As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2002.
Registration No. 333-75948
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SB-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FONECASH, INC.
(Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter)
Delaware 3578 22-3530573
(State or other jurisdiction of Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Daniel E. Charboneau, President
90 Park Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10016
(212) 984-0641
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Michael S. Krome, P.C.
8 Teak Court
Lake Grove, New York 11755
Telephone No.: (631) 737-8381
Facsimile No.: (631) 737-8382
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box. |X|
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. |_|
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. |_|
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under
the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. |_|
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. |_|
Calculation of Registration Fee
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Proposed Proposed Amount
Title Amount Maximum Maximum of
of Securities to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
To be Registered Registered Per Share Offering Price (1) Fee
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Common Stock, (1) 7,275,730 $0.07 $509,301 $134.46
Par value $.0001
Per share
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the filing fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The
selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This
prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an
offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
Prospectus January 14, 2002
Fonecash, Inc.
7,275,730 shares of common stock
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o This is an offering of 7,275,730 shares of our common stock by
stockholders of Fonecash, Inc.
o The selling stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from the
sale of 7,275,730 of their shares, less any commissions or discounts
paid to brokers or other agents. We will not receive any of the
proceeds from the sale of these shares.
o The selling stockholders may offer the shares from time to time
through public or private transactions, at prevailing market prices,
or at privately negotiated prices.
MARKET FOR THE SHARES
Fonecash shares are currently listed on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board
operated by the NASD. On the last day prior to filing this Registration
statement, the closing price for the shares was $0.07.
The securities offered in this prospectus involve a high degree of risk. You
should carefully consider the factors described under the heading "Risk Factors"
beginning on page 5.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS
PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Summary ................................................................... 2
The Offering .............................................................. 3
Summary Financial ......................................................... 3
Risk Factors .............................................................. 3
Use of Proceeds ........................................................... 10
Market for Shares of Fonecash, Inc. ....................................... 10
Dividends ................................................................. 11
Business .................................................................. 11
Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation ................. 19
Management ................................................................ 23
Executive Compensation .................................................... 25
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions ............................ 26
Principal Stockholders .................................................... 26
Offering by Selling Securityholders ....................................... 26
Description of Securities ................................................. 27
Plan of Distribution ...................................................... 28
Legal Proceedings ......................................................... 29
Indemnification of Directors and Officers ................................. 29
Delaware Business Combination Provisions .................................. 30
Where You Can Find More Information ....................................... 30
Transfer Agent ............................................................ 31
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel ..................................... 31
Legal Matters ............................................................. 31
Experts ................................................................... 31
Financial Statements ...................................................... 32
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This prospectus summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in
this prospectus. You should read the following summary together with the more
detailed information regarding our company and the shares of common stock being
sold in this offering, which information appears elsewhere in this prospectus.
ABOUT OUR COMPANY
How our company is organized
Fonecash, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware on August 7,1997 and is in its development stage. It has had no
operating revenues to date. The Company incurred operating losses of $941,981
from Inception to December 31, 2000, the end of its latest fiscal year. The
Company spent a total of $352,906 on Research and Development from Inception to
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December 31, 2000. The Company expects its accumulated deficit to grow for the
foreseeable future.
Where you can find us
Fonecash maintains an office at 90 Park Avenue, Suite 1700 New York, NY 10016.
The phone number is (212) 984-0641.
The Offering
Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders: 7,275,730 shares
Shares Outstanding as of January 14, 2002: 19,900,000 shares
Use of Proceeds - Fonecash, Inc. will not receive any proceeds from the sale of
the shares by the Selling Shareholders.
Our Trading Symbol - The Common Stock of Fonecash, Inc. trades under the symbol
"FCSH".
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
09/30/01
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Balance Sheet Data:
Total Assets $ 314,024
Total Liabilities 431,605
Total Stockholders' Equity 117,581
Statement of Operations:
Revenues $ 7,143
Expenses 434,086
Income (Loss) from Operations (932,213)
Net Income (Loss) (925,070)
Income (Loss) Per Share (.13)
Shares Used In Computing Net Income (Loss) Per Share 6,919,720
RISK FACTORS
An investment in our common stock is highly speculative and involves a
high degree of risk. Therefore, you should consider all of the risk factors
discussed below, as well as the other information contained in this document.
You should not invest in our common stock unless you can afford to lose your
entire investment and you are not dependent on the funds you are investing.
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Risk Factors Related to Fonecash, Inc.'s Operations
Development stage company; lack of revenues and accumulated deficit; continued
losses for the foreseeable future; no assurance of profitability; auditor's
report with going concern disclosure. The Company is in the development stage
and, to date, has only earned nominal revenues from operations. Since inception
in August, 1997, the Company's principal activities have been research and
development and sales and marketing activities principally related to its
products and services. As a consequence, as of September 30, 2001, the Company
had an accumulated deficit of $1,200,023. The Company has continued to incur
losses since August 1997. Potential investors should be aware of the problems,
delays, expenses, difficulties and risks encountered by a company in the
development stage, particularly in a rapidly changing industry, many of which
may be beyond the Company's control. Such risks may include, but are not limited
to, unanticipated problems relating to developing and marketing new products. In
addition, the Company will also face a number of risks specific to entities
attempting to introduce new products, including, but not limited to, the
existence or development of competing products, the existence or development of
new technologies that are incompatible with the Company's products, the
inability of the Company to respond in a timely manner to changing technologies,
the potential obsolescence of the Company's products as a result of changing
technologies, and the failure of a market to develop for the Company's products.
The Company expects to continue to incur losses until such time, if ever, as the
Company's revenues exceed its expenses. There can be no assurance that the
Company will ever achieve profitability. The Company's independent auditor's
report on the Company's financial statements includes an explanatory paragraph
that states... that the Company has suffered recurring 1osses from operations
which raises substantial doubt about the Company' s ability to continue as a
going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that
might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
We May Continue to Lose Money, and If We Do Not Achieve Profitability, We May
Not Be Able to Continue Our Business.
Through January 14, 2002, we have generated no revenues from
operations, have incurred substantial expenses and have sustained losses. In
addition, we expect to continue to incur significant operating expenses. As a
result, we will need to generate significant revenues to achieve profitability,
which may not occur. We expect our operating expenses to increase significantly
as a result of our planned expansion. Since we have not yet completed developing
our website and we have no operating history of marketing our services to the
public, our business may never generate sufficient revenues to meet our expenses
or achieve profitability. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may be unable
to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the
future.
Early stage of market development; uncertainty of industry infrastructure.
The market for the Company's products is at an early stage of
development, is evolving rapidly, and is characterized by an increasing number
of market entrants who have introduced, or are developing competing products. As
is typical of a new and rapidly evolving industry, demand and market acceptance
for recently introduced products are subject to a high level of uncertainty. If
the Company's market fails to develop or develops more slowly than expected, or
the Company's products do not achieve market acceptance by significant number of
individuals and businesses, the Company's business, financial conditions,
prospects and operating results will be materially and affected.
Rapid and significant technological change; no certainty of industry standards;
no assurance of market acceptance.
The transaction automation system industry is subject to rapid and
significant technological change that may render the Company's products
obsolete. In addition, such rapid changes may, in a very short period of time,
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impose additional, unforeseen costs on the Company in that the Company may be
required to modify its products to adapt to such changes. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to successfully modify its products as
may be necessary in a timely manner, or at all.
In addition, the Company's products are designed around certain
technical standards with respect to wireless telecommunications and current and
future sales of the Company's products will be dependent on industry acceptance
of such standards. While the Company intends that its products will be
compatible with the standards promulgated by leading industry participants,
widespread adoption of a proprietary or "closed" standard (i.e., a standard that
precludes all participants other than those it was specifically designed to
accommodate) could preclude the Company from effectively providing its products.
In addition, even if a non-proprietary industry standard is established, no
assurance can be given that the technology upon which such standard is based
will be available to the Company on commercially reasonable terms, or at all,
which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition, prospects and operating results.
Even if the Company's products are compatible with industry standards,
there can be no assurance the Company's products will achieve market acceptance
or that the Company will be successful in developing new products that meet
changing customer needs. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the Company
will be able to respond to technological changes or evolving industry standards
in a timely manner, if at all. The inability of the Company to respond to
changing market conditions, technological developments, evolving industry
standards or changing customer requirements would have a material adverse effect
on the Company's business, financial condition, prospects and operating results.
We expect to have quarter-to-quarter fluctuations in revenues, expenses, losses
and cash flow, some of which could be significant.
Results of operations will depend upon numerous factors, some of which
are beyond our control, including regulatory actions, market acceptance of our
products and services, new product and service introductions, and competition.
Therefore, we may have significant fluctuations in revenue from quarter to
quarter.
We are dependent on our key personnel and if we lose those personnel, our
business would fail.
Fonecash depends upon the continued involvement of Mr. Daniel E.
Charboneau, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, John Wu, the
Company's Vice Present of Engineering Michael Wong, Chief Financial Officer and
David Cheung, the Company's Vice President of Marketing. The loss or
unavailability of any of such individuals could materially adversely affect the
Company. On January 1, 2000, the Company entered into five-year employment
agreements with Messrs. Charboneau, Wu, Wong and Cheung. The Company intends to
be the sole beneficiary of a "key person" life insurance policy on the life of
Mr. Charboneau in the principal amount of $5 million.
Competition.
The market for Terminals is rapidly evolving, resulting in a dynamic
competitive environment. The Company competes with companies that have
substantially greater financial marketing, technical and human resources
capabilities. In addition, companies that may enter the market with. new
products and services that may be competitive with products and services offered
or to be offered by the Company. Because there are potential entrants to the
field, it is extremely difficult to assess which companies are likely to offer
competitive products and services in the future, and in some cases it is
difficult to discern whether an existing product or service is competitive with
the Company's services. Competitive factors in the Terminal market include core
technology, breadth of product functionality and features, product performance
and quality, marketing and distribution resources, customer service and support
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and price. The Company expects competition to persist and intensify in the
future.
Some of our competitors may be able to use their financial strength to dominate
the market, which may affect our ability to generate revenues.
Some of our competitors are much larger companies than us and which are
very well capitalized and can tap their strong market values for further growth
which may impede our ability to generate enough sales to cover the costs of
marketing the products and several of our competitors have longer operating
histories, greater name recognition, larger client bases and significantly
greater financial, technical and marketing resources than the Company. Such
competitors may be able to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt
more aggressive pricing policies and make more attractive offers to potential
clients. In addition, many of the Company's current or potential competitors,
such as Verifone, Hypercom, Datacard, NBS and International Verifact have broad
distribution channels that may be used to distribute competing products directly
to end-users or purchasers. No assurance can be given that the Company will be
able to compete effectively with current or future competitors or that such
competition will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition, prospects or operating results.
Risks of defects and development delays.
The Company has not sold a material amount of its existing products and
proposed products. Products based on sophisticated hardware, software and.
computing systems often encounter development delays and may contain undetected
errors or failures when introduced. As a result, the Company may experience
delays in the development of the hardware, software and computing systems
underlying the Company's proposed products. In addition, there can be no
assurance that, despite testing by the Company and potential customers, errors
will not be found in the underlying hardware, software or computing system, or
that the Company will not experience development delays, which could result in
delays in the market acceptance of its products and could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, prospects and
operating results.
Changes in technology and Internet software may make it difficult for us to
adapt and compete with better-funded competitors.
We are developing our own commerce based web site. However, technology
and Internet software is characterized by rapid technological developments,
evolving industry standards, changing customer demands and frequent
introductions of new products, services and enhancements. Because we have
limited funding, our success depends upon our ability to improve the
performance, content and reliability of our products in response to both
evolving demands of the business and consumer communities and competitive
product offerings. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so
successfully or that any enhancements or new products that we introduce will
gain acceptance in the marketplace. If we are not successful or if our products
are not accepted, we could lose potential customers to our competitors.
Dependence on intellectual property rights; risk of infringement.
The Company relies on applicable copyright, trade secret and trademark
laws to protect certain proprietary information of the Company. To the extent
proprietary technology is involved, the Company relies on trade secrets that it
seeks to protect, in part, through confidentiality agreements with certain
employees, consultants and other parties. No assurance can be given that these
agreements will not be breached, that the Company will have adequate remedies
for any breach, or that the Company's trade secrets will not otherwise become
known to, or independently developed by, existing or potential competitors of
the Company. The Company generally does not seek to protect its proprietary
information through patents or registered trademarks, although it may seek to do
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so in the future. In addition, no assurance can be given that the Company's
products will not infringe any intellectual property or proprietary rights of
others. The Company may be involved from time to time in litigation to determine
the enforceability, scope and validity of its rights. Litigation in order to
protect the Company's intellectual property rights could result in substantial
cost to the Company and diversion of effort by the Company's management and
technical personnel.
Need for additional personnel.
Since its inception in the Company has primarily engaged in research
and development activities and sales and marketing. The Company's ability to
implement its business plan, the essential elements of which are research and
development and sales and marketing activities will depend upon the Company's
ability to hire and retain senior level, highly-skilled personnel experienced in
the operation of certain aspects of the Company's business, such as accounting,
management, sales and marketing. Competition for such personnel is intense and
there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in attracting and
retaining personnel. The Company's failure to attract and retain such additional
personnel would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Management of growth.
