U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON DC 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended March 28, 2009

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from _______ to _______.
 
Commission File No. 0-28452
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VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
 
87-0355929
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
One Morningside Drive North, Bldg. B, Suite 300,
Westport, Connecticut 06880
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
 
(203) 349-4160
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  x    NO  ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES  ¨    NO  ¨
 
The Registrant is not yet subject to this requirement.
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, or “smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

     
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting Company
x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    YES  ¨    NO  x
 
As of May 11, 2009, there were 3,988,819 shares of common stock of the registrant issued and outstanding.
 

 
 

 


 
VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
 
March 28, 2009

         
       
Page
  PART I.
 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
3
     
ITEM 1.
 
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
   
     
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008
 
3
     
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008 
 
4
     
   
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders Deficit and Comprehensive Loss for the Nine Months Ended March 28, 2009 
 
5
     
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008 
 
6
     
   
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
7
     
ITEM 2.
 
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
19
     
ITEM 3.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
28
     
ITEM 4T.
 
Controls and Procedures
 
28
     
  PART II.
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
29
     
ITEM 1.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
29
     
ITEM 1A.
 
Risk Factors
 
30
     
ITEM 2.
 
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
41
     
ITEM 3.
 
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
41
     
ITEM 4.
 
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
41
     
ITEM 5.
 
Other Information
 
41
     
ITEM 6.
 
Exhibits
 
41
   
  SIGNATURES
 
41



 
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PART I.
 
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
 

VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands, except par value)

   
March28,
   
June28,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
ASSETS
           
             
Current assets:
           
 Cash
  $ 1,837     $ 4,240  
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of $807 and $1,724 at March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008 respectively
    18,902        25,126   
Accounts receivable - other
    1,119       815  
Prepaid insurance
    4,747       1,635  
Other prepaid expenses and current assets
    1,071       720  
                 
Total current assets
    27,676       32,536  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    6,028       6,981  
Goodwill
    35,138       35,138  
Intangible assets, net
    19,733       21,333  
Deferred financing costs, net
    2,773       2,164  
Other assets
    4,014       3,797  
                 
Total assets
  $ 95,362     $ 101,949  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
               
                 
Current liabilities:
               
Trade accounts payable
  $ 26,752     $ 26,533  
Accrued wages and benefits
    3,576       4,078  
Accrued legal and claims
    1,350       4,102  
Accrued insurance and claims
    2,652       3,075  
Accrued interest
    4,107       5,708  
Related party liabilities
    40       52  
Other accrued liabilities
    1,155       1,705  
Revolving line of credit
    10,020       7,942  
Current portion of long-term debt
    910       1,152  
                 
Total current liabilities
    50,562       54,347  
                 
Long-term debt, less current portion
    74,391       46,498  
Accrued insurance and claims
    405       538  
Other long-term liabilities
    4,012       4,992  
Total liabilities
    129,370       106,375  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
               
                 
Shareholders' deficit:
               
Preferred stock, $0.004 par value, 299,515 shares authorized 12,311 and 11,763 shares issued and outstanding at
               
March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008, respectively
    72,148       68,750  
Common stock, $0.004 par value, 700,000 shares authorized 3,984 and 2,893 shares issued and outstanding at
               
March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008, respectively
    16       11  
Stock subscription receivable
    (170 )     (170 )
Additional paid-in-capital
    397,180       393,318  
Accumulated deficit
    (502,886 )     (466,081 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (296 )     (254 )
                 
Total shareholders' deficit
    (34,008 )     (4,426 )
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit
  $ 95,362     $ 101,949  
                 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

 
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VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
March 28,
   
March 29,
   
March 28,
   
March 29,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                         
Revenue
  $ 60,825     $ 82,159     $ 199,147     $ 261,567  
                                 
                                 
Cost of service revenues
    42,916       61,263       143,059       196,923  
Depreciation
    422       351       1,377       952  
      43,338       61,614       144,436       197,875  
                                 
Gross profit
    17,487       20,545       54,711       63,692  
                                 
Operating expenses:
                               
Occupancy
    4,431       4,975       12,628       14,036  
Selling, general and administrative
    13,420       17,578       41,155       54,140  
      17,851       22,553       53,783       68,176  
                                 
Integration costs
    -       -       -       501  
Restructuring charges
    -       176       51       680  
Asset impairments
    -       -       15       -  
Depreciation and amortization
    741       1,482       2,316       4,450  
                                 
Total operating expenses
    18,592       24,211       56,165       73,807  
                                 
Loss from operations
    (1,105 )     (3,666 )     (1,454 )     (10,115 )
                                 
Other income (expense):
                               
Interest expense, net
    (10,007 )     (5,018 )     (28,545 )     (14,831 )
Other (including extinguishment loss of $0.3 million in 2009)
    (307     3       (314 )     4  
                                 
                                 
                                 
Loss before income taxes
    (11,419 )     (8,681 )     (30,363 )     (24,942 )
                                 
Income tax (benefit)
    3       105       (5 )     276  
                                 
Net loss
  $ (11,422 )   $ (8,786 )   $ (30,358 )   $ (25,218 )
                                 
Net loss applicable to common shareholders
  $ (13,688 )   $ (10,613 )   $ (36,805 )   $ (32,494 )
                                 
Basic and diluted net loss per share
  $ (3.73 )   $ (3.78 )   $ (10.71 )   $ (11.77 )
                                 
                                 
Weighted average common stock shares outstanding used in the
                               
basic and diluted net loss per share calculation
    3,668       2,807       3,437       2,761  

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements


 
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VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

   
Series M
   
Series N
   
Series O
   
Series P
   
Series Q
 
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
 
                                                             
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
 
                                                             
Balance at June 28, 2008
    4,063     $ 14,335       764     $ 2,694       90     $ 355       1,995     $ 4,983       4,851     $ 46,383  
                                                                                 
Issuance of Common Stock
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Offering costs
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Conversion of preferred stock to Common Stock
    (4 )     (14 )     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of preferred stock for dividends paid-in-kind
    185       683       40       149       6       22       98       326       223       2,232  
Preferred Stock PIK dividends earned
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Beneficial conversion of preferred stock
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Foreign currency translation
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Comprehensive loss
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                                                 
Balance at March 28, 2009
    4,244     $ 15,004       804     $ 2,843       96     $ 377       2,093     $ 5,309       5,075     $ 48,615  

 
 
VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

 
                                                       
   
Total
                           
Accumulated
       
   
Preferred Stock
   
Common Stock
   
Stock
   
Additional
         
Other
       
                           
Subscription
   
Paid-in
   
Accumulated
   
Comprehensive
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Receivable
   
Capital
   
Deficit
   
Loss
   
Total
 
                                                       
Balance at June 28, 2008
    11,763     $ 68,750       2,893     $ 11     $ (170 )   $ 393,318     $ (466,081 )   $ (254 )   $ (4,426 )
                                                                         
Issuance of Common Stock
    -       -       1,091       5       -       835       -       -       840  
Offering costs
    -       -       -       -       -       (22 )     -       -       (22 )
Conversion of preferred stock to Common Stock
    (4 )     (14 )     -       -       -       14       -       -       -  
Issuance of preferred stock for dividends paid-in-kind
    553       3,412       -       -       -       (3,412 )     -       -       -  
Preferred Stock PIK dividends earned
    -       -       -       -       -       3,178       (3,178 )     -       -  
Beneficial conversion of preferred stock
    -       -       -       -       -       3,269       (3,269 )     -       -  
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (30,358 )     -       (30,358 )
Foreign currency translation
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (42 )     (42 )
Comprehensive loss
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (30,400 )
                                                                         
Balance at March 28, 2009
    12,311     $ 72,148       3,984     $ 16     $ (170 )   $ 397,180     $ (502,886 )   $ (296 )   $ (34,008 )
                                                                         
 
 
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
 

 
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VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
March 28,
   
March 29,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net loss
  $ (30,358 )   $ (25,218 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
               
   cash flows used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization of intangibles
    3,693       5,403  
Accretion of interest and amortization of debt issue costs
    16,319       7,468  
Stock option and warrant expense
    -       151  
(Reversal of) provision for doubtful accounts
    (245 )     256  
Asset impairments
    15       -  
Loss on debt extinguishment
    314       -  
Gain on the sale of assets
    -       (131 )
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Trade accounts receivable
    6,409       5,904  
Other current assets
    (3,774 )     2,607  
Other assets
    (217 )     155  
Accounts payable
    (202 )     (2,551 )
Accrued liabilities
    6,721       (5,978 )
                 
Cashusedinoperatingactivities
    (1,325 )     (11,934 )
                 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Proceeds from sale of assets
    -       237  
Purchases of property and equipment
    (776 )     (1,330 )
                 
Cashusedininvestingactivities
    (776 )     (1,093 )
                 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
(Repayments of) proceeds from prior revolving credit facility, net
    (7,942 )     1,634  
Proceeds from replacement revolving credit facility, net
    8,499       -  
Payments of notes payable and long-term debt
    (859 )     (725 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net
    -       3,599  
                 
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities
    (302 )     4,508  
                 
Net change in cash
    (2,403 )     (8,519 )
                 
Cash, beginning of period
    4,240       14,418  
                 
Cash, end of period
  $ 1,837     $ 5,899  

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

 
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VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 



1.
 
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Velocity Express Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are engaged in the business of providing time definite ground package delivery services to individual consumers and businesses. The Company operates primarily in the United States with limited operations in Canada. The Company currently operates in a single business segment.

2.
 
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of March 28, 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the three and nine months ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008, have been included. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 28, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending June 27, 2009. Certain information in footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles has been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.
 
These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the year ended June 28, 2008, and the footnotes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for such fiscal year.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Velocity Express Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

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

 
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Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company places its cash with federally insured financial institutions. At times, such cash balances may be in excess of the federally insured limit. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to its accounts receivable is limited due to the wide variety of customers to which the Company’s services are sold and the dispersion of those services across many industries and geographic areas. The Company has two customers that accounted for 22.7% and 10.4% of its revenues for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 and one customer that accounted for 15.9% of its revenues for the nine months ended March 29, 2008, respectively. No other customers have revenues in excess of 10%. The Company performs credit evaluation procedures on its customers and generally does not require collateral on its accounts receivable. An allowance for doubtful accounts is reviewed periodically based on the Company’s historical collection experience, current trends, credit policy and a percentage of accounts receivable by aging category. At March 28, 2009 the Company had two customers that accounted for 14.2% and 11.4% of the Company’s total trade accounts receivable, and at June 28, 2008, no single customer had an account receivable balance greater than 10% of the Company’s total trade accounts receivable.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss was $30.4 million and $25.5 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008, respectively. The difference between net loss and comprehensive loss in each respective period relates to foreign currency translation adjustments. All assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as foreign currency translation adjustments, a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss within the Shareholders’ deficit section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Income and expense items are translated at average exchange rates for the period.

Loss Per Share

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss applicable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other obligations to issue common stock such as options, warrants or convertible preferred stock, were exercised or converted into common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company.   For each period presented, diluted loss per share is equal to basic loss per share because the effect of including such securities or obligations would have been antidilutive.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of basic and diluted loss per share:

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
March 28,
   
March 29,
   
March 28,
   
March 29,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
   
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)e
 
Numerator:
                       
Net loss
  $ (11,422 )   $ (8,786 )   $ (30,358 )   $ (25,218 )
Beneficial conversion feature for Series N Preferred
    (56 )     (45 )     (163 )     (243 )
Beneficial conversion feature for Series O Preferred
    (9 )     (35 )     (15 )     (131 )
Beneficial conversion feature for Series P Preferred
    (81 )     (68 )     (239 )     (328 )
Beneficial conversion feature for Series Q Preferred
    (958 )     (561 )     (2,852 )     (3,041 )
Series M Preferred dividends paid-in-kind
    (232 )     (217 )     (684 )     (746 )
Series N Preferred dividends paid-in-kind
    (51 )     (47 )     (149 )     (156 )
Series O Preferred dividends paid-in-kind
    (8 )     (33 )     (12 )     (109 )
Series P Preferred dividends paid-in-kind
    (110 )     (105 )     (326 )     (378 )
Series Q Preferred dividends paid-in-kind
    (761 )     (716 )     (2,007 )     (2,144 )
                                 
                                 
Net loss applicable to common shareholders
  $ (13,688 )   $ (10,613 )   $ (36,805 )   $ (32,494 )
                                 
Denominator for basic and diluted loss per share:
                               
Weighted average common stock shares outstanding
    3,668       2,807       3,437       2,761  
                                 
Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share
  $ (3.73 )   $ (3.78 )   $ (10.71 )   $ (11.77 )
 

 
 
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The following table presents securities that could be converted into common shares and potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future. As of March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008, the potentially dilutive securities were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because to do so would have been antidilutive:

   
March 28,
   
March 29,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(Amounts in thousands)
 
Stock options
    28       28  
Common stock warrants
    1,905       1,929  
Convertible preferred stock:
               
Series M Convertible Preferred
    671       495  
Series N Convertible Preferred
    127       93  
Series O Convertible Preferred
    16       71  
Series P Convertible Preferred
    499       369  
Series Q Convertible Preferred
    4,022       2,990  
                 
      7,268       5,975  

New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No.157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. We adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 as of June 29, 2008. The adoption of SFAS 157 did not have a material impact on our financial condition.

In February 2007 the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS 159”).  SFAS 159 provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value at specific election dates. SFAS 159’s objective is to improve financial reporting by reducing both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. SFAS 159 requires companies to provide additional information that will help users of financial statements to more easily understand the effect of the Company’s choice to use fair value on its earnings. SFAS 159 also requires companies to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities for which the company has chosen to use fair value on the face of the balance sheet. The new standard does not eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards, including requirements for disclosures about fair value measurements included in SFAS 157, and SFAS 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.  The Company has not elected to measure any assets or liabilities at fair value that are not already measured at fair value under existing standards.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141(R)”). SFAS 141(R) requires most identifiable assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and goodwill acquired in a business combination to be recorded at “full fair value.” The statement applies to all business combinations, including combinations among mutual enterprises. SFAS 141(R) requires all business combinations to be accounted for by applying the acquisition method and is effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008, with early adoption prohibited.

In June 2008, the FASB ratified EITF Issue No. 07-5, Determining Whether an Instrument (or an Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity's Own Stock (EITF 07-5).  EITF 07-5 provides that an entity should use a two step approach to evaluate whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to its own stock, including evaluating the instrument's contingent exercise and settlement provisions.   EITF 07-5 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008.  The consensus must be applied to outstanding instruments as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the consensus is adopted and should be treated as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impacts, if any, of adopting this EITF.

