UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended November 30, 2019
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission
File Number: 333-169128
Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada |
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04-3667624 |
(State
or Other Jurisdiction |
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(IRS
Employer |
of
Incorporation or Organization) |
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Identification
No.) |
Parker
Towers, 104-60, Queens Boulevard
12th
Floor Forest Hills, New York
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11375 |
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (347)
242-3148
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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of Each Class |
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Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Common
Stock, $.001 par value per share |
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Over-the
Counter |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
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shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
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the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
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405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
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The
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity
held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of May 31, 2019 based
upon the closing price as of such date was $17,647.
As of
March 13, 2020, 27,296,452 shares of the registrant’s common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding.
Table
of Contents
During
fiscal year 2019, Daniels, as an incubator, marked several
important milestones in fulfilling its Corporate Aim (Aim). That
Aim is to achieve the forward earnings momentum and critical mass
necessary to achieve major stock exchange consideration for
listing. Expectations for listing acceptance are for an 18 to
24-month period, based on the development and subsequent results of
the most promising of subsidiary candidates. Management believes
generic (start-up opportunity) growth to be the catalyst in meeting
the net worth and earnings requirements through employment of
limited amounts of capital.
Our
corporate securities packages (including stock, warrants, rights
and debt) should become more acceptable as liquid forms of finance
to broker-dealers, investment bankers, private equity firms and the
retail investor as meetings and high levels of interest are
expressed by the major exchanges and potential outside board
candidates are announced. This favorable visibility should take us
to the realm of long-term financing of all types, including equity.
Longer term finance options should be available at rates that are
open market, very competitive and with terms that pose no threat to
serious equity dilution. In the majority of cases funds raised will
be committed to activities that are expected to be anti-dilutive in
nature, and we will be acquiring hard assets and capable of
generating immediate positive cash flow and earnings.
While
the above aims have been stated before, things do not happen
overnight when you are trying to build out a mini-cap public
company. The options for financing at this level are limited and
extremely expensive.
However,
we believe our options may have improved with the launch of our
premier subsidiary, Payless Truckers, Inc., we now have a
subsidiary with two business segments each of which has significant
growth potential. The “flip” segment, which buys, refurbishes,
installs location electronics, advertises and the sells the
heavy-duty trucks, has generated the positive cash-flows necessary
to cover all the start-up expenses and operational overhead during
2018. Now with all that behind this segment, we expect that with
the use of floor plan financing to keep the pipeline primed with an
adequate supply to accomplish a total sales goal of $100,000 per
week with a positive gross profit per truck. To date, most
individual sales have been profitable and we have expectations for
significant improvement through the use internally generated funds
and favorable cost financing to replace our present high-cost floor
plan financing.
The
“Credit Enhancement” segment of the business rents heavy-duty
trucks to independent truckers with good driving records, hauling
for major companies. The cash flow is designed to be steady and
significant for the driver and ultimately, for Payless. The trucks
are acquired at auction or from wholesale buying groups and are
rented on a weekly basis under a five-year contract with options to
purchase at current retail, every six months.
Forward
Looking Statements
The
statements contained in this report other than statements of
historical fact 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 Registrant’s present
expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Registrant
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 Registrant 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 Registrant’s future profitability; the
uncertainty as to the demand for Registrant’s services; increasing
competition in the markets that Registrant conducts business; the
Registrant’s ability to hire, train and retain sufficient qualified
personnel; the Registrant’s ability to obtain financing on
acceptable terms to finance its growth strategy; and the
Registrant’s ability to develop and implement operational and
financial systems to manage its growth. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this report. We assume no
obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking
statements contained herein to reflect any changes in its
expectations with regard thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
You should, however, review additional disclosures we make in the
reports we file with the SEC.
As
used in this annual report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, the
“Company”, the “Registrant”, “Daniels Corporate Advisory”, “DCAC”
and “Daniels” mean Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc. unless
otherwise indicated.
Item 1. Business.
Overview
Daniels
Corporate Advisory creates and implements corporate strategy
alternatives for the mini-cap public or private company client. The
addition of new business opportunities and the location of
professional talent for implementation is anticipated through the
full-time efforts of our senior management. These efforts are to be
expanded in the United States and in foreign capitals by an
expanding advisory board and through the networks of independent
consultants. Principals of the respective client company will open
their networks to augment professional access for specialties the
Daniels corporate strategy consultants believe are needed in a
joint-venture, jointly-controlled undertaking created for the
client’s optimum growth.
Daniels
may provide the client with multiple corporate
strategies/opportunities including joint-ventures, marketing
opportunity agreements and/or potential acquisitions structured in
leveraged buyout format. One or a combination of these strategies
would allow the client to enter new market niches or expand further
into existing ones.
Reverse Stock Split
All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share
amounts) referred to in this Report prior to September 27, 2019
have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s
one-for-200 reverse capital stock split effective September 27,
2019.
Recent
Business Developments
The
Company is operating through the corporate strategy segment of its
business. It is attempting to build its own critical mass by
creation of start-up subsidiaries it believes have
promise/potential. The stated goal is for the parent (DCAC) company
to consolidate the critical mass of the subsidiary/start-ups with
that of the parent for eventually listing on a major stock
exchange. We have continued to focus our efforts on the build out
of the Daniels corporate strategy model. We adjusted our strategy
as it relates to the development of subsidiary start-ups and
potential acquisitions for common stock. We concentrate on
identifying projects that have the potential to produce significant
earnings on the leveraged capital base of both the parent and the
subsidiary/start-up within an expedited time period.
As a
result, we formed Payless Truckers, Inc. (“Payless”), a
wholly-owned subsidiary which was incorporated in the State of
Nevada, on April 11, 2018. Payless is a start-up, service company
in the trucking industry. It has two business segments with its
launch and current results coming from the “flip” segment, whose
principal business is to acquire class 8 heavy duty trucks,
refurbish them, add location electronics, advertise and sell to
independent drivers and operators. The second segment is the
“credit rebuilding segment” where class 8 heavy duty trucks, owned
by Daniels/Payless, are rented to experienced independent drivers.
These independent drivers rent for a period of up to five years,
and have the option to buy the vehicle at retail value every six
months. This segment commenced operations subsequent to the close
of our fiscal year. In an effort to grow quickly and profitably,
Daniels entered into an operating agreement with a senior operating
management team in an effort to drive the business and better
realize its earnings and growth potential.
The
Payless two-segment trucking model represents a streamlined
trucking service company; one Daniels believes should survive any
potential future slow-downs in the economy. The model was developed
to allow for the maximum utilization of each truck. The first phase
of operations has already been implemented and has covered all the
start-up costs plus its own operating expenses.
We
hope to further enhance our plan for growth beginning in our third
year by forming joint-ventures and/or partnerships with truck
maintenance companies across the United States in key traffic hubs.
This will potentially afford independent drivers and operators the
opportunity to be serviced by trusted maintenance facilities under
our warranty program.
Business
Strategy - Current Operational Strategy & Current Client
Projects:
Daniels
creates and implements corporate strategy alternatives for the
mini-cap public or private company client. The addition of new
business opportunities and the location of professional talent for
implementation is anticipated through the full-time efforts of our
senior management. These efforts are to be expanded in the US and
in Foreign capitals by an expanding advisory board and through the
networks of independent consultants. Principals of the respective
client company will open their networks to augment professional
access for specialties the Daniels corporate strategy consultants
believe are needed in a joint venture, (jointly-controlled)
undertaking created for the client’s optimum growth.
Daniels
may provide the client with multiple corporate strategies
/opportunities including joint-ventures, marketing opportunity
agreements and/or potential acquisitions structured in a leveraged
buyout format. One or a combination of these strategies would allow
the client to enter new market niches or expand further into
existing ones.
The
Goal: A major exchange listing. Senior management is estimating
at least twenty-four months from commencement of a corporate
strategy assignment. Financial results, aided by all participating
players, should be forthcoming and recorded in SEC filings. At the
same time, a senior management team and Board expanded with
highly-credible interim (or permanent) professionals (directors)
will be organized in order to successfully navigate the listing
process of a major stock exchange. While Daniels believes this
process should be successful in the above-noted time period, there
is some uncertainty in the process which is dependent upon any past
issues the listing committee of a specific exchange may deem
necessary to be addressed prior to uplifting. In addition, it may
take added time to find the appropriate outside directors that can
not only satisfy the listing committee of the exchange but who can
also provide added networking/services to build the parent’s and
subsidiary’s potential for accelerated growth.
A
similar effort will be provided to tailor an optimum growth program
for the private company client, whether it chooses to remain
private or to become a public company through alternative merger
opportunities.
OPTIMUM
GROWTH STRATEGY:
Twenty-Four
Month Horizons for Daniels’ Objectives:
Daniels’
believes that the validity of its corporate strategy model will be
proven further through the success of its initial subsidiary
incubation, Payless Truckers, Inc. The growing momentum of this
cash flow engine should generate the interest of long-term
financing sources that will realize upfront that debt service can/
will be covered. This “collective approach” to growth should
provide several initial seed capital sources for other startup
subsidiaries or the acquisition and joint-development of early
stage companies. Daniels plans to use its publicly traded common
stock in a variety of securities packages, including convertible
preferred stock, to launch promising subsidiary start-ups,
initially for generic sales/profits growth. Subsequent growth
options noted above will be applied as external growth becomes a
secondary goal. This method of two stage (generic and then
external) growth is designed to leave existing client management
with commanding equity and operating control positions. Eventually,
an optimum exit strategy will be developed for the subsidiary, one
that returns a significant return on corporate (parent) capital.
The choices of optimum exit strategies could include bringing a
subsidiary public, directly through a spin-off strategy, or merging
it with an exchange listed public company that requires added
critical mass. This infusion of cash flow and profits will allow
expansion in one of the more profitable niches of any market
designated for expansion. The same corporate strategy model
can/will be applied to any independent mini-cap public
client.
Senior
management believes our corporate strategy business model to be
scalable. Based upon the potential success of the initial corporate
strategy consulting assignments creating our uplifting to a major
stock exchange, Daniels may entertain the creation of a franchising
plan for key US cities and foreign capitals or finance
centers.
Sales
and Marketing
Daniels
senior management will concentrate its efforts to expand its
corporate strategy and financial advisory services and related
specialties in the mini-cap segment of the private and public
markets, where Daniels believes it will be effective. Marketing
efforts will increase through social and print media efforts and
will be in addition to those methods already mentioned
herein.
Daniels
objective is to create and help manage implementation of
accelerated expansion strategies and in so doing, aid in the
creation of financing alternatives to accomplish client
goals.
Competition
Existing
and new competitors will continue to improve their services and
introduce new services with competitive price and performance
characteristics.
In
periods of reduced demand for our services, we can either choose to
maintain market share by reducing our prices to meet competition or
maintain prices and choose only those assignments with new clients
that have pressing goals to be met that offer Daniels optimum
potential for profits and growth.
The
“collective” corporate financial services, direct and referral,
including merchant banking/private equity, are very competitive and
fragmented in the Company’s market niche. There are limited
barriers to entry and new competitors frequently enter the market.
A significant number of our competitors possess substantially
greater resources. We are and will continue to offer equity
compensation to our team of advisory board members, and independent
strategy consultants in order to keep a stable, cohesive team of
professionals, which is necessary and key to the creation of
operating and capital solutions in a timely fashion.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
An
investment in our Common Stock is highly speculative, involves a
high degree of risk and should be considered only by those persons
who are able to afford a loss of their entire investment. In
evaluating our business, prospective investors should carefully
consider the following risk factors in addition to the other
information included in this Annual Report.
Risks
Relating to Our Business
We
have a limited operating history which may not serve as an adequate
basis to judge our future prospects and results of
operations.
Daniels
Corporate Advisory Company, Inc., which was incorporated on August
22, 2002, has a limited operating history upon which an evaluation
of our future performance and prospects can be made. We have a
limited revenue history. Our prospects must be considered in light
of the risks, expenses, delays, problems and difficulties
frequently encountered in the establishment of a new business. As
an early-stage operating company, Daniels Corporate Advisory
faces risks and uncertainties relating to its ability to
successfully implement its business plan, which are described in
more detail below.
Since
inception, as a subsidiary of INfe Human Resources, Inc., Daniels
Corporate Advisory has always been an operating company, furnishing
its advisory services to all phases of operations, finance and in
the management of the staffing industry roll-up for its parent
company for which revenues were eliminated during
consolidations.
Limited
revenues and ongoing losses.
While
Daniels is still considered a Company with limited revenues, it has
formed a wholly-owned subsidiary that is estimated to change things
over the next 18 to 24 months; including booking profits with
accelerating sales revenue. All the start-up costs of the Payless
Truckers, Inc. subsidiary have been absorbed in our 2018 fiscal
year.
Our
business strategy is unproven and our prospects must be considered
speculative.
Our
business strategy is unproven, even though our Payless Truckers,
Inc. subsidiary is producing positive results with an established
momentum, and we may not be successful in addressing early stage
challenges, such as establishing our position in the market and
developing effective marketing of our services. To implement our
business plan, capital may be provided from existing and possibly
new consulting business revenue and through outside financing. We
have not yet located additional financing to implement our business
plan in its entirety. Initial growth may be very limited and based
solely on internally generated cash flow from Payless Truckers and
on compensation from small, consulting assignments with no
guarantee of obtaining additional assignments over the next twelve
months. The other potential growth segment of our business plan,
after the Payless Truckers model is proven further, is the
acquisition of marketing rights for our services through the client
networks of other business services companies. This will only occur
if we can obtain outside financing. Internally generated funds,
alone, will not be sufficient to implement this phase of our
business plan.
Our
prospects must be considered speculative, considering the risks,
expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered in the
establishment of a new business, specifically the risks inherent in
developmental stage companies. We expect to continue to incur
significant operating and capital expenditures and, as a result, we
expect significant net losses in the future. It is possible that we
will not be able to achieve profitable operations or, if
profitability is achieved, that it will be maintained for any
significant period, or at all.
The
JOBS Act allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised
accounting standards that have different effective dates for public
and private companies.
