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UNITED STATES Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
Commission file number 0-08962
KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(516) 741-1352 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:
NONE
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:
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 ý No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the 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. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ý No o
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registration based on the closing price as reported on the Pink Sheet Market on March 15, 2005 was $11,300,000.
As of March 15, 2005, 141,226,245 Shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value, were outstanding.
Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 17, 2002 the Shareholders approved the issuance of 20,000,000 Shares of restricted Common Stock to Herbert Lindo, the President of the Company for having assigned to the Company the Patent that was granted on June 10, 2003. Titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ROULETTE AND OTHER GAME PLAY USING GAME TABLE AT A CASINO”. Upon Mr. Lindo’s request, the Shares have not been issued. (See Part III Item 12 Beneficial Ownership (1).)
At the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on December 1, 2004 at which all six (6) members of the Board of Directors were present, the Directors (with Herbert Lindo, the Chairman and President abstaining) unanimously voted to issue 25,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to Herbert Lindo for having assigned in October 2003 to the Company, the Patent which is pending titled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUNDS TO A TERMINAL FOR REMOTE WAGERING” (lottery terminals). Upon Mr. Lindo’s request, the shares have not been issued (see Part III Item 12 Beneficial Ownership (1)).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
In addition to historical information, this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain forward-looking statements and Risk Factors. We expressly disclaim any obligations on undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or to reflect any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such forward-looking statement is based in whole or in part.
Readers should amongst the other statements contained herein and future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q to be filed, carefully review in Item 7 the following: “Cautionary Statements for Purposes of the “Safe Harbor” Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Risk Factors”. All of the Risk Factors contained therein should be carefully read.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO PART IV
This Amendment No. 1 on FORM 10-K/A is being filed to restate certain amounts which changed as the results of having been ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission to file the Company’s Financials as a “Development Stage Company” from the period beginning November 24, 1998 to the present at December 31, 2004, the elimination of $4,256,926, which was the amount the Company disbursed on or about September 28, 1998 to be discharged from Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Proceedings, and certain adjustments to losses sustained for the periods ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 for having discounted
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Convertible Promissory Notes from between ten cents ($.10) per share and twelve cents ($.12) per share to five cents ($.05) per share. The Company also added in PART II Item 5- MARKET PRICES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS: d) The Company issued 48,246,656 shares of its Restricted Common Stock since December 31, 2002. All of the shares may have the restrictions lifted pursuant to Rule 144 and 144K within one (1) or two (2) years which may substantially depress the trading price of the Company’s Stock in the future.
ITEM 1—DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
THE COMPANY
Kenilworth Systems Corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Kenilworth”, the “Company” or “we”, was incorporated on April 25, 1968 under the laws of the State of New York. Kenilworth has been a publicly traded Company since 1968 formerly on the National NASDAQ Market, presently on the OTC Pink Sheet Market since emerging from Bankruptcy Proceedings in September 1998. Kenilworth is now being presented as a Development Stage Company.
GENERAL
Since early in the year 2000 we have been solely engaged in developing patents, markets and investigating how best to obtain Governmental approvals, by engaging lobbyists and consultants that would allow television satellite and cable subscribers throughout the industrialized world to play and wager along with live, in-progress casino table games (Roulette, Craps, Baccarat and more) from strictly regulated casinos located in the United States and other locations around the world.
Employing the latest encrypted satellite and cable technology and placing television cameras in strategic locations above the casino table games, without disrupting the normal game-monitoring activities, (a separate control room would direct the various camera angles), and transmitting the table games over the digital satellite and digital cable networks to television sets (“TV’s”), which become a platform for playing along with the casino games wherever TV’s are located.
Kenilworth titled the overall proposed project “Roulabette™”. There are 120 million TV subscribers in the United States and more than 300 million subscribers throughout the rest of the world (“The Market”). On average, households in the U.S. have 2 ½ TV’s. (It is important since the satellite and cable companies will charge a separate fee for transmitting the table games). Public gathering places can accommodate (be able to network) up to 200 TV sets with a simple satellite receiving dish or direct cable connections. With wagering possible in homes, hotel rooms, resort rooms, pubs, restaurants, race tracks and other public gathering places the Company believes will become a more than $500 billion net win Market within five (5) years throughout the industrialized world.
To best market the casino games, the Company is selecting lotteries throughout the world to manage and operate the distribution and cash handling (deposits to play and paying winnings) using the lotteries’ existing databases for the sale of lottery tickets, and paying winnings at regular lottery licensed terminal locations.
All forty one (41) lotteries in the United States are owned and operated by County and State agencies. Throughout the rest of the world lotteries are owned by government agencies or non profit charitable agencies that distribute the net earnings to benefit social and charitable programs, or by private entities that pay a percentage of their net win to designated government agencies.
These foreign lotteries also have the same databases as lotteries in the United States, except most lotteries throughout Europe pool their lotteries between countries, not unlike Mega Millions and PowerBall in the
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United States, which makes the distribution simpler and very cost effective for both Kenilworth and the lotteries.
There are no technical breakthroughs required. The technology is readily available. What is needed is to get through the maze of Local, County, State and Federal regulations in each U.S. State and foreign countries. When the first State in the United States grants the Company permission to transmit the broadcast from one of its casinos to their residents and to States that do not have any casinos, (the entire East coast of the United States), the other forty (40) States with lotteries will join expeditiously.
The lotteries will receive forty percent (40%) of the net win without costs of any kind. In addition, the States’ general fund will receive five percent (5%) of the net win, also without costs of any kind.
In States that designate exclusively lottery proceeds to schools and their teachers it is a welcome contribution. In other States it will close budget gaps.
In addition, throughout the United States there are five hundred (500) facilities that simulcast live in-progress horse/dog races. At all facilities there are several large TV screens that show the races from the different tracks with general theater type seating for patrons and at private cubicles with television sets outfitted with touch screens. The cubicles rent for additional fees. After players open an account and select pin numbers, they can watch each race offered on the different tracks on the TV and place wagers on the different races by simply changing channels. The players may also watch sporting events, the news, the Stock market reports, and in the near future Roulabette™, live, in-progress casino table games. The simulcast centers have their own databases to manage the cash deposit and pay winnings on the horse/dog races and will be able to manage the casino games, on the same methods as the lotteries will manage Roulabette™. With fifty to one hundred (50-100) private TV’s, available in simulcast centers, especially at night, when fewer tracks are operating.
When playing along with live table games from a highly regulated jurisdiction, players will be assured that the game results are exactly what they see; and, playing along with live casino table games such as Roulette, Craps and Baccarat we believe will provide interaction, fun and far more excitement than playing make believe animated (virtual) games. It is the next best thing, we believe, to actually being at the table in the casino.
To conduct the initial broadcast Kenilworth believes it will require ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and there are no assurances we will ever be able to obtain any of such money. At present, the Company does not have the funds readily available but hopes to obtain same, from investors, as soon as Kenilworth can commence broadcasting from a casino in the United States or other casinos throughout the world.
In prior years, Kenilworth completed a prototype system that allowed casino patrons to play along with live in-progress casino table games only within the confines of a casino, via closed circuit television. Also in 1990, we developed and delivered for the TAB (Totalizator Agency Board) a quasy government agency of the State of Victoria, Australia, a cashless slot machine system. Both systems required debit cards and central mainframe computers to manage the wagers. By making use of the expertise applied in the development of the aforementioned systems we plan to develop a second-generation system that will manage the wagers by the microprocessor installed in TV set-top boxes to receive satellite broadcasts. This as planned would allow a player in an interactive manner, at a remote location (outside the casino confines), to experience the actual play and excitement at the casino table game and to make wagers on the various games, without having to be physically present at the casino or casino table. There are no assurances we will be able to successfully develop any system.
