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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-QSB


(Mark one)

 
[X]
Quarterly Report under Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 
For the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 2007


 
[   ]
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Commission File Number:  0-11914


CAPRIUS, INC.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
22-2457487
(I.R.S.  Employer
Identification No.)

One University Plaza, Suite 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

Issuer’s telephone number:  (201) 342-0900

N/A 

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

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

Indicate by a checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes __  No X

State the number of shares outstanding of issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date.

Class
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01
Outstanding at February 11, 2008
4,276,902 shares

 
 
CAPRIUS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX

Page No.

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
   
 
   
3
   
4
   
5
   
6
   
7
   
12
   
14
   
   
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
 
   
14
   
15
   
15
   
   
16
 
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CAPRIUS, INC.  AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 2007
(Unaudited)
 
ASSETS
     
       
Current Assets:
     
Cash   $ 3,840,690   
Accounts receivable, net
    849,672  
Inventories
    1,349,666  
Other current assets
    12,000  
Total current assets
    6,052,028  
         
Property and Equipment:
       
Office furniture and equipment
    285,794  
Leasehold improvements
    34,374  
      320,168  
Less:  accumulated depreciation
    208,971  
Property and equipment, net
    111,197  
         
Other Assets:
       
Goodwill
    285,010  
Other
    16,486  
Total other assets
    301,496  
Total Assets
  $ 6,464,721  
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
       
         
Current Liabilities:
       
Accounts payable
  $ 1,059,368  
Customer deposits
    52,016  
Accrued expenses
    92,071  
Accrued compensation
    232,230  
Total current liabilities
    1,435,685  
         
Long-term Liabilities:
       
 Dividends Payable
    83,458  
         
Total Liabilities
    1,519,143  
         
Stockholders’ Equity:
       
Preferred stock, $.01 par value
       
Authorized - 1,000,000 shares
       
Issued and outstanding - Series A, none; Series B, none, Series C, none
       
Series D, stated value $12.40, convertible, 194,933 shares
    2,417,200  
Series E, stated value $250, convertible, 10,000 shares
    2,500,000  
Series F, stated value $60, convertible, 78,334 shares
    4,700,040  
Common stock, $.01 par value
       
Authorized - 50,000,000 shares, issued  3,850,787 shares and outstanding 3,849,662 shares
    38,508  
Additional paid-in capital
    77,230,697  
Accumulated deficit
    (81,938,617 )
Treasury stock (1,125 common shares, at cost)
    (2,250 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    4,945,578  
 Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  $ 6,464,721  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CAPRIUS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
 
 
   
For the three months ended
 
   
December 31, 2007
   
December 31, 2006
 
             
Revenues:
           
Product sales
  $ 693,656     $ 470,293  
Consulting and royalty fees
    -       38,131  
Total revenues
    693,656       508,424  
                 
Operating Expenses:
               
Cost of product sales
    512,370       308,636  
Research and development
    69,201       91,083  
Selling, general and administrative (including stock-based compensation
of $ 67,988 and $44,262 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006)
    1,147,591       902,538  
Total operating expenses
    1,729,162       1,302,257  
                 
Operating loss
    (1,035,506 )     (793,833 )
                 
Interest income, net
    3,254       6,558  
      -          
Net loss
    (1,032,252 )     (787,275 )
                 
Dividends - Convertible Preferred Stock
    (83,458 )     -  
Deemed Dividend - Series F Convertible Preferred Stock
    (2,370,300 )     -  
                 
                 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
  $ (3,486,010 )   $ (787,275 )
                 
Net loss per basic and diluted common share
  $ (0.91 )   $ (0.23 )
                 
 
             
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
    3,849,662       3,464,716  
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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CAPRIUS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
 
   
Series D Convertible
   
Series E Convertible
   
Series F Convertible
                                           
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
   
Common Stock
               
Treasury Stock
       
                                                   
Additional
                     
Total
 
   
Number
         
Number
         
Number
         
Number
         
Paid-in
   
Accumulated
   
Number
         
Stockholders'
 
   
of Shares
   
Amount
   
of Shares
   
Amount
   
of Shares
   
Amount
   
of Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Deficit
   
of Shares
   
Amount
   
Equity
 
                                                                               
Balance, October 1, 2007
    194,933     $ 2,417,200       10,000     $ 2,500,000       -     $ -       3,850,787     $ 38,508     $ 77,451,648     $ (80,822,907 )     1,125     $ (2,250 )   $ 1,582,199  
                                                                                                         
