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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
x    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008
 
OR
 
¨    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Commission File No. 0-30351
 
DEEP DOWN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
 
75-2263732
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
15473 East Freeway Channelview,Texas
 
77530
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 862-2201
 
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, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes  x No  ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer   ¨
Accelerated filer       ¨
 
     
Non-accelerated filer        ¨ (Do not check is smaller reporting  company)
Smaller reporting company  x
 
                                                                                                                 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes ¨ No  x
 
At August 14, 2008, there were 177,350,630 shares of common stock outstanding.




 
 
 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FORM 10-Q

Unless otherwise indicated, references to “we,” “us,” and “our” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer collectively to Deep Down, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Deep Down, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Deep Down Nevada” or “Deep Down” or the “Company”) is the parent company to its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Deep Down, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Deep Down Delaware”), ElectroWave USA, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ElectroWave”), Mako Technologies, LLC (“Mako”), a Nevada limited liability company and Flotation Technologies, Inc. (“Flotation”), a Maine corporation.

Readers should consider the following information as they review this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
 
Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), 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 (the “Exchange Act”).  All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements include any statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events, performance or achievements.  The forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “could,” “estimate” or “anticipate” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties.

Given the risks and uncertainties relating to forward-looking statements, investors should not place undue reliance on such statements.  Forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are not guarantees of future performance.  Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, such expectations may prove to have been incorrect.  All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

Subsequent Events

All statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the forward-looking statements discussed above, are made as of August 15, 2008, unless those statements are expressly made as of another date.  We disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy of any information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the extent such information is affected or impacted by events, circumstances or developments occurring after August 15, 2008 or by the passage of time after such date.  Except to the extent required by applicable securities laws, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertakings to release publicly any updates or revisions to any statement or information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the forward-looking statements discussed above, to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement or information is based.

Document Summaries

Descriptions of documents and agreements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are provided in summary form only, and such summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual documents and agreements filed as exhibits to our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 3), other periodic reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or this Form 10-Q.

Access to Filings

Access to our Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q or Form 10-QSB and Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, filed with or furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act, as well as reports filed electronically pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, may be obtained through our website (http://www.deepdowninc.com ).  Our website provides a hyperlink to a third-party website where these reports may be viewed and printed at no cost as soon as reasonably practicable after we have electronically filed such material with the SEC.  The contents of our website are not, and shall not be deemed to be, incorporated into this report.

 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Page No.
     
Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
 
Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets - June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007
4
 
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations - For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 and 2007
5
 
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity - For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
6
 
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 and 2007
7
 
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
9
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
21
Item 4T.
Controls and Procedures
27
   
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
   
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
27
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
28
Item 5.
Other Information
28
Item 6.
Exhibits
29
     
Signatures
 
31
Exhibit Index
32
 
 
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
DEEP DOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
 
   
June 30,
2008
   
December 31, 2007
 
ASSETS
           
Cash and equivalents
  $ 4,085,543     $ 2,206,220  
Restricted cash
    -       375,000  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $818,992 and $139,787 respectively
    8,614,961       7,190,466  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    710,213       312,058  
Inventory
    179,343       502,253  
Lease receivable, short-term
    414,000       414,000  
Work in progress
    681,790       945,612  
Receivable from Prospect, net
    -       2,687,333  
Total current assets
    14,685,850       14,632,942  
Property and equipment, net
    10,651,053       5,172,804  
Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of $0 and $54,560 respectively
    550,819       1,109,152  
Lease receivable, long-term
    500       173,000  
Intangibles, net
    18,745,713       4,369,647  
Goodwill
    13,001,556       10,594,144  
Total assets
  $ 57,635,491     $ 36,051,689  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 3,070,105     $ 3,569,826  
Deferred revenue
    725,521       188,030  
Payable to Mako shareholders
    -       3,205,667  
Current portion of long-term debt
    47,477       995,177  
Total current liabilities
    3,843,103       7,958,700  
Long-term debt, net of accumulated discount of $0 and $1,703,258 respectively
    919,381       10,698,818  
Series E redeemable exchangeable preferred stock, par value $0.01, face value and liquidation
               
preference of $1,000 per share, no dividend preference, authorized 10,000,000 aggregate shares
of all series of preferred stock, -0- and 500 issued and outstanding, respectively
    -       386,411  
Total liabilities
    4,762,484       19,043,929  
Temporary equity:
               
Series D redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.01 par value, face value and
               
liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, no dividend preference, authorized 10,000,000 aggregate shares
of all series of preferred stock, -0- and 5,000 issued and outstanding, respectively
    -       4,419,244  
Total temporary equity
    -       4,419,244  
Stockholders' equity:
               
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 490,000,000 shares authorized, 174,732,501
               
and 85,976,526 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
    174,733       85,977  
Paid-in capital
    60,000,402       14,849,847  
Accumulated deficit
    (7,302,128 )     (2,347,308 )
Total stockholders' equity
    52,873,007       12,588,516  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 57,635,491     $ 36,051,689  
                 
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 

 
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DEEP DOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
 
   
For the Three Months Ended
   
For the Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
 
   
 
             
Revenues
                           
Contract revenue
  $ 5,670,385     $ 4,508,635     $ 11,007,914     $ 6,110,916  
Rental revenue
    2,249,811       636,153       3,191,747       1,132,266  
Total revenues
    7,920,196       5,144,788       14,199,661       7,243,182  
Cost of sales
    5,496,427       3,293,313       9,372,798       4,545,402  
Gross profit
    2,423,769       1,851,475       4,826,863       2,697,780  
Operating expenses:
                               
Selling, general & administrative
    3,681,643       1,103,902       5,443,890       1,763,622  
Depreciation and amortization
    543,128       90,196       841,277       154,221  
Total operating expenses
    4,224,771       1,194,098       6,285,167       1,917,843  
Operating income (loss)
    (1,801,002 )     657,377       (1,458,304 )     779,937  
Other income (expense):
                               
Gain (loss) on debt extinguishment
    (446,412 )     2,000,000       (446,412 )     2,000,000  
Interest income
    27,346       16,290       66,510       16,290  
Interest expense
    (2,690,534 )     (1,276,770 )     (3,459,564 )     (1,508,657 )
Other expense
    (39,771 )     -       (11,416 )     -  
Total other income (expense)
    (3,149,371 )     739,520       (3,850,882 )     507,633  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (4,950,373 )     1,396,897       (5,309,186 )     1,287,570  
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes
    85,000       (447,363 )     354,366       (447,363 )
Net income (loss)
  $ (4,865,373 )   $ 949,534     $ (4,954,820 )   $ 840,207  
Earnings per share:
                               
Basic
  $ (0.04 )   $ 0.01     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.01  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
    132,666,860       67,870,171       109,326,053       74,417,132  
                                 
Diluted
  $ (0.04 )   $ 0.01     $ (0.05 )   $ 0.01  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
    132,666,860       93,799,839       109,326,053       100,315,405  
                                 
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 

 
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DEEP DOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)
 
   
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
 
   
Common Stock
   
Paid-in
   
Accumulated
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Deficit
   
Total
 
                               
Balance at December 31, 2007
    85,976,532     $ 85,977     $ 14,849,847     $ (2,347,308 )   $ 12,588,516  
                                         
Net loss
    -       -       -       (4,954,820 )     (4,954,820 )
Exchange of Series D preferred stock
    25,866,518       25,867       4,393,377               4,419,244  
Stock issued for acquisition of Mako
    2,802,969       2,803       1,959,275               1,962,078  
Stock issued for acquisition of Flotation
    1,714,286       1,714       1,421,143               1,422,857  
Warrants issued for acquisition of Flotation
            -       121,793               121,793  
Restricted stock issued
    1,200,000       1,200       (1,200 )             -  
Stock issued in private placement
    57,142,857       57,143       37,002,527               37,059,670  
Cashless exercise of stock options
    29,339       29       (29 )             -  
Stock based compensation
    -       -       253,669               253,669  
Balance at June 30, 2008
    174,732,501     $ 174,733     $ 60,000,402     $ (7,302,128 )   $ 52,873,007  
                                         
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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DEEP DOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
(Unaudited)
 
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
             
Net loss
  $ (4,954,820 )   $ 840,208  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
               
used in operating activities:
               
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    -       (2,000,000 )
Interest income
    (30,467 )     (16,290 )
Amortization of debt discount
    1,816,847       1,391,506  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    762,700       -  
Share-based compensation
    253,669       39,565  
Bad debt expense
    832,328       -  
Depreciation and amortization
    898,998       154,221  
Loss on disposal of equipment
    9,136       -  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
      Lease receivable
    -       (750,000 )
      Accounts receivable
    (254,958 )     (531,356 )
      Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    (586,618 )     1,655  
      Inventory
    (179,343 )     (472,253 )
      Work in progress
    1,135,005       (119,552 )
      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (1,601,586 )     1,808,987  
      Deferred revenue
    537,491       80,628  
       Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ (1,361,618 )   $ 427,319  
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Cash paid for acquisition of Flotation
    (22,116,140 )     -  
Cash paid for acquisition of Mako
    (1,319,967 )     -  
Cash paid for third party debt
    -       (432,475 )
Cash received from sale of ElectroWave receivables
    -       261,068  
Cash deficit acquired an acquisition of a business
    -       (18,974 )
Purchases of equipment
    (687,060 )     (442,788 )
Restricted cash
    375,000       -  
       Net cash used in investing activities
  $ (23,748,167 )   $ (633,169 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Payment for cancellation of common stock
    -       (250,000 )
Redemption of preferred stock
    -       (250,000 )
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of expenses
    37,059,670       960,000  
Proceeds from long term debt
    2,687,333       -  
Proceeds from sales-type lease
    172,500       69,000  
Borrowings on debt - related party
    -       150,000  
Payments of long-term debt
    (12,930,395 )     (222,307 )
       Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  $ 26,989,108     $ 456,693  
Change in cash and equivalents
    1,879,323       250,843  
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period
    2,206,220       12,462  
Cash and equivalents, end of period
  $ 4,085,543     $ 263,305  
                 