The proposed “Roulabette™” system also will provide Roulabette™ terminals that may be placed in resorts, racetracks or other gathering places which consists of a personal computer (PC) with two (2) monitors. One (1) monitor will display the live in-progress casino table game play as well as advertising. The second, which will be outfitted with a touch screen, allows a player to place wagers directly over the games displayed on the first monitor. It will also have a variable denomination bill acceptor and a bar code ticket dispenser. Both monitors will be housed in an attractive enclosure. The Roulabette™ terminal will
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be the size of a typical “low boy” slot machine (desk top height). Each terminal would be self-sufficient, manages wagers from $0.25 to $100.00 or the equivalent in most any currency, and receives the table game play via simulcast digital satellite TV transmissions (with dish antennas) or local digital cable connection from legally operating casinos throughout the industrialized world.
Where authorized, hotels, resorts clubs and other public gathering places will be able to offer casino table game action in their establishments without incurring the costs to operate a casino. The Roulabette™ terminal is expected to offer an alternative to slot machine players. There are now believed to be more than ten (10) million slot machines played throughout the world.
Kenilworth will seek to promote to state lotteries and foreign jurisdictions, and other state regulated entities, the ability to operate websites that will manage the wagers. The program will ask state legislatures to amend their lottery horse/dog racing and OTB legislation to include Roulabette™ wagering or promulgate new legislation. There are no assurances that the necessary approvals will be granted.
We believe there are powerful arguments for state legislatures to amend their Lottery Acts to include “Play Along with Roulabette™ Live”. Lottery revenue is gradually decreasing in every state. Thirty-two (32) states and the District of Columbia are pooling their lottery prizes with the “PowerBall” and “Big Game” national lotteries. In most of these states, the state lottery finds it difficult to obtain sufficient numbers of players to make up a minimum weekly lottery prize of one million dollars ($1,000,000). In most states, the revenue from lottery play benefits education. States need something more attractive to restore revenue. With “Play Along with Roulabette™ Live”, there is interaction, excitement and fun. All which we believe may be at much better odds than may be offered by the lotteries. The lotteries can establish maximum wagers daily, weekly and monthly limits, and monitor compulsive gamblers, and almost prevent 100% of the underaged from wagering on Roulabette™ by use of lottery terminals to make deposits in cash to wager along.
Project Roulabette™ is a concept intended to be built and there can be no assurances that it will ever be built. The Patented microprocessors to be installed in the TV set top boxes have not been designed. We have as at December 31, 2004, no agreement, customers except for proposals submitted for future business and there can be no assurances that we will ever have same.
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Subscribers to digital satellite and cable programs will soon be able to bet as they watch live, in-progress casino table game action, thanks to a new (a patented) system developed by Kenilworth Systems Corporation that will involve States lotteries...
Bet As You Watch Casino
The “Bet As You Watch Casino” service will be deployed in conjunction with States Lotteries. Digital TV subscribers will go to their local lottery agents and buy an “admission ticket”. The ticket will allow them to access the interactive service.
The service will consist of television simulcast broadcasts of live in-progress casino table game action. Viewers will be able to bet exactly as they were in the casino playing at the table.
The program will include Hollywood entertainment and commentators (much like commentators of sporting events) in order to assist players with the rules and strategies of the games.
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Distribution
The first viewers to access the service will probably be Asians. Kenilworth is presently actively exploring casino broadcast sites to the Asian market, which has twice as many digital satellite subscribers than the U.S. and U.K. combined.
A highly regulated initiative
Exclusively licensing lotteries and their operators for the cash deposits required for wagering on the programs will assist Kenilworth in its efforts to make sure the under aged won’t participate in the casino action. Lottery Terminal Operators must observe the minimum age laws under criminal penalty.
A special effort will also be made to identify compulsive gamblers. By monitoring all wagering action, the system will be able to identify problematic gamblers and limit or shut down their obsessive gambling habits.
Business model
Revenues from the admission tickets will be split between Kenilworth and the State lotteries, OTB offices and Race track owners.
Technology
Kenilworth has been granted a U.S. Patent for the interactive television wagering system in June 2003, which Patent has also been filed in forty-nine (49) countries including China and Russia.
The Patent was assigned to the Company when it was pending in 2000 by its inventor Herbert Lindo.
A second Patent which is pending titled “Method and Systems for Supplying Funds to a Terminal for Remote Wagering” which Patents the use of lottery terminals to manage Roulabette™ wagers, also invented by Herbert Lindo and assigned to Kenilworth in 2003.
Kenilworth’s technology involves a microprocessor that is incorporated in the TV set top box used by the viewer to receive the digital satellite broadcasts. The microprocessor manages the wagers.
Once play along in homes and other public gathering places has started, we intend to introduce casino games such as “limited tournament play”. For twenty-five dollars ($25.00), players would be able to sign up with their respective lottery operators and make up to thirty (30) wagers on any table game. The individual that wins the most money during a specific tournament game period may win as much as a million dollars ($1,000,000) in addition to their game play win. As more interactive play along with casino games develops throughout the world, the prizes can be increased and multiplied. The limited tournament play games can be scheduled more than once a day, during specific hours of the day, on specific days or nights of the week or once or twice a month. Actual live experience will determine scheduling.
The gaming industry is comprised primarily of five (5) service industries: (1) traditional pari-mutuel wagering on horse and dog racing; (2) casino, Indian Reservations, and riverboat gambling; (3) lotteries; (4) charitable organization gambling (Bingo and Las Vegas Nights); and (5) Sports book.
Kenilworth intends to operate primarily in the casino segment.
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KENILWORTH MANIFEST
(The
Manifest contains forward-looking statements which is
based upon our beliefs
Casino gambling throughout the world, in every form, is on the increase. Most jurisdictions need the revenue from gambling to balance their budgets or increase their tax collection. Recently a newspaper report published in the Wall Street Journal in March 2004 indicated that nineteen (19) states are exploring to use gambling to raise funding needed for schools and other tax relief.
Kenilworth Systems Corporation expects to be able to provide, of which there can be no assurances, simulcast gaming worldwide, giving everyone the opportunity of playing a casino table game as if they were on the floor of a major casinos. This project would provide all of the benefits and actual excitement of playing in a casino as actually being at the casino. Gaming enthusiasts will welcome the chance to place wagers on live in-progress casino table games, whether they are at a local tavern, hotel, resort, racetrack or other public gathering place, or at home. Kenilworth hopes to be able to lead the industry in this arena, and its Patent and Patent pending and its technology we believe would allow all of this to happen of which there can be no assurances.
Our proposed system has the potential to replace the existing one thousand (1,000) foreign virtual gambling websites now in play, which garnished more than eight (8) billion dollars from U.S. citizens in 2004 and is expected to increase to ten to twelve (10-12) billion dollars in 2005, violating the 1961 Wire Act without paying any U.S. taxes. We expect that players will prefer to “Play Along with a Live Casino Game” versus a virtual make believe game, assisting the U.S. Attorney General’s Office curbing illegal wagering in the United States by foreign website operators that entice the public into wagering illegally.
Initially, the proposed broadcasts will be of Roulette, Craps and Baccarat games.
We may franchise the simulcast which may allow broadcasts to jurisdictions that have approved gaming regulations.
Kenilworth will offer to share a percentage of its worldwide net winnings with the state, and other foreign jurisdictions, and the appropriate sponsoring casinos.
All franchisees will be required to make the broadcasts available to digital satellite and digital cable subscribers in their jurisdictions. Kenilworth, as part of its marketing plan, will supply the appropriate TV, cable, and interactive equipment (for betting terminals) to the franchisee.
The various Regulatory Authorities will monitor all franchisees of the Kenilworth System. A violation of their regulations by a franchisee may result in a termination of the franchise.