 
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3.
 
RESTRUCTURING LIABILITIES

A summary of the restructuring liabilities and the activity for the nine-month period ended March 28, 2009 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

   
Restructuring
               
Adjustments
   
Restructuring
 
   
Liabilities
   
Restructuring
         
and Changes
   
Liabilities
 
   
June 28, 2008
   
Costs
   
Payments
   
in Estimates
   
March 28, 2009
 
                               
Employee termination benefits
  $ 7     $ -     $ (3 )   $ -     $ 4  
Lease termination costs
    514       -       (265 )     51       300  
    $ 521     $ -     $ (268 )   $ 51     $ 304  

4.
 
DEBT

Revolving Credit Facility

On March 13, 2009, the Company and some of its domestic subsidiaries entered into a senior secured revolving credit agreement (the ”Agreement”) with a syndicate of lenders led by Burdale Capital Finance, Inc. (“Burdale”).  Burdale is the administrative agent under the revolving credit agreement, proceeds from which were used to satisfy outstanding borrowings under the Wells revolving credit agreement described below.  The revolving credit agreement, as amended, matures on the earlier of (a) March 13, 2012, (b) March 31, 2010, so long as the maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes has not been extended past June 30, 2010 in a manner acceptable to Burdale, (c) 90 days prior to the maturity date of the Modified Senior Notes if the maturity date of the Modified Senior Notes has been extended to a date later than June 30, 2010 in a manner acceptable to Burdale, (d) the acceleration of all obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (e) the date on which this Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with the provisions hereof or by operation of law. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (other than CD&L, the Company’s inactive subsidiaries, the Company’s  franchising subsidiary, and foreign subsidiaries) is a borrower under the revolving credit agreement, as amended, and the Company and all of its domestic subsidiaries have guaranteed the borrowers’ obligations under the revolving credit agreement, as amended. The borrowers’ obligations are joint and several. Borrowings under the revolving credit agreement, as amended, are secured by substantially all of the assets of each borrower and each guarantor. The revolving credit agreement, as amended, provides for up to $12.0 million of aggregate financing, $7.5 million of which may be in the form of letters of credit.

Borrowings under the Agreement bear interest at a rate equal to a base rate plus an applicable margin of 4.00%. The base rate equals the highest of (a) the “prime rate” announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank (or any successor to the foregoing or, if such rate ceases to be so published, as quoted from such other generally available and recognizable source as Burdale may select) as its “prime rate”, subject to each increase or decrease in such prime rate, effective as of the day any such change occurs, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined in the Agreement) from time to time plus one-half of one (0.50) percentage point, (c) LIBOR (under certain conditions) on such day plus one (1) percentage point and (d) 4.25%. The Company’s borrowing rate at March 28, 2009 was 8.25%.  The Company had one letter of credit issued for $14,250 and $1.5 million of unused availability under the Agreement at March 28, 2009.

The revolving credit agreement, as amended, contains a number of customary covenants that, among other things, restrict the borrowers’ and guarantors’ ability to incur additional debt, create liens on assets, sell assets, pay dividends, engage in mergers and acquisitions, change the business conducted by the borrowers or guarantors, make capital expenditures and engage in transactions with affiliates. The revolving credit agreement, as amended, also includes specified financial covenants requiring the borrowers to achieve a minimum Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the amended revolving credit agreement), measured at the end of each fiscal month,  and to certify compliance on a monthly basis.

 
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For 13 of the 41 days in the period from March 16, 2009 to May 6, 2009, borrowings under the Burdale revolving credit facility were permitted to exceed the maximum borrowings as calculated under the revolving credit agreement due to discretionary decreases in availability blocks by Burdale.  On May 12, 2009, the Company entered into the first amendment to the revolving credit facility to, among other things, temporarily reduce the availability blocks and revise the minimum Adjusted EBITDA targets.

Repayment of Wells Revolving Credit Facility

Prior to March 13, 2009, the Company maintained a revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. (”Wells”) that allowed for borrowings up to $25 million. Interest was payable monthly at a rate equal to, at the borrowers’ option, either a base rate plus an applicable margin of 3.5%, or a LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 6.0%. On March 13, 2009, the Wells revolving credit facility was repaid with the proceeds from the Burdale revolving credit facility (discussed above). In connection with the debt financing, the Company expensed the remaining unamortized finance costs of $0.3 million as a loss from the extinguishment of debt.

Prior to closing, the Company paid $2.5 million in cash to collateralize its participation in the captive insurance company that provides certain of its insurance coverage reducing the letter of credit previously in place to secure these obligations to zero.
 
Long Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

   
March 28,
   
June 28,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(Amounts in thousands)
 
             
Modified Senior Notes, net of discount of $25,270 and $40,482, respectively
  $ 73,671     $ 45,543  
Capital leases
    1,494       1,969  
Other
    136       138  
                 
      75,301       47,650  
Current maturities
    (910 )     (1,152 )
                 
Total long term debt
  $ 74,391     $ 46,498  

Modified Senior Notes

The Company is accreting the difference between the carrying amount of the Modified Senior Notes ($73.7 million and $45.5 million at March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008, respectively) and their face value ($98.9 million and $86.0 million at March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008, respectively) over the remaining term using the effective interest method. Total accretion in the three and nine month periods ended March 28, 2009 was $5.1 million and $15.2 million, respectively. Total accretion in the three and nine month periods ended March 29, 2008 was $2.0 million and $5.9 million, respectively.

The Modified Senior Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 18% at March 28, 2009.  They may be redeemed at the Company’s option after June 30, 2009, upon payment of the then applicable redemption price. The Company may also redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Modified Senior Notes with proceeds derived from the sale of Velocity Express capital stock. The Company may also redeem Modified Senior Notes with proceeds derived from the exercise of warrants subject to specified limits. In each instance, the optional redemption price is 106% of face value if the redemption occurs between June 30, 2007 and June 29, 2009; and 100% if the redemption occurs thereafter.

 
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A second supplemental indenture, dated December 22, 2006, prohibits the payment of mandatory redemption of Original Senior Notes if there are outstanding obligations under the revolving credit facility, as amended.

On July 25, 2007, the Company entered into a third supplemental indenture modifying the indenture governing the Original Senior Notes. An allonge to the existing Senior Notes raised the interest rate payable on the Notes from 12.0% to 13.0%.

On May 19, 2008, the holders of our Original Senior Notes due 2010 (the “Note Holders”) consented to a fourth supplemental indenture modifying the indenture governing the Original Senior Notes. The supplemental indenture (1) allowed for interest payments due in June 2008 ($5.7 million) and December 2008 ($8.2 million) to be paid-in-kind, instead of cash, (2) allows for one half of the interest payments (9%) due in 2009 to be paid-in-kind, instead of cash, (3) at the option of holder, up to 50% of PIK interest to be paid in registered common shares at volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) not less than the current market of $0.88 on the date the agreement was reached, (4) required issuance of an additional $7.8 million face value of the Senior Notes for a total of $86.0 million face value then outstanding at May 19, 2008, (5) increased the interest rate to 18%, (6) reduced the exercise price of the warrants originally issued with the Original Senior Notes in July 2006 by $16.21, from $17.56 to $1.35 per share, (7) required the issuance of additional warrants equal to 15% of the common stock of the Company to holders at $0.88 per share (which was the greater of 105% VWAP or $0.88) with a forced conversion feature at 150% of the initial conversion price, (8) replaced existing financial covenants with a $3.0 million minimum cash covenant, and $26.0 million minimum cash plus accounts receivable covenant, and a minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant, (9) waived the Note Holders’ right of first refusal to replace the Wells Fargo Foothill revolving credit facility, (10) defines the terms under which replacement financing for the Company’s revolving credit facility is permitted, (11) committed any and all proceeds from certain litigation to prepayment of the Modified Senior Notes subject to the rights of the revolving credit facility provider, (12) permits the sale or licensing of the Company’s technology for use outside of North America, with certain proceeds or revenue from such sale or licensing committed to prepayment of the Modified Senior Notes subject to the rights of the revolving credit facility provider, (13) permits the sale of certain non-core business units with certain proceeds from such sales committed to prepayment of the Modified Senior Notes subject to the rights of the revolving credit facility provider, (14) reduced certain executive pay, and (15) provides for two-thirds (2/3rds) majority of the Note Holders of the then outstanding balance of Modified Senior Notes to consent to modifications or amendments to the Indenture governing the Modified Senior Notes .

The Company did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, and January 24, 2009, and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, December 27, 2008, January 24, 2009, and February 21, 2009, contained in the indenture and its supplements.

The fifth supplemental indenture, among other things, (1) waived the covenant violations noted above, (2) replaced certain existing financial covenants with a lower quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant, a $20.0 million minimum cash plus accounts receivable covenant, and increased the limit on purchase money obligations and capital lease obligations to $2.75 million in the aggregate, (3) permitted the Company to enter into a $12.0 million revolving credit facility with Burdale, and (4) provides that the Company shall hire an investment banker to conduct a sale of all or substantially all of the Modified Senior Notes and/or the Company and/or the assets of the Company.  The Note Holders were paid $0.5 million and will receive 50% of the first $2.0 million of net proceeds from certain litigations as consideration for their consent.

The Company did not meet its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement contained in the Indenture and its supplements for the months ended February 21, 2009 and March 28, 2009.

 
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On June 30, 2008, the Company issued $5.3 million face value of Modified Senior Notes and 377,154 shares of common stock as settlement of interest accrued on the Modified Senior Notes in accordance with the fourth supplemental indenture.  On December 30, 2008, the Company issued $7.7 million face value of Modified Senior Notes and certain Note Holders elected to receive another $0.4 million of PIK interest in the form of approximately 612,232 shares of common stock as settlement of interest accrued on the Modified Senior Notes in accordance with the fourth supplemental indenture.

5.
 
AUTOMOBILE AND WORKERS COMPENSATION LIABILITIES

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2005 and concluding in December 2006, we changed our insurance program to policies with minimal or no deductibles from earlier periods when our policies had various higher deductible levels; and thus were partially self-insured for automobile and workers’ compensation claims incurred during that period. The Company is also partially self-insured through high deductible policies for cargo claims. Provisions for losses expected under these programs are recorded based upon the Company’s estimates of the aggregate liability for claims incurred and applicable deductible levels. These estimates include the Company’s actual experience based on information received from the Company’s insurance carriers and historical assumptions of development of unpaid liabilities over time.

The Company has established accruals for automobile and workers’ compensation liabilities, and for cargo claims, which it believes are adequate. The Company reviews these matters, internally and with outside brokers, on a regular basis to evaluate the likelihood of losses, settlements and litigation related expenses. The Company has funded settlements and expenses through cash flow and believes that it will be able to do so going forward. There have not been any losses that have differed materially from the accrued estimated amounts.

In January 2007, the Company began insuring its workers’ compensation risks through insurance policies with substantial deductibles and retains risk as a result of its deductibles related to such insurance policies. The Company’s deductible for workers’ compensation is $500,000 per loss with an annual aggregate stop loss of approximately $1,600,000. The Company accrues the estimated amounts of uninsured claims and deductibles related to such insurance retentions for claims that have occurred in the normal course of business. These accruals are established by management based upon the recommendations of third party administrators who perform a specific review of open claims, which include fully developed estimates of both reported claims and incurred but not reported claims, as of the balance sheet date. Actual claim settlements may differ materially from these estimated accrued amounts. As of March 28, 2009 and June 28, 2008, the Company has accrued approximately $1.5 million for case reserves plus development reserves and estimated losses incurred, but not reported.

6.
 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common stock

During the three and nine-month periods ended March 28, 2009, the Company issued to the Note Holders as settlement in part of accrued interest on the Modified Senior Notes 612,232 and 989,386 shares of common stock with a fair value of approximately $0.5 million and $0.7 million, respectively.
 
Warrant Conversions

During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company redeemed approximately $0.1 million in face value of Modified Senior Notes as settlement of the exercise price from the exercise of 101,864 warrants in exchange for 101,864 shares of common stock. The warrants exercised by the holders of the Modified Senior Notes had exercise prices of $0.88 and $1.35 per warrant. The shares issued were recorded at their fair value of approximately $0.1 million resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of approximately $7,000 which is recorded in other expense.

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A summary of the status of the Company’s common stock warrants outstanding as of March 28, 2009 and activity during the nine-month period then ended is presented below:

             
Weighted
 
         
Weighted
 
Average
Aggregate
   
Number of
   
Average
 
Remaining
Intrinsic Value
   
Warrants
   
Exercise Price
 
Contractual Life
(in thousands)
Warrants Outanding Begininng of Period
    2,006,728     $ 3.89      
                     
Granted
    -       -      
                     
Exercised
    (101,864 )     0.97      
                     
Forfeit/Expired
    (76 )     470.92      
                     
Warrants outstanding and exercisable, March 28, 2009
    1,904,788     $ 3.95  
1.55 years
$4

Preferred Stock Conversions

During the three and nine-month periods ended March 28, 2009 the Company issued zero and 481 shares of common stock as a result of shareholder conversions of Series M Convertible Preferred Stock and Series O Convertible Preferred Stock within original terms of each respective agreement.

7.
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation, Claims and Assessments

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business. The Company determined the amount of its legal accrual with respect to these matters in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles based on management’s estimate of the probable liability. In the opinion of management, none of these legal proceedings or claims is expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s financial position or results of operations. However, the impact on cash flows might be material in the periods such claims are settled and paid.

Office Depot, Inc., previously one of the Company’s largest customers, terminated its agreements with the Company in late October 2006. The Company believes that Office Depot did so in violation of the agreements, which provided for termination only upon: (a) 60 days prior notice if the termination is without cause; and (b) if the termination is with cause, then upon 30 days notice, with the opportunity to cure. Office Depot’s termination was for alleged cause and provided no opportunity to cure as the termination was effective virtually immediately.
 
Consequently, on Friday, May 4, 2007, the Company filed suit against Office Depot in Superior Court of Kent County, Delaware. That suit seeks three separate forms of relief. The first claim is for almost $600,000 for unpaid invoices. The second claim is for approximately $3.1 million resulting from Office Depot’s failure to pay the minimums required of it pursuant to the agreements. The third claim is for damages resulting from the improper termination, including loss of contributions to the Company’s profit resulting from the alleged improper termination. The damages for the last claim assume that the improperly cancelled agreements would have remained in effect at least another year. Office Depot filed its answer on July 18, 2007. Discovery is ongoing. There is no assurance the Company will be successful in pursuing this lawsuit, that Office Depot will not file a claim against us, or that the legal costs in doing so will not outweigh any amounts received from Office Depot.

