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Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Milestone Scientific Inc. (“Milestone” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 1989.

The unaudited financial statements of Milestone have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements.

These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in Milestone’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring entries) necessary to fairly present Milestone’s financial position as of March 31, 2013 and the results of its operations for the three months then ended.

The results reported for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations which may be expected for a full year.

Milestone had negative cash flows from operating activities for the three months ending March 31, 2013 and 2012 of $83,667 and $123,188, respectively. At March 31, 2013, Milestone had cash and cash equivalents of $121,604 and a negative working capital of $300,116. The negative working capital decrease of $475,626 as compared to 2012 is due to the Company’s continued reduction by payment of our commitment for purchasing parts in anticipation of significant sales to our distributor in China. Such sales have been delayed. As a result of this delay, the advances on contracts have been allocated between current and long term. Additionally, the accounts receivable from the China distributor had been allocated between current and long term, with a reserve of $252,362 provided against the accounts receivable. Milestone borrowed $450,000 in 2008 from a shareholder, with a due date of January 2009. This borrowing was refinanced at December 31, 2008, June 3, 2011 and March 29, 2013 and the due date was extended to January 5, 2015. The Company is actively pursuing the generation of positive cash flows from operating activities through an increase in revenue based upon management’s assessment of present contracts and current negotiations and reductions in operating expenses. As of March 31, 2013, Milestone does not expect to have sufficient cash reserves to meet all of its anticipated obligations for the next twelve months. Milestone may require the need for a higher level of marketing and sales efforts that at present it cannot fund. If Milestone is unable to generate positive cash flows from its operating activities it will need to raise additional capital. There is no assurance that Milestone will be able to achieve positive operating cash flows or that traditional capital can be raised on terms and conditions satisfactory to Milestone, if at all. If positive cash flow cannot be achieved or if additional capital is required and it cannot be raised, then Milestone would be forced to curtail its development activities, reduce marketing expenses for existing dental products or adopt other cost saving measures, any of which might negatively affect Milestone’s operating results.

Milestone’s recurring losses, in prior periods as well as the matters discussed above, raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.