For “Play Along With Roulabette™, Live” a franchisee will be required to provide the at home player with the ability to deposit funds into their pre-paid gambling accounts anytime, and on the spur of the moment.
We hope to provide Licensed Betting Offices (bookmakers) in Europe, lottery operators and OTB offices in the U.S., to manage the wagering accounts for at home players. They will be able to accept last minute deposits. In jurisdictions, which have lottery terminals in place, arrangements will be made with the lottery to accept instant deposits and pay winners, using the lottery terminals as the managing device.
A player will simply mark a ticket with his/her Set Top Box and TV set Identification Number, together with the amount to be deposited. From that point on, the procedure is the same as selecting lottery numbers. A winner can be paid using the reverse procedure.
Betting offices and lottery terminal providers will either share in the net win managed by each, or be paid a fixed commission for the amount deposited.
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Where authorized, hotels, resorts, clubs, pubs, racetracks and other public gathering places (the “site”) will be able to offer casino table game action in their establishments without incurring casino operating costs. At our expense, we will place Roulabette™ terminals and/or advanced PDA’s at the site, enabling wagering via the site’s television sets.
It may be that in order for hotels not to be required to obtain casino licenses to offer “Roulabette”™, they may have to limit the wagering to minimal amounts, so as to qualify the games as entertainment for registered hotel guests. Resort gaming we believe will establish a trend for the entire hotel industry.
In the event a substantial amount is won by a player, Kenilworth will make payment to the winner, via money wire transfer to the establishment within twenty-four (24) hours. Kenilworth will establish a worldwide cash cage for winning payments; or, a guarantee of payment by a well-recognized international bank.
In August 2002, the Attorney General of the United States Office informed the Nevada Gaming Control Board (Chairman and Commissioner Dennis Neilander, Esq.) that Internet wagering is in violation of the 1961 Wire Act and, therefore, cannot be permitted in the United States or transmitted from the United States to other countries in the world. Previously, the Nevada State Legislature had approved Internet gambling (February 2001) subject to the approval by the U.S. Attorney General’s office. Nevada is the only state that approved Internet gambling. Most states have outlawed Internet gambling. Others have taken no action.
Our proposed simulcast, via digital satellites, will not use a wire transmission and communication facility. We are not within the constraints of the Internet gambling interdiction. Our broadcast is similar to horseracing and sporting events, where the simulcast is transmitted via satellites to the various satellite dish subscribers, and then downloaded to cable companies. Licensed Betting Offices, OTB offices and racetracks that offer out of state horse racing would pick up the satellite broadcasts with their own dish antennas. We believe broadcasting casino play action via satellite transmission within state boundaries does not violate the Federal 1961 Wire Act. We further believe it will be permitted by the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, USC 300, Et. Seq. There can be no assurances of the foregoing.
In prior years, the House of Representatives voted and passed the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which bans credit and debit cards, checks, “Western Union type” wire transmission and all other means of transferring money for use in connection with Internet Wagering. Since the Senate did not approve a companion Bill, the House and Senate must pass the legislation again in 2004/5. We believe there appears to be an anti-Internet gambling sentiment in Congress and passage by both houses appears certain. Our method is distinct, as players using our system, unlike the Internet, will be subject to state casino regulations and will not be permitted to use credit or debit cards. We believe there are no U.S. prohibitions to simulcast live action of casino games as long as the wagers are placed and wagered within the state.
In our proposed worldwide plans, wagers would be placed with Licensed Betting Offices and lottery terminal operators. They would be only permitted to accept cash at their offices or lottery terminal locations. Currently, they would be obliged to make sure that no one underage places or collects wagers on horseracing, sporting events or the lottery. The same would apply when they accept wagers or pay winnings on our live simulcast broadcasts. We believe, although there can be no assurances, that our system is simple and almost 100% foolproof.
Initially our proposed simulcast will be for entertainment purposes only and will start with broadcast emanating from casinos in the United States and delivered to foreign jurisdictions that permit our type of casino gambling. Our proposed broadcasts may actually contain live entertainment produced in Hollywood. Thirty (30) minutes of gambling, then thirty (30) minutes of entertainment, then thirty (30) minutes of gambling and then back to entertainment. The entertainment would be inserted the same as commercials are presented on TV shows. Kenilworth has been able to engage CenterStaging Musical Productions, Inc. of Burbank, California to provide the entertainment content for Roulabette™ broadcasts.
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We believe the proposed broadcast does not require any sophisticated electronics; only the acceptance by the satellite and cable operators and the approval of the Federal Communications Commission. We have been unofficially advised that, for entertainment only (no wagering), our broadcasts will be classified the same as any program now being broadcast via the networks. For gambling, we will require an FCC license, which we would have to obtain (simulcasting of horse racing requires an FCC license).
LOGICAL QUESTIONS: (The following is a series
of some questions, and what we believe,
(1.) Why aren’t major casinos in Nevada and Atlantic City that have substantial resources, and the casino table games, competing with us?
The answer is simple. They are casino operators. If they, even by accident, have a minor playing along with their broadcasts, or commit any other violation, they could lose their Nevada or Atlantic City and other state Casino or foreign licenses. Establishing a subsidiary for their transmissions does not absolve them from the violation. Kenilworth is not a licensed casino operator. Kenilworth holds the U.S. Patents for remote casino wagering and depositing cash funds to and they would only be able to operate under our license. Sharing profits with non-licensees is a violation of the Nevada Gaming Control Act.
Further, if we ever commence broadcasting from Las Vegas or Atlantic City, we plan to broadcast from casinos in rotation, in order that each casino will have the opportunity, on certain days, to broadcast during prime time. When we manage the broadcast in their casino, we will make use of the same crew in the communication room (4 technicians, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
We believe that casino centers would fare better in accepting a percentage of our net win, which they would receive without any operating costs.
Net win is determined before deduction of expenses. It’s a term used to collect taxes on gambling revenue (table drop) before operating expenses. In Europe, and now in some states in the U.S., this tax amounts to an average of twenty percent (20%), with minimum annual taxes of up to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).
We propose to offer a percentage of our net win to any state. On a worldwide basis revenue could reach, in the not too distant future, in the five hundred billion dollar range ($500 billion). That could earn billions of dollars annually to participating jurisdictions. Law enforcement agencies estimate that Americans wagered $380 billion in 2001 on sporting events (mostly illegally). Our proposed system can be regulated and controlled (unlike Internet sites).
(2.) Why wouldn’t the U.S. Congress also prevent simulcasting of live casino table games, like it has with Internet gambling?
The Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 permits simulcasts of races via satellite transmission between states, which are then downloaded to cable systems. Horse and sporting club owners are traditional and substantial contributors to House and Senate campaigns. It is big business that we believe would have to be abolished if our proposed simulcasts are outlawed. The probability of its abolition is remote.
(3.) What will happen if non-casino or casino operators attempt to compete with us?
If they do, they run the risk of an injunction and incurring triple damages. The U.S. Patent titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ROULETTE AND OTHER GAME PLAY USING GAME
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TABLE AT A CASINO” for remote live in-progress casino play was issued on June 10, 2003 to Kenilworth and has been filed for approval in forty-nine (49) industrialized countries including Russia and China.
(4.) Will there be opposition by Nevada casino operators?
The past has proven to the Nevada casino industry that as more casinos are built in the United States (we believe there are now more than nine hundred [900] casinos outside of Nevada), more visitors come to Nevada. Our worldwide broadcasts would substantially enhance the overall demand to visit Las Vegas or any other state or jurisdiction that permits our broadcasts, and to other casinos from which we will broadcast.