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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DEEP DOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
(Unaudited)
 
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing
           
   and financing activities:
           
Acquisition of a business
  $ -     $ (190,381 )
Exchange of receivables for acquisition of a business
  $ -     $ 171,407  
Warrants issued for acquisition of Flotation
  $ 121,793     $ -  
Stock issued for acquisition of Flotation
  $ 1,422,857     $ -  
Stock issued for acquisition of Mako
  $ 1,962,078     $ -  
Fixed assets purchased with capital lease
  $ -     $ 525,000  
Fixed assets transferred from Inventory
  $ 502,253     $ -  
Exchange of Series D preferred stock
  $ 4,419,244          
Exchange of Series E preferred stock
  $ -     $ 3,366,778  
Redemption of Series E preferred stock
  $ -     $ 2,000,000  
Exchange of Series E preferred stock for subordinated debenture
  $ 500,000     $ -  
Common shares issued as restricted stock
  $ 1,200     $ -  
Supplemental Disclosures:
               
Cash paid for interest
  $ 880,017     $ 117,151  
Cash paid for pre-payment penalties
  $ 446,413     $ -  
Cash paid for taxes
  $ 275,000     $ -  
                 
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 

 
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DEEP DOWN, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
NOTE 1: GENERAL

Nature of Business

Deep Down, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Deep Down Nevada” or “Deep Down” or the “Company”), is the parent company to its wholly-owned subsidiaries: Deep Down, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Deep Down Delaware”), ElectroWave USA, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ElectroWave”),  Mako Technologies, LLC (“Mako”), a Nevada limited liability company, and Flotation Technologies, Inc. (“Flotation”), a Maine corporation. The results of Flotation are included in the consolidated financial statements herein effective May 1, 2008, the effective date of acquisition for accounting purposes.
 
Deep Down Delaware provides installation management, engineering services, support services and storage management services for the subsea controls, umbilicals and offshore pipeline industries. Deep Down Delaware also fabricates component parts for subsea distribution systems and assemblies.

ElectroWave offers products and services in the fields of electronic monitoring and control systems for the energy, military, marine and commercial business sectors.

Mako serves the growing offshore petroleum and marine industries with technical support services and products vital to offshore petroleum production, through rentals of its remotely operated vehicles (“ROV”), topside and subsea equipment and diving support systems used in diving operations, maintenance and repair operations, offshore construction, and environmental/marine surveys.

Flotation engineers, designs and manufactures deepwater buoyancy systems using high-strength FlotecTM syntactic foam and polyurethane elastomers.  Flotation’s  product offerings include distributed buoyancy for flexible pipes and umbilicals, drilling riser buoyance modules, CoreTecTM drilling riser buoyancy modules, ROVitsTM buoyancy, Hydro-Float mooring buoys, StablemoorTM low-drag ADCP deployment solution, Quick-Loc™ cable floats, HardballTM umbilical floats, Flotec™ cable and pipeline protection, InflexTM polymer bend restrictors, and installation buoyancy of any size and depth rating.
 
Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X relating to smaller reporting companies.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2008.  The balance sheet at December 31, 2007 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.
 
For further information, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 3) for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed on August 8, 2008.

Prior period information presented in these financial statements includes reclassifications which were made to conform such information to the current period presentation.  These reclassifications had no material effect on our previously reported net loss or stockholders' equity.

Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Deep Down’s wholly-owned subsidiaries after the elimination of significant intercompany accounts and transactions.
 
 
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NOTE 2: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable includes an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $818,992 and $139,787 as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Bad debt expense totaled $832,328 and $11,555 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007, respectively. 
 
NOTE 3: PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment include the following:
 
   
June 30, 2008
   
December 31, 2007
 
Land
  $ 2,270,439     $ 13,148  
Building
    1,246,072       182,156  
Furniture and fixtures
    139,044       63,777  
Vehicles and trailers
    99,837       112,162  
Leasehold improvements
    301,919       75,149  
Equipment
    3,834,594       2,004,167  
Rental Equipment
    3,659,714       3,144,559  
  Total
    11,551,619       5,595,117  
  Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (900,566 )     (422,314 )
     Property and equipment, net
  $ 10,651,053     $ 5,172,804  

Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007 was approximately $505,063 and $154,221, respectively.
 
To accommodate our growth in operations during the six months ended June 30, 2008, we leased additional property from JUMA and incurred $98,139 in leasehold improvements to stabilize the ground and prepare the surface for the movement and storage of the heavy equipment we manufacture and rent at our corporate headquarters.
 
In connection with the purchase of Flotation, Deep Down acquired land along with a building and improvements with a fair market value of $3,264,100 which houses its 46,925 square foot light industrial manufacturing facility on a 3.61 acre site in Maine.

On June 30, 2008, Deep Down transferred equipment with a cost basis of $502,253 from inventory to its rental equipment fleet.
 
 
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NOTE 4: LONG-TERM DEBT

The following table summarizes long-term debt:
 
   
June 30, 2008
   
December 31, 2007
 
Secured credit agreement with Prospect Capital Corporation
           
quarterly principal payments of $250,000 beginning
           
September 30, 2008; monthly interest payments,
           
interest fixed at 15.5%; balance due August 2011;
           
secured by all assets
  $ -     $ 12,000,000  
Debt discount, net of amortization of $254,101 and $135,931 respectively
    -       (1,703,258 )
Note payable to a bank, payable in monthly
               
installments bearing interest at 8.25% per annum,
               
maturing June 10, 2008, cross-collateralized
               
by Mako assets, paid January 2008.
    -       289,665  
Note payable to a bank, payable in monthly
               
installments bearing interest at 7.85% per annum,
               
maturing September 28, 2010, collateralized by Mako
               
life insurance policy and equipment, paid January 2008.
    -       320,027  
Revolving line-of-credit of $500,000 from a bank,
               
matured October 13, 2007 or on demand, interest rate is
               
at a variable rate resulting in a rate of 8.30% as of
               
September 30, 2007, collateralized by Mako equipment,
               
paid January 2008.
    -       151,705  
Note payable to a bank payable in monthly
               
installments bearing interest at 7.85% per annum,
               
maturing January 25, 2011, collateralized by Mako
               
equipment and life insurance policy, paid January 2008
    -       154,647  
Total secured credit agreement and bank debt
    -       11,212,786  
6% Subordinated Debenture beginning March 31, 2008; annual
            -  
interest payments, interest fixed at 6%; matures March 31, 2011
    507,479       -  
Capital lease of equipment, monthly lease payments,
               
interest imputed at 11.2%
    459,379       481,209  
Total long-term debt
    966,858       11,693,995  
Current portion of long-term debt
    (47,477 )     (995,177 )
Long-term debt, net of current portion
  $ 919,381     $ 10,698,818  
 
Secured Credit Agreement
 
On August 6, 2007, Deep Down entered into a $6.5 million secured credit agreement, (the “Credit Agreement”) with Prospect Capital Corporation, (“Prospect”) and received an advance of $6.0 million on that date.  The Credit Agreement provided for a 4-year term, an annual interest rate of 15.5%, with the ability to defer up to 3.0% of interest through a PIK (paid-in-kind) feature and principal payments of $75,000 per quarter beginning September 30, 2008, with the remaining balance outstanding due August 6, 2011. Interest payments were payable monthly, in arrears, on each month-end commencing on August 31, 2007. Deep Down paid the full 15.5% and did not exercise the PIK feature for the monthly periods through June 2008.   

On December 21, 2007, Deep Down entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) to provide the funding for the cash portion of the purchase of Mako. The total commitment available under the Amendment was increased from $6.5 million to $13.0 million. Amounts borrowed were $6.0 million.  Quarterly principal payments increased to $250,000 beginning September 30, 2008.  Cash interest paid for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 was $361,667 and $821,500, respectively. Under the Credit Agreement, Deep Down was required to meet certain covenants and restrictions as well as maintain a debt service reserve account.  As of December 31, 2007, $375,000 is separately classified as “Restricted cash” on the accompanying balance sheets. 

 
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In connection with the second advance under the Credit Agreement on January 4, 2008, Deep Down capitalized an additional $261,946 in deferred financing costs.  Of this amount, $216,000 was paid in cash to various third parties related to the financing, and the remainder of $45,946 represents the Black-Scholes valuation of warrants issued to one of these third party vendors.  The warrant was issued to purchase up to 118,812 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.01 per share.