Issuance of
Series F
Preferred Stock
(See Note 4)
                              78,334       4,700,040                       (288,939 )                             4,411,101  
 
Dividends ($0.67
per Series D
convertible
preferred stock,
$13.50 per
Series E
convertible
preferred stock
and $3.24
per Series F
convertible
preferred stock)
                                                                            (83,458                     (83,458
 
                                                                                                 
Stock-based Compensation
                                                                    67,988                               67,988  
                                                                                                         
Net loss
                                                                            (1,032,252 )                     (1,032,252 )
                                                                                                         
Balance, December 31, 2007
    194,933     $ 2,417,200       10,000     $ 2,500,000       78,334     $ 4,700,040       3,850,787     $ 38,508     $ 77,230,697     $ (81,938,617 )     1,125     $ (2,250 )   $ 4,945,578  
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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CAPRIUS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
   
For the three months ended
 
   
December 31, 2007
   
December 31, 2006
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
           
             
Net loss
  $ (1,032,252 )   $ (787,275 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
               
operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    30,342       32,388  
Stock-based compensation
    67,988       44,262  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (16,639 )     11,091  
Inventories
    (438,422 )     (180,016 )
Other assets
    64,678       -  
Accounts payable
    317,687       227,489  
Advances from customers
    (219,359 )     -  
Accrued expenses and compensation
    34,861       26,358  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (1,191,116 )     (625,703 )
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
               
                 
Acquisition of property and equipment
    (13,952 )     (14,913 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (13,952 )     (14,913 )
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
               
                 
Net proceeds from issuance of Series F Preferred Stock
    4,411,101       -  
                 
Net cash provided by  financing activities
    4,411,101       -  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    3,206,033       (640,616 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    634,657       1,068,954  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 3,840,690     $ 428,338  
                 
                 
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
               
                 
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ -     $ 5,338  
                 
Non Cash-Flow Items:
               
Conversion of 47,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock to common shares
  $ -     $ 582,800  
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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CAPRIUS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – THE COMPANY

Caprius, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) is engaged in the infectious medical waste disposal business. In December 2002, the Company acquired a majority interest in M.C.M. Environmental Technologies, Inc. (“MCM”) which developed, markets and sells the SteriMed and SteriMed Junior compact systems that simultaneously shred and disinfect Regulated Medical Waste.  The SteriMed Systems are sold and leased in both the domestic and international markets.

NOTE 2 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PLANS

The condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2007, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity for the three month period ended December 31, 2007 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, have been prepared by the Company without audit.  In the opinion of management, the information contained herein reflects all adjustments necessary to make the presentation of the Company’s condensed financial position, results of operations and cash flows not misleading.  All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not contain all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2007.

The Company has incurred substantial recurring losses.  In addition, the Company is a defendant in an action seeking damages in excess of $400,000.  Although management believes the Company has a meritorious defense in such lawsuit, an unfavorable outcome could have a materially adverse impact on our business.  The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the uncertainty of this litigation. The Company has available cash of approximately $3,840,690 at December 31, 2007.  In December 2007, the Company raised net proceeds of $4.4 million in a placement of Series F convertible preferred stock. These funds will be utilized to support the Company’s marketing efforts, obtain additional regulatory approvals both domestically and overseas as well as to provide for increased manufacturing. The net proceeds from this placement should fulfill the Company’s capital needs for the upcoming year, based upon its present business plan.

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Caprius, Inc. and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Revenue Recognition

The medical infectious waste business recognizes revenues from either the sale or rental of its SteriMed units.  Revenues for sales are recognized at the time that the unit is shipped to the customer.   Revenues for consulting and royalty fees are recognized as earned.

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Cash Equivalent

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be a cash equivalent.  As of December 31, 2007, the Company has no instruments that would be classified as a cash equivalent.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Loss Per Share

The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128, “Earnings Per Share”, which provides for the calculation of “basic” and “diluted” earnings (loss) per share.  Basic loss per share is computed by dividing loss available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur through the effect of common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants and convertible securities. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, potential issuable common shares amounted to 30,211,500 and 4,477,965 respectively, and have not been included in the computation of diluted loss per share since the effect would be antidilutive. The potential common shares issuable as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 are outlined below:
 
   
December 31, 2007
   
December 31, 2006
 
Options Outstanding
    1,903,175                      811,500                
Warrants Outstanding
    10,439,226                      1,659,146                
Series B Preferred Stock
    -                      57,989                
Series D Preferred Stock
    3,785,699                      1,949,330                
Series E Preferred Stock
    6,250,000                      -                
Series F Preferred Stock
    7,833,400                      -                
Total
    30,211,500                      4,477,965                
 
Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current year presentation.