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In January 2007, two Notices of Assessment seeking payroll taxes were issued by the California Employment Development Department (the “EDD”) against Velocity Express, Inc. The first Notice of Assessment covers the period July 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004. The second Notice of Assessment covers the period of January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. In February 2007, the Company filed a Petition for Reassessment disputing both assessments in their entirety and requesting that this matter be referred to an administrative law judge for resolution. The Company is currently in the process of researching and producing documents for use in connection with its Petition for Reassessment.

In connection with the CD&L acquisition, the Company assumed the defense of a class action suit filed in December, 2003 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, seeking to certify a class of California based independent contractors from December 1999 to the present.  The complaint seeks unspecified damages for various employment related claims, including, but not limited to overtime, minimum wage claims, and claims for unreimbursed business expenses. CD&L filed an Answer to their Complaint on or about January 2, 2004 denying all allegations.  Plaintiff’s motion for Class Certification was granted in part and denied in part on January 28, 2007.  During the three and nine-months ended March 28, 2009, the Company recorded benefits of approximately $0.5 million and $1.5 million resulting from changes in the estimated settlement liability related to this matter. Discovery on this matter is ongoing and a trial date has been adjourned to December of 2009.

Nine purported class action law suits were filed against the Company between December 2007 and July 2008.  These suits, which were filed by a very small group of independent contractor drivers in six different states, seek unspecified damages for various unsubstantiated employment related claims.  In response to the proliferation of these cases, our outside counsel filed a motion to have the cases consolidated pursuant to federal multi-district litigation rules.  On October 8, 2008, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation granted our motion and ordered that the cases be consolidated for pretrial proceedings.  The Panel ordered that the cases be consolidated in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.  At this point, the cases have all been transferred to the Eastern District of Wisconsin, for further proceedings in that court.  A non-binding mediation of these cases took place on April 14, 2009 and settlement discussions are ongoing. Unrelated discovery and motion practice is presently stayed.  Velocity intends to vigorously defend these suits and has filed answers rejecting all employment based allegations of the various complaints.

NASDAQ Compliance
 
The Company received notice on June 19, 2008 from the NASDAQ that it was not in compliance with the Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(4) regarding the minimum bid requirement for the continued listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ. We initially had a period of 180 days to attain compliance by maintaining a bid price of $1.00 for ten consecutive trading days.  If we were unable to demonstrate bid price compliance by the end of the compliance period, but are found to meet all other initial listing requirements for the NASDAQ, we may receive an additional 180-day compliance period. If we do not meet compliance requirements within the second 180-day period, NASDAQ will notify us that our common stock will be de-listed. Upon receiving this notice, we will file a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing that and related details.
 
The Company received another notice on September 5, 2008 from the NASDAQ that we were not in compliance with the Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(7) regarding the minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement for the continued listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ. If we were unable to demonstrate minimum market value compliance by the end of the compliance period, NASDAQ will notify us that our common stock will be de-listed.  Upon receiving this notice, we will file a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing that and related details.

 
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On October 16, 2008, the NASDAQ implemented a temporary suspension of bid price and market value of publicly held shares requirements through Friday, January 16, 2009.  On October 22, 2008, NASDAQ sent the Company two letters to inform management that it will remain at the same stage of the compliance period with regard to minimum bid price or minimum market value of publicly held shares, and upon reinstatement of the rules, it will retain the number of days remaining in its compliance period of 62 days and 50 days, respectively, extending the compliance period to March 23, 2009 and March 10, 2009, respectively.
 
On December 19, 2008, the NASDAQ announced that it extended its suspension of the rules requiring a minimum $1.00 bid price and minimum market value of publicly held shares until Monday, April 20, 2009.
 
The Company received a third notice on October 16, 2008 that the Company is no longer in compliance with Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(3) requiring the Company to maintain a minimum of $2.5 million in stockholders’ equity. As provided in the NASDAQ rules, the Company submitted a response to the NASDAQ staff on October 31, 2008, outlining a specific plan and timeline to achieve and sustain compliance based on the prospective global alliance transactions. Based on the staff review of the materials submitted, the Staff determined to grant the Company an extension.  On December 9, 2008, the NASDAQ sent the Company a letter granting an extension of time to regain compliance with of the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement until January 29, 2009.
 
On February 4, 2009, the Company received a fourth notice from the NASDAQ containing a staff determination that the Company failed to comply with the $2.5 million stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing by January 29, 2009 and notifying the Company that trading in the Company’s common stock would be suspended unless an appeal of their determination was filed.  The Company filed an appeal on February 11, 2009 requesting a formal hearing on the matter. A hearing was held on March 18, 2009 at which time the Company presented a plan to regain compliance with the $2.5 million stockholders' equity requirement.
 
On April 20, 2009, the Company received a fifth notice from the NASDAQ informing the Company that the NASDAQ Hearings Panel in satisfied that the Company is actively, diligently and in good faith taking responsible steps to regain compliance and has decided to grant the request of the Company to remain listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market through August 3, 2009.
 
Although we may regain compliance with the NASDAQ listing requirements, the negative publicity surrounding the receipt of these notices will likely have a material adverse effect on the price of our common stock, our ability to raise capital, whether debt or equity, in the future unless and until this situation is resolved, and will likely cause a negative perception of, and confidence in, us by our investors, customers, vendors, creditors and employees. Although we believe we have done all that we can to maintain our NASDAQ listing, holders of our preferred stock and certain warrants may claim that we did not use our best efforts to maintain our NASDAQ listing. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in regaining compliance with NASDAQ’s listing requirements.

In the event of delisting, trading, if any, would be conducted in the over-the-counter market in the so-called “pink sheets” or on the OTC Bulletin Board. In addition, our securities could become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock rules.” These rules would impose additional requirements on broker-dealers who effect trades in our securities, other than trades with their established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, the delisting of our securities and the applicability of the penny stock rules may adversely affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities, which may adversely affect your ability to resell our securities. If any of these events take place, you may not be able to sell as many securities as you desire, you may experience delays in the execution of your transactions and our securities may trade at a lower market price than they otherwise would.

8.
 
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

GCC Eagles, LLC Contractor Services Agreement

On November 11, 2008, Velocity contracted with GCC Eagles, LLC (“GCC”) for consulting and advisory services in connection with the Global Alliance pursuant to a monthly contractor services agreement whereby Velocity agreed to pay GCC a non-refundable $25,000 upon execution of the agreement and a monthly fee of $12,500, plus other incentive compensation upon achievement of certain actions.  Garrett Stonehouse, managing member and sole owner of GCC Eagles, LLC, is a partner of MCG Global, LLC.
 
 
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9.
 
LIQUIDITY

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company reported significant recurring losses from operations over the past several years including in 2008 a loss of approximately $56.1 million, which includes a goodwill impairment charge of $46.7 million and a $13.9 million non-cash gain on the extinguishment of debt, and for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 a loss of approximately $30.4 million. The Company also used cash in operating activities over the past several years, including $11.3 million in fiscal 2008 and $1.3 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009.  As of March 28, 2009 the Company has negative working capital deficiency of approximately $22.7 million and a deficiency in assets of $34.0 million. Further, the Company did not meet the minimum Adjusted EBITDA levels required by its prior revolving credit agreement at various times during fiscal 2008 and 2009.  The Company also did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirements contained in its Indenture and related supplements at various times during fiscal 2009.  Additionally, the Company’s current forecast projects that it will be unable to meet its June 2009 minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenants or make its June interest payment to the Note Holders, both of which could result in an event of default subject to the stay period as provided in the intercreditor agreement as described below.  These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, and January 24, 2009, and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirement contained in the Indenture and its supplements for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, December 27, 2008, January 24, 2009 and February 21, 2009.

The fifth supplemental indenture executed on March 13, 2009, among other things, (1) waived the covenant violations noted above, (2) replaced certain existing financial covenants with a lower quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant, a $20.0 million minimum cash plus accounts receivable covenant, and increased the limit on purchase money obligations and capital lease obligations to $2.75 million in the aggregate, (3) permitted the Company to enter into a $12.0 million revolving credit facility with Burdale, and (4) provides that the Company shall hire an investment banker to conduct a sale of all or substantially all of the Modified Senior Notes and/or the Company and/or the assets of the Company.  The Note Holders were paid $0.5 million and will receive 50% of the first $2.0 million of net proceeds from certain litigations as consideration for their consent.

The Company did not meet its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended February 21, 2009 and March 28, 2009, contained in the Indenture and its supplements.  We believe the Note Holder will waive the covenant requirements. Unless waived by the Note Holders, then following appropriate notice, such non-compliance constitute could constitute an event of default thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice, which also would trigger a cross-default under the Burdale revolving credit facility. Under the intercreditor agreement between the Trustee and Burdale, after receipt by Burdale of a written declaration of the Trustee on behalf of the Note Holders of such event of default, the Note Holders would be stayed an additional 150 days before being able to enforce their liens on a material portion of the collateral, subject to Burdale’s rights.

The Company is also required to make the June and December 2009 interest payments to the Note Holders including cash payments of $4.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively.   If necessary, in order to facilitate the sales process mandated under the fifth supplemental indenture, the Company plans to solicit consents from the Bond Holders to defer or to waive the payment of interest that is due in cash.  We believe we will receive such waivers. However, no assurance can be given that the Note Holders will be receptive to any such request.  In the event the Company is unable to obtain the necessary waivers from the Note Holders and fails to pay the Note Holders the June 30, 2009 interest payment by July 30, 2009, the Trustee, on behalf of the Note Holders, or certain Note Holders may elect to declare the principal and interest outstanding under the Modified Senior Notes immediately due and payable and to notify Burdale of the same.  Such event of default would trigger a cross-default under the Burdale revolving credit facility. Under the intercreditor agreement between the Trustee and Burdale, after receipt by Burdale of a written declaration of the Trustee on behalf of the Note Holders of such event of default, the Note Holders would be stayed 150 days before being able to enforce their liens on a material portion of the collateral, subject to Burdale’s rights.

For 13 of the 41 days in the period from March 16, 2009 to May 6, 2009, borrowings under the Burdale revolving credit facility were permitted to exceed the maximum borrowings as calculated under the revolving credit agreement due to discretionary decreases in availability blocks by Burdale.  On May 12, 2009, the Company entered into the first amendment to the revolving credit facility to, among other things, temporarily reduce the availability blocks and revise the minimum Adjusted EBITDA targets.

Under the Company’s current operating plan, it expects positive cash flow over the next year. Key components of the operating plan include the following:
 


 
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improving gross margins by continued use our integrated route information database to: (1) identify and correct driver pay where our average driver settlement has exceeded competitive market norms for the work performed and (2) identify and implement opportunities to re-design local route structures to optimize the number of drivers retained to perform the contracted deliveries;
 
 
 
lower operating and SG&A expenses primarily by reducing headcount and occupancy expenses, and to a lesser degree, changing or eliminating services and the related costs associated with telecommunications, vehicle expenses, and miscellaneous other activities;
  
 
 
increasing profitable revenue growth from recently announced, existing and potential customers in targeted markets including new revenue derived from our expansion in the retail replenishment business; and

 
 
continuing to manage working capital.

In order to facilitate the sales process mandated under the fifth supplemental indenture, the Company will need to obtain the necessary consents of its Note Holders and Burdale to waive its non-compliance with debt covenants and defer or eliminate the requirement to make the upcoming June 2009 and December 2009 interest payments in cash to the Note Holders in order for it to have sufficient cash flow to meet its expected cash needs and satisfy the covenants contained in the agreements governing its debt (including any minimum Adjusted EBITDA or other covenants under its amended revolving credit facility with Burdale) in the next twelve month period.  No assurance can be given that the Note Holders will be receptive to any such request for waivers.  As of March 28, 2009, the Company had $1.8 million in cash with $1.5 million of unused availability remaining under its revolving credit facility. Although no assurances can be given, based on the current operating plan (including the related assumptions), recent results from operations, and qualitative feedback from field management since March 28, 2009, the Company believes that if it obtains relief from its interest obligations, it will be in compliance with its covenants, including those summarized above, and will continue to meet its obligations in the ordinary course of business as they become due through March 27, 2010.

As with any operating plan, there are risks associated with the Company’s ability to execute it, including the slowing economic environment in which it operates. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to satisfy the revised minimum Adjusted EBITDA requirement or other applicable covenants to its lenders, or achieve the operating improvements described above as contemplated by the current operating plan. If the Company is unable to execute this plan in general, it will need to find additional sources of cash not contemplated by the current operating plan and/or raise additional capital to sustain continuing operations as currently contemplated. Further, the Company will take additional actions if necessary to reduce expenses.  In that case, the Company would need to amend, or seek one or more waivers of, the minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant under the credit agreement, as amended, and the minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement under the fifth supplemental indenture. If the Company cannot maintain compliance with its covenant requirements and cannot obtain appropriate waivers and modifications, the lenders and bondholders may call the debt. If the debt is called, the Company would need to obtain new financing; there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to do so. If the Company is unable to achieve its operating plan and maintain compliance with its loan covenants and its debt is called, the Company will not be able to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty. For a discussion of these risks and related matters discussed above, see “Risk Factors.”


 
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Certain statements in this report, and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and the Company’s future performance that are not historical facts, as well as management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions and projections about future events or future performance, are forward looking statements within the meaning of these laws. Forward-looking statements include statements that are preceded by, followed by, or include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “intends,” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of performance. These statements are based on beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management, which in turn are based on currently available information. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. Forward-looking statements are also affected by known and unknown risks that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Many of these risks are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following: we may never achieve or sustain profitability; we may be unable to fund our future capital needs, and we may need funds sooner than anticipated; our large customers could reduce or discontinue using our services; we may be unable to successfully compete in our markets; we could be exposed to litigation stemming from the accidents or other activities of our drivers; we could be required to pay withholding taxes and extend employee benefits to our independent contractors; we have a substantial amount of debt and preferred stock outstanding, and our ability to operate and financial flexibility are limited by the agreements governing our debt and preferred stock; we may be required to redeem our debt at a time when we do not have the proceeds to do so; and the other risks identified in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Report, as well as in the other documents that the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Management believes that the forward-looking statements contained in this report are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements contained herein, which are based on current expectations. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and management undertakes no obligation to publicly update any of them in light of new information or future events.

We present below Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Velocity Express Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our historical financial statements and related notes contained elsewhere in this report.

Overview

The Company is engaged in the business of providing time definite ground package delivery services. It operates primarily in the United States with limited operations in Canada. The Company operates in a single business segment.

The Company has one of the largest nationwide logistics solutions in the United States.  Its customers are comprised of multi-location, blue chip customers primarily in the healthcare, retail, rapid replenishment sectors and recently in the postal consolidation area.