Since,
we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying
with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of
the JOBS Act, this election allows us to delay the adoption of new
or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates
for public and private companies until those standards apply to
private companies. As a result of this election, our financial
statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with
public company effective dates.
We
have different disclosure requirements than other public companies
as an Emerging Growth Company (EGC).
Pursuant
to Section 107 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the
“JOBS Act”) which was signed into law on April 5, 2012, we have
elected to claim the exemption provided to emerging growth
companies.
The
JOBS Act provides an “IPO on ramp” for “emerging growth companies”
(a newly created category of issuer under the Securities Act),
which are issuers with annual gross revenues of less than $1
billion during the most recently completed fiscal year. Emerging
growth companies may take advantage of the scaled disclosure
requirements that already have been available to “smaller reporting
companies” (defined by the Securities Act as companies having a
public float of less than $75 million). The scaled disclosure
includes a requirement to include only two, rather than three,
years of audited financial statements in the issuer’s initial
public offering (“IPO”) registration statement and, during the “IPO
on ramp” period, the ability to omit the auditor’s attestation on
internal control over financial reporting required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Also,
during the “IPO on ramp” period, emerging growth companies would
not need to submit say-on-pay votes to their stockholders
(including say-on-pay frequency or golden parachute votes) and
would face more limited executive compensation disclosure
requirements than larger companies.
We
may not be successful in the implementation of our business
strategy or our business strategy may not be successful, either of
which will impede our development and growth.
Daniels
Corporate Advisory is engaged in the business of offering corporate
financial consulting services, including referrals for capital
referral and merchant banking services. In some situations, it may
use its own funds to help in the launch of a client.
We do
not know whether we will be able to continue successfully
implementing our business strategy or whether our business strategy
will ultimately be successful. In assessing our ability to meet
these challenges, a potential investor should take into account our
lack of operating history, our management’s relative inexperience,
the competitive conditions existing in our industry and general
economic conditions. Our growth is largely dependent on our ability
to successfully implement our business strategy. Our revenues may
be adversely affected if we fail to implement our business strategy
or if we divert resources to a business strategy that ultimately
proves unsuccessful.
Our
service offerings may not be accepted.
We
constantly seek to modify our service offerings to the marketplace.
As is typically the case evolving service offerings, anticipation
of demand and market acceptance are subject to a high level of
uncertainty. The success of our service offerings primarily depends
on the interest of our customers. In general, achieving market
acceptance for our services will require substantial marketing
efforts and the expenditure of significant funds, which we may not
have available, to create awareness and demand among
customers.
We
have limited marketing experience, and have extremely limited
financial, personnel and other resources to undertake extensive
marketing activities. Accordingly, we are uncertain as to the
acceptance of any of our services or our ability to generate the
revenues necessary to remain in business.
Risks
associated with our ability to manage expansion through
acquisitions.
The
growth of our business depends in large part on our ability to
manage expansion, control costs in our operations and consolidate
acquisitions into existing operations. This strategy will entail
reviewing and potentially reorganizing acquired operations,
corporate infrastructure and system and financial controls.
Unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complication and delays
frequently encountered in connection with the rapid expansion of
operations could inhibit our growth and adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.
Risks
associated with our inability to identify suitable acquisition or
subsidiary/spin-off candidates.
We
may be unable to identify acquisition candidates that would result
in the most successful combinations or be unable to consummate
acquisitions on acceptable terms. The magnitude, timing and nature
of future acquisitions will depend upon various factors, including
our success in establishing the corporate development “pilot
programs” for consulting clients as a viable means of growth
acceleration, the availability of suitable acquisition candidates
that have the client base suitable for cross-marketing
opportunities, the negotiation of acceptable terms, our financial
capabilities, the availability of skilled employees to manage
acquired companies and general economic and business
conditions.
We
may be unable to obtain financing for the acquisitions or
subsidiary/spin-offs that are available to us.
We
are currently attempting to obtain financing for our corporate
financial consulting and merchant banking services lines of
business as well as for acquisition opportunities which could
result in material dilution to our existing stockholders. We may be
unable to obtain adequate financing for further development of our
proposed services and for any acquisition for cross-marketing of
services purposes, or that, if available, such financing will be on
favorable terms.
Our
future financial results are uncertain, and our operating results
may fluctuate, due to, among other things, consumer trends,
seasonal fluctuations and market demand.
Our
short and sporadic operating history makes it difficult to
accurately forecast our revenue. Further, we have little historical
financial data upon which to base planned operating expenses. We
base our current and future expense levels on our operating plans
and estimates of future expenses. Our expenses are dependent in
large part upon expenses associated with our proposed marketing
expenditures and related overhead expenses, and the costs of hiring
and maintaining qualified personnel to carry out our respective
services. Sales and operating results are difficult to forecast
because they will depend on the growth of our customer base,
changes in customer demands and consumer trends, the degree of
utilization of our advertising services as well as the mix of
services and services sold. As a result, we may be unable to make
accurate financial forecasts and adjust our spending in a timely
manner to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall. This
inability could cause our net losses in a given quarter to be
greater than expected.
We
rely on the services of Arthur D. Viola.
Our
business relies mainly on the efforts and talents of our chief
executive officer and director, Arthur D. Viola. The loss of his
services could have a very negative impact on our ability to
fulfill our business plan. During our 2018 fiscal year and
subsequently, the Company’s senior management team has been
expanded so that “continuity of management purpose” will be
achieved going forward.
We
may fail to establish and maintain strategic
relationships.
We
believe that the establishment of strategic partnerships will
greatly benefit the growth of our business, and we intend to seek
out and enter into strategic alliances. We may not be able to enter
into these strategic partnerships on commercially reasonable terms,
or at all. Even if we enter into strategic alliances, our partners
may not attract significant numbers of customers or otherwise prove
advantageous to our business. Our inability to enter into new
distribution relationships or strategic alliances could have a
material and adverse effect on our business.
We
may incur significant costs to ensure compliance with U.S.
corporate governance and accounting requirements.
We
may incur significant costs associated with our public company
reporting requirements, costs associated with newly applicable
corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other rules implemented by the SEC.
We expect all of these applicable rules and regulations to increase
our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some
activities more time-consuming and costly. We also expect that
these applicable rules and regulations may make it more difficult
and more expensive for us to obtain director and officers liability
insurance and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits
and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same
or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us
to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board
of directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating
and monitoring developments with respect to these newly applicable
rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional
costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.
Risks
Relating to Our Stock
Arthur
D. Viola owns 100,000 shares of our super voting preferred stock
entitling him to vote 66 2/3 percent of the common stock shares in
any common stock vote. This concentration of ownership could
discourage or prevent a potential takeover of Daniels Corporate
Advisory that might otherwise result in our stockholders receiving
a premium over the market price for their common
stock.
Mr.
Viola owns 152,334 shares of our common stock as well as 100,000
shares of the Daniels Corporate Advisory Super-Voting preferred
stock which has voting rights equal to 66 2/3 percent of the votes
in any Common Stock Election. Mr. Viola’s ownership and voting
rights in our common stock allows Mr. Viola to have voting control
on all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval and to be
able to control our management and affairs, including extraordinary
transactions such as mergers and other changes of corporate
control, and going private transactions. Additionally, this
concentration of voting power could discourage or prevent a
potential takeover of Daniels Corporate Advisory that might
otherwise result in our stockholders receiving a premium over the
market price for their common stock.
We
may need to raise additional capital. If we are unable to raise
necessary additional capital, our business may fail or our
operating results and our stock price may be materially adversely
affected.
Because
we are a newly operational company, we need to secure adequate
funding. Selling additional stock, either privately or publicly,
would dilute the equity interests of our stockholders. If we borrow
more money, we will have to pay interest and may also have to agree
to restrictions that limit our operating flexibility. If we are
unable to obtain adequate financing, we may have to curtail our
operations and our business might fail.
Our
issuance of additional common stock in exchange for services or to
repay debt would dilute our stockholders’ proportionate ownership
and voting rights and could have a negative impact on the market
price of our common stock.
The
stated listing requirements for the OTCBB are as
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officers, and stockholders will be scrutinized for previous
involvements in other OTCBB companies, in particular, blank check
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Even
if our shares become publicly quoted, they may not be
“free-trading.”
Investors
should understand that their shares of our common stock will not
become “free-trading” merely because Daniels Corporate Advisory is
a publicly-quoted company. In order for the shares to become
“free-trading,” the shares must be registered, or entitled to an
exemption from registration under applicable law. See “Shares
Eligible for Future Sale.”
We
may need to raise additional capital. If we are unable to raise
necessary additional capital, our business may fail or our
operating results and our stock price may be materially adversely
affected.
Because
we are a newly operational company, we need to secure adequate
funding. Selling additional stock, either privately or publicly,
would dilute the equity interests of our stockholders. If we borrow
more money, we will have to pay interest and may also have to agree
to restrictions that limit our operating flexibility. If we are
unable to obtain adequate financing, we may have to curtail our
operations and our business would fail.
Our
issuance of additional common stock in exchange for services or to
repay debt would dilute our stockholders’ proportionate ownership
and voting rights and could have a negative impact on the market
price of our common stock.
Our
sole director, Mr. Viola, may generally issue shares of common
stock to pay for debt or services, without further approval by our
stockholders based upon such factors as our board of directors may
deem relevant at that time. It is likely that we will issue
additional securities to pay for services and reduce debt in the
future. It is possible that we will issue additional shares of
common stock under circumstances we may deem appropriate at the
time.
We
have never paid or declared any dividends on our common
stock.
We
have never paid or declared any dividends on our common stock.
Likewise, we do not anticipate paying, dividends or distributions
on our common stock or our common stock to be sold in this
offering. Any future dividends will be declared at the discretion
of our board of directors and will depend, among other things, on
our earnings, our financial requirements for future operations and
growth, and other facts as we may then deem appropriate.
Our
directors have the right to authorize the issuance of shares of our
preferred stock and additional shares of our common
stock.
Our
sole director, Mr. Viola, within the limitations and restrictions
contained in our articles of incorporation and without further
action by our stockholders, has the authority to issue shares of
preferred stock from time to time in one or more series and to fix
the number of shares and the relative rights, conversion rights,
voting rights, and terms of redemption, liquidation preferences and
any other preferences, special rights and qualifications of any
such series. We currently have no intention of issuing additional
shares of preferred stock. Any additional issuance of shares of
preferred stock could adversely affect the rights of holders of our
common stock.
Should
we issue additional shares of our common stock, each investor’s
ownership interest in our stock would be proportionally reduced. No
investor will have any preemptive right to acquire additional
shares of our common stock, or any of our other
securities.
If
our shares become publicly quoted and our shares are quoted on the
Pink Sheets or the OTCBB, and we fail to remain current in our
reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTCBB, which
would limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities
and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the
secondary market.
Companies
whose shares are quoted for sale on the OTCBB and some whose shares
are quoted for sale on the Pink Sheets must be reporting issuers
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and must be current in their
reports under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, to maintain price
quotation privileges on the Pink Sheets and OTCBB. If our shares
become publicly quoted and our shares are quoted for sale on the
OTCBB, and we fail to remain current in our reporting requirements,
we could be removed from the OTCBB. As a result, the market
liquidity for our securities could be adversely affected by
limiting the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and
the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the
secondary market.
If
our shares become publicly quoted, the market price for our common
stock will most likely be particularly volatile given our status as
a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly quoted public
float, limited operating history and lack of net revenues which
could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. The price at
which stockholders purchase our common stock may not be indicative
of the price that will prevail in the trading
market.
If
our shares become publicly quoted, the market for our common stock
will most likely be characterized by significant price volatility
when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share
price will be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the
indefinite future. The volatility in our share price would be
attributable to several factors. First, as noted above, the shares
of our common stock will likely be sporadically and/or thinly
quoted. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of
relatively small quantities of shares by our stockholders may
disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either
direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline
precipitously if shares of our common stock are sold on the market
without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which
could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share
price.
Secondly,
we will most likely be a speculative or “risky” investment due to
our dependence on an initial flow of corporate consulting
assignments and their implementation producing positive results to
attract new clients. Because of this enhanced risk, more
risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of
their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress,
be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly
and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a
seasoned issuer.
There
may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our
shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a mature issuer
which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will
generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on
share price. It is possible that a broader or more active public
trading market for our common stock will not develop or be
sustained, or that current trading levels will continue.
Shares
eligible for future sale by our current stockholders may adversely
affect our stock price.
The
sale of a significant number of shares of common stock at any
particular time could be difficult to achieve at the market prices
prevailing immediately before such shares are offered. In addition,
sales of substantial amounts of common stock, including shares
issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants, under
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144 or otherwise could
adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock
and could impair our ability to raise capital at that time through
the sale of our securities.
Anti-takeover
provisions may impede the acquisition of Daniels Corporate
Advisory.
Certain
provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes have anti-takeover
effects and may inhibit a non-negotiated merger or other business
combination. These provisions are intended to encourage any person
interested in acquiring Daniels Corporate Advisory to negotiate
with, and to obtain the approval of, our sole director, Mr. Viola,
in connection with such a transaction. As a result, certain of
these provisions may discourage a future acquisition of Daniels
Corporate Advisory, including an acquisition in which the
stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their
shares.
Our
stockholders may be unable to sell their common stock at or above
their purchase price, which may result in substantial
losses.
The
following factors may add to the volatility in the price of our
common stock: actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly or
annual operating results; government regulations, announcements of
significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures;
our capital commitments; and additions or departures of our key
personnel. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may
decrease the market price of our common stock, regardless of our
operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or
projections as to what the prevailing market price for our common
stock will be at any time, including as to whether our common stock
will sustain the current market price, or as to what effect the
sale of shares or the availability of common stock for sale at any
time will have on the prevailing market price.
We
may need to raise additional capital. If we are unable to raise
necessary additional capital, our business may be negatively
impacted or our operating results and our stock price may be
materially adversely affected.
We
may need to secure adequate funding. If we are unable to obtain
adequate funding, we may not be able to successfully develop and
market our proposed products and our business will most likely
fail. We do not have commitments for additional financing. To
secure additional financing, we may need to borrow money or sell
more securities, which may reduce the value of our outstanding
securities. We may be unable to secure additional financing on
favorable terms or at all.
