beyond with respect to certain corporate actions effected prior to the corporate share exchange conducted on October 1, 2005 as explained in Note A. The Company agreed to convert principal and interest due on the debentures issued on November 10, 2003 into warrants to purchase common stock. The Board of Directors approved the transaction on December 22, 2005, to issue warrants to purchase 19,300 shares of common stock. The warrants were issued in January 2006. The new warrants have an exercise price of $2.07 and expire on December 22, 2010. The awards vested 100% on the day they were finalized. The Company valued the warrants by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and valued the warrants at $1.95 each. The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $37,635 related to the debenture settlement in 2005.
     
 
 
(c)
As of December 31, 2006, the Company had re-priced Investor Warrants to purchase 3,452,200 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had re-priced Agent Warrants to purchase 720,815 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on December 31, 2006 was $0.71. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms. These warrants were issued to the investors based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005.
     
 
(d)
Agent Warrants exercised in 2005.
 
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(e)
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had re-priced Investor Warrants to purchase 18,750 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on March 31, 2007 was $0.48. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms. These warrants were issued to the investors based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005.
     
 
(f)
As of June 30, 2007, the Company had re-priced Investor Warrants to purchase 61,250 shares to a new exercise price of $1.25. The revised exercise price was out-of-the money on the measurement date because the closing stock price on June 30, 2007 was $0.39. There have been no other adjustments to the warrants’ original terms. These warrants were issued to the investors based upon arms-length negotiations and accounted for as part of the equity transaction related to the private placements in 2005.
     
 
(g)
As of December 31, 2007, the Company issued 7,906,000 investor warrants in relation to the 8% Convertible Note offering. The fair value of the warrants issued was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, risk-free interest rate of 4.46%, the contractual life of 5 years and volatility of 138%. In accordance with EITF No. 00-19, "ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS INDEXED TO AND POTENTIALLY SETTLED IN A COMPANY'S OWN COMMON STOCK", the estimated fair value of the warrants, in the amount of $2,184,266, was recorded as a liability, with an offsetting charge to additional paid-in capital.
 
 
On December 30, 2005, 3,000,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance upon bonus grants and exercise of options granted under Advance Nanotech’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. This non-qualified plan will expire on December 22, 2010, but options may remain outstanding past this date. The Board authorizes the grant of options to purchase stock as well as the grant of shares of stock under this plan. Grants cancelled or forfeited are available for future grants.

Stock Options

    On January 5, 2006, the Company issued 1,040,000 stock options to certain employees and directors. The stock options were approved by the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. Terms of the options include a 5 year expiration life, 100% vesting on the date of grant and an exercise price of $2.03. On April 19, 2006, the Company issued another 20,000 stock options to a director. The total cost of $2,029,895 will be recognized over the period during which each employee or director is required to provide service in exchange for the respective award - the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). No compensation cost was recognized for equity instruments for which employees do not render the requisite service. As of December 31, 2007, 240,000 stock options were forfeited by terminated employees.
 
    On August 13, 2007, the Company issued 1,050,000 stock options to certain employees.  The stock options were approved by the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee as part of the employees’ employment agreements.  Terms of the stock options include a ten-year expiration life, vesting quarterly over twelve months and a exercise price of $0.25.  The total expense to record over the service period is $304,500 and is recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS 123(R)").  As of December 31, 2007, the Company had recorded a non-cash expense for the twelve months then ended of $697,201 related to the implementation of FAS123(R), “Share Based Payments”.

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Shares Granted to Consultants

    On May 31, 2007, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock at the closing price on the date of grant to an individual consultant in connection with a consulting contract for marketing services. The shares were issued from the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, the Company recorded a consulting expense of $33,000 related to the contract.

    On May 24, 2007, the Company issued 500,000 shares of restricted common stock at the closing price on the date of grant to a consultant in connection with a consulting contract dated April 10, 2007 for investor relations and public relation services. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, the Company recorded a consulting expense of $190,000 related to the contract.

    On April 24, 2007, the Company issued 250,000 shares of restricted common stock at the closing price on the date of grant to a consultant in connection with a consulting contract dated April 10, 2007 for investor relations and public relation services. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, the Company recorded a consulting expense of $102,500 related to the contract.