The Company’s service offerings are divided into Small Package Delivery, Pallet Delivery, Dedicated Delivery, Express Delivery and Business to Postal DDU Delivery (B2DDU).  All of these services are provided on the customer’s schedule including very tight time definite delivery windows.


 
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The Company’s customers represent a variety of industries and utilize our services across multiple service offerings. Revenue categories and percentages of total revenue for the nine-month periods ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008 were as follows:
 
   
Nine Months Ended
   
March 28, 2009
 
March 29, 2008
Retail
 
39.4%
 
35.6%
Healthcare
 
30.9%
 
30.9%
Rapid Replenishment
 
16.8%
 
20.7%
Financial Services
 
12.1%
 
12.8%
Postal Consolidation
 
0.8%
 
0.0%
 
With the enactment of the Federal law known as Check 21, on October 28, 2004, financial services revenue has continued to decline as financial institutions migrate to electronically scanned and processed checks, without the need to move the physical documents to the clearing institution. We expect to off-set this relative decline in revenue in the financial services industry with new revenue from our expansion in the retail replenishment business and most recently the postal consolidation sector.  In addition, we believe we will benefit from the growth in the healthcare industry within the United States, and be able to effectively leverage our broad coverage footprint and track-and-trace scanning capabilities to capitalize on this national growth industry.
 
For the nine months ended March 28, 2009, the Company had a net loss of $30.4 million, and used cash from operations of $1.3 million.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The Company’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company’s management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company’s management evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debts, goodwill, insurance reserves, income taxes, and contingencies and litigation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. For a discussion of the Company’s critical accounting policies, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended June 28, 2008.
 
Historical Results of Operations
 
Three Months Ended March 28, 2009 Compared to Three Months Ended March 29, 2008

Revenue for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 decreased $21.3 million or 26.0% to $60.8 million from $82.2 million for the quarter ended March 29, 2008. The decrease in revenue was the result of volume declines with continuing customers related to the slowing U.S. economy ($12.2 million), lower fuel surcharge reimbursement ($3.6 million), our planned exit from uneconomic customer contracts acquired with the CD&L merger ($4.9 million), other customer service stops ($4.9 million) and the continued migration of banking customers to the Check 21 scanning technology ($2.3 million). These negative changes were partly offset by new revenue from customer start-ups of $3.4 million and $3.3 million of volume growth by other continuing customers that are less affected by the slowing U.S. economy.

Cost of services for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 was $42.9 million, a decrease of $18.3 million or 29.9% from $61.3 million for the quarter ended March 29, 2008. The decrease in volume accounted for a decrease of $13.3 million in driver pay and purchased transportation and $0.2 million in vehicle expense.

 
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Correcting a number of specific routes where our average driver settlement exceeded competitive market norms for the work performed accounted for $2.3 million. Direct labor declined by $1.0 million, but increased as a percentage of revenue from 7.4% of revenue to 8.3% of revenue as the revenue mix shifted to more deliveries requiring sorting in our warehouses.  Insurance expense declined $0.3 million primarily related to the decrease in claims experience and estimated development reserves related to reserves for auto liability; and cargo claims declined $0.6 million, partially due to improved reimbursements from responsible drivers, and insurance recoveries.  The cost of uniforms declined by $0.2 million and there was another $0.3 million improvement in miscellaneous other costs.  Offsetting these improvements was increased depreciation of $0.1 million on the V-Trac 5.0 scanners acquired and deployed to the field, and the related capitalized software development.  As a result, gross margin increased from 25.0% in the prior year quarter ended March 29, 2008 to 28.7% for the quarter ended March 28, 2009.

Occupancy expense for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 was $4.4 million, a decrease of $0.5 million from the quarter ended March 29, 2008 reflecting reduced rent expense ($0.3 million) and utility costs ($0.1 million), as well as lower repair and maintenance costs ($0.1 million).

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 were $13.4 million or 22.0% of revenue, a decrease of $4.2 million or 23.7% as compared with $17.6 million or 21.4% of revenue for the quarter ended March 29, 2008.  The decrease in SG&A for the quarter resulted primarily from a reduction in compensation, benefits, and travel expenses resulting from the two restructuring actions implemented during 2008 in response to the previously announced loss of the Company’s largest financial services customer and the continuous recessionary volume declines cited earlier ($3.3 million), a benefit of $0.6 million resulting from a change in an estimated settlement liability in 2008, a favorable settlement of approximately $0.5 million, a decline in equipment and software of approximately $0.3 million, a $0.2 million reversal in reserve for bad debts, a decline in communication costs of approximately $0.1 million and a decrease in supplies of $0.1 million.  Offsetting these improvements was an increase in legal fees of $1.1 million primarily related to representation in the Office Depot suit, the NICA, Inc. suit, and class action legal defense.

There were no restructuring charges for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 as compared to $0.2 million for the quarter ended March 29, 2008.  The restructuring charges for the quarter ended March 29, 2008 were comprised of estimated severance costs associated with a workforce reduction plan.  

Depreciation and amortization for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 was $0.7 million or 1.2% of revenue, a decrease of $0.7 million or 50.0% as compared with $1.5 million or 1.8% of revenue for the quarter ended March 29, 2008, of which $0.5 million pertains to a decrease in depreciation as equipment becoming fully depreciated exceeded depreciation on newly acquired fixed assets, and $0.2 million pertains to a decrease in amortization expense, as the non-compete intangible assets became fully amortized.

Net interest expense for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 increased $5.0 million to $10.0 million from $5.0 million for the quarter ended March 29, 2008 resulting from an increase of 6.0% in the interest rate on the Modified Senior Notes, an additional $7.8 million face value of Modified Senior Notes issued as consideration for the modification to the indenture governing the Original Senior Notes in May 2008 earning 18% interest, an additional $13.0 million face value of Modified Senior Notes issued as settlement in-kind of interest accrued on the Senior Notes also earning 18% interest, and an increase of 225 basis points in the interest rate on the revolving credit agreement with Burdale when compared to the interest rate on the revolving credit agreement with Wells for the same period last year.

Other expense for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 was $0.3 million and was comprised of deferred fees that were written off in conjunction with the repayment and extinguishment of the prior revolving credit facility.

As a result of the above, the Company had a net loss of $11.4 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 compared to a net loss of $8.8 million in the quarter ended March 29, 2008.
 
Net loss applicable to common stockholders was $13.7 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2009 compared with $10.6 million for the quarter ended March 29, 2008.  For both quarters, the difference between net loss applicable to common stockholders and net loss relates to dividends paid-in-kind on Series M, Series N, Series O, Series P and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock, and the beneficial conversion associated with dividends paid-in-kind on Series N, Series O, Series P and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock.

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Nine Months Ended March 28, 2009 Compared to Nine Months Ended March 29, 2008

Revenue for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 decreased $62.4 million or 23.9% to $199.1 million from $261.6 million for the nine months ended March 29, 2008. The decrease in revenue was the result of volume declines with continuing customers related to the slowing U.S. economy ($25.0 million), lower fuel surcharge reimbursement ($4.2 miilion), our planned exit from uneconomic customer contracts acquired with the CD&L merger ($24.4 million), other customer service stops ($21.4 million), the continued migration of banking customers to the Check 21 scanning technology ($7.2 million), and the loss of a significant bank customer in the second quarter of 2008 ($4.0 million).  These negative changes were partly offset by new revenue from customer start-ups of $18.0 million and $5.8 million of volume growth by other continuing customers that are less affected by the slowing U.S. economy.

Cost of services for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 was $143.1 million, a decrease of $53.9 million or 27.3% from $196.9 million for the nine months ended March 29, 2008. The decrease in volume accounted for a decrease of $39.5 million in driver pay and purchased transportation and $0.5 million in vehicle expense. Correcting a number of specific routes where our average driver settlement exceeded competitive market norms for the work performed accounted for $6.1 million. Direct labor decreased by $2.4 million but increased as a percentage of revenue from 7.0% of revenue to 8.0% of revenue as the revenue mix shifted to more deliveries requiring sorting in our warehouses.  Insurance expense declined $1.2 million primarily related to the decrease in claims experience and estimated development reserves related to reserves for workers’ compensation and auto liability; decreased umbrella insurance premiums, and cargo claims declined $0.9 million, partially due to improved reimbursements from responsible drivers and insurance recoveries.  Communication and scanner expenses also declined by $0.5 million partially due to improved reimbursements from independent contractor drivers related to the rollout of V-Trac 5.0 scanners ($0.4 million).  Workforce acquisition costs also declined by $0.7 million primarily due to lower advertising ($0.3 million) and lower costs for uniforms ($0.3 million).  Offsetting these improvements was increased depreciation of $0.4 million on the V-Trac 5.0 scanners acquired and deployed to the field, and the related capitalized software development.  As a result, gross margin increased from 24.4% in the prior year nine-month period to 27.5% for the nine-month period ended March 28, 2009.

Occupancy expense for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 was $12.6 million, a decrease of $1.4 million from the nine months ended March 29, 2008 reflecting a $0.4 million recovery from New York City related to the condemnation of one of our leased facilities, closures of redundant facilities offset with increased costs for larger new facilities, occupied to accommodate anticipated volume growth ($0.5 million), utility costs ($0.2 million), as well as lower repair and maintenance costs ($0.1 million).

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 were $41.2 million or 20.7% of revenue, a decrease of $13.0 million or 24.0% as compared with $54.1 million or 20.7% of revenue for the nine months ended March 29, 2008.  The decrease in SG&A resulted primarily from a reduction in compensation, benefits, and travel expenses resulting from the two restructuring actions implemented during 2008 in response to the previously announced loss of the Company’s largest financial services customer and the continuous recessionary volume declines cited earlier ($9.8 million), a benefit of $1.6 million resulting from a change in an estimated settlement liability in 2008, two favorable settlements of approximately $0.9 million, a decline in communication costs of approximately $0.5 million, a decline in equipment and software of approximately $1.2 million, a decrease in consulting and other outside services ($0.6 million), a swing of $0.5 million in the reserve for bad debts,  and a decrease in supplies of $0.4 million. Offsetting these improvements was an increase in legal fees of $2.2 million primarily related to representation in the Office Depot suit, the NICA suit, and class action legal defense.

Integration costs for the nine months ended March 29, 2008 were $0.5 million as the Company completed the integration of CD&L in the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

Restructuring charges for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 were $0.1 million, a decrease of $0.6 million as compared to $0.7 million for the nine months ended March 29, 2008.  The decrease is comprised of revising the Company’s estimates of previously recorded lease termination costs associated with prior period restructurings to a lesser degree in the current nine-month period as compared to the comparable nine-month period in the prior year plus approximately $0.2 million in severance costs included in the nine-month period ended March 29, 2008, in response to the previously announced loss of the Company’s largest financial services customer.  There were no individually significant restructuring actions during the nine months ended March 28, 2009, although the Company continuously adjusts its operating costs downward in conjunction with the lower revenue.

 
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Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 was $2.3 million or 1.2% of revenue, a decrease of $2.1 million or 48.0% as compared with $4.5 million or 1.7% of revenue for the nine months ended March 29, 2008, of which $1.5 million pertains to a decrease in depreciation as equipment becoming fully depreciated exceeded depreciation on newly acquired fixed assets, and $0.6 million pertains to a decrease in amortization expense, as the non-compete intangible assets became fully amortized.

Net interest expense for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 increased $14.1 million to $28.9 million from $14.8 million for the nine months ended March 29, 2008 resulting from an increase of 6% in the interest rate on the Modified Senior Notes due 2010, an additional $7.8 million face value of Modified Senior Notes issued as consideration for the modification to the indenture governing the Original Senior Notes in May 2008 earning 18% interest, and an additional $13.0 million face value of Modified Senior Notes issued as settlement in-kind of interest accrued on the Senior Notes also earning 18% interest, and an increase of 225 basis points in the interest rate on the revolving credit agreement with Burdale when compared to the interest rate on the revolving credit agreement with Wells for the same period last year.

Other expense for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 was $0.3 million and was comprised of deferred fees that were written off in conjunction with the repayment and extinguishment of the prior revolving credit facility.

As a result of the above, the Company had a net loss of $30.4 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 compared to a net loss of $25.2 million in the nine months ended March 29, 2008.
 
Net loss applicable to common stockholders was $36.8 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 compared with $32.5 million for the nine months ended March 29, 2008.  For the March 28, 2009 nine-month period, the difference between net loss applicable to common stockholders and net loss relates to dividends paid-in-kind on Series M, Series N, Series O, Series P and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock, and the beneficial conversion associated with dividends paid-in-kind on Series N, Series O, Series P and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock.  In the nine months ended March 29, 2008, the difference between net loss applicable to common stockholders and net loss related to the beneficial conversion associated with the anti-dilution provisions of Series N, Series O, Series P, and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock resulting from the modification of warrants, dividends paid-in-kind on Series M, Series N, Series O, Series P and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock, and the beneficial conversion associated with dividends paid-in-kind on Series N, Series O, Series P and Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Overview
 
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company reported significant recurring losses from operations over the past several years including in 2008 a loss of approximately $56.1 million, which includes a goodwill impairment charge of $46.7 million and a $13.9 million non-cash gain on the extinguishment of debt, and for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 a loss of approximately $30.4 million. The Company also used cash in operating activities over the past several years, including $11.3 million in fiscal 2008 and $1.3 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009.  As of March 28, 2009 the Company has negative working capital deficiency of approximately $22.7 million and a deficiency in assets of $34.0 million. Further, the Company did not meet the minimum Adjusted EBITDA levels required by its prior revolving credit agreement at various times during fiscal 2008 and 2009.  The Company also did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirements contained in its Indenture and related supplements at various times during fiscal 2009.  Additionally, the Company’s current forecast projects that it will be unable to meet its June 2009 minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenants or make its June interest payment to the Note Holders, both of which could result in an event of default subject to the stay period as provided in the intercreditor agreement as described below.  These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 
 
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The Company did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, and January 24, 2009, and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirement contained in the Indenture and its supplements for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, December 27, 2008, January 24, 2009 and February 21, 2009.

The fifth supplemental indenture executed on March 13, 2009, among other things, (1) waived the covenant violations noted above, (2) replaced certain existing financial covenants with a lower quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant, a $20.0 million minimum cash plus accounts receivable covenant, and increased the limit on purchase money obligations and capital lease obligations to $2.75 million in the aggregate, (3) permitted the Company to enter into a $12.0 million revolving credit facility with Burdale, and (4) provides that the Company shall hire an investment banker to conduct a sale of all or substantially all of the Modified Senior Notes and/or the Company and/or the assets of the Company.  The Note Holders were paid $0.5 million and will receive 50% of the first $2.0 million of net proceeds from certain litigations as consideration for their consent.