NOTE 4 – EQUITY FINANCING

On December 6, 2007, the Company closed on a $4.7 million preferred stock equity financing before financing related fees and expenses of approximately $289,000.  As part of this financing transaction, the Company issued 78,334 shares of Series F convertible preferred stock at $60 a share.  Each share of the Series F preferred stock is convertible into 100 shares of common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution provisions, or an aggregate of 7,833,400 shares of common stock.  The Company also issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,133,360 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.80 per share for a period of five years.  The Company has determined that the preferred stock was issued with an effective beneficial conversion feature of approximately $2,370,000 based upon the relative fair values of the preferred stock and warrants using the Black Scholes valuation model.  As such, this beneficial conversion feature is recorded as a deemed preferred stock dividend.  The Company has also issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.85 per share for a period of five years as part of the placement fee, to a placement agent and its designees. Using the Black Scholes valuation model the Company has determined that the fair value of these warrants is $0.29 per share which equates to a fair
 
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value of approximately $117,000. The fair valuation of these warrants has been included in the Company’s additional paid-in-capital and has no impact on its statement of operations.

Pursuant to the 2006 preferred stock placement, the Company issued 241,933 shares of Series D preferred stock, whereby each share was initially convertible into ten shares of common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution provisions.  By reason of these anti-dilution provisions, after the Series F preferred stock placement, each non-converted share of Series D preferred stock of which there are 194,933, is convertible into 19.42 shares of common stock or an aggregate of 3,785,699 shares of common stock. Accordingly, upon the conversion of the remaining 194,933 shares of Series D preferred stock, the Company will issue an additional 1,836,369 shares of common stock.

Pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2005 Series C Preferred Stock placement, the Company has issued an additional 1,620,998 Series A warrants and 330,722 Series B warrants.  The original exercise price at the time of the placement for the Series A warrants was $5.80 and for the Series B warrants was $2.90.  In accordance with these provisions, the exercise price of both the newly issued and originally issued warrants is now $1.25 and $0.93 for the Series A and Series B warrants respectively.

NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

Stock Options

On December 4, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors granted options to three employees for the purchase of 50,000, 20,000 and 20,000 shares of its common stock. Such options have a term of 10 years, vesting after six months as to one-eighth of the options granted, and the balance vesting in equal monthly installments over the next forty-two months at an exercise price of $0.75 per share.  The fair value of these options of $0.32 was estimated as of the issue date using a Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: common stock based on a closing market price of $0.70 per share, exercise price of $0.75 per share, zero dividends, expected volatility of 59%, risk free interest rate of 3.35% and expected life of 4 years.  During the three months ended December 31, 2007 a former employee forfeited 34,375 options.  The Company recorded $67,988 and $44,262 of stock option compensation for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively and is included in the selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2007, the fair value of the unvested stock options amounted to $682,093 which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.54 years.

Transactions under the stock option plan during the three month period ended December 31, 2007 are summarized as follows:

 
Number of Options
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at October 1, 2007
1,847,550            
$0.86              
Granted
90,000            
$0.75              
Forfeited / Expired
(34,375)            
$0.80              
     
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
1,903,175            
$0.86              

The following table summarizes information concerning currently outstanding and exercisable stock options:

     
Outstanding Options
   
Exercisable Options
 
           
Weighted-
                               
     
Number
   
Average
   
Weighted-
   
Intrinsic
   
Number
   
Weighted-
   
Intrinsic
 
Range of
   
Outstanding at
   
Remaining
   
Average
   
Value
   
Exercisable at
   
Average
   
Value
 
Exercise
   
December 31,
   
Contractual
   
Exercise
         
December 31,
   
Exercise
       
Prices
   
2007
   
Life (years)
   
Price
         
2007
   
Price
       
                                             
$0.52 – 0.80
      1,335,625       8.49     $ 0.62     $ 80,138       419,131     $ 0.63     $ 20,957  
1.10
 