On June 12, 2008, Deep Down paid $12,492,912 to Prospect to pay the balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and related interest and early termination fees.  In connection with the early payoff, Deep Down accelerated the remaining deferred financing costs totaling $661,149 and recorded this charge as interest expense. Additionally, $1,490,955 in debt discounts were accelerated and recorded as interest expense. Early termination fees of approximately $446,412 were recognized as a loss on early extinguishment of debt.  Since the warrants issued in connection with the original Credit Agreement and the Amendment dated January 4, 2008 were detachable, there was no change to these equity instruments.

On July 3, 2008, Prospect exercised their outstanding 4,960,585 warrants in a cashless exercise for a total of 2,618,129 shares of Deep Down common stock.

In January 2008, in accordance with the terms of the purchase of Mako, Deep Down paid $916,044 of notes payable plus accrued interest of $2,664.

Exchange of Series E Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock to 6% Subordinated Debenture

On March 31, 2008, 500 shares of the Series E Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock (“Series E”) were exchanged into a 6% Subordinated Debenture (the “Debenture”) in an outstanding principal amount of $500,000.  The Debenture has a fixed interest rate of 6% interest per annum to be paid annually on March 31st through maturity on March 31, 2011. Upon exchange into the Debenture, Deep Down recorded $113,589 in interest expense for the accretion up to face value. See the additional discussion of the terms of the Series E preferred stock at Note 6. Interest expense on the Debenture of approximately $7,479 has been recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.

NOTE 5: ACQUISITIONS

Purchase of Mako Technologies, Inc.

Effective December 1, 2007, Deep Down purchased 100% of the common stock of Mako. Two installments were paid to the Mako shareholders. The first installment of $2,916,667 in cash and 6,574,074 restricted shares of common stock of Deep Down, valued at $0.76 per share, was paid on January 4, 2008. The second installment of 2,802,969 restricted shares of common stock of Deep Down, valued at $0.70 per share, was issued on March 28, 2008. The final cash payment of $1,243,571, which was paid on April 11, 2008, was included in the “Payable to Mako shareholders” balance on the accompanying balance sheet at December 31, 2007.

The allocation of the purchase price was based on preliminary unaudited estimates.  Estimates and assumptions are subject to change upon the receipt of management’s review of final amounts and final tax returns.  This final evaluation of net assets acquired will be offset by a corresponding change in goodwill and is expected to be complete within one year from the purchase date.

The acquistion of Mako was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 141, “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141”) since Deep Down acquired substantially all of the assets, certain liabilities, employees, and business of Mako.

Purchase of Flotation Technologies, Inc.

On June 5, 2008, Deep Down completed the acquisition of 100% of the capital of Flotation, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement entered into on April 17, 2008. The equity interest was acquired from the three individual shareholder members of the same family and related technology was acquired from an entity affiliated with the selling stockholders. No prior material relationship existed between the selling shareholders and Deep Down, any of our affiliates, or any of our directors or officers, or any associate of any of our officers or directors.  Deep Down executed the definitive agreement to purchase Flotation on April 17, 2008 and effectively dated the acquisition for accounting purposes as of May 1, 2008. Deep Down announced the closing on June 6, 2008.

The acquisition of Flotation has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with SFAS 141 since Deep Down acquired substantially all of the assets, certain liabilities, employees, and business of Flotation.

 
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The purchase price of Flotation was $23,895,830 and consisted of $22,100,000 cash and 1,714,286 shares of common stock valued at $0.83 per common share plus transaction costs of $251,180. In addition, warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock at $0.70 per share were issued to an entity affiliated with the selling shareholders for acquisition of the related technology. The warrants are exercisable at any time from June 3, 2009 through September 3, 2011 and include piggyback registration rights with respect to the underlying shares of common stock. Deep Down valued the warrants at $121,793 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Flotation’s selling shareholders used approximately $1,800,000 of the $22,100,000 cash received to pay outstanding debt of Flotation. The purchase price may be adjusted upward or downward, dependant on certain working capital targets.

Deep Down sold 57,142,857 shares to accredited investors on June 5, 2008, for approximately $37,059,670 in net proceeds, at a price of $0.70 per share. Deep Down used $22,100,000 in proceeds from this private placement to fund the cash requirement of the Flotation acquisition.

Deep Down also issued 600,000 incentive common stock purchase options to employees of Flotation for their continued services with an exercise price of $1.15 per share. The employee options vest one-third of the original amount each year and may be exercised in whole or in part after vesting. Deep Down valued the options at $264,335 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and will recognize the related compensation cost ratably over the requisite service period.

The table below reflects the breakdown of the purchase price as noted above:
 
Summary of purchase price:
     
Cash
  $ 22,100,000  
Certain transaction costs
    251,180  
Fair market value of common stock
    1,422,857  
Fair market value of warrants issued
    121,793  
Total purchase price
  $ 23,895,830  
 
The purchase price of $23,895,830 was in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of Flotation. The acquisition price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values with the excess being recorded in goodwill.  The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition on May 1, 2008:
 
Summary of net assets acquired:
     
 Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 235,040  
 Accounts receivable
    2,105,519  
 Construction in progress
    871,183  
 Prepaid expenses
    15,904  
 Property, plant and equipment, net
    4,846,190  
 Intangibles
    14,797,000  
 Goodwill
    2,157,307  
Total assets acquired
  $ 25,028,143  
  
       
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    1,132,313  
Total liabilities acquired
  $ 1,132,313  
Net assets acquired
  $ 23,895,830  
 
Deep Down obtained an independent valuation of the assets and liabilities as of the purchase date of May 1, 2008. Based on the independent valuation, the fair value of the property, plant and equipment was increased by approximately $1,200,000 and will be depreciated over estimated useful lives of 3 to 40 years using the straight-line method.

 
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Deep Down has estimated the fair value of Flotation’s identifiable intangible assets as follows:
 
   
Estimated
   
Average Remaining
 
   
Fair Value
   
Useful Life
 
 Trademarks   
  $ 2,039,000      
40
 
 Technology   
    11,209,000      
25
 
 Non-compete covenant   
    879,000      
3
 
 Customer relationship   
    670,000      
25
 
    $ 14,797,000          
 
The allocation of the purchase price was based on preliminary unaudited estimates.  Estimates and assumptions are subject to change upon the receipt of management’s review of final amounts and final tax returns.  This final evaluation of net assets acquired will be offset by a corresponding change in goodwill and is expected to be complete within one year of the purchase date.

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements

The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statements include Flotation and Mako for the periods presented as if the acquisitions had occurred on the first date of the respective periods and are presented for informational purposes only. These results are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that actually would have been achieved had the acquisitions been consummated as of the beginning of the period presented, or are they intended to be a projection of future results. The unaudited pro forma results were as follows:
 
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Operations
 
                                         
 
For the Three Months ended June 30, 2008
 
For the Six Months ended June 30, 2008
 
 
Historical
             
Historical
             
     
One Month
                 
Four Months
         
Combined
 
     
April 30,
 
Flotation
     
Combined
     
April 30,
 
Flotation
     
Condensed
 
     
2008
 
Pro Forma
     
Pro Forma
     
2008
 
Pro Forma
     
Pro Forma
 
 
Deep Down
 
Flotation
 
Entries
     
Results
 
Deep Down
 
Flotation
 
Entries
     
Results
 
                                         
Revenues
$ 7,920,196   $ 1,064,364   $ -       $ 8,984,560   $ 14,199,661   $ 5,941,472   $ -       $ 20,141,133  
Cost of sales
  5,496,427     627,224     -         6,123,651     9,372,798     4,005,179     -         13,377,977  
                                                         
Gross profit
  2,423,769     437,140     -         2,860,909     4,826,863     1,936,293     -         6,763,156  
                                                         
Total operating expenses
  4,224,771     305,220     75,604   (d/e )   4,605,595     6,285,167     968,179     302,416   (d/e )   7,555,762  
                                                         
Operating income (loss)
  (1,801,002 )   131,920     (75,604 )       (1,744,686 )   (1,458,304 )   968,114     (302,416 )       (792,606 )
                                                         
Total other income (expense)
  (3,149,371 )   (22,467 )   -         (3,171,838 )   (3,850,882 )   (57,335 )   -         (3,908,217 )
Income (loss) from
                                                       
continuing operations
  (4,950,373 )   109,453     (75,604 )       (4,916,524 )   (5,309,186 )   910,779     (302,416 )       (4,700,823 )
                                                         
Income tax benefit (expense)
  85,000     -     (12,524 )
(f)
    72,476     354,366     -     (225,094 )
(f)
    129,272  
Net income (loss)
$ (4,865,373 ) $ 109,453   $ (88,128 )     $ (4,844,048 ) $ (4,954,820 ) $ 910,779   $ (527,510 )     $ (4,571,551 )
                                                         
Basic earnings (loss) per share
$ (0.04 )                 $ (0.03 ) $ (0.05 )                 $ (0.03 )
Shares used in computing
                                                       
basic per share amounts
  132,666,860              
(g)
    174,707,676     109,326,053              
(g)
    161,161,117  
                                                         
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
$ (0.04 )                 $ (0.03 ) $ (0.05 )                 $ (0.03 )
Shares used in computing
                                                       
diluted per share amounts
  132,666,860              
(g)
    174,707,676     109,326,053              
(g)
    161,161,117  

The historical results of Deep Down for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 contain two months of results for Flotation operations since its acquisition was effective May 1, 2008.  The weighted-average shares of stock used in computing basic and diluted per share amounts give effect to the 2,802,969 Mako shares issued on March 31, 2008 and the total of 58,857,143 common shares of Deep Down issued in June 2008; 57,142,857 in connection with the Private Placement, and 1,714,286 to Flotation shareholders, as if all these shares were issued January 1, 2008.
 