    Effective April 1, 2007, Mr. Paul Miller began serving the Company as special consultant to the Chief Executive Officer and as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Advance Homeland Security plc (“AHS”). In accordance with the agreement, Mr. Miller will not receive an annual salary. On April 14, 2007, Mr. Miller received 100,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company for commencement of his services. Mr. Miller will receive equity compensation based on the completion of milestones determined by the Company. There are a total of six milestones where Mr. Miller may earn up to 1,200,000 shares of restricted common stock. This agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other party. Any termination of this agreement will not adversely affect any rights or obligations that may have accrued to either party prior to the date of termination, including without limitation, obligations to pay all amounts due and payable. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, the Company recognized a non-cash expense of $45,000 related to the contract.

    On March 20, 2007, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock at the closing price on the date of grant to an individual consultant in connection with a consulting contract for marketing services. The shares were issued from the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. During the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Company recorded a consulting expense of $46,000 related to the contract.

    On March 2, 2007, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock at the closing price on the date of grant to an individual consultant in connection with software license rights for use of an online share intelligence service for the period of one year. The shares were issued from the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. These shares were issued pursuant to the license agreement dated January 16, 2007. During the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Company recognized a non-cash expense of $23,500 related to the contract.

    On August 17, 2006, the Company issued 70,000 shares of common stock at the closing price on the date of grant in connection with a consulting contract for investor services. The shares were issued from the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.
 
Shares Granted to Employees
 
    The following bonus grants were approved by the Board of Director’s Compensation Committee under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan through during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007:

 
·
69,094 shares on January 5, 2006 (related to service in 2005 and accrued for a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $207,109)
 
·
95,416 shares on April 13, 2006 (related to service in the first quarter of 2006 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $259,298)
 
·
146,201 shares on July 31, 2006 (related to service in the second quarter of 2006 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $169,799)
 
·
412,831 shares on November 28, 2006 (related to service in the third quarter of 2006 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $346,771)
 
·
458,280 shares on February 2, 2007 (related to service in the fourth quarter of 2006 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $339,127)
 
·
134,382 shares on April 26, 2007 (related to service in 2006 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $52,409)
 
·
401,197 shares on June 1, 2007 (related to service in the first quarter of 2007 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $144,431)
 
·
202,365 shares on June 6, 2007 (related to service in the first quarter of 2007 and recorded a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of stock compensation of $72,851)

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    As of June 30, 2007, the Company has accrued for a bonus grant of $213,854 for shares to be issued to certain employees of the Company for their performance related to service in the second quarter of 2007 and accrued for a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of the stock compensation including applicable taxes. These awards were not yet issued as of December 31, 2007, and are pending the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee approval.

    As of September 30, 2007, the Company accrued an additional bonus grant of $16,516 for shares to be issued to certain employees of the Company for their performance related to service in the third quarter of 2007 and accrued for a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of the stock compensation including applicable taxes. These awards were not yet issued as of December 31, 2007 and are pending the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee approval.

    As of December 31, 2007, the Company accrued an additional bonus grant of $44,211 for shares to be issued to certain employees of the Company for their performance related to service in the fourth quarter of 2007 and accrued for a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of the stock compensation including applicable taxes. These awards were not yet issued as of December 31, 2007 and are pending the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee approval.

    As of December 31, 2007, the Company accrued Executive Equity Grants totaling $105,024 for shares to be issued to certain executives of the Company according to their employment contracts related to service in the fourth quarter of 2007 and accrued for a non-cash compensation expense related to the fair market value of the stock compensation. These awards were not yet issued as of December 31, 2007 and are pending the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee approval and the approval of a new 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.

    As of December 31, 2007, there were 240 shares that had not been issued under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

    The Company accounts for employee stock option grants in accordance with SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”). SFAS 123(R) establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. SFAS 123(R) requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award - the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). No compensation cost is recognized for equity instruments for which employees do not render the requisite service.

