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WV JOBS INVESTMENT TRUST BOARD ANNUAL INVESTMENT ANALYSES JUNE 30,2015 Message from WVllT Executive Director To our WVJIT Board of Directors and State Legislators: Since our inception in 1992, the WVJIT has played an instrumental role in our state's economic development. WVJIT was created to develop, promote and expand our state's economy by direct investment in West Virginia's enterprises to create jobs, sustain growth, and provide new opportunities. Our investments touch major sectors within this state's economy such as manufacturing and energy, yet we have also been able to invest in emerging sectors that will play a role for our state's future growth such as healthcare, biotechnology, software, and engineering. As of 2015, WVJIT has invested a little over $11 million dollars across 21 companies in a broad array of sectors. Total equity investment and loans provided are $6.3 million dollars and $4.7 million dollars, respectively. A total of 514 full-time equivalent jobs have been created, which equates to $21,276 of WVJIT investment for each full time equivalent job created. This is less compared to a study, which reflected that for every $30,668 of private venture capital invested between 1970 through 2005, there was one job in the year 2010. Though the national government provides subsidies, which are a direct cost to the taxpayer, directly to corporations with the intention of creating demand for workers for low salary jobs, venture capital investment not only provided a substantial monetary return, but also sustainable high salary grade job creation. In January 2012, the State of West Virginia received the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding to give the state's small businesses access to new capital. This new funding has given West Virginia enterprises access to $13.1 million dollars, all of which is administered through the West Virginia Capital Access Program (WVCAP). We have had the pleasure to partner up with many of our fellow state economic developers, to provide capital to small enterprises across West Virginia and create jobs. To date, the WVCAP has had success in attaining the objective of having retained 444 jobs and create 584 projected new jobs. WVCAP has been so successful that it is currently the 2nd highest achieving SSBCI initiative program in the nation and achieved a clean audit from the Office of Inspector General. While we are aware of the challenges that lay ahead, I could not be more proud of our accomplishments this past year and could not be more optimistic for our state's economic future. On behalf of the WVJIT staff, I thank you for your assistance and continuous support in us to fulfill our economic and entrepreneurial mission to this great state. Yours Truly, e.. w.-~ C. Andrew Zulauf WV .JOBS INVESTMENT TRUST HOAI{I> ANNUAL INVESTMENT ANALYSES .JliN E 30, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Aither Chemicals, LLC ......................................................................................................1 American Benefit Corporation .............................................................................................2 ABC Holding Company ...................................................................................................3 Berkeley Springs Instruments, LLC ......................................................................................4 CampaignR, LLC ...........................................................................................................5 Crosscutting Concepts, LLC ............................................................................................6 Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC .....................................................................................7 Greenbrier Technical Services, Inc.................................................................................... 8 Liberty Hydro, Inc ........................................................................................................9 MATRIC, Inc .............................................................................................................10 Mighty Tykes, LLC ...................................................................................................... 11 Mountaineer Trout Farm, LLC .......................................................................................12 PolyPlexx, LLC .......................................................................................................... 13 Protea Biosciences, Inc................................................................................................... 14 Spectrum Radio Group, LLC ....................................................................................... 15 Troy, LLC ...............................................................................................................16 US Glass, Inc............................................................................................................... 17 Vandalia Research, Inc................................................................................................. 18 Vested Health, Inc .......................................................................................................19 WV Potato Chip, LLC ................................................................................................20 WV Therapy Services, LLC ..........................................................................................21 Methodology of Current Evaluation of the Investment Factors that may be considered in the evaluation of investments in equity and debt securities of startup companies and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available are: • the amount that might reasonably be expected to be received upon current sale of the securities; • the fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; • the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the securities; • an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which these securities are purchased and sold; • type of security; • cost at date of purchase; • size of holding; • discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; • financial statements; • special reports prepared by analysts; • information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the security; • existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the securities; • price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; • the nature of the business and history of the enterprise from its inception; • the general economic outlook and the condition of and outlook for the specific ) industry; • an evaluation of the securities and economic condition ofthe portfolio company; • the portfolio company's capacity for earnings; • the portfolio company's market position; • competition; • the portfolio company's goodwill and other intangible values; • recent sales of securities by the portfolio company; • market prices of publicly traded securities of corporations of comparable size and earnings in the, or similar lines of, business; • likelihood of exercise of conversion privileges of convertible securities; • actual performance compared to expected performance; and • other relevant matters . The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Audit and Accounting Guide, Audits of Investment Companies, requires venture capital companies to record their investment portfolios at quoted market prices or, in the absence of quoted prices, at amounts representing estimates of fair value using methods determined in good faith by the board of directors or general partner. Financial Accounting Standards Board (F ASB) Statement No. 114, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan, excludes all companies that record investments at fair value, in accordance with specialized practice, from the requirements to report loan loss contingencies. ln any event, the F ASB requires that loan loss provisions be accrued only when it is probable that an asset has been impaired and that the amount of the loss be reasonably estimable. The AICPA Investment Companies Special Committee states in its report, Accounting for Venture Capital Investment Companies, that "Startup companies generally do not have a record of earnings or operating information. Startup and other early-stage companies generally report losses in the early years, and portfolio companies seeking second-stage financing may not yet be showing profits. An operating loss reported by a portfolio company does not necessarily mean that the venture capital investment company should reduce the carrying amount of its investment. In determining value, the board of directors should also consider such factors as the cost of the investment, actual performance compared to expected performance, and earning potential." The Investment Companies Special Committee believes that· investments in startup companies should be presented at value. Value is usually assumed to be the same as cost during the early stages of such investments unless there is persuasive evidence of a quantifiable increase or decrease in the value of the investment based on consideration of such factors as those discussed above. WV .JOBS INVESTMENT TRUST BOARD ANNUAL INVESTMENT ANALYSES .Jll N E 30, 2015 Snapshot: Company: Aither Chemicals, LLC • Website: aitherchem.com Location: South Charleston, WV Total Employees: FT/0; PT/0 WV Employees: FT/0; PT/0 WV JIT Investment: $0 WVJIT Ownership: 17.50% Subject to GASB62: NO Background The genesis