SUMMARY:
(1.) Kenilworth’s business presently is solely in the planning stage. We plan to engage in the development, manufacturing, marketing of an operation entitled Roulabette™. Roulabette™ would allow casino patrons and other players to play along with live in-progress casino table games such as Roulette, Craps and Baccarat and more via digital satellite and digital cable television broadcasts (simulcasts) emanating from strictly regulated casinos located in the United States and other locations around the world, to self-sufficient computer terminals dubbed “Roulabette™” and digital satellite and cable TV set top boxes. The Roulabette™ terminal is a proposal intended to be built and there can be no assurances that it will ever be built. The microprocessors to be installed in the TV set top boxes have not been designed. We have as at December 31, 2004, no agreements, customers or proposals for any future business and there can be no assurances that we will ever have same. Reference is also made to each of the “Risk Factors” that are set forth in Item 7.
(2.) Our Roulabette™ terminals, wherever they would be placed in bars, resorts, hotels, racetracks, etc. will only be leased to the operators by the leasing company, which we will engage for that purpose. If a terminal cannot meet the minimum revenue necessary to pay the monthly leasing charges, it will be moved to another location. By placing Roulabette™ terminals at horse race tracks, which also offer slot machines, we will be transforming them into complete casinos, without the inherent start up and operating costs.
(3.) We believe the thousand virtual casino websites via the Internet obtain sixty percent (60%) of their annual revenue from customers in the U.S.
Although Internet gambling is outlawed, we believe it is presently not very well enforced by the U.S. Justice Department. Much of the opposition in Congress against Internet gambling stems from the fact that the websites are not legitimate, and may even be used for money laundering. Further, the websites do not effectively prevent minors and underage college students from wagering. Approximately one hundred (100) entities control the thousand websites. When one site experiences losses, it is shut down and another site is created. We expect that a majority of these sites will shut down because of our simulcasts, thus directly reducing the number of sites, which need to be policed.
Simulcast broadcasts of digital satellite and digital cable transmissions around the world must meet, and will be supervised by, the regulations by the gaming authorities of the broadcasting casino and the jurisdiction, which receives the broadcast. We believe the supervision will not be difficult to enforce, because all simulcast wagering is “cash only”, from regulated, supervised betting sites. There are no wire money transfers with banks and no credit or debit cards permitted. We believe this fact should ease any opposition from concerned citizens and anti-gambling groups, as regulation and enforcement responsibility will be vested in each individual state (or foreign jurisdiction).
We believe Kenilworth was the first to use color personal computers (PC’s) to replace electromechanical slot machines (1988). We provided the software for the first Tabaret located at the Menzie at the Rialto in Melbourne, Australia, which opened in November 1990. This consisted of cashless, variable denomination and multiple game virtual PAT’s (“Player Activated Terminals”). Prior thereto Kenilworth sponsored,
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with the assistance of three Nevada casino operators, legislation to permit cashless wagering in the state of Nevada. The legislation, which is in the form of an amendment to existing casino control statutes, permits the use of account cards (debit cards) and was signed into law by Governor Richard H. Bryan on June 13, 1985.
Kenilworth has been a publicly traded Company since 1968. Prior to commencing its endeavors into its proposed business in 1988, it provided security systems to Nuclear Electric Generating Plants in the U.S. and foreign countries, as well as time/attendance systems at a major department store chain.
MARKETING STRATEGY/SALES PLAN
Our marketing strategy consists of developing the Roulabette™ terminal and the Roulabette™ broadcasts. We estimate at this time, that we will need at least approximately ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for promoting the Roulabette™ concept. We do not have this money nor do we have any agreements or understanding to procure this money. We may never get this money. If we do obtain this money, it may not be sufficient. Further, should such monies be available it may not be available on terms satisfactory to Kenilworth or it may be available on such terms that substantially dilute the interest of existing shareholders. If we obtain this money, we will need substantial additional funds for the proposed marketing plan and there can be no assurances that such funds will ever be available to allow Kenilworth to engage in business on a profitable basis.
At the present time, we do not have any technically oriented employees who will be able to develop Roulabette™. It will be necessary for us to obtain personnel qualified and with the expertise to develop Roulabette™. We would require six (6) additional employees and several consultants and there can be no assurances of our being able to obtain any necessary personnel. There can be no assurances of the availability of any such employees and consultants. The Company will outsource the development of Roulabette™ and the microprocessors for the TV set top boxes.
In the United States Kenilworth hopes to refrain from using the Worldwide Web (WWW) Internet to manage wagers from individuals outside of the casino confines. Legislators have voiced strong objections to having their constituents’ gamble one-on-one against computers located in Europe, Russia and on Caribbean islands, totally unregulated. In Roulabette™, the play-along broadcast emanates from casinos that are regulated by strict and comprehensive rules and state and jurisdiction regulations, enforced by gaming control regulators and everybody plays along with the same live table game. There is a world of difference between playing in a virtual make believe casino compared with an actual casino.
For the reasons stated, Kenilworth will ask state lotteries, Off-Track Betting (OTB) corporations, pari-mutuel race tracks, and other state and federal regulated agencies to manage the wagers from individuals playing along on their PC’s and their television sets using interactive TV set top boxes that convert regular television sets into minicomputers within their state or jurisdiction. There can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain any arrangement with any of these entities or that they would be on suitable terms.
The individuals would have to pre-deposit funds into an account with the wager management company and then place wagers with their credit balance. The wagers and running balances will be transmitted to the Roulabette™ player’s PC and/or television sets with telephone lines not crossing any state lines, similar in principle to telephone accounts wagering offered by the New York State Off-Track Betting Corporation and the state of Nevada casino sports book and recently with remote purchase of lottery tickets in many states within the United States.
After we obtain permission to play Roulabette™ of which there can be no assurances, in a given state and engages a wager management organization in order to promote digital satellite and interactive television to the state’s residents, Kenilworth would install the eighteen (18) inch dish antenna and converter box required to receive digital TV programming and interactive TV at its own cost, if the subscriber opens a Roulabette™ wagering account for two hundred dollars ($200). In addition, Kenilworth would pay the monthly subscription fees to view all digital TV programming offered and the Internet service provider
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(ISP) subscription fee if the customer wagers at least one hundred twenty dollars ($120) each month—win, lose, or draw—makes no difference.
In states with approved lottery and/or other gambling legislation, we plan to introduce Roulabette™ terminals to hotels, clubs (similar to card clubs in California) and resorts, to provide upscale gathering places for tourists and local residents. Charitable organizations that are permitted to conduct “Nevada Nights” and Bingo games may wish to offer Roulabette™ gaming on a more permanent basis. To receive the broadcast signal, all that would be required is an eighteen (18) inch dish TV antenna and distribution equipment. The Roulabette™ terminals are intended to be self-sufficient and accept dollar bills (or script, to control the amount an individual is allowed to wager in one day or other time period). We plan to lease all the equipment necessary to participants for a share of the profits.
To gain approval for our Roulabette™-style gambling in jurisdictions that have not approved any gambling legislation, Kenilworth proposes to engage lobbyists to introduce, promote, and obtain legislative approval to permit Roulabette™-style gambling. Our strategy is to find depressed resort areas and have the resort/hotel operators convince their local politicians of the benefits to their business and the local economies and request them to promote legislative approval, either state-wide or limited to their areas. Riverboat gambling started to rehabilitate decaying waterfronts. Roulabette™ can do the same in depressed economic areas. No assurances can be given that we can obtain any such approvals.
When the live casino TV broadcasts are beamed for global viewing, Kenilworth will seek out similar organizations, as proposed for the United States and betting shops and slot route operators that can provide the servicing of individual accounts and placement of Roulabette™ terminals in hotels, clubs, pubs, racetracks, etc. In all instances, we plan to offer only profit sharing arrangements to franchisees, which will require leasing all the equipment necessary to the franchisee, to discourage competition.