    In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”). This statement revises SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” which provided alternative methods of disclosure for stock-based employee compensation. It also supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” (“APB 25”) and its related implementation guidance. SFAS 123(R) establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. SFAS 123(R) requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award (with limited exceptions). That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award - the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). No compensation cost is recognized for equity instruments for which employees do not render the requisite service. SFAS 123(R) eliminates the alternative to use APB 25’s intrinsic value method of accounting that was provided in SFAS 123 as originally issued. Under APB 25, issuing stock options to employees generally resulted in recognition of no compensation cost. The effective date for SFAS 123(R) for public entities that file as small business issuers began on January 1, 2006 (the next fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2005 and applies to all awards granted after the required effective date and to awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after that date). Compensation cost is recognized on or after the required effective date for the portion of outstanding awards for which the requisite service has not yet been rendered, based on the grant-date fair value of those awards calculated under SFAS 123(R) for either recognition or pro forma disclosures. The Company accounts for stock options in accordance with SFAS 123 and has also elected to adopt the disclosure only provisions of SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure.”

    A predecessor entity of Artwork and Beyond, Inc., Dynamic IT, was a party to certain stock option plans. There are stock options remaining under the 2001, 2002, and 2003 Dynamic IT Stock Option Plans. These stock options were previously granted by other management and subsequently assumed by Advance Nanotech as a result of the reverse merger discussed in Note A. The Company acknowledges and accounts for these options. No future grants may be made under these plans. The 2001, 2002, and 2003 Dynamic IT Stock Option Plans will expire on August 31, 2009, October 31, 2010, and February 2, 2012, respectively.

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The following tables summarize disclosure information regarding stock options:
 

   
 Number of
Options
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Balance, November 30, 2004,
 
 
 
 
 
(Inherited Options Post Reverse merger)
   
7,027
 
$
171.11
 
 
         
Granted
   
-
   
-
 
Exercised
   
-
   
-
 
Cancelled or forfeited
   
-
   
-
 
Balance, December 31, 2004
   
7,027
   
171.11
 
 
         
Granted
   
-
   
-
 
Exercised
   
-
   
-
 
Cancelled or forfeited
   
-
   
-
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
   
7,027
   
171.11
 
 
         
Granted
   
1,060,000
   
2.11
 
Exercised
   
-
   
-
 
Cancelled or forfeited
   
(240,000
)
 
2.03
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
   
827,027
   
3.58
 
 
         
Granted
   
525,000
   
0.25
 
Exercised
   
-
   
-
 
Cancelled or forfeited
   
-
   
-
 
Balance, December 31, 2007
   
1,352,027
   
2.29
 
 

Range of
Exercise Prices
 
Number Outstanding as of December 31, 2007
 
Average Remaining Contractual Life
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Compensation Cost Recorded as of   December 31, 2007
 
Compensation
Cost Yet to be
Recorded
 
$0.25
   
525,000
   
9.76
 
$
0.25
 
$
116,795
 
$
187,705
 
$2.03-$3.50
   
820,000
   
3.06
   
2.14
   
1,594,647
   
435,248
 
$20.00-80.00
   
4,913
   
1.34
   
27.23
   
-
   
-
 
$100.00-200.00
   
762
   
1.33
   
160.30
   
-
   
-
 
$700.00
   
1,352
   
1.69
   
700.00
   
-
   
-
 
 
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NOTE J- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


As of December 31, 2007, the Company had the following lease commitments:

 
 
Operating
 
Capital
 
Year ending December 31,
 
Leases
 
Leases
 
               
2008
   
194,064
   
23,478
 
2009
   
196,295
   
9,361
 
2010
   
139,043
   
5,460
 
2011
   
-
   
-
 
Thereafter
   
-
   
-
 
 
         
Amounts representing interest
   
-
   
(2,938
)
 
         
Total principal payments
 
$
529,402
 
$
35,362
 
 
    The Company currently leases 3,569 square feet of general office space at its principal executive offices at 600 Lexington Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10022 for base rent of approximately $14,917 per month. These facilities are the center for all of our administrative functions in the United States. The lease expires on September 13, 2010. Management believes the office space is adequate for the Company’s current needs.

    The Company’s indirectly owned subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, Ltd. has three leased offices in Cambridge (UK). The Cambridge (UK) offices are located at St. John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS. All three leases are on a month-to-month basis and either party can terminate at any time with a 30-day notification. The following is a breakdown of the three leases and their other terms:
 
 
·
Unit 17- 1,280 square feet and monthly rent payments of approximately $9,200 (GBP £4,500) which commenced on Oct. 13, 2006
 
·
Unit 33- 1,280 square feet and monthly rent payments of approximately $8,100 (GBP £3,950) which commenced on Feb. 14, 2005
 
·
Unit 47- 205 square feet and monthly rent payments of approximately $1,600 (GBP £786) which commenced on Jan. 13, 2006

    Effective August 14, 2006, the Company’s directly owned subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. began leasing office facilities at Park 80 West Plaza 2, Saddle Brook, NJ, for monthly rent of $2,000. The lease is on a month-to-month basis and either party can terminate at any time with a 30-day notification. The office is utilized as an executive office for Owlstone Nanotech Inc.

