Prepared by Kilpatrick Stockton EDGAR Services

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB

/X/

Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d) of  
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2001

 

 

/_/

Transition Report Under Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Exchange Act For the Transition Period from _________________ to _________________

Commission File Number 000-____________

Access Power, Inc.


(Is Exact Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in its Charter)

Florida


 

59-3420985


(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

10033 Sawgrass Dr., W, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082


(Address of principal executive office)              (Zip Code)

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code: (904) 273-2980

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the past 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  ____

At November 9, 2001, there were issued and outstanding 93,302,045 shares of Common Stock.

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one):     Yes  _____  No     X

 


 

Part I.   Financial Information

Item 1   Financial Statements

ACCESS POWER, INC.  
(A Development Stage Company)  
   
Balance Sheets  
   
As of September 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000  
   
Assets   September 30   December 31,
          2001   2000
          (unaudited)    
Current assets:            
  Cash  

1,399  $ 15,452 
  Certificate of deposit       100,000 
  Accounts receivable     12,321    56,312 
  Prepaid expenses     622,621    560,993 


    Total current assets     636,341    732,757 


Property and equipment      487,241    721,724 
               
Other assets     5,000    8,000 


    Total assets    $ 1,128,582   $ 1,462,481 


Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity  
               
Current liabilities:          
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 2,402,877   $ 2,154,321 
  Current portion of long-term debt       112,576 


    Total current liabilities     2,402,877    2,266,897 


                   
Long-term debt, less current portion         
Convertible debentures       210,000 


    Total liabilities     2,402,877    2,476,897 


               
Stockholders' equity:          
Common stock, $.001 par value, authorized 500,000,000 and 100,000,000         
         shares, issued and outstanding 93,302,045 and 53,089,389           
         shares at September 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000     93,301    53,087 
  Notes receivable, stockholders     (362,860)   (402,315)
  Preferred stock, $.001 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares,          
         issued and outstanding none 2001 and 2000      
  Additional paid in capital     13,986,649    12,000,011 
  Deficit accumulated during the development stage     (14,991,385)   (12,665,199)


          (1,274,295)   (1,014,416)


               
    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 1,128,582  1,462,481 


 

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ACCESS POWER, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
  
Statements of Operations
 
For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2001and 2000 and the cumulative period
from October 10, 1996 (date of inception) through September 30, 2001
(unaudited)
 
  For the period
  Three months ended
September 30,
  Nine months ended
September 30,
  October 10, 1996
through
      2001   2000   2001   2000   September 30, 2001
     
 
 
 
 
Revenue:                      

Software/hardware sales

   $   -  $   - $ -  $ -  $ 223,881

Telcommunication services

    2,506    66,709   19,866   320,876   585,356
     
 
 
 
 
                       

 Total revenue

  2,506   66,709   19,866   320,876   809,237
     
 
 
 
 
                       
Costs and expenses:                      

Cost of services

    17,653   607,206   390,934   1,180,120   2,194,388

Cost of sales

    -       -   -   164,605

Product development and
       marketing

    150,455   296,923   582,131   1,130,880   3,281,676

General and administrative

    220,578   390,385   1,138,798   1,542,634   6,995,110
     
 
 
 
 
                       

Total costs and expenses

    388,686   1,294,514   2,111,863   3,853,634   12,635,779
     
 
 
 
 
                       
Loss from operations     (386,180)   (1,227,805)   (2,091,998)   (3,532,758)   (11,826,543)
                       
Other income (expense):                      

Interest income

    -   -   5,293   -   7,673

Interest expense

    (15,000)   (156,344)   (239,481)   (2,417,176)   (3,165,635)

Loss on disposal of equipment

    -   -   -   -   (6,880)
     
 
 
 
 
                       

Total other income (expense)

(15,000)   (156,344)   (234,188)   (2,417,176)   (3,164,842)
     
 
 
 
 

 

             

Net loss

  (401,180)   (1,384,149)   (2,326,186)   (5,949,934)   (14,991,385)
     
 
 
 
 

 

                   

Net loss per share

$ (0.00) $ (0.03) $ (0.03) $ (0.15)  $ (0.41)
     
 
 
 
 

 

                     

Weighted average number
  of   shares

  92,761,328   43,971,501   85,400,924   39,749,871   36,641,672
     
 
 
 
 
 

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ACCESS POWER, INC.
(A Development Stage Company 
 
Statements of Cash Flows
 
For the nine months ended September  30, 2001 and 2000 and the cumulative period
from October 10, 1996 (date of inception) through September 30, 2001

 (Unaudited)

    For the period
    October 10, 1996
          through
    2001   2000   September 30, 2001



Cash flows from operating activities:            

Net loss

 $ (2,326,186) $ (5,949,934) $ (14,991,385)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash

           

used in operating activities:

           

 Depreciation and amortization

  230,557   102,525   1,045,096

 Loss on disposal of property and equipment

      -   33,341

 Stock issued for services

  158,350   47,000   1,152,474

 Stock issued for interest

  4,481   26,748   115,958

Value of beneficial conversion feature of
      debentures 

  235,000   1,900,000   2,575,000

 Value of warrants in excess of exercise price

  -   322,720   337,120

 Change in operating assets and liabilities:

           

  Accounts receivable

  43,991   (1,648)   (119,647)

  Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  150,032   (209,571)   2,432,106

Other assets 

  (80,664)   (151,218)   (553,408)

Inventory 

  -   -   -



Net cash used in operating activities

  (1,584,439)   (2,529,229)   (7,973,345)



            -
Cash flows from investing activities:            

(Purchase) redemption of certificate of deposit

  100,000   -   -

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

  14,800   -   67,120

Purchase of property and equipment

  (2,221)   (249,441)   (1,746,305)

Note receivable

  39,455   40,400   (362,860)



             

Net cash used in investing activities 

  152,034   (209,041)   (2,042,045)



            -
Cash flows from financing activities:            

Proceeds from issuance of stock

  1,149,102   1,942,217   4,823,379

Proceeds from issuance of notes payable

  269,250   3,300,000   5,686,851

Principal payments on notes payable

  -   (2,171,440)   (493,441)



             

  Net cash provided by financing activities

  1,418,352   3,070,777   10,016,789



            -

  Net change in cash

  (14,053)   332,507   1,399
             
Cash, at beginning of period   15,452   213,885   -



            -
Cash at end of period  $ 1,399  $ 546,392  $ 1,399



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A.

Basis of Presentation

 

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed and omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although management believes the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's annual report and most recent financial statements included in its report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The interim financial information included herein is unaudited; however, such information reflects all the adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

 

 

 

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ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes appearing elsewhere in this 10-QSB report.

Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

The statements contained in the section captioned Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations which are not historical are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements represent the Company's present expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Company cautions that such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, the uncertainty as to the Company's ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms to finance the Company's operations and growth strategy, acceptance of the Company’s technology and services in the market place, telecommunications industry trends towards solutions not addressed by the Company’s business, increasing competition in the information technology services market, the ability to hire, train and retain sufficient qualified personnel, and the ability to develop and implement operational and financial systems to manage the Company's growth.

Plan Of Operation

Overview

Access Power, Inc. was formed in 1996 to offer Internet-based communications products and services in the U.S. and international markets. We are creating a network of Internet telephony gateway servers and Internet protocol and public switched telephone network circuits to provide voice and multimedia communications services, more commonly referred to as Internet protocol telephony.

From our inception, we have devoted most of our efforts to technical analysis, development, procurement, implementation, testing, and the establishment of the corporate and technical policies and procedures necessary to support our business requirements. We are a development stage operation.

Our Internet protocol telephony gateway network allows us to offer competitively priced call rates while providing premium communications features. Our current products and services are based primarily on PC-to-phone communications. The PC-to-phone service is done through our FreeWebCall.com service. Customers anywhere in the world can use a PC to place calls to telephones in the United States and 47 other countries. Customers order the service at our FreeWebCall.com web site and pre-pay on-line using a credit card or by mailing in a check or money order. Upon receipt of payment and account activation, the customer receives his or her codes via e-mail allowing him or her to use the service and place calls. The customer’s PC-to-phone calls are charged to his or her account at a per minute rate based on where they are calling. Paying PC-to-phone customers are also eligible to use the free PC-to-PC calling service. Customers can sign up for only the PC-to-PC service which includes the collaboration features of text chat, file, document and whiteboard sharing. The service is also supported by advertising and product offerings from various providers. The offerings are in the form of banner ads displayed to site visitors and customers of FreeWebCall.com. Depending on the particular arrangement we receive payments for the advertising impressions that are displayed or sales commissions for purchases originating from our sites.