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Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
 
For the Three Months ended June 30, 2007
 
                             
Combined
 
 
Historical
 
Mako
     
Flotation
     
Condensed
 
             
Pro Forma
     
Pro Forma
     
Pro Forma
 
 
Deep Down
 
Mako
 
Flotation
 
Entries
     
Entries
     
Results
 
                                 
Revenues
$ 5,144,788   $ 1,768,876   $ 1,329,446   $ -       $ -       $ 8,243,110  
Cost of sales
  3,293,313     561,385     974,265     -         -         4,828,963  
                                             
Gross profit
  1,851,475     1,207,491     355,181     -         -         3,414,147  
                                             
Total operating expenses
  1,177,876     957,572     711,176     122,367  
(a)
    226,811   (d/e )   3,195,802  
                                             
Operating income (loss)
  673,599     249,919     (355,995 )   (122,367 )       (226,811 )       218,345  
                                             
Total other income (expense)
  723,230     (28,571 )   1,399,087     (266,269 )
(b)
    -         1,827,477  
Income (loss) from
                                           
continuing operations
  1,396,829     221,348     1,043,092     (388,636 )       (226,811 )       2,045,822  
                                             
Income tax benefit (expense)
  (447,363 )   (17,309 )   -     143,795         (302,024 )
(f)
    (622,901 )
Net income (loss)
$ 949,466   $ 204,039   $ 1,043,092   $ (244,841 )     $ (528,835 )     $ 1,422,921  
                                             
Basic earnings (loss) per share
$ 0.01                                   $ 0.01  
Shares used in computing
                                           
basic per share amounts
  67,870,171                               (c/g )   136,104,357  
                                             
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
$ 0.01                                   $ 0.01  
Shares used in computing
                                           
diluted per share amounts
  93,799,839                               (c/g )   162,034,025  
 
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operation
 
For the Six Months ended June 30, 2007
 
                             
Combined
 
 
Historical
 
Mako
     
Flotation
     
Condensed
 
             
Pro Forma
     
Pro Forma
     
Pro Forma
 
 
Deep Down
 
Mako
 
Flotation
 
Entries
     
Entries
     
Results
 
                                 
Revenues
$ 7,243,182   $ 2,618,805   $ 2,351,057   $ -       $ -       $ 12,213,044  
Cost of sales
  4,545,402     1,122,501     1,463,530     -         -         7,131,433  
                                             
Gross profit
  2,697,780     1,496,304     887,527     -         -         5,081,611  
                                             
Total operating expenses
  1,901,552     1,364,505     1,376,736     244,734  
(a)
    453,624   (d/e )   5,341,151  
                                             
Operating income (loss)
  796,228     131,799     (489,209 )   (244,734 )       (453,624 )       (259,540 )
                                             
Total other income (expense)
  491,343     (46,545 )   1,390,538     (532,391 )
(b)
    -         1,302,945  
Income (loss) from
continuing operations
  1,287,571     85,254     901,329     (777,125 )       (453,624 )       1,043,405  
                                             
Income tax expense
  (447,363 )   (17,309 )   -     287,536         (165,651 )
(f)
    (342,787 )
Net income (loss)
$ 840,208   $ 67,945   $ 901,329   $ (489,589 )     $ (619,275 )     $ 700,618  
                                             
Basic earnings per share
$ 0.01                                   $ -  
Shares used in computing
                                           
basic per share amounts
  74,417,132                               (c/g )   142,651,318  
                                             
Diluted earnings per share
$ 0.01                                   $ -  
Shares used in computing
                                           
diluted per share amounts
  100,315,405                               (c/g )   168,549,591  
 
The unaudited pro forma combined condensed statements include the following pro forma assumptions and entries for Mako:

 
a)
Amortization of the intangible assets at a rate of $40,789 per month for the respective periods.
 
b)
Represents cash interest plus amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts for the Credit Agreement.  Interest is payable at 15.5% on the outstanding principal, and the related fees are amortized using the effective interest method over the four-year life of the loan.
 
c)
A total of 9,377,043 shares were issued for the total transaction. These pro forma amounts give effect as if shares were issued January 1, 2007.
 
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Taxes are calculated on the pro forma entries at Deep Down’s estimated combined effective rate of 37%.

The unaudited pro forma combined condensed statements include the following pro forma assumptions and entries for Flotation:

 
d)
Recognition of stock based compensation from employee stock options issued in connection with the acquisition of Flotation. Deep Down estimated $7,343 per month for the respective time periods.
 
e)
Amortization of the intangible assets at a rate of $68,261 per month based on the lives in the table above.
 
f)
Represents estimated income tax accruals for the historical income plus all pro forma adjustments for the respective periods at Deep Down’s estimated combined effective rate of 37%. Flotation was an S-Corp, and as such did not accrue income taxes in its historical financial statements.
 
g)
A total of 58,857,143 common shares of Deep Down were issued; 57,142,857 in connection with the Private Placement, and 1,714,286 to Flotation shareholders. These pro forma amounts give effect as if shares were issued January 1, 2007.

The table below reflects the assumptions used for warrant and option grants related to Flotation during the six months ended June 30, 2008:
 
Risk free interest rate
2.52% - 3.18%
Expected life of options
2 - 2.5 years
Expected volatility
51.7% - 61.3%
 
NOTE 6: PREFERRED STOCK

Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock Classified as Temporary Equity Instruments

On March 28, 2008, the outstanding 5,000 shares of Series D redeemable convertible preferred stock (“Series D”) were converted into 25,866,518 restricted shares of common stock.  The Series D had a face value and liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, no dividend preference, and were convertible into shares of common stock determined by dividing the face amount by a conversion price of $0.1933.  The Series D had been valued at inception at $4,419,244 based on the Black-Scholes fair value of the Series D.

Exchange of Series E Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock Classified as Debt Instruments to 6% Subordinated Debenture

On March 31, 2008, 500 shares of the Series E Preferred Stock were exchanged into the 6% Debenture in an outstanding principal amount of $500,000.  The Series E had a face value and liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, no dividend preference, and were exchangeable at the holder’s option into 6% Subordinated Debenture due three years from the date of the exchange. See additional discussion of the Debenture in Note 4.

NOTE 7: COMMON STOCK

Private Placement
 
On June 5, 2008, Deep Down sold 57,142,857 shares, for $40,000,000 at a per-share price of $0.70. After transaction costs, net proceeds were $37,059,670. Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC acted as exclusive placement agent for the financing.

Deep Down used $22,100,000 of the net proceeds to fund the cash portion of the Flotation purchase, and used $12,492,912 to repay outstanding debt, along with early termination fees to Prospect on June 12, 2008, with the remainder being retained for working capital purposes.

In connection with the private placement, Deep Down entered into a registration rights agreement where the holder has certain demand registration rights. Deep Down filed an S-1 Registration Statement on July 21, 2008. If the Registration Statement is not declared effective by September 3, 2008 (the “Required Effective Date”), then for each day following the Required Effective Date, until but excluding the date the Commission declares the Registration Statement effective, Deep Down shall be required to pay daily damages to the purchasers.  Deep Down evaluated the registration rights agreement for liability treatment under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” and Financial Statement Staff Position (FSP) EITF 00-19(2) “Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements” and determined that the registration rights did not meet the definition of a liability under the authoritative guidance since management believes the liability is not estimable at this time.
 
 
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NOTE 8: STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS

Deep Down has a stock based compensation plan - the 2003 Directors, Officers and Consultants Stock Option, Stock Warrant and Stock Award Plan (the “Plan”). We account for stock-based compensation expense under Statement of Financial Accounting (“SFAS”) No. 123 (Revised 2004), “Share-based Payment,” (“SFAS No. 123(R)”). The exercise price of the options, as well as the vesting period, is established by Deep Down’s Board of Directors. The options granted under the Plan have vesting periods that range from immediate vesting to vesting over five years, and the contract terms of the options granted are up to ten years. Under the Plan the total number of options permitted is 15% of issued and outstanding common shares. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, Deep Down granted 4,200,000 options and 1,200,000 shares of restricted stock and cancelled 875,000 options due to forfeitures under the Plan. Based on the shares of common stock outstanding at June 30, 2008, there are approximately 16,235,000 options available for grant under the Plan as of that date.