In overseas installations, wherever permitted, Kenilworth will make use of the WWW Internet only to manage the wagers, and only in jurisdictions that permit the data collection of the gambler not for the live broadcast.
Kenilworth presently has engaged lobbyists in four (4) states at an annual cost of four hundred eighty four thousand dollars ($484,000).
In the event a substantial amount is won by a player, Kenilworth will make payment to the winner, via money wire transfer to the establishment which managed the wager within twenty-four (24) hours. Kenilworth will establish a worldwide cage for winning payments; or, a guarantee payment by a well-recognized international bank.
COMPETITION
Many segments of the gaming industry are characterized by intense competition, with a large number of companies offering the same type of wagering products and services. None of these companies at present are believed to offer the same or similar equipment or systems as intended by Roulabette™. The most likely competition will come from slot machine manufacturers who could relatively quickly adapt slot machines to play along with live casino table games. We believe there are three (3) major slot machine manufacturers in the world, all of which have vastly greater capital resources and substantially more personnel than the Company and may have under development systems that directly compete with Roulabette™.
Our present plans are to broadcast the live casino table games from companies that own casinos throughout the industrialized world. Other casino owners may start their own broadcasts and have their own terminals manufactured that compete with Kenilworth after Kenilworth has done all its pioneering for play-along wagering.
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PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our most important assets are Patents we have acquired and Roulabette™ related trademarks and service marks. The Patent granted on June 10, 2003 titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ROULABETTE AND OTHER GAME PLAY USING GAME TABLE AT A CASINO” and Patent Application filed October 15, 2003, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUNDS TO A TERMINAL FOR REMOTE WAGERING”, trademarks ROULABETTE™, “PLAY ALONG WITH NEVADA, LIVE™”, “ROULABETTE PLAY CARD™” as in pre-marked cards similar to lottery cards to select number in each game, used with terminals “ROULABETTE SWIPE CARD” to activate set-top boxes to play Roulabette™ and “PLAY ALONG WITH ROULABETTE™, LIVE”.
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
Kenilworth has no licenses from any casino regulating authorities and may not require any casino licenses at the present time and may never become able to obtain any licenses that may be required in the future. Each state has its own regulations, and in states where Kenilworth does business, Kenilworth will have to comply with these regulations and there can be no assurances that it will be able to do so or obtain the necessary license in an applicable jurisdiction. The following discussion is not necessarily complete, or current regarding laws and regulations that may be applicable to us. Any present laws are also subject to future change, amendment or cancellation.
New Jersey
In order to sell its Roulabette™ wagering systems from casinos in New Jersey, Kenilworth must be licensed by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC) in accordance with the New Jersey Casino Control Act as a manufacturer and distributor of gaming equipment. We will have to make arrangements to apply for licensing in New Jersey. The New Jersey Commission may require that persons holding in excess of five percent (5%) of the publicly traded equity securities of Kenilworth qualify under the Casino Control Act. Any beneficial holder of the voting securities owned may be required to file an application, be investigated, and have his qualifications determined if the CCC has reason to believe that such ownership may be inconsistent with the declared policies of the Casino Control Act.
Nevada
The manufacture and distribution of gaming devices in Nevada are subject to the Nevada Gaming Control Act (the “Nevada Act”), and to licensing and regulatory control by the State Gaming Control Board and various local, city and county regulatory agencies (collectively, the “Nevada Gaming Regulators”). The laws, regulations and supervisory procedures of the Nevada Gaming Regulators are based upon declarations of public policy which are concerned with, among other things, (i) the character of persons having any direct or indirect involvement with gaming, (ii) application of appropriate accounting practices and procedures, (iii) maintenance of internal fiscal affairs and the safeguarding of assets and revenues, (iv) record keeping and reporting to the Nevada Gaming Regulators, (v) fair operations of games, and (vi) the raising of revenues through taxation and licensing fees.
No publicly traded corporation is eligible to apply for, or hold gaming licenses in Nevada. A publicly traded corporation may be registered and found suitable to acquire or to hold an interest in a corporate subsidiary, which holds such gaming licenses. Before Kenilworth may do business in Nevada, it will have to register with the Nevada Gaming Regulators as a publicly traded holding company and found suitable to hold an interest in a licensed subsidiary. After an investigation is completed, licensing may take ninety (90) days or more. No proceeds from the public sale of securities by a registered holding company may be used to acquire, construct, operate, or finance gaming facilities in Nevada or to retire or extend obligations incurred for such purposes unless the public offering of those securities has been approved by the Nevada Gaming Regulators.
The Nevada Gaming Regulators may require any individual who has a material relationship with it to be investigated and licensed or found suitable. Any person who acquired five percent (5%) or more of
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Kenilworth’s securities must report the acquisition to the Nevada Gaming Regulators. Any person who becomes a beneficial owner of ten percent (10%) or more of Kenilworth’s securities must apply for a finding of suitability. The Nevada Regulators have the power to investigate any security holder of Kenilworth.
If Kenilworth registers as a publicly traded holding company, the Nevada Gaming Regulators would have the power, at any time, to require the Company’s stock certificates to bear a legend indicating that the stock is subject to the Nevada Gaming Control Act and the regulations of the Nevada Gaming Regulators. The Nevada Gaming Regulators, through the power to regulate licensees and otherwise under Nevada law, would have the power to impose additional restrictions on the holders of Kenilworth’s securities at any time.
Federal
The Federal Gambling Devices Act of 1962 (the “Federal Act”) makes it unlawful for a person to manufacture, deliver, or receive gaming machines, gaming machine type devices and components thereof across interstate lines unless that person has first registered with the Attorney General of the United States.
In addition, various record keeping and equipment identification requirements are imposed by the Federal Act. Violations of the Federal Act may result in seizure or forfeiture of equipment, as well as other penalties.
Other Regulations
The manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of slot machines is controlled by state and federal law, which may also apply to our Roulabette™ gaming terminals. Certain foreign countries permit the importation, sale, or operation of slot machines. Where importation is permitted, some countries prohibit or restrict the payout feature of the traditional slot machine or limit the operation of slot machines to a controlled number of casinos or casino-like locations. Certain of these jurisdictions also require the licensing of gaming devices. Our Roulabette™ terminals may be considered similar to slot machines and may have to meet these regulations.
FABRICATION/ASSEMBLY OPERATION
When we start to market the Roulabette™ Wagering System, of which there can be no assurances, we plan to engage sub-contractors to assemble/manufacture the terminals from standard or specially manufactured (to our specifications) electronic, TV, and other components purchased from vendors or manufactured by subcontractors.
EMPLOYEES
Kenilworth at present has five (5) full time employees. Four (4) perform administrative work and one (1) other works on research related to casino wagering and marketing around the world in addition to the officers that manage the affairs of the Company. The Company has engaged consultants to assist us in the Asian market and that may manage the proposed satellite transmission programs, and others that may assist in the marketing of Roulabette™ broadcasts throughout the industrialized world.
Kenilworth maintains medical insurance for its employees, who do not contribute to the costs of the Plan.
BACKLOG
We do not have any backlog.
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ITEM 2—PROPERTIES
Kenilworth leases two thousand (2,000) square feet in an office building paying ($2,500) per month rent pursuant to a three (3) year lease commenced in June 2003.
ITEM 3—LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Since emerging from Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Proceedings on September 23, 1998, Kenilworth has not been involved in any significant legal proceedings.
ITEM 4—SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not applicable
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The names, ages and positions held by each of Kenilworth’s directors and executive officers are as follows:
All of the above Executive Officers and Directors have been elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The Board presently anticipates that the next Shareholders Meeting will be held in the latter part of August 2005.
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ITEM 5— MARKET PRICES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
(a) Kenilworth emerged from Bankruptcy Proceedings in September of 1998, its Common Stock which had been trading on the NASDAQ National Market, resumed trading on the OTC Pink Sheets under the old trading symbol “KENS”. The following table sets forth high and low closing sales prices for our Common Stock, as reported on the OTC Pink Sheets.
(b) Holders. There were approximately eight thousand (8,000) holders of record of Common Stock of Kenilworth as of March 15, 2005.
(c) Dividends. Kenilworth has not paid any dividends on its Common Stock. We plan to apply any earnings it achieves to expansion of the business and does not expect to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.
(d) No underwriters were involved in the sale of the unregistered Convertible Promissory Notes. Exemption from registration is claimed under Section 4(2) of the SEC Act of 1933 as amended. The proceeds from the sale of all unregistered securities have all been used for working capital.
The Company issued 48,246,656 shares of its Restricted Common Stock since December 31, 2002. All of the shares may have the restrictions lifted pursuant to
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Rule 144 and Rule 144K within one (1) or two (2) years, which may substantially depress the trading price of the Company’s Stock in the future.
(e) Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes the equity compensation plans under which Kenilworth Systems Corporation common stock may be issued as of December 31, 2004.
ITEM 6—SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table summarizes certain selected financial data and is qualified by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere herein.
Selected Financial Data for the five (5) years ended December 31, 2004, are as Follows:
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
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ITEM 7— MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The discussion following should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
(A) RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Since we emerged from bankruptcy proceedings on September 28, 1998, we have had no revenues from operations, and therefore sustained losses from general administration expenses amounting to $1,860,296 in 2004, $768,229 in 2003 and $263,624 in 2002. Kenilworth has had no revenues from operations during the past thirteen (13) years and there can be no assurances that it will ever have revenues from present planned operations.
(B) LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Kenilworth has not conducted any business and operations since 1991. At December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 we had a deficiency in working capital of $219,659, $324, 911, and $208,512, respectively. In Kenilworth’s present state of operation to formulate a viable business plan, Kenilworth requires little funding to continue this planning. We have been dependant upon the resources of its President, who receives no compensation, and funds received from private investors, totaling $652,000 in 2004, $305,000 in 2003 and $122,500 in 2002. In addition the Company issued restricted Common Stock for services totaling $855,449 for 17,072,651 shares in 2004, $78,956 for 7,895,558 shares in 2003 and $159,195 for 14,648,275 shares in 2002.
Our present plans are to develop a wagering system titled “Roulabette™” that would allow patrons all over the industrialized world to view and wager on live casino table games on terminals placed in hotels, resorts, bars and other public gathering places and in homes and offices on personal computers (PC’s) or television sets connected to set top boxes for Interactive TV via digital satellite and digital cable broadcasts emanating from strictly regulated casinos. At present we do not have sufficient liquidity and capital resources to develop our business or to remain in business and we may never have such resources.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE “SAFE HARBOR” PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND RISK FACTORS
The information contained in this Form 10-K/A and Kenilworth’s other filings with the Securities Exchange Commission contain “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, and is subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Such information involves important risks and uncertainties.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this Annual Report on this Form 10-K/A contains statements that are forward-looking, including, but not limited to, statements relating to our business strategy and development activities as well as other capital spending, financing sources, the effects of regulation (including gaming and tax regulations), expectations concerning future operations, margins, profitability and competition. Any statements contained in this Form 10-K/A that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our lack of recent operating history, our dependence on Herbert Lindo, our Chairman and President who is nearly eighty (80) years old and existing
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management, general domestic or international economic conditions, pending or future legal proceedings, changes in federal or state tax laws or the administration of such laws, changes in gaming laws or regulations (including the legalization of gaming in certain jurisdictions), applications for licenses and approvals under applicable jurisdictional laws and regulations (including gaming laws and regulations). You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to us. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this 10-K/A report for the year ended December 31, 2004.
RISK FACTORS
NO OPERATING HISTORY
We have had no revenues from operations since 1991. We emerged from bankruptcy proceedings in 1998 without assets and liabilities. We have had no revenues from operations since then and we may never have any revenues from operations in the future, which may result in the termination of our business.
WE HAVE NO WORKING CAPITAL
As of December 31, 2004 the working capital deficiency of Kenilworth was $219,659. This will not enable Kenilworth to achieve any of its planned operations. There can be no assurances that Kenilworth will ever have sufficient working capital to engage in its planned operations. Although we have been able to obtain working capital from investors that purchase Convertible Promissory Notes and by issuing restricted Common Shares for services rendered.
OUR BUSINESS IS ONLY IN THE PLANNING STAGE
Kenilworth’s business presently is solely in the planning stage. We plan to engage in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of an operation entitled Roulabette™. Roulabette™ would allow casino patrons and other players to play along with live in-progress casino table games such as Roulette, Craps and Baccarat and more via digital satellite and digital cable television broadcasts (simulcasts) emanating from strictly regulated casinos located in the United States and other locations around the world, to self-sufficient computer terminals dubbed “Roulabette™” and digital satellite and cable TV set top boxes. The Roulabette™ terminal is a proposal intended to be built and there can be no assurances that it will ever be built. The microprocessors to be installed in the TV set top boxes have not been designed. We have as at December 31, 2004, no agreements, customers or proposals for any future business and there can be no assurances that we will ever have same.
WE NEED AT LEAST TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000)
In order to commence to develop the Roulabette™ terminal and the Roulabette™ broadcasts, we estimate at this time, that we will need at least approximately ten million dollars ($10,000,000). We do not have this money nor do we have any agreements or understanding to procure this money. We may never get this money. If we do obtain this money, it may not be sufficient. Further, should such monies be available it may not be available on terms satisfactory to Kenilworth or it may be available on such terms that substantially dilute the interest of existing shareholders. If we obtain this money, we will need substantial additional funds for the proposed marketing plan and there can be no assurances that such funds will ever be available to allow Kenilworth to engage in business on a profitable basis.
OUR BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN KEY PERSONNEL
At the present time, we do not have any employees who will be able to develop Roulabette™. It will be necessary for us to obtain personnel qualified and with the expertise to develop Roulabette™. We believe at this time we would require initially six (6) additional employees and several consultants. There can be no
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assurances of the availability of any such employees and consultants. The Company expects to outsource the development of Roulabette™ and the microprocessors for the TV set top boxes. No assurances can be given that the Company will be able to do this successfully.
WE ARE DEPENDANT UPON OUR PRESIDENT
Kenilworth has been dependant upon the services of its president Herbert Lindo who is seventy-nine (79) years old. Herbert Lindo has performed his services during the past thirteen (13) years without compensation. Should Kenilworth procure working capital, there can be no assurances that he will continue to work without receiving compensation. There also can be no assurances of Herbert Lindo’s continued availability. We believe without assurances that present management is capable to continue our present plans in the event that Herbert Lindo is not available.
RAPID CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY
The technology and Roulabette™ in general is subject to rapid change. Kenilworth will need to maintain an ongoing research and development effort of which there can be no assurances of success or availability of funds. Additionally, there can be no assurances that the development of technologies and products by competitors will not render the Kenilworth’s products or technologies non-competitive or obsolete.
WE ARE ENGAGED IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY
Our business is subject to significant competition. Competition exists from larger companies that possess substantially greater technical, financial, sales and marketing resources that Kenilworth presently possesses. Such competition is expected to increase. Such increased competition may have a material adverse effect on Kenilworth’s ability to successfully market its products.
