ACORN ENERGY, INC. - Annual Report: 2006 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
_______________________
FORM
10-K
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
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Commission
file number 0-19771
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ACORN
FACTOR, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
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22-2786081
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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200
Route 17, Mahwah, New Jersey
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07430
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(201)
529-2026
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
_______________________
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title
of
Class)
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined
in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes o
No x
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant
to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
Yes o
No
x
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 o
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best
of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment
to this
Form 10-K. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
o
No x
As
of
last day of the second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the
registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was
approximately $23 million based on the closing sale price on that date
as
reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
As
of
April
10, 2007 there were 9,561,659
shares
of Common
Stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
None.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I
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PAGE
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Item
1.
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Business
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1
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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5
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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10
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Item
2.
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Properties
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10
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings.
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11
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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11
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PART
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
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and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
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12
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data.
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12
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
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14
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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27
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
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27
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Item
9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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28
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures
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28
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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28
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PART
III
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Item
10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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29
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation
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31
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters
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41
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships, Related Transactions and Director
Independence
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42
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
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44
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Part
IV
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Item
15.
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules.
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45
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Certain
statements contained in this report are forward-looking in nature. These
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology
such as
“believes”, “expects”, “may”, “will”, “should” or “anticipates”, or the
negatives thereof, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy.
You
are cautioned that our business and operations are subject to a variety
of risks
and uncertainties and, consequently, our actual results may materially
differ
from those projected by any forward-looking statements. Certain of such
risks
and uncertainties are discussed below under the heading “Item 1A. Risk
Factors.”
EasyBillTM,
OncosoftTM
and
OncoProTM are
trademarks of our dsIT Solutions Ltd subsidiary. Maingate®
is a
registered trademark and PowerCampTM
is a
trademark of Comverge, Inc.
PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
Acorn
Factor is a holding company that currently maintains majority ownership
or
primarily controlling equity positions in the three companies described
below.
Our principal business strategy is to identify, develop, acquire and operate
majority-owned subsidiaries and primarily-controlled companies by seeking
to
acquire new technologies or existing businesses that (i) are led by proven
entrepreneurs, (ii) have strong growth potential and (iii) are approaching
profitability and positive cash flow. We seek to identify and acquire companies
possessing new business models that can speed adoption of proven technologies,
with a particular focus on “power systems” that offer solutions for managing
knowledge, asset protection and intelligent delivery systems for our
increasingly scarce natural resources. We also seek strategic partner companies
outside the “power systems” area, which we believe would otherwise substantially
fulfill the objectives of our business strategy.
We
presently hold majority or significant equity interests in the following
companies:
(a)
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Comverge,
Inc. — a leading demand response company enabling utilities, industry
and
consumers to better manage peak electricity usage;
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(b)
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Paketeria
GmbH — the innovator of Germany's first "Super Service Market" and
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(c)
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dsIT
Solutions Ltd. — a provider of software consulting and development
services and software/hardware solutions in the areas of port
security,
oncology treatment and billing
services.
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During
2006, we had operations in two reportable segments: RT Solutions and IT
Solutions, both conducted through our dsIT subsidiary.
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RT
Solutions whose activities are focused on two areas - naval solutions
and
other real-time and embedded hardware & software
development.
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IT
Solutions, whose activities are comprised of the Company’s Oncosoft™
solution state of the art chemotherapy package for oncology and
hematology
departments and EasyBill™, an easy-to-use, end-to-end, modular customer
care and billing system designed especially for small and medium-sized
enterprises with large and expanding customer
bases.
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SALES
BY ACTIVITY
The
following table shows, for the years indicated, the dollar amount and the
percentage of the sales attributable to each of the segments of our
operations.
2004
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2005
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2006
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Amount
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%
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Amount
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%
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Amount
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%
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RT
Solutions
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$
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1,988
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59
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$
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2,844
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68
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$
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2,729
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66
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IT
Solutions
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1,312
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39
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1,314
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31
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1,125
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27
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Other
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64
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2
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29
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1
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263
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7
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Total
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$
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3,364
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100
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%
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$
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4,187
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100
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%
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$
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4,117
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100
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%
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1
RT
SOLUTIONS
Products
and Services
dsIT’s
RT
Solutions activities are focused on two areas - naval solutions and other
real-time and embedded hardware & software development. Our naval solutions
include a full range of sonar and acoustic-related solutions to the commercial,
defense and homeland security markets. These solutions include:
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Diver
Detection Sonar (DDS) - a system that guards ports and shore
installations
from underwater threats;
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Mobile
Acoustic Range (MAR); - a mobile system that accurately measures
the
radiated noise of submarines and surface vessels, thus assisting
to reduce
their noise level;
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Generic
Sonar Simulator (GSS) - a PC based sonar simulator for the rapid
and
comprehensive training of ASW, submarine, and mine detection
sonar
operators;
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·
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Harbor
Surveillance System (HSS) - a system that incorporates DDS sensors
with
above-water surveillance sensors to create a comprehensive above
and below
water security system; and
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Underwater
Acoustic Signal Analysis system (UASA) - a system that processes,
analyzes
and classifies all types of acoustic signals radiated by various
sources
and received by naval sonar
systems.
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Our
other
real-time and embedded hardware & software development solutions areas of
development and production include:
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Computerized
vision for the Semiconductor industry;
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·
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Modems
& data links;
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·
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Bluetooth
solutions;
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·
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VOIP/ROIP
applications;
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·
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Operation
control consoles and HMI applications;
and
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·
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Command
& control applications
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During
2004, 2005 and 2006, sales from our RT solutions activities were $2.0 million,
$2.8 million and $2.7 million, respectively, accounting for approximately
59%,
68% and 66% of company sales for 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
We
generally provide our RT solutions on a fixed-price basis. When working
on a
fixed-price basis, we undertake to deliver software or hardware/software
solutions to a customer’s specifications or requirements for a particular
project, accounting for these services on the percentage-of-completion
method.
Since the profit margins on these projects are primarily determined by
our
success in controlling project costs, the margins on these projects may
vary as
a result of various factors, including underestimating costs, difficulties
associated with implementing new technologies and economic and other changes
that may occur during the term of the contract.
dsIT
has
initiated discussions for strategic alliances for marketing its sonar
technology. We hope that some of these discussions will come to fruition
before
the end of 2007.
Customers
and Markets
All
of
this segment’s operations and most sales took place in Israel in 2004, 2005 and
2006. We expect to generate significant revenues from naval solutions outside
of
Israel in 2007. We have created significant relationships with some of
Israel’s
largest companies in its defense and electronics industries. dsIT is continuing
to invest considerable effort to penetrate European, Asian and other markets
in
order to broaden its geographic sales base with respect to our sonar technology
solutions. Two customers accounted for 63% of segment sales in 2006 (32%
and
31%, respectively) while in 2005 three customers accounted for 72% (33%,
22%,
and 17%, respectively) of segment sales. (See Risks Related to the RT and
IT
Solutions segments - “We Are Substantially Dependent On A Small Number Of
Customers And The Loss Of One Or More Of These Customers May Cause Revenues
And
Cash Flow To Decline” for more information.)
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Competition
Our
RT
Solutions activity faces competition from numerous competitors, both large
and
small, operating in the Israeli and United States markets, some with
substantially greater financial and marketing resources. We believe that
our
wide range of experience and long-term relationships with large corporations
as
well as the strategic partnerships we are developing will enable us to
compete
successfully and obtain future business.
IT
SOLUTIONS
Products
and Services
Through
dsIT, we also provide globally oriented solutions in the area of information
technology (“IT”). dsIT’s IT solutions includes OncoPro™, a state of the art
chemotherapy package for oncology and hematology departments, based on
experience gained in the largest cancer center in Israel. OncoPro™ integrates
patient data with medical knowledge bases and enables the simplified management
of daily ward functions as well as the creation of complex protocols. We
also
offer EasyBillTM,
an
easy-to-use, end-to-end, modular customer care and billing system designed
especially for small and medium-sized enterprises with large and expanding
customer bases.
Sales
from our IT solutions activities were $1.3 million, $1.3 million and $1.1
million, respectively, accounting for approximately 39%, 31% and 27% of
company
sales for 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
We
recently received a letter of intent from a major chain of hospitals in
the
U.S., which will allow us to install our OncoPro™ solutions package as a beta
site. We expect to finalize this arrangement in the near future. In addition,
we
continue to have discussions with respect to potential strategic partners,
investors and alliances for our OncoPro™ solutions package.
Customers
and Markets
All
of
this segment’s operations and sales took place in Israel in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
We expect to begin to generate revenues from our OncoPro™ solutions outside of
Israel in 2007. We have created a significant relationship with Israel’s largest
HMO organization (the Clalit Health Fund or “Clalit”) and are continuing to
invest considerable effort to penetrate the US and European markets in
order to
broaden our geographic sales base. Two customers accounted for 83% (61%
(Clalit)
and 22%, respectively) of segment sales in 2006 (three customers accounted
for
94% of segment sales in 2005 (54% (Clalit), 25% and 15%, respectively)).
(See
Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to the RT and IT Solutions Segments
- “We
are substantially dependent on a small number of customers and the loss
of one
or more of these customers may cause revenues and cash flow to decline” for more
information.)
Proprietary
Rights
The
customer, for whom the services are performed, generally owns the intellectual
property rights resulting from our consulting and development services.
We own
two proprietary software packages described above
-
Easybill™
and
OncoPro™.
These
packages are licensed for use by customers, while we retain ownership of
the
intellectual property.
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DEMAND
RESPONSE SOLUTIONS - COMVERGE INC.
We
are
engaged in the business of providing demand response solutions, through
Comverge
Inc. Comverge
is
North
America's leading provider of clean and low-cost peak electric capacity
reduction, achieved through Demand Response solutions and technologies,
including its patent pending fully outsourced Virtual Peaking Capacity(TM)
offering. As North America's leader in Demand Response, Comverge serves
over 500
clients in the electric utility industry, implementing both integrated
and
outsourced solution-based models for direct and price responsive load
management, remote meter reading, and distributed generation monitoring.
We
currently have an approximate 23% equity interest in Comverge and are Comverge’s
single largest stockholder. Comverge’s stockholders include Nth Power, EnerTech
Capital, E.ON Venture Partners GmbH, Ridgewood Capital, Easton Hunt Capital
Partners, L.P., Norsk Hydro Technology Ventures, Rockport Capital Partners,
Partners for Growth, the Shell Internet Ventures affiliate of Royal Dutch/Shell
Group, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Comverge
designs,
develops and markets a full spectrum of products, services and turnkey
solutions
to electric utilities and transmission and distribution companies that
provide
capacity during periods of peak electricity demand and allow their residential
and commercial customers to conserve energy. These Demand Response solutions
allow Comverge’s customers to reduce usage or “shed load” during peak usage
periods, such as the summer air conditioning season, thereby reducing or
eliminating the need to buy costly additional power on the spot market,
or
invest in new peaking generation capacity. Demand Response solutions are
cost-effective and environmentally superior to building new generation
capabilities.
In
addition to Demand Response solutions, Comverge also offers a combination
of
intelligent hardware and a suite of software products, which, together
or
separately, help customers address energy usage issues through data
communications and analysis, real-time pricing and integrated billing and
reporting. Comverge’s two-way data communications solutions allow utilities to
gather, transmit, verify and analyze real-time usage information, and can
be
used for automated meter reading, support time-of-use metering, theft detection,
remote connect/disconnect and other value-added services.
Comverge’s
principal offices are located in East Hanover, New Jersey and Atlanta,
Georgia.
In addition, Comverge operates satellite offices in Newark, California,
Pensacola, Florida and Tel Aviv, Israel.
SUPER
SERVICES MARKET - PAKETERIA GmbH
We
are
engaged in the “Super Services Market” business through our 33% equity interest
in Paketeria GmbH. In August 2006, we made our first investment (€600,000 or
approximately $776.000) in Paketeria GmbH followed by a second investment
(€320,000 or approximately $419,000) in October 2006. As a result of these
investments, we currently own approximately 33% of Paketeria with options
to
acquire a controlling interest by August 2007.
Paketeria
GmbH, a company registered in Germany and headquartered in Berlin, is a
retail
chain store operating in a unique “Super Services Market” format. The stores
provide eBay drop shop, post and parcels, office supplies, photo processing,
photocopy, printer cartridge refilling, and Internet pharmacy services
in
Germany. Paketeria was established to take advantage of the privatization
and
subsequent substantial reduction in retail outlets of the German post office,
which has stranded many communities without convenient access to postal
services. Since the beginning of 2006, Paketeria has doubled in size to
four
company owned stores and 60 franchised stores.
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Paketeria’s
principal offices are located in Berlin, Germany. Paketeria’s stores and
franchises are located throughout Germany with a concentration in the area
in
and around Berlin.
BACKLOG
As
of
December 31, 2006, our backlog of work to be completed was $1.9 million,
$1.4
million of which related to our RT segment and $0.5 million of which related
to
our IT segment. We estimate that we will perform our entire backlog in
both of
our reporting segments in 2007.
EMPLOYEES
At
December 31, 2006, we employed a total of 70 people, including 53 in engineering
and technical support, 1 in marketing and sales, and 16 in management,
administration and finance. A total of 69 of our employees are employed
by dsIT
and are based in Israel. Our only employee in the United States is our
CEO and
President. We consider our relationship with our employees to be satisfactory.
We
have
no collective bargaining agreements with any of our employees. However,
with
regard to our Israeli activities, certain provisions of the collective
bargaining agreements between the Israeli Histadrut (General Federation
of Labor
in Israel) and the Israeli Coordination Bureau of Economic Organizations
(including the Industrialists Association) are applicable by order of the
Israeli Ministry of Labor. These provisions mainly concern the length of
the
workday, contributions to a pension fund, insurance for work-related accidents,
procedures for dismissing employees, determination of severance pay and
other
conditions of employment. We generally provide our Israeli employees with
benefits and working conditions beyond the required minimums. Israeli law
generally requires severance pay upon the retirement or death of an employee
or
termination of employment without due cause. Furthermore, Israeli employees
and
employers are required to pay specified amounts to the National Insurance
Institute, which administers Israel’s social security programs. The payments to
the National Insurance Institute include health tax and are approximately
5% of
wages (up to a specified amount), of which the employee contributes
approximately 70% and the employer approximately 30%.
SEGMENT
INFORMATION
For
additional financial information regarding our operating segments, foreign
and
domestic operations and sales, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Note 19 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
We
may
from time to time make written or oral statements that contain forward-looking
information. However, our actual results may differ materially from our
expectations, statements or projections. The following risks and uncertainties
could cause actual results to differ from our expectations, statements
or
projections.
GENERAL
FACTORS
We
have a history of operating losses and decreasing cash available for
operations.
We
have a
history of operating losses, and have used increasing amounts of cash to
fund
our operating activities over the years. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, we had
operating losses of $2.5 million, $2.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively.
Cash used in operations in 2004, 2005 and 2006 was $0.1 million, $1.7 million
and $1.6 million, respectively.
5
Although
we raised $3.2 million ($2.5 million net of transaction costs) in 2006
from the
private placement of our securities, we have invested a significant portion
of
those funds in Paketeria. At December 31, 2006, we did not have sufficient
cash
available to fund our US operations for the next 12 months. As described
under
the caption “Recent Developments” in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” we recently
raised an additional $6.9 million (approximately $6.0 after transaction
costs)
in a private placement of convertible debentures and warrants. While this
provides us with enough cash to finance our US operations for the next
12
months, we may need additional funds to fund our operating activities and
acquisitions over the longer term. Should we be unsuccessful in completing
additional timely transactions providing necessary liquidity, we may not
have
sufficient funds to finance our future US activities and strategic acquisitions
over the long-term. In such event, we might need to sell some of our assets
to
finance these activities.
For
additional discussion of our liquidity position and factors that may affect
our
future liquidity, see the discussion under the captions “Recent Developments”
and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
Loss
of the services of a few key employees could harm our operations.
We
depend
on our key management, technical employees and sales personnel. The loss
of
certain managers could diminish our ability to develop and maintain
relationships with customers and potential customers. The loss of certain
technical personnel could harm our ability to meet development and
implementation schedules. The loss of certain sales personnel could have
a
negative effect on sales to certain current customers. Most of our significant
employees are bound by confidentiality and non-competition
agreements.
Our
future success also depends on our continuing ability to identify, hire,
train
and retain other highly qualified technical and managerial personnel. If
we fail
to attract or retain highly qualified technical and managerial personnel
in the
future, our business could be disrupted.
A
failure to integrate our new management may adversely affect
us.
We
appointed a new chief financial officer and chief accounting officer in
December
2005 and appointed a new president and chief executive officer in March
2006.
Any failure to effectively integrate our new management and any new management
controls, systems and procedures they may implement, could materially adversely
affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We
may be exposed to potential risks relating to our internal controls over
financial reporting and our ability to have those controls attested to
by our
independent registered public accounting firm.
As
directed by 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 addition, the
independent registered public accounting firm auditing a public company’s
financial statements must attest to and report on management’s assessment of the
effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as well
as the operating effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over financial
reporting. Our management is currently required to report on our internal
controls as a required part of our annual report beginning with fiscal
year 2007
and to allow our independent registered public accounting firm to attest
to our
internal controls as a required part of our annual report beginning with
fiscal
year 2008.
We
may
have to expend significant resources during fiscal years 2007 and 2008
in
developing the necessary documentation and testing procedures required
by
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and there is a risk that we will
not
comply with all of the requirements.
If
we
identify material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting
that we cannot remediate in a timely manner or we receive an adverse opinion
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.
6
Compliance
with changing regulation of corporate governance, public disclosure and
financial accounting standards may result in additional expenses and affect
our
reported results of operations.
Keeping
informed of, and in compliance with, changing laws, regulations and standards
relating to corporate governance, public disclosure and accounting standards,
including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as new and proposed SEC regulations
and accounting standards, has required an increased amount of management
attention and external resources. Compliance with such requirements may
result in increased general and administrative expenses and an increased
allocation of management time and attention to compliance activities.
RISKS
RELATED TO THE RT AND IT SOLUTIONS SEGMENTS
Failure
to accurately forecast costs of fixed-priced contracts could reduce our
margins.
When
working on a fixed-price basis, we undertake to deliver software or integrated
hardware/software solutions to a customer’s specifications or requirements for a
particular project. The profits from these projects are primarily determined
by
our success in correctly estimating and thereafter controlling project
costs.
Costs may in fact vary substantially as a result of various factors, including
underestimating costs, difficulties with new technologies and economic
and other
changes that may occur during the term of the contract. If, for any reason,
our
costs are substantially higher than expected, we may incur losses on fixed-price
contracts.