The Company did not meet its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended February 21, 2009 and March 28, 2009, contained in the Indenture and its supplements.  Unless waived by the Note Holders, then following appropriate notice, such non-compliance constitute could constitute an event of default thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice, which also would trigger a cross-default under the Burdale revolving credit facility. Under the intercreditor agreement between the Trustee and Burdale, after receipt by Burdale of a written declaration of the Trustee on behalf of the Note Holders of such event of default, the Note Holders would be stayed an additional 150 days before being able to enforce their liens on a material portion of the collateral, subject to Burdale’s rights.

The Company is also required to make the June and December 2009 interest payments to the Note Holders including payments of $4.5 million and $4.7 million in cash.   If necessary, in order to facilitate the sales process mandated under the fifth supplemental indenture, the Company plans to solicit consents from the Bond Holders to defer or to waive the payment of interest that is due in cash. No assurance can be given that the Note Holders will be receptive to any such request.  In the event the Company is unable to obtain the necessary waivers from the Note Holders and fails to pay the Note Holders the June 30, 2009 interest payment by July 30, 2009, the Trustee, on behalf of the Note Holders, or certain Note Holders may elect to declare the principal and interest outstanding under the Modified Senior Notes immediately due and payable and to notify Burdale of the same.  Such event of default would trigger a cross-default under the Burdale revolving credit facility. Under the intercreditor agreement between the Trustee and Burdale, after receipt by Burdale of a written declaration of the Trustee on behalf of the Note Holders of such event of default, the Note Holders would be stayed 150 days before being able to enforce their liens on a material portion of the collateral, subject to Burdale’s rights.

For 13 of the 41 days in the period from March 16, 2009 to May 6, 2009, borrowings under the Burdale revolving credit facility were permitted to exceed the maximum borrowings as calculated under the revolving credit agreement due to discretionary decreases in availability blocks by Burdale.  On May 12, 2009, the Company entered into the first amendment to the revolving credit facility to, among other things, temporarily reduce the availability blocks and revise the minimum Adjusted EBITDA targets.

Under the Company’s current operating plan, it expects positive cash flow over the next year. Key components of the operating plan include the following:
 
 
 
improving gross margins by continued use our integrated route information database to: (1) identify and correct driver pay where our average driver settlement has exceeded competitive market norms for the work performed and (2) identify and implement opportunities to re-design local route structures to optimize the number of drivers retained to perform the contracted deliveries;
 
 
 
lower operating and SG&A expenses primarily by reducing headcount and occupancy expenses, and to a lesser degree, changing or eliminating services and the related costs associated with telecommunications, vehicle expenses, and miscellaneous other activities;
  
 
 
increasing profitable revenue growth from recently announced, existing and potential customers in targeted markets including new revenue derived from our expansion in the retail replenishment business; and

 
 
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In order to facilitate the sales process mandated under the fifth supplemental indenture, the Company will need to obtain the necessary consents of its Note Holders and Burdale to waive its non-compliance with debt covenants and defer or eliminate the requirement to make the upcoming June 2009 and December 2009 interest payments in cash to the Note Holders in order for it to have sufficient cash flow to meet its expected cash needs and satisfy the covenants contained in the agreements governing its debt (including any minimum Adjusted EBITDA or other covenants under its amended revolving credit facility with Burdale) in the next twelve month period.  No assurance can be given that the Note Holders will be receptive to any such request for waivers.  As of March 28, 2009, the Company had $1.8 million in cash with $1.5 million of unused availability remaining under its revolving credit facility. Although no assurances can be given, based on the current operating plan (including the related assumptions), recent results from operations, and qualitative feedback from field management since March 28, 2009, the Company believes that if it obtains relief from its interest obligations, it will be in compliance with its covenants, including those summarized above, and will continue to meet its obligations in the ordinary course of business as they become due through March 27, 2010.

As with any operating plan, there are risks associated with the Company’s ability to execute it, including the slowing economic environment in which it operates. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to satisfy the revised minimum Adjusted EBITDA requirement or other applicable covenants to its lenders, or achieve the operating improvements described above as contemplated by the current operating plan. If the Company is unable to execute this plan in general, it will need to find additional sources of cash not contemplated by the current operating plan and/or raise additional capital to sustain continuing operations as currently contemplated. Further, the Company will take additional actions if necessary to reduce expenses.  In that case, the Company would need to amend, or seek one or more waivers of, the minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant under the credit agreement, as amended, and the minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement under the fifth supplemental indenture. If the Company can not maintain compliance with its covenant requirements and can not obtain appropriate waivers and modifications, the lenders and bondholders may call the debt. If the debt is called, the Company would need to obtain new financing; there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to do so. If the Company is unable to achieve its operating plan and maintain compliance with its loan covenants and its debt is called, the Company will not be able to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty. For a discussion of these risks and related matters discussed above, see “Risk Factors.”
 
Operating Activities, Investing Activities & Financing Activities
 
During the nine months ended March 28, 2009, the net decrease in cash was $2.4 million compared to a net decrease of $8.5 million during the nine months ended March 29, 2008. As reported in our consolidated statements of cash flows, the decrease in cash during the nine-month periods ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

                 
   
Nine months Ended
 
   
March 28,
2009
   
March 29,
2008
 
Net cash used in operating activities
 
$
(1,325
)
 
$
(11,934
)
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(776
)
   
(1,093
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
   
(302
)
   
4,508
 
                 
Total decrease in cash
 
$
(2,403
)
 
$
(8,519
)
                 
 
Cash used in operations was $1.3 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009. This use of cash was comprised of a net loss of $30.4 million offset by non-cash expenses of $20.1 million and working capital changes of $8.9 million. The increase in cash from working capital changes includes a decrease in accounts receivable of $6.4 million, and an increase in accrued expenses of $6.7 million partly offset by $2.5 million of cash paid to collateralize the Company’s participation in the captive insurance company that provides certain of its insurance coverage reducing the letter of credit previously in place to secure these obligations to zero, an increase of $1.5 million in other prepaid insurance and other current assets, and a decrease in accounts payable of $0.2 million.

 
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Cash used in investing activities was $0.7 million for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 and consisted of capital expenditures.
 
 Cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended March 28, 2009 was $0.3 million.  Proceeds of $8.5 million from the Burdale replacement revolving credit facility, net of financing fees, were used to fund the repayment of $7.9 million outstanding under the previous Wells revolving credit facility, and $0.9 million was used to pay capital leases.

Revolving Credit Facility

On March 13, 2009, the Company and some of its domestic subsidiaries entered into a senior secured revolving credit agreement (the ”Agreement”) with a syndicate of lenders led by Burdale Capital Finance, Inc. (“Burdale”).  Burdale is the administrative agent under the revolving credit agreement, proceeds from which were used to satisfy outstanding borrowings under the Wells revolving credit agreement described below.  The revolving credit agreement, as amended, matures on the earlier of (a) March 13, 2012, (b) March 31, 2010, so long as the maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes has not been extended past June 30, 2010 in a manner acceptable to Burdale, (c) 90 days prior to the maturity date of the Modified Senior Notes if the maturity date of the Modified Senior Notes has been extended to a date later than June 30, 2010 in a manner acceptable to Burdale, (d) the acceleration of all obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (e) the date on which this Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with the provisions hereof or by operation of law. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (other than CD&L, the Company’s inactive subsidiaries, the Company’s  franchising subsidiary, and foreign subsidiaries) is a borrower under the revolving credit agreement, as amended, and the Company and all of its domestic subsidiaries have guaranteed the borrowers’ obligations under the revolving credit agreement, as amended. The borrowers’ obligations are joint and several. Borrowings under the revolving credit agreement, as amended, are secured by substantially all of the assets of each borrower and each guarantor. The revolving credit agreement, as amended, provides for up to $12.0 million of aggregate financing, $7.5 million of which may be in the form of letters of credit.

Borrowings under the Agreement bear interest at a rate equal to a base rate plus an applicable margin of 4.00%. The base rate equals the highest of (a) the “prime rate” announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank (or any successor to the foregoing or, if such rate ceases to be so published, as quoted from such other generally available and recognizable source as Burdale may select) as its “prime rate”, subject to each increase or decrease in such prime rate, effective as of the day any such change occurs, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined in the Agreement) from time to time plus one-half of one (0.50) percentage point, (c) LIBOR (under certain conditions) on such day plus one (1) percentage point and (d) 4.25%. The Company’s borrowing rate at March 28, 2009 was 8.25%.  The Company had one letter of credit issued for $14,250 and $1.5 million of unused availability under the Agreement at March 28, 2009.

The revolving credit agreement, as amended, contains a number of customary covenants that, among other things, restrict the borrowers’ and guarantors’ ability to incur additional debt, create liens on assets, sell assets, pay dividends, engage in mergers and acquisitions, change the business conducted by the borrowers or guarantors, make capital expenditures and engage in transactions with affiliates. The revolving credit agreement, as amended, also includes specified financial covenants requiring the borrowers to achieve a minimum Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the amended revolving credit agreement), measured at the end of each fiscal month,  and to certify compliance on a monthly basis.

For 13 of the 41 days in the period from March 16, 2009 to May 6, 2009, borrowings under the Burdale revolving credit facility were permitted to exceed the maximum borrowings as calculated under the revolving credit agreement due to discretionary decreases in availability blocks by Burdale.  On May 12, 2009, the Company entered into the first amendment to the revolving credit facility to, among other things, temporarily reduce the availability blocks.


 
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Modified Senior Notes

The Modified Senior Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 18% at March 28, 2009. They may be redeemed at the Company’s option after June 30, 2009, upon payment of the then applicable redemption price. The Company may also redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Modified Senior Notes with proceeds derived from the sale of Velocity capital stock. The Company may also redeem Modified Senior Notes with proceeds derived from the exercise of warrants subject to specified limits. In each instance, the optional redemption price is 106% of face value if the redemption occurs between June 30, 2007 and June 29, 2009; and 100% if the redemption occurs thereafter.

A second supplemental indenture, dated December 22, 2006, prohibits the payment of mandatory redemption of Original Senior Notes if there are outstanding obligations under the revolving credit facility, as amended.

On July 25, 2007, the Company entered into a third supplemental indenture modifying the indenture governing the Original Senior Notes. An allonge to the existing Senior Notes raised the interest rate payable on the Notes from 12.0% to 13.0%.

On May 19, 2008, the holders of our Original Senior Notes due 2010 (the “Note Holders”) consented to a fourth supplemental indenture modifying the indenture governing the Original Senior Notes. The supplemental indenture (1) allows for interest payments due in June 2008 ($5.7 million) and December 2008 ($8.2 million) to be paid-in-kind, instead of cash, (2) allows for one half of the interest payments (9%) due in 2009 to be paid-in-kind, instead of cash, (3) at the option of holder, up to 50% of PIK interest to be paid in registered common shares at volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) not less than the current market of $0.88 on the date the agreement was reached, (4) required issuance of an additional $7.8 million face value of the Senior Notes for a total of $86.0 million face value then outstanding at May 19, 2008, (5) increased the interest rate to 18%, (6) reduced the exercise price of the warrants originally issued with the Original Senior Notes in July 2006 by $16.21, from $17.56 to $1.35 per share, (7) required the issuance of additional warrants equal to 15% of the common stock of the Company to holders at $0.88 per share (which was the greater of 105% VWAP or $0.88) with a forced conversion feature at 150% of the initial conversion price, (8) replaced existing financial covenants with a $3.0 million minimum cash covenant, and $26.0 million minimum cash plus accounts receivable covenant, and a minimum quarterly trailing twelve months EBITDA covenant, (9) waived the Note Holders’ right of first refusal to replace the Wells Fargo Foothill revolving credit facility, (10) defines the terms under which replacement financing for the Company’s revolving credit facility is permitted, (11) committed any and all proceeds from certain litigation to prepayment of the Modified Senior Notes subject to the rights of the revolving credit facility provider, (12) permits the sale or licensing of the Company’s technology for use outside of North America, with certain proceeds or revenue from such sale or licensing committed to prepayment of the Modified Senior Notes subject to the rights of the revolving credit facility provider, (13) permits the sale of certain non-core business units with certain proceeds from such sales committed to prepayment of the Modified Senior Notes subject to the rights of the revolving credit facility provider, (14) reduced certain executive pay, and (15) provides for two-thirds (2/3rds) majority of the Note Holders of the then outstanding balance of Modified Senior Notes to consent to modifications or amendments to the Indenture governing the Modified Senior Notes.

The Company did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, and January 24, 2009, and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, December 27, 2008, January 24, 2009, and February 21, 2009, contained in the indenture and its supplements.

The fifth supplemental indenture, among other things, (1) waived the covenant violations noted above, (2) replaced certain existing financial covenants with a lower quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant, a $20.0 million minimum cash plus accounts receivable covenant, and increased the limit on purchase money obligations and capital
 
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lease obligations to $2.75 million in the aggregate, (3) permitted the Company to enter into a $12.0 million revolving credit facility with Burdale, and (4) provides that the Company shall hire an investment banker to conduct a sale of all or substatially all of the Modified Senior Notes and/or the Company and/or the assets of the Company.  The Note Holders were paid $0.5 million and will receive 50% of the first $2.0 million of net proceeds from certain litigations as consideration for their consent.

The Company did not meet its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement contained in the Indenture and its supplements for the months ended February 21, 2009 and March 28, 2009.

On June 30, 2008, the Company issued $5.3 million face value of Modified Senior Notes and 377,154 shares of common stock as settlement of interest accrued on the Modified Senior Notes in accordance with the fourth supplemental indenture.  On December 30, 2008, the Company issued $7.7 million face value of Modified Senior Notes  and certain Note Holders have elected to receive another $0.4 million of PIK interest in the form of approximately 612,232 shares of common stock as settlement of interest accrued on the Modified Senior Notes in accordance with the fourth supplemental indenture.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable for smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 28, 2009. Based upon that evaluation and subject to the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 28, 2009 because of the material weakness described below.

In connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 28, 2008, due to resource constraints, a material weakness is evident to management regarding our inability to simultaneously close the books on a timely basis each month and generate all the necessary disclosure for inclusion in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. This material weakness was still present at March 28, 2009.

We have not yet had resources to fill positions to augment and upgrade our financial staff to address issues of timeliness in financial reporting even during periods when we are preparing filings for the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have also managed the priorities of the staff to ensure that all financial reporting requirements are assigned the appropriate level of resources and timelines. Although we believe that this corrective step will enable management to conclude that the internal controls over our financial reporting are effective when all of the additional financial staff positions are filled and the staff is trained, we cannot assure you these steps will be sufficient. We may be required to expend additional resources to identify, assess and correct any additional weaknesses in internal control.