While in our start-up and current development stages, we tested and introduced certain products and services, new to both the communications industry and us. In order to be competitive in our market place, we followed industry leaders by offering free services subsidized by Internet advertising. We built a subscriber base of approximately 500,000 by offering this free service. As the Internet advertising industry declined in both revenue and inventory, our revenue declined accordingly. We have since changed our business model to a combination of free and for-pay services and are rebuilding our base of subscribers from zero. Our free service is PC-to-PC based and we do not incur any network costs by offering this product. We use the site traffic generated from the free service to offer pay services and products. As of October 31, 2001, we have 21,370 subscribers, primarily users of the free service. To date, we have not realized enough revenues from sales of any products or services in amounts necessary to support all of our cash operating needs.

In order to achieve sustainable commercial, as well as break-even, operations, we are pursuing co-branding opportunities for our phone-to-PC service, as well as developing new products that leverage our computer telephony experience, network capacity and hardware capabilities. Based on our prior experience of co-branding for-pay services, we expect to grow at a rate of 1,000 customers per month, with an average gross revenue of $10 per customer per month. At this rate of growth, we expect to be able to sustain operations within 24 months and reach break-even within 36 months.

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Expansion Plans

We believe we must expand our gateway network capacity and our customer base to achieve profitability. This expansion will be done in conjunction with the implementation of developments that will add further value to the customers of our services. Some of the developments will be low cost to us but intended to enhance the existing user experience within the free or low cost to consumer sponsor based model. We expect to add communication service offerings that will increase customer value and grow revenues. We are also working with various advertisers and suppliers to continue maximizing the opportunities presented by our site activity.

Marketing

Our current marketing focus is on FreeWebCall.com subscriber acquisition and the leveraging of the resultant activity by adding value to the subscriber experience and promoting or reselling various products and services. Subscriber acquisition is occurring primarily through developing relationships with on-line link distributors who display our advertisements at selected web-sites. The links refer Internet users to our site to join and become a member. Service revenue is generated by members who purchase our PC-to-phone service. Additional revenue is generated by displaying ad impressions or from sales commissions through marketing associations with suppliers of various products and services that are strategically promoted on our web site pages.

PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2001 COMPARED TO PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000

REVENUES AND COSTS OF REVENUES.

Revenues decreased $64,203 from $66,709 in the three months ended September 30, 2001 compared to the previous year. Revenues decreased $301,010 from $320,876 in the nine months ended September 30, 2001 compared to the previous year. The period ending September 30, 2000 included revenues realized from our Net.Caller™ service, which was a for-pay service that we discontinued during that reporting period. We followed industry leaders at that time by offering free services subsidized by advertising. The subsequent Internet advertising industry decline made our free service no longer a viable business model. We had to change to a for-pay offering and rebuild our base of subscribers from zero. Our revenue decline reported in the period ending September 30, 2001 is reflective of the changeover in business model and rebuilding of our customer base.

EXPENSES.

Our direct cost of revenue consists primarily of network costs of carrying our customers’ PC to Phone traffic on leased networks. As a percentage of revenue we expect direct cost of revenue to initially, in the near term, to decrease as we have changed our model to charge on a per minute basis. Longer term our direct cost of revenue will then increase, as there is then a decline in the per-minute charges to our customers. We incur no variable costs on PC-to-PC calls. Cost of Services decreased $589,553 from $607,206 to $17,653 in the three months ended September 30, 2001 compared to the previous year. Cost of Services decreased $789,726 from $1,180,120 to $390,934 in the nine months ended September 30, 2001. These decreases represent the lower usage as described in the above Revenue discussion. Product development and marketing expenses were $150,455 a decrease of $146,468 or 49% in the three months ended September 30, 2001. Promotional advertising expenses decreased $77,837, Internet gateway expenses decreased $85,110. For the nine months ended September 30, 2001 product development and marketing expenses decreased $548,749 or 49% to $582,131. Promotional advertising decreased $210,881, public relations expenses decreased $155,839, gateway services decreased $167,093 and contract labor decreased $72,269. General and administrative expenses decreased $169,807 or 43% from $390,385 to $220,578. Payroll and outside labor decreased $64,534, insurance expense decreased $7,437, professional fees decreased $20,043, office supplies and expenses decreased $7,618 and communications expense decreased $26,715.

PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 COMPARED TO PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

REVENUES AND COSTS OF REVENUES.

Revenues increased $16,110 from $50,599 to $66,709 in the three months ended September 30, 2000 compared to the same period in 1999. Revenues increased $241,427 to $320,876 from $79,449 in the nine months ended September 30, 2000 compared to the prior year. These increases were the result of sales of our Net.caller service, which we began to offer April of 1999. Software sales decreased from $1,050 to zero and $9,450 to zero in the three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2000 compared to the prior year because we concentrated on providing our Net.Caller service instead of reselling software.

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EXPENSES.

Our direct cost of revenue consists primarily of network costs of carrying our customers’ PC to Phone traffic on leased networks. As a percentage of revenue we expect direct cost of revenue to initially, in the near term, to decrease as we have changed our model to charge on a per minute basis. Longer term our direct cost of revenue will then increase, as there is then a decline in the per-minute charges to our customers. We incur no variable costs on PC-to-PC calls. Cost of services increased $524,996 to $607,206 in the three months ended September 30, 2000. For the nine months ended September 30, 2000 Cost of Services increased $1,033,953 to $1,155,838. These increases represent increased usage of our Net.Caller service which was introduced in April 1999. Product development and marketing expenses were $296,923 up $173,689 from $123,234 for the three months ended September 30, 2000, compared to the same three months of the prior year. Advertising and public/investor relations represented $115,235 of this increase. For the nine months ended September 30,2000, product development and marketing increased $401,718 or 55%, to $1,130,880. Public/investor relations represented $361,913 of this increase. These increase were the result of the marketing and sales of the Net.Caller service which we began to market in April 1999. General and administrative expenses decreased $1,474, to $390,385 in the three months ended September 30, 2000 from $391,859 for the same period in the prior year. Payroll and outside staffing services increased $45,502, legal fees increased $43,192 offset by $100,000 lower finders fee. For the nine months ended September 30,2000, general and administrative expenses increased $604,492, or 64%, to $1,542,634. Payroll and outside staffing represented $277,245 of this increase and finder's fees on the capital raises accounted for $250,000 of the increase.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since our inception, we have financed our operations through the proceeds from the issuance of equity securities and loans from stockholders and others. To date, we have raised approximately $4,823,000 from the sale of common stock and preferred stock, and have borrowed approximately $3,713,000 from investors and stockholders. Funds from these sources have been used as working capital to fund the build-out of our network and for internal operations, including the purchases of capital equipment.

We generated negative cash flow from operating activities for the period from inception (October 10, 1996) through September 30, 2001. We realized negative cash from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, of ($1,584,439) compared to negative cash from operating activities of ($2,529,229) in the previous year. Investing activities for the period from inception through September 30, 2001 consisted primarily of equipment purchases to build out the network.

The timing and amount of our capital requirements will depend on a number of factors, including demand for our products and services and the availability of opportunities for international expansion through affiliations and other business relationships.  Furthermore, without sufficient sales of securities under an equity line or otherwise, we may not be able to continue operations.

We raised $75,000 in January 1999 from the sales of a total of 75 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for $1,000 per share. In connection with one of these sales, we also issued 27,777 shares of common stock as a finder's fee and recognized expense of $7,500 and an increase to capital stock of the same amount. We received $150,000 as a good faith deposit with the letter of intent and issued 1,500,000 shares of common stock in return to the investor.

  We issued 512,000 shares of common stock in exchange for a debt repayment and the interest due thereon in April 1999. We issued 2,630,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options for $1,257,100 in June 1999. We issued $1,000,000 of 6% convertible debentures in September of 1999 and $200,000 of 6% convertible debentures in December of 1999.

We issued $800,000 of 6% convertible debentures in January of 2000, $2,500,000 of 6% convertible debentures in February of 2000, $200,000 of 6% convertible debentures in August of 2000, and $100,000 of 6% convertible debentures in September of 2000.

We issued 19,237,000 shares of common stock in January 2001 and 4,297,500 shares of common stock in February 2001, both for cash. We issued 650,000 shares of common stock in March 2001 in settlement of a lawsuit.

Our financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, provided a net total of $1,418,352. Cash at the end of that period was $1,399. As of Oct 31, 2001, we had cash of $4,939 and working capital of ($1,561,000).

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

(a)

Exhibits

None
(b) Reports on Form 8-K were filed during this period
None

 

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

ACCESS POWER, INC.

 

By: /s/ Glenn A. Smith 


Date: November 14, 2001

     Glenn A. Smith

 

     President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     /s/ Howard L. Kaskel


Date: November 14,2001

     Howard L. Kaskel

 

     Chief Financial Officer

 

     (principal financial and accounting officer)

 

 

 

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