Hostilities
in the Middle East region may slow down the Israeli hi-tech market and
may harm
our Israeli operations; our Israeli operations may be negatively affected
by the
obligations of our personnel to perform military service.
Our
software consulting and development services segment is currently conducted
in
Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel
may
directly affect this segment of our business. Any increase in hostilities
in the
Middle East involving Israel could weaken the Israeli hi-tech market, which
may
result in a significant deterioration of the results of our Israeli operations.
In addition, an increase in hostilities in Israel could cause serious disruption
to our Israeli operations if acts associated with such hostilities result
in any
serious damage to our offices or those of our customers or harm to our
personnel.
Many
of
our employees in Israel are obligated to perform military reserve duty.
In the
event of severe unrest or other conflict, one or more of our key employees
could
be required to serve in the military for extended periods of time. In the
past,
there were numerous call-ups of military reservists to active duty, and
it is
possible that there will be additional call-ups in the future. Our Israeli
operations could be disrupted as a result of such call-ups for military
service.
Exchange
rate fluctuations could increase the cost of our Israeli
operations.
The
sales
in this segment stem from our Israeli operations and a significant portion
of
those sales are in New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”). In addition, many transactions
that are linked to the dollar are settled in NIS. The dollar value of the
revenues of our operations in Israel will decrease if the dollar is devalued
in
relation to the NIS during the period from the invoicing of a transaction
to its
settlement. In addition, significant portions of our expenses in those
operations are in NIS, so that if the dollar is devalued in relation to
the NIS,
the dollar value of these expenses will increase.
One
of our major customers has a history of operating deficits and may implement
cost-cutting measures that may have a material adverse effect on
us.
In
2006,
17% of dsIT’s sales (17% and 13% in 2005 and 2004, respectively) and 24% of its
billed receivables at December 31, 2006 (10% at December 31, 2005) were
related
to Clalit. Clalit has a history of running at a deficit, which in the past
has
required numerous cost cutting plans and periodic assistance from the Israeli
government. Should Clalit have to institute additional cost cutting measures
in
the future, which may include restructuring of its terms of payment, this
could
have a material adverse effect on the performance of dsIT.
7
We
are substantially dependent on a small number of customers and the loss
of one
or more of these customers may cause revenues and cash flow to
decline
In
2006,
58% of dsIT’s sales (51% and 59% in 2005 and 2004, respectively) were
concentrated in three customers (Applied Materials Israel Ltd., RAFAEL
Armament
Development Authority Ltd. and Clalit). A significant reduction of orders
from
any of these customers could have a material adverse effect on the performance
of dsIT.
We
have sold our outsourcing business, which in the past provided our Israeli
operations with a steady cash flow; our Israeli operations may be hindered
by
future cash flow problems.
In
August
2005, we sold our outsourcing business, which in the past provided our
Israeli
operations with a steady cash flow stream, and, in conjunction with bank
lines
of credit, helped to finance our Israeli operations. Our present operations,
as
we are currently structured, places a greater reliance on our meeting project
milestones in order to generate cash flow to finance our operations. Should
we
encounter difficulties in meeting significant project milestones, resulting
cash
flow difficulties could have a material adverse effect on our
operations.
If
we
are unable to keep pace with rapid technological change, our results of
operations, financial condition and cash flows may suffer.
Some
of
our RT and IT solutions are characterized by rapidly changing technologies
and
industry standards and technological obsolescence. Our competitiveness
and
future success depends on our ability to keep pace with changing technologies
and industry standards on a timely and cost-effective basis. A fundamental
shift
in technologies in could have a material adverse effect on our competitive
position. Our failure to react to changes in existing technologies could
materially delay our development of new products, which could result in
technological obsolescence, decreased revenues, and/or a loss of market
share to
competitors. To the extent that we fail to keep pace with technological
change,
our revenues and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR PAKETERIA INVESTMENT
Paketeria’s
business plan is predicated on projected rapid growth in its network of
franchised stores. If Paketeria fails to effectively manage this growth,
its
business and operating results could be harmed. Additionally they could
be
forced to incur significant expenditures to address the additional operational
and control requirements of this growth.
Paketeria’s
business plan is predicated on projected rapid growth in its operations,
which
will place significant demands on its management, operational and financial
infrastructure. If Paketeria does not effectively manage this growth, the
quality of its services could suffer, which could negatively affect its
operating results. To effectively manage this growth, Paketeria will need
to
continue to improve its operational, financial, and management controls
and its
reporting systems and procedures. These system enhancements and improvements
could require Paketeria to make significant capital expenditures and an
allocation of valuable management resources. If the improvements are not
implemented successfully, Paketeria’s ability to manage growth may be impaired
and could force it to make significant additional expenditures to address
these
issues, expenditures that could harm its financial position.
Paketeria
will need to raise funds to finance its planned activities.
Paketeria
does not currently have enough cash to finance its planned activities in
2007.
In the event that it is unable raise these funds from new investors, we
may need
to make loans or additional equity investments in Paketeria from our limited
financial resources to help fund its activities. (See “Recent
Developments”.)
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RISKS
RELATED TO OUR SECURITIES
There
is only a limited trading market for our Common Stock.
There
is
currently only a limited market for our Common Stock. Our Common Stock
trades on
the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “ ACFN“ with, until recently, very
limited trading volume. We cannot assure you that a substantial trading
market
will be sustained for our Common Stock.
Our
share price may decline due to the large number of shares of our Common
Stock
eligible for future sale in the public market including the shares of the
selling security holders.
A
substantial number of shares of our Common Stock are, or could upon exercise
of
options or warrants, become eligible for sale in the public market as described
below. Sales of substantial amounts of shares of ourCommon Stock in the
public
market, or the possibility of these sales, may adversely affect our stock
price.
As
of
December 31, 2006 there were 614,039 warrants with a weighted average exercise
price of $2.79 and 1,626,157 options with a weighted average exercise price
of
$2.46 per share, presently exercisable, which if exercised for cash would
result
in the issuance of an additional 2,240,196 shares of Common Stock. In addition,
there were 482,668 options and 190,000 warrants that expire on or before
December 31, 2007 all of which are in-the-money at December 31,
2006.
The
market price of our Common Stock will likely be affected by fluctuations
in the
market price of the common stock of Comverge.
As
described below under “Recent Developments,” shares of Comverge common stock
have commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market. Due to the substantial
position we hold in Comverge, the market price of our Common Stock is likely
to
be affected by fluctuations in the market price of the common stock of
Comverge.
We
may be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company
Act of
1940; if we were deemed to be an investment company we could be forced
to sell
our shares in Comverge at prices lower than we might otherwise
obtain.
Under
the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules thereunder we
would be
deemed to be an investment company if it is determined that the value of
investment securities we own account for more than 45% of the total value
of our
assets. The Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder exclude from
the
definition of investment securities shares in companies which are majority-owned
or “controlled primarily” by the issuer.
Our
equity holdings in Comverge currently account for substantially more than
45% of
the value of our assets on a fair market value basis. We believe that until
the
recent Comverge initial public offering we had primary control over Comverge
for
purposes of application of the Investment Company Act and our Comverge
holdings
were therefore excluded from the definition of investment securities. However,
as a result of the offering and the termination of our voting agreement
with the
other major Comverge shareholders, it is likely that Comverge will no longer
be
controlled primarily by us for Investment Company Act purposes. If we were
no
longer deemed to primarily control Comverge, we would no longer be excluded
from
the definition of an Investment Company effective June 30, 2007 since the
value
of our investment securities, which would now include our Comverge shares,
would
be in excess of 45% of our assets.
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Were
we
to be deemed an investment company as a result of the Comverge IPO, we
believe
that we would be eligible for relief from the application of the Investment
Company Act as a transient investment company under Rule 3a-2. Under Rule
3a-2,
we would not be subject to the Investment Company Act provided that we
have a
bona fide intent to be engaged primarily, as soon as is reasonably possible
(in
any event within a one year period), in a business other than that of investing,
reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities.
Our
management and Board of Directors is formulating its plans for compliance
with
Rule 3a-2. These plans would include the acquisition of one or more
wholly-owned, majority-owned, or primarily-controlled operating businesses.
Steps in effectuating these plans may include the sale and or distribution
to
our shareholders of all or a portion of our Comverge shares, and/or a merger
or
other acquisition transaction.
We
are
subject to a lock-up period that would prevent us from being able to sell
Comverge shares for six months following the completion of the Comverge
initial
public offering. To the extent that effectuating our plan to remain exempt
from
the Investment Company Act requires us to sell significant number of Comverge
shares, we may have only a six month period in which to make such sales.
Being
forced to sell a significant portion of our Comverge shares during a relatively
short time period could result in our selling Comverge shares sooner than
we
otherwise would have, at prices lower than we might otherwise have obtained.
We
may also find that we are not able to identify and acquire during the one
year
period a suitable operating business or businesses on terms acceptable
to us.
While we could request an order from the SEC to give us additional time
beyond
the year period allowed by Rule 3a-2 to sell and/or distribute Comverge
shares
and take any other action necessary to come into compliance with the Act,
there
is no assurance that such an order would be granted.
If
we are
unable to come into compliance with the Investment Company Act during the
one
year period (or any extension thereof granted to us by the SEC), we would
be in
violation of the Investment Company Act. Companies which fall under the
Act
are
subject
to substantial regulation concerning management, operations, transactions
with
affiliated persons, portfolio composition, including restrictions with
respect
to diversification and industry concentration, and other matters. We would
be
required to file reports with the SEC regarding various aspects of our
business.
The cost of such compliance would result in the Company incurring additional
annual expenses. In
addition, compliance with the Investment Company Act may not be consistent
with
the Company’s current strategy of holding primarily controlling interest in
companies in which it holds interests.
ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
Prior
to
the consummation of the sale of our Databit computer hardware subsidiary,
our
corporate headquarters and the principal offices for our computer hardware
sales
segment were located in Mahwah, New Jersey in approximately 5,000 square
feet of
office space, at a rate of $85,000 per year (plus annual CPI adjustments),
under
a lease that expired in September 2006.
As
part
of the sale of our Databit computer hardware subsidiary, we assigned all
of the
US leases to Databit. The landlords of the properties have not yet consented
to
the assignments and we therefore continue to be contingently liable on
these
leases. Databit has agreed to indemnify us for any liability in connection
with
these leases.
In
November 2006, we signed a lease for office space in Wilmington, Delaware.
The
annual rent is approximately $32,000 and the lease is to expire in November
2009.
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Our
Israeli activities are conducted in approximately 18,000 square feet of
office
space in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area under a lease that expires in August
2009. The annual rent is approximately $288,000. These
facilities are used for the Israeli operations of our RT Solutions and
IT
Solutions segments.
ITEM
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
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PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our
Common Stock is currently traded on the OTC
Bulletin
Board (“OTCBB”) under
the
symbol “ ACFN.OB”. Prior to January 26, 2005, our Common Stock traded on The
Nasdaq SmallCap Market. The following table sets forth, for the periods
indicated, the high and low reported sales prices per share of our Common
Stock
on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market and the OTCBB (as applicable).
High
|
Low
|
||||||
2005:
|
|||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
1.30
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||
Second
Quarter
|
1.32
|
0.95
|
|||||
Third
Quarter
|
1.74
|
1.05
|
|||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
1.80
|
1.20
|
|||||
2006:
|
|||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
2.80
|
$
|
1.43
|
|||
Second
Quarter
|
3.20
|
2.50
|
|||||
Third
Quarter
|
3.39
|
2.85
|
|||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
$
|
3.47
|
$
|
3.14
|
As
of
April 10, 2007, the last reported sales price of our Common Stock on the
OTCBB
was $4.80, there were 106 record holders of our Common Stock and we estimate
that there were approximately 1,100 beneficial owners of our Common Stock.
We
paid
no dividends in 2005 or 2006 and do not intend
to pay
any dividends in 2007.
PERFORMANCE
GRAPH
The
following stock price performance graph compares the cumulative total return
of
the Company’s Common Stock, during the period December 31, 2001 to December 30,
2006, to the cumulative total return during such period of (i) the NASDAQ
Composite Index and (ii) the NASDAQ Computer Index. The graph assumes that
the
value of the investment in our Common Stock and each index (including
reinvestment of dividends)
was
$100.00 on December 31, 2001.
ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The
selected consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended
December
31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and consolidated balance sheet data as of December
31,
2005 and 2006 has been derived from our audited Consolidated Financial
Statements included in this Annual Report. The selected consolidated statement
of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 and the
selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2002, 2003
and 2004
has been derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements not
included herein.
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This
data
should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements
and
related notes included herein and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
Selected
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2002**
(unaudited)
|
2003**
(unaudited)
|
2004*
|
2005*
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
24,295
|
$
|
8,874
|
$
|
3,364
|
$
|
4,187
|
$
|
4,117
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
17,910
|
6,833
|
2,491
|
2,945
|
2,763
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
6,385
|
2,041
|
873
|
1,242
|
1,354
|
|||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
1,526
|
153
|
30
|
53
|
324
|
|||||||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
12,591
|
7,422
|
3,374
|
3,464
|
4,658
|
|||||||||||
Impairment
of investment
|
90
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(7,822
|
)
|
(5,534
|
)
|
(2,531
|
)
|
(2,275
|
)
|
(3,628
|
)
|
||||||
Finance
expense, net
|
(429
|
)
|
(534
|
)
|
(33
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income, net
|
--
|
--
|
148
|
--
|
330
|
|||||||||||
Loss
from operations before taxes on income
|
(8,251
|
)
|
(6,068
|
)
|
(2,416
|
)
|
(2,287
|
)
|
(3,328
|
)
|
||||||
Taxes
on income
|
46
|
48
|
(27
|
)
|
37
|
(183
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss
from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(8,205
|
)
|
(6,020
|
)
|
(2,443
|
)
|
(2,250
|
)
|
(3,511
|
)
|
||||||
Share
of losses in Comverge
|
--
|
(1,752
|
)
|
(1,242
|
)
|
(380
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
--
|
--
|
705
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Share
of losses in Paketeria
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(424
|
)
|
||||||||||
Minority
interests, net of tax
|
880
|
264
|
(90
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
--
|
|||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(7,325
|
)
|
(7,508
|
)
|
(3,070
|
)
|
(2,703
|
)
|
(4,145
|
)
|
||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
(in
2006), net of income taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
541
|
(2,069
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
|
(819
|
)
|
1,226
|
1,898
|
844
|
78
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(8,144
|
)
|
$
|
(6,282
|
)
|
$
|
(1,172
|
)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
$
|
(1.00
|
)
|
$
|
(0.97
|
)
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
(0.11
|
)
|
0.16
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
loss per share (basic and diluted)
|
$
|
(1.11
|
)
|
$
|
(0.81
|
)
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares
Outstanding
- basic and diluted
|
7,349
|
7,738
|
7,976
|
8,117
|
8,689
|
___________
*
Results
have been restated for the discontinued operations of our Israel based
consulting business, which was sold in August 2005. Results have been restated
for the discontinued operations of our US-based computer VAR business,
which was
sold in March 2006.
**
The
selected consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended
December
31, 2002 and 2003 have been restated for the discontinued operations of
our
US-based computer VAR business and our Israel and US-based consulting businesses
and are unaudited.
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Selected
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
As
of December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2002
(unaudited)
|
2003
(unaudited)
|
2004
(unaudited)
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Working
capital
|
2,845
|
$
|
729
|
$
|
874
|
$
|
1,458
|
$
|
259
|
|||||||
Total
assets
|
33,347
|
17,784
|
17,025
|
10,173
|
7,258
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
and long-term debt
|
10,033
|
2,259
|
1,396
|
365
|
488
|
|||||||||||
Minority
interests
|
1,609
|
1,367
|
1,471
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity (deficit)
|
7,128
|
3,200
|
2,125
|
820
|
(461
|
)
|
ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
Private
Placement of Debentures and Warrants
On
April
11, 2007, we completed a private placement of $6.9 million of principal
amount
of 10% Convertible Redeemable Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”),
resulting in gross proceeds of the same amount. The Debentures, subject
to
certain restrictions, are convertible into our common stock at a conversion
price of $3.80 per share and mature on March 30, 2011.
In
connection with the offering, we entered into subscription agreements with
certain accredited investors. By the terms of the subscription agreements
each
subscriber in addition to the Debentures purchased, received a warrant
exercisable for the purchase of 25% of the number of shares obtained by
dividing
the principal amount of a given Debenture by the conversion price of $3.80
per
share, resulting in the issuance of warrants to purchase 453,047 shares.
The
warrants are exercisable for shares of Common Stock for a period of five
years
at an exercise price of $4.50 per share. Both the Debentures and the warrants
are redeemable by us in certain circumstances.
In
connection with the offering, we retained a registered broker-dealer to
serve as
placement agent. In accordance with the terms of our agreement with the
placement agent, the agent received a 7% selling commission, 3% management
fee,
and 2% non-accountable expense allowance out of the gross proceeds of the
offering.
Out
of
the gross proceeds of the offering, we paid the placement agent commissions
and
expenses of approximately $0.9 million. In addition, we issued to the placement
agent warrants to purchase 181,211 shares of common stock on substantially
the
same terms as those issued to the subscribers.
Comverge
IPO
On
April
13, 2007, Comverge priced its initial public offering of 5,300,000 shares
of its
common shares, at $18.00 a share. The shares sold in the offering (which
reflect
a one for two reverse stock split made immediately prior to the offering)
represent an approximate 28% interest in Comverge. The underwriters of
the
offering are Citigroup Global Markets Inc., sole book-running manager of
the
offering, and Cowen and Company, LLC, RBC Capital Markets Corporation and
Pacific Growth Equities, LLC as co-managers. In addition, certain selling
shareholders granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to
795,000
additional shares of common stock. We did not sell any of our shares of
Comverge
common stock in the offering. On April 13, 2007, shares of Comverge common
stock
commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "COMV".
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As
a
result of the offeringall shares of preferred stock of Comverge will be
converted to common stock of Comverge and as a result we will own 2,786,021
shares of Comverge common stock, representing 15.9% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Comverge following the offering.
In
connection with the offering, we (and all of Comverge’s executive officers,
directors and certain of other major stockholders of Comverge), entered
into a
lock-up agreement under which we agreed, subject to limited exceptions,
not to
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of our shares of Comverge common stock
for
a period of at least 180 days from the date of effetiveness of the offering
without the prior written consent of lead manager of the offering.
Paketeria
In
January and March, we provided Paketeria with approximately $200,000 of
loans in
order to provide them with additional short-term financing to help it support
its current expansion and operating activities.