Selling
additional stock, either privately or publicly, would dilute the
equity interests of our stockholders. If we borrow more money, we
will have to pay interest and may also have to agree to
restrictions that limit our operating flexibility. If we are unable
to obtain adequate financing, we may have to curtail business
operations, which would have a material negative effect on
operating results and most likely result in a lower stock
price.
If
our shares become publicly quoted, an active trading market in our
shares may not be sustained.
If
our shares become publicly quoted, an active trading market in our
shares may not be sustained. Factors such as those discussed in
this “Risk Factors” section may have a significant impact upon the
market price of the securities to be distributed by us. Many
brokerage firms may not be willing to participate in transactions
in a security if a low price develops in the trading of the
security. Even if a purchaser finds a broker willing to effect a
transaction in our securities, the combination of brokerage
commissions, state transfer taxes, if any, and any other selling
costs may exceed the selling price. Further, many lending
institutions will not permit the use of our securities as
collateral for any loans.
If
our shares become publicly quoted, our common stock will most
likely be subject to the “penny stock” rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and the trading market in our common stock
will be limited, which would make transactions in our stock
cumbersome and may reduce the investment value of our
stock.
If
our shares become publicly quoted, our shares of common stock will
most likely be “penny stocks” because they most likely will not be
registered on a national securities exchange or listed on an
automated quotation system sponsored by a registered national
securities association, pursuant to Rule 3a51-1(a) under the
Exchange Act. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless
exempt, the rules require:
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penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the Securities and
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Generally,
brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities
subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult
for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in
the market value of our stock.
Disclosure
also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in
both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the
commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered
representative, current quotations for the securities and the
rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in
penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be
sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held
in the account and information on the limited market in penny
stocks.
The
market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns
of fraud and abuse.
Stockholders
should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the
market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns
of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include:
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broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired
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Our
management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically
in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to dictate the
behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the
market, if our shares become publicly quoted, management will
strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the
described patterns from being established with respect to our
securities. The occurrence of these patterns or practices could
increase the volatility of our share price.
We
may need to raise additional funds in the future for our operations
and if we are unable to secure such financing, we may not be able
to support our operations.
Future
events, including the problems, delays, expenses and difficulties
frequently encountered by growing companies, may lead to cost and
expense increases that could make our revenues insufficient to
support our operations and business plans. We may seek additional
capital, including an offering of our equity securities, an
offering of debt securities or obtaining financing through a bank
or other entity. We have not established a limit as to the amount
of debt we may incur nor have we adopted a ratio of our equity to a
debt allowance. If we need to obtain additional financing, there is
no assurance that financing will be available from any source, that
it will be available on terms acceptable to us, or that any future
offering of securities will be successful.
We
may seek additional financing which may result in the issuance of
additional shares of our common stock and/or rights to acquire
additional shares of our common stock. The issuance of our common
stock in connection with such financing may result in substantial
dilution to the existing holders of our common stock who do not
have anti-dilution rights. Our business, financial condition and
results of operations could suffer adverse consequences if we are
unable to obtain additional capital when needed.
Our
common stock may be affected by limited trading volume and may
fluctuate significantly.
The
Company filed with FINRA for a 1/200 Reverse Split. On September
27, 2019, the reverse split was approved by FINRA and made
effective. Prior to the application of the reverse split, the
Company’s stock traded actively on both the OTCBB and then in the
OTC Markets. There is no guarantee that history will repeat itself,
the Company’s stock may take time to rebuild an active market after
the processing of the reverse split. As a result, this could reduce
our shareholders’ ability to sell our common stock in short time
periods, or possibly at all. Our common stock has experienced, and
is likely to experience in the future, significant price and volume
fluctuations which could reduce the market price of our common
stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we
believe that factors such as quarterly fluctuations in our
financial results and changes in the overall economy or the
condition of the financial markets could cause the price of our
common stock to fluctuate substantially.
Nevada
law and our certificate of incorporation may protect our directors
from certain types of lawsuits which could result in liability for
Daniels and negatively impact our liquidity or
operations.
Nevada
law provides that our officers and directors will not be liable to
us or our stockholders for monetary damages for all but certain
types of conduct as officers and directors. Our Bylaws permit us
broad indemnification powers to all persons against all damages
incurred in connection with our business to the fullest extent
provided or allowed by law. These exculpation provisions may have
the effect of preventing stockholders from recovering damages
against our officers and directors caused by their negligence, poor
judgment or other circumstances. The indemnification provisions may
require us to use our limited assets to defend our officers and
directors against claims, including claims arising out of their
negligence, poor judgment, or other circumstances.
If
we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we
may not be able to accurately report our financial results. As a
result, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in
our financial reporting, which could harm our business and the
trading price of our common stock.
We
are subject to reporting obligations under the U.S. securities
laws. The Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Section
404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules requiring
every public company to include a management report on such
company’s internal controls over financial reporting in its annual
report, which contains management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. Since
our election to be treated as an emerging growth company we are
exempt from Section 404(b) which is an independent registered
public accounting firm attesting to and reporting on management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls
over financial reporting. Our management may conclude that our
internal controls over our financial reporting are not effective.
Moreover, even if our management concludes that our internal
controls over financial reporting are effective, our independent
registered public accounting firm may still decline to attest to
our management’s assessment or may issue a report that is qualified
if they are not satisfied with our controls or the level at which
our controls are documented, designed, operated or reviewed, or if
it interprets the relevant requirements differently from
us.
Our
reporting obligations as a public company will place a significant
strain on our management, operational and financial resources and
systems for the foreseeable future. If we fail to timely achieve
and maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we may not be
able to conclude that we have effective internal controls over
financial reporting at a reasonable assurance level. Moreover,
effective internal controls over financial reporting are necessary
for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to
help prevent fraud. As a result, our failure to achieve and
maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could
result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our
financial statements, which in turn could harm our business and
negatively impact the trading price of our common stock.
Furthermore, we anticipate that we will incur considerable costs
and use significant management time and other resources in an
effort to comply with Section 404(a) and other requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As of the date of this report we do not have an
estimate of the costs to the company of compliance with the
Act.
We
are preparing for compliance with Section 404(a) by strengthening,
assessing and testing our system of internal controls to provide
the basis for our report. The process of strengthening our internal
controls and complying with Section 404(a) is expensive and time
consuming and requires significant management attention. We cannot
be certain that these measures will ensure that we will maintain
adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the
future. Furthermore, as we rapidly grow our business, our internal
controls will become more complex and will require significantly
more resources to ensure our internal controls overall remain
effective. Failure to implement required new or improved controls,
or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our
operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting
obligations. If we or our auditors discover a material weakness,
the disclosure of that fact, even if quickly remedied, could reduce
the market’s confidence in our financial statements and harm our
stock price.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff
Comments.
None.
Item 2. Properties.
Daniels
Corporate Advisory’s operational headquarters are located at Parker
Towers, 104-60, Queens Boulevard, 12th Floor, Forest Hills, New
York 11375. Our office space is provided by Arthur D. Viola, our
chief executive officer, director, and controlling stockholder at a
monthly rate of approximately $2,100. As our business grows, we may
be forced to move to other offices and pay more rent. We believe
that our existing facilities are adequate for our current needs for
the foreseeable future and if additional space is needed, it would
be available on favorable terms at an acceptable
location.
Payless
Truckers’ operating facility is located at 15138 Mills Road,
Gulfport, Missouri 39503. The monthly rental rate is $2,500 over a
two-year term.
Item 3. Legal
Proceedings.
We
are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings. Our
counsel has no formal knowledge in the form of filings of any
pending or contemplated litigation, claims or assessments. With
regard to matters recognized to involve an unasserted possible
claim or assessment that may call for financial statement
disclosure and to which counsel has formed a professional
conclusion that the Company should disclosure or consider
disclosure concerning such possible claims or assessment, as a
matter of professional responsibility to the Company, counsel will
so advise and will consult with the company concerning the question
of such disclosure and the applicable requirements of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard No. 5. To date, counsel has no formal
knowledge of any unasserted possible claims.
Item 4. MINE SAFETY
DISCLOSURES.
Not
applicable to the Company.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common
Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities.
Market
Information and Holders
The
shares of our common stock are not currently listed for sale on any
exchange, although we do plan to attempt to have our shares quoted
for sale on the “Pink Sheets” or the OTC Bulletin Board. However,
there can be no assurance that we will be successful in having our
shares quoted or traded on any public market.
The
table below shows the high and low sales prices for our common
stock for the periods indicated.
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0.1000 |
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0.0200 |
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Second Quarter |
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0.0800 |
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0.0200 |
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Third Quarter |
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0.0600 |
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0.0200 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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0.0200 |
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0.0200 |
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Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2019 |
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0.0400 |
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0.0200 |
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Second Quarter |
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0.0200 |
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0.0020 |
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Third Quarter |
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0.0200 |
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0.0002 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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0.0002 |
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There
were approximately 211 holders of record of our common stock. This
number does not include stockholders for whom shares were held in
“nominee” or “street name”.
Dividends
We
have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock
and we do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable
future. We currently expect to retain any future earnings to fund
the operation and expansion of our business.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities and Equity Purchases by
Company
None.
Item 6. Selected Financial
Data.
Not
applicable.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
During
fiscal year 2019, Daniels, as an incubator, marked several
important milestones in fulfilling its Corporate Aim (Aim). That
Aim is to achieve the forward earnings momentum and critical mass
necessary to achieve major stock exchange consideration for
listing. Expectations for listing acceptance are for an 18 to
24-month period, based on the development and subsequent results of
the most promising of subsidiary candidates. Management believes
generic (start-up opportunity) growth to be the catalyst in meeting
the net worth and earnings requirements through employment of
limited amounts of capital.
Our
corporate securities packages (including stock, warrants, rights
and debt) should become more acceptable as liquid forms of finance
to broker-dealers, investment bankers, private equity firms and the
retail investor as meetings and high levels of interest are
expressed by the major exchanges and potential outside board
candidates are announced. This favorable visibility should take us
to the realm of long-term financing of all types, including equity.
Longer term finance options should be available at rates that are
open market, very competitive and with terms that pose no threat to
serious equity dilution. In the majority of cases funds raised will
be committed to activities that are expected to be anti-dilutive in
nature, and we will be acquiring hard assets and capable of
generating immediate positive cash flow and earnings.
While
the above aims have been stated before, things do not happen
overnight when you are trying to build out a mini-cap public
company. The options for financing at this level are limited and
extremely expensive.
However,
we believe our options may have improved with the launch of our
premier subsidiary, Payless Truckers, Inc. We now have a subsidiary
with two business segments each of which has significant growth
potential. The “flip” segment, which buys, refurbishes, installs
location electronics, advertises and the sells the heavy-duty
trucks, has generated the positive cash-flows necessary to cover
all the start-up expenses and operational overhead during 2018. Now
with all that behind this segment, we expect that with the use of
floor plan financing to keep the pipeline primed with an adequate
supply to accomplish a total sales goal of $100,000 per week with a
positive gross profit per truck. To date, most individual sales
have been profitable and we have expectations for significant
improvement through the use internally generated funds and
favorable cost financing to replace our present high-cost floor
plan financing.
The
“Credit Enhancement” segment of the business rents heavy-duty
trucks to independent truckers with good driving records, hauling
for major companies. The cash flow is designed to be steady and
significant for the driver and ultimately, for Payless. The trucks
are acquired at auction or from wholesale buying groups and are
rented on a weekly basis under a five-year contract with options to
purchase at current retail, every six months.
Forward
Looking Statements
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, included
elsewhere within this report. The Annual Report on Form 10-K
contains forward-looking statements including statements using
terminology such as “can”, “may”, “believe”, “designated to”,
“will”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “potential” or
“continue”, or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology
regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the
future. You should read statements that contain these words
carefully because they:
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We
believe it is important to communicate our expectations. However,
forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and our
actual results and the timing of certain events could differ
materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a
result of certain factors, including those set forth under “Risk
Factors,” “Business” and elsewhere in this report. All
forward-looking statements and risk factors included in this
document are made as of the date hereof, based on information
available to us as of the date thereof, and we assume no
obligations to update any forward-looking statement or risk factor,
unless we are required to do so by law.
Overview
Daniels
Corporate Advisory creates and implements corporate strategy
alternatives for the mini-cap public or private company client. The
addition of new business opportunities and the location of
professional talent for implementation is anticipated through the
full-time efforts of our senior management. These efforts are to be
expanded in the United States and in foreign capitals by an
expanding advisory board and through the networks of independent
consultants. Principals of the respective client company will open
their networks to augment professional access for specialties the
Daniels corporate strategy consultants believe are needed in a
joint-venture, jointly-controlled undertaking created for the
client’s optimum growth.
Daniels
may provide the client with multiple corporate
strategies/opportunities including joint-ventures, marketing
opportunity agreements and/or potential acquisitions structured in
leveraged buyout format. One or a combination of these strategies
would allow the client to enter new market niches or expand further
into existing ones.
Reverse Stock Split
All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share
amounts) referred to in this Report prior to September 27, 2019
have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s
one-for-200 reverse capital stock split effective September 27,
2019.
Recent
Business Developments
The
Company is operating through the corporate strategy segment of its
business. It is attempting to build its own critical mass by
creation of start-up subsidiaries it believes have
promise/potential. The stated goal is for the parent (DCAC) company
to consolidate the critical mass of the subsidiary/start-ups with
that of the parent for eventually listing on a major stock
exchange. We have continued to focus our efforts on the build out
of the Daniels corporate strategy model. We adjusted our strategy
as it relates to the development of subsidiary start-ups and
potential acquisitions for common stock. We concentrate on
identifying projects that have the potential to produce significant
earnings on the leveraged capital base of both the parent and the
subsidiary/start-up within an expedited time period.
