UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x

 

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

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007

 

 

 

o

 

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

 

Commission file number: 0-31152

 

CRDENTIA CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

76-0585701

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

5001 LBJ Freeway, Suite 850, Dallas, Texas 75244

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(972) 850-0780

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes   x      No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  o

Accelerated filer  o

Non-accelerated filer  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes    o        No x

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date. At November 12, 2007, 47,769,150 shares of common stock, $.0001 par value, were outstanding.

 

 



 

CRDENTIA CORP.

 

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report

For Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2007

 

Table of Contents

 

 

Page

 

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

3

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2007
and December 31, 2006

3

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

4

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

5

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6

 

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

19

 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

28

 

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

28

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

29

 

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

29

 

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

30

 

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

37

 

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

37

 

 

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

37

 

 

Item 5. Other Information

37

 

 

Item 6. Exhibits

38

 

 

SIGNATURES

40

 

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PART I –FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.                    Financial Statements

 

Crdentia Corp.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

3,450

 

$

198,068

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $150,000 at September 30, 2007 and $450,000 at December 31, 2006

 

4,372,585

 

5,776,473

 

 

Other current assets

 

2,096,352

 

700,524

 

Total current assets

 

6,472,387

 

6,675,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

343,090

 

469,396

 

Goodwill

 

11,432,917

 

14,532,917

 

Intangible assets, net

 

812,637

 

1,581,954

 

Other assets

 

260,035

 

628,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

19,321,066

 

$

23,888,096

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving lines of credit

 

$

3,137,814

 

$

6,412,029

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

2,804,599

 

3,807,253

 

Due to iVOW

 

 

791,943

 

Accrued employee compensation and benefits

 

815,477

 

896,260

 

Current portion of notes payable including amounts due to significant

 

 

 

 

 

shareholder of $935,425 at September 30, 2007 and $1,234,078 at December 31, 2006

 

1,410,000

 

1,234,078

 

Notes payable to lender, net of discount of $80,150 at December 31, 2006

 

2,175,000

 

701,717

 

Debentures, net of discount of $1,109,313 at December 31, 2006

 

 

554,687

 

Other current liabilities

 

636,196

 

345,643

 

Total current liabilities

 

10,979,086

 

14,743,610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debentures, net of discount of $318,750 at September 30, 2007

 

446,250

 

 

Long term bonus payable

 

969,659

 

903,455

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

757,954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

12,394,995

 

16,405,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, par value $0.0001, 150,000,000 shares authorized;
30,023,275 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2007 and 14,538,313 shares issued and 14,430,672 shares outstanding at December 31, 2006

 

3,002

 

1,454

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

139,112,319

 

126,768,011

 

Treasury stock, no shares at September 30, 2007 and 107,641 shares at cost at December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(132,189,250

)

(119,286,388

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

6,926,071

 

7,483,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

19,321,066

 

$

23,888,096

 

 

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

 

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Crdentia Corp.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from services

 

$

7,329,161

 

$

9,139,047

 

$

22,666,012

 

$

27,212,527

 

Direct operating expenses

 

5,758,239

 

7,269,173

 

17,931,381

 

21,664,185

 

Gross profit

 

1,570,922

 

1,869,874

 

4,734,631

 

5,548,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

 

2,864,197

 

3,099,303

 

8,524,901

 

8,504,760

 

Loss on impairment of intangibles

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

123,000

 

Gain from settlement of claims

 

(20,498

)

 

(643,525

)

(1,064,693

)

Gain from extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

(3,215,490

)

Non-cash stock based compensation

 

256,859

 

505,586

 

4,320,159

 

1,335,215

 

Total operating expenses

 

3,100,558

 

3,604,889

 

15,301,535

 

5,682,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before interest and taxes

 

(1,529,636

)

(1,735,015

)

(10,566,904

)

(134,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

(327,116

)

(866,204

)

(2,643,100

)

(2,510,158

)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

 

(1,856,752

)

(2,601,219

)

(13,210,004

)

(2,644,608

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(1,856,752

)

(2,601,219

)

(13,210,004

)

(2,644,608

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

78,721

 

180,697

 

211,451

 

Gain from sale of discontinued operations

 

 

 

126,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,856,752

)

$

(2,522,498

)

$

(12,902,861

)

$

(2,433,157

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deemed dividend on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

(45,554,618

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(1,856,752

)

$

(2,522,498

)

$

(12,902,861

)

$

(47,987,775

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share - basic and diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

 

$

(0.07

)

 

$

(0.19

)

 

$

(0.57

)

 

$

(4.70

)

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

0.01

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per common share attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(0.07

)

$

(0.18

)

$

(0.56

)

$

(4.68

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

 

27,123,194

 

13,899,960

 

22,918,352

 

10,250,945

 

 

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

 

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Crdentia Corp.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(12,902,861

)

$

(2,433,157

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

1,274,981

 

1,583,799

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

720,069

 

764,641

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets

 

5,557

 

(500

)

Loss on impairment of intangibles

 

3,100,000

 

123,000

 

Gain on disposal of operations

 

(126,446

)

 

Gain on settlement of acquisition claim

 

(643,525

)

(1,064,693

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

(3,215,490

)

Bad debt expense

 

177,804

 

 

Non-cash stock based compensation

 

4,320,159

 

1,335,215

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,226,085

 

(1,046,664

)

Other current assets and liabilities

 

210,314

 

(425,133

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(1,008,925

)

862,116

 

Accrued employee compensation and benefits

 

(80,783

)

221,050

 

Long-term bonus payable

 

66,204

 

75,815

 

Net cash used in operating activities:

 

(3,661,367

)

(3,220,001

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(57,233

)

(167,503

)

Net cash received through acquisition of subsidiaries

 

 

370,864

 

Proceeds from sale of operations

 

300,000

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

242,767

 

203,361

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of costs

 

4,790,471

 

 

Advance of proceeds from common stock offering

 

470,000

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of costs

 

 

1,500,000

 

Net increase (decrease) in revolving lines of credit

 

(3,274,214

)

1,121,731

 

Proceeds from notes payable to lender

 

2,400,000

 

 

Proceeds from debentures

 

 

2,000,000

 

Repayment of subordinated convertible notes

 

 

(12,500

)

Repayment of note payable to lender

 

(1,006,867

)

(1,778,438

)

Debt issuance costs

 

(155,408

)

(49,502

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

3,223,982

 

2,781,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(194,618

)

(235,349

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

198,068

 

434,921

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

3,450

 

$

199,572

 

 

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

 

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Crdentia Corp.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 2007

 

Note 1    Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization

 

Crdentia Corp (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a provider of healthcare staffing services in the United States. Such services include travel nursing, per diem staffing, contractual clinical services, locum tenens (physician staffing), allied services (diagnostic imaging, respiratory, laboratory, therapies and administrative modalities), and private duty home health care. The Company considers these services to be one segment. Each of these services relate solely to providing healthcare staffing to customers and the Company utilizes common systems, databases, procedures, processes and similar methods of identifying and serving these customers.

 

At the beginning of 2003, the Company was a development stage company with no commercial operations. During that year, the Company pursued its operational plan of acquiring companies in the healthcare staffing field and completed the acquisition of four operating companies. In 2003, the Company acquired Baker Anderson Christie, Inc., New Age Nurses, Inc., Nurses Network, Inc., and PSR Nurse Recruiting, Inc. and PSR Nurses Holdings Corp., which holds the limited partner and general partner interests in PSR Nurses, Ltd. to provide the foundation for future growth. During 2004, the Company completed the acquisitions of Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. and Care Pros Staffing, Inc. On March 29, 2005, the Company acquired TravMed USA, Inc. and Health Industry Professionals, LLC. On May 4, 2005, the Company acquired Prime Staff, LP and Mint Medical Staffing Odessa. In April 2006, the Company acquired the assets of Staff Search Ltd.

 

During 2006 the Company terminated the operations it acquired in 2003 from Baker Anderson Christie, Inc. and Nurses Network, Inc. In addition, during 2006 the Company returned to the sellers the shares of TravMed USA, Inc. that it had acquired from the sellers in March 2005 and the notes payable to the sellers were cancelled. On June 30, 2007 the Company sold certain assets of Health Industry Professionals, LLC back to the original sellers.

 

The accompanying financial statements include the results of the wholly-owned subsidiaries discussed above from their respective dates of acquisition. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited financial data as of September 30, 2007 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of September 30, 2007 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 have been made. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the expected operating results for the full year.

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior year data to the current year presentation.

 

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Going Concern

 

The Company generated a net loss of $12,902,861 and used cash in operations of $3,661,367 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Additionally, although the Company ended September 30, 2007 with a significant working capital deficit of $4,506,699, it was able to secure additional funding during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 to finance its operations as it continued to attempt to execute its business plan and to acquire and grow companies involved in healthcare staffing. The Company will need to raise additional funds during the next twelve months to satisfy debt service requirements of approximately $2.5 million due in January 2008 and working capital needs of between $500,000 and $1,000,000 over the next twelve months. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to raise the amount of debt or equity capital required to meet its objectives. The Company’s challenging financial circumstances may make the terms, conditions and cost of any available capital unfavorable. If additional debt or equity capital is not readily available, the Company will be forced to scale back its acquisition activities and its operations. This would result in an overall slowdown of the Company’s development. The Company’s short-term need for capital may force it to consider and potentially pursue other strategic options sooner than it might otherwise have desired. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets, or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Management has taken a number of steps to address the Company’s financial performance and to improve cash flow. Management has refinanced a majority of the Company’s debt with new debt that has a lower interest rate, restructured the operating management team, and implemented programs to obtain expense savings which have provided the Company with access to additional working capital. The Company’s new Chief Executive Officer has strong operations experience and will devote constant attention toward expense reduction and achieving growth both organically and through acquisitions so that the Company can spread its corporate overhead over a larger base of business and achieve economies of scale. Subsequent to September 30, 2007 the Company has acquired two profitable companies and has raised $5.7 million of additional equity. Of the amount raised, $1.6 million is to be used for working capital purposes and $4.1 million is to be used for the October 2007 acquisitions.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic per share data has been computed on the loss attributable to common stockholders for each quarter divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for each quarter (excluding restricted common stock issued to certain directors, officers and consultants in 2005 and 2007). Diluted earnings per common share includes both the weighted average number of common shares and any dilutive common share equivalents such as convertible securities, options or warrants in the calculation. As the Company recorded net losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, common share equivalents outstanding would be anti-dilutive, and as such, have not been included in diluted weighted average shares outstanding. Common share equivalents that were excluded in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 calculations were 7,185,026 and 5,611,234, respectively, and in the calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 1,847,445 and 1,890,778 were excluded, respectively.

 

Income Taxes

 

In January 2007, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48). This Interpretation clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements. FIN 48 requires companies to determine whether it is “more likely than not” that a tax position will be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authorities before any part of the benefit can be recorded in the financial statements. It also provides guidance on the recognition, measurement and classification of income tax uncertainties, along with any related interest and penalties. The Company did not recognize any adjustments to its financial statements as a result of its implementation of FIN 48.

 

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Note 2    Acquisitions

 

Staff Search Ltd.

