gceh10q12012014.htm



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

 
OR
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 0-12627

Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
 
87-0407858
  State or other jurisdiction of incorporation   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

2790 Skypark Drive, Suite 105
Torrance, California 90505
(Address of principal executive offices)
(310) 641-4234

Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.
 
Large accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
       
Accelerated Filer
o
Smaller reporting company
x
 
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of December 2, 2014, the issuer had 339,187,545 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
 
 
 

 

PART I
 
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 
 

 

 
GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
             
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
   
2014
   
2013
 
     
(unaudited)
       
   
 
ASSETS
 
             
CURRENT ASSETS
  Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 265,313     $ 216,531  
  Accounts receivable
    34,593       38,559  
  Inventory
    38,692       37,296  
  Other current assets
    202,126       157,469  
      Total Current Assets
    540,724       449,855  
                 
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
    15,634,726       15,495,781  
                 
                 
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
    3,915,784       3,972,950  
                 
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
    6,148       7,021  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 20,097,382     $ 19,925,607  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses
  $ 3,725,806     $ 3,807,646  
  Accrued payroll and payroll taxes
    1,190,378       1,170,223  
  Capital lease liability - current portion
    818       818  
  Notes payable - current portion
    1,363,736       1,376,000  
  Convertible notes payable
    697,000       567,000  
      Total Current Liabilities
    6,977,738       6,921,687  
                 
                 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
         
  Accrued interest payable
    3,411,860       3,154,826  
  Accrued return on noncontrolling interest
    8,086,402       7,442,730  
  Notes payable - long term portion
    -       -  
  Mortgage notes payable
    5,110,189       5,110,189  
      Total Long Term Liabilities
    16,608,451       15,707,745  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Preferred stock - $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized
Series B, convertible; 13,000 shares issued (aggregate liquidation
preference of $1,300,000)
    13       13  
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized;
         
339,187,545 issued and outstanding
    339,187       339,187  
Additional paid-in capital
    25,644,337       25,600,050  
Accumulated deficit
    (28,667,341 )     (28,338,875 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    9,946       (63,020 )
      Total Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. Stockholders' Deficit
    (2,673,858 )     (2,462,645 )
  Noncontrolling interests
    (814,949 )     (241,180 )
    Total equity
    (3,488,807 )     (2,703,825 )
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  $ 20,097,382     $ 19,925,607  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements
 
 
 

 

GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
(unaudited)
 
             
   
For the three months Ended
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
             
             
Revenue
  $ 78,810     $ 88,480  
Subsidy Income
    -       17,147  
Total Revenue
    78,810       105,627  
                 
Operating Expenses
               
General and administrative
    492,356       560,139  
Plantation operating costs
    27,731       570,156  
                 
Total Operating Expenses
    520,087       1,130,295  
                 
Loss from Operations
    (441,277 )     (1,024,668 )
                 
Other Income (Expenses)
               
  Other income
    7       19  
  Interest expense
    (257,033 )     (216,755 )
  Foreign currency transaction gain (loss)
    85       -  
                 
Net Other Income (Expenses)
    (256,941 )     (216,736 )
                 
Net Loss
    (698,218 )     (1,241,404 )
                 
Less Net Loss Attributable to the Noncontrolling Interest
    (369,752 )     (1,002,886 )
                 
Net Loss Attributable to Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.
  $ (328,466 )   $ (238,518 )
                 
                 
Amounts attributable to Global Clean Energy
               
  Holdings, Inc. common shareholders:
               
     Net Loss
  $ (328,466 )   $ (238,518 )
                 
Basic Loss per Common Share:
               
    Net Loss per Common Share
  $ (0.0010 )   $ (0.0008 )
                 
Basic Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding
    339,187,545       301,683,502  
                 
Diluted Income (Loss) per Common Share:
               
    Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
  $ (0.0010 )   $ (0.0008 )
                 
Diluted Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding
    339,187,545       301,683,502  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements
 
 
 
 

 

 
GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
(unaudited)
 
   
For the three months ended
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2014
 
2013
 
Operating Activities
         
Net loss
  $ (698,218 ) $ (1,241,404 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
  Foreign currency transaction gain
    (85   -  
  Gain on settlement of liabilities
    -     -  
  Share-based compensation
    44,287     107,115  
  Write down of deferred growing cost
    -     6,556  
  Write down of long lived assets
    -     15,000  
  Write down of inventory
    -     -  
  Loss on sale of investment held for sale
    -     -  
  Depreciation and amortization
    128,726     67,496  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
    Accounts receivable
    4,751     (25,400 )
    Inventory
    (1,357 )   (112 )
    Other current assets
    (25,824 )   (28,323 )
    Deferred growing costs
    -     -  
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    216,153     379,219  
Deferred revenue
    -     -  
Other noncurrent assets
    42,204     (5,535 )
        Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
    (289,363 )   (725,387 )
Investing Activities
             
  Plantation development costs
    (207,131 )   (552,979 )
  Purchase of property and equipment
    -     (2,608 )
  Disposal of property and equipment
    -     -  
  Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
    -     13,737  
        Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
    (207,131 )   (541,850 )
Financing Activities
             
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    -     -  
  Proceeds from exercise of options and warrants
    -     -  
  Proceeds from issuance of preferred membership in GCE Mexico I, LLC
    432,137     819,384  
  Proceeds from notes payable
    130,000     -  
  Payments on capital leases and notes payable
    (12,264 )   (14,013 )
       Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
    549,873     805,371  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (4,597 )   34,745  
Net change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
    48,782     (427,121 )
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period
    216,531     941,579  
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
  $ 265,313   $ 514,458  
               
               
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
 
Cash paid for interest
  $ -   $ 1,282  
Noncash Investing and Financing activities:
 
   Accrual of return on noncontrolling interest
  $ 643,672   $ 604,670  
Acquisitions:
             
   Intangible assets and equipment acquired
  $ -   $ 4,077,765  
   Inventory acquired
    -     430,141   
   Other current assets assumed
    -     260  
   Other current liabilities assumed
    -     (2,408,066
   Net assets acquired
  $ -   $ 2,100,100  
   Notes payable issued
        $ (1,300,000
   Common stock issued
  $ (800,000 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements
 
 
 

 

GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
(unaudited)
 
             
   
For the Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
             
             
Net Loss
  $ (698,218 )   $ (1,241,404 )
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)- foreign currency
               
 translation adjustment
    80,484       888,584  
                 
Comprehensive Loss
    (617,734 )     (352,820 )
                 
Add net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
    369,752       1,002,886  
                 
Add other comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest
    (7,518 )     (879,010 )
                 
Comprehensive Loss Attributable to
               
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.
  $ (255,500 )   $ (228,944 )
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements
 
 
 
 

 
 
GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
This summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assists the reader in understanding and evaluating the Company’s financial statements.  The financial statements and notes are the representations of the Company’s management, which is responsible for their integrity and objectivity.  The accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

Note 1 – History and Basis of Presentation

History

Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.(the “Company”) is a U.S.-based, multi-national, energy agri-business focused on the development of non-food based bio-feedstocks.

The Company was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on November 20, 1991. On July 19, 2010, the reincorporation of the company from a Utah corporation to a Delaware corporation was completed, as approved by shareholders.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., its subsidiaries, and the variable interest entities of GCE Mexico I, LLC a Delaware limited liability company (“GCE Mexico”), and its Mexican subsidiaries (Asideros, Asideros 2 and Asideros 3). The financial statements include the newly acquired Sustainable Oils, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, from the acquisition date of March 13, 2013. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Generally accepted accounting principles require that if an entity is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (VIE), the entity should consolidate the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the VIE in its consolidated financial statements.  Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. considers itself to be the primary beneficiary of GCE Mexico, and it’s Mexican subsidiaries, and accordingly, has consolidated these entities since their formation beginning in April 2008, with the equity interests of the unaffiliated investors in GCE Mexico presented as Noncontrolling Interests in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
Under ASC 810-10 the Primary Beneficiary is the party that has both of the following:
 
1. The power to make decisions regarding the activities that most significantly impact the success of the VIE, and
 
2. The obligation to absorb losses or rights to receive benefits of the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE.
 
When multiple parties make decisions over different activities of the entity, only the party with power to direct the activities that most significantly impacts the entity's economic performance will have satisfied the first condition. Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. exercises complete operational control over GCE Mexico and its subsidiaries, as these rights were specifically granted to Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. under the GCE Mexico’s Operating Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”).
 
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. satisfies the second condition because as owner of a 50% profits interest, Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. is expected to receive the benefits or the largest amounts of profits and cash distributions allocated by GCE Mexico. GCEH ownes 1% of Asideros 1, Asideros 2 and Asideros 3, and the balance is owned by GCE Mexico.  Accordingly, we own 50.5% of Asideros 1, Asideros 2 and Asideros 3 either directly or through our common membership interest in GCE Mexico.  The partners’ right to receive a preferred return on their investment does not qualify as a “right to receive residual returns” of GCE Mexico.
 
 
 

 
 
The guidance also states that “in a multi-tiered legal-entity structure, a reporting entity should generally begin its evaluation at the lowest-level entity. Each entity within the structure should then be evaluated on a consolidated basis. The attributes and variable interests of the underlying consolidated entities become those of the parent company upon consolidation”.
 
GCE Mexico holds, directly, 99% of the voting interest in the subsidiaries pursuant to the Agency Agreement. GCEH’s rights as Manager of GCE Mexico and as the sole Director of the subsidiaries enables GCEH to conclude that these powers, together with the 50% membership interest in GCE Mexico, gives Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. a controlling financial interest and therefore is the primary beneficiary.
 
GCE MEXICO I, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
           
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
           
             
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
   
(unaudited)
       
             
             
             
CURRENT ASSETS
    339,900       363,358  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
    14,911,720       14,955,982  
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
    3,522       3,522  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 15,255,142     $ 15,322,862  
                 
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
    378,438       1,008,651  
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
    16,297,060       15,620,765  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
  $ 16,675,498     $ 16,629,416  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements
 

In March 2013, the Company acquired 100% of all of the outstanding membership interests of Sustainable Oils, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.  Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements for periods after that acquisition include the assets, liabilities and results of operations of that entity.

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying (a) condensed consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013 has been derived from audited statements and (b) unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2014 and 2013 have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these financial statements have been included and are of normal, recurring nature. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K For the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014, may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014.

Accounting for Agricultural Operations

All costs incurred until the actual planting of the Jatropha Curcas plant are capitalized as plantation development costs, and are included in “Property and Equipment” on the balance sheet. Plantation development costs are being
 
 
 

 
 
accumulated in the balance sheet during the development period and are accounted for in accordance with accounting standards for Agricultural Producers and Agricultural Cooperatives. The direct costs associated with each farm and the production of the Jatropha revenue streams have been deferred and accumulated as a noncurrent asset, “Deferred Growing Costs”, on the balance sheet. These costs will be recognized as a Cost of Good Sold in the period the revenue is recognized.  Other general costs without expected future benefits are expensed when incurred.

Inventory

The Company uses the FIFO valuation method for its inventories, which consist almost entirely of finished goods. The Company records no inventories above their acquisition costs. There were no losses related to the valuation of inventory during the three months ended March 31, 2014.
 
Income/Loss per Common Share

Income/Loss per share amounts are computed by dividing income or loss applicable to the common shareholders of the Company by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted income or loss per share amounts are computed assuming the issuance of common stock for potentially dilutive common stock equivalents.  The number of dilutive warrants and options is computed using the treasury stock method, whereby the dilutive effect is reduced by the number of treasury shares the Company could purchase with the proceeds from exercises of warrants and options.
 
   
For the three months ended March 31,
 
   
2014
 
2013
 
Net Income (loss)
  $ (328,466 ) $ (238,518 )
               
Basic Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding
    339,187,545     301,683,502  
Effect of dilutive securities
             
Convertible preferred stock - Series B
    -     -  
     Warrants
    -     -  
     Options
    -     -  
Diluted Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding
    339,187,545     301,683,502  
               
Basic Income (loss) Per Common Share
             
     Net Income (loss)
    (0.0010 )   (0.0008 )
Diluted Income (loss) Per Common Share
             
     Net Income (loss)
    (0.0010 )   (0.0008 )
               

The following instruments are currently antidilutive and have been excluded from the calculations of diluted income or loss per share at March 31, 2014, as follows:
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
             
Convertible notes
    18,900,000       18,900,000  
Convertible preferred stock - Series B
    11,818,181       11,818,181  
Warrants
    3,083,332       24,585,662  
Compensation-based stock options
    72,645,311       69,208,483  
      106,446,824       124,512,326  
 
 
 

 
 
Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; collectability is reasonably assured; and title and the risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the buyer. Value added taxes collected on revenue transactions are excluded from revenue and are included in accounts payable until remittance to the taxation authority.

Jatropha and Camelina biofuel revenue - The Company’s long-term primary source of revenue currently is expected to be crude Jatropha oil.  Revenue will be recognized net of sales or value added taxes and upon transfer of significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer. Revenue is not recognized when there are significant uncertainties regarding recovery of the consideration due, associated costs or the possible return of goods.  For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had no material Jatropha or Camelina biofuel revenue.

Advisory services revenue -  The Company provides development and management services to other companies regarding their bio-fuels and/or feedstock-Jatropha development operations, on a fee for services basis.  The advisory services revenue is recognized upon completion of the work in accordance with each advisory contract.

Agricultural subsidies revenue - the Company receives agricultural subsidies from the Mexican government to supplement the farm development and planting of new trees.  Due to the uncertainty of these payments, the revenue is recognized when the payments are received.  We recognize these funds as revenue due to these payments being disbursed to supplement the Company’s income and not as direct payments for any specified farming expense.  For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had no subsidies revenue.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for accounts receivable and payable approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. The carrying amounts reported for the various notes payable and the mortgage notes payable approximate fair value because the underlying instruments are at interest rates which approximate current market rates.  See note 10 for additional information regarding assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.

Estimates

Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing financial statements. Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and reported revenues and expenses. Significant estimates used in preparing these financial statements include a) those assumed in determining the valuation of common stock, warrants, and stock options, b) estimated useful lives of plantation equipment and plantation development costs, and c) undiscounted future cash flows for purpose of evaluating possible impairment of long-term assets. It is at least reasonably possible that the significant estimates used will change within the next year.

Foreign Currency

During 2014, the Company had operations located in the United States, Mexico and Dominican Republic. For these foreign operations, the functional currency is the local country’s currency. Consequently, revenues and expenses of operations outside the United States of America are translated into U.S. dollars using weighted average exchange rates, while assets and liabilities of operations outside the United States of America are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates at the balance sheet date. The effects of foreign currency translation adjustments are included in equity (deficit) as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Foreign currency transaction adjustments are included in other income (expense) in the Company’s results of operations.
 
 
 

 
 
The Company has not entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock-based awards expected to vest on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award based on their grant date fair value. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using a Black-Scholes option pricing model which requires management to make estimates for certain assumptions regarding risk-free interest rate, expected life of options, expected volatility of stock and expected dividend yield of stock.

Comprehensive Income
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring entities to report components of other comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive statements of net income and other comprehensive income. The company has included a consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

New Account Guidelines
 
The Company has reviewed all the recent accounting pronouncements issued to date of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements, and does not believe any of these pronouncements will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Note 2 – Going Concern Considerations

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.  As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred losses from operations applicable to its common shareholders of $328,466 and $238,518 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively, and has an accumulated deficit applicable to its common shareholders of $28,667,341 at March 31, 2014.  The Company also used cash in operating activities of $289,363 and $725,387 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  At March 31, 2014, the Company has negative working capital of $6,437,014 and a stockholders’ deficit attributable to its stockholders of $28,667,341.  These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company commenced its new business related to the cultivation and production of oil from the seed of the Jatropha plant in September 2007.  Management plans to meet its cash needs through various means including securing financing, entering into joint ventures, and developing the current business model.  In order to fund its operations, the Company has to date received $21,591,528 in capital contributions from the preferred membership interest in GCE Mexico I, LLC (“GCE Mexico”), has issued mortgages in the total amount of $5,110,189 for the acquisition of land.  The Company is developing the new business operation to participate in the rapidly growing bio-diesel industry.  While the Company expects to be successful in this new venture, there is no assurance that its business plan will be economically viable.  The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on that plan’s success. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

 
 

 

Note 3 – Jatropha Business Venture

The Company entered into the bio-fuels business in 2007 by acquiring certain trade secrets, know-how, business plans, term sheets, business relationships, and other information relating to the cultivation and production of seed oil from the Jatropha plant for the production of bio-diesel, and by entering into certain employment agreements and property management agreements.  Subsequent to entering into these transactions, the Company acquired certain real property in Mexico it believed to be suitable for cultivating the Jatropha plant.  During 2008, GCE Mexico’s subsidiary acquired the land in Mexico for the cultivation of the Jatropha plant.  In July 2009, the Company acquired Technology Alternatives, Limited (“TAL”), a company formed under the laws of Belize that had developed a farm in Belize for cultivation of the Jatropha plant and provided technical advisory services for the propagation of the Jatropha plant.  In March 2010, the Company formed Asideros 2, a Mexican corporation, which has acquired additional land in Mexico adjacent to the land acquired by Asideros 1. In October 2011, the Company formed Asideros 3, a Mexican Corporation, which has acquired land in Mexico close to the land acquired by Asideros 1 and Asideros 2.  All of these transactions are described in further detail in the remainder of the notes.

GCE Mexico I, LLC and Subsidiaries

GCE Mexico was organized primarily to facilitate the acquisition of the initial 5,000 acres of farm land (the Jatropha Farm) in the State of Yucatan in Mexico to be used primarily for the (i) cultivation of Jatropha curcas, (ii) the marketing and sale of the resulting fruit, seeds, or pre-processed crude Jatropha oil, whether as biodiesel, feedstock, biomass or otherwise, and (iii) the sale of carbon value, green fuel value, or renewable energy credit value (and other similar environmental attributes) derived from activities at the Jatropha Farm.

Under GCE Mexico’s operating agreement, as amended (the “LLC Agreement”), the Company owns 50% of the issued and outstanding common membership units of GCE Mexico.  The remaining 50% of the common membership units was initially issued to five investors.  The Company and the other owners of the common membership interest were not required to make capital contributions to GCE Mexico.

In addition, two investors agreed to invest in GCE Mexico through the purchase of preferred membership units and through the funding of the purchase of land in Mexico.  An aggregate of 1,000 preferred membership units were issued to these two investors who each agreed to make capital contributions to GCE Mexico in installments and as required, fund the development and operations of the Jatropha Farm.  In November 2012, one of the two investors transferred 100% of the interest to the other investor.  The preferred members have made capital contributions of $432,137 and $819,384 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and total contributions of $21,591,528 have been received by GCE Mexico from these investors since the execution of the LLC Agreement.  The LLC Agreement calls for additional contributions from the investors, as requested by management and as required by the operation in 2013 and the following years.  The holder of the preferred membership interest is entitled to earn a preferential 12% per annum cumulative compounded return on the cumulative balance of the preferred membership interest.  The preferential return increased by $643,672, and $604,670 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and totals $8,086,402 at March 31, 2014.

The net income or loss of the three Mexican subsidiaries that own the Mexico farms is allocated to the shareholders based on their respective equity ownership; 99% of the equity of each subsidiary is owned by GCE Mexico and 1% is owned by the Company.  GCE Mexico has no operations separate from its investments in the Mexican subsidiaries.  According to the LLC Agreement of GCE Mexico, the net loss of GCE Mexico is allocated to its members according to their respective investment balances.  Accordingly, since the
 
 
 

 
 
common membership interest did not make a capital contribution, all of the losses have been allocated to the preferred membership interest.   The noncontrolling interest presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets includes the carrying value of the preferred membership interests and of the common membership interests owned by the Investors, and excludes any common membership interest in GCE Mexico held by the Company.

Note 4 – Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are as follows:
 
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
             
Land
  $ 4,512,147     $ 4,512,630  
Plantation development costs
    10,523,633     $ 10,311,286  
Plantation equipment
    1,510,723     $ 1,510,878  
Office equipment
    299,748     $ 299,755  
                 
Total cost
    16,846,251       16,634,550  
Less accumulated depreciation
    (1,211,525 )     (1,138,769 )
                 
Property and equipment, net
  $ 15,634,726     $ 15,495,780  

Commencing in June 2008, Asideros I purchased certain equipment for purposes of rapidly clearing the land, preparing the land for planting, and actually planting the Jatropha trees.  The Company has capitalized farming equipment and costs related to the development of land for farm use in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for accounting by agricultural producers and agricultural cooperatives.  Plantation equipment is depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of 5 to 15 years.  Depreciation expense has been capitalized as part of plantation development costs through the date that the plantation becomes commercially productive.  The initial plantations were deemed to be commercially productive on October 1, 2009, at which date the Company commenced the depreciation of plantation development costs over estimated useful lives of 10 to 35 years, depending on the nature of the development.  Developments and other improvements with indefinite lives are capitalized and not depreciated.  Other developments that have a limited life and intermediate-life plants that have growth and production cycles of more than one year are being depreciated over their useful lives once they are placed in service.  The land, plantation development costs, and plantation equipment are located in Mexico.

Note 5 – Intangible Assets
 
In March 2013, the Company purchased certain intangible assets related to the commercial production of Camelina.  See further discussion on acquisition in Note 9.  The intangible assets include three patents and the related intellectual property associated with these patents.  These intangible assets acquired have an expected useful life of 17 years and are carried at cost less any accumulated amortization and any impairment losses.
 
Amortization is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate the cost of the intangible assets  over their estimated useful lives of 17 years.  Any future costs associated with the maintenance of these patents with indefinite lives will be capitalized and not amortized.  The Intangible Assets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 is shown in the following table:
 
 
 

 
 
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
             
Intangible Assets
    4,168,841     $ 4,168,841  
                 
Less accumulated amortization
    (253,057 )     (195,892 )
                 
Intangible Assets, net
  $ 3,915,784     $ 3,972,949  
                 
 
Note 6 – Debt

Notes Payable to Shareholders

Included in notes payable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, the Company has notes payable to certain shareholders in the aggregate amount of $26,000 at March 31, 2014 and 2013.  The notes originated in 1999, bear interest at 12%, are unsecured, and are currently in default.  Accrued interest on the notes totaled $53,410 and $49,540, respectively at March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Convertible Notes Payable

In March 2010, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the preferred members of GCE Mexico pursuant to which the Company issued senior unsecured convertible promissory notes in the original aggregate principal amount of $567,000 and warrants to acquire an aggregate of 1,890,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The Convertible Notes mature on the earlier of (i) March 16, 2012, or (ii) upon written demand of payment by the note holders following the Company’s default thereunder. The maturity date of the Convertible Notes have been extended until March 15, 2015.  Interest accrues on the convertible notes at a rate of 5.97% per annum, and is payable quarterly in cash, in arrears, on each year anniversary of the issuance of the convertible notes.  The Company may at its option, in lieu of paying interest in cash, pay interest by delivering a number of unregistered shares of its common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the amount of such interest by the arithmetic average of the volume weighted average price for each of the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding the interest payment date.  At any time following the first anniversary of the issuance of the Convertible Notes, at the option of the note holders, the outstanding balance thereof (including unpaid interest) may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to $0.03.  The conversion price may be adjusted in connection with stock splits, stock dividends and similar events affecting the Company’s capital stock.  The convertible notes rank senior to all other indebtedness of the Company, and thereafter will remain senior or pari passu with all accounts payable and other similar liabilities incurred by the Company in the ordinary course of business. The Company may not prepay the convertible notes without the prior consent of the Investors.

In January 2014, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the third party investors pursuant to which the Company issued senior unsecured contingently convertible promissory notes in the original aggregate principal amount of $130,000 and warrants to acquire an aggregate of 1,083,332 shares of the Company’s common stock.   Interest accrues on the convertible notes at a rate of 8% per annum, and is payable quarterly in cash, in arrears, on each year anniversary of the issuance of the convertible notes.   At any time following the first anniversary of the issuance of the Convertible Notes, at the option of the note holders, the outstanding balance thereof (including unpaid interest) may be converted into shares of the Sustainable Oils’s common stock at a conversion price equal to $0.01448, subject to change based on Sustainable Oils receiving alternative consideration from another investor.  The conversion price may be adjusted in connection with stock splits, stock dividends and similar events affecting the Sustainable Oils’s capital stock.  The relative fair value of the warrants was considered insignificant.
 
 
 

 

Mortgage Notes Payable

The investors holding the preferred membership units of GCE Mexico also directly funded the purchase by Asideros I of approximately 5,000 acres of land in the State of Yucatan in Mexico by the payment of $2,051,282, The land was acquired in the name of Asideros I, and Asideros I issued a mortgage in the amount of $2,051,282 in favor of the two original investors. These two investors also directly funded the purchase by Asideros 2 of approximately 4,500 acres, and a second parcel by Asideros 2 of approximately 600 acres of land adjacent to the land owned by Asideros by the total payment of $963,382. The land was acquired in the name of Asideros 2 and Asideros 2 issued mortgages in the amount of $963,382 in favor of these two investors. These mortgages bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum, payable quarterly. The parties have agreed to accrue the interest until such time as the Board determines that there is sufficient cash flow to pay all accrued interest. The initial mortgage, including any unpaid interest, is due in April 2018. The second mortgage, including any unpaid interest, is due in February 2020.

In October 2011, the two original investors also directly funded the purchase by Asideros 3 of approximately 5,600 acres for a total $2,095,525. The land was acquired in the name of Asideros 3 and Asideros 3 issued mortgages in the amount of $2,095,525 in favor of these two investors. These mortgages bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum, payable quarterly. The Board has directed that this interest shall continue to accrue until such time as the Board determines that there is sufficient cash flow to pay all accrued interest. The initial mortgage, including any unpaid interest, is due in October 2021.

In November 2012, one of the two holders of the preferred membership interests acquired all of the ownership interests of the other member.  Accordingly, all of the foregoing obligations are now owed to the sole holder of GCE Mexico’s preferred membership interests.

Promissory Notes Payable

In March 2013, the Company issued a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $1,300,000 to Targeted Growth, Inc. for certain Camelina assets.  The purchase occurred concurrently with the acquisition of Sustainable Oils, LLC.  The note bears an interest rate of ten percent (10.0%) per annum, and is payable upon the earlier of the following: (a) to the extent of 35.1% of, and on the third business day after, the receipt by the Company of any Qualified Funding; or (b) September 13, 2014 (the “Maturity Date”).  The Company has amended the note by extending the maturity date to December 31, 2014 and returning the certain Camelina assets to Targeted Growth, Inc. at the book value of $190,500.  Thus, the outstanding balance of the note was reduced by the value of the assets returned for the same book value of $190,500.  The term “Qualified Funding” means all equity funding in excess of the $800,000, in the aggregate, received by the Company, its subsidiary or an affiliate after the date hereof for its Camelina business.

Note 7 - Equity (Deficit)

Common Stock

In March 2013, the Company issued 40,000,000 shares, at $.02 per share as partial consideration of the business purchase that included certain assets, patents, and other intellectual property and rights related to the development of Camelina sativa as a biofuels feedstock that it acquired.

Note 8 – Stock Options and Warrants

Stock Options and Compensation-Based Warrants
 
 
 

 

The Company has an incentive stock option plan wherein 40,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are reserved for issuance thereunder.

A summary of the status of options and compensation-based warrants at March 31, 2014, and changes during the three months then ended is presented in the following table:
 
           
Weighted
     
       
Weighted
 
Average
     
   
Shares
 
Average
 
Remaining
 
Aggregate
 
   
Under
 
Exercise
 
Contractual
 
Intrinsic
 
   
Option
 
Price
 
Life
 
Value
 
                   
Outstanding at December 31, 2013
    69,375,311     0.02  
 6.6 years
    -  
                         
Granted
    3,700,000     0.01            
Exercised
    -     -            
Forfeited
    (350,000 )   0.02            
Expired
    (80,000 )   0.25            
                         
Outstanding at March 31, 2014
    72,645,311     0.02  
 8.9 years
  $ 80,830  
                         
Vested and Expected to Vest at March 31, 2014
    53,468,233   $ 0.02  
 2.9 years
  $ 61,907  
 
The fair value of other stock option grants and compensation-based warrants is estimated on the date of grant or issuance using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  Options to purchase 3,700,000 shares of common stock were issued in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 3,450,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The weighted average fair value of stock options issued during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 as $0.014 and $.015, respectively.   The weighted-average assumptions used for the stock options granted and compensation-based warrants issued during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 were risk-free interest rate of 1.75% and 0.77%, volatility of 130% and 171%, expected life of 8.9 years, and dividend yield of zero. The expected life of stock options represents the period of time that the stock options granted are expected to be outstanding prior to exercise. The expected volatility is based on the historical price volatility of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate represents the U.S. Treasury constant maturities rate for the expected life of the related stock options. The dividend yield represents anticipated cash dividends to be paid over the expected life of the stock options. The intrinsic values are based on a March 31, 2014 closing price of $0.014 per share.

Share-based compensation from all sources recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $44,290 and $107,115, respectively, and is reported as general and administrative expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.  As of March 31, 2014, there is approximately $145,090 of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock-based payments that will be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 0.53 years.

Stock Warrants
 
 
 

 

A summary of the status of the warrants outstanding at March 31, 2014, and changes during the three months ended is presented in the following table:

       
Weighted
 
Weighted
     
   
Shares
 
Average
 
Average
 
Aggregate
 
   
Under
 
Exercise
 
Remaining
 
Intrinsic
 
   
Warrant
 
Price
 
Contractual life
 
Value
 
                   
Outstanding at December 31, 2013
    2,000,000     0.01  
9.24 years
  $ 20,000  
                         
Issued
    1,083,332     0.012  
 2.76 years
  $ 13,000  
Exercised
    -                  
Expired
    -                  
                         
Outstanding at March 31, 2014
    3,083,332     0.0117  
6.80 years
  $ 36,167  

Note 9 - Acquisition of Camelina Assets and Sustainable Oils
 
On March 13, 2013, the Company completed a business purchase that included certain assets, patents, and other intellectual property and rights related to the development of Camelina sativa as a biofuels feedstock (the “Camelina Assets”) from Targeted Growth, Inc., a Washington based crop biotechnology company focused on developing products with enhanced yield and improved quality for the agriculture and energy industries.  Also on March 13, 2013, we purchased all of the membership interests of Sustainable Oils, LLC, (SusOils) a Delaware limited liability company, from Targeted Growth, Inc. and the other, minority owner of that limited liability company.  SusOils is a company that, since 2007, has been engaged in the development, production and commercialization of Camelina-based biofuels and FDA approved animal feed.  Substantially all of the Camelina Assets were previously owned by SusOils and used in SusOils’ operations.
 
For accounting purposes, the acquisition of the Camelina Assets and all of the membership interests of Sustainable Oils, LLC is treated as the acquisition of Sustainable Oil’s business.  The amounts of Sustainable Oils, Inc.'s revenue and earnings included in the Company’s consolidated income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity had the acquisition date been January 1, 2013, are as follows:
 
   
Revenue
   
Net Losses
 
             
2013 Supplemental pro forma from
  $ 92,727     $ (261,483 )
January 1 - March 31, 2013
               
 
The foregoing pro forma data is subject to various assumptions and estimates, and is presented for informational purposes only. This pro forma data does not purport to represent or be indicative of the consolidated operating results that would have been reported had the transaction been completed as described herein, and the data should not be taken as indicative of future consolidated operating results.
 
 
 

 
 
Note 10 – Impairment of assets and fair value measurements
 
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. To measure fair value, a hierarchy has been established by generally accepted accounting principles which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. This hierarchy uses three levels of inputs to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities as follows:
 
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in less active markets, or other observable inputs that can be corroborated by observable market data.
 
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs supported by little or no market activity for financial instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company does not have any assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

Fair value is used on a nonrecurring basis to measure certain assets when applying lower of cost or fair value accounting or when adjusting carrying values.  Fair value is also used when evaluating impairment on certain assets, including deferred growing costs and property and equipment.

The following is a tabular presentation of assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis along with the level within the hierarchy in which the fair value measurement falls as of March 31, 2014:

         
Fair Value of Measurements at Reporting
 
   
March 31,
   
Date Using
 
Description
 
2014
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Deferred Growing Cost
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Plantation Development Cost
    10,523,633       -       -       10,523,633  
    $ 10,523,633     $ -     $ -     $ 10,523,633  

The Company has not recognized any impairment charges for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
 
Note 11 – Subsequent Event
 
On July 1, 2014, the Company entered into a Technical Services agreement with two distinct components and scope for a total contracted price of $924,687. The two components are (1) the Company will complete a comprehensive feasibility and financial analysis on the business and economic viability of an expanded Caribbean Energy farm for a contracted fee of $367,598, and; (2) the Company will independently develop and operate a certified germplasm nursery over a 12 month period for a contracted fee of $557,089.

 
 

 

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS’ DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

This Report, including any documents which may be incorporated by reference into this Report, contains “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. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “Forward-Looking Statements” for purposes of these provisions, including our plans to cultivate, produce and market non-food based feedstock for applications in the bio-fuels market, any projections of the date and amount of our Jatropha or Camelina harvests, forecasts regarding our revenues or other financial items, any statements of the plans and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. All Forward-Looking Statements included in this document are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available to us as of such date. We assume no obligation to update any Forward-Looking Statement. In some cases, Forward-Looking Statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the Forward-Looking Statements contained herein are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations or any of the Forward-Looking Statements will prove to be correct, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the Forward-Looking Statements. Future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any Forward-Looking Statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, including any other factors referred to in our press releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All subsequent Forward-Looking Statements attributable to the company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
 
Introductory Comment

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. The information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is not a complete description of our business or the risks associated with an investment in our common stock. We urge you to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this Quarterly Report and in our other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, which discuss our business in greater detail.

Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “GCEH,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and “our company” refer to Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, unless the context indicates otherwise, also includes all of this company's U.S. and foreign wholly-owned subsidiaries through which this company conducts certain of its operations. To the extent applicable, depending on the context of the disclosure, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” and “our company” may also include GCE Mexico I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that we manage, and in which we own 50% of the common membership interests, and our wholly owned subsidiary, Sustainable Oils, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as well as our other subsidiaries.

Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. is not related to, or affiliated in any manner with “Global Clean Energy, Inc.”, an unaffiliated public company. Readers are cautioned to confirm the entity that they are evaluating or in which they are making an investment before completing any such investment.

Overview

Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. is a U.S.-based, multi-national, energy agri-business focused on the development of non-food based bio-feedstocks.  We have full service in-house development and operations capabilities, which we provide support to our own energy farms and to third parties.  With international experience and capabilities in eco-friendly biofuel feedstock management, cultivation, production and distribution, we believe that we are well suited to scale our existing business.

        Since 2007, our business focus has been on the commercialization of non-food based oilseed plants and biomass.  We began with the development of farms growing Jatropha curcas (“Jatropha”) - a non-edible plant indigenous to many tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, including Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.  On March 13, 2013, we acquired Sustainable Oils, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that has extensive experience in the development and farming of Camelina as an energy crop.  In that acquisition, we also acquired certain intellectual property, including issued patents, related to Camelina production.  As a result of the acquisition,  our biofuels operations have expanded into the development of Camelina sativa (“Camelina”) – an annual plant from the brassica family traditionally grown in northerly regions of the United States, Europe and Asia.  We have focused on these two plants primarily because we feel they are complementary to one another, have the potential to produce oil seed crops economically,
 
 
 

 

they generally require less water and fertilizer than many conventional crops, and can be grown on land that is normally unsuitable for food production or is fallow or idle due to crop rotation.  Both Jatropha and Camelina oil are high-quality plant oils used as direct substitutes for fossil fuels and as feedstock for the production of high quality biofuels and other bio-based products.  Both crops have been tested and proven to be highly desirable feedstocks capable of being converted into ASTM approved fuels. The term “biofuels” refers to a range of biological based fuels including bio-kerosene (a.k.a bio-jet fuel) biodiesel, renewable diesel, green diesel, synthetic diesel and biomass, all of which have environmental benefits that are the major driving force for their adoption. Using biofuels instead of fossil fuels reduces net emissions of carbon dioxide and other green-house gases, which are associated with global climate change.  Both Jatropha and Camelina oil can also be used as a chemical feedstock to replace fossil and non-food based products that use edible oils in their manufacturing or production process.  The residual material derived from the oil extraction process is called press-cake or meal, which in the case of Jatropha is a high-quality biomass that has been proven and tested as a replacement for a number of fossil-based feedstocks, fossil fuels and other high value products such as renewable charcoal, fertilizers, and animal feed. Camelina  meal is high in Omega3 and has already been approved by the FDA as a livestock (animal) feed or enhancement in the United States.
 
Our business plan and current principal business activities include the planting, cultivation, harvesting and processing of these oil seed plants to generate plant based oils and biomass for use as replacements for fossil fuels and other high value products.  Our strategy is to leverage our agriculture and energy knowledge, experience and capabilities through the following means:

 
·
Own and operate biofuel energy farms for our own account.
 
 
·
Own, operate and manage farms in a joint venture (JV) with either strategic partners or financial investors.  We currently own three Jatropha farms in Mexico under such joint ownership arrangements:
 
 
·
Contract with third party farmers (such as wheat and barley farmers) for the farming of significant acreage of Camelina sativa on their idle land which is in rotation with their other crops in the United States and many parts of Europe.
 
 
·
Produce and sell certified Camelina seed (which seed is based upon our patented, high-yielding elite varieties) to farmers in the United States and internationally.
 
 
·
Provide energy farm development and management services to third party owners of biofuel energy farms and to non-energy farmers looking to utilize energy crops in rotation or inter-cropped with their existing crops.  Provide advisory services to farmers wishing to certify their farms under international sustainability or carbon certification standards, specifically the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and Gold Standard Verified Emission Reductions (GS-VERs).  We are currently managing a Jatropha farm in the Caribbean under a contract with a third party who wishes to significantly expand to provide large volumes of plant based oil and biomass to fuel their industrial process.
 
 
·
Provide turnkey franchise operations for individuals and/or companies that wish to establish purpose specific energy farms in suitable geographical areas.
 
The development of agricultural-based energy projects, like plant oil and related biomass, may produce carbon credits through the sequestration (storing) of carbon and the displacement of fossil-based fuels.  Accordingly, in addition to generating revenues from the sale of non-food based plant oils and biomass, we are seeking to certify our farms, where practical, to generate and monetize carbon credits.  See, “Business-Carbon Credits,” below.
 
Organizational History

This company was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on November 20, 1991.  On July 19, 2010, we changed the state of our incorporation from Utah to Delaware.  Our principal executive offices are located at 2790 Skypark Drive, Suite 105, Torrance, CA 90505, and our current telephone number at that address is (310) 641-GCEH (4234).  We maintain a website at: www.gceholdings.com.  Our annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports filed or furnished pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and other information related to this company are available on our website as soon as we electronically file those documents with, or otherwise furnish them to, the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Our Sustainable Oils subsidiary also maintains a website at www.susoils.com.  Our Internet websites and the information contained therein, or connected thereto, are not and are not intended to be incorporated into the Annual Report on Form 10-K at December 31, 2013 or into this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
 
 
 

 

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported assets, liabilities, sales and expenses in the accompanying financial statements. Critical accounting policies are those that require the most subjective and complex judgments, often employing the use of estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.

Agricultural Producer. All costs incurred including the actual planting of Jatropha are capitalized as plantation development costs, and are included in “Property and Equipment” on the balance sheet. Plantation development costs are being accumulated in the balance sheet during the development period and will be accounted for in accordance with accounting standards for Agricultural Producers and Agricultural Cooperatives. The direct costs associated with each farm and the production of the Jatropha revenue streams have been deferred and accumulated as a noncurrent asset and are included in “Deferred Growing Costs” on the balance sheet. Other general costs without expected future benefits are expensed when incurred.

Certain other critical accounting policies, including the assumptions and judgments underlying them, are disclosed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

Results of Operations

Revenues. During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 we recognized revenue of $78,810 and $105,627, respectively. The revenues that we generated in 2014 and 2013 were derived from Jatropha related advisory services we rendered to third parties and a small amount of government subsidies in 2013.   Revenues received from agricultural subsidies and from the sale of Jatropha products are paid to our GCE Mexico I, LLC subsidiary and are used in its operations in Mexico.  Revenues we generate from Jatropha advisory services and from Camelina operations are used for this company’s operations.

In the short term, our goal is to increase the amount of advisory and management services that we render to third parties in order to generate revenues to fund our corporate working capital needs, and to generate Camelina-related revenues from the Camelina business that we acquired in March 2013.  Our Camelina operations are expected to generate revenues from the sale of Camelina seeds, the sale of Camelina oil, and the sale of the Camelina biomass for use as feed for livestock.  In the longer term, our goal is to substantially increase the revenues derived from the operations of our Jatropha farms, to rapidly ramp up our Camelina operations by increasing the amount of Camelina acreage under plantation in North America, and to continue to generate fees from advisory services that we render to third parties.  We anticipate that revenues for the remainder of 2014 will increase due the sale of renewable charcoal from the restart and scale-up of our biomass processing project in Mexico.

General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses related to the three months ended March 31, 2014 were substantially unchanged from last year’s periods  ($492,356 and $560,139, respectively).  General and administrative expenses principally consist of officer compensation, outside services (such as legal, accounting, and consulting expenses), share-based compensation, and other general expenses (such as insurance, occupancy costs and travel). 

Plantation (Farm) Operating Costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded Plantation Operating Costs from the operations of the farms of $27,731 and $570,156, respectively.  The decrease was mostly due to a work force reduction at our Mexico farms as we scaled back planting of new Jatropha trees at those Mexico farms.

        Other Income/Expense.  Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2014 increased slightly from  the same periods in 2013 due to larger outstanding principal balances.

Net loss attributable to the non-controlling interest.  Our Mexico farm operations are owned through GCE Mexico I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GCE Mexico”).  We own 50% of the common membership interests of GCE Mexico and one investor currently owns the other 50% of the common membership interests.  The proceeds from the sale of the preferred membership units, and from subsequent capital contributions, have been used to fund the operations of Asideros Globales Corporativo 1 (“Asideros 1”) and Asideros Globales Corporativo 2 (“Asideros 2”), each of which have acquired land in Mexico that, collectively, constitute our first two Jatropha farms.  Asideros Globales Corporativo 3 (“Asideros 3”) acquired our third farm in October 2011, but had no impact on the results of our operations.  GCEH directly owns 1% of Asideros 1, Asideros 2 and Asideros 3, and the balance is owned by GCE Mexico.  Accordingly, we own 50.5% of Asideros 1, Asideros 2 and Asideros 3 either directly or through our common membership interest in GCE Mexico.  As such, our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Asideros farm entities.  Under
 
 
 

 
 
GCE Mexico’s LLC Agreement, the net loss allocated from these entities to GCE Mexico is then further allocated to the members of GCE Mexico according to the investment balances.  Accordingly, since the common membership interest did not make a capital contribution, all of the losses allocated to GCE Mexico have been further allocated to the preferred membership interest.  The net loss attributable to the non-controlling interest in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations represents the allocation of the net loss of GCE Mexico to the preferred membership interests.

Net income/loss attributable to Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. The Company recorded net losses of $328,466 and $238,518 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  The amount of advisory and management services that we render at the corporate level, the amount of revenues generated from our Jatropha farms in Mexico, and on the amount of revenues we generate from our new Camelina operations increase our ability to generate net income in the future.  In addition to incurring farm operating expenses in Mexico for our Jatropha operations, we will continue to accrue interest expense on the mortgages that encumber the Tizimin, Mexico, farms.  Although we anticipate that we will generate new revenues from our Camelina operations and that revenues from our Jatropha farm operations will increase, we are unable to forecast if, or when such revenues will exceed our operating expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2014, we had $265,313 in cash or cash equivalents and had a working capital deficit of $6,437,014, as compared with $216,531 in cash and a working capital deficit of $5,192,936 as of December 31, 2013.

The amount of cash or cash equivalent balances held at March 31, 2014 represents cash held in our corporate accounts and our joint venture accounts. Of these amounts, only $34,550 may be used for our general corporate purposes, with the remaining balance anticipated to be used in the operations of the Tizimin, Mexico farms owned by the GCE Mexico I, LLC joint venture.  As a result, the GCE Mexico I, LLC funds will not be available to us for our corporate working capital or other purposes, and are not available to us to reduce our indebtedness.  In order to fund our short-term working capital needs, we will have to obtain additional funding from the sale of assets, the sale of additional securities, additional borrowings, or from an increase in operating revenues. Outstanding indebtedness at March 31, 2014 totaled $23,586,189. The existence of the foregoing working capital deficit and total current and long term liabilities may negatively impact our ability to obtain future equity or debt financing and the terms on which such additional financing, if available, can be obtained.  We incurred losses of $698,218 and $1,241,404 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 respectively, and have an accumulated deficit applicable to its common shareholders of $28,667,341 at March 31, 2014.

On July 1, 2014, the Company entered into a Technical Services agreement with two distinct components and scope for a total contracted price of $924,687. The two components are (1) the Company will complete a comprehensive feasibility and financial analysis on the buisness and economic viability of an expanded Caribbean Energy farm for a contracted fee of $367,598, and; (2) the Company will independently develop and operate a certified seed nursery over a 12 month period for a contracted fee of $557,089.  The purpose of our advisory client funding the certified seed nursery is that they anticpate that, with approval of a feasibility report, financing will be provided for the development of a 25,000 acre Jatropha project.  We anticipate that that we will continue to receive advisory service fees in the near term, although the amount of such fees will depend on our ability to enter into new agreements.  The amount of cash on hand and the advisory service clients may be sufficient to fund our working capital needs for the next twelve months.

Our business plan contemplates that we will (i) continue to develop our Jatropha business and operations, which includes replanting portions of our existing farms in Mexico (including possibly developing and cultivating our third Jatropha farm in Mexico), and (ii) diversify our biofuel energy crop revenues from new revenues generated by our new Camelina operations, as follows:

Farming Operations.  Because Jatropha is such a novel crop, our Jatropha operations are still considered to be in the development stage even though we have planted significant amounts of land over the past years.  To date, revenues from our Jatropha farms located in Mexico have not met our initial expectations for various reasons, including increased disease pressure, dramatic variations in weather and under-performance of certain varieties.  We have been addressing these issues and we anticipate that revenues from the Jatropha farms we currently own through our GCE Mexico I, LLC joint venture in Mexico will increase during the next 12 months and continue to increase and become more significant thereafter.  The operational expenses of the Jatropha farms in Mexico are substantial and exceed the amount of revenues that the farms are expected to generate from operations this year.  Our Partner in GCE Mexico has approved the 2014 operating budget and has committed to funding the cash requirements for the 2014 operating expenses of GCE Mexico.  Based on these assurances, we anticipate that we will have sufficient funds to operate our Mexico farms in 2014.  In addition, the Mexico government has issued a permit to re-commence the processing and sale of charcoal.  We have already begun shipping product .  Sales of charcoal are expected to partially offset or operating expenses in Mexico.  No assurance can, however, be given that the costs of operating the Mexico farms will not exceed our budget, or that our GCE Mexico investor will, in fact, fund the budgeted amounts.
 
 
 

 

Even if operations of the three Jatropha farms owned through GCE Mexico improve during the next year as expected and, therefore, that the joint venture will generate revenues, we do not project that any cash distributions will be made to Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. for several years.  Under our agreements with our GCE Mexico investors, all net cash generated from the Jatropha operations that are conducted through GCE Mexico must first be used to fund the operations of those farms, and any excess must thereafter be used to repay the capital contributed by our joint venture investors (plus their preferred return).  The total amount of capital and the preferred return that must be paid to our joint venture investors before funds are distributed to us currently is in excess of $29,000,000 as of March 31, 2014.  As a result, the improving operations of the Mexico farms will not produce short-term cash or improve our liquidity, nor will the improving operations of the Mexico farms generate funds that we can use for our business plan, for working capital purposes, or for the acquisition of additional Jatropha or other biofuel feedstock farms.  Because of our negative working capital position, we currently do not have the funds necessary to acquire and cultivate additional Jatropha farms for our own account.  Accordingly, in order to increase our farm ownership and operations, we will have to obtain significant additional capital through the sale of equity and/or debt securities, the forward sale of Jatropha oil  or from other financing activities, such as debt financing, strategic partnerships and/or joint ventures.

Camelina Operations.  In March 2013, we acquired the business and assets of Sustainable Oils, LLC, a company that has been engaged in developing Camelina products since 2007.  Sustainable Oils has generated over $20 million in revenues during the past three years, but has incurred a loss of approximately $5.8 million during that time.  The new Camelina operations will require a significant amount of additional cash to scale up its operations and to reach profitable operations.  We will operate the Camelina business that we acquired through a subsidiary Sustainable Oils LLC, which we capitalized with the Sustainable Oils intellectual properties and operating assets that we recently purchased.  Furthermore, our goal is to fund the operations and expansion of the Camelina operations with new debt or equity that we are in the process of raising specifically for the Camelina subsidiary.  We have been in discussions with a number of sources for the additional funding, but we have not entered into any binding arrangements for the desired amount of new funding.  No assurance can be given that we will obtain the additional capital necessary to operate and grow our new Camelina operations.  In the event that we do not obtain the necessary amount of financing to properly operate and scale up our new Camelina operations, those operations are expected to continue to operate at a loss.

As partial consideration for the Camelina assets that we purchased in March 2013, we issued a $1,300,000 promissory note.  The promissory note bears simple interest at the rate of ten percent (10.0%) per annum, and is payable upon the earlier of the following: (a) to the extent of 35.1% of, and on the third business day after a Qualified (equity) Funding; or (b) September 13, 2014 and has been extended to December 31, 2014.  The term “Qualified Funding” means all equity funding in excess of the $800,000, in the aggregate, received by us for our Camelina business.  Our obligations under the promissory note are secured by a first priority lien on certain tangible assets included in the purchase of the Camelina assets.  The promissory note is a full recourse obligation. However, the holder of the promissory note has agreed that if the holder has to pursue the collection of amounts due under the promissory note, the holder will not seize or take any action to collect any amounts due and owing against any of the Company’s assets (including its cash) related to a line of business other than the Camelina business. In September 2014, we renegotiated the terms of the note and agreed to return certain tangible assets that constituted the collateral under the promissory note to the holder of the promissory note in exchange for a reduction of the amount owed under the promissory note and an extension of the maturity date to December 31, 21014. The promissory note is no longer secured by any tangible assets.
 
Other Potential Source of Liquidity.

We are entitled to receive royalty payments from the legacy pharmaceutical assets we sold in 2009 to Curadis GmbH.  In February 2012, Curadis GmbH informed us that it has licensed certain of the technologies that we sold to it, and, as a result that we will be receiving a royalty of 4.5% of all net sales of products sold using the licensed technology.  Certain of the intellectual property that we sold to Curadis will revert to us if royalties from those assets do not exceed 300,000 euros by December 31, 2014.  In 2013 we received $903 from Curadis under this new licensing arrangement and none in 2014.

We presently do not have any available credit, bank financing or other external sources of liquidity. In the absence of additional outside funding (including proceeds from the sale of our securities, or entering into other joint venture relationships), we do not have the ability to expand our business or acquire additional Jatropha or other biofuel feedstock farms. If we issue additional equity or debt securities to fund our future capital needs, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. Should we not be able to increase the amount of revenues we receive from our advisory services and/or raise additional debt or equity funding, we will have to materially scale back our current and proposed operations or take other actions to preserve our on-going operations.

Inflation and changing prices have had no effect on our continuing operations over our two most recent fiscal years.
 
 
 

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file with, or submit to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As required by SEC Rule 13a-15(b), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive and financial officers, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive and financial officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, the Company may become a party to other legal actions and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business, although it is not currently involved in any such legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Not applicable
 
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable.
 
 
 

 
 
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer).
32.2
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial Officer).
   
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Link base
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Link base Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Link base Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC.
December 3, 2014
By:       /s/ RICHARD PALMER
            President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
By:      /s/ DONNA REILLY
            Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)