    458,000       8.08       1.10       0       219,428       1.10       0  
 
 
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1.75
      30,000       3.58       1.75       0       30,000       1.75       0  
3.00 – 5.00
      79,550       3.72       3.24       0       79,550       3.24       0  
                                                           
$0.52 - $5.00
      1,903,175       8.11     $ 0.86     $ 80,138       748,109     $ 1.09     $ 20,957  

The intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the market value of the Company’s common stock at December 31, 2007, which was $0.68 per share and the exercise price of the options

Warrants

As part of the December 2007 preferred stock equity financing, the Company issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,133,360 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.80 per share for a period of five years.  The Company has also issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.85 per share for a period of five years as part of the placement fee, to a placement agent.  All warrants associated with this transaction are for a period of five years, and expire in December 2012.
 
Pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2005 Series C Preferred Stock placement, after the close of the Series F placement, the Company has issued an additional 518,439 Series A warrants and 79,522 Series B warrants.  In accordance with these provisions, the exercise price of both the newly issued and previously issued warrants was modified to $1.25 and $0.93 for the Series A and Series B respectively. There was no accounting effect of this transaction to the financial statements.

 
Warrants issued are as follows:
 
   
Number of
Warrants
   
Warrants Exercise Price
Per Share
   
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Per Share
 
                   
Balance October 1, 2007
    6,307,905     $ 0.50 - $5.60     $ 1.07  
Granted
    4,131,321     $ 0.80 - $1.25     $ 0.86  
Balance, December 31, 2007
    10,439,226     $ 0.50 - $5.60     $ 0.92  

NOTE 6 – ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY

For the three months ended December 31, 2007, product sales from two customers was approximately $422,000 and $78,000, respectively which represented approximately 61% and 11% of total revenues.   At December 31, 2007, accounts receivable for these two customers was $0 and $78,000, respectively.

For the three months ended December 31, 2006, product sales from one customer was approximately $342,000 which represented approximately 67% of total revenues.

NOTE  7 – INCOME TAXES

Effective October 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more than likely than not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. Differences between tax positions taken and or expected to be taken in a tax return and the benefit recognized and measured pursuant to the interpretation are referred to as “unrecognized benefits”.  A
 
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liability is recognized (or amount of net operating loss carry forward or amount of tax refundable is reduced) for an unrecognized tax benefit because it represents an enterprise’s potential future obligation to the taxing authority for a tax position that was not recognized as a result of applying provisions of FIN 48.

In accordance with FIN 48, interest costs related to unrecognized tax benefits are required to be calculated (if applicable) and would be classified within “Interest income, net” in the consolidated statements of operations. Penalties would be recognized as a component of “Selling, general and administrative expenses”. No interest and penalties were recorded during the three months ended December 31, 2007.

The Company files income tax returns in the United States (federal) and in various states and local jurisdictions. In most instances, the Company is no longer subject to federal, state and local income tax examination by tax authorities for the years prior to 2003.

The adoption of the provision of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations. As of December 31, 2007, no liability for unrecognized tax benefits was required to be recorded.
 
The Company’s utilization of the NOL carryforwards is subject to an annual limitation due to ownership changes that have occurred previously or that could occur in the future as provided in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as well as similar state and foreign provisions.  In general, an ownership change, as defined by Section 382, results from transactions increasing the ownership of certain stockholders or public group in the stock of a corporation by more than fifty percentage points over a three-year period. Since its formation, the Company has raised capital through the issuance of capital stock and various convertible instruments which combined with the purchasing shareholders’ subsequent disposition of these shares, has resulted in an ownership change, as defined by Section 382, and also could result in an ownership change in the future upon subsequent disposition.

This annual limitation is determined by first multiplying the value of the Company’s stock at the time of ownership change by the applicable long-term tax exempt rate, and could then be subject to additional adjustments, as required. Any limitation may result in expiration of a portion of the NOL carryforwards before utilization.  The Company estimated that a substantial majority of the NOL’s are subject to limitations due to the change in ownership provisions under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.  After giving effect to such changes, the Company estimates that its NOLS available to offset future taxable income, if any, amount to approximately $3.5 million.  Effective October 1, 2007, the Company reduced the carrying amount of its net deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance from approximately $14.3 million to $1.2 million for the tax effect of reducing its NOLS from approximately $41.5 million to $3.5 million.