Restricted Stock

On February 14, 2008, Deep Down issued an aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of restricted common stock to Ronald E. Smith, CEO; Robert E. Chamberlain, Chairman; and Eugene L. Butler, CFO under terms of the Plan. The shares were valued at a price of $0.42 based on the closing price of common stock on that date. The shares vest on the second anniversary of the grant date, and Deep Down is amortizing the related stock based compensation of $504,000 over the 2 year period. For the six months ended June 30, 2008 Deep Down recognized a total of $94,500 in stock based compensation related to these issued shares of restricted stock.

The following table summarizes Deep Down’s restricted stock activity for the six months ended June 30, 2008:
 
   
Restricted Shares
   
Weighted- Average Grant Price
   
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
    -              
Grants
    1,200,000     $ 0.42        
Outstanding at June 30,2008
    1,200,000     $ 0.42     $ 624,000  

Stock Option Activity During 2008

During the six months ended June 30, 2008, Deep Down granted 4,200,000 options under the Plan as detailed below.  On June 17, 2008, a cashless exercise of 50,000 employee stock options for 29,339 net common shares was issued in accordance with terms of the Plan.

During the six months ended June 30, 2008, Deep Down granted an aggregate of 350,000 stock options to various employees with exercise prices between $0.71 and $0.88, reflecting the respective days’ closing prices. The fair value of such options was approximately $114,737 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  Additionally, Deep Down issued 600,000 stock options to employees of Flotation in connection with that acquisition.

On February 14, 2008, Deep Down issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 stock options to Ronald E. Smith, Robert E. Chamberlain, and Eugene L. Butler, with an exercise price of $1.50, which was in excess of the day’s closing price of $0.42. The fair value of such options was approximately $145,764 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
  
Additionally, on January 22, 2008, Deep Down issued 250,000 stock options to an officer with an exercise price of $0.70, the closing price of Deep Down’s common stock on that date.  These options have since been forfeited due to the officer’s departure in May, 2008.

All of the options issued during 2008 have terms for vesting at the rate of one third of the total grant annually on the anniversary of their respective grant dates.

Since Deep Down does not have a sufficient trading history to determine the volatility of its own stock, it based its estimates of volatility on a representative peer group consisting of companies in the same industry, with similar market capitalizations and similar stage of development.
 
 
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Summary of Stock Options

Deep Down is expensing all stock options on a straight line basis over their respective expected service periods.  The total stock based compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007, was $159,169 and $39,565, respectively.  The unamortized portion of the estimated fair value of outstanding stock options is $949,885 at June 30, 2008.

The following table summarizes Deep Down’s stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2008:
 
 
Shares Underlying Options
 
Weighted- Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(In-The-Money)
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
  5,500,000   $ 0.58          
Grants
  4,200,000     1.35          
Exercises
  (50,000 )   0.50          
Forfeitures
  (875,000 )   0.74          
Outstanding at June 30,2008
  8,775,000   $ 0.93     3.0   $ 1,944,750  
Exerciseable at June 30,2008
  1,970,834   $ 0.60     2.7   $ 729,292  
 
The following summarizes Deep Down’s outstanding options and their respective exercise prices at June 30, 2008:
 
Exercise Price
 
Shares Underlying Options
 
$ 0.30 - 0.49     175,000  
$ 0.50 - 0.69     4,125,000  
$ 0.70 - 0.99     525,000  
$ 1.00 - 1.29     950,000  
$ 1.30 - 1.50     3,000,000  
        8,775,000  
 
The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes model and is based on the following key assumptions for the six months ended June 30, 2008:
 
Dividend yield
0%
Risk free interest rate
2.64% - 2.84%
Expected life of options
3 years
Expected volatility
53.3% - 63.3%
 
Summary of Warrants

In connection with the purchase of Flotation, warrants to purchase 200,000 common shares at $0.70 per share were issued to an entity affiliated with the selling stockholders in consideration for the acquisition of related technology. The warrants are exercisable at any time from June 3, 2009 through September 3, 2011 and include piggyback registration rights with respect to the underlying shares of common stock. Deep Down valued the warrants at $121,793 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model and included this value in the purchase price allocation related to Flotation.

On August 6, 2007, as part of the Credit Agreement described above in Note 4, Deep Down issued 4,960,585 detachable warrants to its creditor. All warrants were issued with an exercise price of $0.507, expired in five years (or earlier in the event of termination) and vested on the earlier of the second anniversary of the agreement or upon payment in full of the debt. On July 3, 2008, the creditor exercised all of its outstanding 4,960,585 warrants for a total of 2,618,129 restricted shares of Deep Down common stock in a cashless exercise.

 
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Additionally, related to the Credit Agreement described in Note 4, Deep Down issued 320,000 detachable warrants at an exercise price of $0.75 per share to a third party related to the financing. The warrant has a five-year term and became exercisable in connection with the early payoff of the debt.  Also, in connection with the Amendment to the Credit Agreement, Deep Down issued detachable warrants to purchase up to 118,812 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.01 per share to the same third party. The warrant has a five-year term and was immediately exercisable. See the additional discussion concerning such warrants in Note 4.

A summary of warrant transactions follows:

 
Shares Underlying Warrants
 
Weighted- Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(In-The-Money)
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
  5,399,397   $ 0.53          
Grants
  200,000     0.70          
Outstanding at June 30,2008
  5,599,397   $ 0.54     4.4   $ 2,241,852  
Exerciseable at June 30,2008
  5,399,397   $ 0.54     4.4   $ 2,193,852  
 
The following summarizes Deep Down’s outstanding warrants and their respective exercise prices at June 30, 2008:
 
Exercise Price
 
Shares Underlying Warrants
 
$ 0.51     4,960,585  
$ 0.70 - 0.99     520,000  
$ 1.01     118,812  
        5,599,397  
 
The fair value of each warrant grant is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes model and is based on the following key assumptions for the six months ended June 30, 2008:
 
Dividend yield
0%
Risk free interest rate
2.52% - 3.18%
Expected life of options
2 - 2.5 years
Expected volatility
51.7% - 61.3%
 
NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation
 
We are from time to time involved in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there are no pending or threatened material legal proceedings.
 
Operating Leases

Deep Down leases land under an operating lease and is responsible for related maintenance, insurance and property taxes.  On May 1, 2008, Deep Down and JUMA, LLC, a related party, amended the original lease that began as of September, 2006 to provide for the additional acreage leased resulting in a $4,000 per month increase in rent.  See Note 10 below for further discussion of the related party.
 
NOTE 10:  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Deep Down leases all buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements at the Channelview, Texas location from JUMA, LLC, a company owned by Ronald E. Smith, CEO and a director of Deep Down and Mary L. Budrunas, a vice president and a director of Deep Down. The base rate of $15,000 per month is payable to JUMA through September 1, 2011, together with all costs of maintaining, servicing, repairing and operating the premises, including insurance, utilities and property taxes.  

On March 28, 2008, Deep Down redeemed 4,500 shares of Series D preferred stock owned by Ronald Smith and Mary Budrunas.  The Series D preferred shares were redeemed for 23,279,876 shares of common stock.
 
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During the six months ended June 30, 2008, Deep Down granted an aggregate of 1,200,000 restricted shares of common stock and an aggregate of 3,000,000 stock options to Ronald E. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert E. Chamberlain, Jr., Chairman and Chief Acquisition Officer, and Eugene L. Butler, Chief Financial Officer, under the terms of the Deep Down, Inc. Stock Option Plan. Deep Down also awarded in recognition of their completion of the acquisition of Flotation and private placement of common stock, a performance bonus of $300,000 in the aggregate.
 
NOTE 11:  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On July 3, 2008, Prospect exercised their outstanding 4,960,585 warrants in a cashless exercise for a total of 2,618,129 shares of Deep Down common stock.

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

The following discussion and analysis provides information that management believes is relevant for an assessment and understanding of our results of operations.   This information should be read in conjunction with our audited historical consolidated financial statements which are included in our Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 3) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 8, 2008 and our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in Part I, Item 1.

Corporate History

In December 2006, MediQuip Holdings, Inc. (“MediQuip”), a publicly traded Nevada corporation, divested Westmeria Healthcare Limited, its wholly-owned subsidiary representing substantially all of its preceding operations, and subsequently acquired Deep Down, Inc. ("Deep Down"), a Delaware corporation, in a reverse merger transaction so that Deep Down was the surviving entity for accounting purposes.  Due to the structure of such December 2006 transactions, the discussion and disclosure in this report relates to Deep Down and its operations unless otherwise specified.

In June 2006, the former parent entity of Deep Down, Subsea Acquisition Corporation (“Subsea”), a Texas corporation, was formed for the purpose of acquiring service providers to the offshore energy industry and designers and manufacturers of subsea equipment, surface equipment and offshore rig equipment that are used by major integrated, large independent and foreign national oil and gas companies in offshore areas throughout the world.

On November 21, 2006, Subsea acquired all the outstanding capital stock of Strategic Offshore Services Corporation (“SOS”), a Texas corporation, for 3,000 shares of Subsea’s Series F Preferred Stock and 1,000 shares of Subsea’s Series G Preferred Stock from two of the three principal shareholders of Subsea.  Since both Subsea and SOS were then under common control and the operations of SOS did not constitute a business, the Company recognized compensation expense to such principal shareholders for the fair value of both series of preferred stock totaling $3,340,792.