If there is market acceptance for the products to be offered by the
Company, the Company anticipates that it will be required to expand its
operations to address such market demand. In addition, the Company anticipates
significantly increasing the size of its research and development and sales and
marketing staff following the completion of this Offering. There can be no
assurance that such internal expansion will be successfully completed, that such
expansion will enable the Company to generate sufficient revenues, or that the
Company will be able to compete successfully against the significantly more
extensive and well-funded sales and marketing and research and development
operations of the Company's existing and potential competitors. The Company's
rapid growth and the integration of operations are expected to place a
significant strain on the Company's managerial, operational and financial
resources. The inability of the Company to promptly address and respond to these
circumstances could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition, prospects or operating results.
Our business is Internet based and the failure of the Internet to grow or remain
a viable commercial medium could harm our growth.
Our success depends in large part on the maintenance of the Internet
infrastructure as a reliable network backbone that provides adequate speed, data
capacity and security. Sales of our web-based products are tied to the adequacy
of the Internet infrastructure and the continued growth and commercial viability
of the Internet. Our success also depends on the timely development of products,
such as high-speed modems, that enable reliable Internet access and services.
The Internet may continue to experience significant growth in the number of
users, frequency of use and amount of data transmitted. The Internet
infrastructure may not be able to support the demands placed on it and the
performance or reliability of the Internet may be adversely affected by this
continued growth. In addition, the Internet could lose its commercial viability
if the number of people who use the Internet does not continue to grow. A number
of factors, including unreliable service, unavailability of cost-effective,
high-speed access to the Internet or concerns about security, could impede this
growth. The infrastructure or complementary products and services necessary to
maintain the Internet as a viable commercial medium may not be developed, and
the Internet may not continue to be a viable commercial medium for us.
We will need additional capital to finance our business plan and such financing
may be unavailable or too costly.
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Our ability to research and develop the core technologies we are
planning to utilize is dependant on our ability to secure financing and allocate
sufficient funds required to support our marketing activity. Additional
financing may not be available on favorable terms or even at all. If we raise
additional funds by selling stock, the percentage ownership of our then current
stockholders will be reduced. If we cannot raise adequate funds to satisfy our
capital requirements, we may have to limit our operations significantly. Our
ability to raise additional funds may diminish if the public equity markets
become less supportive of the industry.
Risks Related to Offering
Management Beneficially Owns Thirty percent (30%) of Our Common Stock and Their
Interest Could Conflict With Yours.
Our directors and executive officers and other founders beneficially
own approximately 30% of our outstanding common stock assuming all warrants are
exercised. As a result, the directors and executive officers collectively are
able to substantially influence all matters requiring stockholder approval,
including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate
transactions. Such concentration of ownership may also have the effect of
delaying or preventing a change in control, which may be to the benefit of the
directors and executive officers but not in the interest of the shareholders.
Immediate Substantial Dilution.
Upon completion of this Offering, purchasers of the Common Stock
offered hereby will experience immediate and substantial dilution of the net
tangible book value of their investment in the Company of $0.04 per share, or
approximately $__ per share.
No Dividends.
The Company has never paid any dividends with respect to its Common
Stock and does not anticipate paying dividends on its Common Stock in the
foreseeable future. Any earnings which the Company may realize in the
foreseeable future will be retained to finance the growth of the Company.
Anti-takeover provisions; issuance of preferred stock.
The Company's Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to
5,000,0000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to determine the
number of shares in each series, as well as the designations, preferences,
rights and qualifications or restrictions of those shares without any further
vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of the holders of Common Stock
will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders
of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of
preferred stock could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third
party to acquire a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company. In
addition, the Company is subject to the anti-takeover provisions of Section 203
of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, this statute prohibits a
publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business combination"
with an "interested stockholder" for a period of three years after the date of
the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder unless the
business combination is approved in a prescribed manner
Future Sales of Common Stock by Our Existing Stockholders Could Adversely Affect
Our Stock Price.
As of the date of the filing, Fonecash, Inc. has 19,900,000 outstanding
shares of Common Stock. Out of the 19,900,000 shares currently outstanding
7,275,730 are being registered with this offering. The remaining shares of
common, which are not being registered hereby, are "restricted securities" as
defined under Rule 144, substantially all of which are available for sale in the
public market, subject to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
or pursuant to this Registration Statement. Sales of substantial amounts of
Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales will occur,
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could have a material negative effect on the market price of our Common Stock.
This problem would be exacerbated if we issue Common Stock in exchange for
equipment and services.
We expect to issue additional stock in the future to finance our business plan
and the potential dilution caused by the issuance of stock in the future may
cause the price of our common stock to drop.
As of September 30, 2001 we had outstanding 9,039,340 shares of common
stock, not all of which are included in this registration statement. Subsequent
to the effective date of this offering, we will need to raise additional
capital, which may result in the issuance of additional shares of common stock,
or debt instruments. Shares may be issued under an available exemption, a latter
registration statement, or both. If and when additional shares are issued, it
may cause dilution in the value of shares purchased in this offering and may
cause the price of our common stock to drop. These factors could also make it
more difficult to raise funds through future offerings of common stock.
Our Directors Have Limited Liability and Therefore Cannot be Held Liable for
Monetary Damages.
Under our Certificate of Incorporation, the directors cannot be held
liable to Fonecash, Inc. or to the stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duties except under certain limited circumstances.
We may not be able to maintain a trading market for your shares.
Trading in our Common Stock, is conducted on the OTC Bulletin Board
operated by the NASD. Said trading is dependent upon us continuing to be able to
comply with Rule 6530 of the NASD, which requires us to file reports as set
forth in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Because we may not be able to
obtain or maintain a listing on the OTC Bulletin Board, your shares may be
difficult or impossible to sell. However, if we are unable to qualify for this
listing, or if we will become unable to maintain our listing on the OTC Bulletin
Board, we believe that our stock will trade on over-the-counter market in the
so-called "pink sheets". Consequently, selling your Common Stock would be more
difficult because only smaller quantities of stock could be bought and sold,
transactions could be delayed, and security analysts' and news media's coverage
of Fonecash, Inc. may be reduced. These factors could result in lower prices and
larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for our stock.
Our common stock is a "penny stock," and compliance with requirements for
Dealing in penny stocks may make it difficult for holders of our common stock to
resell their shares.
Currently there is no public market for our common stock. If the common
stock is ever listed in the public market in what is known as the
over-the-counter market and at least for the foreseeable future, our common
stock will be deemed to be a "penny stock" as that term is defined in Rule
3a51-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 15g-2 under the Exchange
Act requires broker/dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential
investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain
from these inventors a manually signed and dated written acknowledgement of
receipt of the document before effecting a transaction in a penny stock for the
investor's account. Compliance with these requirements may make it more
difficult for holders of our common stock to resell their shares to third
parties or otherwise, which could have a material adverse effect on the
liquidity and market price of our common stock.
Penny stocks are stocks with a price of less than $5.00 per share
unless traded on NASDAQ or a national securities exchange;
Penny stocks are also stocks which are issued by companies with: net
tangible assets of less than $2.0 million (if the issuer has been in continuous
operation for at least three years); or $5.0 million (if in continuous operation
for less than three years); or average revenue of less than $6.0 million for the
last three years.
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It is more difficult for our shareholders to sell their shares because we are
not, and may never be, eligible for NASDAQ or any National Stock Exchange.
We are not presently, and it is likely that for the foreseeable future
we will not be, eligible for inclusion in NASDAQ or for listing on any United
States national stock exchange. To be eligible to be included in NASDAQ, a
company is required to have not less than $4,000,000 in net tangible assets, a
public float with a market value of not less than $5,000,000, and a minimum bid
of price of $4.00 per share. At the present time, we are unable to state when,
if ever, we will meet the Nasdaq application standards. Unless we are able to
increase our net worth and market valuation substantially, either through the
accumulation of surplus out of earned income or successful capital raising
financing activities, we will never be able to meet the eligibility requirements
of NASDAQ. As a result, it will more difficult for holders of our common stock
to resell their shares to third parties or otherwise, which could have a
material adverse effect on the liquidity and market price of our common stock
We require additional funds to achieve our current business strategy, which we
may not be able to obtain.
We will need to raise additional funds through public or private debt
or sale of equity to develop and establish our marketing program and establish
our website. Such financing may not be available when needed. Even if such
financing is available, it may be on terms that are materially adverse to your
interests with respect to dilution of book value, dividend preferences,
liquidation preferences, or other terms. If we are unable to obtain financing on
reasonable terms, we could be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate product
and service development programs. In addition, such inability to obtain
financing on reasonable terms could have a material adverse effect on our
business, operating results, or financial condition to such extent that we are
forced to restructure, file for bankruptcy, sell assets or cease operations, any
of which could put your investment dollars at significant risk.
This Prospectus contains forward-looking statements, which involve
risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, statements regarding future events and our plans and expectations.
Fonecash, Inc.'s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated
in these forward looking statements as a result of certain factors, including
those set forth in the following risk factors and elsewhere in this Prospectus.
In addition to the other information in this Prospectus, the following risk
factors should be considered carefully in evaluating Fonecash, Inc. and our
business before purchasing the Common Stock offered by this Prospectus.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The shares of common stock offered by this prospectus are being
registered for the account of the selling stockholders, and we will not receive
any proceeds from the sale of common stock by the selling stockholders.
MARKET FOR SHARES OF FONECASH
The Company's common stock has traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol
"FCSH" since July 3, 2000. The following table sets forth the high and low
closing prices for the common stock for the periods indicated:
2000 High Low
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Fourth Quarter $0.30 $0.21
Third Quarter $3.00 $1.69
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As of December 31, 2000, there were approximately 170 holders of record of the
common stock. On March 31, 2001, the closing sales price of the Company's common
stock was $0.25 per share.
DIVIDENDS
We have never paid a cash dividend on our common stock. It is our
present policy to retain earnings, if any, to finance the development and growth
of our business. Accordingly, we do not anticipate that cash dividends will be
paid until our earnings and financial condition justify such dividends, and
there can be no assurance that we can achieve such earnings.
BUSINESS
Fonecash, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware on August 7,1997 and is in its development stage. It has had no
operating revenues to date. The Company incurred operating losses of $941,981
from Inception to December 31,1999. The Company spent a total of $352,906 on
Research and Development from Inception to December 31,1999. The Company expects
its accumulated deficit to grow for the foreseeable future.
The Company's Operations to Date
The Company has developed a system of processing credit cards for an under
served community of low volume merchants and in-home salespersons consisting of
a terminal and a system of computers, utilizing established communications
networks, both wired and wireless, for processing the data from credit and debit
cards.
Terminals are electronic collectors of credit and debit data from the magnetic
stripe on cards. In the case of debit and credit cards the Fonecash system
collects the data from the magnetic stripe when a merchant accepts the card for
payment of goods or services. This data is transmitted to processors where the
validity of the card number is confirmed and the amount of the purchase is
authorized to the cardholder's account. Settlement occurs when the collected and
stored data is sent to the card issuing bank which charges the customer's
account and electronically deposits payment in the merchant's bank account,
usually within 24 - 48 hours.
The Company intends to market a product line and a complete processing system
that is high quality and simple to operate, because the Company, and not the
individual merchant, takes the responsibility for closing the day's receipts and
uploading the data to a third party payment processor, such as Paymenttech,
Visanet, or First Data Resources, for settlement. This results in payments being
deposited in the merchants' bank account within 48 hours. Because the Company
not only provides a terminal, but also, provides a service that facilitates the
collection of daily payment receipts, and transmits these electronic receipts
for payment and deposit of funds to each merchant, the Company believes that it
will be able to compete with the current makers of terminals, who only sell
terminals, but also with payment processors who only support terminals which
transmit credit card data to them only after the merchant has manually collected
the day's electronic receipts which are then transmitted to the payment
processor.
The Company intends to establish up to three master distributors in the United
States with the most likely candidates being current Independent Sales
Organizations (ISO's) who are already engaged in the business of distributing
automated credit card processing terminals to established merchants who have
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been approved by their sponsoring banks. These ISO's have trained commissioned
sales persons and have an interest in placement of any terminal in the market
regardless of manufacturer.
The Company has never operated under any other name, nor has it ever been
involved with any bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceeding or engaged in
any material reclassification, merger, consolidation, or purchase or sale of
assets.
On October 10, 1997, the Company signed a consulting agreement with Advance Data
Information, Ltd., (hereinafter "ADI"), located in Taipei, Taiwan, to act as the
research and development division, supplying the design engineering for the
hardware and the software of the Company's products. ADI is a privately owned
company of Dr. John Wu, a U.S. citizen, and a director/stockholder of the
Company, who employs eight engineers in all stages of the engineering process
from concept to design of hardware and operating systems to selection of a
manufacturer and inspection and quality control of the final product. In return,
the Company shall have exclusive ownership rights to any and all products that
are developed as a result of this agreement. The Company has issued 200,000
shares of its common stock at par value to Dr. Wu in return for this Agreement,
and the Board of Directors voted to issue another 333,333 shares at par value in
return for services renedered by Dr. Wu from Inception to December 31, 1999.
On November 1, 1997, the Company entered into a License Agreement with Mr.
Thomas J. Ulrich by which it acquired exclusive, worldwide rights to U.S. patent
No. 4,803,719, dated June 4,1987, which provides a method for powering telephone
devices directly from the telephone line without external power. The patent runs
until the year 2004. The Company has agreed to pay Mr. Ulrich a signing bonus of
$5000 and another $25,000 upon first funding from an Initial Public Offering. To
date only $5,000 has been paid. The agreement also provides for a royalty of 3%
of the gross sales of all licensed products and an annual minimum fee of $10,000
in 2000 and $20,000 for each year thereafter. This annual minimum fee is due
only if royalties do not meet the minimum sales of $10,000 in 2000 and $20,000
for any of the subsequent years. In addition, minimum sales revenues of $500,000
for the year 2000 ranging to $2 million in sales for the year 2003 and
thereafter were agreed to. If minimum sales targets are not met, the License
Agreement can be canceled, or modifications to this Agreement can be discussed
between the Licensor and the Company mutually acceptable to both parties. This
patent allows the Company to make an electronic terminal that can be used by
merchants when payment is made with a credit or a debit card. The terminal is
called "fonecash" and, in conjunction with the Company's servers which are
connected to a payment processor, is flexible enough to expand into many
markets, including the hospitality industry, mobile sales organizations,
multi-level marketing companies, home shopping, home banking, secure movie
payment, pre-pay card activation and many similar applications.
On February 4, 1998 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with East
Coast Entertainment, Inc. ("ECE") requiring payments of $50,000 per year in
monthly installments once the Company attains gross revenues of $300,000.ECE has
agreed to perform administrative duties including, but not limited to,
publicity, advertising, public relations, investor relations programs, news
releases, hiring of all necessary outside contractors for any specialized
projects, printing and development of the Company's annual reports, preparation
of any design, print or art work, camera ready art, distribution of reports and
corporate releases to State and Federal securities agencies. ECE is entitled to
$100,000 annually once the Company achieves $500,000 in gross revenues. ECE is
entitled to participate in the Company's stock option plans and group health
plans pursuant to the same terms that apply to all senior key executives and
other employees of the Company. The agreement is renewable annually for a period
of ten years. No expenses have been recognized under this arrangement for the
period ended December 31, 1999.
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Much of the Company's effort from inception to the present has been focused on
the design and engineering of the products, and the making of molds for the
volume manufacturing process. The Company has spent a total of $352,906 on
research and development during the last two fiscal years. To date the Company
has produced two terminals; one is a desk model and the other is a hand-held
model similar to a cell phone. The Company has completed the manufacture of 1000
terminals which are to be used for the actual field trials of both models with
potential customers. Before manufacturing, testing for Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) approval was completed and the Company's terminals are
certified for Parts 15 and 68 of the FCC Rules & Regulations (Code of Federal
Regulations, 47, Parts 15 & 68) which pertain to all devices that are attached
to the telephone network in the United States. Although the Company has sold
none of its products during this development stage, the terminals are now ready
to be sold.
Also, much of the time from inception to the present the Company has been
involved in the raising of capital. From June 1998 to early 1999, the Company
sold 502,500 shares of common stock to accredited investors for a total of
$167,750, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Then, from April 1999 to December 31, 1999, the Company sold 657,372 shares of
common stock for $621,455 pursuant to a Regulation D, Rule 504 offering, and
finally in 1999, the Company sold 143,133 shares of common stock to non-U.S.
citizens for $133,050, pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. These funds were used for development of the Company's products,
marketing activities, working capital, and investments.
Another intended use of the funds was for possible acquisitions. The Company's
philosophy has been to search for targets of opportunity that would provide
revenues and services. Management believes that if the Company could gain
revenues and needed equipment or services by an acquisition, it would not have
to spend funds to create that same needed equipment or service. The Company has
searched for companies with a marketing and sales force, or with revenues and
communication equipment.
The Company has considered acquiring its partner in Taiwan, ADI. The Company
believes such an acquisition would help satisfy its permanent need for a
research and development division in order to stay ahead of the fast changing
developments in the telecommunications industry which is the backbone of the
Company's transmission network.
Another potential acquisition is a company in Florida, Fusion Capital, an
Independent Sales Organization (ISO), which was formed in 1996, and has been in
the business of placing credit card terminals among merchants and has a trained
sales force and proven revenues. Such an acquisition would alleviate the need
for the Company to recruit, hire and train its own sales force for the placement
of the fonecash terminals.
Pursuant to a letter of intent dated June 5, 1999 between the Company and Fusion
Capital Corp. ("Fusion"), a Florida corporation, the Company agreed to purchase
a majority of the common stock of Fusion Capital Corp. ("Fusion"). The Company
simultaneously issued a loan to Fusion of $37,000 to be granted in 10
installments of $3,700 from June 14,1999, through August 16,1999. Ten separate
promissory notes of $3,700 were executed, each providing for interest at a rate
of 6%, and each of the ten notes was payable within 12 months from the date of
issuance with the first payment due on June 14, 2000. The balance due on the
notes was $37,990 as of December 31, 1999. Discussions on the proposed
acquisition have commenced but no definitive terms have been agreed upon.
When the notes were first issued in June 1999, payment of principal and interest
on the notes was due 6 months later with the first note due December 14, 1999.
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Re-negotiation of the payment dates took place in November 1999, and the Company
agreed in December 1999 to extend the due date of the principal and interest on
these notes for 12 months with the first note due on June 14, 2000 as noted in
the notes to the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 1999 and
the three months ended March 31, 2000. Therefore, for the period ending March
31, 2000, no payment of principal or interest had been made. The terms of this
receivable were extended but not written down.
In April 2000, the Company entered into negotiations with Fusion for deployment
and installation services for the 500 terminals which the Company planned for
its trials with merchants in order to prove its revenue concept as explained
further under Item 2 below. The Company requested Fusion to estimate the cost
for the deployment and installation of 500 terminals. Fusion replied that they
would undertake these services in exchange for converting the principal and
interest on the promissory notes and that this would be a fixed cost contract.
Since the Company had made its own estimate for the cost of these services to be
$72.50, the Company agreed to convert the notes from a loan to an advance
pursuant to a Contract for Deployment and Installation, which was signed on May
1, 2000. By converting the note payable to cover the cost of deployment and
installation, the cost per unit was $74 (which amount is included in general and
administrative expenses in the Company's Statement of Operations). The Company,
however, elected to write off the interest of $990 that had accumulated at the
period ending December 31, 1999.
On May 1, 2000, the Company signed a Deployment and Installation Agreement with
Fusion Capital Corp. Under the terms of this Agreement, Fusion will deploy
install, and train the merchants who have been selected to participate in the
first trials of the Company's terminals. Further, the Company agreed to convert
the principal of the loan payment of $37,000 into an advance payment for the
services connected with the placement of 500 terminals. The entire Agreement is
attached as an exhibit.
The Company has reached no substantive stage in its discussions with any
potential target, nor to merge or acquire any company. While there have been
discussions about several possible mergers, much depends upon the Company's
approval for public trading of its stock since any merger would take place only
with the issuance of cash and stock in order to conserve cash while making the
best use of its publicly trading stock. Each potential acquisition may dilute
investors' ownership through the issuance of additional shares of the Company's
stock, but a positive effect on the Company's balance sheet could occur from the
added value created as a result of each acquisition. There can be no assurance,
however, that these acquisitions will favorably affect the Company or its
shareholders.
The Company's Target Market
The Company believes that the following four potential markets for its products
and system will experience the highest benefit and, therefore, these potential
markets are the first priority for the Company's future sales efforts. While the
Company has sold none of its products or services into these markets, the
Company believes that the benefits of its products and services will increase
the potential of sales to these specific targets.
1. MOBILE SALES REPRESENTATIVES. The Company anticipates that a large market for
the Fonecash terminal will be the traveling sales representative. Fonecash is
portable and ideal for this application. The salesperson carrying this unit
could be selling cosmetics, household products, insurance policies,
encyclopedias or a number of other items. After a demonstration of products or
an explanation of services, the in-home salesperson could accept payment by
credit or debit card by merely attaching the fonecash terminal to the standard
telephone. While the Company has not sold any of its products to in-home sales
persons, it believes that use of the fonecash terminal by in-home salespersons
represents a significant potential.
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2. HOME INSTALLED UNIT. The Company believes that new programs such as secure
Pay Per-View TV, home banking, home shopping clubs, groceries delivered to the
home, restricted Internet access, payments of income taxes, and a variety of
other programs, that demand some form of pre-payment will become increasingly
prevalent. Payment by means of a verified and authorized credit card will be
available through the fonecash terminal. The telephone system is the largest
wide area network (WAN) in the world and its use in connecting to almost every
merchant gives the fonecash terminal the capability to act as a payment device
for most any service. The fonecash terminal is user installed, cheap enough to
be considered a give-away item, and will be positioned to address multiple
markets because its Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system which will be
installed on computers will be designed to handle up to thousands of separate
customers. Payment using a terminal is superior to speaking the credit card
number to a merchant on the telephone because one is not revealing the credit
card number to a unknown person, thus avoiding one of the ways credit card
numbers are stolen and sold to thieves who can use the data to make purchases or
sell the data to others who will use the credit card fraudulently.
3. PRE-PAY CALLING CARD ACTIVATION. The Company believes that the pre-pay
telephone calling card market has been evolving for years and that such cards
are now used widely in developed countries. In the United States, pre-pay
telephone calling cards are often sold behind the counter at small merchant
locations such as neighborhood 7/11 or gas station convenience stores. Since the
cards are delivered ready to be used by anybody, this has created the problem
for the merchant who has to protect these cards from being stolen and therefore
has to keep the cards behind the counter out of sight of the potential
customers. The better arrangement would be to have the card located on stands
throughout the store instead of behind the counter. The fonecash terminal solves
this problem. When installed on the merchant's telephone line, the fonecash
terminal allows the merchant to swipe the telephone card after it has been
purchased and activate the card by swiping it through the fonecash terminal.
This advantage means the merchants can place cards anywhere in the store knowing
they are useless plastic until activated by the terminal. The use of the
fonecash terminal to activate cards also gives the provider other unique
advantages such as tracking sales, recharging cards on the fly, credit card
purchases for cards, credit card authorization services, and many other new
services.
4. LOW VOLUME MERCHANTS These are merchants with fewer than 20 credit card
transactions a month. These merchants have the ability to take credit cards in
payment for purchase of goods and services because various banks have opened up
merchant bank accounts for these merchants. These merchants, however, have no
electronic transaction terminal. These merchants take credit card transactions
by making a paper impression of the card, then, after having the cardholder sign
a receipt, they take these paper receipts to a bank where they are then
processed with the funds being received in the merchant's account 4-5 days
later. The process is long and the delay in depositing the funds causes serious
cash flow problems for the merchant. Because the Company makes and will market a
high quality, simple to operate terminal, it anticipates that it will be able to
attract many of these low volume merchants who are seeking a fast, simple and
easy to operate solution to their processing needs.
The Company's Future Strategy
The Company's goal is to establish itself as a prominent force in the automated
transaction industry by pursuing the following strategies:
o Develop other markets for transaction automation, such as in-home sales and
the home market, wireless transmission and accessing Social Security benefits
and payment of income taxes.
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o Target the low volume, paper based merchants which the Company estimates
number approximately 1.3 million accounts by some 83 banks and financial
institutions in the United States.
o Develop opportunities for transaction automation in the international payment
processing market, which the Company believes is largely untapped and
potentially larger than the U.S. market.
o Entering new segments of the payment processing market by developing terminals
for in-home use to transfer money onto pre-pay telephone cards.
Management of the Company believes that the foregoing factors are the key
elements of its operational strategy.
Sources of Revenues
Through December 31,1999, the Company had received no revenues from operations
nor has it sold any of its products. If the Company can realize its goals as set
forth above, revenue could potentially come from fees that merchants and banks
would pay to the Company for its terminals and use of its processing system.
Manufacturing
The manufacturing of the Company's products is done by Yue-Shoung, Ltd. an
electronic manufacturer of telephones and telephone equipment, located in
Taiwan, with revenues of $250 million in 1998. This supplier makes a line of
electronic products, including touch screen displays, close-circuit video
security systems, video telephones and similar electronic products. The Company
has no relationship with Yue-Shoung other than as supplier to buyer, nor is
there a contractual relationship of any kind. Manufacturing is done under a
purchase order issued to Yue-Shoung by Advance Information Data (ADI), Taiwan,
which terms of payment are one-third cash deposit at the start of making the
mold for production of the plastic housing; one-third cash payment at the start
of the production run, and one-third cash payment at the completion and
inspection of the final product. The Company reimburses ADI for payment made
under its existing agreement with ADI for consulting and procurement services.
Marketing Strategy
The Company intends to establish up to three master distributors in the United
States with the most likely candidates being current Independent Sales
Organizations (ISO's) who are already engaged in the business of distributing
automated credit card processing terminals to established merchants who have
been approved by their sponsoring banks. These ISO's have trained commissioned
sales persons and have an interest in placement of any terminal in the market
regardless of manufacturer.
The Company intends to engage a firm in 2000 to create promotional brochures
regarding the Company's terminals and services, emphasizing price, quality and
support services. This material is expected to be sold at cost to distributors
to be used in their sales presentation. Annually, the Company plans to
participate in 4 to 6 forums and exhibitions, such as the Retail Merchants'
Show, the Debit Forum, the American Bankers' Association, the Fraud and Security
Forum, the COMDEX show, where wireless products and innovative computer and
telecommunication products are presented, and the Food and Restaurant
exhibition. The Company also intends to engage a firm to design and place
advertisements in several of the industry's leading publications, including
Credit Card Management, the Blue Book Directory of the Credit Card Industry and
P0S News, a monthly publication from Faulkner & Gray, a publisher in New York.
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The Company's own marketing executives also intend to visit executives and
decision makers among the banks and processors. At this level, cost and
performance are top priorities, as banks are looking for solutions to overhead
and insisting that any change results in increased profits. At this time, the
Company intends to focus on marketing only one core product that it strongly
believes is needed and wanted by banks that have a problem with the cost of
processing paper receipts.
The Industry
The industry is generally referred to as the transaction payment industry and is
divided into two major segments. In one segment are the manufacturers of
hardware, known as terminals, which are electronic devices for capturing the
data from some medium, such as a magnetic stripe on a plastic card, or from data
stored on a microchip embedded on a plastic card.
In the other segment of this industry are the transaction payment processors,
such as First Data Corporation (FDC), Paymentech, Nova Information Systems and
several other smaller processors, who, when the data from these terminals is
transmitted to their computers by wired or wireless transmission, verify the
card as being valid and authorize the purchase for the specific amount indicated
by the merchant.
The Verification, Authorization and Settlement Process
When a consumer presents a Visa or Mastercard to a merchant in payment for goods
or services, the clerk swipes the card through an electronic terminal that
connects by phone lines to a card processor (FDR, Paymentech, or others) whose
servers access the Visa/Mastercard network to get verification that the card is
valid and to get authorization for the amount to be charged to the cardholder so
that the amount does not exceed the cardholder's credit limit. If the
authorization transaction succeeds, the cardholder's bank that issued the credit
card will put a "hold" for the purchase amount so that, when the settlement or
deposit transaction takes place, the funds will be available to pay the
merchant. An approval number is generated and the merchant has the cardholder
sign a receipt which is kept on file by the merchant for up to six years.
Settlement can take place at any time, but typically, it is done at the end of
the merchant's work day. All the credit card transactions since the last
settlement period will be communicated to the payment processor's servers over a
phone line. The payment processor submits a "Deposit Transaction" through the
Visa/Mastercard network, in effect debiting the amount of the purchase from the
cardholder's card issuing bank and depositing these funds into the merchant's
sponsoring bank. It all takes place in minutes or seconds depending on the
transactions to be settled.
The FoneCash System
Currently there are two models of the fonecash terminal, one a desk model and
another is a hand-held model which are manufactured by Yue-Shoung, Ltd. in
Taiwan, and available for sale by the Company unlike any similar terminal in the
market. Fonecash terminals operate on a different system than the terminals
currently sold by its competitors, utilizing an Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
network which means that the merchant is being prompted through the various
steps involved in taking credit cards for payment of goods and services and
connected to the Company's servers which uses commercially available software
developed and certified to connect to various payment processors, such as First
Data Resources and Paymentech, who then, connect to the Visa/ Mastercard
networks for verification, authorization and settlement services. The process of
verification, authorization and settlement is the same for the Company's system,
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except that the Company's servers are in-between the Company's terminals and the
payment processor's servers. The Company believes that this will eliminate the
resistance of the payment processors to certifying new terminals because their
servers do not "see" what terminal is transmitting data; all their servers see
is a stream of data from another server (computer). The Company's system is
intended to capture the transactions of small merchants onto its servers and
bundle the transactions together for settlement so that the volume is greater
and thus become more attractive to the payment processors because of the
increased transactions which translated into a rise in revenues.
Competition
The Company does not believe that it faces competition from existing
manufacturers or payment processors which operate in the traditional transaction
processing industry because those companies are not interested in low volume
merchants, and low volume merchants resist the cost related to automated
terminals. The Company intends to target the very segment of the market which
these companies neglect because of their low volume. Management believes that
the fonecash system's simplicity and ease of operation will make it attractive
to these merchants even if they are able to obtain service from the larger
companies offering terminals and payment processing services. Moreover, the
Company knows of no other companies planning to target this market niche or
which offer both terminals and payment processing services under one system.
Terminal Manufacturers
According to The Nilson Report, a bi-monthly publication of the credit payment
systems industry, in Oxnard, California, the leader among the terminal makers is
Verifone, a U.S. based company, publicly held and since 1997, part of
Hewlett-Packard. It is generally conceded that Verifone has market share of 65%
of the terminal market worldwide, based upon delivery and installation of
products.
Hypercom was founded in Australia, has a U.S. base in Phoenix, Arizona and is a
privately held company. Management believes Hypercom is the second largest maker
of on-line stationary terminals with approximately 16% share of the market for
sale and installation of these electronic devices.
Lipman is an Israeli based maker of terminals and, since 1995 has gained some 10
per cent of the market for sales of these terminals.
Dassault and Ingenico are both French companies and, along with some other
makers, such as Goldstar of South Korea, make a line of terminals used mostly in
these companies respective domestic markets. The Company believes their sales
amount to no more than 10,000 units a year. These three makers, along with all
the other smaller firms, amount to 9% of the market for terminals.
Payment Processors - Barriers to Entry
All credit cards transactions must be cleared through a transaction payment
processor, and all automatic credit card terminals which connect directly to the
computers of the transaction payment processors must be certified by the
transaction processor. Certification involves testing the capabilities of the
terminal software by repeated transmission of test data which simulate real
transactions, in order to prove to the transaction processor that the terminal
software is compliant with all requirements of the processor's computer system.
Transaction processors are not anxious to fully certify and support new
transaction equipment because it is expensive to provide customer assistance to
a large number of terminal models. Every piece of newly certified terminals
translates to higher training cost for their customer service personnel and,
therefore, they try to stick with one piece of equipment.
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Strategies to Overcome Barriers to Market
The Company believes that the resistance of the transaction processors to the
introduction of new terminals is overcome because the fonecash terminal is not
supported by the processor but by the Company. The processor merely receives a
stream of data in digital form from the Company's computers for the benefit of
low volume merchants with merchant account numbers who would not be utilizing
the processors because of the lack of an electronic terminal. These low volume
merchants represent an enlarged customer base for the processors, acquired with
very little effort or expense on their part.
In addition to a different method of handling the processing of data, the
Company makes a line of products that are simple in design; do not need an
external power source and are as easy to operate as an ordinary telephone. The
combination of these factors the Company believes are sufficient to overcome
opposition from the established payment processors and the resistance of low
volume merchants to the purchase of more expensive equipment and services.
Risks from Competitors
Even though the Company believes it has strategies to overcome barriers to entry
into this industry and that it has no direct competitors in its specific target
market, the terminal manufacturers and the payment processors have longer
operating histories and significantly greater financial, technical, marketing
and other resources than the Company. Many of these companies have extensive
customer bases and strong customer relationships that they could leverage,
including relationships with the Company's potential customers. These companies
also have significantly more established customer service organizations than the
Company will be able to develop. In addition, these companies may adopt
aggressive pricing policies. There can be no assurances that that the Company
will be able to counter the impact or the level of the pricing.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
The following is our plan of operation for the following 12 months, and
should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto
appearing in this prospectus.
We are a development stage company in the process of developing a
marketing plan for carbon composite products sales via traditional methods and
Internet access. The products and services that we intend to offer are described
in the "Business" description. We have generated no revenues to date.
GENERAL
All phases of the Company's operations are subject to influences outside of the
company's control. Any one, or a combination, of these factors could materially
affect the results of the Company's operations. These factors include
competitive pressures, interest rates fluctuations, inflation, especially of
parts and labor, and other market conditions. Forward-looking statements are
made by or on behalf of the Company based on knowledge of its business and the
environment in which it operates, but because of the factors listed above, as
well as other commercial, environmental and business factors over which the
Company has no control, actual results may differ from those in the
forward-looking statement. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements
made are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and there
can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by the
Company will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have
the expected effect on the business and/or operations of the Company.
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The Company has had no revenues since its inception in August 1997 due to the
fact that the Company is in the development stage mode. There were no
compensation expenses for the first two years. There were organizational
expenses of $910 which are being amortized on a straight-line basis over five
years. The Company had a net loss of $353,618 for the initial two year period.
Depreciable assets for this period consisted of $25,000 for production molds
which have a useful life of three years. $6,250 was considered as a depreciation
expense for this period.
The Company incurred operating losses of $1,050,863 from Inception to March 31,
2000. The Company expects its accumulated deficit to grow for the foreseeable
future as total costs and expenses increase due principally to increased
marketing expense associated with its plans to undertake trials of its products
and services. There can be no assurances that the Company will complete
successful trials of its products and services, nor that sufficient revenues
will be generated from the possible sales of such products and services to allow
the Company to operate profitably.
For the three months ending March 31, 2000 general and administrative expenses
were $64,996 as compared to $24,046 for the same period in 1999, representing an
increase of $40,950. The increase during the three month period ending March 31,
2000 was primarily due to an expansion of the general operations of the Company,
including legal, accounting, and printing associated with the filing of this
Form 10-SB and amendments with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensation and related benefits during this three months was $16,000 and
represented compensation paid to the Company's president; there were no
compensation expenses for the nine months ended March 31, 1999. From inception
to March 31, 2000, total compensation expenses were $91,000.
The Company's combined cash and cash equivalents totaled $121,020 for the period
ending March 31, 2000. This is an increase of $82,864 from $38,156 for the
period ending March 31, 1999.
Pursuant to a letter of intent dated June 5, 1999 between the Company and Fusion
Capital Corp. ("Fusion"), a Florida corporation, the Company agreed to purchase
a majority of the common stock of Fusion Capital Corp. ("Fusion"). The Company
simultaneously issued a loan to Fusion of $37,000 to be granted in 10
installments of $3,700 from June 14, 1999 through August 16, 1999. Ten separate
promissory notes of $3,700 were executed, each providing for interest at a rate
of 6% and each of the ten notes payable within 12 months from the date of
issuance with the first payment due on June 14, 2000. The balance due on the
notes was $37,990 as of December 31, 1999. Discussions on the proposed
acquisition have commenced but no definitive terms have been agreed upon.
When the notes were first issued in June 1999, payment of principal and interest
on the notes was due 6 months later with the first note due December 14, 1999.
Re-negotiation of the payment dates took place in November 1999, and the Company
agreed in December 1999 to extend the due date of the principal and interest on
these notes for 12 months with the first note due on June 14, 2000, as noted in
the notes to the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 1999 and
the three months ended March 31, 2000. Therefore, for the period ending March
31, 2000, no payment of principal or interest had been made. The terms of this
receivable were extended but not written down.
In April 2000, the Company entered into negotiations with Fusion for deployment
and installation services for the 500 terminals which the Company planned for
its trials with merchants in order to prove its revenue concept as explained
further under Item 2 below. The Company requested Fusion to estimate the cost
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for the deployment and installation of 500 terminals. Fusion replied that they
would undertake these services in exchange for converting the principal and
interest on the promissory notes and that this would be a fixed cost contract.
Since the Company had made its own estimate for the cost of these services to be
$72.50, the Company agreed to convert the notes as an advance pursuant to a
Contract for Deployment and Installation which was signed on May 1, 2000. By
converting the note payable to cover the cost of deployment and installation,
the cost per unit was $74 (which amount is included in general and
administrative expenses in the Company's Statements of Operations). The Company,
however, elected to write off the interest of $990 that had accumulated at the
period ending December 31, 1999.
Fusion has agreed to deploy, install, and train the merchants who have been
selected to participate in the first trials of the Company's terminals. Further,
the Company agreed to convert the principal of the loan payment of $37,000 into
an advance payment for the services connected with the placement of 500
terminals.
The Company does not expect to generate a positive internal cash flow for at
least the next nine months due to expected increase in spending for salaries and
the expected costs of marketing and sales activities.
Property and equipment was valued at $134,788 for the period ending March 31,
2000 and this represents an increase of $9,788 for purchases of additional molds
used the manufacturing of its products in Taiwan. The molds have a useful life
of 3 years and are depreciated on a straight-line basis.
The Company currently has limited internal and external sources of liquidity.
At this time the Company has no material commitment for capital expenditures.
There are no known trends, events or uncertainties that are expected to have a
material impact on the net sales and income from operations once the Company
conducts its first trials with merchants. The industry and the needs of the
market are well established. The Company believes that it will serve a niche
market with its products and services that has yet to be served adequately. The
Company's business is not subject to seasonal aspects.
The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on August 7,1997 and
acquired the rights to a patent that allowed the Company to develop a simple,
portable electronic terminal that could be used by mobile merchants and in-home
salespersons. The Company anticipates that it can generate revenues from sales
of the terminals and from charges collected from each transaction. As of
December 31,1999, no revenues have been generated from sales but management
anticipates sales to commence in 2000 after real-time trials are performed with
a select group of merchants and in-home salespersons.
The Company was started by Messrs. Daniel Charboneau, the Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer, and John Wu, Director and owner of Advance Data
Information, Ltd, a Taiwan based research and development company. Messrs.
Charboneau and Wu have paid certain expenses on behalf of the Company from
personal funds and from Mr. Wu's business. Also, The Company borrowed a total of
$45,344 from related parties to fund its initial operations with a remaining
balance of $26,586. (See Note 11 of the Financial Statements.) No amount over
$60,000 has been borrowed from any related party.
For the period from inception through December 31, 1998, the Company's capital,
raised from the sale of its common shares, totaled $84,985 of which $75,357 was
used for working capital, legal and accounting expenses, and registering a
domain name on the Internet. The cash balance at the end of this period was
$9,628.
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From January 1999 to April 1999, the Company raised additional seed capital for
a total of $82,765, and then, during the remainder of 1999, the Company raised
$621,455 through a private placement of its common stock under exemption
provided by Rule 504 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Finally, another $133,050 was raised through the sale of shares
pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proceeds
were used to manufacture a starting inventory of terminals, marketing and sales
activities, technical and engineering services, and working capital. The Company
used these funds to register a web site located at www. fonecash.com. The
Company has engaged Computer Solutions, located in North Carolina, to construct
the web site encompassing products and services of the Company, as well as
investor relations. The total capital raised from inception in 1997 until March
31, 2000 was $922,255.
The Company's plan of operation for the next twelve months is as follows:
The Company plans to market its credit card processing service to merchants who
are not able to get a bank to sponsor them as VISA/Mastercard merchants because
they are too new, or low volume merchants who have sponsoring banks, but have no
electronic terminal because of their resistance to the high prices for terminals
and payment processing services associated with the leasing or purchase of these
devices, and in-home salespersons who believe they can increase sales if they
have a device for taking credit and debit cards.
The Company will seek to add other low volume merchants who are customers of
domestic banks and negotiate orders for installation of terminals with these
merchants. In addition, the Company will seek to negotiate with existing in-home
sales organizations such as Amway, Mary Kay, Avon, insurance companies and home
health care providers for distribution and sales among their member distributors
and sales force.
The purpose of these trials is not to prove that the terminals are capable of
performing the task to which the Company will put them because these terminals
are being made under U.S. patent issued in 1987 which has been proven in the
general market. Any domestic telephone that accepts credit cards in payments for
calls uses the electrical circuitry that is represented by this patent. The
purpose of the field trials that the Company intends to perform is related to
proving that the merchants will find the Company's terminals easy to use. The
trials are scheduled with certain participants, including Amway distributors,
insurance agents, low volume merchants who are customers of Nationsbank and
Wells Fargo and in-home health care providers. The trials will be conducted for
approximately 30 days, after which, costs and profits will be calculated and
satisfaction of the using merchant will be collected and used for promotional
purposes.
In order to implement its growth plans, including the trials referred to above,
through the end of June 30, 2000, the Company must raise $500,000. After these
trials have been completed successfully, the Company anticipates that it will
obtain orders for its product and services which are then able to be financed
through traditional methods such as Purchase Order financing, Account Receivable
financing, or Letters of Acceptance.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
The Company owns no property. The Company's principal office is located at 90
Park Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, New York 10016 and consist of 600 square feet
of space at a cost of $600 to $800 a month, depending on the level of
secretarial services that are used. The Company leases an additional location of
approximately 1200 square feet at 475 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains, New York
where it houses computers and inventory on a two year basis with an option to
renew for another two years. The monthly rental is $1,850.
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EMPLOYEES
The Company employs three full time employees in the United States, three
employees in Shanghai, China and 14 engineers in Kaoshiung, Taiwan who are
engaged in development of the Company's products as well as its software and
operating system.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are not currently nor have ever been a party to any legal proceedings.
MANAGEMENT
Directors and Executive Officers
The directors and officers of the Company are listed below with information
about their respective backgrounds.
NAME AGE POSITION
Daniel E. Charboneau 69 CEO/Chairman/President
John Jiann-Shong Wu 47 Director
Daniel S. MacDonald 64 Director
David Cheung(1) 44 Director, Vice President Marketing
Michael Wong(2) 35 Director, Vice President/CFO
Yuan L. Jeang 34 Vice President/Engineering
(1) Mr. Cheung was appointed as a member of the Company's Board of Directors on
March 30, 2000.
(2) Mr. Wong was appointed as a member of the Company's Board of Directors on
March 30, 2000.
Mr. Charboneau has a five year employment contracts starting in August, 1997 and
Dr. Wu a five year contract starting from July 1, 1999. The Company retains the
services of its vice-presidents as consultants on an as needed basis and does
not pay them a regular salary.
All current directors were appointed to their office in February 2000, and will
hold office until the next annual stockholders' meeting and until their
successors have been elected or qualified or until their death, resignation,
retirement, removal, or disqualification. Vacancies on the board will be filled
by a majority vote of the remaining directors. Officers of the Company serve at
the discretion of the Board of Directors.
None of the directors holds other directorships in other reporting companies.
The Company's management comprises:
DANIEL E. CHARBONEAU, CEO/President/Chairman of the Board:
Mr. Charboneau is an experienced management executive with over twenty years of
accomplishments in the area of marketing, sales, organizational development,
manufacturing and profit-center responsibilities. He has worked with several
multi-national companies, including Bechtel International where he was
Organization Development Consultant from 1974 to 1980, and with 3M in Asia from
1980 to 1984. From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Charboneau operated as a consultant to U.S.
and European businesses who were interested in investment in Asia. In 1987, in a
joint venture with A&H, a jewelry maker in Rhode Island, Mr. Charboneau
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established a manufacturing plant in Taiwan whose products were exported
worldwide. In addition to his duties on the Board of Directors, Mr. Charboneau
directs the development of technologies, products, markets and manages business
relations with Asian suppliers.
JOHN JIANN-SHONG WU, Director/Co-founder:
Born in China, Dr. Wu became an American citizen in 1978 and lives with his
family in San Jose, California when he is not in Taiwan. Educated in Taiwan, Dr.
Wu received His Master Degree in Computer Science from Florida Institute of
Technology and his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Leland Stanford
Junior University. From 1975 to 1982 he was a Researcher with Taiwan National
Science, and from 1982 to 1988 a Senior Engineer and Project Manager with
General Electric Company in Singapore. From 1989 to 1990, he was a Project
Manager with Digital Equipment Corporation and from 1990 to 1991 he was Senior
Consulting Engineer with Hewlett Packard. Dr. Wu has designed many products,
both hardware and software, and founded his R&D facility to promote better
design of electrical and telephonic products. From 1991 to 1996, Dr. Wu was
co-founder and Vice President of V-Star Electronics, then, from 1997 until
present, Dr. Wu started his own advanced laboratory, Advance Data Information
and became a co-founder in FoneCash.
DANIEL S. MACDONALD, Director
Mr. MacDonald has 22 years of experience in the mutual fund industry and is a
Certified Financial Planner and holds licenses in real estate, insurance and
securities. He has resided in Japan for from 1962 to 1972 as International
Liaison for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce; he speaks Japanese fluently. From
1972 to 1986, he serves in various capacities with Oppenheimer Management
Corporation, first in San Francisco as Regional Sales Manager and ending in New
York as Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager. In 1989, Mr. MacDonald
started MDIC, Inc. in Bronxville, New York, and for the last 11 years until
present, remains as owner and manager of this financial services corporation
specializing in mutual funds.
MICHAEL WONG, 35, was appointed Director and Chief Financial Officer on March
30,2000. Born in Malaysia in 1965, he grew up in Singapore. Mr. Wong is a
financial management professional, who received his higher education in Great
Britain and received his BA in Accounting and Finance in 1991. Upon returning to
Singapore, he joined Price Waterhouse as a tax accountant. Four year later, he
joined American International Group, assisting in the business and product
development. Subsequently, he had the opportunity to venture into the China
market where he was involved in business development and infrastructure work. In
1999, he was involved in corporate restructuring for a chemical company in China
and gradually became interested in environmental and telecommunication sectors.
DAVID CHEUNG, 34 was appointed Director & Vice President of Corporate Marketing
on March 30, 2000. After finishing his higher education in Great Britain and
receiving his MBA in Finance from Lancaster International Business School of
Lancaster University, he joined a subsidiary of Costain Construction as a member
of its business development team, specializing in the hospitality sector. After
returning to Hong Kong, he was involved in several major infrastructures
projects, such as hotels, power plants, roads and bridges, as well as heading up
a consultancy team for re-marketing of French clothing manufacturer in China.
Mr. Cheung joined the Emperor Group in 1998 to lead and implement the strategic
business management turn around of the Group's hotel and newspaper divisions.
Once back in China, he became a consultant to companies in the fine chemical
processing, the Internet and the telecommunications sectors.
YUAN LONG JEANG, age 44, Vice President of R&D, holds a Ph.D in Electrical
Engineering, from Chen Kung University, Taiwan. Mr. Jeang was Professor and
Chief of Image Processing Research Laboratory of the Kaohsiung Technical
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University for 10 years. Mr.Jeang was Chief Designer for Taiwan Films Limited
where he managed all technical aspects of computer generated effects, composit
design, 3D production and computer generated graphics. For the past five years,
he has worked closely with Dr. Wu designing algorithms for video and data
compression, and has developed standards for cellular phone authentication and
encryption.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
On August 7,1997, the Company entered into an employment agreement with its
chairman and majority shareholder, Mr. Charboneau. Under the terms of this five
year agreement, Mr. Charboneau shall receive a salary of $120,000 per year. Mr.
Charboneau has never been paid this salary and has elected not to accrue this
back pay as a liability on the Company's books. The Company may terminate the
agreement for cause with notice. Disability for up to two years at 100% of
yearly salary is provided, and should Mr. Charboneau die during the term of
employment, the Company shall pay his estate $250,000. The Company pays for a
keyman life insurance of $2 million, $1 million with The Travelers Group for
term life policy, and $1 million with Nationwide Insurance Company for a
variable life policy. The Company is beneficiary in case of the death of Mr.
Charboneau.
Mr Wu's contract of employment is essentially the same as the one for Mr.
Charboneau, regarding benefits, but his annual salary is $105,000.
Currently, the other officers or key personnel receive no compensation, provide
services to the Company on an ad hoc basis and are paid as consultants. If the
Company becomes profitable and produces commensurate cash flow from operations,
then the Company's Board of Directors will decide the level of full-time
employment, compensation and the timing for the commencement of their full-time
involvement.
The Company currently has no employee stock option, annuity, or pension plans in
place although the Company does intent to provide these benefits at some future
date if it can establish sales and positive cash flow.
Directors do not currently receive any cash compensation.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
There were no transaction between Fonecash, Inc. and related parties for the
period of the past two years.
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table describes, as of the date of this prospectus, the
beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by persons known to us to own more than
5% of such stock and the ownership of Common Stock by our directors, and by all
officers and directors as a group.
Name & Address of Amount Shares % of Class
Beneficial Owner Beneficially Owned Owned
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Daniel E. Charboneau 4,046,387 20.0%
215 Central Park Ave.
Hartsdale, NY 10530
John Jiann-Shong Wu 2,000,000 10.0%
21 Street, 6 Fl,
No. 211
Chung-Cheng 4 Road
Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Total Shares of Officers
and Directors as a Group (2 persons) 6,046,387 30.0%
OFFERING BY SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS
The following tables set forth certain information concerning each of
the selling security holders. The shares are being registered to permit the
selling security holders and their transferees or other successors in interest
to offer the shares from time to time
Selling security holders are under no obligation to sell all or any
portion of their shares. Particular selling shareholders may not have a present
intention of selling their shares and may sell less than the number of shares
indicated. The following table assumes that the selling shareholders will sell
all of their shares.
None of the Selling Shareholders were or are officers or directors of Fonecash,
Inc. or are broker-dealers or affiliates of broker-dealers. Except National
Capital Merchants Group, Ltd which is an affiliate of National Capital
Companies, which is the parent of National Capital Merchants Group, an
investment banking company and American Investment Services, Inc., which is a
broker/dealer.
Number of Shares Percentage Number of Shares Percentage of
of Common Stock Of Beneficial Owned After Beneficial
Prior to Offering Ownership Exercise of Warrants After Exercise
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Michael S. Krome, P.C. 250,000 1.3 -- 1.3
Stockgroup Information Systems, Inc (1) 493,200 2.5 -- 2.5
Charlotte B. Given 320,000 1.6 -- 1.6
James E. Czekner 100,000 * -- *
Julie Thompson 200,000 1.1 -- 1.1
Sharline Gordon 100,000 * -- *
Ken G. Upton 62,530 * -- *
Joseph B. LaRocco 100,000 * -- *
Action Stock, Inc (2) 500,000 2.6 -- 2.6
Penny King Holdings Corporation (3) 1,312,500 0.7 1,312,500 13
National Capital Merchants Group, Ltd (4) 1,312,500 0.7 1,312,500 13
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Totals: 4,775,730 2,625,000
(*) less than 1% of the issued and outstanding shares
(1) For purposes of control, Marcus New, is the control person of Stockgroup
Information Systems, Inc.
(2) For purposes of control, Brent Fouch, is the control person of Action
Stock, Inc.
(3) For purposes of control, Gabor Sandor Aes, is the control person for Penny
King Holdings Corporation.
(4) For purposes of control, Darrel Uselton, is the control person for National
Capital Merchants Group, Ltd.
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Shares Eligible For Future Sale
As of the date of the filing Fonecash, Inc. has 19,900,000 outstanding
shares of Common Stock. The remaining approximately 12,624,270 shares of common
stock which are not being registered hereby, are "restricted securities" as
defined under Rule 144, substantially all of which are available for sale in the
public market, subject to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
or pursuant to this Registration Statement. None of the restricted securities
will be eligible for resale until July 2002.
In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person or persons
whose shares are aggregated, including an Affiliate, who has beneficially owned
Restricted Shares for at least one year is entitled to sell, within any
three-month period, a number of such shares that does not exceed the greater of:
(i) One percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; or
(ii) The average weekly trading volume in the Common Stock during the
four calendar weeks preceding the date on which notice of such sale is filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to certain manner of sale
provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public
information about Fonecash, Inc. In addition, a person who is not an Affiliate
and has not been an Affiliate for at least three months prior to the sale and
who has beneficially owned Restricted Shares for at least two years may resell
such shares without regard to the requirements described above. Fonecash, Inc.
is unable to estimate the number of Restricted Shares that ultimately will be
sold under Rule 144 because the number of shares will depend in part on the
market price for the Common Stock, the personal circumstances of the sellers and
other factors. See "Risk Factors--Shares Eligible for Future Sale" and "Risk
Factors--Possible Volatility of Stock Price."
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The following is a summary description of our capital stock and certain
provisions of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws, copies of which have
been incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of
which this prospectus forms a part.