As a
result, we formed Payless Truckers, Inc. (“Payless”), a
wholly-owned subsidiary which was incorporated in the State of
Nevada, on April 11, 2018. Payless is a start-up, service company
in the trucking industry. It has two business segments with its
launch and current results coming from the “flip” segment, whose
principal business is to acquire class 8 heavy duty trucks,
refurbish them, add location electronics, advertise and sell to
independent drivers and operators. The second segment is the
“credit rebuilding segment” where class 8 heavy duty trucks, owned
by Daniels/Payless, are rented to experienced independent drivers.
These independent drivers rent for a period of up to five years,
and have the option to buy the vehicle at retail value every six
months. This segment commenced operations subsequent to the close
of our fiscal year. In an effort to grow quickly and profitably,
Daniels entered into an operating agreement with a senior operating
management team in an effort to drive the business and better
realize its earnings and growth potential.
The
Payless two-segment trucking model represents a streamlined
trucking service company; one Daniels believes should survive any
potential future slow-downs in the economy. The model was developed
to allow for the maximum utilization of each truck. The first phase
of operations has already been implemented and has covered all the
start-up costs plus its own operating expenses.
We
hope to further enhance our plan for growth beginning in our third
year by forming joint-ventures and/or partnerships with truck
maintenance companies across the United States in key traffic hubs.
This will potentially afford independent drivers and operators the
opportunity to be serviced by trusted maintenance facilities under
our warranty program.
Business
Strategy - Current Operational Strategy & Current Client
Projects:
Daniels
creates and implements corporate strategy alternatives for the
mini-cap public or private company client. The addition of new
business opportunities and the location of professional talent for
implementation is anticipated through the full-time efforts of our
senior management. These efforts are to be expanded in the US and
in Foreign capitals by an expanding advisory board and through the
networks of independent consultants. Principals of the respective
client company will open their networks to augment professional
access for specialties the Daniels corporate strategy consultants
believe are needed in a joint venture, (jointly-controlled)
undertaking created for the client’s optimum growth.
Daniels
may provide the client with multiple corporate strategies
/opportunities including joint-ventures, marketing opportunity
agreements and/or potential acquisitions structured in a leveraged
buyout format. One or a combination of these strategies would allow
the client to enter new market niches or expand further into
existing ones.
The
Goal: A major exchange listing. Senior management is estimating
at least twenty-four months from commencement of a corporate
strategy assignment. Financial results, aided by all participating
players, should be forthcoming and recorded in SEC filings. At the
same time, a senior management team and Board expanded with
highly-credible interim (or permanent) professionals (directors)
will be organized in order to successfully navigate the listing
process of a major stock exchange. While Daniels believes this
process should be successful in the above-noted time period, there
is some uncertainty in the process which is dependent upon any past
issues the listing committee of a specific exchange may deem
necessary to be addressed prior to uplifting. In addition, it may
take added time to find the appropriate outside directors that can
not only satisfy the listing committee of the exchange but who can
also provide added networking/services to build the parent’s and
subsidiary’s potential for accelerated growth.
A
similar effort will be provided to tailor an optimum growth program
for the private company client, whether it chooses to remain
private or to become a public company through alternative merger
opportunities.
OPTIMUM
GROWTH STRATEGY:
Twenty-Four
Month Horizons for Daniels’ Objectives:
Daniels’
believes that the validity of its corporate strategy model will be
proven further through the success of its initial subsidiary
incubation, Payless Truckers, Inc. The growing momentum of this
cash flow engine should generate the interest of long-term
financing sources that will realize upfront that debt service can/
will be covered. This “collective approach” to growth should
provide several initial seed capital sources for other startup
subsidiaries or the acquisition and joint-development of early
stage companies. Daniels plans to use its publicly traded common
stock in a variety of securities packages, including convertible
preferred stock, to launch promising subsidiary start-ups,
initially for generic sales/profits growth. Subsequent growth
options noted above will be applied as external growth becomes a
secondary goal. This method of two stage (generic and then
external) growth is designed to leave existing client management
with commanding equity and operating control positions. Eventually,
an optimum exit strategy will be developed for the subsidiary, one
that returns a significant return on corporate (parent) capital.
The choices of optimum exit strategies could include bringing a
subsidiary public, directly through a spin-off strategy, or merging
it with an exchange listed public company that requires added
critical mass. This infusion of cash flow and profits will allow
expansion in one of the more profitable niches of any market
designated for expansion. The same corporate strategy model
can/will be applied to any independent mini-cap public
client.
Senior
management believes our corporate strategy business model to be
scalable. Based upon the potential success of the initial corporate
strategy consulting assignments creating our uplifting to a major
stock exchange, Daniels may entertain the creation of a franchising
plan for key US cities and foreign capitals or finance
centers.
Sales
and Marketing
Daniels’
senior management will concentrate its efforts to expand its
corporate strategy and financial advisory services and related
specialties in the mini-cap segment of the private and public
markets, where Daniels believes it will be effective. Marketing
efforts will increase through social and print media efforts and
will be in addition to those methods already mentioned
herein.
Daniels’
objective is to create and help manage implementation of
accelerated expansion strategies and in so doing, aid in the
creation of financing alternatives to accomplish client
goals.
Competition
Existing
and new competitors will continue to improve their services and
introduce new services with competitive price and performance
characteristics.
In
periods of reduced demand for our services, we can either choose to
maintain market share by reducing our prices to meet competition or
maintain prices and choose only those assignments with new clients
that have pressing goals to be met that offer Daniels optimum
potential for profits and growth.
The
“collective” corporate financial services, direct and referral,
including merchant banking/private equity, are very competitive and
fragmented in the Company’s market niche. There are limited
barriers to entry and new competitors frequently enter the market.
A significant number of our competitors possess substantially
greater resources. We will continue to offer equity compensation to
our team in order to keep a stable, cohesive team of professionals,
which is necessary and key to the creation of operating and capital
solutions in a timely fashion.
General
Our
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations is based on our financial statements, Actual results may
differ from these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies
affect our most significant judgments and estimates used in
preparation of our financial statements. which have been prepared
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
U.S. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to
make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities and expenses. We base our estimates on
historical experience and on various other assumptions that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other
sources.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Financial
Reporting Release No. 60, published by the SEC, recommends that all
companies include a discussion of critical accounting policies used
in the preparation of their financial statements. While all these
significant accounting policies impact our financial condition and
results of operations and we view certain of these policies as
critical. Policies determined to be critical are those policies
that have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial
statements and require management to use a greater degree of
judgment and estimates. Actual results may differ from those
estimates.
We
believe that given current facts and circumstances, it is unlikely
that applying any other reasonable judgments or estimate
methodologies would cause a material effect on our consolidated
results of operations, financial position or liquidity for the
periods presented in this report.
The
accounting policies identified as critical are as
follows:
Revenue
and Cost Recognition
We
recognize revenue when we satisfy performance obligations by the
transfer of control of products or services to our customers, in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to
in exchange for those products or services. We recognize revenue
from class 8 heavy duty truck sales to customers when we satisfy
our performance obligation, at a point in time, when title to the
truck is transferred to the customer. Delivery or shipping charges
billed to customers, if applicable, are included in product sales
and the related shipping costs are included in cost of goods
sold.
Fair
Value of Assets
The
Company has adopted the standard FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC 820) “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures” which defines fair value as the price that would
be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an
orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that
distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed
based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable
inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market
participant assumptions developed based on the best information
available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair
value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the
highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority
to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair
value hierarchy are described below:
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2—Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are
observable for the asset or liability; either directly or
indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or
similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active;
inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
or liability (e.g. interest rates); and inputs that are derived
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The
respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial
instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term
nature of these instruments. These financial instruments include
investments in available-for-sale securities and accounts payable
and accrued expenses. The Company has also applied ASC 820 for all
non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a
non-recurring basis. The adoption of ASC 820 for non-financial
assets and liabilities did not have a significant impact on the
Company’s financial statements.
Use
of Estimates
In
preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
management is required to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and revenue and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As of
November 30, 2019, we had $75,914 in cash and cash equivalents and
a working capital deficit of $3,772,945.
During
the year ended November 30, 2019, net cash provided by operating
activities was $154,943 compared to net cash used of $494,001 in
2018. The increase in net cash used in operating activities is
primarily attributable to a full fiscal year of operating results
from our Payless Truckers, Inc. subsidiary. It recorded sales of
$3,836,820 and realized a gross margin of $363,001 during the
year.
Net
cash used in investing activities was $248,525 for the year ended
November 30, 2019, as compared to $42,500 in 2018. The increase is
directly attributable to the purchases of a trucks utilized in our
credit rebuilding business.
Net
cash provided by financing activities was $112,500 for the year
ended November 30, 2019, as compared to net cash provided of
$593,500 in 2018. The decrease in net cash provided by financing
activities is directly related to fewer proceeds received from the
issuance of convertible promissory notes and related party loans.
During the year ended November 30, 2019, we received proceeds of
$115,000 from the issuance of convertible debt to fund operations.
This compares to proceeds of $386,000 received from the issuance of
convertible debt and $207,500 in loans from related parties
received during the year ended November 30, 2018.
Our
primary source of liquidity has been proceeds received from the
issuance of convertible debt and loans from related parties. Since
the creation of our subsidiary, Payless Truckers, Inc., cash flow
from the “flip” business of the truck service company has sustained
the consolidated group
Financing
Activities
We
will have to raise capital by means of borrowings or through a
private placement or a subsequent registered offering. At present,
we do not have any commitments with respect to future financings.
If we are unable to raise adequate capital, in the near term, to
finance all phases of a client corporate consulting assignment, our
proposed business will experience slow growth because it will be
very hard to compete for business without a sound capital base to
support advisory and implementation efforts on our suggested
corporate growth strategies.
At
present, we do have sufficient capital on hand to fund operations
for the immediate future. Management estimates that it will need up
to $2 million to fund its PayLess Truckers subsidiary. It is
possible that we can still achieve our objectives by use of
asset-based lending whereby we can leverage our truck purchases.
However, because of the start-up nature of the subsidiary this
financing may be harder to achieve than normal. Even if limited
funds are raised, PayLess will still be able to register profits
from its “flip” program while cost-effective funding for the
“credit enhancement” program can be arranged. The Company does have
funding available under a commitment letter but these funds are
very expensive; management is trying to avoid their use.
It is
the Company’s intention to concentrate its efforts on the build-out
of its PayLess Truckers, Inc. subsidiary. Once solidly on its
growth path, meeting projections and generating positive operating
cash flows, additional subsidiary/start-up businesses will be
entertained be the parent company.
Senior
Management believes it will have sufficient cash flows to continue
in business for the foreseeable future. While legal and accounting
expenses are significant for a reporting company, we will cover
them out of operating cash flows.
Comparison
of the Year Ended November 30, 2019 to the Year Ended November 30,
2018 Revenues
Sales
Sales
for the year ended November 30, 2019 totaled $3,836,820, compared
to sales totaling $2,053,655 for the year ended November 30, 2018.
Sales increased due to the inclusion of a full year of operating
results from our Payless subsidiary, compared to only nine months
of operating results from Payless in 2018. Payless’s principal
business is to acquire, refurbish, add location electronics,
advertise and sell or lease commercial vehicles to drivers and
transportation focused customers.
Gross
margin
Gross
margin is calculated by subtracting cost of goods sold from sales.
Gross margin percentage is calculated by dividing gross margins by
revenue. Current gross margins percentages may not be indicative of
future gross margin performance.
Gross
margin for the year ended November 30, 2019 and 2018 were $363,001
and $162,100, respectively. Gross margin percentage for the year
ended November 30, 2019 and 2018 were 9.5% and 7.9%, respectively.
The increase in gross margin and gross margin percentage for the
current year period is directly attributable to the operations of
Payless as described above.
Operating
Expenses
Operating
expenses for the year ended November 30, 2019 totaled $681,028,
compared to operating expenses of $221,707 for the year ended
November 30, 2018. The increase of $459,321 in operating expenses
is directly due to the inclusion of a full year of operating
results from our Payless subsidiary as described above. These
operating expenses are comprised principally of compensation,
facilities costs and outsourced services. In addition, we increased
our use of consulting and professional services during the year
ended November 30, 2019 as compared to the prior year
Other
Income and Expenses
Net
other expenses for the year ended November 30, 2019 totaled
$1,289,402, compared to $812,008 in net other expense for the year
ended November 30, 2018. The increase of $477,394 is primarily due
to in the loss from the change in fair value of derivative
liabilities incurred in connection with the issuance of convertible
promissory notes, offset in part by an increase in interest expense
related to our promissory notes and related party loans.
We
recorded interest expense of $570,391 and derivative expense of
$254,678 on our convertible promissory notes for the year ended
November 30, 2019, compared to interest expense of $291,821 and
derivative expense of $731,510 for the year ended November 30,
2018. The increase in interest expense is directly attributable to
the amortization of loan discounts.
Additionally,
we recorded a loss of $464,333 resulting from the change in fair
market value of derivative instruments during the year ended
November 30, 2019, compared to a gain of $162,093 resulting from
the change in fair market value of derivative instruments during
the year ended November 30, 2018.
Lastly,
we recognized $49,230 as other income from the reduction of accrued
cost estimates to bring the Company current with its financial
reporting responsibilities during the year ended November 30, 2018.
We did not recognize any similar benefit during the year ended
November 30, 2019.
Net
Income
The
Company incurred a net loss for the year ended November 30, 2019 of
$1,607,429, compared to a net loss of $871,615 for the year ended
November 30, 2018.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
None.
Inflation
We
believe that inflation has not had a material impact on our results
of operations for the two years ended November 30, 2019 and 2018,
and since inflation rates have generally remained at relatively low
levels our operations are not otherwise uniquely affected by
inflation concerns.
Going
Concern
The
accompanying audited condensed consolidated financial statements
included in this filing have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles that contemplate our
continuance as a going concern. Our auditors, in their report dated
March 16, 2020, have expressed substantial doubt about our ability
to continue as going concern. Our cash position may be inadequate
to pay all of the costs associated with the testing, production and
marketing of our products. Management intends to use borrowings and
the sale of equity or convertible debt to mitigate the effects of
its cash position, however no assurance can be given that debt or
equity financing, if and when required will be available. The
accompanying audited consolidated financial statements do not
include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and
classification of recorded assets and classification of liabilities
that might be necessary should we be unable to continue
existence.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk.