 

On April 18, 2006 the Company acquired the assets of Staff Search Ltd. for $2,386,174, including acquisition costs. The Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $1,410,000 and issued 229,128 shares of its common stock valued at $976,174 (determined by the average of $4.26 per share which approximates the average trading value as quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board for the three days before and three days after the acquisition date). Subsequently, the promissory note was purchased from the seller by the Company’s significant stockholder. During 2006 and 2007, the significant stockholders distributed $474,575 of the promissory note to unrelated parties to settle certain obligations of the significant stockholders. The promissory note accrues interest at a rate equal to 8.00% per annum. The principal amount of the note owed at September 30, 2007 ($543,701 owed to MedCap Partners, L.P. and $391,724 owed to MedCap Master Fund L.P.), plus all accrued interest ($112,251 at September 30, 2007), is payable upon demand. The principal amount of the note owed to unrelated parties at September 30, 2007 ($474,575), plus all accrued interest, is payable upon demand after January 1, 2008. The note includes events of default (with grace periods, as applicable) and provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, payment of all amounts due under the notes shall become immediately payable. The primary purpose of the acquisition was to enable the Company to expand its market share in the nurse staffing industry. The following table summarizes the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the closing date:

 

Tangible assets acquired

 

$

345,075

 

Customer related intangible assets

 

486,000

 

Goodwill

 

1,555,099

 

Total assets acquired

 

2,386,174

 

Liabilities assumed

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

$

2,386,174

 

 

The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Customer related intangible assets will be amortized over their estimated useful life of five years. The purchase price allocated to customer relationships was determined by management’s estimate based on a consistent model for all acquisitions and was initially developed by a professional valuation group. Goodwill represents the excess of merger consideration over the fair value of assets acquired. The results of operations for Staff Search Ltd. fell below performance standards established in the merger agreement requiring the former stockholder of Staff Search Ltd. to return a portion of the Company’s common stock that was issued in connection with the acquisition. The Company will record a reduction to goodwill when the common stock is received. The goodwill acquired will be amortized for federal income tax purposes.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Summary Information

 

The following unaudited pro forma summary approximates the consolidated results of operations as if the acquisition disclosed above had occurred as of January 1, 2006, after giving effect to certain adjustments, including amortization of specifically identifiable intangibles and interest expense. The pro forma financial information does not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the transactions taken place at the beginning of the period presented or of future results of operations.

 

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Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from services

 

$

30,263,712

 

Loss from operations

 

(2,431,245

)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

(47,796,412

)

Basic and diluted net loss per common share attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(4.62

)

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

 

10,343,268

 

 

Note 3    Disposal of Detroit Operations

 

On June 30, 2007, the Company sold certain assets of its temporary nurse staffing business in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area to the original sellers (Crdentia purchased Health Industry Professionals, LLC on March 29, 2005). The sale price was comprised of (1) $300,000 in cash; (2) return and cancellation of 128,367 shares of the Company’s common stock held by the original sellers with a fair value of $64,184 and (3) the assumption of certain lease obligations.

 

The Company recognized a gain of $126,446, which was calculated by subtracting the net book value of the furniture and fixtures ($39,130) and the unamortized balance of the intangibles assets associated with the customer contracts ($198,608) from the proceeds of the transaction. The Company has reported the historical results of operations from the Detroit Operations as income from discontinued operations in the accompanying Statements of Operations which is comprised of the following:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

 

$

1,159,989

 

$

1,685,643

 

$

3,384,012

 

Direct operation expenses

 

 

934,477

 

1,316,901

 

2,739,479

 

Gross profit

 

 

225,512

 

368,742

 

644,533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

 

 

146,791

 

188,045

 

433,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

$

 

$

78,721

 

$

180,697

 

$

211,451

 

 

Note 4    Goodwill Impairment

 

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.”  Under these rules, goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets are no longer amortized and are reviewed annually for impairment or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate such assets may be impaired such as reductions in demand or significant economic slowdowns in the industry. Intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite life will continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives.

 

SFAS No. 142 requires the use of a two-step process to measure potential impairment. In the first step, the fair values of the Company’s reporting units are compared to the units’ carrying amounts. Reporting units with similar economic and operating characteristics may be combined into a single segment level evaluation. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying cost, goodwill is not considered impaired. If the carrying cost exceeds fair value, a second step is used to determine the amount of impairment. The second step determines the implied fair value of goodwill for a reporting unit by applying

 

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the estimated fair value to the tangible and separately identifiable intangible assets of the reporting unit, with any remaining amount considered goodwill.

 

At June 30, 2007, with the disposal of the Detroit operations, the Company determined that goodwill should be measured for a potential impairment. The Company utilized information from its December 31, 2006 analysis to complete the first step of the analysis under the requirements of the standard. The Company used an outside valuation firm to assist in the development of the primary assumptions at December 31, 2006, such as projected cash flows and capitalization rates and performed the valuation of the reporting unit. The Company next evaluated its tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities to estimate their fair values. Based on the reduction of the projected future cash flow primarily because of the disposal of the Detroit operations, the Company recorded a $3,100,000 impairment charge in the quarter ended June 30, 2007. The impairment charge was not included in the income from discontinued operations as the Company’s operations are considered to be one reporting unit.

 

Note 5    iVOW, Inc.

 

On September 20, 2006, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”) with iVOW, Inc. (“iVOW”), a provider of services to employers, payors and unions to facilitate weight loss programs on a per patient direct basis. In connection with Crdentia’s entry into the Merger Agreement, the Company also entered into an Interim Management Agreement (“IMA”), pursuant to which the Company had the sole and exclusive responsibility, authority and discretion to (a) conduct, manage, direct and control all aspects of the business and operations of iVOW and (b) utilize iVOW’s cash and working capital to defray Crdentia’s expenses and the expenses of iVOW, prior to the closing of the merger. Pursuant to the original Merger Agreement, the termination date of the Merger Agreement and IMA was December 31, 2006. Crdentia and iVOW executed an amendment to the Merger Agreement on December 29, 2006, which extended the termination date for the Merger Agreement and IMA to March 31, 2007. In April 2007, the Company negotiated a Settlement Agreement with iVOW pursuant to which Crdentia and iVOW agreed to terminate the Merger Agreement and release the other party from any and all claims arising under the Merger Agreement and related agreements, including the IMA. The settlement agreement required the Company to issue iVOW 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value of $660,000 in April 2007 which approximated the net amount of cash iVOW advanced to the Company. All negotiations with respect to a possible merger between Crdentia and iVOW have been terminated.

 

Note 6    Settlement of Acquisition Claim

 

In 2005, the Company asserted a claim against a seller of one of the Company’s 2003 acquisitions. In January 2006, the Company and the seller settled with the seller returning 59,150 shares of the Company’s common stock that had been issued in connection with the acquisition. The Company reported a gain on settlement of acquisition claim of $1,064,693 representing the fair value of the stock returned on the date of the settlement. The offset to the gain recorded was a reduction in common stock and additional paid-in capital. The returned shares were retired immediately.

 

Note 7    Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,553,087

 

$

1,968,731

 

Accrued fee for placement agent

 

 

864,589

 

Other accrued expenses

 

1,251,512

 

973,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,804,599

 

$

3,807,253

 

 

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Note 8    Revolving Line of Credit

 

On June 16, 2004, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC (“Bridge Healthcare”), pursuant to which the Company obtained a revolving credit facility of up to $15,000,000 (the “Loan”). During the first quarter of 2005, the Loan was reduced to $10,000,000 permitting the Company to lower its effective interest rate through lower unused line fees. The Loan had an original term of three years and bore interest at a rate equal to the greater of three percent (3.0%) per annum over the prime rate or nine and one-half percent (9.5%) per annum. In December 2006, Bridge Healthcare increased the rate charged to the Company by 4% over the rate specified in the agreement to 15.25%. Interest was payable monthly. Accounts receivable served as security for the Loan and the Loan was subject to certain financial and reporting covenants. Customer payments were used to repay the advances on the Loan after deducting charges for interest expense, unused line and account management fees. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Loan could not be prepaid in full without incurring a significant prepayment penalty. The financial covenants were for the maintenance of minimum tangible net worth, minimum debt service coverage ratios, minimum EBITDA, maximum capital expenditure limits and maximum operating lease obligations.

 

During 2006, Bridge Healthcare made $2,425,000 available to the Company in the form of over-advances on the Loan. The over-advances were used for working capital purposes. The $2,425,000 of over-advances were partially secured by a guaranty from MedCap Partners L.P. (“MedCap”), Crdentia’s significant stockholder, partially secured by a personal guarantee from C. Fred Toney, Crdentia’s current Chairman of the Board of Directors, and the managing member of MedCap Management & Research LLC, the general partner of MedCap, and partially secured by a personal guarantee from James D. Durham, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former Chairman of the Board. Bridge Healthcare charged the Company monthly fees in excess of normal Loan interest charges for all over-advances. As discussed in Note 11, over-advances of $2,400,000 were refinanced with bank debt in early 2007 and the remaining $25,000 was repaid in early 2007.

 

The Loan included events of default (with grace periods as applicable) and provided that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, payment of all amounts payable under the Loan, including the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the Loan could be accelerated. There were also cross default provisions between the Loan and the Term Loan discussed below. Financial covenants were violated in a number of instances including at December 31, 2006 which had no continuing significance since all debt with this lender has been refinanced with either bank debt as discussed in the preceding paragraph or a working capital facility as discussed below.

 

On February 8, 2007, the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement - Revolving Loans, dated May 16, 2005, as amended by and among Crdentia, its Subsidiaries and Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC, and the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement - Term Loan, dated May 16, 2005, as amended, by and among Crdentia, its Subsidiaries and Bridge Opportunity Finance, LLC, were terminated, along with all related loan documents (including, without limitation, promissory notes and pledge agreements). In connection with this termination, Crdentia and its subsidiaries paid to Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC and Bridge Opportunity Finance, LLC all principal outstanding under the Bridge Loan Agreements (approximately $3.9 million), all accrued and unpaid interest under the Bridge Loan Agreements (approximately $14,000) and certain fees (including a Make-Whole Fee of $490,000). During the first quarter of 2007, the Company also wrote-off $84,012 of deferred financing fees and $60,150 of debt discount associated with warrants issued to Bridge Healthcare Finance. Crdentia and its Subsidiaries released Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC and Bridge Opportunity Finance, LLC from any claims relating to any matter, including the Bridge Loan Agreements.

 

Note 9    Notes Payable to Lender

 

Pursuant to a loan agreement dated August 31, 2004, the Company obtained a term loan credit facility (“Term Loan”) in the amount up to $10,000,000 from Bridge Opportunity Finance, LLC, an affiliate of Bridge Healthcare. The Company obtained certain loans under the agreement to fund permitted acquisitions. Any loans obtained under the Term Loan were due and payable in full on August 31, 2007

 

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and required interest at the rate of fifteen and one-quarter percent (15.25%) per annum. Interest was payable monthly. The Term Loan was secured by all of the Company’s assets. On August 31, 2004, the Company received proceeds from the Term Loan of $2,697,802 for the acquisitions of Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. and Care Pros Staffing, Inc.

 

The Term Loan required that the Company issue warrants to purchase shares of common stock to the lender up to 12% of the Company’s overall capitalization on the date of borrowing. On August 31, 2004, the Company issued warrants to purchase 90,578 shares of common stock at a price of $31.50 per share in connection with the first borrowing under the credit facility. As a result, the Term Loan was recorded net of a discount of $810,000 which represents the estimated fair market value related to the warrants at the date of issuance. The discount was amortized to interest expense over the life of the Term Loan. During the first quarter of 2006, the Company used proceeds from a private offering as discussed in Note 13 to repay $1,350,000 of the Term Loan. As a result of this repayment, the Company recorded $200,168 of additional interest relating to the proportionate amount of unamortized discount associated with the repayment. During the second quarter of 2006, Bridge Healthcare demanded further repayments of the Term Loan amounting to $300,000 and future monthly principal payments of $45,742 until the Term Loan was paid in full. The Term Loan was paid off in full in early 2007 as discussed in Note 8.