On the same day as its acquisition of SOS, Subsea also acquired Deep Down, Inc., a Delaware corporation founded in 1997.  Under the terms of this transaction, Subsea acquired all of Deep Down’s outstanding capital stock in exchange for 5,000 shares of Subsea’s Series D Preferred Stock and 5,000 shares of Subsea’s Series E Preferred Stock.  The purchase price, based on the fair value of the Series D and E Preferred stock, was $7,865,471.

Immediately after the completion of the acquisitions of Deep Down and SOS on November 21, 2006, Subsea merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary SOS, with Subsea continuing as the surviving company.  Immediately thereafter, Subsea merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary Deep Down, with Deep Down continuing as the surviving company.

On December 14, 2006, after divesting its Westmeria Healthcare Limited subsidiary, MediQuip acquired all 9,999,999 outstanding shares of Deep Down common stock and all 14,000 outstanding shares of Deep Down preferred stock in exchange for 75,000,000 shares of common stock and 14,000 shares of preferred stock of MediQuip.  The shares of preferred stock of MediQuip were issued with the same designations, rights and privileges as the Deep Down preferred stock existing immediately prior to such transaction.  As a result of the acquisition, the shareholders of Deep Down obtained ownership of a majority of the outstanding voting stock of MediQuip.  MediQuip changed its name to Deep Down, Inc. as part of the transaction, and Deep Down, Inc. continued as a Nevada corporation following consummation of the acquisition.

The financial information and the financial statements of the Company presented in this report reflect those of Deep Down, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and do not include the financial condition and results of operations of MediQuip or Westmeria Healthcare Limited for periods prior to the December 2006 merger date.

Since December 2006, Deep Down has consummated three strategic acquisitions.  On April 2, 2007, Deep Down acquired substantially all of the assets of ElectroWave USA, Inc., a Texas corporation.  For purposes of completing the acquisition, Deep Down formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ElectroWave USA, Inc., a Nevada corporation.  Effective December 1, 2007, Deep Down acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Mako Technologies, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.  For purposes of completing the acquisition, Deep Down formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Mako Technologies, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, which merged with and into Mako Technologies, Inc., with Mako as the surviving entity. Effective May 1, 2008, Deep Down acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Flotation Technologies, Inc., a Maine corporation.  
 
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Our current operations are the result of the recent acquisitions of Deep Down, ElectroWave, Mako and Flotation.  In addition to our strategy of continuing to grow and strengthen our operations, including by expanding our services and products in accordance with our customers’ demands, we intend to continue to seek strategic acquisitions of complementary service providers, product manufacturers and technologies that are focused primarily on supporting offshore deepwater exploration, development and production of oil and gas reserves and other maritime operations.

Recent Events

Amendments to Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation

In May 2008, the Board of Directors amended the Bylaws and approved amendments to our Articles of Incorporation subject to shareholder approval, which was obtained on May 16, 2008.  The amendments are designed to discourage any tender offer or other attempt to gain control of Deep Down in a transaction that is not approved by our Board of Directors, by making it more difficult for a person or group to obtain control of Deep Down in a short time and then impose its will on the remaining stockholders, including:
 
Classified Board of Directors and Removal of Directors.  Our Board of Directors is divided into three classes which shall be as nearly equal in number as possible.  The directors in each class serve for terms of three years, with the terms of one class expiring each year.  Each class currently consists of approximately one-third of the number of directors.  Each director will serve until his successor is elected and qualified.  A director may not be removed except for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of 75% of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at an election of directors.
 
Advance Notice Requirements for Nomination of Directors and Proposal of New Business at Annual Stockholder Meetings.  Any stockholder desiring to make a nomination for the election of directors or a proposal for new business at a stockholder meeting must submit written notice not less than 30 or more than 60 days in advance of the meeting.
 
Supermajority Voting Requirement for Amendment of Certain Provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.  Specified provisions contained in the articles of incorporation and bylaws may not be repealed or amended by action of our stockholders except upon the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than seventy-five percent of the outstanding stock entitled to vote.  This requirement exceeds the majority vote that would otherwise be required by Nevada law for the repeal or amendment of the articles or bylaws.

Private Placement

On June 5, 2008, Deep Down entered into the Purchase Agreement to sell and issue to the certain purchasers, purchasing in reliance on the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, an aggregate of 57,142,857 shares, of Deep Down’s common stock at a price of $0.70 per share, for a total purchase price of $40.0 million and net proceeds to Deep Down of approximately $37.1 million.  Completion of the private placement was subject to completion of the acquisition of Flotation, as described below.  Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC acted as exclusive placement agent for the financing.

Deep Down used $22.1 million of the net proceeds to fund the cash portion of the Flotation purchase, and used approximately $12.5 million to repay outstanding debt, interest and early termination fees to Prospect Capital Corporation on June 12, 2008, with the remainder being retained for working capital purposes.

In connection with the private placement, Deep Down entered into a registration rights agreement where the holder has certain demand registration rights. Deep Down filed an S-1 Registration Statement on July 21, 2008. If the Registration Statement is not declared effective by September 3, 2008 (the “Required Effective Date”), then for each day following the Required Effective Date, until but excluding the date the Commission declares the Registration Statement effective, Deep Down shall be required to pay daily damages to the purchasers.  Deep Down evaluated the registration rights agreement for liability treatment under FASB Statement No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” and Financial Statement Staff Position (FSP) EITF 00-19(2) “Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements” and determined that the registration rights did not meet the definition of a liability under the authoritative guidance since management believes the liability is not estimable at this time.

Purchase of Flotation.

On June 5, 2008, Deep Down completed the acquisition on 100% of the capital stock of Flotation, pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement entered into on April 17, 2008. The stock was acquired from three individual shareholder members of the same family and related technology was acquired from an entity affiliated with such selling shareholders. Deep Down announced the closing on June 6, 2008 and effectively dated the acquisition for accounting purposes as of May 1, 2008.


 
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Flotation engineers, designs and manufactures deepwater buoyancy systems using high-strength FlotecTM syntactic foam and polyurethane elastomers. Flotation’s product offerings include distributed buoyancy for flexible pipes and umbilicals, Core Tec™ drilling riser buoyancy modules, ROVitsTM buoyancy, Hydro-Float mooring buoys, StablemoorTM  low-drag ADCP deployment solution, Quick-LocTM  and cable floats, HardBall TM umbilical floats , FlotectTM  cable and pipeline protection, InFlex TM  polymer static bend restrictors, and installation buoyancy of any size and depth rating.

We have accounted for the acquisition of Flotation using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (FASB) No. 141, Business Combinations (FASB 141) since Deep Down acquired substantially all of the assets, certain liabilities, employees, and business of Flotation.

The purchase price of Flotation was $23.9 million and consisted of $22.1 million cash and 1,714,286 shares of common stock valued at $0.83 per common share plus transaction costs of $251,180. In addition, warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock at $0.70 per share were issued to an entity affiliated with the selling shareholders for the acquisition of technology. The warrants are exercisable at any time from June 3, 2009 through September 3, 2011 and include piggyback registration rights with respect to the underlying shares of common stock. Deep Down valued the warrants at $121,793 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Flotation’s selling shareholders used $1.8 million of the $22.1 million cash received to pay outstanding debt of Flotation. The purchase price may be adjusted upward or downward, dependant on the amount of Flotation’s working capital on June 6, 2008.

Deep Down also issued 600,000 incentive common stock purchase options to employees of Flotation for future services with an exercise price of $1.15 per share. The employee options vest one-third of the original amount each year and may be exercised in whole or in part after vesting. Deep Down valued the options at $264,335 based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and will recognize the related compensation cost ratably over the requisite service period.

Payment of long term debt and exercise of Prospect warrants:

On June 12, 2008, Deep Down paid approximately $12.5 million to Prospect Capital Corporation to pay the balance due under its Credit Agreement and related interest and early termination fees.  Since the warrants issued in connection with the original Credit Agreement and the Amendment dated January 4, 2008 were detachable, there was no change to these equity instruments.  On July 3, 2008, Prospect exercised their outstanding 4,960,585 warrants in a cashless exercise for a total of 2,618,129 restricted shares of Deep Down common stock.

Results of operations
 
Three months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2007
 
Revenue.  Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2008 increased $2.8 million to $7.9 million, a 54% increase. Revenues contributed by the acquisitions for the three months ended June 30, 2008 represented $3.0 million while there was a slight decrease in the core business of $0.2 million.  The slight decrease was a result of certain customers delaying scheduled projects.
 
Gross Profit.  Gross profit increased by $0.6 million to $2.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the same period last year.  The acquisition of Mako and Flotation increased gross profit by $1.0 million. ElectroWave decreased by $0.2 million versus the same period last year, and the core business declined by $0.2 million. The slight decline on the core business was due to delays in certain projects which caused the gross profit margin to drop slightly. Gross margins for the period were 31% for the current fiscal quarter, and are expected to increase during the second half of the year.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $3.7 million compared to $1.1 million for the same period last year for an increase of $2.6 million. The acquisitions of Mako and Flotation represented $0.9 million of the increase. Bad debt increased by $0.8 million due to the write off of two accounts, one of which filed for bankruptcy protection during the quarter ($0.2 million of the total bad debt is included in the Mako subsidiary). Personnel and related costs increased by $0.6 million primarily due to an expansion of our businesses requiring more personnel and the related requirements to administer a public company and comply with reporting requirements. Additionally, we paid approximately $0.4 million in professional, accounting and legal fees to support our various initiatives during the quarter relating to the filing of a registration statement and to support the related acquisitions. Stock based compensation related to employee stock options and restricted stock was approximately $148,500 in the current fiscal quarter compared to approximately $40,000 for the comparable prior period.
 