We
are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the
Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information
required under this item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data.
The
financial statements and notes thereto and supplementary data
required by this Item are presented beginning on page F-1 of this
annual report on Form 10-K.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements
with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and
Procedures.
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule
13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act that are designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the
reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act 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 to our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We carried
out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation
of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation
of our disclosure controls and procedures as of November 30, 2019.
Based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and
procedures, and in light of the material weaknesses found in our
internal controls, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were
not effective.
Management
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting. Under the supervision of
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal
control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2019 using the
criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). A material weakness is a deficiency, or
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements
will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In our
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of November 30, 2019, we determined that certain
control deficiencies existed that constituted material weaknesses,
as described below:
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Management
is currently evaluating what steps can be taken in order to address
these material weaknesses.
Accordingly,
we concluded that these control deficiencies resulted in a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual
or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected
on a timely basis by our internal controls.
As a
result of the material weaknesses described above, management has
concluded that we did not maintain effective internal control over
financial reporting as of November 30, 2019 based on criteria
established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by
COSO.
Thayer
O’Neal Company, LLC, an independent registered public accounting
firm, was not required to and has not issued a report concerning
the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting
as of November 30, 2019.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
was no change in internal control over financial reporting (as such
term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
during our fiscal year that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other
Information.
None.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers
and Corporate Governance.
Executive
Officers
Our
executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors and serve
at the discretion of the Board. Our executive officers are as
follows:
Name |
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Position |
Arthur
D. Viola |
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73 |
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President
and Chairman of the Board |
Nicholas
Viola |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
Keith
L. Voigts |
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75 |
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Chief
Financial Officer |
Biographical
information for our executive officers and senior management is set
forth below:
Arthur
D. Viola has been our board chairman and president September,
2002. In 1981, Mr. Arthur Viola founded The Viola Group, Inc., a
New York based public company which acquired, and managed private
companies. In 2000, Mr. Arthur Viola engineered the merger of The
Viola Group with an Internet company at the height of the Internet
craze. Stockholders made a 900% return on invested capital. From
1990 to the present, Mr. Arthur Viola has served as senior partner
of Daniels Corporate Advisory Co., a New York based private
company, which is a predecessor of the registrant, and which
advised and helped grow small public companies. Previously, Mr.
Arthur Viola was involved in mergers and acquisitions as an AVP
Corporate Finance/M&A Department of Bank of America,
(1980-1982) as a Senior Acquisitions/Market-Planner at Gulf &
Western (1978-1979) and as a Senior Acquisitions Analyst at Crane
Co., (1975-1978) and was an account manager for Citibank, N.A.
(1971-1974) in their Institutional Investment Management
Department. Mr. Arthur Viola attended New York University (Advanced
work in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions) and the New York
University Real Estate Institute for Real Estate Development. He
received an MBA from Pace University (Financial Management &
Accounting) and a BA from Iona College (Economics and
Finance).
Nicholas
Viola was appointed as our chief executive officer on April 1,
2019. Mr. Nicholas Viola was a key technology professional who
spent his entire career in analytics for an Electric Testing
Laboratory. He provided the mathematical analysis necessary to
evaluate operating models of major National Brands in Heating &
Refrigeration. Since retiring, and after many years of following
and analyzing mini/micro company investments in the stock market,
he is now a professional investor, and continues to use his
analytical insights in the review of a candidate’s financial
strength and recommendations for action. Prior to his appointment,
Mr. Nicholas Viola provided administrative and analytical support
to Daniels. Mr. Nicholas Viola is the brother of Arthur Viola, now
President of Daniels.
Keith
L. Voigts was appointed as our chief financial officer on April
15, 2019. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Voigts was, and remains,
chief financial officer of our wholly-owned subsidiary, Payless
Truckers, Inc. He has served Payless in this capacity since April
1, 2018. Mr. Voigts is a seasoned financial officer/executive of
private and public entities and a retired partner of KPMG
International. Throughout his career, he contributed to
fast-growing companies by creating building blocks for
hyper-growth. Mr. Voigts has demonstrated people/interactive skills
at the highest levels of corporate America and with financial
service providers. Mr. Voigts is highly-experienced in SEC
reporting, budgeting and planning, both short and long-term. Mr.
Voigts received a degree in Accounting from the University of Iowa
and completed subsequent programs at both Harvard and Stanford. He
is a certified public accountant (retired).
David
Paysse was appointed as the chief operations officer and vice
president of Payless Truckers, Inc. on October 1, 2018. He
possesses operational and senior executive management experience in
the transportation industry through his 22 years as a profitable
wholesaler / maintenance provider for top brand heavy duty trucks
all over North America. Mr. Paysse has a history of successful
business ventures. He is proficient in areas of current-management,
turnaround and creation of new concept social media marketing. The
“rent to own” segment of Payless Truckers, Inc. will benefit from
Mr. Paysse’s participation. Credit programs for all credit types
will be offered as well as nationwide motor, trans and rear end
warranties that are free for our independent driver/clients. Mr.
Paysse will be running the daily operations of Payless Truckers
with senior oversight advisory management from Arthur
Viola.
Thomas
Normand was appointed president and chief executive officer of
Payless Truckers, Inc. on September 1, 2018 and commissioned to
build a sales force. He has transformed the sales and leasing model
making it simpler and more cost effective to service customers
through an expanded, nationwide warranty coverage, initially at hub
centers. Thomas headed a team that delivered over 40 trucks per
month on a consecutive basis at a wholesale dealership. He is an
expert in negotiating and locking down the customer commitment.
Thomas possesses top management skills in the management of
technicians as well as sales professionals. He has managed sales
specialties include selling cash trucks, rental, leasing, service.
His technical expertise management includes oversight on
hand-picked specialists with extensive experience in heavy haul
extendable hydraulic trailers, flat bed, drop, step decks, dry 53’,
refrigerated 53’ trailer trailers. His team is expert in oil field
trucks / equipment, long haul sleeper trucks, heavy construction /
multi axle dump trucks and in exporting of large numbers of trucks
to developing nations.
Ralph
Cox joined Payless Truckers, Inc. on November 1, 2018. The
proven and efficient management strategy he developed over 25 years
as a general operations manager will now be applied to cash
management for the Company. Mr. Cox is a former base operations
manager for Ford Motor Credit Corporation. Running a regional
finance center, he was a leader in the success of the company in
the late 90’s. He worked at a similar level of responsibility for
Fortune 500 Companies including Robinson/Mays and Alliance One, a
subsidiary of P & G as a senior debt manager for their call
center. Mr. Cox is a published writer for an international trading
company. He wrote monthly articles in business finance, building
credit and capital. He has an MBA in Accounting & Finance from
Pasadena City College, Pasadena CA. and is a Certified FDCPA &
collections manager with experience and mastery of both large and
small established businesses and startup companies.
Audit
Committee
The
entire board of directors performs the functions of an audit
committee, but no written charter governs the actions of the board
when performing the functions of what would generally be performed
by an audit committee. The board approves the selection of Daniels
Corporate Advisory’s independent accountants and meets and
interacts with the independent accountants to discuss issues
related to financial reporting. In addition, the board reviews the
scope and results of the audit with the independent accountants,
reviews with management and the independent accountants Daniels
Corporate Advisory’s annual operating results, considers the
adequacy of Daniels Corporate Advisory’s internal accounting
procedures and considers other auditing and accounting matters
including fees to be paid to the independent auditor and the
performance of the independent auditor.
Daniels
Corporate Advisory has determined that Keith L. Voigts is a
financial expert as defined by Section 407 of The Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. However, Mr. Voigts is not independent as that term is
used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act. In
order to be considered to be independent, a member of an audit
committee of a listed issuer that is not an investment company may
not, other than in his capacity as a member of the audit committee,
our board of directors or any other board committee:
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directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other
compensatory fee from the issuer or any subsidiary thereof,
provided that, unless the rules of the national securities exchange
or national securities association provide otherwise, compensatory
fees do not include the receipt of fixed amounts of compensation
under a retirement plan (including deferred compensation) for prior
service with the listed issuer (provided that such compensation is
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Conflicts
of Interest
From
time to time, one or more of Daniels Corporate Advisory’s
affiliates may form or hold an ownership interest in and/or manage
other businesses both related and unrelated to the type of business
that Daniels Corporate Advisory owns and operates. These persons
may continue to form, hold an ownership interest in and/or manage
additional other businesses upon the following events/actions
occurring prior: (a) Daniels (the “Parent”) having achieved a
collective earnings cushion sufficient to meet earnings and net
worth for major exchange listing requirements, including excess
working capital / earnings for the pay down of subsidiary debt even
if un-affiliated transaction(s) requiring cash from a subsidiary
prior to spin-off or alternate IPO create loses; (b) Daniels
(collectively with consolidated subsidiaries) has been approved for
listing by the listing committee of a major stock exchange; then
and only then may an affiliate compete with Daniels Corporate
Advisory with respect to operations, including financing and
marketing, management time and services and potential customers.
Post-exchange listing for Daniels (Parent) and upon completion of a
spin-off or alternate IPO transaction approved by Daniels (Parent)
for a specific subsidiary interested in other affiliations, that
particular Daniels Corporate Advisory affiliate will in no way be
prohibited from undertaking such activities, and neither Daniels
Corporate Advisory nor its stockholders will have any right to
require participation in such other activities.
Code
of Ethics for Senior Executive Officers and Senior Financial
Officers
Daniels
Corporate Advisory has adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior
Executive Officers and Senior Financial Officers that applies to
its president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer,
chief financial officer, and all financial officers, including the
principal accounting officer. The code provides as
follows:
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● |
Each
officer is responsible for full, fair, accurate, timely and
understandable disclosure in all periodic reports and financial
disclosures required to be filed by Daniels Corporate Advisory with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or disclosed to Daniels
Corporate Advisory’s stockholders and/or the public. |
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|
|
|
● |
Each
officer shall immediately bring to the attention of the audit
committee, or disclosure compliance officer, any material
information of which the officer becomes aware that affects the
disclosures made by Daniels Corporate Advisory in its public
filings and assist the audit committee or disclosure compliance
officer in fulfilling its responsibilities for full, fair,
accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in all periodic
reports required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. |
|
|
|
|
● |
Each
officer shall promptly notify Daniels Corporate Advisory’s general
counsel, if any, or the president or chief executive officer as
well as the audit committee of any information he may have
concerning any violation of our Code of Business Conduct or Daniels
Corporate Advisory’s Code of Ethics, including any actual or
apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional
relationships, involving any management or other employees who have
a significant role in Daniels Corporate Advisory’s financial
reporting, disclosures or internal controls. |
|
|
|
|
● |
Each
officer shall immediately bring to the attention of Daniels
Corporate Advisory’s general counsel, if any, the president or the
chief executive officer and the audit committee any information he
may have concerning evidence of a material violation of the
securities or other laws, rules or regulations applicable to
Daniels Corporate Advisory and the operation of our business, by
Daniels Corporate Advisory or any of its agents. |
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|
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|
● |
Any
waiver of this Code of Ethics for any officer must be approved, if
at all, in advance by a majority of the independent directors
serving on Daniels Corporate Advisory’s board of directors. Any
such waivers granted will be publicly disclosed in accordance with
applicable rules, regulations and listing standards. |
We
will provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of
our Code of Ethics. Any such request should be directed to our
corporate secretary at Parker Towers, 104-60, Queens Boulevard,
12th Floor, Forest Hills, New York 11375, telephone (347) 242-3148,
or by e-mail at Onewallstreetn@aol.com.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive
officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a
registered class of our equity securities, to file with the SEC
initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership.
These reporting persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish
us with copies of all such reports they file. To our knowledge,
based solely on our review of the copies of such reports furnished
to us and written representations from certain insiders that no
other reports were required, we believe there were no applicable
reporting persons based on all applicable Section 16(a) filing
requirements with respect to transactions during the fiscal years
ended November 30, 2019 and November 30, 2018.
Item 11. Executive
Compensation.
Executive
Officer Compensation
At
present Daniels Corporate Advisory has three executive officers.
The compensation program for future executives will consist of
three key elements which will be considered by a compensation
committee to be appointed:
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● |
A
base salary; |
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|
● |
A
performance bonus; and |
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|
● |
Periodic
grants and/or options of our common stock. |
Base
Salary. Daniels Corporate Advisory chief executive officer and
all other senior executive officers receive compensation based on
such factors as competitive industry salaries, a subjective
assessment of the contribution and experience of the officer, and
the specific recommendation by our chief executive
officer.
Performance
Bonus. A portion of each officer’s total annual compensation is
in the form of a bonus. All bonus payments to officers must be
approved by our compensation committee based on the individual
officer’s performance and company performance.
Stock
Incentive. Stock options are granted to executive officers
based on their positions and individual performance. Stock options
provide incentive for the creation of stockholder value over the
long term and aid significantly in the recruitment and retention of
executive officers. The compensation committee considers the
recommendations of the chief executive officer for stock option
grants to executive officers (other than the chief executive
officer) and approves, disapproves or modifies such recommendation.
See “Market Price of and Dividends on our Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity
Compensation Plans.”
Compensation
to our officers and employees will be paid only when we have
sufficient funds for that purpose. At present, we do not possess
such funds.
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth, for the last two fiscal years, the
compensation earned for services rendered in all capacities by our
chief executive officer, chief financial officer and the other
highest-paid executive officers serving as such at the end of 2019
whose compensation for that fiscal year was in excess of $100,000.
The individuals named in the table will be hereinafter referred to
as the “Named Officers.” No other executive officer of Daniels
Corporate Advisory received compensation in excess of $100,000
during fiscal years 2019 and 2018.
We
currently have three executive officers. Our tables reflect the
total compensation accrued for the years indicated. The amounts
consist of a base salary only for those periods. Due to operating
limitations and results of operations during those periods listed
there were no performance bonuses or grants of options and or stock
incentives. This does not preclude future periods from including
such amounts. There was no interest accrued on these amounts nor
will we accrue interest on such amounts.
Name and Principal Position |
|
Year |
|
|
Salary ($) |
|
|
Bonus ($) |
|
|
Stock
Awards
($) |
|
|
Option
Awards
($) |
|
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($) |
|
|
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
($) |
|
|
All Other
Compensation
($) |
|
|
Total
($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur D. Viola |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
175,000 |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
175,000 |
|
Arthur D. Viola |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The
following table provides information for each of our named
executive officers as of the end of our last completed fiscal
years, November 30, 2019 and November 30, 2018:
|
|
Option
Awards |
|
|
Stock Awards |
|
Name |
|
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#)
Exercisable |
|
|
Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#)
Unexercisable |
|
|
Equity Incentive Plan
Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned
Options
(#)
|
|
|
Option Exercise Price ($) |
|
|
Option Expiration Date |
|
|
Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested |
|
|
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested |
|
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or
Other Rights That Have Not Vested |
|
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned
Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) |
|
A. D. Viola (1) |
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
A. D. Viola (1) |
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
|
|
-0- |
|
(1)
Daniels Corporate Advisory president.
Employment
Agreements
As of
the date of this report, Daniels Corporate Advisory has employment
agreements in place with senior management of both Daniels and its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Payless Truckers, Inc.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters.
The
following table sets forth, as of November 30, 2019, the number and
percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock beneficially
owned by: (a) each person who is known by us to be the beneficial
owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock;
(b) each of our directors; (c) the Named Executive Officers; and
(d) all current directors and executive officers, as a group. As of
March 13, 2020 there were 27,296,452 shares of common stock issued
and outstanding.
Beneficial
ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act. Under this rule, certain shares may be deemed to
be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example,
persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the
shares). In addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by
a person if the person has the right to acquire shares (for
example, upon exercise of an option or warrant) within 60 days of
the date as of which the information is provided. In computing the
percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares is deemed
to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person
by reason of such acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage
of outstanding shares of any person as shown in the following table
does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual voting power at
any particular date.
To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this
table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, the
persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power
with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially
owned by them.
Beneficial Ownership Table
|
|
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned |
|
|
Preferred Stock
Beneficially
Owned |
|
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
(1) |
|
Number |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Number |
|
|
Percent |
|
Arthur D. Viola |
|
|
152,334 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
Nicholas D.
Viola |
|
|
730,000 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
All directors and officers as a
group |
|
|
882,334 |
|
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each of these
shareholders is c/o Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc.,
Parker Towers, 104-60, Queens Boulevard, 12th Floor, Forest Hills,
New York 11375. Also, unless otherwise indicated, each person named
in the table above has the sole voting and investment power with
respect to his shares of our common stock beneficially owned.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of
the SEC. As of November 30, 2019, there were 25,546,452 shares of
our common stock issued and outstanding.
The 100,000 shares of our super voting preferred stock, as amended,
owned by Arthur D. Viola gives him the power to vote 66 and 2/3
percent shares of the share vote necessary for any issue requiring
a common stock vote.
The voting rights of our common stock contained in our preferred
stock along with the 152,334 common shares will provide Mr. Viola
with voting rights equal to 66 2/3 votes of all votes in any common
stock vote. As a result, Arthur D. Viola is able to influence all
matters requiring stockholder approval including the election of
directors, merger or consolidation and the sale of all or
substantially all of our assets. This concentration of ownership
may delay, deter or prevent acts that would result in a change of
control, which in turn could reduce the market price of our common
stock.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence.
Transactions with Related Persons
The Audit Committee (entire board) of our Board is responsible for
oversight and review of any related person transactions. We have no
related person transactions that require disclosure under this
section.
Director Independence
The Board has determined that Mr. Viola is independent (or
similarly designated) based on the Board’s application of the
standards and rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC or the
Internal Revenue Service, as appropriate.
Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The following table presents the estimated aggregate fees billed by
Thayer O’Neal Company, PLLC for services performed during our last
two fiscal years.
|
|
Years
Ended |
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
Audit fees (1) |
|
$ |
72,333 |
|
|
$ |
27,582 |
|
Tax fees (2) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
All other fees
(3) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
72,333
|
|
|
$ |
27,582 |
|
|
(1) |
Audit
fees include professional services rendered for (i) the audit of
our annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended November
30, 2019 and 2018, (ii) the reviews of the financial statements
included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for such years and
(iii) the issuance of consents and other matters relating to
registration statements filed by us. |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
There
were no tax fees billed in these two periods. |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
Other
fees include professional services for review of various filings
and issuance of consents. |
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) |
1. |
Financial
Statements |
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Audited Financial Statements for years ended November 30, 2019
and November 30, 2018
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Daniels
Corporate Advisory Company, Inc
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc (“the Company”), as of
November 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related statements of
operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ deficit
and cash flows for the years then ended and the related notes
(collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our
opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of
November 30, 2019 and 2018, and the consolidated results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the
period ended November 30, 2019, in conformity with U.S generally
accepted accounting principles.
Basis
for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public
accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be
independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to
perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding
of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly,
we express no such opinion.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of
material misstatements of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those
risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
Emphasis
of a Matter
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As described in Note
4 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring
losses from operations and working capital deficit that raise
substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
Management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in
Note 4. The financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty
/S/
Thayer O’Neal Company, LLC
Thayer
O’Neal Company, LLC
We
have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018
Houston,
Texas
March
16, 2020
Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
November 30, |
|
|
November 30, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
75,914 |
|
|
$ |
56,996 |
|
Accounts
receivable |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
77,638 |
|
Inventory |
|
|
504,135 |
|
|
|
196,664 |
|
Prepaid expenses
and other current assets |
|
|
15,187 |
|
|
|
199,972 |
|
Right of use
assets |
|
|
49,212 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total current
assets |
|
|
644,478 |
|
|
|
531,270 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
257,431 |
|
|
|
42,500 |
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
901,909 |
|
|
$ |
573,770 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
and accrued liabilities |
|
$ |
1,079,884 |
|
|
$ |
460,367 |
|
Notes payable,
related party |
|
|
685,000 |
|
|
|
685,000 |
|
Notes payable, net
of loan discounts |
|
|
709,313 |
|
|
|
331,049 |
|
Derivative
liabilities |
|
|
1,650,520 |
|
|
|
931,509 |
|
Lease
liabilities |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Related party
payables |
|
|
242,706 |
|
|
|
217,700 |
|
Total current
liabilities |
|
|
4,417,423 |
|
|
|
2,625,625 |
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
4,417,423 |
|
|
|
2,625,625 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ Deficit: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value.
100,000 shares authorized; 100,000 shares issued and outstanding as
of November 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
Common stock, $0.001 par value.
6,000,000,000 shares authorized; 25,546,452 and 21,127,402 shares
issued and outstanding as of November 30, 2019 and 2018,
respectively |
|
|
25,546 |
|
|
|
21,127 |
|
Additional paid-in
capital |
|
|
7,171,768 |
|
|
|
7,032,417 |
|
Accumulated
deficit |
|
|
(10,648,579 |
) |
|
|
(9,041,150 |
) |
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss |
|
|
(64,349 |
) |
|
|
(64,349 |
) |
Total
stockholders’ deficit |
|
|
(3,515,514 |
) |
|
|
(2,051,855 |
) |
Total liabilities
and stockholders’ deficit |
|
$ |
901,909
|
|
|
$ |
573,770 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
Daniels
Corporate Advisory Company, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
Loss
|
|
Year
Ended November 30, |
|
|
Year
Ended November 30, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
$ |
3,836,820 |
|
|
$ |
2,053,655 |
|
Cost of goods
sold |
|
|
3,473,819 |
|
|
|
1,891,555 |
|
Gross margin |
|
|
363,001 |
|
|
|
162,100 |
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses |
|
|
681,028 |
|
|
|
221,707 |
|
Loss from
operations |
|
|
(318,027 |
) |
|
|
(59,607 |
) |
Other income (expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
expense |
|
|
(254,678 |
) |
|
|
(731,510 |
) |
Gain (loss) on
change in derivative liabilities |
|
|
(464,333 |
) |
|
|
162,093 |
|
Interest income
(expense), net |
|
|
(570,391 |
) |
|
|
(291,821 |
) |
Other
income (expense), net |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
49,230 |
|
Total
other income (expense) |
|
|
(1,289,402 |
) |
|
|
(812,008 |
) |
Loss before income
taxes |
|
|
(1,607,429 |
) |
|
|
(871,615 |
) |
Provision for
income taxes (benefit) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(1,607,429 |
) |
|
$ |
(871,615 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and
diluted earnings (loss) per common share |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.04 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average number of common
shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and
diluted |
|
|
23,292,729 |
|
|
|
20,455,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
(loss) |
|
$ |
(1,607,429 |
) |
|
$ |
(871,615 |
) |
Comprehensive income (loss) |
|
$ |
(1,607,429 |
) |
|
$ |
(871,615 |
) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
Daniels
Corporate Advisory Company, Inc.
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’
Deficit
For the years Ended November 30, 2019 and 2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock |
|
|
Common
Stock |
|
|
Paid-in |
|
|
Retained |
|
|
Comprehensive |
|
|
Stockholders’ |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Value |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Value |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Earnings |
|
|
Income |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
November 30, 2017 |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
|
17,566,383 |
|
|
$ |
17,566 |
|
|
$ |
6,668,173 |
|
|
$ |
(8,169,535 |
) |
|
$ |
(64,349 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,548,045 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(871,615 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(871,615 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance
of common stock purchase warrants in connection with the issuance
of convertible debenture(s) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
320,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
320,000 |
|
Conversion
of convertible debentures and accrued interest into common
stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,561,019 |
|
|
|
3,561 |
|
|
|
14,244 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
17,805 |
|
Recognition
of beneficial conversion features related to convertible
debentures |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
November 30, 2018 |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
|
21,127,402 |
|
|
$ |
21,127 |
|
|
$ |
7,032,417 |
|
|
$ |
(9,041,150 |
) |
|
$ |
(64,349 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,051,855 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,607,429 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,607,429 |
) |
Issuance
of common stock in lieu of cash for accounts payable and other
accrued obligations |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,151,150 |
|
|
|
1,151 |
|
|
|
40,258 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
41,409 |
|
Conversion
of convertible debentures and accrued interest into common
stock |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,267,900 |
|
|
|
3,268 |
|
|
|
10,426 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
13,694 |
|
Recognition
of beneficial conversion features related to convertible
debentures |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
88,667 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
88,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance,
November 30, 2019 |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
|
25,546,452 |
|
|
$ |
25,546 |
|
|
$ |
7,171,768 |
|
|
$ |
(10,648,579 |
) |
|
$ |
(64,349 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,515,514 |
) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows
|
|
Year
Ended November 30, |
|
|
Year
Ended November 30, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities
of continuing operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(1,607,429 |
) |
|
$ |
(871,615 |
) |
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
|
33,594 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Amortization of
debt discount |
|
|
368,125 |
|
|
|
58,333 |
|
Derivative
expense |
|
|
254,678 |
|
|
|
731,510 |
|
Gain (loss) on
change in derivative liabilities |
|
|
464,333 |
|
|
|
(162,093 |
) |
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable |
|
|
77,607 |
|
|
|
(77,638 |
) |
Inventory |
|
|
(307,471 |
) |
|
|
(196,664 |
) |
Prepaid expenses
and other current assets |
|
|
184,785 |
|
|
|
(199,972 |
) |
Right of use
assets and lease liabilities |
|
|
788 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accounts payable
and accrued liabilities |
|
|
660,927 |
|
|
|
224,138 |
|
Related party payables |
|
|
25,006 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities |
|
|
154,943 |
|
|
|
(494,001 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of fixed assets |
|
|
(248,525 |
) |
|
|
(42,500 |
) |
Net cash used in
financing activities |
|
|
(248,525 |
) |
|
|
(42,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing
activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from
issuance of convertible debentures |
|
|
115,000 |
|
|
|
386,000 |
|
Proceeds from
related party payables |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
207,500 |
|
Repayments of convertible debentures |
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net cash provided
by financing activities |
|
|
112,500 |
|
|
|
593,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash
equivalents |
|
|
18,918 |
|
|
|
56,999 |
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at beginning of year |
|
|
56,996 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Cash and cash
equivalents at end of year |
|
$ |
75,914 |
|
|
$ |
56,996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for
interest |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cash paid for
income taxes |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash
investing and financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued to reduce accounts
payable and other accrued obligations |
|
$ |
41,409 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Conversion of convertible debentures
and accrued interest into common stock |
|
$ |
13,694 |
|
|
$ |
17,806 |
|
Discount for issuance costs and/or
beneficial conversion features on convertible debentures |
|
$ |
88,667 |
|
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
DANIELS CORPORATE ADVISORY COMPANY, INC.
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2019 AND NOVEMBER 30,
2018
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Daniels Corporate Advisory Company, Inc. (“Daniels” or the Company)
was incorporated in the State of Nevada on May 2, 2002. The Company
creates and implements corporate strategy alternatives for mini-cap
public and private companies.
The Company formed Payless Truckers, Inc. (“Payless”), a
wholly-owned subsidiary which was incorporated in the State of
Nevada, on April 11, 2018. Payless is a start-up trucking company
whose principal business is to acquire, refurbish, add location
electronics, advertise and sell or lease commercial vehicles to
drivers and transportation focused customers.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
We have prepared the accompanying consolidated financial statements
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. We
believe these consolidated financial statements reflect all
adjustments (consisting of normal, recurring adjustments) that are
necessary for a fair presentation of our consolidated financial
position and consolidated results of operations for the periods
presented.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
Risk and Uncertainties
Our future results of operations and financial condition will be
impacted by the following factors, among others: our lack of
capital resources, dependence on third-party management to operate
the companies in which we invest and dependence on the successful
development and marketing of any new products in new and existing
markets. Generally, we are unable to predict the future status of
these areas of risk and uncertainty. However, negative trends or
conditions in these areas could have an adverse effect on our
business.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity
of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash
equivalents. The Company maintains its cash balances with a
high-credit-quality financial institution. At times, such cash may
be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured
limit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in
such accounts, and management believes the Company is not exposed
to any significant credit risk on its cash and cash
equivalents.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade
terms which are recorded at net realizable value. The Company
establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts based on
management’s assessment of the collectability of trade receivables.