WE WERE GRANTED A PATENT FOR THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SIMULCAST WAGERING
On June 10, 2003, the U.S. Patent for the various aspects of wagering on live in-progress casino table games, was granted by the U.S. Patent Office to Herbert Lindo, the Inventor and which Patent was assigned by Herbert Lindo to the Company in August 2000. We filed the Patent for approval in forty-nine (49) countries in the industrialized world including Russia and China. There can be no assurances that foreign patents will be issued and the challenges will not be instituted against the validity or enforceability of our patent. Herbert Lindo also filed two (2) Patents in the U.S. Patent Offices in September and October 2004 which Patents have been published to use lottery terminals to accept deposits for wagers placed with the TV set top boxes and the use of Play Cards similar to lottery tickets, which have also been assigned to the Company by Herbert Lindo.
OUR ROULABETTE™ TERMINALS ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN JURISDICTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS
The use of Roulabette™ may be subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations both in the United States and foreign countries. There can be no assurances that we will ever be able to obtain licenses or permits necessary to conduct our business or that we will be able to comply with these applicable laws and regulations.
The Roulabette™ system is planned to allow casino patrons and other players to play along with live, in- progress casino table games such as Roulette, Craps and Baccarat and more via digital satellite television and digital cable programming emanating from regulated casinos. There can be no assurances that casino operators will ever participate in Kenilworth’s business.
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OUR OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OVER US AND MAY APPROVE OR REJECT MATTERS CONTRARY TO A VOTE OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS
Our executive officers and directors together with their affiliates beneficially own a significant percentage of our outstanding common stock. These stockholders, if acting together, will be able to significantly influence all matters requiring approval by our stockholders including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or similar transactions even if the stockholders disagree.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE COULD CAUSE OUR STOCK PRICE TO FALL
If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the market price of our common stock could fall. As of March 15, 2005 we had 141,226,245 shares of Common Stock outstanding of which approximately 100,000,000 are eligible for sale by our Shareholders under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended or are otherwise registered for sale.
WE DO NOT INTEND TO PAY DIVIDENDS
We are not able to pay any dividends because we have no funds available to do so. Even if we had funds available, we do not intend or declare to pay any dividends on our common stock in the near future.
ITEM 8—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial statements, the accompanying notes are filed as part of this Report annexed at the end of this report. See ITEM 15.
ITEM 9—CHANGES AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None
ITEM 9A—CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
a.) Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management including the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer along with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer who is the President, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15 (e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems evaluation of controls can provide only reasonable assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. However, based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer along with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report at a reasonable assurance level.
b.) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the annual period ending December 31, 2004, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM 10 - DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Herbert Lindo has been President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Kenilworth since 1972. Since Kenilworth’s emergence from bankruptcy, he has also served as Chief Executive Officer until July 17, 2002 when Gino Scotto was elected to that office. Mr. Lindo devotes his full time to the business of Kenilworth.
Gino Scotto has been the financial officer of Scotto Brothers a national hospitality, restaurant and hotel owner/operator for the past 5 years. He recently resigned from Scotto Brothers, to devote more time to managing the affairs of the Company. He was elected a Director and Chief Executive Officer on July 17, 2002. Mr. Scotto devotes only part of his time to the business of Kenilworth.
Maureen Plovnick was elected the Corporate Secretary in August 2001 and a Director in October 2002. Mrs. Plovnick is a 1989 graduate of Fordham University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with minors in both Psychology and Sociology. Before joining the Company, Mrs. Plovnick was employed in her profession by Fortunoff and The Hyman Companies. Mrs. Plovnick devotes her full time to the business of Kenilworth.
Kit Y. Wong has served as a Director of Kenilworth since 1999. He is part owner and operator of several Chinese restaurants in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Wong devotes only a portion of his time to the business of Kenilworth.
Patrick J. McDevitt has been a licensed representative for Securities firms for the past five (5) years. He retired in 2003 from the Securities business and will, in the very near future, devote all of his time as a Vice President of Marketing for the Company. Mr. McDevitt devotes only a portion of his time to the business of Kenilworth at this time.
Joyce D. Clark has served as a Director of Kenilworth since 1998. Since 1991 she has served as controller of Long Island Wholesalers Inc., a wholesale door manufacturer. She is also the sister of Betty S. Svandrlik, the former Corporate Secretary, who is engaged in business as a medical transcriber. Joyce D. Clark is the ex-wife of Herbert Lindo, they divorced in 1980. Mrs. Clark devotes only a portion of her time to the business of Kenilworth.
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Andrew Hirko, Mr. Lindo’s grandson, joined the Company on February 1, 2004. He is a graduate from Stony Brook University and holds a B.S. in Economics. Mr. Hirko devotes his full time to the business of Kenilworth.
Christopher Jenkins is the stepson of Mr. Lindo. He joined the Company on February 1, 2004. He is a graduate with honors from Pratt Institute. He is continuing his studies for his Master’s Degree. Mr. Jenkins devotes his full time to the business of Kenilworth.
DIRECTORS IN OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
NONE
CRIMINAL/BANKRUPTCY/SEC VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE LAST FIVE (5) YEARS
NONE
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires Kenilworth’s Executive Officers and Directors, and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent (10%) of our Common Stock, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive Officers, Directors and greater than ten percent (10%) beneficial owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. The Company is presently reviewing the compliance for the foregoing.
AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CHARTER
The following Charter has been adopted with respect to an Audit Committee. We have not, however, at this time appointed an Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) shall have the responsibility to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its fiduciary and other obligations with respect to accounting and financial matters. Specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Audit Committee shall:
The Audit Committee will be comprised of at least three (3) Independent Directors.
1.) Review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal financial controls and accounting practices to achieve reliability and integrity in the Company’s financial statements, and initiate such examinations of such controls and practices as the Audit Committee deems advisable.
2.) Review the qualification, performance and independence of the Company’s independent auditors and recommend independent auditors for appointment annually by the Board of Directors.
3.) Prior to the commencement of the Company’s annual external audit, review with the Company’s independent auditors the scope of their audit function and estimated audit fees.
4.) Subsequent to the completion of the Company’s annual external audit, review the report and recommendations of the independent auditors with the independent auditors and the Company’s management.
5.) Review the annual and quarterly consolidated financial statements of the company and other financial disclosures of the Company and the accounting principles being applied in such statements and disclosures.
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6.) Review the authority and duties of the Company’s chief financial officer and chief accounting officer and the performance by each of them of their respective duties.
7.) Review the insurance programs for the Company including professional malpractice, general liability, director and officer liability and property insurance, and the insurers carrying the Company’s insurance.
8.) Oversee the establishment and thereafter periodically review a corporate code of conduct and the Company’s policies on ethical business practices.
9.) Prior to public release, review with management and the Independent Accountants, the financial results for the prior year including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K/A.
10.) Review the committee’s charter annually and revise as appropriate.
11.) Meet with the Chief Financial Officer and the Independent Accountants, in separate executive sessions, to discuss any matters that the committee or these groups believe should be considered privately.
12.) Take such other actions concerning the Company’s accounting and financial functions as the Committee deems appropriate with respect to the matters described above.
Code of Ethics
The Registrant has not yet adopted a written formal Code of Ethics. However, the Registrant’s Officers intend to comply with all honest and ethical requirements including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Registrant files with or submits to the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by the Registrant; compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations; prompt internal reporting of any violations of the foregoing to an appropriate person and accountability for adherence of the foregoing. A formal Code of Ethics is expected to be adopted shortly. It will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 11 — EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
a.) The following table sets forth the exercise of options and SARs during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.
Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises in Last Fiscal Year And FY-End Option/SAR Values
No options or SARs were granted or exercised during the year ended December 31, 2004.
b.) The Registrant has no employment agreements with any of its Executive Officers or Directors.