 

The Term Loan contained certain financial covenants, including the maintenance of minimum tangible net worth, minimum debt service coverage ratios, minimum EBITDA, maximum capital expenditure limits and maximum operating lease obligations. Financial covenants were violated in a number of instances including at December 31, 2006 which have no continuing significance since all debt with this lender has been refinanced. The Term Loan was classified as a current liability on the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2006 because of the covenant violations. The Company was charged fees by Bridge for the various compliance violations and related waivers granted during 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Term Loan included events of default (with grace periods as applicable) and provided that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, payment of all amounts payable under the Term Loan, including the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the Term Loan could be accelerated. There were also cross default provisions between the Term Loan and the Loan.

 

Note 10  Working Capital Facility

 

On February 8, 2007, the Company entered into a $10 million working capital facility with Systran Financial Services Corporation (“Systran”), a subsidiary of Textron Financial Corporation. Pursuant to the agreements, Systran agreed, at its sole discretion, to purchase certain receivables from the Company on a recourse basis. The agreements anticipate a minimum volume of purchases and also contemplate the payment of certain service fees, including a minimum fee. To secure the payment and performance of Crdentia’s obligations to Systran under the agreements, Crdentia granted Systran a security interest in all of its assets. Crdentia also agreed to indemnify Systran against any liabilities arising out of claims relating to the receivables purchased by Systran under the agreements. The agreements have an initial term of 48 months, and Crdentia is obligated to pay Systran an early termination premium in the event the agreements are terminated under certain circumstances prior to the end of the term. Proceeds from this facility were used to refinance the Loan and Term Loan with Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC as discussed in Notes 8 and 9. The balance due under this facility at September 30, 2007 was $3,137,814 which represented the total amount available under the facility on that date. At September 30, 2007, the fees and discounts equate to an annual percentage of approximately 12.5%.

 

The agreements include events of default (with grace periods, as applicable) and provide that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, Systran may immediately collect any obligation owing to Systran under the agreements. The Company is currently in compliance with all provisions of the agreements.

 

Note 11  Master Revolving Note

 

On January 19, 2007, Crdentia delivered a Master Revolving Note (the “Note”) in the amount of $2.4 million to Comerica Bank. Proceeds from the borrowing were used to refinance the over-advance amount outstanding under the revolving line of credit with Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC. The Note requires

 

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principal payments of $125,000 on March 31, 2007, $100,000 on June 30, 2007, September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 and has a final maturity date of January 31, 2008. The Note bears interest at a per annum rate equal to Comerica’s base rate from time to time in effect minus one-half of one (1/2%) percent (7.25% at September 30, 2007). The Note includes events of default and provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, Comerica may, at its option and without prior notice to Crdentia, declare any or all of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note immediately due and payable. The Company is currently in compliance with all provisions of the agreement. The balance due under this facility at September 30, 2007 was $2,175,000.

 

As security for Crdentia’s prompt and complete payment of its obligations under the Note, (i) James D. Durham, Crdentia’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, pledged and granted to Comerica a security interest in all of his right, title and interest in and to a $600,000 certificate of deposit with Comerica, (ii) MedCap Partners LP (“MedCap”) pledged and granted to Comerica a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to a $250,000 certificate of deposit with Comerica, and (iii) C. Fred Toney, Crdentia’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and the managing member of MedCap Management and Research LLC, the general partner of MedCap, pledged and granted to Comerica a security interest in all of his right, title and interest in and to a $1,125,000 certificate of deposit with Comerica. In addition, MedCap delivered a Guaranty to Comerica pursuant to which it agreed to unconditionally and absolutely guarantee to Comerica payment when due of all existing and future indebtedness of Crdentia to Comerica up to a maximum of $400,000. Pursuant to terms of the Severance Agreement with Mr. Durham, the Company exercised its option to utilize Mr. Durham’s $600,000 certificate of deposit with Comerica as security for the Note through March 1, 2008 and paid Mr. Durham $100,000.

 

Note 12  Notes Payable

 

As discussed in Note 2, the Company has demand notes totaling $543,701 at September 30, 2007 due to MedCap Partners L.P. and $391,724 at September 30, 2007 due to MedCap Master Fund L.P. Related party interest expense of $56,126 has been included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. The remaining principal amount totaling $474,575 at September 30, 2007 is due to unrelated parties.

 

Note 13  Subordinated Debentures

 

In January 2006, the Company completed a private placement totaling $4 million. The first phase was completed on December 30, 2005 and consisted of $2 million, or 333,333 shares of common stock and the second phase consisted of $2 million of 8% convertible debentures. The convertible debentures have a term of three years and bear interest at a rate of 8% per year, payable semi-annually in cash or registered stock at the Company’s option. At September 30, 2007, $765,000 of debentures before discount were outstanding.

 

The debentures are convertible into common stock at a price of $6.00 per share. The sale of convertible debentures included common stock warrant coverage granting warrants to purchase 500,000 common shares. Warrants to purchase 166,667 common shares have a five year term and an exercise price of $7.50 per share. Warrants to purchase 333,333 common shares at an exercise price of $6.00 per share expired on June 14, 2006 with none being exercised. The Company computed the relative fair value of the warrants at $1,443,265 and the beneficial conversion feature related to the debentures at $556,735, and recorded these amounts as a discount to the debentures which is being amortized over the term of the debentures.

 

Terms of an agreement with the placement agent representing the Company required placement fees upon a private placement of at least $5 million. Although the minimum was not achieved, fees were accrued and warrants recorded based on the lower amount of funding. Fees of $589,722 were recorded as deferred financing costs associated with the debentures and fees of $294,867 were recorded as an offset to proceeds from the equity portion of the funding. The $589,722 was being amortized over the three year term of the debentures. A portion of the placement fees were warrants to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at $6.00 per share. The warrants had a five year life and were valued at $629,589 ($419,722 recorded as deferred financing costs and $209,867 recorded as an offset to proceeds from the equity offering). Since

 

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the placement agent was not successful in raising the minimum $5.0 million, there was an on-going dispute concerning the amount of fees owed. As discussed in Note 17, in April 2007 the Company settled the liability with the placement agent for 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $160,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of settlement which resulted in a gain on settlement of litigation of $356,144. The Company also reduced costs originally charged to equity by $223,987 and reduced unamortized deferred financing fees by $124,458 because of the reduction in actual costs of the transaction based on this settlement.

 

During 2006, holders of the debentures converted $336,000 of the debentures into 56,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In March 2007, three of the five remaining debenture holders exchanged $899,000 of their debentures for 1,498,333 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company issued 44,311 shares of its common stock as payment of $14,948 of accrued interest due to the debenture holders through the date of the exchange. The Company recognized expense in the amount of $161,654 relating to the deferred financing fees associated with the converted debentures and expense in the amount of $595,720 related to the proportionate share of the unamortized discount on the converted debentures. During the second quarter of 2007, the Company issued 85,000 shares of its common stock as payment of $30,600 of accrued interest due to the debenture holders. Under terms of the debenture agreements, at September 30, 2007 all debenture holders may exchange their debentures for shares of the Company’s common stock at $.60 per share, the price at which the Company sold its stock in the private placement offering mentioned in Note 14. At December 31, 2006, due to cross default provisions in the debenture agreement and the violation of covenants with the Bridge Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan (as discussed in Notes 8 and 9), the Company classified the debentures as a current liability. At September 30, 2007, with the refinancing of all Bridge facilities with the Working Capital Facility from Systran and the Master Revolving Note from Comerica (as discussed in Notes 10 and 11) and the Company’s compliance with all provisions of these agreements, Bridge covenant violations were no longer relevant and the Company has classified the debentures as a long-term liability.

 

Note 14  Common Stock and Stock Options

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the Company completed eleven closings of a private placement pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement for 8,166,660 shares of common stock at a price of $0.60 per share, with aggregate gross proceeds of $4,900,000. The Board of Directors of the Company had authorized the sale of up to $5,500,000 in common stock in all closings of the private placement. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed a resale registration statement covering the shares on August 31, 2007.

 

MedCap Partners L.P. invested $1,885,000 in the private placement for 3,141,664 shares of common stock, MedCap Master Fund L.P. invested $165,000 in the private placement for 274,999 shares and C. Fred Toney, Chairman of the Board of Directors, individually invested $1,800,000 in the private placement for 3,000,000 shares of common stock. Mr. Toney abstained from the Board of Directors’ vote in favor of the private placement.

 

In June 2007, the Company entered into a services agreement with AudioStocks, Inc. whereby AudioStocks will provide investment services, web based shareholder communications and public relations services for the Company in exchange for (i) $80,000 (ii) 1,247,500 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock of which 975,000 were issued in June 2007 and 272,500 were issued in August 2007 and (iii) a common stock purchase warrant to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $0.60 per share. The term of the services agreement runs through June 24, 2008. The value of the consideration for the services agreement totaling $1,213,262, includes $636,225 for the 1,247,500 restricted shares (based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the effective date of the agreement), $497,037 for the common stock purchase warrant (based on fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model) and the $80,000 of cash was recorded as a prepaid asset and is being amortized over the term of the services agreement (1 year).

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Company cancelled 107,641 shares of treasury stock which are now available for reissuance.

 

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Employee Stock Options and Restricted Stock Grants

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the Board of Directors granted options to purchase 1,646,531 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to employees and Directors and 2,400,000 shares of restricted stock to three Directors which were valued using the trading price on the grant date. The exercise price for these options ranged from $0.42 to $0.60. There were no stock options exercised in the nine months ended September 30, 2007.

 

See Note 15 for a discussion of the Stock Options and Restricted Stock Grants associated with the severance agreement with the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer as well as a Restricted Stock Grant awarded to the Company’s new Director and Chief Executive Officer.

 

Valuation Assumptions

 

The Company calculated the fair value of each option award on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following assumptions were used for the nine months ended September 30, 2007.

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.60% - 5.25

%

Expected lives

 

4 years

 

Dividend Yield

 

0.00

%

Expected volatility

 

197% - 204

%

 

Stock option activity is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, January 1

 

809,894

 

Granted

 

1,646,531

 

Exercised

 

 

Forfeited

 

(216,978

)

Outstanding, September 30

 

2,239,447

 

Exercisable at September 30

 

1,570,886

 

Non-vested, September 30

 

668,561

 

Average exercise price per share:

 

 

 

Outstanding, January 1

 

$

6.99

 

Granted

 

$

0.55

 

Exercised

 

 

Forfeited

 

$

5.07

 

Outstanding, September 30

 

$

2.44

 

Exercisable

 

$

2.67

 

Non-vested, January 1

 

$

4.81

 

Non-vested, September 30

 

$

1.90

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average remaining term of outstanding options

 

8.69 years

 

Weighted-average remaining term of exercisable options

 

8.53 years

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value

 

$

0.44

 

Total estimated future expense related to unvested options

 

$

500,285

 

Weighted-average vesting period of unvested options

 

3.06 years

 

Weighted-average remaining term of unvested options

 

9.06 years

 

 

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Note 15  Retirement of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

 

On March 6, 2007, James D. Durham, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, announced his retirement, and the Company accepted his resignation and retirement, effective March 1, 2007. Mr. Durham also stepped down as Chairman of the Board and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2007. Mr. Durham served as a consultant to the Company through October 2007. In connection with Mr. Durham’s resignation, Mr. Durham and the Company executed a Severance Agreement and Mutual Release of Claims, effective March 14, 2007. The Severance Agreement provides for, among other things: (a) payment of an additional $60,161 within three days of the effective date of the Severance Agreement; (b) payment of $31,667 per month during the eight month consulting period; (c) payment of a lump sum severance amount of $250,000 within seven business days of November 1, 2007; (d) an additional grant of an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share; (e) continuation of health insurance coverage for a 24 month period following the effective date; and (f) vesting in the restricted stock awards granted to Mr. Durham on March 24, 2006 and May 31, 2005 will continue during the period Mr. Durham provides consulting services and shall cease as of October 31, 2007. At September 30, 2007 the Company has accrued liabilities of $281,667 related to the future cash payments associated with the Severance Agreement and has recorded compensation expense of $1,715,177 associated with the option and vesting of the restricted stock.

 

The Company and Mr. Durham had previously entered into an employment agreement effective August 1, 2002, as amended by the Amendment to Employment Agreement effective August 1, 2004 and the Second Amendment to Employment Agreement effective as of November 8, 2005. Mr. Durham’s employment agreement, as amended, has been terminated in connection with his resignation and entry into the Severance Agreement.

 

The Severance Agreement did not affect the two cash bonuses in the amount of $540,000 each that were granted to Mr. Durham in 2003 and are due on December 31, 2008 and January 4, 2009. The carrying amount of this liability is $969,659 at September 30, 2007.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company elected C. Fred Toney, an existing director, as Chairman of the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2007, replacing Mr. Durham and the Board of Directors appointed John Kaiser to be the Chief Executive Officer effective March 26, 2007. The Company entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with John Kaiser pursuant to which the Company has issued Mr. Kaiser 2,000,000 shares of restricted common stock valued at $900,000 which will be recorded as compensation expense over the vesting period. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares will vest after twelve months and one-thirty-sixth (1/36th) of the remaining unvested shares shall vest at the end of the 13th month and each month thereafter, such that the shares will be one hundred percent (100%) vested after 48 months of continuous services. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, all outstanding shares shall automatically become fully vested and be released from any repurchase or forfeiture rights on the six (6) month anniversary of the effective date of such Corporate Transaction (the “Transition Period”), subject to Mr. Kaiser remaining in Continuous Service with the Company or its successor for the purpose of providing acquisition and transition support to the Company or its successor throughout the Transition Period; provided, however, that if the Company or its successor terminates Mr. Kaiser’s Continuous Service without Cause prior to the end of the Transition Period, all outstanding shares shall become fully vested and be released from any repurchase or forfeiture rights on such termination date.

 

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Note 16  Supplemental Disclosure to the Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

Nine Months ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

1,287,827

 

$

935,005

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of debentures into common stock

 

899,000

 

260,000

 

Debenture interest paid in common stock

 

45,548

 

69,600

 

Common stock issued in connection with an acquisition

 

 

976,084

 

Notes payable issued in connection with an acquisition

 

 

1,410,000

 

Common stock issued in exchange for Series C preferred stock, Series B-1 warrants and Series C warrants

 

 

10,859,603

 

Common stock issued as payment of preferred stock dividends

 

 

800,748

 

Costs associated with registration statement

 

 

100,037

 

Value of debentures allocated to attached common stock warrants and beneficial conversion features

 

 

2,000,000

 

Prepaid consulting fees paid with issuance of restricted stock and warrants

 

1,133,262

 

 

Common stock received as consideration for sale of Detroit operation

 

64,184

 

 

Common stock issued for payment of iVOW liability

 

660,000

 

 

Common stock issued for litigation settlements

 

537,112

 

 

Fair value of warrants accrued as placement fee related to debentures

 

 

419,722

 

 

Note 17  Litigation

 

The following is a list of claims that were settled during the nine months ended September 30, 2007:

 

Crdentia Corp. and CRDE Corp. v. Robert Litton and Steve Williams; Cause No. 3-06-CV-1182-R; Pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas-Dallas Division.

 

On January 27, 2006, Crdentia Corp. and CRDE Corp. filed suit against Robert Litton and Steve Williams, the former owners of TravMed, asserting claims for breach of non-competition/solicitation agreements, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with existing and prospective contracts and business relations, and declaratory relief arising out of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of March 28, 2005. Among other things, the Company alleged that the defendants violated their non-competition agreements that they executed in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by diverting business opportunities to a competing business. The Company sought an undisclosed amount of damages. The defendants filed counterclaims against Crdentia alleging breach of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and conversion. The Company settled this action in September 2007. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Travmed agreed: (i) to release all claims, known or unknown, related to or arising out of the Litigation, (ii) to indemnify the Company from and against all matters or obligations related to certain creditors expressly identified in the Settlement Agreement and (iii) that the Company shall not have any responsibility to indemnify or defend Travmed from any claims, demands or causes of action arising from any acts or omissions occurring, in whole or in part, during the time period from March 28, 2005 to May 8, 2006. Also, pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid Robert Litton and Steve Williams the sum of $275,000 during the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

 

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Crdentia Corp., CRDE Corp., and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. v. William W. Crocker and William C. Crocker

 

On January 31, 2006, Crdentia Corp., CRDE Corp., and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. filed suit against William W. Crocker and William C. Crocker, the former owners of Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc., asserting claims for fraud, indemnity, and declaratory relief arising out of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated August 6, 2004 and a Receivable Allocation Agreement entered into in connection therewith. Among other things, the Company alleged that, prior to entering the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, the defendants failed to disclose that certain key employees had planned to leave the company and that the defendants requested and/or instructed such employees not to leave prior to the closing of the merger. The Company also alleged that the defendants failed to disclose that their company did not possess certain state licenses necessary to conduct a portion of its business. The Company sought an undisclosed amount of damages. This case was settled in April 2007 as discussed below under “William W. Crocker v. Crdentia Corp.”

 

William W. Crocker, an individual, v. Crdentia Corp., a Delaware Corporation, and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc., an Arizona Corporation

 

On February 23, 2006, William W. Crocker filed suit against Crdentia Corp. and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. asserting claims for declaratory judgment, breach of contract, and conversion arising from a Receivable Allocation Agreement executed incident to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated August 6, 2006. Mr. Crocker sought damages in the principal sum of $251,150, which was comprised of $114,019 for collected accounts receivable and eighty percent (80%) of $171,414 of uncollected accounts receivable, plus attorneys’ fees. The Company settled this case in April 2007. The Company issued 312,500 shares of common stock (valued at $159,375 based on the trading value of stock on April 9, 2007) in exchange for Crdentia retaining the proceeds from the collection of certain receivables that it collected on behalf of Mr. Crocker.

 

Dawson James Securities, Inc. v. Crdentia Corp

 

On March 22, 2006, Dawson James filed suit against Crdentia Corp. seeking fees in connection with raising investment capital for Crdentia. Dawson James contended that under terms of a contract they were owed cash of $235,000 and 50,000 warrants to purchase Crdentia stock. In April 2007, the Company settled the liability with Dawson James for 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $160,000 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of settlement which was less than the recorded liability and resulted in a gain of $356,144.

 

Note 18  Subsequent Events

 

Private Placement

 

On October 26, 2007, the Company entered into and completed an initial closing on a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors for the private placement of 15,666,667 shares of common stock at a price of $0.30 per share and warrants to purchase up to 7,833,333 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”), for aggregate proceeds of $4,700,000. On November 13, 2007, the Company entered and completed a second closing of the Purchase Agreement with certain investors for the private placement of 3,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.30 per share and Warrants to purchase up to 1,750,000 shares of common stock for aggregate proceeds of $1,050,000. The Warrants are immediately exercisable, have an exercise price of $0.35 per shares and have a five (5) year term. The shares have been and will be issued in a private placement transaction pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company has also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the investors, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to cause a resale registration statement covering the shares sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants to be filed within 30 days after the initial closing date.

 

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C. Fred Toney, the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, individually and through affiliated entities invested $1,850,000 in the Purchase Agreement for 6,166,667 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 3,083,333 shares of common stock. Mr. Toney abstained from the Board of Directors’ vote in favor of the private placement. The affiliated entities advanced $470,000 of funds during September 2007. These advances are reflected in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the accompanying balance sheet at September 30, 2007 pending closing of the private placement and issuance of shares.

 

On October 26, 2007, Crdentia issued a common stock warrant to FatBoy Capital, LP to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock of Crdentia with an exercise price of $.45 per share. The warrant was issued as consideration for investment advisory services provided to Crdentia by FatBoy. The warrant is immediately exercisable and has a 5 year term.

 

On October 29, 2007, Crdentia purchased all of the outstanding equity interests in ATS Universal, LLC , a healthcare staffing firm providing services in Florida, North Carolina and Georgia, in exchange for $3.3 million in cash and 2.1 million shares of Crdentia’s common stock valued at $700,000.

 

On October 30, 2007, Crdentia announced that it had signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to purchase specified assets and liabilities of Medical People Healthcare Services, Inc., a healthcare staffing firm providing services in Alabama, for $750,000 cash and a promissory note in the amount of $500,000.

 

Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

This report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially.

 

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements and we have failed to achieve projected results in the past. Moreover, neither we, nor any other person, assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the filing of this Quarterly Report to conform such statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us which attempt to advise interested parties of the factors which affect our business, including without limitation the disclosures made in Item 1A of Part II of this Quarterly Report under the  Caption “Risk Factors” and under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and “Risk Factors”  and in our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: our ability to continue as a going concern; we have a history of losses; we face difficulties identifying and integrating acquisitions; our need to raise additional capital in the future; our credit facility and revolving note impose significant expenses on us; our convertible debentures contain covenants and restrictions; MedCap controls a significant amount of our outstanding capital stock; we need to continue to attract and retain key employees; we need to attract qualified nurses; the temporary nurse staffing industry is highly competitive; our need to secure and fill new orders from hospitals and healthcare facilities; fluctuations in patient occupancy; we have anti-takeover provisions in our charter

 

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and bylaws; we operate in a regulated industry; government regulation and regulatory reform could negatively impact our business; and legal actions could subject us to uninsured liabilities.

 

Introduction

 

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations.

 

Overview

 

We are a provider of healthcare staffing services, focusing on the areas of travel nursing, per diem staffing, contractual clinical services, locum tenens (physician staffing), allied services and private duty home care. Our travel nurses are recruited domestically as well as internationally, and placed on temporary assignments at healthcare facilities across the United States. Our per diem nurses are local nurses placed at healthcare facilities on short-term assignments. Our contractual clinical services group provides staffing for healthcare clinics, organizations and facilities. Under our locum tenens program, physicians contract with us to perform medical services for healthcare organizations for a specified length of time. Our allied services primarily consist of diagnostic imaging, respiratory, laboratory, therapies and administrative modalities and our private duty home care group provides nursing case management and staffing for skilled and non-skilled care in the home. We consider the different services described above to be one segment as each of these services relate solely to providing healthcare staffing to customers that are healthcare providers and utilize similar distribution methods, common systems, databases, procedures, processes and similar methods of identifying and serving these customers.

 

We did not have any revenue in 2003 until we completed our first acquisition in August 2003. During 2003 we began operating four newly acquired companies, combining the various back offices and support staff into a central location and began streamlining the operations. We have continued to pursue our operational plan of acquiring companies in the healthcare staffing field and purchased two companies in 2004, three companies in 2005 and one company in 2006.

 

During 2006 we terminated the operations we had acquired in 2003 from Baker Anderson Christie, Inc. and Nurses Network, Inc. In addition, in May 2006 we returned to the sellers the shares of TravMed USA, Inc. that we had acquired from the sellers in March 2005 in connection with our acquisition of that company, and our notes payable to the sellers were cancelled. On June 30, 2007 we sold certain assets of Health Industry Professionals, LLC to the original sellers.

 

Some key factors we are focusing on to improve performance are as follows:

 

                  We continue to identify innovative ways to attract and retain nurses.

 

                  We are managing the amounts billed to healthcare facilities in relation to the payroll cost of our nurses in an effort to improve gross margins.

 

                  We are managing selling, general and administrative costs at our field office locations with a goal of limiting these expenses to no more than 10% of the revenue at each location.

 

                  We are expanding our locum tenens business, our allied services and our home health business in an effort to improve gross margins through a better mix of the services provided.

 

                  We are devoting attention toward achieving growth both organically and through acquisitions so that we can spread our corporate overhead over a larger base of business and achieve economies of scale.

 

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                  We are seeking to raise capital to provide for working capital needs and to continue to pursue acquisitions.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we recorded several transactions which are of a non-recurring nature, including the following:

 

                  Future cash severance costs associated with our former Chief Executive Officer in the amount of $503,333 recorded as selling, general and administrative costs.

                  Stock compensation costs associated with our former Chief Executive Officer’s severance and the accelerated vesting of restricted stock in the amount of $3,024,177.

                  Prepayment penalty and the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with refinancing our term note and revolving credit facility and costs associated with the exchange for common stock of a portion of our debentures for a total of $1,391,538 recorded as interest costs.

                  Gain on settlement of litigation in the amount of $643,525.

                  Gain on sale of discontinued operations of $126,446 which was more than offset by impairment write-off of goodwill of $3,100,000.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from services

 

$

7,329,161

 

$

9,139,047

 

$

22,666,012

 

$

27,212,527

 

Direct operating expenses

 

5,758,239

 

7,269,173

 

17,931,381

 

21,664,185

 

Gross profit

 

1,570,922

 

1,869,874

 

4,734,631

 

5,548,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

 

2,864,197

 

3,099,303

 

8,524,901

 

8,504,760

 

Loss on impairment of intangibles

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

123,000

 

Gain from settlement of claims

 

(20,498

)

 

(643,525

)

(1,064,693

)

Gain from extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

(3,215,490

)

Non-cash stock based compensation

 

256,859

 

505,586

 

4,320,159

 

1,335,215

 

Total operating expenses

 

3,100,558

 

3,604,889

 

15,301,535

 

5,682,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before interest and taxes

 

(1,529,636

)

(1,735,015

)

(10,566,904

)

(134,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

(327,116

)

(866,204

)

(2,643,100

)

(2,510,158

)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

 

(1,856,752

)

(2,601,219

)

(13,210,004

)

(2,644,608

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(1,856,752

)

(2,601,219

)

(13,210,004

)

(2,644,608

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

78,721

 

180,697

 

211,451

 

Gain from sale of discontinued operations

 

 

 

126,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,856,752

)

$

(2,522,498

)

$

(12,902,861

)

$

(2,433,157

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deemed dividend on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

(45,554,618

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(1,856,752

)

$

(2,522,498

)

$

(12,902,861

)

$

(47,987,775

)

 

Three months ended September 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2006

 

Revenues from continuing operations in the three months ended September 30, 2007 were $7,329,161 compared to revenues of $9,139,047 in the three months ended September 30, 2006. Revenues have decreased in 2007 compared to 2006 due principally to decreases in revenue related to closing portions of our operations in California, the loss of customers related to litigation surrounding the TravMed acquisition and a decrease in revenues from several of our Texas hub locations due to turnover of key employees at such facilities. These decreases were partially offset by increases in our locum tenens division. In 2007 approximately 11.1% (23.5% in 2006) of our revenue was derived from the placement of travel nurses on assignment, typically 13 weeks in length. Such assignments generally involve temporary relocation to the geographic area of the assignment. We also provide per diem nurses to satisfy the very short-term needs of healthcare facilities. Per diem services provided 72.5% of our revenue in 2007 (58.8% in 2006). The remaining amount of our revenue in 2007 came from providing staffing to healthcare facilities, private duty homecare, locum tenens contracts and allied services. In 2006 the remaining revenue came from providing clinical management and staffing to healthcare facilities and private duty homecare. During 2007 and 2006, most of our customers were acute care hospitals located throughout the continental United States.

 

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Our overall gross profit in the three months ended September 30, 2007 was $1,570,922 or 21.4% of revenues compared to $1,869,874 or 20.5% of revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2006. Our gross profit is the difference between the revenue we realize when we bill our customers for the services of our healthcare professionals and our direct operating costs, which include the cost of the healthcare professionals and the related housing and travel costs, certain employment related taxes, professional liability insurance, health insurance for professionals and workers compensation insurance coverage. We were able to effectively manage our insurance costs which resulted in an increase in our gross profit as a percentage of revenue during 2007.

 

Our selling, general and administrative costs were $2,864,197 or 39.1% of revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $3,099,303 or 33.9% of revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2006. Selling, general and administrative expenses are comprised primarily of certain personnel costs, legal and accounting fees related to being a public company and various other office and administrative expenses. The increase in selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of revenue is attributable to increased legal costs associated with settlements, costs associated with a services agreement with Audiostocks, Inc. which provides investment services to us for a 12 month period as well as the fixed nature of some of the corporate overhead costs which did not decline with the decline in revenue.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2007 we entered into a Settlement Agreement with TravMed pursuant to which we agreed to pay Robert Litton and Steve Williams the sum of $275,000. This settlement resulted in a gain of $20,498 since the liability recorded previously for this claim was more than the final settlement amount.

 

Non-cash stock based compensation costs were $256,859 in the three months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $505,586 in the three months ended September 30, 2006. The decrease is primarily due to the stock based compensation  awarded to our former Chief Executive Officer being expensed in the first quarter in conjunction with the severance agreement.

 

Interest costs were $327,116 in the three months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $866,204 in the three months ended September 30, 2006. This decrease in interest expense is the result of lower interest rates associated with the new working capital facility and master revolving note as well as reduced levels of debt.

 

On June 30, 2007 we sold certain assets of Health Industry Professionals, LLC back to the original sellers for $300,000 cash, the return of 128,367 shares of our common stock held by the original sellers, and their assumption of certain liabilities. Operating income related to this business, in the amount of $78,721 for the three months ended September 30, 2006 has been reclassified to income from discontinued operations.

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006

 

Revenues from continuing operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $22,666,012 compared to revenues of $27,212,527 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Revenues have decreased in 2007 compared to 2006 due principally to decreases in revenue related to closing portions of our operations in California, to the loss of customers related to litigation surrounding the TravMed acquisition and a decrease in revenues from several of our Texas hub locations due to turnover of key employees at such facilities. The decrease in revenue has been partially offset by revenue associated with the Staff Search acquisition completed in April 2006 and increases in our locum tenens division. In 2007 approximately 14.0% (30.6% in 2006) of our revenue was derived from the placement of travel nurses on assignment, typically 13 weeks in length. Such assignments generally involve temporary relocation to the geographic area of the assignment. We also provide per diem nurses to satisfy the very short-term needs of healthcare facilities. Per diem services provided 71.0% of our revenue in 2007 (55.6% in 2006). The remaining amount of our revenue in 2007 came from providing staffing to healthcare facilities, private duty homecare, locum tenens contracts and allied services. In 2006 the remaining revenue came from providing

 

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clinical management and staffing to healthcare facilities and private duty homecare. During 2007 and 2006, most of our customers were acute care hospitals located throughout the continental United States.

 

Our overall gross profit in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $4,734,631 or 20.9% of revenues compared to $5,548,342 or 20.4% of revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Our gross profit is the difference between the revenue we realize when we bill our customers for the services of our healthcare professionals and our direct operating costs, which include the cost of the healthcare professionals and the related housing and travel costs, certain employment related taxes, professional liability insurance, health insurance for professionals and workers compensation insurance coverage. We were able to effectively manage our insurance costs which resulted in an increase in our gross profit as a percentage of revenue during 2007.

 

Our selling, general and administrative costs were $8,524,901 or 37.6% of revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $8,504,760 or 31.3% of revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Selling, general and administrative expenses are comprised primarily of certain personnel costs, legal and accounting fees related to being a public company and various other office and administrative expenses. The increase in selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of revenue is attributable to increased legal costs associated with settlements, an increase in health care claims and $503,333 of accrued expenses related to a severance agreement with our former Chief Executive Officer as well as the fixed nature of some of the corporate overhead costs which did not decline with the decline in revenue.

 

Primarily as a result of the sale of certain assets of Health Industry Professionals, LLC at June 30, 2007, our impairment analysis of goodwill required a charge for impairment of goodwill of $3.1 million. We lost certain customer relationships that were obtained with the TravMed acquisition. We recorded a write-down of $123,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 related to intangibles assigned to these customer relationships.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 we settled several litigation cases resulting in a gain of $643,525. In April 2007 we settled litigation with Dawson James Securities, Inc. by issuing 400,000 shares of our common stock. These shares were valued at $160,000 and when measured against previous amounts accrued resulted in a gain from settlement of litigation of $356,144. Also during the second quarter our negotiations with TravMed resulted in our estimated liability being reduced to approximately $300,000 resulting in a gain of $248,275. During the third quarter we entered into a Settlement Agreement with TravMed pursuant to which we agreed to pay Robert Litton and Steve Williams the sum of $275,000. This settlement resulted in an additional gain of $20,498. In 2005, we asserted a claim against a seller of one of our 2003 acquisitions. In January 2006, we reached a settlement with the seller returning 59,150 shares of our stock that had been issued in connection with the acquisition. We reported a gain on this settlement of $1,064,693 representing the fair value of the stock returned on the date of the settlement.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, in connection with claims asserted against the sellers of TravMed, we returned to the sellers shares in TravMed that we had acquired on March 29, 2005. Upon return of the shares to the sellers, $3,215,490 of seller notes payable were extinguished in accordance with terms of the acquisition agreements. This resulted in a gain from extinguishment of debt of $3,215,490 in 2006.

 

Non-cash stock based compensation costs were $4,320,159 in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $1,335,215 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006. In 2006, the volume of trading in the Company’s stock triggered accelerated vesting of some of the restricted shares and caused the Company to begin amortizing the cost of the restricted grants over a shorter period of time beginning in the fourth quarter of 2006. In addition, the severance agreement for our former Chief Executive Officer included the granting of an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s stock vesting immediately and accelerated vesting of restricted grants. Expense of $3,024,177 associated with the accelerated vesting of the restricted stock was recorded in 2007.

 

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Interest costs were $2,643,100 in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to $2,510,158 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006. This increase in interest cost is due to a prepayment penalty and the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the refinancing of our term note and revolving credit facility with Bridge Finance and costs associated with the conversion of a portion of our debentures for a total of $1,391,538. These amounts were partially offset by lower interest rates associated with the new working capital facility and master revolving note as well as reduced levels of debt.

 

On June 30, 2007 we sold certain assets of Health Industry Professionals, LLC back to the original sellers for $300,000 cash, the return of 128,367 shares of our common stock held by the original sellers, and their assumption of certain liabilities. This transaction resulted in a gain on sale of discontinued operations of $126,446 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Operating income related to this business, in the amount of $180,697 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and $211,451 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 has been reclassified to income from discontinued operations.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2006 a special committee of the Board of Directors recommended, the Board of Directors approved and holders of the Preferred Stock and Warrants agreed to the exchange of all outstanding Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C warrants and Series B-1 warrants into common stock. The exchange as approved by the Board of Directors varied from existing Preferred Stock conversion ratios and was based on recommendations from the special committee of the Board of Directors after they sought guidance from an outside firm. The effect of this exchange transferred the carrying value of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series C preferred stock warrants on our balance sheet to stockholders’ equity resulting in an increase in stockholders’ equity of $10,859,603. This exchange also resulted in the recognition of a deemed dividend of $45,554,618. This deemed dividend was calculated by valuing the 10,257,131 shares of common stock issued in the exchange at the closing price of the stock on the date of the exchange ($5.50) less the recorded value of the Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants of $10,859,603.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

Since inception, we have incurred losses from operations and have reported negative cash flows. As of September 30, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of $132,189,250 and cash and cash equivalents of $3,450. We have financed our operations primarily through private placements of equity and debt securities and through credit facilities, including our current facility with Systran Financial Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Financial Corporation, and a term loan with Comerica Bank.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we completed eleven closings of a private placement pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement for 8,166,660 shares at a price of $0.60 per share, with aggregate proceeds of $4,900,000. Our Board of Directors had authorized the sale of up to $5,500,000 in common stock in all closings of the private placement. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, we filed a resale registration statement covering the shares on August 31, 2007.

 

On October 26, 2007, we entered into and completed an initial closing on a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors for the private placement of 15,666,667 shares of common stock at a price of $0.30 per share and warrants to purchase up to 7,833,333 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”), for aggregate proceeds of $4,700,000. On November 13, 2007, we entered and completed a second closing of the Purchase Agreement with certain investors for the private placement of 3,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.30 per share and Warrants to purchase up to 1,750,000 shares of common stock for aggregate proceeds of $1,050,000. The Warrants are immediately exercisable, have an exercise price of $0.35 per share and have a five (5) year term. The shares have been and will be issued in a private placement transaction pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. We have also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the investors, pursuant to which we have agreed to cause a resale registration statement covering the shares sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants to be filed within 30 days after the initial closing date.

 

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C. Fred Toney, the Chairman of our board of directors, individually and through affiliated entities invested $1,850,000 in the private placement for 6,166,667 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 3,083,333 shares of common stock. Mr. Toney abstained from the board of directors’ vote in favor of the private placement.

 

On October 29, 2007, we purchased all of the outstanding equity interests in ATS Universal, LLC in exchange for $3.3 million in cash and 2.1 million shares of our common stock valued at $700,000.

 

On October 30, 2007, we announced that we had signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to purchase specified assets and liabilities of Medical People Healthcare Services, Inc. for $750,000 cash and a promissory note in the amount of $500,000,

 

On February 8, 2007, we entered into a $10 million working capital facility with Systran Financial Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Financial Corporation. Pursuant to the agreements, Systran agreed, at its sole discretion, to purchase certain receivables from us on a recourse basis. The agreements anticipate a minimum volume of purchases and also contemplate the payment of certain service fees, including a minimum fee. To secure the payment and performance of our obligations to Systran under the agreements, we granted Systran a security interest in all of our assets. We also agreed to indemnify Systran against any liabilities arising out of claims relating to the receivables purchased by Systran under the agreements. The agreements have an initial term of 48 months, and we are obligated to pay Systran an early termination premium in the event the agreements are terminated under certain circumstances prior to the end of the term.

 

On January 19, 2007, we delivered a Master Revolving Note in the amount of $2.4 million to Comerica Bank. Proceeds from the borrowing were used to refinance the over-advance amount outstanding under the revolving line of credit with Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC. The Note has principal payments of $125,000 on March 31, 2007, $100,000 on June 30, 2007, September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 and has a final maturity date of January 31, 2008 and bears interest at a per annum rate equal to Comerica’s base rate from time to time in effect minus one-half of one (1/2%) percent (7.25% at September 30, 2007). The Note includes events of default and provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, Comerica may, at its option and without prior notice to us, declare any or all of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note immediately due and payable. We are currently in compliance with all provisions of the agreement and expect to extend the maturity date of this debt or refinance it when the balance becomes due on January 31, 2008.

 

We generated a net loss of $12,902,861 and used cash in operations of $3,661,367 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Additionally, although we ended September 30, 2007 with a significant working capital deficit of $4,506,699, we were able to secure additional funding during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 to finance our operations as we continued to attempt to execute our business plan and to acquire and grow companies involved in healthcare staffing. We will need to raise additional funds during the next twelve months to satisfy debt service requirements of approximately $2.5 million due in January 2008 and working capital needs of between $500,000 and $1,000,000 over the next twelve months. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise the amount of debt or equity capital required to meet our objectives. Our challenging financial circumstances may make the terms, conditions and cost of any available capital unfavorable. If additional debt or equity capital is not readily available, we will be forced to scale back its acquisition activities and its operations. This would result in an overall slowdown of our development. Our short-term need for capital may force it to consider and potentially pursue other strategic options sooner than it might otherwise have desired. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Management has taken a number of steps to address our financial performance and to improve cash flow. Management has refinanced a majority of our debt with new debt that has a lower interest rate, restructured

 

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the operating management team, and implemented programs to obtain expense savings which have provided us with access to additional working capital. Our new Chief Executive Officer has strong operations experience and will devote constant attention toward expense reduction and achieving growth both organically and through acquisitions so that we can spread our corporate overhead over a larger base of business and achieve economies of scale. Subsequent to September 30, 2007 we have acquired two more profitable companies and have raised $5.7 million of additional equity.

 

Cash Flows

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we used cash in operations of $3,661,367, compared to $3,220,001 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Although we ended September 30, 2007 with a significant working capital deficit of $4,506,699 we were able to secure additional funding during this period to finance our operations and subsequent to September 30, 2007 have raised an additional $5.7 million of which $1.6 million has been allocated for working capital purposes.

 

Net cash provided by investing activities was $242,767 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $203,361 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. On June 30, 2007 we sold certain assets of Health Industry Professionals, LLC back to the original sellers for $300,000 cash, the return of 128,367 shares of our common stock held by the original sellers, and the assumption of certain liabilities.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, we financed our working capital requirements primarily through the sale of common stock, convertible debentures and through loans and credit facilities. Net cash provided by financing activities was $3,223,982 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and $2,781,291 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. In 2007, we received $2,400,000 from a note payable to lender and $5,260,471 from the issuance of common stock in private placements. These funds were used to fund operations and pay-off an over-advance of $2,425,000 and $1,006,867 of note payable to lenders. In 2006, we received $2,000,000 in the private placement of 8% convertible debentures and short- and long-term warrants as well as $1,500,000 through the issuance of common stock in private placements. These funds were used to repay $1,778,438 of note payable to lender and fund $3,220,001 cash used in operations.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT JUDGEMENT

 

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions regarding uncertainties that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Areas that require significant judgments, estimates, and assumptions include the assignment of fair values upon acquisition of goodwill and other intangible assets, testing for impairment of long-lived assets and valuation of the stock used to consummate our acquisitions. We use historical experience, qualified independent consultants and all available information to make these judgments and estimates, and actual results will inevitably differ from those estimates and assumptions that are used to prepare our financial statements at any given time.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for doubtful accounts that provides a reserve with respect to those accounts for which revenue was recognized but with respect to which management subsequently determines that payment is not expected to be received. We analyze the balances of accounts receivable to ensure that the recorded amounts properly reflect the amounts expected to be collected. This analysis involves the application of varying percentages to each accounts receivable category based on the age of the uncollectible accounts receivable. The amount ultimately recorded as the reserve is determined after management also analyzes the collectibility of specific large or problematic accounts on an individual basis, as well as the overall business climate and other factors. Our estimate of the percentage of uncollectible accounts may change from time to time and any such change could have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Purchase Accounting, Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

All business acquisitions have been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the statements of operations include the results of each acquired business since the date of acquisition. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their estimated fair value as determined by management and supported in some cases by an independent third-party valuation. We finalize the allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed when we obtain information sufficient to complete the allocation, but in any case, within one year after acquisition.

 

Goodwill arising from the acquisitions of businesses is recorded as the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets of the businesses acquired. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”) provides that goodwill is to be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate potential impairment. Consistent with this standard, we will review goodwill, as well as other intangible assets and long-term assets, for impairment annually or more frequently as warranted, and if circumstances indicate that the recorded value of any such other asset is impaired, such asset is written down to its new, lower fair value. If any item of goodwill or such other asset is determined to be impaired, an impairment loss would be recognized equal to the amount by which the recorded value exceeds the estimated fair market value.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

We have used stock grants and stock options to attract and retain directors and key executives and intend to use stock options in the future to attract, retain and reward employees for long-term service.

 

We account for these stock options under the modified prospective method of SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment”. In the modified prospective method, compensation cost is recognized for all share-based payments granted. We have used the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate fair value of our stock-based awards which requires various judgmental assumptions including estimating stock price volatility, forfeiture rates and expected life. Our computation of expected volatility is based on a combination of historical and market-based implied volatility. If any of the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model change significantly, stock-based compensation expense may differ materially in the future from that recorded in the current period.

 

Item 3.           Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

Our exposure to interest rate risk arises principally from the variable rates associated with our credit facilities with Systran and Comerica Bank. On September 30, 2007, we had borrowings of approximately $5.3 million under these facilities that were subject to variable rates, with a rate at September 30, 2007 of 12.5% and 7.25% respectively. As of September 30, 2007, an adverse change of 10% in the interest rate of all such borrowings outstanding (for example, from 8.0% to 8.8%) would have caused us to incur an increase in interest expense of approximately $54,975 on an annual basis.

 

Inflation

 

We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our results of operations in recent years and periods. There can be no assurance, however, that we will not be adversely affected by inflation in the future.

 

Item 4.           Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated

 

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to our management including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon the foregoing evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of the end of the fiscal period covered by this report.

 

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.           Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are not currently aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating results. The following is a list of claims that were settled in the nine months ended September 30, 2007. These settlements have been disclosed in the financial statements and recorded as of September 30, 2007.

 

Crdentia Corp. and CRDE Corp. v. Robert Litton and Steve Williams; Cause No. 3-06-CV-1182-R; Pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas-Dallas Division.

 

On January 27, 2006, Crdentia Corp. and CRDE Corp. filed suit against Robert Litton and Steve Williams, the former owners of TravMed, asserting claims for breach of non-competition/solicitation agreements, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with existing and prospective contracts and business relations, and declaratory relief arising out of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of March 28, 2005. Among other things, the Company alleged that the defendants violated their non-competition agreements that they executed in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by diverting business opportunities to a competing business. The Company sought an undisclosed amount of damages. The defendants filed counterclaims against Crdentia alleging breach of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and conversion. The Company settled this case in September 2007. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Travmed agreed: (i) to release all claims, known or unknown, related to or arising out of the Litigation, (ii) to indemnify the Company from and against all matters or obligations related to certain creditors expressly identified in the Settlement Agreement and (iii) that the Company shall not have any responsibility to indemnify or defend Travmed from any claims, demands or causes of action arising from any acts or omissions occurring, in whole or in part, during the time period from March 28, 2005 to May 8, 2006. Also, pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Robert Litton and Steve Williams the sum of $275,000 during the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

 

Crdentia Corp., CRDE Corp., and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. v. William W. Crocker and William C. Crocker

 

On January 31, 2006, Crdentia Corp., CRDE Corp., and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. filed suit against William W. Crocker and William C. Crocker, the former owners of Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc., asserting claims for fraud, indemnity, and declaratory relief arising out of an

 

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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated August 6, 2004 and a Receivable Allocation Agreement entered into in connection therewith. Among other things, the Company alleged that, prior to entering the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, the defendants failed to disclose that certain key employees had planned to leave the company and that the defendants requested and/or instructed such employees not to leave prior to the closing of the merger. The Company also alleged that the defendants failed to disclose that their company did not possess certain state licenses necessary to conduct a portion of its business. The Company sought an undisclosed amount of damages. This case was settled in April 2007 as discussed below under “William W. Crocker v. Crdentia Corp.”

 

William W. Crocker, an individual, v. Crdentia Corp., a Delaware Corporation, and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc., an Arizona Corporation

 

On February 23, 2006, William W. Crocker filed suit against Crdentia Corp. and Arizona Home Health Care/Private Duty, Inc. asserting claims for declaratory judgment, breach of contract, and conversion arising from a Receivable Allocation Agreement executed incident to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated August 6, 2006. Mr. Crocker sought damages in the principal sum of $251,150, which was comprised of $114,019 for collected accounts receivable and eighty percent (80%) of $171,414 of uncollected accounts receivable, plus attorneys’ fees. The Company settled this case in April 2007. The Company issued 312,500 shares of common stock (valued at $159,375 based on the trading value of stock on April 9, 2007) in exchange for Crdentia retaining the proceeds from the collection of certain receivables that it collected on behalf of Mr. Crocker.

 

Dawson James Securities, Inc. v. Crdentia Corp.