    Effective August 14, 2006, the Company’s directly owned subsidiary Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. began leasing office facilities at Cambridge Innovation Center, Jacksonville Room, One Broadway, 14 th Floor, Cambridge, MA for monthly rent of $1,300. The lease is on a month-to- month basis and either party can terminate at any time with a 30-day notification. The office is utilized as Owlstone Nanotech Inc.’s laboratory for research and development activities. The Company does not own and has no plans to own any real estate and all facility leases will be structured as operating leases.
 
2. Collaboration Agreements with Subsidiaries and Sponsored Research

OWLSTONE
 
    On May 28, 2004, Advance Nanotech acquired 60.0% of Owlstone Limited in consideration for which Advance Nanotech provided a $2.0 million credit facility over two years for the development of a chemical detection sensor.  On October 5, 2005, stockholders of Owlstone Limited agreed to exchange their shares on a one-for-one basis for shares in the newly incorporated Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. ("Owlstone"), a Delaware corporation. All operations, intellectual property, and commitments of Owlstone Limited were transferred to Owlstone, its new parent company. Around the same time, the facility provided to Owlstone was increased to $3 million. The facility bears no interest and, in exchange for the facility increase, Advance Nanotech received 6,000,000 common stock shares of Owlstone.
 
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    Owlstone had maximized their credit facility of $3 million and we were not obligated to provide any additional funding as of September 30, 2006.  However, on July 28, 2006, the Company agreed to provide Owlstone with a $400,000 credit facility that would further fund Owlstone operations. As of August 3, 2006, the Company advanced Owlstone a total of $200,000 under this new credit facility. The credit facility was convertible into shares of common stock at Advance Nanotech’s discretion; however Owlstone repaid the entire outstanding amount, plus interest, on September 6, 2006. The $400,000 facility accrued interest at an annual rate of 10.0% and matured on October 28, 2006. As compensation for this new credit facility, Owlstone issued Advance Nanotech 40,000 warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.50 and expire three years after issuance.

    Owlstone had closed four rounds of financing during the year ended December 31, 2006. Owlstone sold shares of common stock with a purchase price of $2.50 per share. On September 6, 2006, Owlstone closed round one, raising $1,250,500, and issued 500,200 shares of common stock. Advance Nanotech, Inc. participated in the round and invested $380,200 and received 152,080 shares in return. On the subsequent three rounds, Owlstone raised an additional $675,000 and issued 270,000 shares.

    Owlstone has closed five rounds of financing during the three months ended March 31, 2007. Owlstone sold shares of common stock with a purchase price of $2.50 per share. Advance Nanotech, Inc. did not participate in any of the 2007 rounds. On the subsequent five rounds, Owlstone raised an additional $662,500 and issued 265,000 shares.
 
    On May 18, 2007, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to Facility Agreement with Owlstone, which served to provide the Company with the ability to capitalize any outstanding amounts owed by Owlstone to the Company at a price of $1 per share. On May 18, 2007, the Company elected to convert all of the loans owed by, Owlstone into shares of common stock. The amount capitalized totaled $3,000,000 and was converted into equity at a price of $1 per share.

    Owlstone closed ten rounds of financing during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. In these 10 rounds, unlike the first five rounds in 2007, Owlstone sold convertible promissory notes totaling $2,305,423. The notes are unsecured and bear interest on September 25, 2007 at a rate of 10% per annum. All unpaid principal and accrued interest on the notes are due and payable in full upon the date, which shall in no event be before September 25, 2008, on which the note holders’ supermajority makes demand for repayment of all of the notes. The principal on these notes may at the option of the holder be converted at any time into shares of common stock of Owlstone at a conversion price equal to $1.00 per share.
 