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c.) The Registrant has no compensation committee at this time.
d.) Stock Performance Graph is not applicable.
TOTAL RETURN TO SHAREHOLDER’S (DIVIDENDS REINVESTED MONTHLY)
Kenilworth has not declared a dividend since its inception in 1968.
e.) The following table sets forth the total compensation of the President and each Executive Officer of Kenilworth whose total salary and bonus exceeds $100,000.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Herbert Lindo received no compensation during the past four (4) years and no Executive Officer received any compensation in excess of $100,000 during the past three (3) fiscal years.
ITEM 12 — SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CETAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth as of March 15, 2005 the ownership with respect to each Executive Officer and Director and each person known to own beneficially more than five percent (5%) of the Company’s Common Stock.
The information provided in the table is based on Kenilworth’s records, information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and information provided to Kenilworth, except where otherwise noted.
The number of shares beneficially owned by each person, Director or Executive Officer is determined under rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual has the right to acquire as of May 31, 2005 (60 days after March 31, 2005) through the exercise of any stock option or other right. Unless otherwise indicated, each person has sole voting and investment power (or shares such powers with his spouse) with respect to the shares set forth in the following table.
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP TABLE
(1) At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 2003 the Shareholders approved the issuance of twenty million (20,000,000) restricted Common Shares of the Company to Herbert Lindo, the Inventor of U.S. Patent 6,575,834 B1 dated June 10, 2003 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ROULETTE AND OTHER GAME PLAY USING GAME TABLE AT A CASINO” for having assigned the Patent to Kenilworth. The twenty million (20,000,000) shares are listed as to be issued in this report on Form 10-K. The five million (5,000,000) shares grant pursuant to the Company’s Performance and Equity Incentive Plan have not been exercised. The delay of issuing the twenty million (20,000,000) shares is by Mr. Lindo’s request.
(2) At the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on December 1, 2004 at which all six (6) members of the Board of Directors were present, the Directors (with Herbert Lindo, the Chairman and President abstaining) unanimously voted to issue 25,000,000 shares of Restricted Common Stock to Herbert Lindo for having assigned in October 2003 to the Company, the Patent which is pending titled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUNDS TO A TERMINAL FOR REMOTE WAGERING” (lottery terminals). Upon Mr. Lindo’s request, the shares have not been issued, since all shares to be issued to Mr. Lindo may be issued immediately the Company considers the shares as beneficial ownership.
(3) Includes shares owned by the members of Mr. Gino Scotto’s family.
ITEM 13 — CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
NONE
ITEM 14 — PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The Company has appointed Demetrius & Company, LLC. as Independent Auditor’s for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004 and to restate the Company’s financials as A Development Stage Company as directed by the SEC. Representatives of Demetrius & Company, LLC. are expected to be present at the annual meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Fees Incurred by Kenilworth
Fees for professional services provided by the Company’s Independent Auditor, Demetrius & Company, LLC. are:
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Audit fees are for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements, the review of its quarterly financial statements and the restatements of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 as A Development Stage Company. No other services were provided by Demetrius & Company, LLC.
The Company has no Audit Committee.
ITEM 15—EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) (1) Financial Statements
(b) On July 12, 2002 Kenilworth filed an 8-K in which the Company reported the following event:
Herbert Lindo, Chairman and President of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (“Kenilworth”) since 1972, advised the Company’s Board of Directors that on June 26, 2002 the Sheriff of Nassau County (the “Sheriff”) sold at a purported Public Auction Sale (the “Sale”) 10,333,450 restricted common shares of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (the “Shares”) that he had owned and which represented control (14% of the outstanding shares) of Kenilworth, for one thousand dollars ($1,000) or $0.000095 per share. The Shares were sold to Tappan Zee Capital Corp. (“Tappan Zee”). On the date of the Sale the Shares had a market value of nine hundred thirty thousand ten dollars and fifty cents ($930,010.50). The Sheriff seized and sold the Shares on behalf of Tappan Zee, as a result of a claim by Tappan Zee in a disputed civil suit brought in the New York Supreme Court for $128,062. Tappan Zee was both the foreclosing party and the purchaser. Herbert Lindo owned Real Estate at the time valued in excess of $128,062 which the Sheriff could have seized instead of the Kenilworth Shares.
Kenilworth claims that the Sheriff’s Auction Sale was conducted in a fraudulent manner by (1) failing to comply with the rules and regulations set forth under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1933 and 1934, as amended (The “Acts”) the New York State Securities Laws, and (2) by failing to properly advertise the Sale, failing to notify any or all Kenilworth shareholder’s (numbering approximately 5,500), and (3) failing to register the Restricted Shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission before conducting the Sale or in the absence of registering the Shares, obtain a No-Action letter from the Commission permitting the Public Sale, and (4) by making an immediate distribution of the Restricted Shares, and (5) by concluding the auction sale despite only one (1) bidder that appeared and bid only one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all the shares when the market value of the 10,333,450 shares was nine hundred thirty thousand ten dollars and fifty cents ($930,010.50). He should have adjourned the auction and then advertise the auction sale in appropriate newspapers that quoted Kenilworth Systems Corporation
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shares which has traded since 1968 under the trading symbol “KENS” on organized exchanges NASDAQ and OTC, and (6) by failing to file required notices of 13 D-G as provided under the Acts. Tappan Zee and its Counsel and the Sheriff’s department were advised in court documents and correspondence that their acts violated Federal and State Securities Laws and of the existence of the Real Property, prior to the Sale. By the attorneys for Tappan Zee’s failure to seize the Real Property owned by Herbert Lindo raises the question of complicity to take control of Kenilworth instead of satisfying a disputed claim for $128,062.
Kenilworth or Herbert Lindo, as an individual will seek in Federal or State Courts to cancel the 10,333,450 shares, which were subject of the Sheriff Auctions Sale, and seek triple damages under RICO on behalf of the shareholders of Kenilworth, the damaged parties. Herbert Lindo and Kenilworth have not commenced any proceedings against the Sheriff’s Office of Nassau County and Tappan Zee and the attorney’s representations Tappan Zee since we believe that the Statue for Security Fraud does not expire until June 26, 2007 or possibly 2009.
At the this time, the Company does not wish to spend the substantial funds required to commence the action nor does Mr. Lindo have the time, at present, to assist in any law suit Kenilworth may institute on behalf of its Shareholders.
Kenilworth will distribute the proceeds, if any, from any settlement or court award to the Shareholders that owned Kenilworth Common Stock on or before June 26, 2002.
In June 2003, the Madison Bank of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania returned two million (2,000,000) of the wrong fully distributed shares by Tappan Zee for cancellation to American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, Kenilworth’s Stock Transfer Agents. Since the Madison Bank was complicent with Tappan Zee in the fraudulent seizure and auction of the shares, neither Herbert Lindo nor Kenilworth issued general releases to the Madison Bank, although the subsequent Madison Bank and Kenilworth Agreement provided for the releases. The Company was desirous of having the two million (2,000,000) shares returned, reducing the claim against the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department and for future free distribution to Kenilworth’s shareholders on record on June 26, 2002 which were not made aware by the Sheriff of the Auction Sale.
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ITEM 15—EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of
Directors and
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (a development stage company) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 and the period of September 23, 1998 (inception) to December 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The cumulative consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and changes in stockholders’ deficit for the period September 23, 1998 (inception) to December 31, 2001 were audited by other auditors, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for the period September 23, 1998 (inception) to December 31, 2001 is based solely on the reports of other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our opinion and the reports of other auditors, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Kenilworth Systems Corporation (a development stage company) as of the year ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 and for the period of September 23, 1998 (inception) to December 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred operating losses since its inception as a development stage company for the period beginning November 24, 1998, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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KENILWORTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES (A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED
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