 
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Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 28, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, 
our internal controls over financial reporting.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our 
disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act”) as of March 28, 2009. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer 
and principal financial officer concluded that, as of March 28, 2009, our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, because of the material weakness described above, 
to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are recorded, processed, summarized and reported, 
within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
 
Our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. 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. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

PART II
 
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
 

We are a party to litigation and have claims asserted against us in the normal course of our business. Most of these claims are routine litigation that involve workers’ compensation claims, claims arising out of vehicle accidents and other claims arising out of the performance of same-day transportation services. We and our subsidiaries are also named as defendants in various employment-related lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of our business. We vigorously defend against all of the foregoing claims.

From time to time, our independent contractor drivers are involved in accidents. We attempt to manage this risk by requiring our independent contractor drivers to maintain commercial motor vehicle liability insurance of at least $300,000 with a minimal deductible and by carrying additional liability insurance in our name totaling an additional $7.0 million. In addition, we perform extensive screening of all prospective drivers to ensure that they have acceptable driving records and pass a criminal background and drug tests, among other criteria. We believe our driver screening programs have established an important competitive advantage for us.

 
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We also carry workers’ compensation insurance coverage for our employees and have arranged for the availability of occupational accident insurance for all of our independent contractor drivers of at least the minimum amounts required by applicable state laws. We also have insurance policies covering cargo, property and fiduciary trust liability, which coverage includes all of our drivers and messengers.

We review our litigation matters on a regular basis to evaluate the demands and likelihood of settlements and litigation related expenses. We have established reserves for litigation, which we believe are adequate.

In January 2007, two Notices of Assessment seeking payroll taxes were issued by the California Employment Development Department (“EDD”) against Velocity Express, Inc. The first Notice of Assessment covers the period July 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004. The second Notice of Assessment covers the period of January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. In February 2007, the Company filed a Petition for Reassessment disputing both assessments in their entirety and requesting that this matter be referred to an administrative law judge for resolution. The Company is currently in the process of researching and producing documents for use in connection with its Petition for Reassessment.

In connection with the CD&L acquisition, the Company assumed the defense of a class action suit filed in December 2003 in the Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking to certify a class of California based independent contractors from December 1999 to the present.  The complaint seeks unspecified damages for various employment related claims, including, but not limited to overtime, minimum wage claims, and claims for unreimbursed business expenses. CD&L filed an Answer to the Complaint on or about January 2, 2004 denying all allegations.  Plaintiff’s motion for Class Certification was granted in part and denied in part on January 28, 2007.  Discovery on this matter is ongoing and a trial date has been adjourned to December of 2009.

Nine purported class action law suits were filed against the Company between December 2007 and July 2008.  These suits, which were filed by a very small group of independent contractor drivers in six different states, seek unspecified damages for various unsubstantiated employment related claims. In response to the proliferation of these cases, our outside counsel filed a motion to have the cases consolidated pursuant to federal multi-district litigation rules.  On October 8, 2008, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation granted our motion and ordered that the cases be consolidated for pretrial proceedings.  The Panel ordered that the cases be consolidated in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.  At this point, the cases have all been transferred to the Eastern District of Wisconsin, for further proceedings in that court.  A non-binding mediation of these cases took place on April 14, 2009 and settlement discussions are ongoing. Unrelated discovery and motion practice is stayed.  Velocity intends to vigorously defend these suits and has filed answers rejecting all employment based allegations of the various complaints.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The following are certain risk factors that could affect our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. These risk factors should be considered in connection with evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this report because these risk factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The risks we have highlighted below are not the only ones we face. If any of these events actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be negatively affected and the market price of our common stock could decline. We caution you to keep in mind these risk factors and to refrain from attributing undue certainty to any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.

The sale process required under the Company's Indenture may adversely affect its customer and other relationships as well as its operations and financial condition.

On March 13, 2009, the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee for the holders of the Company's Senior Secured Notes (the "Senior Notes") issued under an Indenture dated July 3, 2006, as amended, entered into a Fifth Supplemental Indenture modifying the indenture governing the Senior Notes. The Fifth Supplemental Indenture was required in order to permit the Company to enter into the $12 million Loan and Security Agreement with Burdale Capital Finance, Inc.

The holders of the Company's Senior Notes required as part of that Supplemental Indenture that the Company initiate a process to attempt to sell the Company or all or substantially all of its assets or the Senior Notes (a "Transaction"). To satisfy its obligations under that covenant, the Company appointed a special board committee of independent directors (the "Committee"), consisting of Richard A. Kassar and John J. Perkins, to oversee the sale process. The Committee in March 2009 engaged the firm of Scura, Rise & Partners Securities, LLC ("Scura") to act as exclusive financial advisor to the Committee to assist it in attempting to effectuate a Transaction. The Committee has also engaged independent legal counsel to assist it in its work.

To attempt to preserve the going concern value of the Company and assure customers and suppliers of the Company's continuity, a group led by MGC Global, LLC and existing management of the Company (the "Management Buyout Group"), including Vincent A. Wasik, chief executive officer, and Edward W. Stone, chief financial officer, has made a proposal to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Company, subject to certain liabilities including its senior secured revolving credit facility with Burdale Capital Finance. The offer by its terms will remain open until [July 10], 2009 to permit Scura to conduct a full sale process and seek superior offers. The offer of the Management Buyout Group is subject to due diligence, definitive documentation, and other standard conditions.

There can be no assurances that any agreement on financial and other terms satisfactory to the Committee will result from the sales process or the Committee's evaluation of the proposal by the Management Buyout Group, nor whether there will be any other offers made or accepted by the Committee, nor that any extraordinary Transaction will be completed. . Further, the Company's ability to complete a transaction, if the Board of Directors determines to pursue one, will depend upon numerous factors, some which are outside of the Company's control, including factors affecting the availability of financing for transactions or the financial markets in general. Even if the Company is successful in identifying and completing sale transaction, we cannot provide any assurance about the financial impact or timing of the implementation of such transaction nor that any individual or group of shareholders or stakeholders will determine that such transaction is in his, her or its best interests.

In addition, during any sales process, the Company's management resources may be diverted, and there is a risk that customers, employees, suppliers and business partners will react negatively to perceived uncertainties as to the Company's future direction and strategy and to the eventual outcome of this process. To date the Company has lost a few important employees for reasons it suspects relate to the sales process. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect the Company's operating results and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Business

We have received an opinion from our independent registered public accounting firm expressing doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern

 
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Our independent registered public accounting firm noted in their report accompanying our financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended June 28, 2008 that we have reported a significant net loss and use of cash from operating activities, and had a working capital deficiency of $21.8 million, and stated that those conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.  Additionally, for the period April 20, 2009 to May___, 2009, borrowings under the Burdale revolving credit facility were permitted to exceed the maximum borrowings as calculated under the loan and security agreement due to discretionary decreases in availability blocks by Burdale.  Management has developed a plan to continue operations which includes further reductions in expenses to continue the positive Adjusted EBITDA performance we have experienced since March 2008, and revenue growth from new customers in the retail industry.  Although we believe we have successfully reduced expenses in the past and have received verbal commitments from prospective new retail customers, we cannot assure you that our plans to address these matters will be successful.  This doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern could adversely affect our ability to obtain additional financing at favorable terms, if at all, as such an opinion may cause investors to have reservations about our long-term prospects, and may adversely affect our relationships with customers. If we cannot successfully continue as a going concern, our stockholders may lose their entire investment in us.
 
Given our history of losses, we cannot predict whether we will be able to achieve or sustain profitability or positive cash flow. If we cannot achieve or sustain profitability or positive cash flow, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly.
 
Our net losses applicable to common stockholders for the nine-month periods ended March 28, 2009 and March 29, 2008, were $36.8 million and $32.5 million, respectively. The respective periods’ net losses were $30.4 million and $25.2 million. The increased amount of net losses applicable to common stockholders for such periods was caused by beneficial conversion charges of $3.3 million and $3.7 million, and preferred stock dividends paid-in-kind of $3.2 million and $3.5 million for each of the respective periods. Our net losses applicable to common stockholders for the fiscal years ended June 28, 2008 and June 30, 2007, were $76.6 million and $66.0 million, respectively. The respective periods’ net losses were $64.6 million and $39.5 million. The increased amount of net losses applicable to common stockholders for such periods was caused by beneficial conversion charges of $7.1 million and $21.2 million, and preferred stock dividends paid-in-kind of $4.9 million and $5.2 million for each of the respective periods. To achieve profitability, we will be required to pursue new revenue opportunities, effectively offset the impact of competitive pressures on pricing and freight volumes, and fully implement our technology initiatives and other cost-saving measures. We cannot assure you that we will ever achieve or sustain profitability or positive cash flow. If we cannot achieve or sustain profitability or positive cash flow, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly.
 
We may be unable to fund our future capital needs, and we may need additional funds sooner than anticipated.
 
We have depended, and if we are unable to execute against our business plans, are likely to continue to depend, on our ability to obtain additional financing to fund our future liquidity and capital needs, including making the June 2009 and December 2009 cash interest payments of $4.5 million and $4.7 million on the Modified Senior Notes, respectively. We may not be able to continue to obtain additional capital when needed, and given the on-going turmoil in the global credit markets and other reasons, additional capital may not be available on satisfactory terms. Achieving our financial goals involves maximizing the effectiveness of the variable cost model, the implementation of customer-driven technology solutions and continued leverage of the consolidated back office selling, general and administrative platform. To date, we have primarily relied upon debt and equity investments to fund these activities. We may be required to engage in additional financing activities to raise capital required for our operations. If we issue additional equity securities or convertible debt to raise capital, the issuance may be dilutive to the holders of our common stock. In addition, any additional issuance may require us to grant rights or preferences that adversely affect our business, including financial or operating covenants.
 
Because we expect to need to refinance our existing debt, we face the risks of either not being able to do so or doing so at higher interest expense.
 
Our senior notes mature in 2010. We may not be able to refinance our senior notes or renew or refinance any new credit facility we may enter into, or any renewal or refinancing may occur on less

 
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favorable terms. If we are unable to refinance or renew our senior notes or any new credit facility, our failure to repay all amounts due on the maturity date would cause a default under the indenture or the applicable credit agreement. In addition, our interest expense may increase significantly if we refinance our senior notes, which bear interest at 18% per year, or any new credit facility, on terms that are less favorable to us than the existing terms of our senior notes or any new credit facility.
 
Early termination or non-renewal of contracts could negatively affect our operating results.
 
Our contracts with our commercial customers typically have a term of one to three years, but are often terminable earlier at will upon 30 or 60 days’ notice. We often have significant start-up costs when we begin servicing a new customer in a new location. Termination or non-renewal of contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.
 
We are highly dependent upon sales to a few customers. The loss of any of these customers, or any material reduction in the amount of our services they purchase, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
 
For the nine-month period ended March 28, 2009 we had two customers that accounted for approximately 22.7% and 10.4% of our revenue and our top ten customers in aggregate account for approximately 58.4% of our revenue. The loss of one of our largest customers or some of the top ten customers or a material reduction in their purchases of our services, especially given the current downturn in economic conditions worldwide, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
 
The industry in which we operate is highly competitive, and competitive pressures from existing and new companies could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
 
We face intense competition, particularly for basic delivery services. The industry is characterized by high fragmentation, low barriers to entry, competition based on price and competition to retain qualified drivers, among other things. Nationally, we compete with other large companies having same-day transportation operations in multiple markets, many of which have substantial resources and experience in the same-day transportation business. Price competition could erode our margins and prevent us from increasing our prices to our customers commensurate with cost increases. We cannot assure you that we will be able to effectively compete with existing or future competitors.
 
As a time definite logistics company, our ability to service our clients effectively often depends upon factors beyond our control.
 
Our revenues and earnings are especially sensitive to events beyond our control that can affect our industry, including:

 
 
U.S. business activity;

 
 
economic factors affecting our significant customers;

 
 
mergers and consolidations of existing customers;

 
 
ability to purchase insurance coverage at reasonable prices;

 
 
extreme weather conditions; and

 
 
the levels of unemployment.
 
The operation of our business is dependent on the price and availability of fuel. Continued periods of high fuel costs may materially adversely affect our operating results.
 
Our operating results may be significantly impacted by changes in the availability or price of fuel for our transportation vehicles. Fuel prices increased substantially after 2006. Although we are currently able to obtain adequate supplies of fuel, it is impossible to predict the price of fuel. Political disruptions or wars

 
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involving oil-producing countries, changes in government policy, changes in fuel production capacity, extreme weather conditions, environmental concerns and other unpredictable events may result in fuel supply shortages and additional fuel price increases in the future. We have historically had difficulty in recovering increased fuel costs from our customers and there can be no assurance that we will be able to fully recover increased fuel costs by passing these costs on to our customers in the future. In the event that we are unable to do so, our operating results will be adversely affected.
 
If we lose any of our executive officers, or are unable to recruit, motivate and retain qualified personnel, our ability to manage our business could be materially and adversely affected.
 
Our success depends on the skills, experience and performance of certain key members of our management. The loss of the services of any of these key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Our future success and plans for growth also depend on our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel in all areas of our business. There is strong competition for skilled management personnel in the time definite logistics businesses and many of our competitors have greater resources than we have to hire qualified personnel. Accordingly, if we are not successful in attracting or retaining qualified personnel in the future, our ability to manage our business could be materially and adversely affected.
 
Because we are exposed to litigation stemming from the accidents or other activities of our drivers and messengers, if we were to experience a material increase in the frequency or severity of accidents, liability claims, workers’ compensation claims, unfavorable resolutions of claims or insurance costs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.
 
We utilize the services of approximately 3,240 drivers and messengers. From time to time, these persons are involved in accidents or other activities that may give rise to liability claims against us. We cannot assure you that claims against us will not exceed the applicable amount of our liability insurance coverage, that our insurer will be solvent at the time of settlement of an insured claim, that the liability insurance coverage held by our independent contractors will be sufficient or that we will be able to obtain insurance at acceptable levels and costs in the future. If we were to experience a material increase in the frequency or severity of accidents, liability claims, workers’ compensation claims, unfavorable resolutions of claims or insurance costs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.
 
If the IRS, any state, or any group of drivers were to successfully assert that our independent contractors are in fact our employees, we would be required to pay withholding taxes and extend employee benefits to these persons, and could be required to pay penalties or be subject to other liabilities as a result of incorrectly classifying employees.
 