 

On March 22, 2006, Dawson James filed suit against Crdentia Corp. seeking fees in connection with raising investment capital for Crdentia. Dawson James contended that under terms of a contract they were owed cash of $235,000 and 50,000 warrants to purchase Crdentia stock. The Company settled this case in April 2007. The Company agreed to issue 400,000 shares of common stock (valued at $160,000 based on the trading value of stock on April 13, 2007) in full payment of the obligation which is an amount that is less than what was previously accrued on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Any investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the following information about the risks described below, together with the other information contained in this Form 10-Q before you decide whether to buy our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected. In those circumstances, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of the money you paid to buy our common stock.

 

Our independent registered public accounting firm issued a going concern opinion on our financial statements, questioning our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s opinion on our 2006 financial statements includes an explanatory paragraph indicating substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Since our inception, we have operated with limited operating capital, and we continue to face immediate and substantial cash needs. We have limited cash resources and will need to raise additional capital through public or private financings or other arrangements in order to meet current commitments and continue development of our business. We will need to raise additional funds during the next twelve months to satisfy debt service requirements of approximately $2.5 million in January 2008 and working capital needs of between $500,000 and $1,000,000 over the next twelve months. We cannot assure you that additional capital will be available to us when needed, if at all, or, if available, will be obtained on terms attractive to us. If we are not successful in raising capital in the short-term we could be unable to meet payroll costs. Failure to raise additional capital when needed could cause us to cease our operations.

 

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We have financed our operations since inception primarily through the private placement of equity and debt securities and loan facilities. Although we will need to raise funds in the near future, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in consummating any fundraising transaction, or if we do consummate such a transaction, that its terms and conditions will not require us to give investors warrants or other valuable rights to purchase additional interest in our company, or be otherwise unfavorable to us. Among other things, the agreements under which we issued some of our existing securities include, and any securities that we may issue in the future may also include, terms that could impede our ability to raise additional funding. Our projected cash needs are based on management’s current assumptions regarding our business, including some degree of organic growth. This growth may not materialize and our assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. We have been inaccurate in projecting our cash needs in the past. The issuance of additional securities could impose additional restrictions on how we operate and finance our business. In addition, our current debt financing arrangements involve significant interest expense and restrictive covenants that limit our operations.

 

We have a history of losses, and we may not achieve or maintain profitability.

 

We have experienced operating and net losses in each fiscal quarter since our inception, and as of September 30, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of $132.2 million. We incurred a net loss of $1.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. We will need to increase revenues and reduce operating expenses to achieve profitability, and we may not be able to do so. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. Our management may not be able to accurately project or give any assurance with respect to our ability to control development and operating costs and/or expenses in the future. Consequently, as we expand our commercial operations, management may not be able to control costs and expenses adequately, and such operations may generate losses. If our operating expenses exceed our expectations, our financial performance will be adversely affected. Our failure to achieve and sustain profitability would negatively impact the market price of our common stock.

 

We may face difficulties identifying acquisitions and integrating these acquisitions into our operations. These acquisitions may be unsuccessful, involve significant cash expenditures or expose us to unforeseen liabilities.

 

We continually evaluate opportunities to acquire healthcare staffing companies that complement or enhance our business and frequently have preliminary acquisition discussions with such companies. Since 2003, we have acquired ten businesses. These acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:

 

                  potential loss of revenues following the acquisition;

 

                  difficulties integrating acquired personnel and distinct cultures into our business;

 

                  difficulties integrating acquired companies into our operating, financial planning and financial reporting systems;

 

                  diversion of management attention from existing operations; and

 

                  assumption of liabilities and exposure to unforeseen liabilities of acquired companies, including liabilities for their failure to comply with healthcare regulations.

 

These acquisitions may also involve significant cash expenditures, debt incurrence and integration expenses that could seriously harm our financial condition and results of operations. We may fail to achieve expected efficiencies and synergies. Any acquisition may ultimately have a negative impact on our business and financial condition. We may have difficulty in successfully completing planned acquisitions, which could result in significant cash expenditures for legal and accounting services and take up significant time and attention of management.

 

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There is a limited public market for our common stock, and the trading price of our common stock is subject to volatility.

 

The quotation of shares of our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board began in 2003. There can be no assurances that an active public market will develop or continue for our common stock. The trading price of our common stock is subject to significant fluctuations. Factors affecting the trading price of our common stock may include:

 

                  variations in our financial results;

 

                  announcements of innovations, new solutions, strategic alliances or significant agreements by us or by our competitors;

 

                  recruitment or departure of key personnel;

 

                  changes in estimates of our financial results or changes in the recommendations of any securities analysts that elect to follow our common stock;

 

                  market conditions in our industry, the industries of our customers and the economy as a whole; and

 

                  sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that substantial amounts of our common stock will be sold, by our existing stockholders in the public market.

 

Our need to raise additional capital in the future could have a dilutive effect on your investment.

 

Based on current cash flow projections which contain revenue growth from current operations as well as new acquisitions, we anticipate needing to raise additional capital in the future in order for us to continue to operate our business. We will need to raise additional funds during the next twelve months to satisfy debt service requirements of approximately $2.5 million in January 2008 and working capital needs of between $500,000 and $1,000,000 over the next twelve months. Since the beginning of 2007, we have raised $4.9 million through the sale of common stock at $0.60 per share in eleven closings of a private placement and $5.7 million through the sales of common stock at $0.30 per share in two closings of a private placement. In addition to raising money through subsequent closings of the private placement, we may raise additional capital through the public or private sale of common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for our common stock. Such sales could be consummated at a significant discount to the trading price of our stock.

 

If we sell additional shares of our common stock, such sales will further dilute the percentage of our equity that our existing stockholders own. In addition, private placement financings could involve the issuance of securities at a price per share that represents a discount to the trading prices listed for our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board. Depending upon the price per share of securities that we sell in the future, a stockholder’s interest in us will be further diluted by any adjustments to the number of shares and the applicable exercise price required pursuant to the terms of the agreements under which we previously issued securities. No assurance can be given that previous or future investors, finders or placement agents will not claim that they are entitled to additional anti-dilution adjustments or dispute the calculation of any such adjustments. Any such claim or dispute could require us to incur material costs and expenses regardless of the resolution and, if resolved unfavorably to us, to affect dilutive securities issuances or adjustments to previously issued securities. In addition, future financings may include provisions requiring us to make additional payments to the investors if we fail to obtain or maintain the effectiveness of SEC registration statements by specified dates or take other specified action. Our ability to meet these requirements may depend on actions by regulators and other third parties, over which we will have no control. These provisions may require us to make payments or issue additional dilutive securities, or could

 

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lead to costly and disruptive disputes. In addition, these provisions could require us to record additional non-cash expenses.

 

Our credit facility and revolving note impose significant expenses on us and we could incur significant additional expenses in the event of default.

 

In January 2007, we delivered a Master Revolving Note in the amount of $2.4 million to Comerica Bank (the “Comerica Revolving Note”). In February 2007, we entered into a $10 million working capital facility with Systran Financial Services Corporation (the “Working Capital Facility”). In connection with our entry into these credit arrangements with Comerica and Systran, we terminated our existing revolving credit facility with Bridge Healthcare Finance, LLC and term loan credit facility with Bridge Opportunity Finance, LLC. The new Working Capital Facility and Comerica Revolving Note involve significant interest expenses. The Working Capital Facility has an initial term of 48 months, and we are obligated to pay Systran certain fees upon early termination in the event the arrangement is terminated prior to the end of the term. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, Systran may immediately collect any obligation owing to Systran under the Working Capital Facility. The Comerica Revolving Note provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, Comerica may, without prior notice to us, declare any or all of the indebtedness payable under the note immediately due and payable. Our failure to pay required interest expenses and other fees or to otherwise satisfy the terms of these credit arrangements would have a material adverse affect on us.

 

The agreements governing the convertible debentures contain covenants and restrictions that may limit our ability to operate our business.

 

The terms of our 2006 convertible debentures limit our ability to, among other things, declare or pay dividends or distributions on any equity securities, create or incur additional indebtedness, create additional liens on our assets and repurchase common stock. These restrictions could adversely affect our ability to borrow additional funds or raise additional equity to fund our future operations. In addition, if we fail to comply with any of the covenants contained in the agreements or otherwise default on the convertible debentures, the holders may accelerate the indebtedness, and we may not have sufficient funds available to make the required payments.

 

MedCap Partners L.P. controls a significant amount of our outstanding capital stock, and this may delay or prevent a change of control of the company or adversely affect our stock price.

 

MedCap Partners L.P. and MedCap Master Fund L.P. (the “MedCap Funds”) control a significant portion of our outstanding capital stock. In addition, C. Fred Toney, Chairman of our board of directors, is the managing member of MedCap Management & Research LLC, the general partner of the MedCap Funds. MedCap is able to exercise influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, such as the election of directors and the approval of significant corporate transactions, including transactions involving an actual or potential change of control of the company or other transactions that the non-controlling stockholders may deem to be in their best interests and in which such stockholders could receive a premium for their shares.

 

We incur significant costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is required to devote substantial time to comply with public company regulations.

 

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we would not otherwise incur if we were a private company. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules subsequently implemented by the SEC have imposed various requirements on public companies, including changes in corporate governance practices. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires us to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls for financial reporting. In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, significant resources and management oversight are required. Our management and other personnel need to devote a substantial amount of time to these requirements. We have limited internal financial and accounting resources, and these resources may not be sufficient to support our required

 

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compliance with these rules and regulations. Moreover, these rules and regulations increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly.

 

In addition, commencing in fiscal 2007, we must now perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal controls over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our compliance with Section 404 requires that we incur substantial expense and expend significant management efforts. If we identify deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

 

If we do not continue to attract and retain key employees our business could suffer.

 

We are dependent upon the personal efforts of our management team. The loss of any of our officers or directors could have a material adverse effect upon our business and future prospects. In particular, we depend on our Chief Executive Officer, John Kaiser. We do not presently have key-person life insurance upon the life of any of our officers or directors. Additionally, as we continue our planned expansion of commercial operations, we will require the services of additional skilled personnel. There can be no assurance that we can attract persons with the requisite skills and training to meet our future needs or, even if such persons are available, that they can be hired on terms favorable to us.

 

Our success also depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified and skilled sales personnel who engage in selling and business development for our services. The available pool of qualified sales personnel candidates is limited. We commit substantial resources to the recruitment, training, development and operational support of our sales personnel. There can be no assurance that we will be able to recruit, develop and retain qualified sales personnel in sufficient numbers or that our sales personnel will achieve productivity levels sufficient to enable growth of our business. Failure to attract and retain productive sales personnel could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

If we are unable to attract qualified nurses and healthcare professionals for our healthcare staffing business, our business could be negatively impacted.

 

We rely significantly on our ability to attract and retain nurses and healthcare professionals who possess the skills, experience and licenses necessary to meet the requirements of our hospital and healthcare facility clients. We compete for healthcare staffing personnel with other temporary healthcare staffing companies and with hospitals and healthcare facilities. We must continually evaluate and expand our temporary healthcare professional network to keep pace with our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ needs. Currently, there is a shortage of qualified nurses in most areas of the United States, competition for nursing personnel is increasing, and salaries and benefits have risen. We may be unable to continue to increase the number of temporary healthcare professionals that we recruit, decreasing the potential for growth of our business. Our ability to attract and retain temporary healthcare professionals depends on several factors, including our ability to provide temporary healthcare professionals with assignments that they view as attractive and to provide them with competitive benefits and wages. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in any of these areas. The cost of attracting temporary healthcare professionals and providing them with attractive benefit packages may be higher than we anticipate and, as a result, if we are unable to pass these costs on to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, our losses could increase. Moreover, if we are unable to attract and retain temporary healthcare professionals, the quality of our services to our hospital and healthcare facility clients may decline and, as a result, we could lose clients.