A considerable amount of judgment is required in assessing the
amount of the allowance. The Company makes judgments about the
creditworthiness of each customer based on ongoing credit
evaluations and monitors current economic trends that might impact
the level of credit losses in the future. If the financial
condition of the customers were to deteriorate, resulting in their
inability to make payments, a specific allowance will be
required.
Recovery of bad debt amounts previously written off is recorded as
a reduction of bad debt expense in the period the payment is
collected. If the Company’s actual collection experience changes,
revisions to its allowance may be required. After all attempts to
collect a receivable have failed, the receivable is written off
against the allowance.
Inventory
Inventory consists of well-maintained, class 8 heavy duty trucks
primarily acquired at auction. Inventory is valued at the lower of
cost (first in, first out) or market value. An allowance for
potential non-saleable inventory due to movement, current
conditions or obsolescence is based upon a review of inventory
quantities, past history and expected future usage. The Company
believes that no write-down for slow moving or obsolete inventory
is necessary as of November 30, 2019.
Convertible Instruments
The Company evaluates and account for conversion options embedded
in convertible instruments in accordance with ASC 815
“Derivatives and Hedging Activities”.
Applicable GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options
from their host instruments and account for them as free-standing
derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The
criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic
characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are
not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and
risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies
both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is
not re-measured at fair value under other GAAP with changes in fair
value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate
instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative
instrument would be considered a derivative instrument.
The Company accounts for convertible instruments (when it has been
determined that the embedded conversion options should not be
bifurcated from their host instruments) by recording, when
necessary, discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value
of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the
differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock
at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective
conversion price embedded in the note. Debt discounts under these
arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt to
their stated date of redemption.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
introduced a framework for measuring fair value and expanded
required disclosure about fair value measurements of assets and
liabilities. The Company adopted the standard for those financial
assets and liabilities as of the beginning of the 2008 fiscal year
and the impact of adoption was not significant. FASB Accounting
Standards Codification (ASC) 820 “ Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures ” (ASC 820) defines fair value as the price that
would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability
in an orderly transaction between market participants at the
measurement date ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy
that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions
developed based on market data obtained from independent sources
(observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about
market participant assumptions developed based on the best
information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs).
The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which
gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels
of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
|
● |
Level
1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at
the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or
liabilities. |
|
|
|
|
● |
Level
2—Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are
observable for the asset or liability; either directly or
indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or
similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active;
inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
or liability (e.g. interest rates); and inputs that are derived
principally from or corroborated by observable market data by
correlation or other means. |
|
|
|
|
● |
Level
3—Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement
and unobservable. |
The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial
instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term
nature of these instruments. These financial instruments include
accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, notes
payable, notes payable to related parties, related parties payable
and derivative liabilities. The Company has also applied ASC 820
for all non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value
on a non-recurring basis. The adoption of ASC 820 for non-financial
assets and liabilities did not have a significant impact on the
Company’s financial statements.
Comprehensive Loss
ASC Topic 220 (SFAS No. 130) establishes standards for reporting
comprehensive income and its components. Comprehensive income is
defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions
and other events from non-owner sources.
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment
All of our non-marketable and other investments are subject to a
periodic impairment review. Investments are considered to be
impaired when a decline in fair value is judged to be
other-than-temporary.
When events or changes in circumstances indicate that long-lived
assets other than goodwill may be impaired, an evaluation is
performed to determine if a write-down to fair value is required.
When an asset is classified as held for sale, the asset’s book
value is evaluated and adjusted to the lower of its carrying amount
or fair value less cost to sell. In addition, depreciation and
amortization ceases while it is classified as held for sale.
The indicators that we use to identify those events and
circumstances include:
|
● |
the
investee’s revenue and earnings trends relative to predefined
milestones and overall business prospects; |
|
|
|
|
● |
the
general market conditions in the investee’s industry or geographic
area, including regulatory or economic changes; |
|
|
|
|
● |
factors
related to the investee’s ability to remain in business, such as
the investee’s liquidity, debt ratios, and the rate at which the
investee is using its cash; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
the
investee’s receipt of additional funding at a lower valuation. If
an investee obtains additional funding at a valuation lower than
our carrying amount or a new round of equity funding is required
for the investee to remain in business, and the new round of equity
does not appear imminent, it is presumed that the investment is
other than temporarily impaired, unless specific facts and
circumstances indicate otherwise. |
Revenue and Cost Recognition
We recognize revenue when we satisfy performance obligations by the
transfer of control of products or services to our customers, in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to
in exchange for those products or services. We recognize revenue
from class 8 heavy duty truck sales to customers when we satisfy
our performance obligation, at a point in time, when title to the
truck is transferred to the customer and collection of cash is
certain. Delivery or shipping charges billed to customers, if
applicable, are included in product sales and the related shipping
costs are included in cost of goods sold. We also recognize revenue
from the rental of class 8 heavy-duty trucks to customers. Revenue
from these truck rental agreements is recognized based upon the
passage of time over the term of the arrangement once control of
the underlying asset has been transferred to the customer. The
arrangements require weekly payments, and the customer may cancel
the agreement at any time by notifying the Company in writing at
least 30 days before such termination.
Accounts receivable is recognized when we have transferred a good
or service to a customer and our right to receive consideration is
unconditional through the completion of our performance obligation.
We had accounts receivable totaling $30 and $77,638 as of November
30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Right of use assets and lease liabilities
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” (ASC
842). The standard requires lessees to recognize almost all leases
on the balance sheet as a Right-of-Use (“ROU”) asset and a lease
liability and requires leases to be classified as either an
operating or a finance type lease. The standard excludes leases of
intangible assets or inventory. The standard became effective for
the Company beginning December 1, 2018. The Company adopted ASC 842
using the modified retrospective approach, by applying the new
standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application.
Results and disclosure requirements for reporting periods beginning
after January 1, 2019 are presented under ASC 842, while prior
period amounts have not been adjusted and continue to be reported
in accordance with our historical accounting under ASC 840. The
Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under
the standard, which also allowed the Company to carry forward
historical lease classifications. The Company also elected the
practical expedient related to treating lease and non-lease
components as a single lease component for all equipment leases as
well as electing a policy exclusion permitting leases with an
original lease term of less than one year to be excluded from the
ROU assets and lease liabilities.
Under ASC 842, the Company determines if an arrangement is a lease
at inception. Right-of-Use assets and liabilities are recognized at
commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease
payments over the lease term. For this purpose, the Company
considers only payments that are fixed and determinable at the time
of commencement. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an
implicit rate, the Company estimated the incremental borrowing rate
in determining the present value of lease payments. The ROU asset
also includes any lease payments made prior to commencement and is
recorded net of any lease incentives received. The Company lease
terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it
is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise such
options.
Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use
assets and operating lease liabilities on the Company’s condensed
consolidated balance sheets.
As a result of the adoption of ASC 842 on December 1, 2018, the
Company recorded both operating lease ROU assets of $22,910 and
operating lease liabilities of $22,910. As of November 30, 2019,
operating lease ROU assets totaled $49,212 and operating lease
liabilities totaled $50,000. The adoption did not impact the
Company’s beginning retained earnings, or prior year consolidated
statements of income and statements of cash flows.
Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net is reported at cost less accumulated
depreciation, which is generally provided on the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Upon sale or
retirement of an asset, the related costs and accumulated
depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is
recognized.
Income Taxes
The Company, a C-corporation, accounts for income taxes under ASC
Topic 740 (SFAS No. 109). Under this method, deferred tax assets
and liabilities are determined based on differences between the
financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are
measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in
effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation
allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax
assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 740-10
“Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (ASC 740-10), on January 1,
2007. The Company has not recognized a liability as a result of the
implementation of ASC 740-10. A reconciliation of the beginning and
ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits has not been provided
since there is no unrecognized benefit since the date of adoption.
The Company has not recognized interest expense or penalties as a
result of the implementation of ASC 740-10. If there were an
unrecognized tax benefit, the Company would recognize interest
accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense
and penalties in operating expenses.
Net Loss Per Share
The Company reports basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS)
according to the provisions of ASC Topic 260, which requires the
presentation of basic EPS and, for companies with complex capital
structures, diluted EPS. Basic EPS excludes dilution and is
computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common
stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing
net income (loss) available to common stockholders, adjusted by
other changes in income or loss that would result from the assumed
conversion of those potential common shares, by the weighted number
of common shares and common share equivalents (unless their effect
is antidilutive) outstanding. Common stock equivalents are not
included in the computation of diluted earnings per share when the
Company reports a loss because to do so would be anti-dilutive.
Thus, these equivalents are not included in the calculation of
diluted loss per share, resulting in basic and diluted loss per
share being equal.
Reverse Stock Split
All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share
amounts) referred to in this Report prior to September 27, 2019
have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s
one-for-200 reverse capital stock split effective September 27,
2019.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework –
Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement
(“ASU 2018-13”), which modifies the disclosure requirements on fair
value measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within
those fiscal years, with partial early adoption permitted for
eliminated disclosures. The method of adoption varies by the
disclosure. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that
adopting this guidance will have on the consolidated financial
statements.
The Company has considered all other recently issued accounting
pronouncements and does not believe the adoption of such
pronouncements will have a material impact on its consolidated
financial statements.
NOTE 3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company currently rents space from Arthur Viola, the Company’s
president and chairman. This is a month to month rental and there
is no commitment beyond each month. The monthly rent expense is
$2,100.
Effective December 15, 2016, Arthur Viola entered into a $685,000
convertible promissory note agreement with the Company and forgave
all remaining amounts outstanding at that time. The note matures on
December 15, 2018 and bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum.
Mr. Viola has the option to convert any portion of the unpaid
principal balance into the Company’s common stock at a discount to
market of 50% at any time. No repayment or conversion of the note
occurred as of November 30, 2019, and no notice of default has been
issued.
For the years ended November 30, 2019 and 2018, Arthur Viola was
entitled to receive a salary of $175,000 and $100,000,
respectively. Mr. Viola has deferred cash payment on these amounts,
in addition to his base salary of $100,000 from 2017, in an effort
to help the Company fund its operations. At November 30, 2019 and
2018, the total amount of unpaid accrued compensation owed to Mr.
Viola was $369,303 and $194,277, respectively. These amounts are
included in accounts payable.
During 2016, Arthur Viola infused $10,200 in advances for working
capital. These funds were advanced interest free with no payback
terms of twelve months and one day. No repayments have been made
against these advances as of November 30, 2019.
Since its formation in 2018, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary
PayLess Truckers, Inc. has received loan proceeds aggregating
$232,506 from a related party to help fund the subsidiary’s
operations. The loan currently bears no interest and is payable on
demand. The Company has imputed interest on this obligation at a
rate of 10% per annum, which the Company believes is appropriate
and represents a market lending rate based upon other debt
financings. For the years ended November 30, 2019 and 2018, imputed
interest of $10,150 and $7,458, respectively, has been recorded in
the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 4 - GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the
satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business as
they become due.
For the year ended November 30, 2019, the Company incurred a net
loss of $1,607,429 and had a working capital deficit of $3,772,945.
The Company has relied, in large part, upon debt financing to fund
its operations. As of November 30, 2019, the Company had
outstanding indebtedness, net of discounts, of $1,394,313 and had
$75,914 in cash.
As such, there is substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. The Company’s ability to continue as
such is dependent upon management’s ability to successfully execute
its business plan, including increasing revenues through the sale
of existing and future product offerings and reducing expenses in
order to meet the Company’s current and future obligations. In
addition, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is
dependent upon management’s ability to successfully satisfy,
refinance or replace its current indebtedness. Failure to satisfy
existing or obtain new financing may have a material adverse impact
on the Company’s operations and liquidity.
The Company generated $3,836,820 in revenue and $154,943 in
positive cash flow from operations during the year ended November
30, 2019. The Company now believes that it is well positioned to
generate significant revenue and cash flows from its operations.
However, even if the Company is successful in executing its plan,
the Company may not generate enough revenue to satisfy all of its
current obligations as they become due in addition to its
outstanding indebtedness. Until the Company consistently generates
positive cash flow from its operations, or successfully satisfies,
refinances or replaces its current indebtedness, there is
substantial doubt as to 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 if the Company is unable to operate as
a going concern.
NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments
The Company currently has no long-term commitments.
Contingencies
None.
NOTE 6 - LEASES
The Company has entered into operating leases primarily for real
estate. These leases have terms which range from one year to two
years, and often include one or more options to renew. The Company
recognizes on the balance sheet at the time of lease commencement
or modification a right of use (“RoU”) operating lease asset and a
lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the
lease payments. Lease costs are recognized in the income statement
over the lease term on a straight-line basis. RoU assets represent
the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term
and lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease
payments arising from the lease.
Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities commencing after January
1, 2019 are recognized at commencement date based on the present
value of lease payments over the lease term. Based on the present
value of the lease payments for the remaining lease term of the
Company’s existing leases, the Company recorded ROU assets of
$49,212 in assets and lease liabilities of $50,000 for operating
leases as of November 30, 2019. For the year ended November 30,
2019, the Company recognized approximately $3,288 in total lease
costs.
Because the rate implicit in each lease is not readily
determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to
determine the present value of the lease payments.
Information related to the Company’s operating right-of-use assets
and related lease liabilities were as follows:
Cash paid for operating
lease liabilities |
|
$ |
3,288 |
|
Weighted-average remaining lease term
(in years) |
|
|
1.9 |
|
Weighted-average discount rate |
|
|
10.0 |
% |
Minimum future lease payments |
|
|
57,500 |
|
The following table presents the Company’s future minimum lease
obligation under ASC 840 as of November 30, 2019:
2020 fiscal year |
|
$ |
30,000 |
|
2021 fiscal year |
|
$ |
27,500 |
|
NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of income tax
expense (benefit) at the federal statutory rate to recorded income
tax expense (benefit) for the years ended November 30, 2019 and
2018:
|
|
November 30, 2019 |
|
|
November 30, 2018 |
|
Tax provision (recovery)
at effective tax rate (21%) |
|
$ |
(337,560 |
) |
|
$ |
(183,039 |
) |
Change in valuation reserve |
|
|
337,560 |
|
|
|
183,039 |
|
Tax provision (recovery), net |
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
As of November 30, 2019, the Company had approximately $10.6
million in net operating loss carry forwards for federal income tax
purposes which expire between 2020 and 2038. Generally, these can
be carried forward and applied against future taxable income at the
tax rate applicable at that time. We are currently using a 21%
effective tax rate for our projected available net operating loss
carry-forward. However, as a result of potential stock offerings
and stock issuance in connection with potential acquisitions, as
well as the possibility of the Company not realizing its business
plan objectives and having future taxable income to offset, the
Company’s use of these NOLs may be limited under the provisions of
Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The
Company is in the process of evaluating the implications of Section
382 on its ability to utilize some or all of its NOLs.
Components of deferred tax assets and (liabilities) are as
follows:
|
|
November 30, 2019 |
|
|
November 30, 2018 |
|
Net operating loss carry
forwards available at effective tax rate (21%) |
|
$ |
2,236,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,899,000 |
|
Valuation Allowances |
|
|
(2,236,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,899,000 |
) |
Deferred Tax Asset |
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
In accordance with FASB ASC 740 “Income Taxes”, valuation
allowances are provided against deferred tax assets, if based on
the weight of available evidence, some or all of the deferred tax
assets may or will not be realized. The Company has evaluated its
ability to realize some or all of the deferred tax assets on its
balance sheet and has established a valuation allowance of
approximately $2.2 million at November 30, 2019. The Company did
not utilize any NOL deductions for the full fiscal year ended
November 30, 2019.
NOTE 8 - NOTES PAYABLE
On August 31, 2015, the Company entered in convertible note
agreement with a private and accredited investor, LG Capital, in
the amount of $75,000, unsecured, with principal and interest
(stated at 8%) amounts due and payable upon maturity on February
28, 2016. After six months, the note holder has the option to
convert any portion of the unpaid principal balance into the
Company’s common shares at any time. The Company has determined
that the conversion feature in this note is not indexed to the
Company’s stock and is considered to be a derivative that requires
bifurcation. The Company calculated the fair value of this
conversion feature using the Black-Scholes model and the following
assumptions: Risk-free interest rates ranging from 0.03% to 0.08%;
Dividend rate of 0%; and, historical volatility rates ranging from
195% to 236%. As of November 30, 2019, the note balance was $55,224
and all associated loan discounts were fully amortized.
On December 30, 2015, the Company entered in convertible note
agreement with a private and accredited investor, Auctus Private
Equity Fund LLC, in the amount of $130,000, unsecured, with
principal and interest (stated at 10%) amounts due and payable upon
maturity on September 30, 2016. After six months, the note holder
has the option to convert any portion of the unpaid principal
balance into the Company’s common shares at any time. The Company
has determined that the conversion feature in this note is not
indexed to the Company’s stock and is considered to be a derivative
that requires bifurcation. The Company calculated the fair value of
this conversion feature using the Black-Scholes model and the
following assumptions: Risk-free interest rates ranging from 0.03%
to 0.16%; Dividend rate of 0%; and, historical volatility rates
ranging from 208% to 269%. As of November 30, 2019, the note
balance was $100,297 and all associated loan discounts were fully
amortized.
On January 21, 2016, the Company entered in convertible note
agreement with a private and accredited investor, John De La Cross
Capital Partners Inc., in the amount of $8,000, unsecured, with
principal and interest (stated at 5%) amounts due and payable upon
demand. The note holder has the option to convert any portion of
the unpaid principal balance into the Company’s common shares at
any time. The Company has determined that the conversion feature in
this note is not indexed to the Company’s stock and is considered
to be a derivative that requires bifurcation. The Company
calculated the fair value of this conversion feature using the
Black-Scholes model and the following assumptions: Risk-free
interest rates ranging from 0.03% to 0.16%; Dividend rate of 0%;
and, historical volatility rates ranging from 208% to 269%. As of
November 30, 2019, the note balance was $4,000 and all associated
loan discounts were fully amortized.
On November 23, 2016, the Company entered in convertible note
agreement with a private and accredited investor, Auctus Private
Equity Fund LLC, in the amount of $61,000, unsecured, with
principal and interest (stated at 12%) amounts due and payable upon
maturity on August 23, 2017. After six months, the note holder has
the option to convert any portion of the unpaid principal balance
into the Company’s common shares at any time. The Company has
determined that the conversion feature in this note is not indexed
to the Company’s stock and is considered to be a derivative that
requires bifurcation. The Company calculated the fair value of this
conversion feature using the Black-Scholes model and the following
assumptions: Risk-free interest rates ranging from 0.03% to 0.16%;
Dividend rate of 0%; and, historical volatility rates ranging from
208% to 269%. The Company amended its convertible note agreement to
allow for additional principal borrowings. As of November 30, 2019,
the note balance was $97,000 and all associated loan discounts were
fully amortized.
On October 15, 2018, the Company entered in convertible note
agreement with a private and accredited investor, Auctus Fund LLC,
in the amount of $350,000, unsecured, with principal and interest
(stated at 12%) amounts due and payable upon maturity on July 15,
2019. At any time following issuance, the note holder has the
option to convert any portion of the unpaid principal balance into
the Company’s common shares at any time. The Company has determined
that the conversion feature in this note is not indexed to the
Company’s stock and is considered to be a derivative that requires
bifurcation. The Company calculated the fair value of this
conversion feature using the Black-Scholes model and the following
assumptions: Risk-free interest rates ranging from 2.67% to 2.70%;
Dividend rate of 0%; and, historical volatility rates ranging from
390% to 423%. As of November 30, 2019, the note balance was
$350,000 and all associated loan discounts were fully
amortized.
On February 14, 2019, the Company entered in convertible note
agreement with a private and accredited investor, Auctus Fund LLC,
in the amount of $57,750, secured by all of the assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries, with principal and interest (stated
at 12%) amounts due and payable upon maturity on November 14, 2019.
At any time following issuance, the note holder has the option to
convert any portion of the unpaid principal balance into the
Company’s common shares at any time. The Company has determined
that the conversion feature in this note is not indexed to the
Company’s stock and is considered to be a derivative that requires
bifurcation. The Company calculated the fair value of this
conversion feature using the Black-Scholes model and the following
assumptions: Risk-free interest rates ranging from 1.76% to 2.54%;
Dividend rate of 0%; and, historical volatility rates ranging from
139% to 1,467%. As of November 30, 2019, the note balance was
$57,750 and all associated loan discounts were fully amortized.
On July 22, 2019, the Company entered in convertible note agreement
with a private and accredited investor, Auctus Fund LLC, in the
amount of $75,250, secured by all of the assets of the Company and
its subsidiaries, with principal and interest (stated at 12%)
amounts due and payable upon maturity on April 22, 2020. At any
time following issuance, the note holder has the option to convert
any portion of the unpaid principal balance into the Company’s
common shares at any time. The Company has determined that the
conversion feature in this note is not indexed to the Company’s
stock and is considered to be a derivative that requires
bifurcation. The Company calculated the fair value of this
conversion feature using the Black-Scholes model and the following
assumptions: Risk-free interest rates ranging from 1.76% to 1.95%;
Dividend rate of 0%; and, historical volatility rates ranging from
1,313% to 1,467%. As of November 30, 2019, the note balance was
$75,250 and the remaining balance on the associated loan discounts
were $30,208.
NOTE 9 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES
The Company accounts for derivative financial instruments in
accordance with ASC 815, which requires that all derivative
financial instruments be recorded in the balance sheets either as
assets or liabilities at fair value.
The Company’s derivative liability is an embedded derivative
associated with some of the Company’s convertible promissory notes.
The convertible promissory notes are hybrid instruments which
contain embedded derivative features which individually warrant
separate accounting as a derivative instrument under Paragraph
815-10-05-4. The embedded derivative features include the
conversion features to the notes. Pursuant to Paragraph
815-10-05-4, the value of the embedded derivative liabilities have
been bifurcated from the debt host contract and recorded as
derivative liabilities resulting in a reduction of the initial
carrying amount (as unamortized discount) of the notes, which are
amortized as debt discount to be presented in other (income)
expenses in the statements of operations using the effective
interest method over the life of the notes.
The embedded derivative within the notes have been valued using the
Black Scholes approach, recorded at fair value at the date of
issuance; and marked-to-market at each reporting period end date
with changes in fair value recorded in the Company’s statements of
operations as “change in the fair value of derivative
instrument”.
As of November 30, 2019 and 2018, the estimated fair value of
derivative liabilities were determined to be $1,650,520 and
$931,509, respectively. During the year November 30, 2019, the
Company recognized additional derivative liabilities of $254,678,
compared to $731,511 during the year ended November 30, 2018. The
change in the fair value of derivative liabilities for the years
ended November 30, 2019 and 2018 was a loss of $464,333 and a gain
of $162,093, respectively, on derivative liabilities.
Summary of Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities
Measured on a Recurring Basis
Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis are summarized below and disclosed ay November 30,
2018:
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurement Using |
|
|
|
Carrying Value |
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
Derivative liabilities on conversion feature |
|
|
931,509 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
931,509 |
|
|
|
931,509 |
|
Total derivative liabilities |
|
$ |
931,509 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
931,509 |
|
|
$ |
931,509 |
|
Summary of Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities
Measured on a Recurring Basis
Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis are summarized below and disclosed November 30,
2019:
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurement Using |
|
|
|
Carrying Value |
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
Derivative liabilities on conversion feature |
|
|
1,650,520 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1,650,520 |
|
|
|
1,650,520 |
|
Total derivative liabilities |
|
$ |
1,650,520 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
1,650,520 |
|
|
$ |
1,650,5209 |
|
Summary of the Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Financial
Liabilities
The table below provides a summary of the changes in fair value of
all financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
during the year ended November 30, 2019 and 2018:
|
|
Derivative Liabilities |
|
Fair value, November 30, 2017 |
|
$ |
362,091 |
|
Additions |
|
|
731,511 |
|
Change in fair
value |
|
|
(162,093 |
) |
Fair value, November 30, 2018 |
|
|
931,509 |
|
Additions |
|
|
254,678 |
|
Change in fair
value |
|
|
464,333 |
|
Fair value, November 30,
2019 |
|
$ |
1,650,520 |
|
NOTE 10 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
During year ended November 30, 2018, the Company issued 3,561,019
shares of common stock in exchange for the conversion of $17,805 of
principal and interest payable on convertible debt principal.
On January 9, 2019, the Company issued 1,054,250 shares of its
common stock in exchange for the conversion of $6,325 of
convertible debt principal.
On January 15, 2019, the Company issued 1,054,250 shares of its
common stock in exchange for the conversion of $6,325 of
convertible debt principal.
On September 27, 2019, FINRA approved a one-for-200 reverse split
of the Company’s common stock. All common share amounts (except par
value and par value per share amounts) referred to in this Report
prior to September 27, 2019 have been retroactively restated to
reflect the one-for-200 reverse capital stock.
On October 10, 2019, the Company issued 1,159,400 shares of its
common stock in exchange for the conversion of $1,043 of
convertible debt principal.
On October 11, 2019, the Company issued 1,151,150 shares of its
common stock in lieu of cash to satisfy certain accounts payable
owed to a service provider.
NOTE 11 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is not currently a party to any material legal
proceedings. The Company’s counsel has no formal knowledge in the
form of filings of any pending or contemplated litigation, claims
or assessments. With regard to matters recognized to involve an
unasserted possible claim or assessment that may call for financial
statement disclosure and to which counsel has formed a professional
conclusion that the Company should disclosure or consider
disclosure concerning such possible claims or assessment, as a
matter of professional responsibility to the Company, counsel will
so advise and will consult with the company concerning the question
of such disclosure and the applicable requirements of FASB ASC 450,
“Contingencies”. To date, counsel has no formal knowledge of any
unasserted possible claims.
NOTE 12 – SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company views its operations and manages its business as one
segment. The Company business is to acquire, refurbish, add
location electronics, advertise and either sell or lease its
commercial vehicles to independent drivers and operators. The
Company’s customers represent a single market or segment. As such,
the Company makes operating decisions and assesses financial
performance only for the Company as a whole and does not make
operating decisions or assess financial performance from the sale
or lease of commercial vehicles individually.
NOTE 13 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In accordance with FASB ASC 855-10 Subsequent Events, the Company
has analyzed its operations subsequent to November 30, 2019 to the
date these consolidated financial statements were issued, and has
determined that it does not have any material subsequent events to
disclose in these consolidated financial statements, except as
follows:
On February 7, 2020, the Company filed a Form S-8 Registration
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an
aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001
par value per share, that are subject to issuance by the Company
under the Company’s Employees, Officers, Directors, and Consultants
Stock Plan for the Year 2018.
On February 24, 2020, the Company executed a term sheet with an
institutional investor for capital funding to be provided in
monthly installments via the issuance of a Series B callable
preferred stock. The initial tranche is expected to yield $70,000
in net proceeds. The Company has designated 1.0 million preferred
shares with a stated value of $1.00 per share for the one-year
financing period. The proceeds will be used to acquire new vehicles
for the Company’s credit enhancement leasing program.
* Filed herewith
+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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.
|
DANIELS
CORPORATE ADVISORY COMPANY, INC. |
|
|
|
Date:
March 16, 2020 |
By: |
/s/
NICHOLAS VIOLA |
|
|
Nicholas
Viola |
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer |
|
|
|
Date:
March 16, 2020 |
By: |
/s/
KEITH L. VOIGTS |
|
|
Keith
L. Voigts |
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the Registrant and in the capacity and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
Date |
|
|
|
|
|
/S/
NICHOLAS VIOLA |
|
Chief
Executive Officer |
|
March
16, 2020 |
Nicholas
Viola |
|
(Principal
Executive Officer) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/S/
KEITH L. VOIGTS |
|
Chief
Financial Officer |
|
March
16, 2020 |
Keith
L. Voigts |
|
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer) |
|
|