Substantially all of our drivers are independent contractors and not our employees. From time to time, federal and state taxing authorities have sought to assert that independent contractor drivers in the same-day transportation and transportation industries are employees. We do not pay or withhold federal employment taxes with respect to drivers who are independent contractors. Although we believe that the independent contractors we utilize are not employees under existing interpretations of federal and state laws, we cannot guarantee that federal and state authorities will not challenge this position or that other laws or regulations, including tax laws and laws relating to employment and workers’ compensation, will not change. If the IRS, any state, or any group of drivers were to successfully assert that our independent contractors are in fact our employees, we would be required to pay withholding taxes and extend employee benefits to these persons, and could be required to pay penalties or be subject to other liabilities as a result of incorrectly classifying employees. If drivers are deemed to be employees rather than independent contractors, we could be required to increase their compensation. Any of the foregoing possibilities could increase our operating costs and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.
 
If we are unable to recruit, motivate and retain qualified delivery personnel, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.

 
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We depend upon our ability to attract and retain, as employees or through independent contractor or other arrangements, qualified delivery personnel who possess the skills and experience necessary to meet the needs of our operations. We compete in markets in which unemployment is generally relatively low and the competition for independent contractors and other employees is intense. In addition, the independent contractors we utilize are responsible for all vehicle expense including maintenance, insurance, fuel and all other operating costs. We make every reasonable effort to include fuel cost adjustments in customer billings that are paid to independent contractors to offset the impact of fuel price increases. However, if future fuel cost adjustments are insufficient to offset independent contractors’ costs, we may be unable to attract a sufficient number of independent contractors.

We must continually evaluate and upgrade our pool of available independent contractors to keep pace with demands for delivery services. We cannot assure you that qualified delivery personnel will continue to be available in sufficient numbers and on terms acceptable to us. The inability to attract and retain qualified delivery personnel could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our failure to maintain required certificates, permits or licenses, or to comply with applicable laws, ordinances or regulations could result in substantial fines or possible revocation of our authority to conduct certain of our operations.

Although certain aspects of the transportation industry have been significantly deregulated, our delivery operations are still subject to various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations that in many instances require certificates, permits and licenses. Our failure to maintain required certificates, permits or licenses, or to comply with applicable laws, ordinances or regulations could result in substantial fines or possible revocation of our authority to conduct certain of our operations.

Our reputation will be harmed, and we could lose customers, if the information and telecommunication technologies on which we rely fail to adequately perform.

Our business depends upon a number of different information and telecommunication technologies as well as our ability to develop and implement new technologies enabling us to manage and process a high volume of transactions accurately and timely. Any impairment of our ability to process transactions in this way could result in the loss of customers and negatively affect our reputation. In addition, if new information and telecommunication technologies develop, we may need to invest in them to remain competitive, which could reduce our profitability and cash flow.

If our goodwill or other intangible assets were to become impaired, our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

The value of our goodwill and other intangible assets is significant relative to our total assets and stockholders deficit. We review goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year and at interim dates when events and circumstances warrant. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company recorded a $46.7 million goodwill impairment charge. Changes in business conditions or interest rates could materially impact our estimates of future operations and result in additional impairments. As such, we cannot assure you that there will not be additional material impairments of our goodwill and other intangible assets. If our goodwill or other intangible assets were to become further impaired, our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

We face trademark infringement and related risks.

There can be no assurance that any of our trademarks and service marks, collectively, the “marks”, if registered, will afford us protection against competitors with similar marks that may have a use date prior to that of our marks. In addition, no assurance can be given that others will not infringe upon our marks, or that our marks will not infringe upon marks and proprietary rights of others. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that challenges will not be instituted against the validity or enforceability of any mark claimed by us, and if instituted, that such challenges will not be successful.


 
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We may face higher litigation and settlement costs than anticipated.

We have made estimates of our exposure in connection with the lawsuits and claims that have been made. As a result of litigation or settlement of cases, the actual amount of exposure in a given case could differ materially from that projected. In addition, in some instances, our liability for claims may increase or decrease depending upon the ultimate development of those claims. In estimating our exposure to claims, we are relying upon our assessment of insurance coverages and the availability of insurance. In some instances insurers could contest their obligation to indemnify us for certain claims, based upon insurance policy exclusions or limitations. In addition, from time to time, in connection with routine litigation incidental to our business, plaintiffs may bring claims against us that may include undetermined amounts of punitive damages. Such punitive damages are not normally covered by insurance.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR CAPITAL STRUCTURE

We have a substantial amount of debt outstanding and may incur additional indebtedness in the future that could negatively affect our ability to achieve or sustain profitability and compete successfully in our markets.

We have a significant amount of debt outstanding. At March 28, 2009, we had $110.4 million in aggregate principal amount of debt outstanding consisting of $98.9 in Modified Senior Notes, $10.0 million of revolving credit borrowings, and $1.5 million in capital leases; and $34.0 million of stockholders deficit. Additionally, for the period April 20, 2009 to May___, 2009, borrowings under the Burdale revolving credit facility were permitted to exceed the maximum borrowings as calculated under the loan and security agreement due to discretionary decreases in availability blocks by Burdale. The degree to which we are leveraged could have important consequences for you, including:

 
requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make interest payments on our debt, approximately $9.1 million in 2009 and approximately $9.7 million in 2010, thereby reducing funds available for operations, future business opportunities and other purposes;

 
limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

 
making it more difficult for us to satisfy our debt and other obligations;

 
limiting our ability to borrow additional funds, or to sell assets to raise funds, if needed, for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes;

 
increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions, including changes in interest rates; and

 
placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt.

As of March 28, 2009, we were restricted from incurring additional debt under the terms of our indenture other than our credit facility, subject to the terms of the indenture and its supplements, the intercreditor agreement, and our credit agreement, as amended.

If we cannot generate sufficient cash from our operations to meet our debt service and repayment obligations, we may need to reduce or delay capital expenditures, the development of our business generally and any acquisitions. If for any reason we are unable to meet our debt service and repayment obligations, we would be in default under the terms of the agreements governing our debt, which would allow the debt holders to declare all borrowings outstanding to be due and payable.

Our senior notes, revolving credit facility, and preferred stock contain restrictive covenants that limit our operating and financial flexibility.

The indenture and related supplements pursuant to which we issued our senior notes and the terms of our revolving credit facility, as amended, impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us.


 
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These restrictions limit or restrict among other things, our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to:

 
incur additional debt and issue preferred stock;

 
make restricted payments, including paying dividends on, redeeming, repurchasing or retiring our capital stock and making investments and prepaying or redeeming debt and making other specified investments;

 
create liens;

 
sell or otherwise dispose of certain assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries;

 
enter into agreements that would restrict our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends, make loans or transfer assets to us;

 
engage in transactions with affiliates;

 
engage in sale and leaseback transactions;

 
make capital expenditures;

 
engage in business other than our current businesses;

 
consolidate, merge, recapitalize or enter into other transactions that would affect a fundamental change on us; and

 
under certain circumstances, enter into a senior credit facility (or refinance any such facility) without first giving the holders of the senior notes a right of first refusal to provide such financing.

The indenture and related supplements and revolving credit facility agreement, as amended, also contain certain financial covenants under which we must maintain cash and cash equivalents at specified levels and cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable at specified levels as well as specified financial ratios, including ratios regarding interest coverage, total leverage, senior secured leverage and fixed charge coverage, and minimum trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA.  Our ability to comply with these ratios may be affected by events beyond our control.

The Company did not meet its minimum quarterly trailing twelve months Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the period ended December 27, 2008, its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, and January 24, 2009, and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirement for the months ended October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008, December 27, 2008, and January 24, 2009, contained in the indenture and its supplements. In the fifth supplemental indenture dated March 13, 2009 modifying the indenture governing the Modified Senior Notes, the Note Holders granted the Company waivers for these covenant violations .  The Company did not meet its minimum cash and cash equivalents requirement for the months ended February 21, 2009 and March 28, 2009, and its minimum cash, cash equivalents and qualified accounts receivable requirement for the month ended February 21, 2009, contained in the Indenture and its supplements.

A breach of any of these covenants could result in an event of default, or possibly a cross-default or cross-acceleration of other debt that may be outstanding in the future. In that event, the holders of our then outstanding debt could allow the holders of that debt to declare all borrowings outstanding to be due and payable. In the event of a default under the indenture and related supplements or the revolving credit facility, as amended, the holders of the secured debt then outstanding could foreclose on the collateral pledged to secure our obligations under that debt, assets and capital stock pledged to them. The modified senior notes and borrowings under the credit agreement, as amended, are secured by a perfected lien, subject to permitted liens, on collateral consisting of substantially all of our tangible and intangible assets.


 
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The certificates of designation of several series of our outstanding preferred stock impose similar restrictions on us, including on the following:

 
authorizing or issuing additional series of preferred stock that ranks senior to, or on a par with, the outstanding preferred stock;

 
entering into mergers or similar transactions if our existing stockholders immediately before the transaction do not own 50% or more of the voting power of our capital stock after the transaction;

 
selling all or substantially all of our assets;

 
materially changing our lines of business;

 
selling, leasing or licensing our intellectual property or technology other than pursuant to non-exclusive licenses granted to customers in connection with ordinary course sales of our products;

 
raising capital by specified equity lines of credit or similar arrangements or issue any floating or variable priced equity instrument or specified other equity financings; and

 
until the date on which the original investors in our Series M Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially own less than 10% of our outstanding common stock, we are prohibited from issuing any preferred stock or convertible debt unless such preferred stock or convertible debt has a fixed conversion ratio. Similarly, we may not issue any of our common stock other than for a fixed price. Our inability to finance our operations in such ways may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

Our revolving credit facility, as amended, contains monthly minimum Adjusted EBITDA requirements that may be difficult to attain.

The revolving credit facility agreement, as amended, contains specified levels of minimum Adjusted EBITDA requirements. Our ability to comply with these levels may be affected by events beyond our control.

The Company and its subsidiaries failed to achieve the minimum Adjusted EBITDA levels contained in its previous revolving credit agreement with Wells for the periods ended July 28, 2007, August 25, 2007, December 29, 2007, February 23, 2008, March 29, 2008, April 26, 2008, October 25, 2008, November 22, 2008 and December 27, 2008. Wells, in its capacity as agent and lender under the previous credit agreement, granted the Company waivers for these covenant violations.  The Wells revolving credit agreement was paid in full on March 13, 2009 with the proceeds from the Burdale revolving credit facility.

Given the on-going turmoil in the global credit markets among other factors, we cannot assure you we will be able to obtain or maintain additional waivers in the future if we are unable to maintain compliance with our debt covenants.

If we do not maintain our NASDAQ listing, you may have difficulty trading our securities.

We will need to maintain certain financial and corporate governance qualifications to keep our securities listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”). At various times in the past, we have received notices from NASDAQ that we would be de-listed due to a failure to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00, failure to maintain a minimum market value of publicly held shares of $1,000,000 and failure to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity. In each instance, we have taken the actions required by NASDAQ to maintain continued listing, but we cannot assure you that we will at all times meet the criteria for continued listing.

We received a notice on June 19, 2008 from the NASDAQ that we were not in compliance with the Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(4) regarding the minimum bid requirement for the continued listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ. We initially had a period of 180 days to attain compliance by maintaining


 
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a bid price of $1.00 for ten consecutive trading days. If we are unable to demonstrate bid price compliance by the end of the compliance period, but are found to meet all other initial listing requirements for the NASDAQ, we may receive an additional 180-day compliance period. If we do not meet compliance requirements within the second 180-day period, NASDAQ will notify us that our common stock will be de-listed. Upon receiving this notice, we will file a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing that and related details.

We also received a notice on September 5, 2008 from the NASDAQ that we were not in compliance with the Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(7) regarding the minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement for the continued listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ. If we were unable to demonstrate minimum market value compliance by the end of the compliance period, NASDAQ will notify us that our common stock will be de-listed.  Upon receiving this notice, we will file a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing that and related details.

On October 16, 2008, the NASDAQ implemented a temporary suspension of bid price and market value of publicly held shares requirements through Friday, January 16, 2009.  On October 22, 2008, NASDAQ sent the Company two letters to inform management that it will remain at the same stage of the compliance period with regard to minimum bid price or minimum market value of publicly held shares, and upon reinstatement of the rules, it will retain the number of days remaining in its compliance period of 62 days and 50 days, respectively, extending the compliance period to March 23, 2009 and March 10, 2009, respectively.

On December 19, 2008, the NASDAQ announced that it extended its suspension of the rules requiring a minimum $1.00 bid price and minimum market value of publicly held shares until Monday, April 20, 2009.

The Company received a third notice on October 16, 2008 that the Company was no longer in compliance with Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(3) requiring the Company to maintain a minimum of $2.5 million in stockholders’ equity. As provided in the NASDAQ rules, the Company submitted a response to the NASDAQ staff on October 31, 2008, outlining a specific plan and timeline to achieve and sustain compliance based on the prospective global alliance transactions. Based on the staff review of the materials submitted, the Staff determined to grant the Company an extension.  On December 9, 2008, the NASDAQ sent the Company a letter granting an extension of time to regain compliance with of the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement until January 29, 2009.

On February 4, 2009, the Company received a fourth notice from the NASDAQ containing a staff determination that the Company failed to comply with the $2.5 million stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing by January 29, 2009 and notifying the Company that trading in the Company’s common stock would be suspended unless an appeal of their determination was filed.  The Company filed an appeal on February 11, 2009 requesting a formal hearing on the matter. A hearing was held on March 18, 2009 at which time the Company presented a plan to regain compliance with the $2.5 million stockholder's equity requirement.

On April 20, 2009, the Company received a fifth notice from the NASDAQ informing the Company that the NASDAQ Hearings Panel in satisfied that the Company is actively, diligently and in good faith taking responsible steps to regain compliance and has decided to grant the request of the Company to remain listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market through August 3, 2009.

Although we may regain compliance with the NASDAQ listing requirements, the negative publicity surrounding the receipt of these notices will likely have a material adverse effect on the price of our common stock, our ability to raise capital, whether debt or equity, in the future unless and until this situation is resolved and will likely cause a negative perception of, and confidence in, us by our investors, customers, vendors, creditors and employees. Further failing to maintain our NASDAQ listing will result in our breaching covenants made to holders of our preferred stock and certain warrants. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in regaining compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements.

In the event of delisting, trading, if any, would be conducted in the over-the-counter market in the so-called “pink sheets” or on the OTC Bulletin Board. In addition, our securities could become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock rules.” These rules would impose additional requirements on broker-dealers who effect trades in our securities, other than trades with their established customers and accredited investors.