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NANO SOLUTIONS
 
    On November 2, 2004, the Company announced a research collaboration agreement between Nano Solutions Limited and Imperial College, London, to provide approximately $6.25 million for the development of eight bio-nanotechnologies, predominantly in the healthcare devices sector. Payments of approximately $490,000 were due quarterly through October 2007. 

    On July 13, 2006, the Company provided notice of termination of three of the original eight research projects at Nano Solutions Limited, which is located at Imperial College, London. The three projects terminated were Econanotech, Nano Composites and Visus Nanotech. Management decided to terminate these projects after 18 months of their 36-month (three-year) research agreements because management believed the projects were not aligned with the overall portfolio of the Company.

    On February 22, 2007, the Company and Imperial College mutually agreed to terminate and cancel the original collaboration agreement. The Company cancelled all projects associated with the original agreement in order to refocus the projects’ technical and commercial milestones and place them in-line with our overall Homeland Security segment objectives. The Company may work together with the College to form a new collaboration agreement which will include the intellectual property rights as background intellectual property for any new project started. It is the Company’s intention to better align the Nano Solutions projects with other programs in the portfolio.
 
NANOFED (including NanoLight)
 
    On December 13, 2004, NanoFED Limited entered into an approximate $2.0 million development contract with the University of Bristol, to further develop the existing technologies the university has generated in the area of field emission displays. Payments were due quarterly through contract expiration on November 30, 2006.  The Company is in discussion with the University with respect to intellectual property rights resulting from the original collaboration agreement. Subject to final resolution, the Company will negotiate to extend the NANOFED and NANOLIGHT programs with a view to their commercialization.

CAMBRIDGE NANOTECHNOLOGY
 
    On December 24, 2004, Cambridge Nanotechnology Limited entered into a collaboration agreement with the University of Cambridge to provide $5.25 million for the development of nanotechnologies, predominantly in the displays and optical sector. Payments are due quarterly through December 2008. The Company was obligated to provide approximately $1,808,000 (GBP £904,000) to fund seven separate research projects. Cambridge Nanotechnology Limited has the right to terminate any research project for convenience, but must provide notice and pay pro-rata up to the point of termination. The termination of any research project would not relieve Cambridge Nanotechnology Limited from its total funding obligations to the University of Cambridge but would, however, reduce Cambridge Nanotechnology Limited’s financial commitment during the next 12 months. 

    On May 14, 2007, the Company and the University terminated the third-party collaboration agreement. Under the terms of the termination, the Company transferred two projects, Ultratubes (formerly known as NanoOptics) and Osputt (formerly know as Inovus Materials) to the CAPE strategic partnerships, in which Advance Nanotech had an interest, and cancelled the Cambridge Nanotechnology, NanoPhotonics and Exiguus Technologies projects. Subsequent to the transfer, Ultratubes became a joint collaboration between the Company and Dow Corning Limited and Osputt became a joint collaboration between the Company and the Alps Electric Company.
 
BIO-NANO SENSIUM
 
    On January 24, 2005, the Company's subsidiary, Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Limited, entered into a collaboration agreement with Toumaz Technology Limited. Under the terms of the agreement, Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Limited is to fund the development of an implantable blood-glucose sensor in even quarterly payments. The project is currently suspended and there are no further payment obligations under the agreement. We are currently in discussions with our collaboration partner to revise the Company’s rights to intellectual property and the financial obligations under this contract. The Company transferred 45% ownership of Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies Limited to Toumaz Technologies Limited and Professor Chris Toumazou.

CAPE
 
    On February 1, 2005, the Company entered into a strategic partnership with the new Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (“CAPE”) along with the University of Cambridge, Alps Electric Company, Dow Corning Limited and Ericsson Marconi Corporation. CAPE is housed within the newly constructed Electrical Engineering building at the University of Cambridge and includes over 22 academics, 70 post-doctoral researchers and 170 researchers. The CAPE building was completed in early 2006.  Advance Nanotech, as a strategic partner to CAPE, will provide additional and innovative commercialization opportunities for the technologies developed in CAPE, with a particular emphasis on nanotechnology. In addition, each strategic partner and the University of Cambridge nominates representatives to the Steering Committee, which is responsible for the overall research objectives of CAPE, its areas of technical focus and arising intellectual property arrangements.

    Advance Nanotech committed $4.95 million over five years for the funding of specific projects within CAPE, which may include jointly-funded collaborations with the other strategic partners. Payments were due each quarter through October 2007.  Advance Nanotech and CAPE terminated the agreement in September 2007.  With respect to the jointly-funded projects with other strategic partners, we cannot withdraw unless we terminate the agreement.  
 
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    As of December 31, 2007, the Company had fully funded the costs of the CAPE partner projects according to its contractual agreements and subsequently terminated its strategic partnership agreement between the Company and CAPE effective September 30, 2007. The Company benefits from a six month timeframe during which the Company can exercise its commercial exploitation rights over the intellectual properties generated by the funded projects. The Company is currently involved in the creation of a spin-out company based on one of the funded projects. The spin-out company is being coordinated in syndication with external investors, and investment and technical due diligence is currently being performed. 
 
3. Defined Contribution Plan

    The Company has a defined contribution 401(k) Plan whereby the Company can make discretionary matches to employee contributions. The Company has not made any contributions to the 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2007.
 
NOTE K -INCOME TAXES

    Income taxes are recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” This statement requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial statements or tax returns. Measurement of the deferred items is based on enacted tax laws. In the event the future consequences of differences between financial reporting bases and tax bases of the Company's assets and liabilities result in a deferred tax asset, SFAS No. 109 requires an evaluation of the probability of being able to realize the future benefits indicated by such assets. A valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset is recorded when it is more likely than not that some portion or the entire deferred tax asset will not be realized.
 
    The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. As of December 31, 2007 the Company had net operating loss carry forwards for income tax reporting purposes of approximately $8,312,393 that may be offset against future taxable income through 2027. Current tax laws limit the amount of loss available to be offset against future taxable income when a substantial change in ownership occurs. Therefore, the amount available to offset future taxable income may be limited. No tax benefit has been reported in the financial statements because the Company believes there is no assurance the carry-forwards will be used. Potential tax benefits of the loss carry-forwards are offset by a valuation allowance of the same amount.
 
NOTE L - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

    On February 1, 2007, the Company subleased certain office space at the New York corporate office located at 600 Lexington Avenue. The sublease tenant is an affiliate of a director, Lee Cole, of the Company. Under the terms of the sublease, the sublease ran from February 1, 2007 through January 2008 and required monthly rent payments of $8,000.

Note M - Convertible Notes Payable

On December 19 and 21, 2007, we entered into subscription agreements with selected institutional and accredited investors regarding the private placement of up to a maximum of $8,800,000 principal amount of 8% senior secured convertible notes. Each investor who subscribed to the notes received 50% warrant coverage at $0.30 per share as common stock warrants. The notes mature on the date that is three years from the date of issuance and are convertible into shares of our common stock at a price of $0.25 per share. The notes constitute our senior indebtedness and provide that we can not incur other indebtedness (excluding an additional $3,000,000 in debt, certain credit facility lines and trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) without the consent of the noteholders. The notes are secured by all of our intellectual property, books and records and proceeds of the sale of our intellectual property, as well as all of the equity interests in our subsidiaries. The warrants are exercisable into shares of our common stock for a period of five years from the date they are issued at a price of $0.30 per share.
  
In connection with the private placement, we received gross proceeds of an aggregate of $6,700,000. However, because we did not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of our common stock to allow for conversion of the notes and exercise of the warrants, representing the total amount of proceeds received, we issued notes and warrants in December 2007 for only that portion of the total proceeds that was allowed given our current capital structure. As a result, we issued notes with a principal face amount of $3,953,000 and warrants convertible into 7,906,000 shares of our common stock. The remainder of the proceeds received during the private placement was held in escrow as of December 31, 2007 pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement, pending amendment of our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of our authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000. This charter amendment was approved by our stockholders in February 2008.

Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the December 2007 8% Convertible Note offering, the Company is required to pay a cash penalty if it fails to file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the common stock underlying the Notes purchased and the common stock underlying the issued warrants. The fair value of the 7,906,000 warrants issued in connection with the December 2007 offering was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, risk-free interest rate of 4.46%, the contractual life of 5 years and volatility of 138%. I n accordance with EITF No. 00-19, "Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to and Potentially Settled in a Company’s Own Stock”, the estimated fair value of the warrants, in the amount of $2,184,266, was recorded as a liability, with an offsetting charge to additional paid-in capital.