Dilution
of Our Holdings in dsIT
In
February 2007, certain senior managers and other employees of dsIT exercised
their options. These exercises reduced our holdings in dsIT from 80% to
58%.
OVERVIEW
AND TREND INFORMATION
The
following discussion includes statements that are forward-looking in nature.
Whether such statements ultimately prove to be accurate depends upon a
variety
of factors that may affect our business and operations. Certain of these
factors
are discussed in “Item 1. Business-Risk Factors Which May Affect Future
Results.”
We
operate in two reportable segments: RT Solutions and IT Solutions. As we
sold
our Databit computer hardware sales in March 2006, the information provided
below does not include the results from those activities as they have been
reclassified and consolidated on one line as net income from discontinued
operations, after tax.
The
following analysis should be read together with the segment information
provided
in Note 19 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this
report.
RT
Solutions
Segment
revenues decreased by $0.1 million or 4% in 2006 as compared to 2005. The
decrease in sales was the result of our near completion of a significant
Naval
solutions project in 2005, which was nearly offset by increases in sales
from
our embedded hardware and software development products. Segment gross
profit,
however, increased by $0.1 million or 16% in 2006 as compared to 2005.
Segment
gross profit percentage also increased (from 28% in 2005 to 34% in 2006)
as we
completed a number of relatively high margin embedded hardware and software
development projects during the year.
Our
projected growth in sales in 2007 is expected to come primarily from our
Naval
solutions projects with our embedded hardware and software development
projects
expected to remain relatively stable. Due to the sale of our outsourcing
business in August 2005, our segment overhead currently is a heavier burden
to
the segment and we must generate a higher level of sales to reach profitability.
We anticipate our sales to increase in the second half 2007 with the expected
receipt of a number of significant Naval solutions contracts, with the
segment
reaching profitability towards the end of the year.
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IT
Solutions
Segment
revenues decreased by $0.2 million or 14% in 2006 as compared to 2005.
The
decrease in sales was primarily the result of the decreased revenues from
sales
of our EasyBill™ billing system. OncoPro™ sales were not significantly changed
in 2006 from 2005. Segment gross profit also decreased by $0.1 million
or 19% in
2006 as compared to 2005 with segment gross profit percentage also decreasing
(from 31% in 2005 to 28% in 2006).
Our
projected growth in sales in 2007 is expected to come primarily from sales
of
our OncoPro™ solutions with revenues from our EasyBill™ billing system
continuing to decline. We expect to successfully complete our beta-site
work in
the second half of 2007 and begin sales of OncoPro™ in the United States in the
second half of 2007. As with our RT Solutions segment, due to the sale
of our
outsourcing business in August 2005, our segment overhead currently is
a heavier
burden to the segment and we must generate a higher level of sales to reach
profitability. Though we anticipate our sales to increase in the second
half
2007, we also anticipate significantly higher development costs associated
with
the beta-site work and do not expect this segment to reach profitability
until
2008.
Comverge
We
account for Comverge on the equity method; however since our losses to
date
exceed our investment, Comverge’s losses no longer affect our consolidated
results.
As
described above under “Recent Developments”, on April 13, 2007 Comverge priced
its initial public offering. Comverge plans to use the net proceeds from
the
offering to finance current and future capital requirements of its VPC™
contracts, to finance research and development, to repay indebtedness,
to fund
any cash consideration for future acquisitions and for other general corporate
purposes.
Paketeria
We
account for our Paketeria investment the equity method and, as such, currently
record approximately 33% of its income or loss in our consolidated
results.
Paketeria
was established to take advantage of the privatization and subsequent
substantial reduction in retail outlets of the German post office. Since
the
beginning of 2006, Paketeria has doubled in size to four company owned
stores
and 60 franchised stores. In 2007, Paketeria is planning to continue its
expansion of stores. In addition, Paketeria is planning to add additional
services to its unique “Super Services Market” format. Planned additions to its
services menu include an Internet pharmacy and telecommunication services
in
cooperation with The Phone House, Europe’s largest independent mobile phone
retailer. In addition, Paketeria will be seeking additional capital investment
to help fund its activities and expansion.
In
2007
to date, we lent Paketeria approximately $200,000 to help it finance its
ongoing
activities and expansion.
Corporate
In
March
2006, we appointed John Moore as our President and CEO to succeed George
Morgenstern, our founder and President and CEO since 1986. Mr. Morgenstern
continues to serve on the board of directors and as Chairman of the Board
focusing on efforts to grow our projects and solutions activities in Israel.
Though our cash corporate expenses have been relatively stable in 2006
as
compared to 2005, we have expended and will continue to expend in the future,
significant amounts of funds on professional fees and other costs in connection
with our strategy to seek out and invest in companies that fit our target
business model.
We
raised
approximately $2.5 million, net, in private placements in 2006 and continue
to
raise funds in this way in 2007. For disclosure regarding our recently
announced
private placement, see “Recent Developments” above.
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CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) defines “critical accounting
policies” as those that require application of management's most difficult,
subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make
estimates
about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change
in
subsequent periods.
The
following discussion of critical accounting policies represents our attempt
to
report on those accounting policies, which we believe are critical to our
consolidated financial statements and other financial disclosure. It is
not
intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our significant accounting
policies, which are more fully described in Note 2 of the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report. In many
cases,
the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated
by
generally accepted accounting principles, with no need for management's
judgment
in their application. There are also areas in which the selection of an
available alternative policy would not produce a materially different
result.
We
have
identified the following as critical accounting policies affecting our
company:
principles of consolidation and investments in associated companies; revenue
recognition; foreign currency transactions; income taxes; and stock-based
compensation.
Principles
of Consolidation and Investments in Associated Companies
Our
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all majority-owned
subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Minority interests in net losses are limited to the extent of their equity
capital. Losses in excess of minority interest equity capital are charged
against us in our consolidated statements of operations.
Investments
in associated companies are accounted for by the equity method.
Our
Comverge investment is comprised of both common and preferred stock. As
of
December 31, 2006 the balance of our investment was a net liability of
$1.8
million comprised of our negative investment in common shares of $1.8 million
and our investment in preferred shares of $3.8 million which we have written
down to zero value as a result of accumulated equity losses against our
preferred investment. We currently no longer record equity losses in Comverge.
Should we begin to record equity income on our investment in Comverge,
we would
record that equity income to our preferred investment up to our original
$3.8
million preferred share investment in Comverge, and thereafter to our investment
in Comverge’s common shares, of which we currently own approximately 66% (we
currently own a weighted average of approximately 23% of common and preferred
shares). As at December 31, 2006, we had a provision for unrecognized losses
in
Comverge of $381,000. We will record equity income from our preferred investment
in Comverge, if and when Comverge records net income in excess of approximately
$5.7 million. As described above under “Recent Developments,” as a result of the
Comverge IPO all shares of preferred stock will be converted into common
stock.
If as a result of Comverge’s public offering, we may be precluded from
accounting for our investment in Comverge on the equity method and may
account
for our investment in Comverge on the cost method.
Our
Paketeria investment is comprised of an initial investment of $877,000
(including transaction costs) for approximately 23% of Paketeria and a
subsequent investment of approximately $461,000 (including transaction
costs),
which increased our holdings in Paketeria to approximately 33%. Our investment
in Paketeria was allocated as follows:
·
|
$69,000
to the net value of various options in the initial
investment;
|
·
|
$281,000
to the value of the non-compete agreement given to Paketeria’s founder and
managing director;
|
·
|
$185,000
to the value of the franchise agreements acquired at the date
of our
investment;
|
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·
|
$446,000
to the value of the Paketeria brand name;
and
|
·
|
$357,000
to goodwill.
|
Since
we
account for our investment in Paketeria under the equity method, we have,
in
2006, reduced our investment in Paketeria by $127,000, which represents
our
share of Paketeria’s losses during the period since our investment. In addition,
we have included in our equity loss the amortization of the value of the
acquired non-compete agreement and the franchise agreements, which in 2006
totaled $52,000 during the period since our investment. These reductions
in our
investment were partially offset by the $20,000 change in value of the
put
option we acquired.
The
options that we have in Paketeria allow us to increase our holdings in
Paketeria
from our current 33% to just over 50% and would allow us to control the
company.
Revenue
Recognition
Revenue
from time-and-materials service contracts, maintenance agreements and other
services is recognized as services are provided.
In
2006,
we derived $1.8 million of revenues from fixed-price type contracts, in
both our
RT Solutions and IT Solutions segments, representing approximately 43%
of
consolidated sales in 2006 ($1.9 million and 46%, and $1.8 million and
55%, in
2005 and 2004, respectively), which require the accurate estimation of
the cost,
scope and duration of each engagement. Revenue and the related costs for
these
projects are recognized for a particular period, using the
percentage-of-completion method as costs (primarily direct labor) are incurred,
with revisions to estimates reflected in the period in which changes become
known. If we do not accurately estimate the resources required or the scope
of
work to be performed, or do not manage our projects properly within the
planned
periods of time or satisfy our obligations under the contracts, then future
revenue and consulting margins may be significantly and negatively affected
and
losses on existing contracts may need to be recognized. Any such resulting
changes in revenues and reductions in margins or contract losses could
be
material to our results of operations.
Foreign
Currency Transactions
The
currency of the primary economic environment in which our corporate headquarters
and our U.S. subsidiaries operate is the United States dollar (“dollar”).
Accordingly, the Company and all of its U.S. subsidiaries use the dollar
as
their functional currency.
In
March
2006, we sold our Databit subsidiary. As a result, the results from Databit’s
operations for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are reflected
as
discontinued operations. Consequently, our dsIT Israeli subsidiary accounts
for
all of our net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and
2006. In
addition, dsIT accounts for 64%
of our
assets and 52% of our total liabilities as of December 31, 2006 (45% of
our
assets and 42% of our total liabilities as of December 31, 2005). dsIT’s
functional currency is the New Israeli Shekel (“NIS”) and its financial
statements have been translated using the exchange rates in effect at the
balance sheet date. Statements of operations amounts have been translated
using
the exchange rate at date of transaction. All exchange gains and losses
denominated in non-functional currencies are reflected in finance expense,
net
in the consolidated statement of operations when they arise.
Income
Taxes
We
have a
history of unprofitable operations due to losses incurred in a number of
our
operations. These losses generated sizeable state, federal and foreign
tax net
operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards, which as of December 31, 2006 were
approximately $14.7 million, $12.1 million and $0.8 million,
respectively.
18
Generally
accepted accounting principles require that we record a valuation allowance
against the deferred income tax asset associated with these NOL carryforwards
and other deferred tax assets if it is “more likely than not” that we will not
be able to utilize them to offset future income taxes. Due to our history
of
unprofitable operations, we only recognize net deferred tax assets in those
subsidiaries in which we believe that it is “more likely than not” that we will
be able to utilize them to offset future income taxes in the future. We
currently provide for income taxes only to the extent that we expect to
pay cash
taxes on current income or disallowed expenses.
It
is
possible, however, that we could be profitable in the future at levels
which
cause management to conclude that it is more likely than not that we will
realize all or a portion of the NOL carryforwards and other deferred tax
assets.
Upon reaching such a conclusion, we would immediately record the estimated
net
realizable value of the deferred tax assets at that time and would then
provide
for income taxes at a rate equal to our combined federal and state effective
rates or foreign rates. Subsequent revisions to the estimated net realizable
value of the deferred tax assets could cause our provision for income taxes
to
vary significantly from period to period.
Stock-based
Compensation
For
the
year ending December 31, 2006, we incurred stock compensation expense of
approximately $1.8 million. We account for all stock-based compensation
in
accordance with the fair value recognition provisions of
SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment. Under these provisions,
stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the
value
of the award and is recognized as expense over the vesting period. Under
SFAS No. 123R, we are required to use judgment in estimating the
amount of stock-based awards that are expected to be forfeited. If actual
forfeitures differ significantly from the original estimate, stock-based
compensation expense and our results of operations could be materially
impacted.
The
following table sets forth a comparison of the per share effect of our
adoption
of SFAS 123R for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Year
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share as reported:
|
||||||||||
Loss
per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss per share - basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share had we not adopted SFAS
123R:
|
||||||||||
Loss
per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.29
|
)
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
(0.19
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss per share - basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
See
Note
14 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information on
the
impact of our adoption of SFAS 123R and the assumptions used to calculate
the
fair value of share-based employee compensation.
Prior
to the adoption of SFAS No. 123-R, we accounted for stock-based
employee compensation plans in accordance with Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and its related
interpretations (APB No. 25), and followed the pro forma net income, pro
forma income per share, and stock-based compensation plan disclosure
requirements set forth in SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation.
19
The
fair values of all stock options granted were estimated using the
Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes-Merton model
requires the input of highly subjective assumptions such as risk-free interest
rates, volatility factor of the expected market price of our Common Stock
and
the weighted-average expected option life. The expected volatility factor
used
to value stock options in 2006 was based on the historical volatility of
the
market price of the Company’s Common Stock over a period equal to the estimated
weighted average life of the options. The weighted average life of the
options
was estimated based management’s estimates based on an evaluation of the vesting
term, contractual life, and expected exercise behavior since our history
of
option exercises is too brief to have established historical rates. The
risk-free interest rate used is based upon U.S. Treasury yields for a period
consisted with the expected term of the options.
We
account for stock-based compensation issued to non-employees on a fair
value
basis in accordance with SFAS No. 123 and EITF Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for
Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring,
or in
conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” and related interpretations. We use
the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value of
warrants.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The
following table sets forth selected consolidated statement of operations
data as
a percentage of our total sales:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2002
(unaudited)
|
2003
(unaudited)
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
74
|
77
|
74
|
70
|
67
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
26
|
23
|
26
|
30
|
33
|
|||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
|||||||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
52
|
84
|
100
|
83
|
113
|
|||||||||||
Impairment
of investment
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(33
|
)
|
(62
|
)
|
(75
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(88
|
)
|
||||||
Finance
expense, net
|
(2
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
0
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||
Other
income, net
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
--
|
8
|
|||||||||||
Loss
from operations before taxes on income
|
(34
|
)
|
(68
|
)
|
(71
|
)
|
(55
|
)
|
(81
|
)
|
||||||
Taxes
on income
|
0
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
4
|
|||||||||
Loss
from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(34
|
)
|
(68
|
)
|
(72
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(85
|
)
|
||||||
Share
of losses in Comverge
|
--
|
(20
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
--
|
--
|
21
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Share
of losses in Paketeria
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(10
|
)
|
||||||||||
Minority
interests, net of tax
|
4
|
3
|
(3
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
--
|
|||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(30
|
)
|
(85
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(101
|
)
|
||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
(in
2006), net of income taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
13
|
(50
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
|
(3
|
)
|
14
|
56
|
20
|
2
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(34
|
)%
|
(71
|
)%
|
(35
|
)%
|
(31
|
)%
|
(149
|
)%
|
20
The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to revenues
and
profits of our reportable business segments for the years ended December
31,
2004, 2005 and 2006, including the percentages of revenues attributable
to such
segments. (See Note 18 to our consolidated financial statements for the
definitions of our reporting segments.) Segment information excludes the
discontinued results of our US based consulting activities, which were
discontinued in 2004, and our Israel based outsourcing activities, which
were
discontinued in 2005 as well as the results of our former Databit subsidiary
which was sold in March 2006 (see Note 3 to our consolidated financial
statements). The column marked “Other” aggregates information relating to
miscellaneous operating segments, which may be combined for reporting under
applicable accounting principles.
RT
Solutions
|
IT
Solutions
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,729
|
$
|
1,125
|
$
|
264
|
$
|
4,117
|
|||||
Percentage
of total revenues from external customers
|
66
|
%
|
27
|
%
|
7
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
936
|
330
|
88
|
1,354
|
|||||||||
Segment
income (loss) before income taxes
|
(159
|
)
|
(281
|
)
|
29
|
(411
|
)
|
||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,844
|
$
|
1,314
|
$
|
29
|
$
|
4,187
|
|||||
Percentage
of total revenues from external customers
|
68
|
%
|
31
|
%
|
1
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
805
|
408
|
29
|
1,242
|
|||||||||
Segment
income before income taxes
|
34
|
48
|
19
|
102
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2004:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
1,988
|
$
|
1,312
|
$
|
64
|
$
|
3,364
|
|||||
Percentage
of total revenues from external customers
|
59
|
%
|
39
|
%
|
2
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
479
|
330
|
64
|
873
|
|||||||||
Segment
income (loss) before income taxes
|
(175
|
)
|
(49
|
)
|
38
|
(186
|
)
|
2006
COMPARED TO 2005
Sales.
Sales
in
2006 decreased marginally as compared to 2005 with slight decreases in
both of
our reporting segments being partially offset by an increase in sales in
our
“Other” miscellaneous segment.
Gross
profit. Gross
profits increased in 2006 by $112,000 or 9%, primarily due to an increase
in
gross profits from our RT Solutions segment which more than offset the
decrease
in gross profits from our IT Solutions segment. The increase in gross profit
in
our RT Solutions segment was primarily attributable to a number of specific
projects with particularly high profit margins, which offset the decrease
in
sales. The decrease in gross profit in our IT Solutions segment was attributable
to a combination of reduced sales and a reduced gross margin.
Research
and development expenses (“R&D”). Research
and development expenses increased by $271,000, which was primarily attributable
to an increase in development costs associated with our OncoProTM
solution package in our IT Solutions segment.
21
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses (“SMG&A”). SMG&A
increased in 2006 by approximately $1.2 million or 34%. This increase is
entirely attributable to the $1.2 million of stock-compensation expense
we
recorded as a result of our adoption of FAS 123(R) in 2006 that is included
in
SMG&A. Excluding the stock-compensation expense, our corporate SMG&A was
relatively unchanged in 2006 compared to 2005 whereas dsIT’s SMG&A in 2006
was approximately $90,000 less in 2006 as compared to 2005.
Other
income, net.
In the
first quarter of 2006, we reached a settlement agreement with an Israeli
bank
with respect to our claims against the bank and the bank’s counterclaim against
us. As a result of the settlement agreement, we recorded income of $330,000,
net
of legal expenses.
Taxes
on income.
The
increase in taxes on income in 2006 is due to the increase in a tax provision
previously made with respect to a transaction in a previous year.
Share
of Losses in Comverge.
In the
first quarter of 2006, the carrying value of our investment in Comverge's
common
stock and preferred stock was reduced to zero. As such, Comverge has had
no
effect on our results since the first quarter of 2006. Our
share
of Comverge's net losses in 2006 was $210,000. In the future, when Comverge
begins to show profit, after it has reached the level of equity at which
we
ceased recording equity losses, we will record 7% of that income as equity
income to our preferred investment up to our original $3.9 million preferred
share investment in Comverge, and thereafter to our investment in Comverge’s
common shares, of which we currently own approximately 66%.
Share
of losses in Paketeria. In
the
third quarter of 2006, we acquired 23% of Paketeria and increased our investment
in the fourth quarter of 2006 to approximately 33%. Our share of Paketeria’s net
losses plus amortization of the purchase price allocated to intangibles
during
the period since our acquisition was $159,000.
Net
income from discontinued operations, net of tax. Under
applicable accounting principles, as a result of our sale of Databit in
the
first quarter of 2006, the results of Databit have been reclassified in
the
current period and for all prior periods as a discontinued operation. The
condensed results of this business are presented in each of the current
and
comparative period as net income from discontinued operations.
The
results for 2005 include the condensed results of Databit as well as the
condensed results of the Company’s outsourcing consulting services business in
Israel, which was sold in August 2005. The decrease in net income from
discontinued operations in the 2006 period as compared to the 2005 period
was
primarily due to the inclusion in the 2005 period of the results of the
outsourcing consulting services business.
Loss
on sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement, net of tax.
This
loss
resulted from the sale of our Databit computer hardware company and contract
settlement with our former CEO during the first quarter of 2006.
2005
COMPARED TO 2004
Sales.
The
increase in sales in 2005 as compared to 2004 was almost entirely attributable
to an increase in sales in our RT Solutions segment. Approximately $535,000
of
the $856,000 increase was attributable to an increase in sales in our naval
solutions activities. Sales in our IT Solutions segment was virtually unchanged
from 2004 to 2005.
Gross
profit.
The
increase in gross profits in 2005 as compared to 2004 was attributable
to both
our RT and IT reporting segments. The increase in RT Solutions gross profits
was
attributable to both an increase in sales and gross profit margin whereas
the
increase in IT Solutions gross profits was attributable to an increase
in IT
Solutions gross margin.
22
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses (“SMG&A”).
SMG&A in 2005 was increased slightly as compared to 2004 increasing by
$90,000. Both corporate and dsIT increased their SMG&A costs in 2005 as
compared to 2004 by immaterial amounts.
Other
income, net. During
the second quarter of 2004, we received a decision from the Israeli Supreme
Court in our dispute with an Israeli bank. In its decision, the Court reversed
the district court’s award for costs in favor of the bank for which we had
previously accrued. The courts also remanded to the district court our
claims
against the bank for a determination as to the amount of damages. As a
result of
the decision we recorded other income of approximately $148,000 in
2004.
Taxes
on Income.
The
change in income tax expense in 2005 as compared to 2004 was primarily
due to a
one-time expense due to the reorganization of business at dsIT, as a result
of
which, previously recognized foreign income tax assets were expensed. Those
expenses were offset by a tax benefit recorded from the sale of our dsIT
Technologies subsidiary.
Share
of Losses in Comverge.
Our
share of Comverge's $8.0 million and $9.3 million of net losses in 2005
and
2004, respectively, was $380,000 and $1.2 million, respectively. The reduction
in our share of losses in 2005 is attributable to our no longer recording
equity
losses in Comverge, as our preferred stock investment has been reduced
to
zero.
Gain
on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax. In
August
2005, we sold our Israeli outsourcing consulting business for approximately
$3.7
million, resulting in a gain of $541,000.
Minority
interests. Minority
interests reflect the minority interests in income generated by our former
dsIT
Technologies subsidiary.
Net
income from discontinued operations, net of tax. In
August
2005, we sold our Israel based consulting business. As a result, net income
from
discontinued operations, net of income taxes for those operations have
been
restated for 2004. The decrease in net income from discontinued operations,
net
of tax is due to 2005 results reflected results for a seven and a half
month
period as compared to 2004 which reflects an entire year’s results.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As
of
December 31, 2006, we had working capital of $ 0.3 million, including $1.5
million in cash and cash equivalents. Net cash of $0.6 million was provided
during 2006. Net cash of $1.6 million was used in operating activities
during
2006. The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2006 of $6.1 million,
was due
primarily to the $2.1 million loss on our sale of our Databit computer
hardware
company, the contract settlement with our former CEO, and corporate expenses
of
$3.0 million of which 1.5 million was related to stock option compensation.
The
primary use of cash in operating activities during 2006 was net corporate
general and administrative expenditures of approximately $1.5 million.
Net cash
of $1.2 million used in investing activities was primarily for the contract
settlement with our former CEO and associated sale of our Databit computer
hardware company totaling $1.0 million, and our investments in Paketeria
($1.3
million) and Comverge ($0.2 million). These cash expenditures were partially
offset by the release of previously restricted cash balances of $1.6 million.
Additional cash of $3.4 million was provided by financing activities, which
included the net cash provided by the private placements of our Common
Stock and
employee stock option exercises ($2.9 million) and a loan provided to us
by our
CEO of $0.3 million.
Our
working capital of $259,000 at December 31, 2006, included working capital
of
$679,000 in our dsIT subsidiary. Due to Israeli tax and company law constraints
and dsIT’s own cash flow requirements, working capital and cash flows from
dsIT's operations are not readily available to finance US based activities.
As
of December 31, 2006, dsIT was utilizing approximately $188,000 (net) of
its
approximately $485,000 lines of credit. dsIT's lines of credit are denominated
in NIS and bear a weighted average interest rate of the Israeli prime rate
plus
2.2% per annum. The Israeli prime rate fluctuates and as of December 31,
2006
was approximately 6.0%. In February 2007, dsIT and one of its banks agreed
to
convert NIS 450,000 (or approximately $107,000) of its lines of credit
to a term
loan to be paid over a period of one-year with the terms of the remaining
balance in the line of credit to be revisited in June 2007. At December
31,
2006, dsIT was in technical violation of covenants under its line of credit
with
its other bank. This bank is continuing to provide funding to dsIT despite
the
technical violation and has not formally notified dsIT of any violation
or any
contemplated action. In addition, Acorn has agreed to be supportive of
dsIT’s
liquidity requirements over the next 12 months.
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At
the
end of March 2007, dsIT was using approximately $160,000 (net) of its
lines-of-credit. We believe that dsIT will have sufficient liquidity to
finance
its activities from cash flow from its own operations over the next 12
months.
This is based on continued utilization of its lines of credit and expected
improved operating results stemming from anticipated growth in sales. However,
there is no assurance the measures taken by will be successful and we may
need
to provide supplementary financing, or sell all or part of that business.
The
cash
balance in Acorn at the end of March 2007 was approximately $535,000 not
including the cash from our recent private placements (see “Recent
Developments”). We believe that the cash available will provide more than
sufficient liquidity to finance Acorn’s activities for the foreseeable future
and for the next 12 months in particular.
Contractual
Obligations and Commitments
The
table
below provides information concerning obligations under certain categories
of
our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2006.
Ending
December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
Payments due to Contractual Obligations
|
Total
|
2007
|
2008-2009
|
2010-2011
|
2012
and thereafter
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
||||||
Operating
leases
|
1,084
|
523
|
561
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Potential
severance obligations to Israeli employees (1)
|
2,545
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2,545
|
|||||||||||
Investor
relations
|
81
|
81
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Buy-out
of Paketeria loan (2)
|
92
|
92
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
Total
contractual cash obligations
|
$
|
3,828
|
$
|
722
|
$
|
561
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
2,545
|
We
expect
to finance these contractual commitments in 2007 from cash currently on
hand and
cash generated from operations.
(1)
Under
Israeli law and labor agreements, dsIT is required to make severance payments
to
dismissed employees and to employees leaving employment under certain other
circumstances. The obligation for severance pay benefits, as determined
by the
Israeli Severance Pay Law, is based upon length of service and last salary.
These obligations are substantially covered by regular deposits with recognized
severance pay and pension funds and by the purchase of insurance policies.
As of
December 31, 2006, we accrued a total of $2.5 million for potential severance
obligations of which approximately $1.6 million was funded with cash to
insurance companies.
(2)
As a
part of our initial agreement to purchase 23% of Paketeria, we agreed to
the
purchase of a €210,000 principal promissory note issued by Paketeria to its
founder and managing director. Under the terms of the agreement, we must
purchase one-third of the note from the founder for a cash payment equal
to
one-third of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, upon Paketeria
having
achieved each of three franchise licensing milestones—the licensing of its 60th,
75th, and 115th franchises. In October 2006, we purchased €140,000
(approximately $184,000) of the note. We expect to purchase the remaining
€70,000 (approximately $92,000) of the note in 2007, upon the achievement
of the
third and final milestone.
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Certain
Information Concerning Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.
Our
Israeli subsidiary provided various performance, advance and tender guarantees
as required in the normal course of its operations. As of December 31,
2006,
such guarantees totaled approximately $21,000 and are due to expire through
2015.
Impact
of Inflation and Currency Fluctuations
A
majority of our sales are denominated in dollars. The remaining portion
is
either in NIS or denominated in NIS, linked to the dollar. Such sales
transactions are negotiated in dollars; however, for the convenience of
the
customer they are settled in NIS. These transaction amounts are linked
to the
dollar between the date the transactions are entered into until the date
they
are effected and billed. From the time these transactions are effected
and
billed through the date of settlement, amounts are primarily unlinked.
The
majority of our expenses in Israel are in NIS, while a portion is in dollars
or
dollar-linked NIS.
The
dollar cost of our operations in Israel may be adversely affected in the
future
by a revaluation of the NIS in relation to the dollar, should it be
significantly different from the rate of inflation. In 2006 the appreciation
of
the NIS against the dollar was 8.2%, whereas in 2005 the depreciation of
the NIS
against the dollar was 6.8%. Inflation in Israel was (0.1%) in 2006 and
2.4%
during 2005. During the first two months of 2007, the NIS was virtually
unchanged against the dollar and inflation during this period was -(0.4%).
As
of
December 31, 2006, virtually all of our monetary assets and liabilities
that
were not denominated in dollars or dollar-linked NIS were denominated in
NIS. In
the event that in the future we have material net monetary assets or liabilities
that are not denominated in dollar-linked NIS, such net assets or liabilities
would be subject to the risk of currency fluctuations.
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SUMMARY
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited)
The
following table sets forth certain of our unaudited quarterly consolidated
financial information for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006. This
information should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial
Statements and the notes thereto.
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
First
Quarter |
Second
Quarter |
Third
Quarter
|
Fourth
Quarter
|
First
Quarter
|
Second
Quarter |
Third
Quarter*
|
Fourth
Quarter*
|
||||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
1,159
|
$
|
1,049
|
$
|
782
|
$
|
1,197
|
$
|
973
|
$
|
990
|
$
|
923
|
$
|
1,231
|
|||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
790
|
772
|
630
|
753
|
745
|
645
|
597
|
776
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
369
|
277
|
152
|
444
|
228
|
345
|
326
|
455
|
|||||||||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
9
|
17
|
16
|
11
|
26
|
71
|
137
|
90
|
|||||||||||||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
1,040
|
876
|
996
|
510
|
922
|
1,044
|
1,570
|
1,122
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(680
|
)
|
(616
|
)
|
(860
|
)
|
(77
|
)
|
(720
|
)
|
(770
|
)
|
(1,381
|
)
|
(757
|
)
|
|||||||||
Finance
income (expense), net
|
(10
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
(25
|
)
|
2
|
14
|
(20
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Other
income
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
330
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||||||||
Loss
before taxes on income
|
(690
|
)
|
(637
|
)
|
(885
|
)
|
(75
|
)
|
(376
|
)
|
(790
|
)
|
(1,398
|
)
|
(764
|
)
|
|||||||||
Taxes
on income
|
2
|
4
|
43
|
(12
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(175
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Loss
from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(688
|
)
|
(633
|
)
|
(842
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
(378
|
)
|
(794
|
)
|
(1,400
|
)
|
(939
|
)
|
|||||||||
Minority
interests, net of tax
|
(42
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
(14
|
)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||||||||||||
Share
of loss in Paketeria
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(251
|
)
|
(173
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Share
of loss in Comverge
|
(201
|
)
|
(178
|
)
|
--
|
--
|
(210
|
)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||||||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
(931
|
)
|
(828
|
)
|
(856
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
(588
|
)
|
(794
|
)
|
(1,651
|
)
|
(1,112
|
)
|
|||||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
|
--
|
--
|
542
|
(1
|
)
|
(2,298
|
)
|
--
|
--
|
229
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
492
|
257
|
187
|
(92
|
)
|
78
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(439
|
)
|
$
|
(571
|
)
|
$
|
(127
|
)
|
$
|
(180
|
)
|
$
|
(2,808
|
)
|
$
|
(794
|
)
|
$
|
(1,651
|
)
|
$
|
(883
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
0.06
|
0.03
|
0.09
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.27
|
)
|
--
|
--
|
0.02
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
loss per share
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
(0.34
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - basic
|
8,117
|
8,117
|
8,117
|
8,117
|
8,160
|
8,161
|
8,993
|
9,444
|
|||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - diluted
|
8,117
|
8,117
|
8,117
|
8,117
|
8,160
|
8,161
|
8,993
|
9,444
|
*
|
FAS123R
expense of $199 and $66 for the third and fourth quarters of
2006,
respectively, have been reclassed from selling, marketing,
general and
administrative expenses to Share of loss in
Paketeria.
|
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ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
General
We
are
required to make certain disclosures regarding our financial instruments,
including derivatives, if any.
A
financial instrument is defined as cash, evidence of an ownership interest
in an
entity, or a contract that imposes on one entity a contractual obligation
either
to deliver or receive cash or another financial instrument to or from a
second
entity. Examples of financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents,
trade accounts receivable, loans, investments, trade accounts payable,
accrued
expenses, options and forward contracts. The disclosures below include,
among
other matters, the nature and terms of derivative transactions, information
about significant concentrations of credit risk, and the fair value of
financial
assets and liabilities.
Foreign
Currency Risk
The
translation of the balance sheets of our Israeli operations from NIS into
U.S.
dollars is sensitive to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These
translation gains or losses are recorded either as cumulative translation
adjustments (“CTA) within stockholders’ equity, or foreign exchange gains
or
losses in the statement of operations. In 2006 the NIS strengthened in
relation
to the U.S. dollar by 8.2%. To
test the
sensitivity of these operations to fluctuations in the exchange rate, the
hypothetical change in CTA and foreign exchange gains and losses is calculated
by multiplying the net assets of these non-U.S. operations by a 10% change
in
the currency exchange rates.
As
of
December 31, 2006, a 10% unfavorable change in the exchange rate of the
U.S.
dollar against the NIS would have decreased stockholders’ equity by
approximately $45,000 (arising from a negative CTA adjustment of approximately
$57,000 net exchange gains of approximately $12,000). These hypothetical
changes
are based on increasing
the
December 31, 2006 exchange rates by 10%.
We
do not
employ specific strategies, such as the use of derivative instruments or
hedging, to manage exchange rate exposures.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
Fair
values of financial instruments included in current assets and current
liabilities are estimated to approximate their book values due to the short
maturity of such investments. Fair value for long-term debt and long-term
deposits are estimated based on the current rates offered to us for debt
and
deposits with similar terms and remaining maturities. The fair value of
our
long-term debt and long-term deposits are not materially different from
their
carrying amounts.
Concentrations
of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk,
consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term bank
deposits, and trade receivables. The counterparty to a majority of our
cash
equivalent deposits is a major financial institution of high credit standing.
We
do not believe there is significant risk of non-performance by this
counterparty. Approximately 62% of the trade accounts receivable at December
31,
2006 was due from three customers that pay their trade receivables over
usual
credit periods. Credit risk with respect to the balance of trade receivables
is
generally diversified due to the number of entities comprising our customer
base.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Furnished
at the end of this report commencing on page F-1.
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ITEM
9. CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM
9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Controls and Procedures
We
carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation
of
our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer, of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures.
Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer concluded that as of December 31, 2006, our disclosure controls
and
procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by
us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or
persons
performing similar functions, as required to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
Changes
in Controls and Procedures
There
have been no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors
that could significantly affect disclosure controls and procedures subsequent
to
the date of our most recent evaluation.
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Directors
and Executive Officers
Set
forth
below is certain information concerning the directors and certain officers
of
the Company:
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
||
George
Morgenstern
|
73
|
Founder,
Chairman of the Board; Chairman of the Board of our dsIT Solutions
Ltd.
subsidiary (“dsIT”)
|
||
John
A. Moore
|
41
|
Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer; director of our Comverge
Inc.
equity affiliate (“Comverge”) and director of our Paketeria GmbH equity
affiliate (“Paketeria”)
|
||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
60
|
Director
|
||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
54
|
Director
|
||
Richard
Rimer
|
41
|
Director
|
||
Kevin
P. Wren
|
52
|
Director
|
||
Jacob
Neuwirth
|
60
|
Chief
Executive Officer and President of dsIT
|
||
Michael
Barth
|
46
|
Chief
Financial Officer of the Company and
dsIT.
|
George
Morgenstern,
founder
of the Company, and one of our directors since 1986, has been Chairman
of the
Board since June 1993. Mr. Morgenstern served as our President and Chief
Executive Officer from our incorporation in 1986 until March 2006.
Mr. Morgenstern also serves as Chairman of the Board of dsIT.
Mr. Morgenstern served as a member of the Board of Directors of Comverge
from October 1997 to March 2006 and as Chairman until April 2003.
John
A. Moore has
been
a director and President and Chief Executive Officer of our Company since
March
2006. Mr. Moore also serves as a director of Comverge. Mr. Moore is
the President and founder of Edson Moore Healthcare Ventures, which he
founded
to acquire $150 million of drug delivery assets from Elan Pharmaceuticals
in
2002. Mr. Moore was Chairman and EVP of ImaRx Therapeutics, a drug and
medical therapy development company, from February 2004 to February 2006
and
Chairman of Elite Pharmaceuticals from February 2003 to October 2004. He
is
currently Chairman of Optimer, Inc., a research based polymer development
company, and a member of the Board of Directors of Voltaix, Inc., a leading
provider of specialty gases to the solar and semiconductor industries.
Samuel
M. Zentman
has been
one of our directors since November 2004. Since 1980 Dr. Zentman has been
the president and chief executive officer of a privately-held textile firm,
where he also served as vice president of finance and administration from
1978
to 1980. From 1973 to 1978, Dr. Zentman served in various capacities at
American Motors Corporation.
Richard
J. Giacco
was
elected to the Board in September 2006. Mr. Giacco has been President of
Empower
Materials, Inc., a manufacturer of carbon dioxide based thermoplastics,
since
January 1999. Mr. Giacco is also a Managing Member of Ajedium Film Group,
LLC, a manufacturer of thermoplastic films. Mr. Giacco served as Associate
General Counsel of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. from 1984 to 1990.
Mr. Giacco presently serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors of Ministry of Caring, Inc., and the Chair of the Finance
Committee of the Board of Directors of Sacred Heart Village, Inc.
29
Richard
Rimer
was
elected to the Board in September 2006. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Rimer
was
a
Partner at Index Ventures, a private investment company. He formerly served
on
the boards of Direct Medica, a provider of marketing services to pharmaceutical
companies, and Addex Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical research and development
company. Prior to joining Index Ventures, Mr. Rimer was the co-founder of
MediService, the leading direct service pharmacy in Switzerland and had
served
as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.
Kevin
P. Wren was
elected to the Board in September 2006. Mr. Wren was employed by MBNA America
in
various senior management capacities from March 1995 until his retirement
from
MBNA in April 2005, most recently as Director of MBNA Corporate Strategic
Planning from January 2004 through April 2005. Prior to that, he served
as
Director in charge of U.S. credit card product development and as MBNA’s Chief
Internet Officer. Mr. Wren is currently a member of the Board of Directors
of Christiana Care Visiting Nurse Association, a non-profit home health
care
organization.
Jacob
Neuwirth
has been
Chief Executive Officer and President of dsIT since December 2001. From
1994 to
2001, he was the founder and President of Endan IT Solutions Ltd., an Israeli
IT
solutions provider, specializing in billing and healthcare IT solutions,
which
was acquired by dsIT in December 2001.
Michael
Barth
has been
our Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of dsIT since
December 2005. For the six years prior, he served as Deputy Chief Financial
Officer and Controller of dsIT. Mr. Barth is a Certified Public Accountant
in both the U.S. and Israel and has 18 years of experience in public and
private
accounting.
Audit
Committee; Audit Committee Financial Expert
Since
September 2006, we no longer have an Audit Committee. We have opted instead
to
have the entire Board serve the function of the audit committee as permitted
under the Exchange Act. One of our directors, Samuel Zentman, has been
designated as our lead director for Audit Committee matters for the purpose
of
overseeing our accounting and financial reporting processes and audits
of our
financial statements by our independent auditors.
Our
Board
has not determined that any current member of our board meets the qualifications
for an “audit committee financial expert” set forth in Item 407 of Regulation
S-K. It is our intention to reconstitute the Audit Committee in the near
future,
with the appointment of one or more additional directors who would also
serve on
the audit committee, at least one of which would be expected to meet the
qualifications for an audit committee financial expert.
Compliance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) requires our
executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of
a
registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership
and
changes in ownership with the SEC. These persons are also required by SEC
regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based
solely on our review of such forms or written representations from certain
reporting persons, we believe that during 2006
our
executive officers and directors complied with the filing requirements
of
Section 16(a), with the exception of the late filing of following reports
(i)
the Form 3s filed on October 5, 2006 by our directors Richard Rimer, Richard
Giacco and Kevin Wren following their initial appointment to the Board
in
September 2006, (ii) a Form 4 filed by Mr. Moore on March 31, 2006, (iii)
a Form
4 filed by Mr. Barth on July 26, 2006, and (iii) a Form 4 filed by Mr.
Rimer on
October 20, 2006. We have implemented measures to assure timely filing
of
Section 16(a) reports by our executive officers and directors in the
future.
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Code
of Ethics
We
have
adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer,
principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer or controller,
and/or persons performing similar functions. Our code of ethics is incorporated
by reference as an exhibit to this Annual Report.
ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Executive
Compensation
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
The
entire Board of Directors establishes the general compensation policies
of the
Company, the specific compensation levels for each executive officer, and
administers the Company’s equity compensation plans and practices. The Company
does not currently have a compensation committee.
The
main
objectives of the Company’s compensation structure including rewarding
individuals for their respective contributions to the Company’s performance,
establishing executive officers with a stake in the long-term success of
the
Company and providing compensation policies that will attract and retain
qualified executive personnel.
Compensation
of our executives has three primary components: (1) salary; (2) in certain
cases
a yearly cash incentive bonus; and (3) in almost all cases stock option
awards.
In addition, we provide our executives with benefits that are generally
available to our salaried employees.
The
Board
of Directors determines the appropriate level of total compensation and
of each
component of compensation based on its determination in part as to the
amount
and type of compensation necessary to attract and retain the executive,
overall
company performance, individual performance and other considerations we
deem
relevant. Except as described below, our board of directors have not adopted
any
formal or informal policies, set formulas, or guidelines for setting total
compensation for each executive or allocating compensation between cash
and
other currently paid-out compensation and other long-term forms of compensation.
This is due to the small size of our executive team and the need to tailor
each
executive's award to attract and retain that executive. With respect to
the
periods covered by this discussion and analysis, the Board of Directors
has also
not utilized the services of compensation consultants and other experts.
For
compensation decisions, including decisions regarding the grant of equity
compensation relating to executive officers (other than our President and
Chief
Executive Officer), the Board of Directors typically considers the
recommendations of our President and Chief Executive Officer.
The
current intent of the Board of Directors is to perform a periodic review
of the
total compensation and the components thereof of its executive officers
relative
to the compensation paid by companies with whom we compete for
executives.
We
account for the equity compensation expense for our employees under the
rules of
SFAS No. 123R, which requires us to estimate and record an expense for each
award of equity compensation over the service period of the award. We also
record cash compensation as an expense at the time the obligation is accrued.
Until we achieve sustained profitability, the availability to us of a tax
deduction for compensation expense is not material to our financial position.
We
structure cash incentive bonus compensation so that it is taxable to our
employees at the time it becomes available to them. It is not anticipated
that
any executive officer's annual cash compensation will exceed $1 million,
and we have accordingly not made any plans to qualify for any compensation
deductions under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Base
Compensation
We
fix the base salary of each of our executives at a level we believe enables
us
to hire and retain individuals in a competitive environment and rewards
satisfactory individual performance and a satisfactory level of contribution
to
our overall business goals.
Cash
Incentive Bonuses
Yearly
cash incentive bonuses for our executive officers are established as part
of
their respective individual employment agreements to focus them on achieving
key
operational and financial objectives within a yearly time horizon. y Jacob
Neuwirth, the President and Chief Executive Officer of our dsIT subsidiary
has
an employment agreement which provides for a cash incentive bonuses. Mr.
Neuwirth is entitled to a performance bonus of 5% of dsIT’s net income (as
defined) before tax as well as a salary increase if dsIT achieves certain
performance targets. In 2006, Mr. Neuwirth did not earn any performance
bonus in
2006 ($11,000 performance bonus was earned in 2005). Mr. Neuwirth did not
attain
the performance targets in 2006 (or 2005) to attain a salary increase.
Stock
Options and Equity Awards
We
utilize stock options to reward long-term performance and to ensure that
our
executive officers have a continuing stake in our long-term success. These
options are intended to produce significant value for each executive if
our
performance is outstanding and if the executive has an extended tenure.
Because,
going forward, our executive officers are awarded stock options with an
exercise
price equal to the fair market value of our Common Stock on the date of
grant,
the determination of which is discussed below, these options will have
value to
our executive officers only if the market price of our Common Stock increases
after the date of grant.
Authority
to make stock option grants to executive officers rests with our board
of
directors. In determining the size of stock option grants to executive
officers,
our board of directors considers individual performance against the individual's
objectives, the extent to which shares subject to previously granted options
are
vested and the recommendations of our Chief Executive Officer and other
members
of management.
In
2006,
prior to the adoption of the 2006 Stock Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors and the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, we issued a total of 1,035,000
non-plan options to certain of our directors and executive officers, the
founder
and director of our Paketeria affiliate, and our investor relations
advisor.
In
addition, during 2006, we modified the terms of previously awarded stock
options. The terms of total of 392,500 options were modified as a result
of the
agreement to sell our former Databit subsidiary to Shlomie Morgenstern
(the
President of Databit). The modifications involved the adjustment of the
expiration date of options granted to Databit employees and to Shlomie
Morgenstern to be 18 months from the date of the transaction. Certain options
granted to Shlomie Morgenstern also had their vesting period accelerated.
In
addition, the terms of 260,000 options previously granted to George Morgenstern
(our former CEO and current Chairman of the Board) were modified in connection
with the contract settlement agreement. Of those options, 200,000 had their
expiration date extended to December 31, 2009 and 60,000 received accelerated
vesting. Furthermore, 515,000 options which had been granted at a below
market
price in 2006 to our CEO, CFO and an investor relations advisor were modified
so
that the exercise price of those options were equal to the market price
of our
stock of the date of the original grant. In addition, the expiration date
for
116,000 other options for employees and former employees were extended
and
15,000 options for a former director had a price modification and extension
of
an expiration date.
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Going
forward, we expect that all equity awards to our directors, executive officers
and employees (other than dsIT) will be made under our 2006 Stock Option
Plan
for Non-Employee Directors and 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.
In
November 2006, we adopted a Key Employee Stock Option Plan for our dsIT
Solutions Ltd. subsidiary. Under the plan, a committee of board members
of dsIT,
to initially be comprised of the entire board of directors of dsIT, was
to be
created for its administration.
On
December 31, 2006, dsIT granted options to purchase 3,914 of its ordinary
shares, to senior management and employees of dsIT (including an option
to
purchase 569 ordinary shares that was granted to Michael Barth, our CFO
as well
as the CFO of dsIT) under the plan. The options were granted with an exercise
price of NIS 1.00 per share and are exercisable for a period of seven years.
The
options were fully vested and exercisable at the date of grant. The options
were
exercised in February 2007 and resulted in the reduction of our equity
interest
in dsIT from 80% to 58%.
On
the same date, dsIT granted options to purchase 2,260 of its ordinary shares
to
senior management and employees of dsIT (including an option to purchase
190
ordinary shares granted to Michael Barth with an exercise price of $105.26)
at
exercise prices ranging from NIS 1.00 to $126.05 per share and exercisable
for a
period of seven years. These options vest and become exercisable only upon
the
occurrence of either an initial public offering of dsIT or a merger,
acquisition, reorganization, consolidation or similar transaction involving
dsIT. If and when these options become exercisable and are exercised, our
equity interest in dsIT will be reduced from 58% to approximately
50%.
The
purpose of the Key Employee Stock Option Plan for our dsIT Solutions Ltd.
subsidiary and corresponding grants is to provide incentives to key employees
of
dsIT to further the growth, development and financial success of
dsIT.
Severance
and Change in Control Benefits
The
President and Chief Executive Officer of dsIT and our CFO
and
each has a provision in his employment agreement providing for certain
severance
benefits in the event of termination without cause. The CEO also has as
a
provision providing for the acceleration of his then unvested options in
the
event of termination without cause following a change in our control. These
severance and acceleration provisions are described in the "—Employment
Agreements" section below, and certain estimates of these change of control
benefits are provided in "Estimated Payments and Benefits Upon Termination"
below.
Other
Benefits
The
President and Chief Executive Officer of dsIT and our CFO each receives
company
cars as well as payments to pension funds and education funds made on their
behalves in accordance with their contracts which is substantially on the
same
basis as other Israeli executives.
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COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE REPORT
The
Board
of Directors of Acorn Factor, Inc., which has no Compensation Committee,
has
reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required
by Item
402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and, based on such review and
discussions, the Board of Directors has recommended that the Compensation
Discussion and Analysis be included in this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
THE
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
OF
ACORN
FACTOR, INC.
George
Morgenstern
John
A.
Moore
Samuel
M.
Zentman
Richard
J. Giacco
Richard
Rimer
Kevin
P.
Wren
The
following table sets forth for the periods indicated information concerning
the
compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
other
officers who received in excess of $100,000 in salary and bonus during
2006 (the
“named executive officers”):
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
|
|
Name
and
Principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards ($)
|
Options
Awards
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
John
A. Moore
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
2006
|
131,750
|
--
|
--
|
675,744
|
(1)
|
|
|
11,669
|
(2)
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
George
Morgenstern
Chairman
of the Board and
Chairman
of the Board of dsIT
|
2006
|
64,837
|
--
|
--
|
10,474
|
(3)
|
|
|
699,823
|
(4)
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Jacob
Neuwirth
Chief
Executive Officer of dsIT and
President of
dsIT
|
2006
|
201,038
|
10,733
|
(5)
|
--
|
--
|
|
55,972
|
(6)
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
Michael
Barth
Chief
Financial Officer and
Chief
Financial Officer of dsIT
|
2006
|
95,250
|
--
|
--
|
57,912
|
(7)
|
|
|
18,463
|
(6)
|
|
|
__________________
(1)
|
Granted
400,000 stock options as of March 27, 2006 with an exercise price
of $2.60
per share.
|
(2)
|
Consists
of (i) $4,669 in health insurance premiums and (ii) $7,000 in
director’s
fees.
|
(3)
|
Granted
7,500 stock options as of October 3, 2006 with an exercise price
of $3.28
per share.
|
(4)
|
Consists
of (i) $600,000 received as a lump-sum payment in exchange for
a release
by Mr. Morgenstern of the Company of any and all liability or
obligation
due him under his employment agreement (ii) $17,600 in contributions
to a
non-qualified retirement fund, (iii) $19,223 in life insurance
premiums,
and (iv) $13,000 in director’s fees.
|
(5)
|
Performance
bonus of $10,733 paid in 2006 on 2005 results.
|
(6)
|
Consists
of contributions to severance and pension funds and automobile
fringe
benefits. Contributions to severance and pension funds are made
on
substantially the same basis as those made on behalf of other
Israeli
executives.
|
(7)
|
Granted
50,000 stock options as of July 21, 2006 with an exercise price
of $3.00
per share.
|
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OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS
AT
2006 FISCAL YEAR END
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
||||
John
A. Moore
|
|
300,000
|
|
100,000
|
(1)
|
2.60
|
|
March
31, 2011
|
Michael
Barth
|
4,000
3,333
16,666
|
1,667
33,334
|
(2)
(3)
|
4.75
0.91
3.00
|
May
31, 2007
December
31, 2009
July
31, 2011
|
|||
George
Morgenstern
|
150,000
50,000
180,000
|
7,500
|
(4)
|
6.00
4.80
0.91
3.28
|
December
31, 2009
December
31, 2009
December
31, 2009
October
3, 2013
|
_______________________
(1)
|
These
options vest upon our share price achieving a five-day average
closing
market price of $5.00.
|
(2)
|
These
options vest on June 30, 2007
|
(3)
|
16,667
of these options vest on each of December 31, 2007 and December
31,
2008.
|
(4)
|
These
options vest on October 3, 2007.
|
Compensation
of Directors
Through
the end of September 2006, each of our directors was paid $1,000 for each
Board
or committee meeting which he attended (except when a committee meeting
was held
on the same day as a Board meeting) and was reimbursed for associated
out-of-pocket expenses. Mr. Kerbs, Dr. Zentman and Mr. Levine were each
paid
based upon a rate of $6,000 per annum plus meeting fees in connection with
their
service on the Board (and in the case of Mr. Levine and Dr. Zentman, on
the
Audit Committee). Mr. Yurman was paid $24,000 per annum plus meeting fees
for
his service on the Board and as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Beginning
in October 2006, it was agreed that non-employee directors (Dr. Zentman,
Mr.
Rimer, Mr. Giacco, Mr. Wren and Mr. Morgenstern) should receive a cash
retainer
of $20,000 payable quarterly in advance, as well as meeting fees for Board
and
Committee meetings of $500 per meeting.
In
February 2007, our Board of Directors adopted two a new stock option plans
for
directors. The 2006 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors provides
for
formula grants to non-employee directors equal to an option to purchase
(i)
25,000 shares of our Common Stock upon a member’s first appointment or election
to the Board of Directors and (ii) 7,500 shares of our Common Stock to
each
director, other than newly appointed or elected directors, immediately
following
each annual meeting of stockholders. The option to purchase 25,000 shares
of our
Common Stock shall vest one-third per year for each of the three years
following
such date of appointment or election and the option for the purchase of
7,500
shares of the Company’s Common Stock shall fully vest one year from the date of
grant. Both options shall be granted at an exercise price equal to the
closing
price on the OTCBB on the day preceding the date of grant and shall be
exercisable until the earlier of (a) seven years from the date of grant
or (b)
18 months from the date that the director ceases to be a director, officer,
employee, or consultant. The plan also provides for non-formal grants at
the our
discretion. The maximum number of shares of our Common Stock to be issued
under
the plan is 200,000. Our Board of Directors is to administer the
plan.
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The
following table sets forth the compensation paid by the Company to non-employee
Directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006:
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION FOR 2006
Name
|
Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash ($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
(1)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||
Avi
Kerbs (2)
|
1,500
|
--
|
1,500
|
|||||||
Elihu
Levine (3)
|
7,500
|
--
|
7,500
|
|||||||
Shane
Yurman (4)
|
19,000
|
22,077
|
41,077
|
|||||||
Samuel
M. Zentman (5)
|
19,500
|
29,495
|
48,995
|
|||||||
Richard
J. Giacco (6)
|
6,000
|
8,362
|
14,362
|
|||||||
Richard
Rimer (6) (7)
|
6,000
|
68,017
|
72,017
|
|||||||
Kevin
Wren (6)
|
6,000
|
8,362
|
14,362
|
|||||||
(1)
|
Reflects
the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting
purposes
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 in accordance with
FAS 123(R),
and thus includes amounts from awards granted in and prior to
2006. All
options awarded to directors in 2006 remained outstanding at
fiscal
year-end.
|
(2)
|
Resigned
as director on March 27, 2006.
|
(3)
|
Term
as director ended on September 15, 2006. In December 2006, certain
options
received in the past were modified. The expiration date of these
options
was extended and the exercise price was adjusted to reflect the
closing
share price of our Common Stock on the date
prior to the date of modification. We
did not recognize any compensation expense in connection with
the
modification.
|
(4)
|
Term
as director ended on September 15, 2006. Includes $18,000 fee
as chair of
the Audit Committee.
|
(5)
|
Option
awards include an award of options for service as the lead director
for
Audit Committee matters.
|
(6)
|
Was
voted in as a director on September 15,
2006.
|
(7)
|
Option
awards includes an award of options for service as the lead director
in
charge of acquisitions.
|
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
All
matters related to the compensation of executive officers, including the
Chief
Executive Officer, are acted upon by the full Board of Directors.
In
2006,
George Morgenstern served as the as President and Chief Executive Officer
until
March 2006 and was Chairman of our Board for the entire year. In March
2006,
John Moore became our President and Chief Executive Officer. No member
of the
Board of Directors who was also one of our officers participated in any
deliberations of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof relating
to his
own compensation or to the compensation of any person to whom he is related.
Except as described in the preceding sentence, each member of the Board
of
Directors participated in the deliberations of the Board of Directors concerning
executive officer compensation in 2006. During 2006, George Morgenstern
engaged
in transactions with us in which he was deemed to have an interest. For
further
information regarding these transactions please see “Item 13. Certain
Relationships, Related Transactions and Director Independence”
below.
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Employment
Arrangements
John
A.
Moore became our President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2006. During
the
period from March until October 2006, he did not have a formal employment
contract and was being compensated at the rate of $120,000 per annum as
approved
by the Board of Directors. Effective October 2006, the Board approved annual
compensation for Mr. Moore of $275,000 with standard benefits. The Board
also
approved in principle to provide Mr. Moore with a year-end performance
bonus to
commence in 2007 with performance targets to be established by the Board.
To
date, no performance targets have been set by the Board.
In
March
2006, the Board also approved grants to Mr. Moore of an option to purchase
200,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share,
vesting on September 30, 2006 and expiring on March 31, 2011, and an option
to
purchase 200,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.25
per
share, vesting on March 30, 2009 and expiring on March 31, 2011; both subject
to
certain accelerated vesting provisions. The exercise price of both option
grants
was subsequently modified to $2.60, that being the market price of our
shares on
the date of the grant.
Through
March 2006, George Morgenstern served as our Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer pursuant to an employment agreement dated as of January
1,
1997, as amended by the First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as
of May
17, 2001, the Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of March
13,
2002, the Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December
30, 2004
and a Letter Agreement dated as of March 16, 2005 (collectively, the “GM
Employment Agreement”).
On
March
10, 2006 Mr. Morgenstern entered into an Amendment and Assignment of Employment
Agreement with us in connection with the sale of our Databit subsidiary
pursuant
to which Databit assumed all remaining obligations under the GM Employment
Agreement, subject to a lump sum payment by us of $600,000 to Mr. Morgenstern.
In connection with the Amendment and Assignment, Mr. Morgenstern releases
us
from any further obligations under the GM Employment Agreement. Mr. Morgenstern
has been retained as a consultant, presently engaged as Chairman of our
Board,
by way of a Consulting Agreement between himself and the Company dated
March 10,
2006. Such agreement provides for the payment of an annual consulting payment
of
$1.00, the assumption by Databit of the remainder of the payments due under
an
auto loan after the one-time payment of $25,000 by the Company towards
such
loan, and a non-accountable expense allowance of $65,000 per year. For
further
information, see “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”
below.
Jacob
Neuwirth serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of dsIT pursuant
to an
employment agreement dated as of December 16, 2001. Mr. Neuwirth’s employment
agreement provides for a base salary which is denominated in Israeli Consumer
Price Index linked NIS, currently equivalent to approximately $195,000
per
annum. Mr. Neuwirth is entitled to a salary increase if dsIT achieves certain
performance targets. In addition to his base salary, Mr. Neuwirth is entitled
to
receive a bonus payment equal to 5% of dsIT’s net profit before tax.
Under
the
terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Neuwirth, we are obligated to
make
certain payments upon termination or change in control. See “Estimated Payments
and Benefits Upon Termination or Change in Control” below for
details.
Under
his
employment agreement, Mr. Neuwirth is entitled to a loan of up to $100,000
from
dsIT. As of December 31, 2005 the loan balance plus accrued interest which
is
denominated in linked NIS, bears interest at 4% and has no fixed maturity
date,
had an outstanding balance of $104,000.
Michael
Barth has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Chief Financial
Officer of dsIT beginning December 1, 2006. In July 2006, the Board approved
an
annual salary of $100,000 for Mr. Barth retroactive to March 1, 2006. In
July
2006, the Board also approved grants to Mr. Barth of an option to purchase
50,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.65 per share,
vesting one-third each on December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and expiring
on July
31, 2011. The exercise price of both option grants was subsequently modified
to
$3.00, that being the market price of our shares on the date of the
grant.
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Under
the
terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Barth, we are obligated to make
certain payments upon termination or change in control. See “Estimated Payments
and Benefits Upon Termination or Change in Control” below for
details.
We
do not sponsor any qualified or non-qualified defined benefit plans.
Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation
We
do not maintain any non-qualified defined contribution or deferred compensation
plans. The board of directors may elect to provide our officers and employees
with non-qualified defined contribution or deferred compensation benefits
if it
determines that doing so is in our best interests.
The
amount of compensation and benefits payable to each named executive officer
in
various termination situations has been estimated in the tables below.
John
A. Moore
The
following table describes the potential payments and benefits upon termination
of employment for Mr. Moore, our President and Chief Executive Officer, as
if his employment terminated as of December 31, 2006, the last day of our
last fiscal year.
Circumstances
of Termination
|
|||||||||||||
Payments
and benefits
|
Voluntary
resignation
|
Termination
not for cause
|
Change
of control
|
Death
or disability
|
|||||||||
Compensation:
|
|||||||||||||
Base
salary (1)
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Benefits
and perquisites:
|
|||||||||||||
Perquisites
and other personal benefits
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Acceleration
of stock awards (2)
|
|||||||||||||
Market
value of stock vesting on termination
|
--
|
--
|
87,000
|
(3)
|
--
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
87,000
|
$
|
--
|
(1)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time
of
termination.
|
(2)
|
Calculated
on the year-end per share price of our stock
($3.47)
|
(3)
|
According
to the terms of Mr. Moore’s options, upon a change of control, the
remaining 100,000 unvested options that he has with an exercise
price of
$2.60 would accelerate their vesting
|
Under
the
terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Neuwirth, we are obligated to
make
certain payments to fund in part our severance obligations to him. We are
required to pay Mr. Neuwirth an amount equal to his last month's salary
multiplied by the number of years (including partial years) that Mr. Neuwirth
worked for us. This severance obligation, which is customary for executives
of
Israeli companies, will be reduced by the amount contributed by us to certain
Israeli pension and severance funds pursuant to Mr. Neuwirth’s employment
agreement. In addition, the agreement with Mr. Neuwirth provided for an
additional payment equal to six times his last month’s total compensation,
payable at the end of his employment with us. As of December 31, 2006,
the
unfunded portion of these payments was $214,000. If there is a change of
control in dsIT or Acorn, Mr. Neuwirth is entitled to severance obligations
equal to 150% of his last month's salary multiplied by the number of years
(including partial years) that Mr. Neuwirth worked for us and an additional
payment equal to six times his last month’s total compensation (a total of 12
months total compensation).
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The
following table describes the potential payments and benefits upon termination
of employment for Mr. Neuwirth, the President and Chief Executive Officer
of our dsIT subsidiary, as if his employment terminated as of December 31,
2006, the last day of our last fiscal year.
Circumstances
of Termination
|
|||||||||||||
Payments
and benefits
|
Voluntary
resignation
|
Termination
not
for cause
|
Change
of
control
|
Death
or
disability
|
|||||||||
Compensation:
|
|||||||||||||
Base
salary
|
$
|
97,434
|
(1)
|
$
|
97,434
|
(1)
|
$
|
194,869
|
(2)
|
$
|
97,434
|
(1) | |
Benefits
and perquisites:
|
|||||||||||||
Perquisites
and other personal benefits
|
$
|
216,705
|
(3)
|
$
|
306,226
|
(4)
|
$
|
462,244
|
(1)
|
$
|
306,226
|
(4) | |
Total
|
$
|
314,139
|
$
|
403,660
|
$
|
657,113
|
$
|
403,660
|
_______________
(1)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time
of termination.
The $97,434 represents a parachute payment of six months salary
due to Mr.
Neuwirth or by death or disability.
|
(2)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time
of termination.
The $194,869 represents a parachute payment of 12 months salary
due to Mr.
Neuwirth upon a change of control.
|
(3)
|
Includes
$168,758 of severance pay based on the amounts funded in for
Mr.
Neuwirth’s severance in accordance with Israeli labor law. Also includes
accumulated, but unpaid vacation days ($21,069), car benefits
($7,101) and
payments for pension and education funds
($19,778).
|
(4)
|
Includes
$258,279 of severance pay in accordance with Israeli labor
law calculated
based on his last month’s salary multiplied by the number of years
(including partial years) that Mr.. Neuwirth worked for us.
Of the
$258,279 due Mr. Neuwirth, we have funded $168,758 in an insurance
fund.
Also includes accumulated, but unpaid vacation days ($21,069),
car
benefits ($7,101) and payments for pension and education funds
($19,778).
|
(5)
|
Includes
$387,418 of severance pay in accordance with Israeli labor
law calculated
based on his last month’s salary multiplied by the number of years
(including partial years) that Mr.. Neuwirth worked for us
multiplied by
150% in accordance with his contract, which calls for increased
severance
under a change of control. Of the $387,418 due Mr. Neuwirth,
we have
funded $168,758 in an insurance fund. Also includes accumulated,
but
unpaid vacation days ($21,069), car benefits ($14,201) and
payments for
pension and education funds
($39,556).
|
Michael
Barth
Under
the
terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Barth, we are obligated to make
certain payments to fund in part our severance obligations to him. We were
required to pay Mr. Barth an amount equal to 120% of his last month's salary
multiplied by the number of years (including partial years) that Mr. Barth
worked for us. This severance obligation, which is customary for executives
of
Israeli companies, was to be reduced by the amount contributed by us to
certain
Israeli pension and severance funds pursuant to Mr. Barth’s employment
agreement. In addition, the agreement with Mr. Barth provided for an additional
payment equal to six times his last month’s total compensation, payable at the
end of his employment with us. As of December 31, 2006, the unfunded portion
of
these payments was $108,000.
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The
following table describes the potential payments and benefits upon termination
of employment for Mr. Barth, our Chief Financial Officer, as if his
employment terminated as of December 31, 2006, the last day of our last
fiscal year.
Circumstances
of Termination
|
Payments
and benefits
|
Voluntary
resignation
|
Termination
not
for cause
|
Change
of
control
|
Death
or
disability
|
|||||||||||
Compensation:
|
|||||||||||||||
Base
salary
|
$
|
16,667
|
(1)
|
$
|
50,000
|
(2)
|
--
|
$
|
50,000(2)
|
||||||
Benefits
and perquisites:
|
|||||||||||||||
Perquisites
and other personal benefits
|
$
|
48,001
|
(3)
|
$
|
101,153
|
(3)
|
--
|
$
|
101,153(4)
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
64,668
|
$
|
151,153
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
151,153
|
(1)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time of
termination.
The $16,667 represents a parachute payment of two months salary
due to Mr.
Barth.
|
(2)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time of
termination.
The $50,000 represents a parachute payment of 6 months salary
due to Mr.
Barth upon termination without cause or by death or
disability.
|
(3)
|
Includes
$28,690 of severance pay based on the amounts funded in for Mr.
Barth’s
severance in accordance with Israeli labor law. Also includes
accumulated,
but unpaid vacation days ($13,978), car benefits ($1,750) and
payments for
pension and education funds
($3,583).
|
(4)
|
Includes
$71,175 of severance pay in accordance with Israeli labor law
calculated
based on his last month’s salary multiplied by the number of years
(including partial years) that Mr.. Barth worked for us multiplied
by 120%
in accordance with his contract, which calls for increased severance
upon
termination without cause. Of the $71,175 due Mr. Barth, we have
funded
$28,690 in an insurance fund. Also includes accumulated, but
unpaid
vacation days ($13,978), car benefits ($5,250) and payments for
pension
and education funds ($10,750).
|
40
The
following table and notes set forth information, as of April 10, 2007,
concerning beneficial ownership of Common Stock by (i) each director of
the
Company, (ii) each of the executive officers of the Company (iii) all executive
officers and directors of the Company as a group, and (iv) each holder
of 5% or
more of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock:
Name
and Address
of
Beneficial
Owner(1)(2)
|
Number
of Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned(2)
|
Percentage
of
Common
Stock
Outstanding
(2)
|
||
George
Morgenstern
|
474,554(3)
|
4.8%
|
||
Howard
Gutzmer
5550
Oberlin Drive
San
Diego, CA 92121
|
647,328(4)
|
6.8%
|
||
Richard
Giacco
|
1,000
|
*
|
||
Richard
Rimer
|
46,500(6)
|
*
|
||
Kevin
Wren
|
5,000
|
--
|
||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
39,121(7)
|
*
|
||
Jacob
Neuwirth
|
57,870
|
*
|
||
John
A. Moore
|
720,877
(8)
|
7.3%
|
||
Michael
Barth
|
30,932(9)
|
*
|
||
All
executive officers and directors of the Company as a group (8
people)
|
1,345,920
|
13.09%
|
_____________
Based
upon 9,556,659 shares outstanding.
*
Less
than 1%
(1) |
Unless
otherwise indicated, the address for each of the beneficial owners
listed
in the table is in care of the Company, 200 Route 17, Mahwah,
NJ
07430.
|
(2) |
Unless
otherwise indicated, each person has sole investment and voting
power with
respect to the shares indicated. For purposes of this table,
a person or
group of persons is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares as
of a given date which such person has the right to acquire within
60 days
after such date. Percentage information is based on the number
of shares
outstanding as of April 10, 2007.
|
(3)
|
Includes
(i) 380,000 currently exercisable options, and (ii) 49,439 shares
owned by
Mr. Morgenstern’s wife.
|
(4)
|
Based
on information in Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on January
26,
2006. Consists of (i) 500,317 shares owned by the Gutzmer Family
Trust, of
which Mr. Gutzmer is a co-trustee; (ii) 73,450 shares held in
an IRA for
Mr. Gutzmer’s wife, with Mr. Gutzmer as Custodian; (iii) 13,756 shares
owned by a corporation of which Mr. Gutzmer is an executive officer,
director and principal shareholder.
|
(5) |
Includes
25,000 currently exercisable
options.
|
(7) |
Includes
(i) 32,500 currently exercisable options and (ii) 1,324 shares
issuable
upon exercise of warrants.
|
(8) |
Includes
340,000 currently exercisable options.
|
(9) |
Consists
of (i) 25,998 currently exercisable options, (ii) 3,289 shares
issuable
upon conversion of debenture, and (iii) 1,645 shares issuable
upon
exercise of warrants.
|
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EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The
table
below provides certain information concerning our equity compensation plans
as
of December 31, 2006.
Plan
Category
|
Number of Securities to
be
Issued Upon
Exercise
of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
(a)
|
Weighted-average
Exercise
Price of
Outstanding
Options, Warrants
and
Rights
(b)
|
Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future
Issuance Under
Equity
Compensation
Plans
(Excluding
Securities
Reflected in
Column
(a) (c)
|
|||
Equity
Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders
|
1,163,000
|
$2.89
|
335,000(1)
|
|||
Equity
Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security Holders(2)
|
|
412,335
|
$1.32
|
0
|
||
Total
|
|
1,575,335
|
$2.48
|
335,000
|
__________________________
(1) |
This
number reflects the number of shares available for issuance under
the 1994
Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors (the “1994 Plan”). With the
exception of the 1994 plan, all Company plans have expired.
|
(2) |
All
grants were made under our 1995 Stock Option Plan for Non-Management
Employees (the “1995 Plan”). The 1995 Plan, which recently expired,
provided for grants of options to our employees, officers or
consultants,
excluding directors and executive officers. The maximum aggregate
number
of shares that could be issued upon the exercise of options granted
under
the 1995 Plan was 870,225. For more information about the 1995
Plan please
see the plan, as amended, filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004.
|
ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS, RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
Transactions
With Related Persons
During
2006, we paid approximately $473,000 for legal services rendered and
reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses to Eilenberg & Krause LLP, a law
firm in which Sheldon Krause, a former director and our Secretary and General
Counsel, is a member. Such fees related to services rendered by Mr. Krause
and
other members and employees of his firm, as well as certain special and
local
counsel retained and supervised by his firm who performed services on our
behalf. Mr. Krause is the son-in-law of George Morgenstern, our Chairman
of the
Board, who up until March 2006, also served as our President and Chief
Executive
Officer.
In
December 2006, John Moore, our CEO lent us $300,000 on a note payable for
a
period of six months. The note bears interest at the rate of 9.5% during
the
time it was outstanding. We have the right to repay the note at any time
prior
to maturity. The note shall become immediately due and payable to the extent
we
raise proceeds through any equity or debt financing transaction or from
the sale
of shares of Comverge Inc.
In
August
2007, as part of our initial investment in Paketeria, we also entered into
a
Stock Purchase Agreement with two shareholders of Paketeria—one of whom is our
President and Chief Executive Officer and the other who is one of our directors.
Pursuant to that agreement, we are entitled through August 2007 to purchase
the
shares of Paketeria held by the two Paketeria shareholders for an aggregate
purchase price of the US dollar equivalent on the date of purchase of €598,000
(approximately $758,000 at the current exchange rate), payable our Common
Stock
and warrants on the same terms as our July 2006 private placement.
On
March
10, 2006 we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of March 9,
2006
(the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), for the sale of all the outstanding capital
stock of our Databit subsidiary to Shlomie Morgenstern. The transactions
contemplated under the SPA, and the related transactions to which we, Shlomie
Morgenstern and George Morgenstern were a party and which are described
herein
(collectively, the “Transactions”), were consummated on March 10, 2006 with the
approval of the Company’s Board of Directors and included the following:
42
(a) Termination
of the Employment Agreement dated August 19, 2004 among Shlomie Morgenstern,
Databit and us and our release from any and all liability thereunder (other
than
under the related stock option and restricted stock agreements which would
be
modified as provided described below), including the waiver by Shlomie
Morgenstern of any and all severance or change of control payments to which
he
would have been entitled to thereunder.
(b) Amendment
of the option and restricted stock agreements between us and Shlomie Morgenstern
to provide for acceleration of any unvested grants on the closing of the
Transactions and for all options to be exercisable through 18 months from
the
closing.
(c) The
assignment to and assumption by Databit of our obligations to George Morgenstern
under the GM Employment Agreement upon the following terms:
(i)
Reduction of the amounts owed to George Morgenstern under the GM Employment
Agreement by the lump sum payment described below and the modifications
to
options and restricted stock agreements described below.
(ii)
The
release of us, by George Morgenstern, from any and all liability and obligations
to him under the GM Employment Agreement, subject to a lump sum payment
of
$600,000.
(d) The
assumption by Databit of our obligations under the our leases for the premises
in New York City and Mahwah, New Jersey, which provide for aggregate rents
of
approximately $450,000 over the next three years.
(e) The
delivery by John A. Moore and the other reporting persons on the Schedule
13D
dated June 30, 2005 (filed July 11, 2005), as amended, of consent agreements
manifesting approval of the Transactions and their fairness, and agreeing
not to
institute any claims against the parties to the Transactions arising from
the
Transactions, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions specified
in such
consents.
(f)
The
amendment of the option agreement with George Morgenstern dated December
30,
2004 to provide for the acceleration of the 60,000 options that are not
currently vested and the extension of the exercise period for all options
held
by George Morgenstern to the later of (i) September 2009 and (ii) 18 months
after the cessation of service under the new consulting agreement described
below.
(g) The
execution and delivery by George Morgenstern of a new consulting agreement
for a
period of two years, pursuant to which George Morgenstern would serve us
as a
consultant, primarily to assist in the management of our dsIT subsidiary,
such
agreement to provide for compensation of $1.00 per year plus a non-accountable
expense allowance of $65,000 per year to cover expected costs of travel
and
other expenses.
It
is the
unwritten policy of the Company that before a transaction with a related
party
will be entered into, it must receive the approval of a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors. In determining whether
or not a
transaction involves a related party we apply the definition provided under
Item
404 of Regulation S-K.
All
of
the above transactions received the unanimous approval of the disinterested
members of our Board of Directors.
43
Director
Independence
Applying
the definition of independence provided under the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules,
with
the exception of Mr. Moore and Mr. Rimer, all of the members of the Board
of
Directors are independent. Applying Marketplace Rules, Mr. Moore would
not be
deemed independent because he is an employee of the Company and Mr. Rimer
would
not be deemed independent because he is director in charge of acquisitions,
for
which he receives compensation outside of the ordinary fees paid to board
members.
ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Accounting
Fees
Aggregate
fees billed by our principal accountant during the last two fiscal years
are as
follows:
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
Audit
Fees
|
$
|
117,000
|
$
|
94,000
|
|||
Audit-
Related Fees
|
24,000
|
29,000
|
|||||
Tax
Fees
|
--
|
--
|
|||||
Other
Fees
|
67,000
|
36,000
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
208,000
|
$
|
159,000
|
Audit
Fees
were for
professional services rendered for the audits of the consolidated financial
statements of the Company, statutory and subsidiary audits, assistance
with
review of documents filed with the SEC, consents, and other assistance
required
to be performed by our independent accountants.
Audit
Related Fees
were for
assurance and related services.
Other
Fees were
for
services related to a response letter to the SEC and for reviewing registration
statements. Other fees in 2005 were for services related to the sale of
our dsIT
Technologies Ltd. subsidiary and services related to response letters to
the
SEC.
Audit
Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The
Audit
Committee’s current policy is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services
that are to be performed and fees to be charged by our independent auditor
to
assure that the provision of these services does not impair the independence
of
the auditor. The Audit Committee was in compliance with the requirements
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regarding the pre-approval of all audit and
non-audit
services and fees by the mandated effective date of May 6, 2003. The Audit
Committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit services rendered by our
principal accountant in 2006 and 2005.
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PART
IV
ITEM
15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)(1)
List of Financial Statements of the Registrant
The
consolidated financial statements of the Registrant and the report thereon
of
the Registrant’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are included in
this Annual Report beginning on page F-1.
Report
of
Kesselman & Kesselman
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2006
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and
2006
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Capital Deficiency) for the years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and
2006
Notes
to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(a)(2)
List of Financial Statement Schedules
Financial
Statement Schedules:
The
financial statement schedule of the Registrant and the report thereon of
the
Registrant’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are included in this
Annual Report beginning on page F-1.
Schedule
II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
(a)(3)
List of Exhibits
No.
|
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of the Registrant, with amendments thereto (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-70482) (the “1993 Registration
Statement”)).
|
3.2
|
By-laws
of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the
Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-44027) (the
“1992 Registration Statement”)).
|
3.3
|
Amendments
to the By-laws of the Registrant adopted December 27, 1994 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K dated January 10, 1995).
|
4.1
|
Specimen
certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 4.2 to the 1992 Registration Statement).
|
4.2
|
Warrant
to Purchase Common Stock of the Registrant, dated October 12,
1999
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
(the “2000
10-K”)).
|
4.3
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2002, by and among the
Registrant, Databit, Inc. and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”)
(including the forms of convertible note and warrant) (incorporated
herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form
8-K dated June 11, 2002).
|
4.4
|
Purchase
and Security Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2002, made by
and between
Comverge (“Comverge”) and Laurus (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December
5, 2002 (the “December 2002 8-K”)).
|
4.5
|
Convertible
Note, dated December 4, 2002, made by and among Comverge, Laurus
and, as
to Articles III and V only, the Registrant (incorporated herein
by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the December 2002
8-K).
|
45
4.6
|
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant, dated December 5, 2002, issued by the
Registrant
to Laurus (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
the
December 2002 8-K).
|
4.7
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2002, by and between
the
Registrant and Laurus (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.4 to
the December 2002 8-K).
|
4.8
|
Form
of Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2006).
|
#4.9
|
Form
of Convertible Debenture.
|
#4.10
|
Form
of Warrant.
|
10.1
|
Employment
Agreement between the Registrant and George Morgenstern, dated
as of
January 1, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997 (the “1997 10-K”)).*
|
10.2
|
Employment
Agreement between the Registrant and Yacov Kaufman, dated as
of January 1,
1999 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the
Registrants
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999
(the “1999
10-K”)).*
|
10.3
|
1991
Stock Option Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.4 to the
1992 Registration Statement).*
|
10.4
|
1994
Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004(the “2004 10-K”)).*
|
10.5
|
1994
Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors, as amended (incorporated
herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1995 (the “1995 10-K”)).*
|
10.6
|
1995
Stock Option Plan for Non-management Employees, as amended (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the 2004 10-K).*
|
10.7
|
Agreement
dated January 26, 2002, between the Registrant and Bounty Investors
LLC
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the 2000
10-K).
|
10.8
|
Lease
Agreement, dated February 5, 2002, between Duke-Weeks Realty
Limited
Partnership and Comverge, (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
10.13 to the 2000 10-K).
|
10.9
|
Share
Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2001, by and among
the
Registrant, Decision Systems Israel Ltd., Endan IT Solutions
Ltd., Kardan
Communications Ltd., Neuwirth Investments Ltd., Jacob Neuwirth
(Noy) and
Adv. Yossi Avraham, as Trustee for Meir Givon (incorporated herein
by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
dated December 13, 2001).
|
10.10
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2002, by and among
the
Registrant, Kardan Communications Ltd. and Adv. Yossi Avraham,
as Trustee
for Meir Givon (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2
to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 13,
2002).
|
10.11
|
First
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2002,
by and
between the Registrant and George Morgenstern (incorporated herein
by
reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001.*
|
10.12
|
Agreement,
dated as of February 25, 2003, between the Registrant and J.P.
Turner
& Company, L.L.C. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.25
to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2002 (the “2002 10-K”).
|
10.13
|
Second
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2002,
between the
Registrant and George Morgenstern (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2002).*
|
10.14
|
Amendment
to Employment Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2002, between the
Registrant
and Yacov Kaufman (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2002).*
|
46
10.15
|
Preferred
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2003, by and among
Comverge, the Registrant and the other investors named therein
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the 2002
10-K).
|
10.16
|
Investors’
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2003, by and among Comverge,
the
Registrant and the investors and Comverge management named therein
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the 2002
10-K).
|
10.17
|
Co-Sale
and First Refusal Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2003, by and
among
Comverge, the Registrant and the investors and stockholders named
therein
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the 2002
10-K).
|
10.18
|
Voting
Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2003, by and among Comverge,
the
Registrant and the other investors named therein (incorporated
herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the 2002 10-K).
|
10.19
|
Letter
Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, by and between the Registrant
and
Laurus (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to
the 2002
10-K).
|
10.20
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of August 19, 2004 and effective as of January
1, 2004
by and between the Registrant and Shlomie Morgenstern (incorporated
herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004).*
|
10.21
|
Restricted
Stock Award Agreement dated as of August 19, 2004, by and between
the
Registrant and Shlomie Morgenstern (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2004).*
|
10.22
|
Stock
Option Agreement dated as of August 19, 2004, by and between
Shlomie
Morgenstern and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2004).*
|
10.23
|
Second
Amended and Restated Co-Sale And First Refusal Agreement dated
as of
October 26, 2004, by and among Comverge, Inc., the Registrant
and other
persons party thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.4 to
the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2004).
|
10.24
|
Third
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2004,
between
the Registrant and George Morgenstern(incorporated herein by
reference to
Exhibit 10.34 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004 (the “2004 10-K”).*
|
10.25
|
Form
of Stock Option Agreement to employees under the 1994 Stock Incentive
Plan(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of the
2004
10-K).
|
10.26
|
Form
of Stock Option Agreement under the 1994 Stock Option Plan for
Outside
Directors (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.36
of the 2004
10-K).
|
10.27
|
Form
of Stock Option Agreement under the 1995 Stock Option Plan for
Nonmanagement Employees (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.37
of the 2004 10-K).
|
10.28
|
Stock
Option Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 by and between
George
Morgenstern and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 10.38 of the 2004 10-K).*
|
10.29
|
Stock
Option Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 by and between
Yacov
Kaufman and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit
10.39 of the 2004 10-K).*
|
10.30
|
Stock
Option Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 by and between
Sheldon
Krause and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
10.35 of the 2004 10-K).*
|
10.31
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between Shlomie
Morgenstern, Databit Inc., and Data Systems & Software Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 16, 2006 (the “2006
8-K”)).
|
10.32
|
Termination
and Release Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between
Shlomie
Morgenstern and Data Systems and Software Inc. (incorporated
herein by
reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006
8-K).*
|
47
10.33
|
Amendment
Agreement to GM Employment Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006
by and
between George Morgenstern and Data Systems & Software Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to Exhibit 10.1
to the 2006
8-K).*
|
10.34
|
Amendment
Agreement to Purchaser Option Agreements and Restricted Stock
Award
Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between Shlomie Morgenstern
and
Data System’s and Software Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit C to Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006 8-K).*
|
10.35
|
Amendment
Agreement to GM Option Agreements and Restricted Stock Agreement
dated as
of March 9, 2006 by and between George Morgenstern and Data System’s &
Software Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit D
to Exhibit
10.1 to the 2006 8-K).*
|
10.36
|
Consulting
Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between George Morgenstern
and
Data Systems & Software Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit E
to Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006 8-K).*
|
10.37
|
Form
of Consent Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
F to
Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006 8-K.).
|
10.38
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2006).
|
10.39
|
Placement
Agent Agreement between First Montauk Securities Corp. and the
Registrant
dated June 13, 2006 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to
the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2006).
|
10.40
|
Form
of Common Stock Purchase Agreement (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August
17, 2006 ( the “August 2006 8-K“)).
|
10.41
|
Form
of Note Purchase Agreement with Form of Convertible Promissory
Note
attached (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
the August
2006 8-K).
|
10.42
|
Form
of Stock Purchase Agreement (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit
10.3 to the August 2006 8-K).
|
10.43
|
Form
of Investors’ Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the August 2006 8-K).
|
10.44
|
Form
of Non-Plan Option Agreement (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit
10.5 to the August 2006 8-K).*
|
10.45
|
Acorn
Factor, Inc. 2006 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 8, 2007 (the “February 2007
8-K”).*
|
10.46
|
Acorn
Factor, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to the February 2007 8-K).*
|
#10.47
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement.
|
#10.48
|
Placement
Agent Agreement between First Montauk Securities Corp. and the
Registrant
dated June 13, 2006.
|
14.1
|
Code
of Ethics of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit
14.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003).
|
21.1
|
List
of subsidiaries (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
21.1 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2005).
|
#23.1
|
Consent
of Kesselman & Kesselman CPA.
|
#31.1
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
#31.2
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
#32.1
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
#32.2
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
_________________
* This
exhibit includes a management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement
in
which one or more directors or executive officers of the Registrant participate.
# This
Exhibit is filed or furnished herewith. (These exhibits have not been provided
with this Report, but can be found as exhibits Company’s originally filed Annual
Report on Form 10-K and the Amendment thereto on Form10-K/A for the fiscal
year
ended December 31, 2005.)
48
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 Township of Mahwah,
State of
New Jersey, on April 16, 2007.
By:
|
Acorn
Factor, Inc.
/s/
John
A. Moore
|
|
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been
signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant, in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
|
/s/
John A. Moore
|
|||
John
A. Moore
|
President;
Chief Executive Officer; and Director
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
/s/
George Morgenstern
|
|||
George
Morgenstern
|
Chairman
of the Board and Director
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
/s/
Michael Barth
|
|||
Michael
Barth
|
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting
Officer)
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
/s/
Samuel M. Zentman
|
|||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
Director
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
/s/
Richard
J. Giacco
|
|
||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
Director
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
|
|||
|
|||
Richard
Rimer
|
Director
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
/s/
Kevin Wren
|
|||
Kevin
Wren
|
Director
|
April
16, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
49
ACORN
FACTOR, INC.
INDEX
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF ACORN FACTOR, INC.:
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-1
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and December 31,
2005
|
F-2
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006,
December
31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
|
F-3
|
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Capital Deficiency) for the
years ended December 31, 2006, December 31, 2005 and December
31,
2004
|
F-4
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006,
December
31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
|
F-5
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements.
|
F-7
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the
Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Acorn
Factor, Inc.
We
have
audited the consolidated balance sheets of Acorn Factor, Inc. (the “Company”)
and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s Board of Directors
and management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we
plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining,
on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used
and
significant estimates made by the Company’s Board of Directors and management,
as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In
our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the results of their
operations and of their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
As
discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January
1, 2006, the Company changed its method of accounting for share based payment,
to conform with FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123
(revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”.
April
16,
2007
/s/
Kesselman & Kesselman
Certified
Public Accountants
A
member
of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Tel-Aviv,
Israel
F-1
ACORN
FACTOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(IN
THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
913
|
$
|
1,521
|
|||
Restricted
cash
|
247
|
—
|
|||||
Restricted
cash (under agreement with a related party)
|
300
|
—
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
4,096
|
1,373
|
|||||
Unbilled
work-in-process
|
348
|
393
|
|||||
Inventory
|
25
|
—
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
709
|
316
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
6,638
|
3,603
|
|||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
500
|
445
|
|||||
Investment
in Paketeria
|
—
|
1,212
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
334
|
285
|
|||||
Funds
in respect of employee termination benefits
|
1,441
|
1,568
|
|||||
Restricted
cash - non-current (under agreement with a related party)
|
1,050
|
—
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
129
|
97
|
|||||
Other
intangible assets, net
|
81
|
48
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
10,173
|
$
|
7,258
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CAPITAL DEFICIENCY)
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Short-term
bank credit
|
$
|
130
|
$
|
462
|
|||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
160
|
26
|
|||||
Note
payable - related party
|
—
|
300
|
|||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
1,950
|
378
|
|||||
Accrued
payroll, payroll taxes and social benefits
|
740
|
478
|
|||||
Other
current liabilities
|
2,200
|
1,700
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
5,180
|
3,344
|
|||||
Long-term
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Investment
in Comverge, net
|
1,824
|
1,824
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
75
|
—
|
|||||
Liability
for employee termination benefits
|
2,264
|
2,545
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
10
|
6
|
|||||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
4,173
|
4,375
|
|||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 13)
|
|||||||
Shareholders’
equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock - $0.01 par value per share:
|
|||||||
Authorized
- 20,000,000 shares; Issued -8,937,395 and 10,276,030 shares at December
31, 2005 and 2006
|
88
|
102
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
39,975
|
43,987
|
|||||
Warrants
|
183
|
888
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(35,608
|
)
|
(41,904
|
)
|
|||
Treasury
stock, at cost - 820,704 and 777,371 shares for December 31, 2005
and
2006, respectively
|
(3,791
|
)
|
(3,592
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
(27
|
)
|
58
|
||||
Total
shareholders’ equity (capital deficiency)
|
820
|
(461
|
)
|
||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity (capital deficiency)
|
$
|
10,173
|
$
|
7,258
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-2
ACORN
FACTOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN
THOUSANDS, EXCEPT NET LOSS PER SHARE DATA)
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||
Sales:
|
||||||||||
Projects
|
$
|
2,815
|
$
|
3,204
|
$
|
3,186
|
||||
Services
|
485
|
954
|
863
|
|||||||
Other
|
64
|
29
|
68
|
|||||||
Total
sales
|
3,364
|
4,187
|
4,117
|
|||||||
Cost
of sales:
|
||||||||||
Projects
|
2,127
|
2,117
|
2,022
|
|||||||
Services
|
364
|
828
|
741
|
|||||||
Other
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Total
cost of sales
|
2,491
|
2,945
|
2,763
|
|||||||
Gross
profit
|
873
|
1,242
|
1,354
|
|||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||
Research
and development expenses, net
|
30
|
53
|
324
|
|||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
3,374
|
3,464
|
4,658
|
|||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
3,404
|
3,517
|
4,982
|
|||||||
Operating
loss
|
(2,531
|
)
|
(2,275
|
)
|
(3,628
|
)
|
||||
Finance
expense, net
|
(33
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
||||
Other
income, net
|
148
|
—
|
330
|
|||||||
Loss
before taxes on income
|
(2,416
|
)
|
(2,287
|
)
|
(3,328
|
)
|
||||
Income
tax benefits (expense)
|
(27
|
)
|
37
|
(183
|
)
|
|||||
Loss
from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(2,443
|
)
|
(2,250
|
)
|
(3,511
|
)
|
||||
Share
in losses of Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
(424
|
)
|
||||||
Share
in losses of Comverge
|
(1,242
|
)
|
(380
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
705
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Minority
interests
|
(90
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
(3,070
|
)
|
(2,703
|
)
|
(4,145
|
)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
|
—
|
541
|
—
|
|||||||
Loss
on sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement, net
of
tax
|
—
|
—
|
(2,069
|
)
|
||||||
Net
income from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
1,898
|
844
|
78
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,172
|
)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||
Loss
per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss per share
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted
|
7,976
|
8,117
|
8,689
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-3
ACORN
FACTOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(IN
THOUSANDS)
Number
of Shares
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
|
Warrants
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2003
|
8,741
|
$
|
87
|
$
|
39,595
|
$
|
461
|
$
|
(33,069
|
)
|
$
|
(3,874
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
3,200
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,172
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(1,172
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(17
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
(1,189
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of restricted shares as compensation
|
195
|
1
|
70
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
71
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options
|
1
|
*
|
—
|
—
|
(49
|
)
|
83
|
—
|
34
|
||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of stock-based deferred compensation
|
—
|
—
|
9
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
9
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2004
|
8,937
|
$
|
88
|
$
|
39,674
|
$
|
461
|
$
|
(34,290
|
)
|
$
|
(3,791
|
)
|
$
|
(17
|
)
|
$
|
2,125
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,318
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(1,318
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements associated with
sale of dsIT Technologies
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
22
|
22
|
|||||||||||||||||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(32
|
)
|
(32
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
(1,328
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of stock-based deferred compensation
|
—
|
—
|
23
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
23
|
|||||||||||||||||
Expiration
of warrants
|
—
|
—
|
278
|
(278
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2005
|
8,937
|
$
|
88
|
$
|
39,975
|
$
|
183
|
$
|
(35,608
|
)
|
$
|
(3,791
|
)
|
$
|
(27
|
)
|
$
|
820
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(6,136
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(6,136
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
85
|
85
|
|||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
(6,051
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Private
placements of common stock and warrants, net of issuance costs of
$715
|
1,216
|
12
|
1,810
|
705
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,527
|
|||||||||||||||||
Warrants
issued with respect to financial advisory services
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
121
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
121
|
|||||||||||||||||
Cancellation
of warrants
|
—
|
—
|
121
|
(121
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options
|
123
|
2
|
244
|
—
|
(160
|
)
|
199
|
—
|
285
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock
option and reclassification of stock-based deferred
compensation
|
—
|
—
|
1,837
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,837
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2006
|
10,276
|
$
|
102
|
$
|
43,987
|
$
|
888
|
$
|
(41,904
|
)
|
$
|
(3,592
|
)
|
$
|
58
|
$
|
(461
|
)
|
*
Less
than $1
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
ACORN
FACTOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
THOUSANDS)
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Cash
flows used in operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,172
|
)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities (see
Schedule A)
|
1,081
|
(431
|
)
|
4,548
|
||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(91
|
)
|
(1,749
|
)
|
(1,588
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows provided by investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Investment
in short-term bank deposits
|
(72
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Maturity
of short-term bank deposits
|
—
|
72
|
—
|
|||||||
Amounts
funded for employee termination benefits
|
(495
|
)
|
(558
|
)
|
(671
|
)
|
||||
Utilization
of employee termination benefits
|
38
|
687
|
544
|
|||||||
Acquisitions
of property and equipment
|
(94
|
)
|
(240
|
)
|
(149
|
)
|
||||
Acquisitions
of intangibles
|
—
|
(36
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Proceeds
from the sale of Comverge shares
|
975
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from the sale of property and equipment
|
65
|
152
|
—
|
|||||||
Restricted
cash (under agreement to a related party)
|
—
|
(1,350
|
)
|
1,350
|
||||||
Restricted
cash
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
247
|
|||||
Investment
in Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
(210
|
)
|
||||||
Investment
in Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
(1,338
|
)
|
||||||
Sale
of dsIT Technologies (see Schedule C)
|
—
|
3,431
|
—
|
|||||||
Sale
of Databit (see Schedule D)
|
—
|
—
|
(974
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
414
|
2,155
|
(1,201
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from employee stock option exercises
|
34
|
—
|
285
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from private place of common stock and warrants, net of issuance
costs
|
—
|
—
|
2,631
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from note payable to a related party
|
—
|
425
|
300
|
|||||||
Repayment
of note payable to a related party
|
—
|
(425
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Short-term
bank credit, net
|
(239
|
)
|
182
|
332
|
||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings of long-term debt
|
—
|
90
|
—
|
|||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
|
(646
|
)
|
(450
|
)
|
(151
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(851
|
)
|
(178
|
)
|
3,397
|
|||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(528
|
)
|
228
|
608
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
1,213
|
685
|
913
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year
|
$
|
685
|
$
|
913
|
$
|
1,521
|
||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
151
|
$
|
144
|
$
|
25
|
||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
90
|
$
|
102
|
$
|
19
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-5
ACORN
FACTOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULES
TO CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
THOUSANDS)
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
A.