 
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Consequently, the delisting of our securities and the applicability of the penny stock rules may adversely affect the ability of broker- dealers to sell our securities, which may adversely affect your ability to resell our securities. If any of these events take place, you may not be able to sell as many securities as you desire, you may experience delays in the execution of your transactions and our securities may trade at a lower market price than they otherwise would.

Because we are a holding company with no operations, we will not be able to pay interest on our debt or pay dividends unless our subsidiaries transfer funds to us.

As a holding company, we have no direct operations and our principal assets are the equity interests we hold in our subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are legally distinct from us and have no obligation to transfer funds to us. As a result, we are dependent on the results of operations of our subsidiaries and, based on their existing and future debt agreements, the state corporation law of the subsidiaries and any state regulatory requirements, their ability to transfer funds to us to meet our obligations, to pay interest and principal on our debt and to pay any dividends in the future.

Our stock price is subject to fluctuation and volatility.

The price of our common stock in the secondary market may be influenced by many factors, including the depth and liquidity of the market for our common stock, investor perception of us, variations in our operating results, general trends in the transportation/logistics industry, government regulation and general economic and market conditions, among other things. The stock market has, on occasion, experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often particularly affected market prices for smaller companies and that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the affected companies. The price of our common stock could be affected by such fluctuations.

Future issuances, or the perception of future issuances, of a substantial amount of our common stock may depress the price of the shares of our common stock.

Future issuances, or the perception or the availability for sale in the public market, of substantial amounts of our common stock could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future sales of equity securities. Certain of our stockholders have registration rights with respect to their common stock and preferred stock, and the holders of our warrants and preferred stock may be forced to exercise and convert these securities into our common stock if specified conditions are met.

We may issue shares of our common stock, or other securities, from time to time as consideration for future acquisitions and investments. In the event any such acquisition or investment is significant, the number of shares of our common stock, or the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of other securities that we may issue may in turn be significant. We may also grant registration rights covering those shares or other securities in connection with any such acquisitions and investments.

The issuance of additional equity securities in a future financing could trigger the anti-dilution provisions of our outstanding preferred stock and warrants.

In conjunction with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture modifying the indenture governing our Senior Notes on May 19, 2008, we reduced the exercise price on the warrants held by the holders of our Original Senior Notes by $16.21, from $17.56 to $1.35 and issued  new warrants to purchase approximately 0.4 million shares of the Company’s common stock, triggering anti-dilution provisions in our Series M, Series N, Series O, Series P, and the Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock that adjusted the applicable conversion prices of such preferred stock downward, and caused charges to the net loss applicable to common shareholders from beneficial conversion features embedded in the various preferred stock securities.

If we issue additional equity securities at a per share price lower than the current market price (in the case of our outstanding warrants) or the conversion price (in the case of our outstanding warrants and preferred stock), then the exercise price of such warrants and the conversion price of such preferred stock would automatically adjust downward. Such adjustments would have a dilutive effect on our existing common stockholders and a negative effect on our stock price.


 
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We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends will depend on our financial condition, capital requirements, earnings and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. Further, the terms of our credit facilities limit our ability to pay dividends.

Our organizational documents and applicable law could limit or delay another party’s ability to acquire us and, therefore, could deprive our investors of the opportunity to obtain a takeover premium for their shares.

A number of provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws make it difficult for another company to acquire us. These provisions include, among others, the following:

 
requiring the affirmative vote of holders of not less than 62.5% of our Series M Convertible Preferred Stock and Series N Convertible Preferred Stock, each voting separately as a class, to approve certain mergers, consolidations or sales of all or substantially all of our assets;

 
requiring stockholders to provide us with advance notice if they wish to nominate any persons for election to our board of directors or if they intend to propose any matters for consideration at an annual stockholders meeting; and

 
authorizing the issuance of so-called “blank check” preferred stock without common stockholder approval upon such terms as the board of directors may determine.

In addition, TH Lee Putnam Ventures, L.P. beneficially owned, as of May 1, 2009 , approximately 24.2% (excludes other TH Lee funds) of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, which means it can influence matters requiring stockholder approval, including important corporate matters such as a change in control of our company.

We are also subject to laws that may have a similar effect. For example, section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years from the date the person became an interested stockholder unless certain conditions are met. As a result of the foregoing, it will be difficult for another company to acquire us and, therefore, could limit the price that possible investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock. These provisions may also have the effect of making it more difficult for third parties to cause the replacement of our current management team without the concurrence of our board of directors.

We may be exposed to risks relating to our internal controls and may need to incur significant costs to comply with applicable requirements.

Under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the SEC adopted rules requiring public companies to include a report of management on internal control over financial reporting in their annual reports. In accordance with recently issued guidelines from the SEC, we evaluated our internal controls over financial reporting in order for our management to ascertain that such internal controls are adequate and effective. There is a risk that going forward, we will not comply with all of the requirements imposed by the Act. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will not receive an adverse report on our assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting and/or the operating effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting from our independent registered public accounting firm in 2010. If we identify significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting that we cannot remediate in a timely manner or we receive an adverse report from our independent registered public accounting firm with respect to our internal controls over financial reporting, investors and others may lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and our ability to obtain equity or debt financing could be adversely affected.

In addition, if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to rely on our internal controls over financial reporting in connection with their audit of our financial statements, and in the further event that they are unable to devise alternative procedures in order to satisfy themselves as to the material accuracy of our financial statements and related disclosures, it is possible that we could receive a


 
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qualified or adverse audit opinion on those financial statements. In that event, the market for our common stock could be adversely affected. Investors and others may lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and our ability to obtain equity or debt financing could be adversely affected.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

None

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

See the Exhibit Index following the signature page of this Report.


 
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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, in the Town of Westport, State of Connecticut on May 12, 2009.

 
VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION.
     
 
By:
/s/ Vincent A. Wasik
 
   
VINCENT A. WASIK
   
Chief Executive Officer
     
 
By:
/s/ Edward W. Stone
 
   
EDWARD W. STONE
   
Chief Financial Officer


 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
2.1
 
Merger Agreement, dated September 8, 1999, by and among CEX Holdings, Inc., Corporate Express Delivery Systems, Inc., United Shipping & Technology, Inc. and United Shipping & Technology Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 8, 1999).
     
2.2
 
Amendment No. 1 to Merger Agreement, dated September 22, 1999, by and among CEX Holdings, Inc., Corporate Express Delivery Systems, Inc., United Shipping & Technology, Inc. and United Shipping & Technology Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 8, 1999).
     
2.3
 
Amendment No. 2 to Merger Agreement, Settlement and General Release Agreement, dated August 2, 2001, by and among Corporate Express, Inc., successor by merger to CEX Holdings, Inc., Velocity Express, Inc. f/k/a Corporate Express Delivery Systems, Inc., and United Shipping & Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 13, 2001).
     
2.4
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 3, 2006, by and among Velocity Express Corporation, CD&L Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Velocity Express Corporation, and CD&L, Inc., (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Velocity Express Corporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 16, 2005).
     
3.2
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Velocity Express Corporation dated October 20, 2006 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 2006).
     
3.3
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Velocity Express Corporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 21, 2006).
     
3.4
 
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series N Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 4, 2005).
     
3.5
 
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series O Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 26, 2005).
     
3.6
 
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series P Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 20, 2005).
     
3.7
 
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 6, 2006).
     
3.8
 
Amended Certificate of Designation of Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 6, 2006).
     
3.9
 
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 14, 2006).
     
3.10
 
Bylaws of Velocity Express Corporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 9, 2002).
     
3.11
 
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 6, 2007).
     
4.1
 
Specimen form of common stock certificate (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed September 27, 2002).
     
4.2
 
Indenture, dated July 3, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, with respect to the Company’s 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).


 
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Exhibit
Number
 
Description
4.3
 
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2006, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and the Subsidiary Guarantors named thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed February 13, 2007).
     
4.4
 
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 22, 2006 among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee and the subsidiaries named thereto (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on From 8-K filed on December 27, 2006).
     
4.5
 
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated July 25, 2007 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 25, 2007).
     
4.6
 
Security Agreement, dated July 3, 2006, by Velocity Express Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, to and in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).
     
4.7
 
Form of Warrant issued together with the 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).
     
4.8
 
Form of Warrant issued in connection with services (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).
     
4.9
 
Form of Common Stock Warrant between Velocity Express Corporation and management, dated February 12, 2004 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed May 11, 2004).
     
4.10
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 3, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).
     
4.11
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 21, 2004, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series M Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 27, 2004).
     
4.12
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 28, 2005, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series N Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 4, 2005).
     
4.13
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 18, 2005, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series O Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 26, 2005).
     
4.14
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 14, 2005, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series P Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 20, 2005).
     
4.15
 
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 19, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed February 13, 2007).
     
4.16
 
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 19, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series M Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed February 13, 2007).
     
4.17
 
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 19, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series N Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed February 13, 2007).


 
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Exhibit
Number
   
Description
4.18
 
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 19, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series O Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed February 13, 2007).
     
4.19
 
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 19, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Series P Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed February 13, 2007).
     
4.20
 
Stock Purchase Warrant to purchase up to 193,552 shares of common stock issued to TH Lee Putnam Ventures, L.P., TH Lee Putnam Parallel Ventures, L.P., THLi Coinvestment Partners, LLC and Blue Star I, LLC, dated December 21, 2004 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed December 23, 2004).
     
4.21
 
Warrant to purchase up to 4,000 shares of common stock issued to BLG Ventures, LLC, dated August 23, 2001 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 13, 2001).
     
10.1
 
1995 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, filed February 15, 2000).
     
10.2
 
1996 Director Stock Option Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, filed February 15, 2000).
     
10.3
 
2000 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14A, filed May 8, 2000).
     
10.4
 
2004 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14A, filed January 31, 2005).
     
10.5
 
Form of non-qualified stock option issued to employees as of June 2000 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, filed September 29, 2000).
     
10.6
 
Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, dated October 29, 2001, between United Shipping & Technology, Inc., and management (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed May 3, 2002).
     
10.7
 
Employment Agreement, dated November 28, 2001, between Velocity Express, Inc. and Andrew B. Kronick (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed December 23, 2004).
     
10.8
 
Employment Agreement, dated March 6, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and Edward W. Stone, Jr. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 7, 2006).
     
10.9
 
Contractor Services Agreement, between Velocity Express Corporation and MCG Global, LLC (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed December 23, 2004).
     
10.10
 
Agency Agreement, dated May 25, 2004, between Velocity Express, Inc. and Peritas, LLC (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed December 23, 2004).
     
10.11
 
Reimbursement Agreement, dated June 29, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and TH Lee Putnam Ventures (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 6, 2006).
     
10.12
 
Purchase Agreement for 12% Senior Secured Notes and Warrants, dated July 3, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation, the guarantors and purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed September 19, 2006).


 
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Exhibit
Number
 
Description
10.13
 
Unit Purchase Agreement, dated July 3, 2006, by and among Velocity Express Corporation, the guarantors named therein and Exeter Capital Partners IV, L.P. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 10, 2006).
     
10.14
 
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2006, for Series Q Preferred Stock, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed September 19, 2006)].
     
10.15
 
Stock Purchase Agreement to purchase up to 500,000 additional shares of Series Q Convertible Preferred Stock, dated August 17, 2006, between Velocity Express Corporation and the purchasers named therein (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 23, 2006).
     
10.16
 
Series A Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2006, by and between Velocity Express Corporation and BNP Paribas (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 2006).
     
10.17
 
Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Note and Warrant Consideration), dated as of July 3, 2006, by and between Velocity Express Corporation and Exeter Capital Partners IV, L.P. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 2006)
     
10.18
 
Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Share Consideration), dated as of July 3, 2006, by and between Velocity Express Corporation and Exeter Capital Partners IV, L.P. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 2006)
     
10.19
 
Series A Convertible Subordinated Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2006, by and between Velocity Express Corporation and each of the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 2006).
     
10.20
 
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, dated December 2005, by and among Velocity Express, Inc., formerly known as Corporate Express Delivery Systems, Velocity Express Corporation, Banc of America Commercial Finance Corporation, Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Hancock Mezzanine Partners, L.P., Charles F. Short, III, Sidewinder Holdings, Ltd. and Sidewinder, N.A., Ltd. (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 13, 2005).
     
10.21
 
Security Agreement, dated December 22, 2006, among the Company, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors named thereto (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 27, 2006).
     
10.22
 
Intercompany Subordination Agreement dated, as of December 22, 2006, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named thereto and Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2007).
     
10.23
 
Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2006, among the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors named thereto (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on January 5, 2007).
     
10.24
 
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2006, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on January 5, 2007).
     
10.25
 
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2006, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on From 8-K filed on December 27, 2006).


 
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Exhibit
Number
 
Description
10.26
 
Waiver to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2007, by and among Velocity Express Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed May 15, 2007).
     
10.27
 
Amendment No. 6, dated May 25, 2007, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on October 15, 2007).
     
10.28
 
Amendment No. 7, dated July 13, 2007, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 31, 2007).
     
10.29
 
Amendment No. 8, dated October 15, 2007, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed October 15, 2007).
     
10.30
 
Amendment No. 9, dated February 12, 2008, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arrange and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on May 20, 2008).
     
10.31
 
Waiver and Tenth Amendment, dated April 30, 2008, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothills, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on May 20, 2008).
     
10.32
 
Waiver and Eleventh Amendment dated May 19, 2008, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 23, 2008).
     
10.33
 
Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 19, 2008, to Indenture dated as of July 3, 2006, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 17, 2006, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 22, 2006 and the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 25, 2007, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, and Wilmington Trust Company, as successor trustee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 12, 2008).
     
10.34
 
Form of Velocity Express Corporation Senior Secured Note Due 2010 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 12, 2008).
     
10.35
 
Registration Rights Agreement dated May 19, 2008, between Velocity Express Corporation and the Investors named therein with respect to the Senior Secured Note Due 2010 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 12, 2008).
     
10.36
 
Waiver dated October 14, 2008, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed October 27, 2008).

 
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Exhibit
Number
 
Description
10.37
 
Waiver dated November 12, 2008, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto.
     
10.38
 
Waiver dated February 17, 2009, to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto.
     
10.39*
 
First Amendment dated May 12, 2009, to Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2009, among Velocity Express Corporation, the subsidiaries thereof party thereto, Burdale Capital Finance, Inc., as arranger and administrative agent, and the several lenders from time to time party thereto (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May __, 2009).
     
21.1
 
Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed October 15, 2007).
     
31.1*
 
Section 302 Certification of CEO.
     
31.2*
 
Section 302 Certification of CFO.
     
32.1*
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

*
Filed as an exhibit on this Quarterly Report of Velocity Express Corporation on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 28, 2009.
 
 
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