 
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Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $0.3 million compared to $0.1 million for the same prior year period due mainly to the acquisitions in fiscal year 2008. Fixed assets acquired in the Mako and Flotation subsidiaries totaled $8.1 million. In addition, intangible assets purchased in the Mako and Flotation acquisitions total $19.2 million in the aggregate. Amortization for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 was $0.3 million.

Interest Expense. Interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $2.7 million compared to $1.3 million for the same prior year period.  On June 12, 2008, Deep Down paid the balance due under the Credit Agreement and related interest. In connection with the early payoff, Deep Down accelerated the remaining deferred financing costs totaling $0.7 million and recorded this charge to interest expense. Additionally, $1.4 million in debt discounts were accelerated and recorded to interest expense.  Cash interest on the Credit Agreement totaled $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008. For the three months ended June 30, 2007, $1.2 million of the total interest related to accretion on the redemption of Series G and Series E Preferred Stock.

Gain/(loss) on debt extinguishment.  In connection with the early payoff of the Credit Agreement in June 2008, early termination fees of approximately $446,412 were recognized as a loss on early extinguishment of debt. In the prior year, Deep Down executed a Securities Redemption Agreement with the former Deep Down CFO to redeem 4,000 shares of Series E exchangeable preferred stock at a discounted price of $500 per share for a total of $2.0 million.  The discount of $500 per share from the face value of $1,000 was accounted for as a substantial modification of debt, thereby generating a gain on extinguishment of debt.  Deep Down accreted the remaining discount of $1.1 million attributable to such shares on the date of redemption.  
 
Net loss. Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $4.9 million, compared to a net income of $0.9 million for the same prior year period as discussed above.  
 
EBITDA.  EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Deep Down defines EBITDA as net income plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash, non-operating expense. Deep Down uses EBITDA as an unaudited supplemental financial measure to assess (1) the financial performance of its assets without regard to financing methods, capital structures, taxes or historical cost basis, (2) its liquidity and operating performance over time in relation to other companies that own similar assets and that we believe calculate EBITDA in a similar manner, and (3) the ability of Deep Down’s assets to generate cash sufficient for Deep Down to pay potential interest costs. Deep Down also understands that such data are used by investors to assess our performance. However, the term EBITDA is not defined under generally accepted accounting principles, and EBITDA is not a measure of operating income, operating performance or liquidity presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. When assessing Deep Down’s operating performance or liquidity, investors should not consider this data in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flow from operating activities, or other cash flow data calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Excluding the one-time gain and non-cash interest and stock based compensation charges, EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $(1.0) million compared to $0.8 million, a decrease of $1.8 million from the same prior year period, due in part to the significant bad debt expense and other SG&A expenses discussed above.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2007

Revenue.  Revenue generated in the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $14.2 million compared to $7.2 million for the same period last year, an increase of 96%. Our acquisitions accounted for $5.1 million of this increase. Mako was included for the entire period and accounted for $2.7 million of the increase. Flotation was included for two months and accounted for $1.5 million of the increase and ElectroWave was included for six months, but included for only three months in the same period last year and accounted for $0.9 million of the increase. Our existing businesses continued to strengthen with a $1.8 million increase, for a 29% increase over last year’s six month revenues. Contract revenues were up 25% while rentals were up 47%.  Our offshore market continues to be strong and we continue to expand our customer base.

Gross Profit. Gross margin for the six months ended June 30, 2008 increased $2.1 million to $4.8 million, for a 79% increase. $1.4 million of the increase is attributable to the inclusion of the acquisitions in this period.  The overall gross margin was 34 % for the first six months of 2008 as compared to 37% for the same period last year. The gross margin is slightly lower due to an increase in personnel and personnel related costs for the continued growth.
 
 
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. SG&A for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $5.4 million compared to $1.8 million for the same period last year for an increase of $3.6 million. The acquisitions of Mako and Flotation represented $1.5 million of the increase. Bad debt increased by $0.8 million due to the write off of two accounts, one of which filed for bankruptcy protection during the quarter ($0.2 million of the total bad debt is included in the Mako subsidiary). Personnel and related costs increased by $1.0 million primarily due to an expansion of our businesses requiring more personnel and the related requirements to administer a public company and comply with reporting requirements. Additionally, we paid approximately $0.7 million to in professional accounting, and legal fees to support our various initiatives during the six months ended June 30, 2008 relating to the filing of a registration statement and acquisitions and reporting requirements. Stock based compensation related to employee stock options and restricted stock was approximately $0.3 million in the current fiscal year compared to approximately $40,000 for the comparable prior year period.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $0.5 million compared to $0.2 million for the same prior year period due mainly to the acquisitions in fiscal year 2008, though Flotation has only 2 months of depreciation expense since they were acquired May 1, 2008. Fixed assets acquired in the Mako and Flotation subsidiaries totaled $8.1 million. In addition, intangible assets purchased in the Mako and Flotation acquisitions total $19.2 million in the aggregate. Amortization of intangible assets for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 was $0.4 million.

Interest Expense. Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $3.9 million compared to $1.5 million for the same prior year period.  In connection with the early payoff of the Credit Agreement, Deep Down accelerated the remaining deferred financing costs totaling $0.7 million and recorded this charge to interest expense. Additionally, $1.5 million in debt discounts were accelerated and recorded to interest expense, along with early termination fees of approximately $446,412.  Deep Down paid cash interest related to the Credit Agreement totaling $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. For the comparable period of the prior year, $1.4 million of the total interest related to accretion on the redemption of Series G and Series E Preferred Stock.
 
Gain/(loss) on debt extinguishment.  In connection with the early payoff of the Credit Agreement in June 2008, early termination fees of approximately $446,412 were recognized as a loss on early extinguishment of debt. In the prior year, Deep Down executed a Securities Redemption Agreement with the former Deep Down CFO to redeem 4,000 shares of Series E exchangeable preferred stock at a discounted price of $500 per share for a total of $2.0 million.  The discount of $500 per share from the face value of $1,000 was accounted for as a substantial modification of debt, thereby generating a gain on extinguishment of debt.  Deep Down accreted the remaining discount of $1.1 million attributable to such shares on the date of redemption.  

            Net loss. Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $5.0 million, compared to a net income of $0.8 million for the same prior year period, as discussed above.
 
EBITDA.  Excluding the one-time gain and non-cash interest and stock based compensation charges, EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $(0.3) million compared to $1.0 million, a decrease of $1.3 million from the same prior year period.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

Financing for our operations consists primarily of cash flows attributable to our operations. We believe that the liquidity we derived from the private placement of our common stock in June 2008 and cash flows attributable to our operations is more than sufficient to fund our capital expenditures, debt maturities and other business needs. We continue to evaluate acquisitions and joint ventures in the ordinary course of business. When opportunities for business acquisitions meet our standards, we believe we will have access to capital sources necessary to take advantage of those opportunities.

As of June 30, 2008, our cash and cash equivalents were $4.1 million.  Cash and cash equivalents were $2.2 million plus restricted cash of $0.4 million as of December 31, 2007.  Management believes that we have adequate capital resources when combined with its cash position and cash flow from operations to meet current operating requirements.

On June 5, 2008, we sold 57,142,857 shares of Deep Down’s common stock in a private placement at a price of $0.70 per share, for a total purchase price of $40.0 million and net proceeds to us of approximately $37.1 million. We used $22.1 million of the net proceeds to fund the cash portion of the Flotation purchase, and used approximately $12.5 million to repay outstanding debt, interest and early termination fees to Prospect on June 12, 2008, with the remainder being retained for working capital purposes.

On April 11, 2008, the shareholders of Mako received the final cash installment of $1.2 million under the terms of the securities redemption and shareholder payable agreement.
 
 
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Cash Flow from Operating Activities

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, cash used in operating activities was $1.4 million as compared to cash provided by operating activities for the same prior year period of 2007 of $0.4 million. Our working capital balances vary due to delivery terms and payments on key contracts, work in progress, and outstanding receivables and payables. Additionally, we recorded the following non-cash charges: amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount related to the Prospect payoff totaling $2.6 million, share based compensation of $0.3 million, and depreciation and amortization of $0.9 million.

Cash Flow from Investing Activities

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, cash used in investing activities was $23.7 million as compared to $0.6 million for the same prior year period. The majority of the 2008 activity related to the cash paid to Flotation shareholders totaling $22.1 million offset by $0.2 million cash acquired, which was funded by the net proceeds of the private placement as discussed above. Additionally, Deep Down made the final cash payment to the Mako shareholders in the amount of $1.2 million. The restricted cash balance of $0.4 million was released in connection with the payoff of the Credit Agreement. Deep Down used $0.7 million for equipment purchases compared to the same prior year period totaling $0.4 million.