A valuation allowance will be maintained until sufficient positive evidence exists to support the reversal of any portion or all of the valuation allowance net of appropriate reserves. Should the Company continue to be profitable in the future periods with supportable trends, the valuation allowance will be reduced accordingly.

NOTE  8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company entered into a new lease for its corporate offices in Hackensack, New Jersey expiring on September 30, 2011.  Under the terms of this agreement, the Company
 
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leases 4,177 square feet at a base monthly rental of approximately $7,500 plus certain escalation charges as defined, under the lease.
 
Future minimum rental payments under the above operating lease are as follows:

For the Year Ending September 30,
      Amount

Nine months ending September 30, 2008
    70,487           
2009
    96,071           
2010
    98,160           
2011
    100,248           
    $ 364,966           

In Israel, the Company leases 2,300 square feet of industrial space at a monthly rent of approximately $1,000 and such lease expires on March 31, 2008. This lease agreement is renewable annually thereafter. In addition, the Company has leased approximately 2,000 square feet of warehouse space in Brighton, MI commencing February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009 at a monthly rent of $2,000.
 

NOTE 9– LITIGATION

In May 2006, Andre Sassoon and Andre Sassoon International, Inc. (the “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint against Caprius Inc., MCM Environmental Technologies, and George Aaron, (collectively, the “Company Defendants”) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, claiming that the Defendants had breached an agreement entered into as part of the December 2002 MCM acquisition to pay $400,000 as settlement of a note previously issued by MCM.  The complaint also names all persons who were stockholders of MCM at the time of Caprius’ original investment in MCM in December 2002.  In June 2006, the Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint to include additional counts, alleging certain misrepresentations by the Company Defendants related to the agreement with the Plaintiffs.  The Plaintiffs are seeking damages in excess of $400,000 or the stock interest of the MCM stockholders at the time of Caprius’ acquisition.  Discovery has been undertaken, and the final depositions are scheduled for February 2008.  Based upon the review of the amended complaint, the Company continues to believe the Plaintiffs’ claims have no merit, and the Company Defendants will vigorously defend this action.  Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any accrual for this litigation as of December 31, 2007.
 
NOTE 10– SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On January 16, 2008, a holder of Series D Preferred Stock converted 22,000 such shares into 427,240 shares of Common Stock.  The conversion was exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended by reason of Section 3 (a) (9) thereof.
 
Item 2:  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations

Forward Looking Statements

The Company is including the following cautionary statement in this Quarterly Report of Form 10-QSB to make applicable and take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company.  Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts.  Certain statements contained herein are forward-looking statements and accordingly involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.  Our expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good faith and are believed by us to have a reasonable basis, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties, but there can be no assurance that management’s expectation, beliefs or projections will result or be achieved or accomplished.  In addition to other factors and matters discussed elsewhere herein, the following are important
 
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factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements: technological advances by our competitors, changes in health care reform, including reimbursement programs, changes to regulatory requirements relating to environmental approvals for the treatment of infectious medical waste, capital needs to fund any delays or extensions of development programs, delays in the manufacture of  new and existing products by us or third party contractors, market acceptance of our products, the loss of any key employees, delays in obtaining federal, state or local regulatory clearance for new installations and operations, changes in governmental regulations, the location of the MCM business in Israel, and availability of capital on terms satisfactory to us.  We are also subject to numerous Risk Factors relating to manufacturing, regulatory, financial resources and personnel as described in the Company’s Form S-1 (File No. 333-148792) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on January 22, 2008.  We disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

Results of Operations

As more fully described in the Form 10-KSB for fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, our business operation is classified as medical infectious waste business.
 
Three Months Ended  December 31, 2007 Compared to Three Months Ended  December 31, 2006

Revenues generated from MCM product sales totaled $693,656 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $470,293 for the three months ended December 31, 2006.  This increase in sales is attributed to the Company’s expanded penetration into several markets that the Company has been developing for its products, and the greater acceptance of our technology in the marketplace.
 
 Consulting and royalty fees from the TDM Business which was sold in 2002 to Seradyn, Inc.( as a condition of the sale, we entered into a consulting and royalty agreement), totaled $0 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $38,131 for the three months ended December 31, 2006. This decrease is due to the termination of the royalty agreement by the Company in the 3rd quarter of fiscal 2007.
 