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 20,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $.0001 per share.
Common Stock
The holders of the common stock are entitled to one vote for each share
held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Our
certificate of incorporation and by-laws do not provide for cumulative voting
rights in the election of directors. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the
shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors may elect
all of the directors standing for election. Holders of common stock are entitled
to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by the Board out of funds
legally available therefore. In the event of our liquidation or dissolution,
holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in the assets remaining
after payment of liabilities. Holders of common stock have no preemptive,
conversion or redemption rights. All of the outstanding shares of common stock
are fully-paid and non-assessable.
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Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of no par value
preferred stock. No shares were issued and outstanding as of December 17, 2000.
Each share of preferred stock is entitled to dividends when, and if, declared by
the Board of Directors. There are currently no voting, conversion and
liquidation rights, nor redemption or sinking fund provisions for the preferred
stock.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The shares may be sold or distributed from time to time by the selling
stockholders or by pledgees, donees or transferees of, or successors in interest
to, the selling stockholders, directly to one or more purchasers (including
pledgees) or through brokers, dealers or underwriters who may act solely as
agents or may acquire shares as principals, at market prices prevailing at the
time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, at negotiated
prices or at fixed prices, which may be changed. The distribution of the shares
may be effected in one or more of the following methods:
o ordinary brokers transactions, which may include long or short sales,
o transactions involving cross or block trades on any securities or market
where our common stock is trading,
o purchases by brokers, dealers or underwriters as principal and resale by
such purchasers for their own accounts pursuant to this prospectus,
o "at the market" to or through market makers or into an existing market for
the common stock,
o in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets,
including direct sales to purchasers or sales effected through agents,
o through transactions in options, swaps or other derivatives (whether
exchange listed or otherwise), or
o any combination of the foregoing, or by any other legally available means.
Brokers, dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the
distribution of the shares may receive compensation in the form of discounts,
concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders and/or the purchasers
of shares for whom such broker-dealers may act as agent or to whom they may sell
as principal, or both (which compensation as to a particular broker-dealer may
be in excess of customary commissions). The selling stockholders and any
broker-dealers acting in connection with the sale of the shares hereunder may be
deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities
Act of 1933, and any commissions received by them and any profit realized by
them on the resale of shares as principals may be deemed underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act of 1933. Neither the selling stockholders
nor we can presently estimate the amount of such compensation. We know of no
existing arrangements between the selling stockholders and any other
stockholder, broker, dealer, underwriter or agent relating to the sale or
distribution of the shares. Because the selling stockholders may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act of
1933, the selling stockholders will be subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. Each selling stockholder has advised
us that the stockholder has not yet entered into any agreements, understandings
or arrangements with any underwriters or broker-dealers regarding the sale of
the shares.
At the time a particular offer is made by or on the behalf of the selling
security holders, a prospectus, including any necessary supplement thereto, will
be distributed which will set forth the number of shares of common stock, and
the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any underwriters,
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dealers, or agents, the purchase price paid by any underwriter for the shares
purchased from the selling security holders, any discounts, commissions and
other items constituting compensation from the selling security holders, any
discounts, commissions, or concessions allowed, re-allowed, or paid to dealers,
and the proposed selling price to the public.
We have informed the selling stockholders that certain
anti-manipulative rules contained in Regulation M under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 may apply to their sales in the market and have furnished the
selling stockholders with a copy of such rules and have informed them of the
need for delivery of copies of this prospectus.
The selling stockholders may also use Rule 144 under the Securities Act
of 1933 to sell the shares if they meet the criteria and conform to the
requirements of such rule.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Fonecash, Inc. has been served with a Summons and Complaint from Fleet
National Bank in an action commented in the Supreme Court of the State of New
York, County of New York entitled, Fleet National Bank v. Fonecash, Inc.,
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Jean-Paul Charboneau, Individually and Jiann-Shong Wu, Individually. The action
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is for the failure to pay the monthly payments of a Line of Credit with Fleet
National Bank. The Company believes that the action was brought in the wrong
venue, and has made a demand for the venue to be changed to the County of
Westchester. It is still waiting for a response to that demand. The Company
intends to defend the action and believes that it will be resolved in a manner
that does not materially impact the Company.
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the small business issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the small business issuer has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. The Company's Certificate
of Incorporation provides that no director of the Company shall be personally
liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director except as limited by Delaware law. The Company's
Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify to the full extent authorized by
law each of its directors and officers against expenses incurred in connection
with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
agent of the corporation.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities may be invoked to disclaim liability
for damages arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act of 1934, (collectively, the "Acts") as amended, it is the
position of the Securities and Exchange Commission that such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Acts and are therefore, unenforceable.
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DELAWARE ANTI-TAKEOVER LAW AND OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAW
PROVISIONS
Provisions of Delaware law and our Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws could make more difficult our acquisition by a third party and the
removal of our incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized
below, are expected to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate
takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of the Company
to first negotiate with us. We believe that the benefits of increased protection
of our ability to negotiate with proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited
acquisition proposal outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals
because, among other things, negotiation could result in an improvement of their
terms.
We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which
regulates corporate acquisitions. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly
held Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with an
"interested stockholder" for a period of three years following the date the
person became an interested stockholder, unless:
The Board of Directors approved the transaction in which such
stockholder became an interested stockholder prior to the date the
interested stockholder attained such status;
Upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the
stockholder's becoming an interested stockholder, he or she owned at
least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the
time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by persons who
are directors and also officers; or
On or subsequent to such date the business combination is
approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or
special meeting of stockholders.
A "business combination" generally includes a merger, asset or stock
sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested
stockholder. In general, an "interested stockholder" is a person who, together
with affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years prior to the
determination of interested stockholder status, did own, 15% or more of the
corporation's voting stock.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Upon effectiveness of this registration statement we will commence
filing reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any report, proxy statement or other
information we file with the Commission at the Public Reference Room at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at
1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, we will file electronic versions of these documents
on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval, or EDGAR,
System. The Commission maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov that contains
reports, proxy statements and other information filed with the Commission.
We have filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 with the Commission to
register shares of our common stock issued and issuable upon exercise of
warrants to be sold by the selling stockholders. This prospectus is part of that
registration statement and, as permitted by the Commission's rules, does not
contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. For
further information with respect to us, or our common stock, you may refer to
the registration statement and to the exhibits and schedules filed as part of
the registration statement. You can review a copy of the registration statement
and its exhibits and schedules at the public reference room maintained by the
Commission, and on the Commission's web site, as described above. You should
note that statements contained in this prospectus that refer to the contents of
any contract or other document are not necessarily complete. Such statements are
qualified by reference to the copy of such contract or other document filed as
an exhibit to the registration statement.
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TRANSFER AGENT
The Company's transfer agent is Manhattan Transfer Registrar Co., 58 Dorchester
Road, Lake Ronkonkoma, New York 11779, (516) 585-7341.
INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
None of the experts named herein was or is a promoter, underwriter,
voting trustee, director, officer or employee of Fonecash, Inc. except for
Michael S. Krome, P.C., attorney for Fonecash, Inc., who received 250,000 shares
of Common Stock as part of his legal fees, as detailed in this registration
statement. Further, none of the experts was hired on a contingent basis and none
of the other experts named herein will receive a direct or indirect interest in
Fonecash, Inc., other than Mr. Krome.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the shares of common stock offered in this prospectus
has been passed upon for us by Michael S. Krome, P.C., 8 Teak Court, Lake Grove,
New York 11755, (631) 737-8381.
EXPERTS
Our audited financial statements as of December 31, 2000 have been
included in this prospectus and in the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in reliance upon the report of Stewart
Benjamin, independent certified public accountant, upon his authority as expert
in accounting and auditing. Stewart H. Benjamin, CPA's report on the financial
statements can be found at the end of this prospectus and in the registration
statement.
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STEWART H. BENJAMIN
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, P. C.
27 SHELTER HILL ROAD
PLAINVIEW, NY 11803
TELEPHONE: (516) 933-9781
FACSIMILE: (516) 827-1203
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
----------------------------
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
FoneCash, Inc.
New York, New York
I have audited the accompanying balance sheets of FoneCash, Inc. (a development
stage company) as of December 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999, and the related
statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows, for the year
ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for the period from August 7, 1997
(inception), to December 31, 2000, in accordance with the statements on
Standards for Accounting and Review Service, issued by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. All information included in these financial
statements is the representation of the management of FoneCash, Inc. My
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
my audits.
I conducted my audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that I plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatements. 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.
I believe that my audits provide a reasonable basis for my opinion.
In my opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of FoneCash, Inc. as of December 31,
2000 and 1999, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year and
period then ended and from August 7, 1997 (inception) to December 31, 2000, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ Stewart H. Benjamin
Certified Public Accountant, P.C.
Plainview, New York
February 13, 2001
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FONECASH, INC
(A Development Stage Company)
Balance Sheets
ASSETS
------
September 30 December 30
2000 1999
Current assets:
Cash $ 15,572 $ 208,702
Inventory (Note 1) 80,054 45,143
Prepaid expenses (Note 4) 25,000 25,000
----------- -----------
120,626 278,845
----------- -----------
Property and equipment, net (Note 5) 59,425 83,333
----------- -----------
Other assets:
Organization costs, net (Note 1) 136 190
Patent rights, net (Note 6) 325 4,000
Cash surrender value of life insurance (Note 8) -- 17,732
Deposits 250 250
----------- -----------
3,636 22,172
----------- -----------
$ 183,687 $ 384,350
=========== ===========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 8,184 $ 9,790
Due to an officer/stockholder (Note 10)
20,829 26,586
Note payable (Note 9)
42,492 7,500
----------- -----------
71,5045 43,876
----------- -----------
Stockholders' equity(deficit): (Note 2)
Preferred stock; $.0001 par value; authorized -
5,000,000 shares; issued - none -- --
Common stock; $.0001 par value; authorized -
20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding -
3,836,338 shares 386 383
Additional paid-in capital 1,313,319 1,282,072
Treasury stock, 500 shares at cost (1,500) --
Deficit accumulated during the development stage (1,200,023) (941,981)
----------- -----------
Total stockholders' equity 112,182 340,474
----------- -----------
$ 183,687 $ 384,350
=========== ===========
See accompanying notes and accountant's review report
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FONECASH, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Operations
Aug.7,1997
Nine Nine (Inception)
Months Ended Months Ended to
September 30, September 30, September 30,
2000 1999 2000
----------- ----------- -----------
Cost and expenses
Depreciation $ 33,696 $ 6,250 $ 75,363
Amortization 804 805 1,982
Research and development, related party 24,090 -- 376,996
Officer's compensation 33,529 -- 108,529
Impairment of investment in related party -- -- 50,000
General and administrative 170,487 282,748 592,333
----------- ----------- -----------
262,606 289,803 1,205,203
----------- ----------- -----------
Other Income (expenses)
Interest income 4,564 3,382 5,180
----------- ----------- -----------
Net loss $ (258,042) $ (286,421) $(1,200,023)
=========== =========== ===========
Primary and diluted loss per common share $ (.07) $ (.06) (.40)
=========== =========== ===========
Weighted average common shares outstanding 3,839,116 2,797,484 2,992,660
=========== =========== ===========
See accompanying notes and accountant's review report.
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FONECASH, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Change in Stockholders' Equity
--------------------------------------------
For the Period August 7,1997 (Inception) to September 30, 2000
Deficit
Additional Treasury Stock Accumulated
Common Stock Paid-In -------------------------- from
Share Amount Capital Share Amount Inception
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Balances, August 7,1997 (Inception) $ $ $
Common stock issued for services
and costs advanced, valued at $.0001 2,000,000 200 -- --
per share
Common stock issued for services
Valued at $.15 per share 200,000 20 29,980
Net loss for the period -- -- -- (61,404)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Balances, December 31,1997 2,200,000 220 29,980 (61,404)
Sale of common stock 204,500 20 84,965 --
Net Loss -- -- -- (95,211)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Balances, December 31,1998 2,404,500 240 114,945 (156,615)
Sale of common stock 1,098,505 110 837,160 --
Services contributed by the president of
The Company -- -- 60,000 --
Common stock issued for services
Valued at $.81 per share 333,333 33 269,967
Net loss -- -- (785,366)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Balances, December 31, 1999 3,836,338 383 1,282,072 (941,981)
Sale of common stock 25,000 3 31,247 --
Purchases of treasury stock
500 (1,500)
Net Loss for the period (258,042)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Balances, September 30, 2000 3,861,338 386 1,313,319 500 $ (1,500) $(1,200,023)
=========== =========== =========== =========== =========== =============
See accompanying notes and accountant's review report.