Cash Flow from Financing Activities

For the six months ended June 30, 2008, cash provided by financing activities was $27.0 million compared to $0.5 million for the same prior year period.  During the six months ended June 30, 2008, Deep Down completed the foregoing described private placement for net proceeds of $37.1 million. In June, 2008, Deep Down paid approximately $12.5 million to Prospect to pay the balance due under its Credit Agreement and related interest and early termination fees. In January 2008, in accordance with the terms of the purchase of Mako, Deep Down paid $0.9 million of notes payable plus accrued interest of $2,664, and received proceeds from Prospect totaling $2.7 million.

Capital Resources and Requirements

We generate our liquidity and capital resources primarily through operations and, when needed, through available capital markets. At June 30, 2008, long-term debt was $1.0 million, of which $47,477 was the current portion.
 
Critical Accounting Policies
   
For a discussion of our critical accounting matters, please refer to Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No.3) filed on August 8, 2008.

Inflation and Seasonality

We do not believe that our operations are significantly impacted by inflation.  Our business is not seasonal in nature.
 
 
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ITEM 4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)).  Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered in this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error or fraud.  A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.  Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.  Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
 
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in Deep Down’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarterly period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Deep Down’s internal control over financial reporting except for the impact of its new acquisition of Flotation. With its new acquisition, Deep Down’s management will conduct its annual assessment for its inclusion in its December 31, 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY AND USE OF PROCEEDS

On June 5, 2008, Deep Down entered into the Purchase Agreement to sell and issue to certain purchasers, purchasing in reliance on the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, an aggregate of 57,142,857 shares, of Deep Down’s common stock at a price of $0.70 per share. The net proceeds for Deep Down from such private placement was approximately $37.1 million. Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC acted as exclusive placement agent for the financing. Deep Down used $22.1 million of the net proceeds to fund the cash portion of the Flotation purchase, and used approximately $12.5 million to repay outstanding debt to Prospect Capital Corporation on June 12, 2008, with the remainder being retained for working capital purposes.

In June 2008, in connection with the acquisition of Flotation, Deep Down issued an aggregate of 1,714,286 shares of common stock to shareholders of Flotation, valued at $0.83 per share, and 600,000 incentive common stock purchase options to employees of Flotation with an exercise price of $1.15 per share.  In addition, warrants to purchase 200,000 common shares at $0.70 per share were issued to an entity affiliated with the selling shareholders for acquisition of the related technology.  The warrants are exercisable at any time from June 3, 2009 through September 3, 2011 and include piggyback registration rights with respect to the underlying shares of common stock.   These shares of restricted common stock are exempt from registration requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

On June 17, 2008, Deep Down effected a cashless exercise of 50,000 employee stock options for a non-insider employee at an exercise price of $0.50 per share for net common shares issued totaling 29,339. These shares of common stock are exempt from registration requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

Effective July 3, 2008, Prospect Capital Corporation, the holders of 4,960,585 warrants originally issued in connection with Deep Down’s secured credit agreement, effected a cashless exercise of all of their warrants for 2,618,129 shares of common stock of Deep Down at an exercise price of $0.507. These shares of common stock are exempt from registration requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
 
 
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

On May 16, 2008 (the “Record Date”), Deep Down received written consents from stockholders representing a majority of our outstanding voting interests on the close of business on the Record Date, in lieu of a meeting, approving amendments to our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to provide the following: i) A division of the board of directors into three classes, approximately equal in size and each director to serve for a three year term ; ii) Prohibiting  action by written consent of the shareholders without prior approval by the board of directors; iii) Limiting authority for the call of special meetings of the shareholders to the board of directors or a committee of the board; and iv) Requiring shareholder nominations for election of directors or proposals for new business to be delivered or mailed to the company not less than 30 or more sixty days prior to the meeting.

On July 21, 2008, Deep Down, Inc. filed Schedule 14C to report the results of the actions related to these matters.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

On May 16, 2008, the Board of Directors amended the Bylaws.  The board of directors or a committee appointed by the board of directors shall act as nominating committee for selecting the management nominees for election as directors. The nominating committee shall deliver written nominations to the secretary at least twenty days prior to the date of the annual meeting. Provided such committee makes such nominations, no nominations for directors except those made by the nominating committee shall be voted upon at the annual meeting unless other nominations by stockholders are made in writing and delivered to the secretary in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
 
Exhibits required to be attached by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Index of Exhibits of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  Those exhibits below incorporated by reference herein are indicated as such by the information supplied in the parenthetical thereafter. If no parenthetical appears after an exhibit, such exhibit is filed herewith.

Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
2.1 (1)
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization among MediQuip Holdings, Inc., Deep Down, Inc., and the majority shareholders of Deep Down, Inc.
 
3.1 (1)
Certificate of Incorporation of MediQuip Holdings, Inc.
 
3.2 (2)
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation providing for Change of Name to Deep Down, Inc.
 
3.3 (1)
By Laws of Deep Down, Inc.
 
3.4 (1)
Form of Certificate Designation of Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
 
3.5 (1)
Form of Certificate Designation of Series E Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock
 
3.6 (1)
Form of Certificate Designation of Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
 
3.7 (1)
Form of Certificate Designation of Series G Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock
 
3.8(7)
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
 
3.9(7)
Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
4.7 (3)
Securities Purchase Agreement
 
4.8 (3)
Common Stock Purchase Warrant (No. 4), dated June 5, 2008
   
  4.9 † (6)
2003 Directors, Officers and Consultants Stock Option, Stock Warrant and Stock Award Plan.
 
5.1 (6)
Opinion of Sonfield & Sonfield, counsel to the Company, as to the legality of the Common Stock being registered. 
   
10.1 (3)
Private Placement Memorandum 
   
10.2 (6)
Supplement No. 1 to Private Placement Memorandum
   
10.4*
Dahlman Rose Underwriting Agreement 
 
10.5 (4)
Stock Purchase Agreement dated April 17, 2008, among Deep down, Inc., Flotation Technologies, Inc. and the selling stockholders named therein.
   
10.6 † (6)
Employment Agreement with David A. Capotosto
   
10.7 † (6)
Employment Agreement with Bradley M. Parro
   
10.8*
Amended Lease Agreement dated May 1, 2008 between Deep Down, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as tenant, and JUMA, L.L.C. December 31, 2007 filed on March 31, 2008).

(1) Filed as an exhibit to our Report on Form 10-KSB/A, filed with the Commission on May 1, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Filed as an exhibit to our Report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Filed as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4) Filed as an exhibit to our Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Filed as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 16, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6) Filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on July 21, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Filed as an exhibit to our Schedule 14C, filed with the Commission on June 19, 2008 and revised and re-filed on August 8, 2008
_________________
* Filed or furnished herewith.
† Exhibit constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement


 
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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.
 
 
DEEP DOWN, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ RONALD E. SMITH
 
President, CEO and Director
 
August 15, 2008
Ronald E. Smith
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
   
/s/ EUGENE L. BUTLER
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
August 15, 2008
Eugene L. Butler
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
   
 
 
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization among MediQuip Holdings, Inc., Deep Down, Inc., and the majority shareholders of Deep Down, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 2) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on May 1, 2008).
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of MediQuip Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on March 31, 2008).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation providing for Change of Name to Deep Down, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on March 31, 2008).
3.3
By Laws of Deep Down, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.3 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on May 1, 2008).
3.4
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.4 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on May 1, 2008).
3.5
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series E Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.5 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on May 1, 2008).
3.6
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.6 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on May 1, 2008).
3.7
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series G Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.7 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A (Amendment No. 1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on May 1, 2008).
3.8
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Exhibit A to our Preliminary Information Statement filed on June 19, 2008 and revised and re-filed on July 21, 2008).
3.9
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference from Exhibit B to our Preliminary Information Statement filed on June 19, 2008 and revised and re-filed on July 21, 2008).
4.1
Common Stock Purchase Warrant (No. 4) dated June 5, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to our Form 8-K/A filed on June 9, 2008).
4.2
Stock Option, Stock Warrant and Stock Award Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.10 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on July 21, 2008).
10.1
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated May 16, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 20.1 to our Form 8-K/A filed on June 9, 2008).
10.2
Supplement No.1 to Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated June 2, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.6 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on July 21, 2008).
10.3
Purchase Agreement dated as of June 2, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K/A filed on June 9, 2008).
10.4
Dahlman Rose Underwriting Agreement dated May 6, 2008
10.5
Stock Purchase Agreement dated April 17, 2008, among Deep down, Inc., Flotation Technologies, Inc. and the selling stockholders named therein (incorporated by reference  to our Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2008)
10.6 †
Employment Agreement with David A. Capotosto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.10 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on July 21, 2008).
10.7 †
Employment Agreement with Bradley M. Parro (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.10 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on July 21, 2008).
10.8*
Amended Lease Agreement dated May 1, 2008 between Deep Down, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as tenant, and JUMA, L.L.C. December 31, 2007 filed on March 31, 2008).
31.1†
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
31.2†
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
32.1†
Section 1350 Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer of Deep Down, Inc.
32.2†
Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Deep Down Down, Inc.

* Filed or furnished herewith
† Exhibit constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement