Unassociated Document
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-K/A – Amendment No. 2
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
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For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
to
Commission
file number 333-148346
CHERRY
TANKERS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
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98-0531496
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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Incorporation
or Organization)
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78
Sokolov Street,
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Herzeliya,
Israel
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46497
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(Issuer’s
Telephone Number)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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Name
of Each Exchange
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Title
Of Each Class
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on
Which Registered
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Securities
registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common
Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
Title
of Class
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined
in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes
¨ No
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes
¨ No
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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
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Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. þ
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of
“accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer
¨ Accelerated filer
¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller
Reporting Company
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes þ
No o
The
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by
non-affiliates computed by reference to the last sale price of such common
equity as of August 7, 2008, was $7,847.
Number of
shares of common stock outstanding as of February 3, 2009, was
13,705,000.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE – None
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Form
10-K/A is being filed as Amendment No. 2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (“Original Annual Report”), for the
purpose of restating the disclosure in Item 9A(T) Controls and Procedures to
respond to the SEC’s comments threreto, including to clearly indicate that the
conclusions of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer
as to the lack of effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting were made as of the end
of the period covered by the Original Annual Report. Except for the
amended disclosure set forth below, this Form 10-K/A has not been updated to
reflect events that occurred after February 19, 2009, the filing date
of the Original Annual Report. Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A should
be read in conjunction with the Original Annual Report and with our filing made
with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Annual
Report. However, in this Form 10-K/A, Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, new
certifications by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, have been included, as required by Rule 12b-15.
Item
9A(T). Controls and Procedures
EVALUATION
OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS
Our Chief
Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of
our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and
15(d)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). Disclosure controls and procedures include, without
limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management,
including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or person
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. Based on our evaluation, our chief executive
officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective, as of the end of the period covered by this
report, in ensuring that material information that we are required to disclose
in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and
Exchange Commission rules and forms.
MANAGEMENT’S
REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Management
of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting. As defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the
Company’s principal executive, principal operating and principal financial
officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the Company’s
board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The
Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records, that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
Company’s assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements.
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
The
Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and
Principal Financial Officer assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal
control of financial reporting as of December 31, 2008. In making
this assessment, management used the framework in “Internal Control – Integrated
Framework,” as supplemented by the COSO publication “Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting – Guidance for Smaller Public Companies,” promulgated by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, commonly
referred to as the “COSO” criteria. Based on the assessment
performed, management believes that as of December 31, 2008, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting was not effective based on the COSO
criteria. Additionally, based on management’s assessment, the Company
determined that there were material weaknesses in its internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2008. Such weaknesses are
described as follows:
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a.
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The
Company met the requirements to perform an assessment of internal control
over financial reporting, but failed to include in its Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed on February 19, 2009, its report on internal
control over financial reporting as required by Item 9A(T) of Regulation
S-K. Under the definition of disclosure controls and procedures
provided in Rule 13a-15(e), effective controls and procedures would ensure
that information required to be disclosed by the registrant is recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by
the SEC’s rules and forms. As such, the Company failed in its
compliance with the reporting requirements of the SEC’s rules and
forms. The Company will remedy this matter at the earliest
possible opportunity.
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b.
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Management
of the Company has not implemented policies or procedures required to
achieve a sufficient segregation of duties. Management is aware
of the risks associated with the lack of segregation of duties due to the
small number of employees currently dealing with general administrative
and financial matters. Although management will periodically
reevaluate this situation, at this point it considers that the risks
associated with such lack of segregation of duties and the potential
benefits of adding employees to segregate such duties are not cost
justified.
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c.
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The
Company does not have an audit committee, and no member of the Board of
Directors has been designated or qualifies as a financial
expert. The Company will address this weakness at the earliest
possible opportunity.
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This
report on internal control over financial reporting does not include an
attestation report by the Company’s registered independent auditor regarding
internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was
not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered independent auditor
pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only
management’s report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Changes
in Internal Control
During the year ended December 31,
2008, there was no change in internal control over financial reporting that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal
control over financial reporting.
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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CHERRY
TANKERS, INC.
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Date:
November 9, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Reuven Gepstein
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Name: Reuven
Gepstein
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Title: President, Chief Executive Officer, and
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Director
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Yael
Alush
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Name: Yael
Alush
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Title: Secretary,
Treasurer, and Director
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(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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In
accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and the
dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Reuven Gepstein
Reuven
Gepstein
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President,
Chief Executive Officer, and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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November
9, 2009
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/s/
Yael Alush
Yael
Alush
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Secretary,
Treasurer and Director
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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November
9, 2009
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