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FONECASH, INC
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Cash Flow
Nine Nine Aug. 7,1997
Months Ended Months Ended (Inception) to
September 30 September 30 September 30
2000 1999 2000
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss $ (258,042) $ (286,421) (1,200,023)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation 33,696 6,250 75,363
Amortization 804 805 1,982
Cash surrender value of life insurance 17,732 (12,297) --
Common stock issued for services -- -- 360,200
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) in inventory (34,911) (15,789) (80,054)
(Increase) in prepaid expenses -- (25,000) (25,000)
(Increase) in utility deposit -- (250) (250)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable (1,606) 5,562 8,184
Increase (decrease) in amounts due to an
officer/stockholder (5,757) (13,074) 20,926
Increase (decrease) in short-term loans -- (5,000) --
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used in operating activities (248,084) (345,214) (838,769)
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Organization costs -- -- (368)
Purchase of property and equipment (9,788) (25,000) (134,788)
Acquisition of patent rights -- (5,000) (5,000)
Increase in notes receivable -- (40,382) --
Investment in related company -- (50,000) --
Deposit -- (271,400) --
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities (9,788) (391,782) (140,156)
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flow from financing activities:
Proceeds from short-term debt 42,500 -- 50,000
Repayment of short term debt (7,508) -- (7,508)
Purchase of treasury stock (1,500) -- (1,500)
Proceeds from sale of common stock (31,250) 727,757 953,505
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by financing activities 64,742 727,757 994,497
----------- ----------- -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash (193,130) (9,239) 15,572
Cash at beginning of year 208,702 9,628 --
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash at end of period $ 15,572 $ 389 $ 15,572
=========== =========== ===========
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Services contributed by the president of the Company $ -- $ -- $ 60,000
Common stock issued for research and development costs $ -- $ -- $ 270,000
Common stock issued for services and costs advanced $ -- $ -- $ 200
=========== =========== ===========
See accompanying notes and accountant's review report.
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FONECASH, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation
The financial statements presented are those of FoneCash, Inc., a development
stage company (the "Company"). The Company was incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware on August 7, 1997. The Company has acquired the rights to
market a patented electronic terminal that is used by retail merchants and
in-home salespersons when payment is made with a credit or debit card. Revenues
will be generated from sales of the terminals and from transaction charges to
banks. No revenues have been earned as of September 30, 2000, but management
anticipates sales to commence in December 2000 after real-time trials are
performed with a select group of merchants and in-home salespersons.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles for interim financial information. In the opinion
of management, such interim statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of
normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position
and the results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented.
The results of operations for these interim periods are not necessarily
indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reporting 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 period. Actual results
could differ from those estimates.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined on a
first-in, first-out basis and market based on the lower of replacement cost or
realizable value.
Property and equipment and depreciation
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation for both financial
reporting and income tax purposes is computed using the straight-line method
over the estimated lives of the assets. Maintenance and repairs are charged to
expense when incurred. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise
disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the
respective accounts and any gain or loss is credited or charged to income.
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Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of organization costs and patent rights. Intangible
assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over five years. Amortization
expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 was $804.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company's receivables due from an officer/stockholder is
not practicable to estimate due to the related party nature of the underlying
transactions and the indefinite payment terms.
Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax
consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates
expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary
differences are expected to reverse. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statement of
operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
Loss Per Common Share
Loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted
average shares outstanding during the period.
Note 2 - Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock
Since the date of inception, the Company has issued 3,861,338 shares of common
stock, which includes 2,000,000 shares that were issued to officers and
directors of the Company for services and costs advanced, valued at $.0001 per
share, 200,000 shares that were valued at $.15 per share, and 333,333 shares
that were valued at $.81 per share. In 1999 the president of the Company
contributed services to the Company valued at $60,000, as reflected in the
statements of stockholders' equity and statements of operations (in addition to
$31,000 received in cash).
Treasury Stock
On August 7, 2000, the Company purchased 500 shares of its common stock for
$1,500.
Dividends may be paid on outstanding shares as declared by the Board of
Directors from time to time. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote.
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Preferred Stock
No shares of the Company's no par value preferred stock have been issued or are
outstanding. Dividends, voting rights and other terms, rights and preferences of
the preferred shares have not been designated but may be designated by the Board
of Directors from time to time.
Note 3 - Income Taxes
There is no provision for income taxes since the Company has incurred net
operating losses. At September 30, 2000, the Company has net operating loss
carry forwards of $1,138,757, which may be available to offset future taxable
income through 2020. A deferred tax asset has not been recorded for the net
operating loss carryforwards due to uncertainties as to the ultimate realization
of the deferred tax asset.
Note 4 - Prepaid Expenses
Prepaid expenses consists of a payment of $25,000 on April 29,1999 for the cost
of printing brochures containing product and company information. The printing
costs will be charged to income as the brochures are distributed. No brochures
have been distributed as of September 30, 2000.
Note 5-- Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist entirely of a production mold purchased during
the year ended December 31, 1999 for $125,000. The Company purchased additional
molds in the amount of $9,788 during the nine months ended September 30, 2000.
The molds have an estimated useful life of 3 years and are depreciated using the
straight-line method. Depreciation expense was $33,696 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2000.
Note 6-- Patent Rights
On November 1, 1997 the Company entered into a license agreement with Thomas J.
Ulrich. Under this agreement the Company will acquire an exclusive license under
the licensor's patent rights for U.S. patent number 4,803,719, pertaining to
telephone line powered applications, for the primary purpose of utilizing the
licensor's invention through sales of products and services. The Company is
required to make payments of $30,000 for a non-refundable license execution fee
based upon capital funding, and for royalties based upon gross sales of all
licensed products sold. As of September 30, 2000 a license execution fee of
$5,000 was capitalized and is being amortized over the remaining life of the
patent of 5 years. The balance of the license execution fee of $25,000 is due
upon funding of an Initial Public Offering or other financing exceeding
$500,000. The agreement also provides for a royalty of 3% of the gross sales of
all licensed products and an annual minimum fee of $10,000 in 2000 and $20,000
for each year thereafter. In addition, minimum sales revenues of $500,000 for
the year 2000 to a total of $2 million in sales after the year 2003 and
thereafter were agreed to.
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Note 7 - Long -Lived Assets
The Company accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 121, Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to be Disposed Of.
This statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable
intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstance indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a
comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected
to be generated by an asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the
impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying
amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the of the assets. Assets to be
disposed of are reported at the lower of carry amount or fair value less costs
to sell.
Note 8-- Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance
The variable universal life insurance policy carried on the life of the
president of the Company has a cash value of $0 on September 30, 2000. There
were no borrowings against the cash surrender value.
Note 9--- Note Payable
The Company has a bank line of credit with Fleet Bank, N.A. that provides
short-term borrowings up to $50,000. Interest on advances is payable monthly at
two and three quarters of one percent (2.75%) over the prime rate. The note
payable to the bank is uncollateralized and is personally guaranteed by the
officers of the Company. There is an outstanding balance on the bank line of
credit of $42,492 as of September 30, 2000
Note 10 - Related Party Transactions
The Company was indebted to an officer/stockholder for expenses advanced on
behalf of the Company, in the amount of $20,829 at September 30, 2000. There are
no specific terms for repayment.
In 1999 the president of the Company contributed services to the Company valued
at $60,000, as reflected in the statements of stockholders' equity and
statements of operations (in addition to $31,000 received in cash).
The Company leases its executive offices and storage facilities from the
president of the Company under a month-to-month operating lease. Rent expenses
was $15,973 for the nine months ended September 30, 2000, $17,373 for the year
ended December 31, 1999, and $32,485 for the periods prior to 1999.
The Company utilizes Advance Data Information Corporation ("ADI"), a Taiwan
corporation owned by a director/shareholder of the Company, as its research and
development laboratory. Research and development expenses under this arrangement
totaling $24,090 charged to operations during the nine months ended September
30, 2000.
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The Company purchased 1,000,000 shares representing an 8% interest in
Tradeandswap.com, Inc. ("Trade and Swap") for $50,000. A consultant of the
Company is a shareholder and principal officer of Trade and Swap.
Tradeandswap.com, Inc. is a privately-held corporation that facilitates barter
and trade swaps for individuals and businesses over a proprietary Internet web
site. The investment in Trade and Swap is carried at cost, as there is no
readily available market for these shares. If an other-than-temporary impairment
resulting from a decline in fair value in the investment shall be considered to
have occurred, the cost basis shall be written down to fair value as a new cost
basis and the amount of the write-down shall be included in earnings as a
realized loss. During the year ended December 31, 1999, the Company has written
its investment in Trade and Swap down to zero since no future benefit can be
determined as Trade and Swap operates in a volatile industry and has no proven
record of success. An impairment loss $50,000 has been reported in the Statement
of Operations.
Note 11 Consulting Agreements
On February 4, 1998 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with East
Coast Entertainment, Inc. ("ECE") requiring payments of $50,000 per year in
monthly installments once the Company attains gross revenues of $300,000.ECE
will be assigned administrative duties including, but not limited to, publicity,
advertising, public relations, investors relations programs, news releases,
hiring of all necessary outside contractors for any specialized projects,
printing and development of the Company's annual reports, preparation of any
design, print or art work, camera ready art, distribution of reports and
corporate releases to State and Federal securities agencies. ECE is entitled to
$100,000 annually once the Company achieves $500,000 in gross revenues. ECE is
entitled to participate in the Company's stock option plans and group health
plans pursuant to the same terms that apply to all senior key executives and
other employees of the Company. The agreement is renewable annually for a period
of ten years. No expenses have been recognized under this arrangement for the
nine months ended September 30, 2000.
The Company entered into another consulting agreement with Advance Data
Information Corporation ("ADI"), a Taiwan corporation owned by Dr. Wu, a
director/stockholder of the Company, in which ADI will act as the research and
development laboratory for the Company. The Company shall have exclusive
ownership rights to any and all products that are developed as a result of this
agreement. The Company has issued 200,000 shares of its common stock to Dr. Wu
in August 1997, valued at $.15 per share, and 333,333 shares in June 1999,
valued at $.81 per share for services rendered.
Note 12-Contract for Deployment and Installation Services
Pursuant to a letter of intent dated June 5, 1999 between the Company and Fusion
Capital Corp. ("Fusion"), a Florida corporation, the Company agreed to purchase
a majority of the common stock of Fusion. The Company simultaneously issued a
loan to Fusion of $37,000 to be granted in 10 installments of $3,700 from June
14, 1999 through August 16, 1999. Ten separate promissory notes of $3,700 were
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executed, each providing for interest at a rate of 6%, and each of the ten notes
payable within 12 months from the date of issuance with the first payment due on
June 14, 2000. The balance due on the notes of $37,990 as of December 31, 1999
includes accrued interest of $990. Discussions of the proposed acquisition have
commenced, but no definitive terms have been agreed upon.
When the notes were first issued in June,1999, payment of principal and interest
on the notes was due six months later with the first note due December
14,1999.Re-negotaition of the payment dates took place in November 1999, and the
Company agreed in December 1999 to extend the due date of the principal and
interest on these notes for 12 months with the first note due on June 14, 2000.
Therefore, for the period ending March 31, 2000, no payment of the principal or
interest had been made. The terms of this receivable were extended but nor
written down.
In April 2000, the Company entered into negotiations with Fusion for deployment
and installation services for the 500 terminals which the Company planned for
its trials with merchants in order to prove its revenue concept. The Company
requested Fusion to estimate the cost for the deployment and installation of 500
terminals. Fusion replied that it would undertake these services in exchange for
converting the principal and interest on the promissory note and that would be a
fixed cost contract. Since the Company has made its own estimate for the cost of
these services to $72.50, the Company agreed to convert the notes from a loan to
an advance pursuant to a contract for Deployment and Installation which was
signed on May 1, 2000. By converting the note payable to cover the cost of
deployment and installation, the cost per unit was $74.00 (which amount is
included in general and administrative expenses in the Statement of Operations.)
The Company, however, elected to write off the interest of $990 that had
accumulated at the period ending December 31, 1999
Note 13 - Planned Acquisition
On June 19, 2000, the Company signed a letter of intent to acquire 50% of the
stock of Fonecash.com Ltd. ("FoneCash Hong Kong"), a newly created Hong Kong
company. Under the terms of the letter of intent, in exchange for its ownership
interest, the Company will grant to FoneCash Hong Kong, an exclusive license in
the Company's proprietary technology, referred to as the "FoneCash Terminal".
The transaction is subject to carious terms and condition, including the
execution of a definitive acquisition agreement, complete of due diligence and
shareholder approval.