 

The temporary staffing industry is highly competitive and the success and future growth of our business depends upon our ability to remain competitive in obtaining and retaining temporary staffing clients.

 

The temporary staffing industry is highly competitive and fragmented, with limited barriers to entry. We compete in national, regional and local markets with full-service agencies and in regional and local markets with specialized temporary staffing agencies. Some of our competitors include AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., Cross Country, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and On Assignment, Inc. All of these companies have significantly greater marketing and financial resources than we do. Our ability to attract

 

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and retain clients is based on the value of the service we deliver, which in turn depends principally on the speed with which we fill assignments and the appropriateness of the match based on clients’ requirements and the skills and experience of our temporary employees. Our ability to attract skilled, experienced temporary professionals is based on our ability to pay competitive wages, to provide competitive benefits, to provide multiple, continuous assignments and thereby increase the retention rate of these employees. To the extent that competitors seek to gain or retain market share by reducing prices or increasing marketing expenditures, we could lose revenues and our margins could decline, which could seriously harm our operating results and cause the trading price of our stock to decline. As we expand into new geographic markets, our success will depend in part on our ability to gain market share from competitors. We expect competition for clients to increase in the future, and the success and growth of our business depends on our ability to remain competitive.

 

Our business depends upon our continued ability to secure and fill new orders from our hospital and healthcare facility clients, because we do not have long-term agreements or exclusive contracts with them.

 

We generally do not have long-term agreements or exclusive guaranteed order contracts with our hospital and healthcare facility clients. The success of our business depends upon our ability to continually secure new orders from hospitals and other healthcare facilities and to fill those orders with our temporary healthcare professionals. Our hospital and healthcare facility clients are free to place orders with our competitors and may choose to use temporary healthcare professionals that our competitors offer them. Therefore, we must maintain positive relationships with our hospital and healthcare facility clients. If we fail to maintain positive relationships with our hospital and healthcare facility clients, we may be unable to generate new temporary healthcare professional orders and our business may be adversely affected.

 

Fluctuations in patient occupancy at our clients’ hospitals and healthcare facilities and/or nurse turnover rates may adversely affect the demand for our services and therefore the profitability of our business.

 

Demand for our temporary healthcare staffing services is significantly affected by the general level of patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare clients’ facilities. When occupancy increases, hospitals and other healthcare facilities often add temporary employees before full-time employees are hired. As occupancy decreases, hospitals and other healthcare facilities typically reduce their use of temporary employees before undertaking layoffs of their regular employees. In addition, we may experience more competitive pricing pressure during periods of occupancy downturn. Occupancy at our clients’ hospitals and healthcare facilities also fluctuates due to the seasonality of some elective procedures. We are unable to predict the level of patient occupancy at any particular time and the effect on our revenues and earnings.

 

We could be difficult to acquire due to anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law.

 

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire control of us. These provisions may make it more difficult for stockholders to take corporate actions and may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control. We are subject to the anti-takeover provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Subject to specified exceptions, including the approval of the transaction by the board of directors or the corporation’s stockholders, this section provides that a corporation may not engage in any business combination with any interested stockholder during the three-year period following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. This provision could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us. These factors could limit the price that investors or an acquirer may be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.

 

We operate in a regulated industry and changes in regulations or violations of regulations may result in increased costs or sanctions that could reduce our revenues and profitability.

 

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comply with the laws and regulations that are directly applicable to our business, we could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties or be subject to injunctions or cease and desist orders.

 

Our business is generally not subject to the extensive and complex laws that apply to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, including laws related to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs. However, these laws and regulations could indirectly affect the demand or the prices paid for our services. For example, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could suffer civil or criminal penalties or be excluded from participating in Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs if they fail to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to their businesses. In addition, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could receive reduced reimbursements, or be excluded from coverage, because of a change in the rates or conditions set by federal or state governments. In turn, violations of or changes to these laws and regulations that adversely affect our hospital and healthcare facility clients could also adversely affect the prices that these clients are willing or able to pay for our services.

 

In addition, improper actions by our employees and other service providers may subject us to regulatory and litigation risk.

 

Further government regulations or healthcare reform could negatively impact our business opportunities, revenues and margins.

 

Although our operations are not currently subject to any significant government regulations, it is possible that, in the future, such regulations may be created. Although we cannot predict the likelihood or extent of such future regulations, the possibility exists that future unforeseen changes may have an adverse impact on our ability to continue or expand our operations as presently planned.

 

The United States government has undertaken efforts to control increasing healthcare costs through legislation, regulation and voluntary agreements with medical care providers and drug companies. In the recent past, the United States Congress has considered several comprehensive healthcare reform proposals. The proposals were generally intended to expand healthcare coverage for the uninsured and reduce the growth of total healthcare expenditures. While Congress did not adopt any comprehensive reform proposals, members of Congress may raise similar proposals in the future. If any of these proposals are approved, hospitals and other healthcare facilities may react by spending less on healthcare staffing, including nurses. If this were to occur, we would have fewer business opportunities, which could seriously harm our business.

 

State governments have also attempted to control increasing healthcare costs. For example, the State of Massachusetts has recently implemented a regulation that limits the hourly rate payable to temporary nursing agencies for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nurses’ aides. The State of Minnesota has also implemented a statute that limits the amount that nursing agencies may charge nursing homes. Other states have also proposed legislation that would limit the amounts that temporary staffing companies may charge. Any such current or proposed laws could seriously harm our business, revenues and margins.

 

Furthermore, third party payers, such as health maintenance organizations, increasingly challenge the prices charged for medical care. Failure by hospitals and other healthcare facilities to obtain full reimbursement from those third party payers could reduce the demand or the price paid for our staffing services.

 

Significant legal actions could subject us to substantial uninsured liabilities.

 

In recent years, healthcare providers have become subject to an increasing number of legal actions alleging malpractice, product liability or related legal theories. Many of these actions involve large claims and significant defense costs. In addition, we may be subject to claims related to torts or crimes committed by our employees or temporary healthcare professionals. In some instances, we are required to indemnify our clients against some or all of these risks. A failure of any of our employees or healthcare professionals to observe our policies and guidelines intended to reduce these risks, or to observe relevant client policies and guidelines or applicable federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations, could result in negative publicity, payment of fines or other damages. Our professional malpractice liability insurance and general liability insurance coverage may not cover all claims against us or continue to be available to us at a reasonable

 

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cost. If we are unable to maintain adequate insurance coverage or if our insurers deny coverage we may be exposed to substantial liabilities.

 

We may be legally liable for damages resulting from our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ mistreatment of our healthcare personnel.

 

Because we are in the business of placing our temporary healthcare professionals in the workplaces of other companies, we are subject to possible claims by our temporary healthcare professionals alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, negligence and other similar activities by our hospital and healthcare facility clients. The cost of defending such claims, even if groundless, could be substantial and the associated negative publicity could adversely affect our ability to attract and retain qualified healthcare professionals in the future.

 

We have a substantial amount of goodwill and other intangible assets on our balance sheet. Our level of goodwill and other intangible assets may have the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses.

 

As of September 30, 2007, we had $12.2 million of goodwill and other unamortized intangible assets on our balance sheet, which represents the excess of the total purchase price of our acquisitions over the fair value of the net assets acquired. At September 30, 2007, goodwill and other intangible assets represented 63% of our total assets. An impairment charge of goodwill to earnings would have the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses, as the case may be. If we are required to write down a substantial amount of goodwill, our stock price could be adversely affected. As a result of the loss of customer base in some operations, the closure or sale of certain operations, our impairment analysis of goodwill required a charge for impairment of goodwill of $10.0 million in 2006 and $3.1 million in 2007. We also lost certain customer relationships that were obtained with the TravMed acquisition which necessitated a write-down of $123,000 in 2006 related to intangibles assigned to these customer relationships.

 

Demand for medical staffing services is significantly affected by the general level of economic activity and unemployment in the United States.

 

When economic activity increases, temporary employees are often added before full-time employees are hired. However, as economic activity slows, many companies, including our hospital and healthcare facility clients, reduce their use of temporary employees before laying-off full-time employees. In addition, we may experience more competitive pricing pressure during periods of economic downturn. Therefore, any significant economic downturn could have a material adverse impact on our financial position and results of operations.

 

Item 2.           Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None

 

Item 3.           Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None

 

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

 

None

 

Item 5.           Other Information

 

None

 

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Item 6.           Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1(2)

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

3.2(2)

 

Restated Bylaws.

 

 

 

3.3(1)

 

Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

3.4(3)

 

Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

3.5(3)

 

Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

3.6(3)

 

Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

3.7(4)

 

Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

10.79(5)

 

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated January 25, 2007, by and among Crdentia Corp. and the investors identified on the signature pages thereto.

 

 

 

10.80(5)

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 25, 2007, by and among Crdentia Corp and the investors identified on the signature pages thereto.

 

 

 

10.92(6)

 

Settlement Agreement by and between Crdentia Corp. and iVOW, Inc., dated as of April 4, 2007.

 

 

 

10.93(6)

 

Registration Rights Agreement by and between Crdentia Corp. and iVOW, Inc., dated as of April 4, 2007.

 

 

 

10.94(7)

 

Settlement Agreement by and between Crdentia Corp. and Dawson James Securities, Inc., dated April 13, 2007.

 

 

 

10.95(8)

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated April 13, 2007 by and between Crdentia Corp. and Dawson James Securities, Inc.

 

 

 

10.97(9)

 

Services Agreement by and between Crdentia Corp. and AudioStocks, Inc., dated as of June 25, 2007.

 

 

 

10.98(9)

 

Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of Crdentia Corp. as issued to AudioStocks, Inc., dated as of June 25, 2007.

 

 

 

10.100(10)

 

Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Crdentia Corp., Matthew J. Cahillane and C. Michael Emery, dated as of June 30, 2007.

 

 

 

10.101(11)

 

Settlement Agreement by and between Crdentia Corp., Travmed USA, Inc., Robert Litton and Steve Williams.

 

 

 

10.102(12)

 

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 26, 2007, by and among Crdentia Corp. and the investors identified on the signature pages thereto.

 

 

 

10.103(12)

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 26, 2007, by and among Crdentia Corp. and the investors identified on the signature pages thereto.

 

 

 

10.104(12)

 

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated October 26, 2007.

 

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10.105(13)

 

Membership Interest Purchase Agreement by and among Crdentia Corp., CRDE Corp., ATS Universal, LLC, and the members of ATS Universal, LLC dated as of October 22, 2007.

 

 

 

10.106(13)

 

Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Crdentia Corp., CRDE Corp., MP Health Corp., Medical People Healthcare Services, Inc., and the shareholders of Medical People Healthcare Services, Inc. dated as of October 22, 2007.

 

 

 

10.107(13)

 

Common Stock Purchase Warrant of Crdentia Corp. issued to FatBoy Capital, LP as of October 26, 2007.

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 


(1)           Previously filed on Form 10-QSB with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12,                              2003 and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)           Previously filed on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2002                        and incorporated herein by reference.

(3)           Previously filed on Form 8-K/A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2004                          and incorporated herein by reference.

(4)           Previously filed on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 2005                             and incorporated herein by reference.

(5)           Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 29, 2007 and incorporated                                          herein by reference.

(6)           Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 4, 2007 and incorporated herein                           by reference.

(7)           Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 12, 2007 and incorporated herein                     by reference.

(8)           Previously filed on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(9)           Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 25, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(10)         Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(11)         Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 14, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(12)         Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 26, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(13)         Previously filed with a Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 26, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CRDENTIA CORP.

 

 

Dated: November 14, 2007

By:

 /s/ John Kaiser

 

 

John Kaiser

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Dated: November 14, 2007

By:

 /s/ James J. TerBeest

 

 

James J. TerBeest

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting

 

Officer)

 

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