Cost of product sales amounted to $512,370 or 73.9% of total related revenues versus $308,636 or 65.6% of total related revenues for the three month periods ended December 31, 2006. We have not advanced to a level of sales for us to fully absorb the fixed costs related to our revenues.  The increased percentage cost is due to the sales product mix.
 
Research and development expense decreased to $69,201 versus $91,083 for the three month period ended December 31, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006.  This decrease is due primarily to the completion of the development work necessary for the ramp up of production of the Sterimed and Sterimed Junior.

Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $1,147,591 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 versus $902,538 for the three months ended December 31, 2006. This increase is principally due to increased personnel costs (hiring of additional employees and related benefit costs), as well as the related increase in travel, marketing expenses and participation in trade shows in order to facilitate the development of additional sales markets both domestically and internationally.

Interest income, net totaled $ 3,254 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 versus $6,558 for the three months ended December 31, 2006.

The net loss amounted to $1,032,252 and $787,275 for the three month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At December 31, 2007, the Company’s cash position was $3,840,690.
 
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Net cash used in operations for the three months ended December 31, 2007 amounted to $1,191,116.  Net cash used in investing activities amounted to $13,952. Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $4,411,101.
 
The Company has incurred substantial recurring losses.  In addition, the Company is a defendant in an action seeking damages in excess of $400,000.  Although management believes the Company has a meritorious defense against such a lawsuit, an unfavorable outcome of such action could have a materially adverse impact on our business.  The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the uncertainty of this litigation.  In December 2007, the Company raised net proceeds of $4.4 million in a placement of Series F convertible preferred stock, the details of which are outlined below. These funds will be utilized to support the Company’s marketing efforts, obtain additional regulatory approvals both domestically and overseas as well as to provide for increased manufacturing. The net proceeds from this placement should fulfill the Company’s capital needs for the upcoming year, based upon its present business plan.

On December 6, 2007, the Company closed on a $4.7 million Series F Preferred Stock equity financing before financing related fees and expenses of approximately $289,000.  This placement consisted of 78,334 shares of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock at $60 a share.  Each share of the Series F Preferred Stock is convertible into 100 shares of common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution provisions, or an aggregate of 7,833,400 shares of common stock.  The holders of the Series F Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a cash dividend at a per share rate equal to $3.24 per annum.  The liquidation and dividend rights of the holders of the Series F Preferred Stock rank pari passu with those of the holders of the Series E and Series D Preferred Stock.
 
Item 3.  Controls and Procedures

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 (c) and 15d-14 (c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of December 31, 2007, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are  effective to ensure that material information relating to us and our consolidated subsidiaries are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report has been prepared.

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that there were no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls for the quarter ended December 31, 2007, the date of their most recent evaluation of such controls, and that there were no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls.

PART II:  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

In May 2006, Andre Sassoon and Andre Sassoon International, Inc. (the “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint against Caprius Inc., MCM Environmental Technologies, and George Aaron, (collectively, the “Company Defendants”) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, claiming that the Defendants had breached an agreement entered into as part of the December 2002 MCM acquisition to pay $400,000 as settlement of a note previously issued by MCM.  The complaint also names all persons who were stockholders of MCM at the time of Caprius’ original investment in MCM in December 2002.  In June 2006, the Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint to include additional counts, alleging certain misrepresentations by the Company Defendants related to the agreement with the Plaintiffs.  The Plaintiffs are seeking damages in excess of $400,000 or the stock interest of the MCM stockholders at the time of Caprius’ acquisition.  Discovery has been undertaken, and the final depositions are scheduled for February 2008.  Based upon the review of the amended complaint, the Company continues to believe the Plaintiffs’ claims have no merit, and the Company Defendants will vigorously defend this action.  Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any accrual for this litigation as of December 31, 2007.
 
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Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Reference is made to the Form 8-K filed on December 10, 2007 to report the issuance of an aggregate of 78,334 shares of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock and associated warrants to purchase shares of common stock.
 
Item 6.  Exhibits

 
(a)
Exhibits
 
   
31.1*
   
31.2*
   
32*
   
* Filed herewith
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


 
Caprius, Inc.
(Registrant)
   
   
   
Date:  February 12, 2008
/s/ Dwight Morgan
 
Dwight Morgan
President & Chief Executive Officer
   
   
   
Date:  February 12, 2008
/s/ Jonathan Joels
 
Jonathan Joels
Chief Financial Officer
 
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