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FONECASH, INC
(A Development Stage Company)
Balance Sheets
ASSETS
------
September 30 December 31
2001 2000
Current assets:
Cash $ 2,298 $ 1,822
Accounts receivable 15,660 --
Inventory 201,476 35,000
Prepaid expenses 25,000 25,000
----------- -----------
244,434 61,822
----------- -----------
Property and equipment, net 67,010 103,700
----------- -----------
Other assets:
Patent rights, net 2,500 3,000
Other 80 116
----------- -----------
2,580 3,116
----------- -----------
$ 314,024 $ 168,638
=========== ===========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
----------------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 168,263 $ 83,513
Due to an officer/stockholder 140,391 683
Note payable 122,951 122,953
431,605 207,149
Stockholders' equity(deficit): (Note 2)
Preferred stock; $.0001 par value; authorized -
5,000,000 shares; issued - none -- --
Common stock; $.0001 par value; authorized -
20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding -
6,651,372 shares in 2001 and 5,951,372 in 2000 904 595
Additional paid-in capital 2,647,434 1,801,743
Treasury stock, 500 shares at cost (1,500) (1,500)
Deficit accumulated during the development stage (2,764,419) (1,839,349)
----------- -----------
Total stockholders' equity (117,581) (38,511)
----------- -----------
$ 314,024 $ 168,638
=========== ============
See accompanying notes and accountant's review report
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FONECASH, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Operation
Nine Nine Aug 7 1997
Months Ended Months Ended (Inception) to
September 30, September 30, September 30,
2001 2000 2001
----------- ----------- -----------
Revenue:
Sales $ 15,660 -- $ 15,660
Cost of sales 8,524 -- 8,524
----------- ----------- -----------
Gross profit 7,136 -- 7,136
Interest Income 7 4,154 5,200
----------- ----------- -----------
Total revenue 7,143 4,154 12,336
----------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- -----------
Cost and expenses
Depreciation $ 36,690 $ 22,464 $ 153,615
Amortization 537 536 2,789
Research and development, related party 9,700 24,090 383,756
Officer's compensation 1,200 28,129 271,429
Impairment of investment in related party 50,000
Impairment of investment in subsidiaries 450,000 450,000
General and administrative 434,086 115,734 1,465,166
----------- ----------- -----------
932,213 190,953 2,776,755
----------- ----------- -----------
Net loss $ (925,070) $ (186,799) $(2,764,419)
=========== =========== ===========
Basic and diluted loss per common share $ (.13) $ (.05) $ (.70)
=========== =========== ===========
Weighted average common shares outstanding $ 6,919,720 $ 3,836,338 $ 3,953,276
=========== =========== ===========
See accompanying notes and accountant's review report
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FONECASH, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Change in Stockholders' Equity
For the period August 7,1997 (Inception) to September 30, 2001
Deficit
Additional Treasury Stock Accumulated
Common Stock Paid-In -------------------------- from
Share Amount Capital Share Amount Inception
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balances, August 7,1997 (Inception) $ $
Common stock issued for services
And costs advanced, valued at $.0001
Per share 2,000,000 200 -- --
Common stock issued for services
Valued at $.15 per share 200,000 20 29,980
Net loss for the period -- -- -- (61,404)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Balances, December 31,1997 2,200,000 220 29,980 (61,404)
Sale of common stock ($.4156 per share) 204,500 20 84,965 --
Net Loss -- -- -- (95,211)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Balances, December 31,1998 2,404,500 240 114,945 (156,615)
Sale of common stock($.7622 per share) 1,098,505 110 837,160 --
Capital contributed for services -- -- 60,000 --
Common stock issued for services
Valued at $.81 per share 333,333 33 269,967
Net loss -- -- (785,366)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Balances, December 31, 1999 3,836,338 383 1,282,072 (941,981)
Sale of common stock ($1.25 per share) 25,000 3 31,247
Common stock issued for services
valued at $.5312 per share 623,367 62 331,071
Purchase of treasury stock 500 (1,500)
Net Loss for the period (897,368)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Balances, December 31,2000 5,951,372 595 1,801,743 500 (1,500) (1,839,349)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Common stock issued for services
valued at $.38 per share 700,000 70 265,930
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Sale of common stock($.035 per share) 287,976 29 9,971
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Common stock issued for services,
valued at $.10 per share 1,200,000 120 119,880
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Common stock issued in acquisition
of subsidiaries, valued at $.50/share 900,000 90 449,910
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Net loss for the period (925,070)
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Balances, September 30, 2001 9,039,348 $ 904 $ 2,647,434 500 $ (1,500) $(2,764,419)
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See accompanying notes and accountant's review report.
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FONECASH, INC
(A Development Stage Company)
Statements of Cash Flow
Nine Nine Aug. 7,1997
Months Ended Months Ended (Inception) to
September 30, September 30, September 30,
2001 2000 2001
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Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss $ (925,070) $ (186,799) $(2,764,419)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation 36,690 22,464 153,615
Amortization 537 536 2,789
Cash surrender value of life insurance -- 6,838 --
Common stock issued for services 386,000 -- 1,234,833
Common stock issued in acquisition of subsidiaries 450,000 -- 450,000
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase in accounts receivable (15,660) -- (15,660)
(Increase) in inventory (166,476) (28,311) (201,476)
(Increase) in prepaid expenses -- (25,000)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 84,750 (1,306) 168,263
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Net cash used in operating activities (149,229) (186,578) (997,055)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Organization costs -- -- (368)
Purchase of property and equipment -- (9,788) (220,625)
Acquisition of patent rights -- -- (5,000)
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Net cash used in investing activities -- (9,788) (225,993)
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Cash flow from financing activities:
Proceeds from short-term debt 15,972 42,500 163,146
Repayment of short term debt (15,974) (4,956) (40,196)
Increase (decrease) in amounts due to
officer/stockholder 139.707 (5,660) 140,391
Purchase of treasury stock -- -- (1,500)
Proceeds from sale of common stock 10,000 -- 963,505
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Net cash provided by financing activities 149,705 31,884 1,225,346
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Net increase (decrease) in cash 476 (164,482) 2,298
Cash at beginning of period 1,822 208.702 --
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Cash at end of period $ 2,298 $ 44,220 $ 2,298
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See accompanying notes and accountant's review report.
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FONECASH, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
Form 1OQSB
Quarter Ended September 30, 2001
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 -- Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Basis of Presentation
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The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of FoneCash, Inc. and its subsidiaries which are hereafter referred to
as (the "Company"). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. These financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-QSB of
Regulation S-B. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, such
interim statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring
accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position and the results of
operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The results of
operations for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the
results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2001. These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements
and footnotes included in the Company's report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December 31, 2000.
Note 2 -- Business Combination
On April 10, 2001, pursuant to an agreement with Richwoodland Profits
Corporation ("RPC") and Universal Venture Limited "UVL"), each a British Virgin
Island holding company, the Company has acquired all of the voting stock of four
foreign companies that were wholly-owned by RPC and UVL in return for 900,000
shares of common stock of the Company, valued at $.50 per share. The companies
acquired are start-up companies that have no assets, liabilities, revenue,
expenses and results of operations. The investment in the companies has been
reported entirely as goodwill, as there is no value in the companies.
The four acquired companies are Universal Information Technology, (Hong Kong)
Limited, a company which has developed a video compression technology for
Internet and wireless app1ications Firstech Ventures (Hong Kong) Limited, a
company that locates engineering services for
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FONECASH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
Form 1OQSB
Quarter Ended September 30, 2001
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
environmental projects in China, especially land fill projects, waste water and
waste oil treatment facilities, and waste liner projects, Tech Unity Technology,
(Hong Kong) Limited, which engages in gathering information and research about
business opportunities in China for dissemination among U.S. and Australian
bidders, and Fonecash.com (Hong Kong) Limited, a company engaged in the wireless
processing of credit and debit cards for the mobile merchants.
In July 2001, the FASB issued Statement No. 141, Business Combinations, and
Statement No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. Statement 141 requires
that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations
initiated or completed after June 30, 2001. Statement 141 also specifies
criteria intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination must meet
to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill. The Company has adopted the
provisions of Statement 141 in reporting the business combination.
Statement 142 will require that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite
useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least
annually. Statement 142 will also require that intangible assets with definite
useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their
estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with
Statement 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for
Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of Furthermore, any goodwill and any intangible
asset determined to have an indefinite useful life that are acquired in a
purchase business combination completed after June 30, 2001 will not be
amortized, but will continue to be evaluated for impairment in accordance with
the appropriate pre-Statement 142 accounting literature. The Company has adopted
the provisions of Statement 142 and has written the goodwill associated with the
business combination down to zero, as no future benefit can be determined. An
impairment loss of $450,000 has been reflected in the consolidated statements of
operations.
Note 2 -- Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Common Stock
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Since December 3 1, 2000, the Company has issued 1,900,000 shares of common
stock for consulting services, of which 700,000 shares were valued at $0.38 per
share and 1,200,000 were valued at $0.10 per share. The Company has also sold
287,976 shares of common stock at $0.035 per share. The Company has issued
900,000 of
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FONECASH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
Form 1OQSB
Quarter Ended September 30, 2001
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
common stock valued at $0.50 per share in exchange for four foreign companies,
as previously discussed.
Stock Options
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At June 30, 2001 the Company has granted 800,000 shares of common stock for
issuance in compensation for business services to Reginald Clarke at the price
of $0.50 per share.
Loss Per Common Share
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Loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted
average shares outstanding during the period.
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FONECASH, INC.
7,275,730 Shares
Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
You should rely only on the information contained in this document or that we
have referred you to. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
information that is different. This prospectus is not an offer to sell common
stock and is not soliciting an offer to buy common stock in any state where the
offer or sale is not permitted.
Until 2002, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities,
whether or not participating in the offering, may be required to deliver a
prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers' obligation to deliver a
prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold
allotments or subscriptions.
January 14, 2002
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 24. Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation limits the liability of the
Registrant's directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware
law provides that a director of a corporation will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of that individual's fiduciary duties as a director
except for liability for (1) a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (2) any act or omission not in good faith or
that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (3)
unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, or
(4) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
This limitation of liability does not apply to liabilities arising under federal
securities laws and does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such
as injunctive relief or rescission.
The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers, as well as other employees and individuals, against
attorneys' fees and other expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such
person was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such
person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that this is not
exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled
under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the
Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the maximum
extent permitted by law. The Registrant's bylaws also require the Registrant to
advance expenses incurred by an officer or director in connection with the
defense of any action or proceeding arising out of that party's status or
service as a director or officer of the Registrant or as a director, officer,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, if serving as such at the
Registrant's request. The Registrant's bylaws also permit the Registrant to
secure insurance on behalf of any director or officer for any liability arising
out of his or her actions in a representative capacity. The Registrant intends
to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and some of its
officers containing provisions that (1) indemnify, to the maximum extent
permitted by Florida law, those directors and officers against liabilities that
may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers except
liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature, (2) to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which
they could be indemnified, and (3) to obtain directors' and officers' liability
insurance if maintained for other directors or officers.
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Item 25. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the expenses in connection with the
issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby. All such
expenses will be borne by the registrant; none shall be borne by any selling
stockholders.
Securities and Exchange
Commission registration fee $ 134.46
Legal fees and expenses $ 4,000.00
Accounting fees and expenses $ 2,000.00
Miscellaneous (1) $ 5,000.00
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Total $ 11,134.46
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(1) Estimated.
Item 26. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
On January 14, 2002, Fonecash issued 250,000 shares of common stock to Michael
S. Krome, P.C., as part of his compensation to prepare this registration
statement.
On December 17, 2001, Fonecash issued 1,312,500 shares of common stock and
1,312,500 warrants to Penny King Holding Corporation, as its compensation for
financial advisory services.
On December 17, 2001, Fonecash issued 100,000 shares of common stock to Joseph
B. LaRocco, as his compensation for preparing finance documents.
On December 17, 2001, Fonecash issued 1,312,500 shares of common stock and
1,312,500 warrants to National Capital Merchants Group, Ltd., as compensation
for financial advisory services.
On December 14, 2001, Fonecash issued 62,530 shares of common stock to Ken G.
Upton, as his compensation for preparing an investment relations web site.
On December 12, 2001, Fonecash issued 500,000 shares of common stock to Action
Stock, Inc, as partial compensation for investor-relations activities and
promotion of the company.
On December 5, 2001, Fonecash issued 100,000 shares of common stock to Sharline
Gordon, as her compensation for preparing finance documents.
On November 21, 2001, Fonecash issued 200,000 shares of common stock to Julie
Thompson, as her compensation for preparing investor address lists.
On November 27, 2001, Fonecash issued 100,000 shares of common stock to James E.
Czekner, as part of his compensation for software programming.
On November 12, 2001, Fonecash issued 320,000 shares of common stock to
Charlotte B. Given, as part of her compensation for radio interviews.
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On November 1, 2001, Fonecash Issued 493,200 shares of common stock to
Stockgroup Information Systems, Inc,, as compensation for preparation of an
investors' web site.
Fonecash, Inc. relied upon Section 4(2) of the Act. In each instance,
such reliance was based upon the fact that (i) the issuance of the shares did
not involve a public offering, (ii) the offers and sales were made in compliance
with Rules 501 and 502, (iii) the securities were subject to Rule 144 limitation
on resale and (iv) each of the parties is a sophisticated purchaser and had full
access to the information on Fonecash, Inc. necessary to make an informed
investment decision by virtue of the due diligence conducted by the purchaser or
available to the purchaser prior to the transaction.
Item 27. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Exhibits:
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit Description
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3.1 (1) Articles of Incorporation of Fonecash, Inc.
3.2 (1) By-laws of Fonecash, Inc.
4.1 (3) Financial Consulting Services Agreement between the
Company and Penny King Holdings, Corporation
5.1 (2) Opinion of Michael S. Krome, P.C.
23.1 (2) Consent of Stewart H. Benjamin, CPA, Independent Auditor
23.2 (2) Consent of Michael S. Krome, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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(1) Previously filed with the Form 10SB12G filed with the Commission on
December 30, 1999.
(2) Filed herewith
(3) Previously filed with the SB-2 filed with the Commission on December
12, 2001.
Item 28. Undertakings.
(A) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:
(i) Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which,
individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement; and
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(iii) Include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(B) Undertaking Required by Regulation S-B, Item 512(e).
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel that the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Lake
Grove, State of New York, on the 14th day of January, 2002.
FONECASH,
By: /s/ Daniel E. Charboneau
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Chief Executive Officer, President
and Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers of Fonecash, Inc. hereby constitute and
appoint Dan Charbabaeu, with full power to act without the other and with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
with full power to execute in our name and behalf in the capacities indicated
below any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and amendments
thereto) to this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and hereby ratify and
confirm each and every act and thing that such attorneys-in-fact, or any them,
or their substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Daniel E. Charboneau President and Director January 14, 2002
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Daniel E. Charboneau
/s/ Michael Wong Chief Financial Officer, January 14, 2002
------------------------ Director
Michael Wong
/s/ David Cheung V.P. and Director January 14, 2002
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David Cheung
/s/ Daniel S. MacDonald Director January 14, 2002
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Daniel S. MacDonald
/s/ John Jiann-Shong Wu Director January 14, 2002
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John Jiann-Shong Wu
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