NOTE N - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
    Effective January 22, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Mr. Joseph C. Peters as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Peters filled the vacancy created from the resignation of Mr. John Robertson, who resigned from the Board of Directors as of January 22, 2008. Mr. Joseph Peters was unanimously elected as an independent Director to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Peters served President George W. Bush as the Assistant Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs of the White House's Drug Policy Office - commonly referred to as the Drug Czar's Office. There his duties included supervision of the country's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program. Mr. Peters also served as the Drug Czar's Liaison to the White House Office of Homeland Security and Governor Tom Ridge. Previously, Mr. Peters joined the Clinton White House, to direct the country's 26 HIDTAs, with an annual budget of a quarter billion dollars. Mr. Peters also represented the White House Drug Czar’s office with police, prosecutors, governors, mayors and many non-governmental organizations. Mr. Peters was named as a special organized crime prosecutor with the US Department of Justice and received its “John Marshall Award” from US Attorney General Dick Thornburg. Mr. Peters began his career as a State prosecutor when he joined the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office in 1983. He later served as a Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Organized Crime Section, and in 1989 was named the first Executive Deputy Attorney General of the newly created Drug Law Division. In that capacity, Mr. Peters oversaw the activities of 56 operational drug task forces throughout the State, involving approximately 760 local police departments with 4,500 law enforcement officers. Mr. Peters consults to national and international law enforcement organizations on narco-terrorism and related intelligence and prosecution issues. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), where he sits on their Terrorism Committee. Mr. Peters serves as President and Director of MSGI Security Solutions, Inc (MSGI.OB) since 2004. Mr. Peters also serves on the Board of Directors of Vigicomm Inc. since 2007.
 
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    On February 12, 2008, at the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of the Company voted in favor of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock from 75,000,000 to 200,000,000.
 
    Upon obtaining stockeholder approval of the amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the escrowed funds described in Note H.4 were released on February 15, 2008,  and the Company issued Notes with a principal face amount of $2,747,000 and Warrants convertible into 5,494,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
    On March 1, 2008, the Company renewed certain office space at the New York Corporate office located at 600 Lexington Avenue on a monthto–month term. The sublease tenant is an affiliate of a director, Lee Cole, of the Company.

    On March 14, 2008 the Company received notice from Magnus Gittins, the President and Executive Chairman of the Company, that he intends to terminate his employment relationship with the Company one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of such notice, pursuant to the terms of his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company dated August 13, 2007.

    On March 15, 2008, the Company received notice from Antonio Goncalves Jr., the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, that he intends to terminate his employment relationship with the Company one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of such notice, pursuant to the terms of his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company dated August 13, 2007.
 
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EX-23.1 2 v109333_ex23-1.htm Unassociated Document
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference of our firm in Registration Statement (No. 333-130794) on Form S-8 of Advance Nanotech, Inc. of our report dated March 28, 2008, which appears on Page F-2 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Mendoza Berger & Company, L.L.P.

/s/ Mendoza Berger & Company, L.L.P.
Irvine, California
April 1, 2008
 

EX-31.1 3 v109333_ex31-1.htm

RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION
 
I, Antonio Goncalves, Jr., certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Advance Nanotech, Inc.;
 
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:
 
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Intentionally omitted pursuant to SEC release No. 34-47986;
 
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
DATE: April 1, 2008
 

/S/ ANTONIO GONCALVES, JR
Antonio Goncalves, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer )
 

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EXHIBIT 31.2 
 
RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION
 
I, Thomas P. Finn, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Advance Nanotech, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Intentionally omitted pursuant to SEC release No. 34-47986;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
DATE: April 1, 2008
 
/S/ THOMAS P. FINN
THOMAS P. FINN
CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER
 
 
A signed original of these written statements required by Sections 302 and 906 have been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
 
 
 

 
 
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SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION
 
In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Advance Nanotech, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Antonio Goncalves, Jr., the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
 
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
DATE: April 1, 2008
 
/S/ ANTONIO GONCALVES, JR
Antonio Goncalves, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer )
 
 


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EXHIBIT 32.2 
 
SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION
 
In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Advance Nanotech, Inc., (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas P. Finn, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
 
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
DATE: April 1, 2008
 
/S/ THOMAS P. FINN
THOMAS P. FINN
CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER


A signed original of these written statements required by Sections 302 and 906 have been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
 
 
 

 
 
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