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used
in)
operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization.
|
$
|
227
|
$
|
254
|
$
|
204
|
||||
Change
in minority
interests
|
90
|
73
|
—
|
|||||||
Share
in losses of Comverge
|
1,242
|
380
|
210
|
|||||||
Share
in losses of Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
159
|
|||||||
Change
in deferred taxes
|
24
|
(81
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Impairment
of goodwill
|
—
|
—
|
40
|
|||||||
Increase
(decrease) in liability for employee termination benefits
|
558
|
(277
|
)
|
281
|
||||||
Gain
on sale of Comverge shares
|
(705
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Gain
on sale of dsIT Technologies Ltd.
|
—
|
(541
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Loss
on sale of Databit and contract settlement.
|
—
|
—
|
2,298
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of property and equipment, net
|
(2
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Stock
and stock option compensation
|
80
|
23
|
1,522
|
|||||||
Value
of warrants issued for services provided
|
—
|
—
|
121
|
|||||||
Other
|
21
|
(71
|
)
|
7
|
||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Decrease
in accounts receivable, unbilled work-in- process, other current
assets
and other assets
|
424
|
1,210
|
350
|
|||||||
Decrease
(increase) in inventory
|
27
|
36
|
(18
|
)
|
||||||
Decrease
in accounts payable, other current liabilities and other
liabilities
|
(483
|
)
|
(1,431
|
)
|
(626
|
)
|
||||
Decrease
in the liabilities of US based consulting business
|
(422
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
$
|
1,081
|
$
|
(431
|
)
|
$
|
4,548
|
||||
B.
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of subsidiary shares to minority interest in lieu of balance
due
|
$
|
22
|
||||||||
Increase
in goodwill from sale of dsIT Technologies
|
$
|
79
|
||||||||
Accrued
expenses in respect of private placement of common stock
|
$
|
104
|
||||||||
C. Assets/liabilities
disposed of in the sale of dsIT Technologies:
|
||||||||||
Current
assets
|
$
|
1,152
|
||||||||
Non-current
assets
|
1,114
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
disposed
|
4,358
|
|||||||||
Differences
from translation of dsIT Technologies financial statements
|
22
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
acquired
|
(79
|
)
|
||||||||
Short-term
debt
|
(781
|
)
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
(256
|
)
|
||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
(1,461
|
)
|
||||||||
Minority
interests
|
(1,552
|
)
|
||||||||
Gain
on sale of dsIT Technologies Ltd
|
541
|
|||||||||
Deferred
taxes on gain on sale of dsIT Technologies Ltd.
|
373
|
|||||||||
$
|
3,431
|
|||||||||
D. Assets/liabilities
disposed of in the sale of Databit Inc. and contract
settlement:
|
||||||||||
Current
assets
|
$
|
2,815
|
||||||||
Non-current
assets
|
40
|
|||||||||
Debt
|
(20
|
)
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
(1,816
|
)
|
||||||||
Stock
compensation costs
|
315
|
|||||||||
Other
|
(10
|
)
|
||||||||
Loss
on the sale of Databit and contract settlement.
|
$
|
(2,298
|
)
|
|||||||
$
|
(974
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-6
NOTE
1—NATURE OF OPERATIONS
(a)
Description of Business
Acorn
Factor, Inc. (“AFI”) (formerly known as Data Systems and Software, Inc.), a
Delaware corporation, through its majority-owned operating subsidiary
(collectively, the “Company”) and its equity investments in Comverge Inc.
(“Comverge”) and Paketeria GmbH, (i) provides software consulting and
development services with a focus in areas of port security and oncology
treatment (ii) provides energy intelligence solutions for utilities and energy
companies (iii) provides eBay drop shop, post and parcels, office supplies,
photo processing, photocopy, printer cartridge refilling, and Internet pharmacy
services through a chain of retail stores operating in Germany under a “Super
Services Market” format. The Company’s operations are based in the United
States, Israel and in Germany. Acorn’s shares are traded on the OTC Bulletin
Board and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. On March 10, 2006, the
Company sold its Databit Inc. subsidiary, which comprised the entire computer
hardware segment (see Note 5(a)).
(b)
Financing of Operations
The
working capital of $259 at December 31, 2006, included working capital of $679
in the Company’s Israeli dsIT Solutions Ltd. subsidiary (“dsIT”). Due to Israeli
tax and company law constraints and its own cash flow requirements, working
capital and cash flows from dsIT are not readily available to finance US based
activities.
dsIT
Solutions was utilizing approximately $188 (net) of its approximately $485
lines
of credit as of December 31, 2006. These lines of credit are denominated in
NIS
and bear a weighted average interest rate of the Israeli prime rate plus
2.2%
per
annum. The Israeli prime rate fluctuates, and as of December 31, 2006 was
6.0%.
In
February 2007, dsIT Solutions agreed to convert NIS 450 (or approximately $107)
of its line of credit with one of its banks to a term loan to be paid over
a
period of one-year with the terms of the remaining balance in the line of credit
to be revisited in June 2007. At December 31, 2006, dsIT was in technical
violation of covenants under its line of credit with its other bank. This bank
is continuing to provide funding to dsIT despite the technical violation and
has
not formally notified dsIT of any violation or any contemplated action. In
addition, AFI has agreed to be supportive of dsIT’s liquidity requirements over
the next 12 months.
The
Company intends to fund its US activities with the cash available and the cash
provided from its recent private placement of Common Stock (see Note 20(c)).
(c)
Accounting Principles
The
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
(d)
Use
of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of
assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues
and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
NOTE
2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Functional
Currency and Foreign Currency Transactions
The
currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of AFI
and
its US subsidiaries are conducted is the United States dollar (“dollar”).
Accordingly, the Company and all of its US subsidiaries use the dollar as their
functional currency. The financial statements of the Company’s Israeli
subsidiary whose functional currency is the New Israeli Shekel (“NIS”) have been
translated in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(“SFAS”) 52 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the United States
(“FASB”) assets and liabilities are translated at year-end exchange rates, while
operating results items are translated at the exchange rate in effect on the
date of the transaction. Differences resulting from translation are presented
in
shareholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). All
exchange gains and losses denominated in non-functional currencies are reflected
in finance expense, net, in the consolidated statement of operations when they
arise.
F-7
Principles
of Consolidation and Presentation
The
consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of all
majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have
been eliminated. Minority interests in net losses are limited to the extent
of
their equity capital. Losses in excess of minority interest equity capital
are
charged against the Company.
Cash
Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments, which include short-term bank
deposits (up to three months from date of deposit) that are not restricted
as to
withdrawal or use, to be cash equivalents.
Inventory
Inventories
were stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost was determined on the first-in,
first-out method for merchandise inventory and parts and supplies. Inventory
was
primarily comprised of merchandise inventory.
Investment
in Associated Companies
An
associated company is a company over which significant influence is exercised.
The Company’s investment in Comverge is comprised of investment in common and
preferred shares. The Company considers Comverge preferred shares to be
in-substance common stock as defined in Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”)
Issue No. 02-14 “Whether the Equity Method of Accounting Applies When an
Investor Does Not Have an Investment in Voting Stock of an Investee but
Exercises Significant Influence Through Other Means”. Accordingly, the entire
investment in Comverge is accounted for by the equity method.
The
Company’s investment in Paketeria is only in common shares as Paketeria has only
one class of stock. The Company’s investment in Paketeria is also accounted for
by the equity method.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are presented at cost at the date of acquisition including
capitalized labor costs, net of third party participation. Depreciation and
amortization is calculated based on the straight-line method over the estimated
useful lives of the depreciable assets, or in the case of leasehold
improvements, the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of
the
asset. Improvements are capitalized while repairs and maintenance are charged
to
operations as incurred.
Goodwill
and Acquired Intangible Assets
Goodwill
represents the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets of businesses
acquired. Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill and intangible assets determined to
have
an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead are tested for
impairment at least annually. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets
with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful
lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in
accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets”.
SFAS
No.
142 requires the Company to assess annually whether there is an indication
that
goodwill is impaired, or more frequently if events and circumstances indicate
that the asset might be impaired during the year. The Company performs its
annual impairment test at the conclusion of its annual budget process, in the
fourth quarter of each year. The
Company has identified its operating segments as its reporting units for
purposes of the impairment test and assigned its goodwill and intangible assets
to both its RT Solutions and IT Solutions segments. The Company then determines
the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the carrying amount
of
the reporting unit. Calculating the fair value of the reporting units requires
significant estimates and assumptions by management. To the extent the carrying
amount of a reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, there
is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired and a second
step of the impairment test is performed to determine the amount of the
impairment to be recognized, if any.
F-8
The
costs
of software licenses are presented at estimated fair value at acquisition date.
These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the license
or estimated useful life of the software licenses, generally five years.
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
Under
SFAS No. 144, long-lived assets including certain intangible assets are to
be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability
of
assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount
of
an asset to the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated
by
the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future
undiscounted cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by
which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.
Treasury
Stock
Company
shares held by the Company are presented as a reduction of shareholders’ equity,
at their cost to the Company. Losses, from the reissuance of treasury stock
are
reflected in accumulated deficit.
Revenue
Recognition
Revenues
from time-and-materials service contracts, maintenance agreements and other
services are recognized as services are provided.
In
accordance with Statement of Position (“SOP”) No. 97-2 “Software Revenue
Recognition”, revenues from fixed-price contracts which require significant
production, modification and/or customization to customer specifications are
recognized using the percentage-of-completion method in conformity with
Accounting Research Bulletin (“ARB”) No. 45 “Long-Term Construction-Type
Contracts” and SOP No. 81-1 “Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and
Certain Production-Type Contracts.
The
percentage-of-completion is determined based on labor hours incurred.
Percentage-of-completion estimates are reviewed periodically, and any
adjustments required are reflected in the period when such estimates are
revised. Losses on contracts, if any, are recognized in the period in which
the
loss is determined.
Unbilled
work-in-process represents revenues, primarily from fixed price projects, that
have not been invoiced to the customer as of the end of the period. Such amounts
are generally billed upon the completion of a project milestone.
In
accordance with EITF Issue No. 99-19 “Recording Revenue Gross as a Principal
Versus Net as an Agent”, revenue from drop-shipments of third-party hardware and
software sales are recognized upon delivery, and recorded at the gross amount
when the Company is responsible for fulfillment of the customer order, has
latitude in pricing, has discretion in the selection of the supplier, customizes
the product to the customer’s specifications and has credit risk from the
customer.
Warranty
Provision
The
Company grants its customers one-year product warranty. No provision was made
in
respect of warranties based on the Company’s previous history.
Concentration
of Credit Risk - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Financial
instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk, consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade receivables.
The counter-party to a majority of the Company’s cash equivalent deposits as
well as its short-term bank deposits is a major financial institution of high
credit standing. The Company does not believe there is significant risk of
non-performance by the counterparty. Approximately 62% of the trade accounts
receivable at December 31, 2006, were due from three customers that pay their
trade receivables over usual credit periods (as to revenues from significant
customers - see Note 19(d)). Credit risk with respect to the balance of trade
receivables is generally diversified due to the number of entities comprising
the Company’s customer base.
An
appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts is included in respect of specific
debts of
which
collection
is in doubt. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers
and does not require collateral.
F-9
Research
and Development Expenses
Research
and development costs consisting primarily of labor and related costs are
charged to operations as incurred. Participation by third parties in the
Company’s research and development costs are netted against costs
incurred.
Advertising
Expenses
Advertising
expenses are charged to operations as incurred. Advertising expense was $5,
$6
and $3 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
Stock-Based
Compensation
Prior
to
January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for share-based compensation in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, (“APB 25”)
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations. The
Company also followed the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation”, as amended by SFAS 148, “Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure”. As a result, no expense
was recognized for options to purchase the Company’s common stock that were
granted with an exercise price equal to fair market value at the day of the
grant. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based
Payment,” (“SFAS 123R”) which establishes accounting for equity instruments
exchanged for services. Under the provisions of SFAS 123R, share-based
compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of
the
award, and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the employee’s
requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant).
The
Company elected to adopt the modified prospective transition method as provided
by SFAS 123R and, accordingly, financial statement amounts for the prior periods
presented in this Form 10-K have not been restated to reflect the fair value
method of expensing share-based compensation. The Company has applied the
provisions of SAB 107 in its adoption of SFAS 123R. See Note
14
to the
consolidated financial statements for information on the impact of the Company’s
adoption of SFAS 123R and the assumptions used to calculate the fair value
of
share-based employee compensation. Upon the exercise of options, it is the
Company’s policy to issue new shares rather than utilizing treasury
shares.
The
following table illustrates the effect on net income and net income per share
if
the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 for
periods prior to January 1, 2006:
Year
ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2004
|
2005
|
||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations as reported
|
$
|
(3,056
|
)
|
$
|
(2,703
|
)
|
|
Plus:
Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net
income
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Less:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under
fair
value based method for all awards
|
(46
|
)
|
(275
|
)
|
|||
Pro
forma net loss from continuing operations
|
$
|
(3,102
|
)
|
$
|
(2,978
|
)
|
|
Net
income from discontinued operations as reported
|
$
|
1,884
|
$
|
1,385
|
|||
Plus:
Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net
income
|
79
|
23
|
|||||
Less:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under
fair
value based method for all awards
|
(142
|
)
|
(116
|
)
|
|||
Pro
forma net income from discontinued operations
|
$
|
1,821
|
$
|
1,292
|
|||
Pro
forma net loss
|
$
|
1,281
|
$
|
1,686
|
|||
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share - as reported:
|
|||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
|
From
discontinued operations
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
|||||
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share -pro forma:
|
|||||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
|
From
discontinued operations
|
0.23
|
0.16
|
|||||
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
The
pro
forma information in the above table also gives effect to the application of
SFAS No. 123 on the share option plans of the Company’s subsidiaries.
The
Company accounts for stock-based compensation issued to non-employees on a
fair
value basis in accordance with SFAS No. 123R and EITF Issue No. 96-18,
“Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for
Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” and related
interpretations.
Restricted
stock awards are subject to risk of forfeiture and vesting conditions. Typically
the vesting occurs over a prescribed period of time and requires continued
service and employment by the recipient. Restricted stock is valued at fair
market value at the date of grant and is amortized over the vesting period.
Deferred
Income Taxes
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes
and
the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as operating loss, capital
loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
classified as current or non-current based on the classification of the related
assets or liabilities for financial reporting, or according to the expected
reversal dates of the specific temporary differences, if not related to an
asset
or liability for financial reporting. Valuation allowances are established
against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that they will not
be
realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax
rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary
differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred
tax
assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates or laws is recognized in
operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
Basic
and Diluted Net Loss Per Share
Basic
net
loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average
number of shares outstanding during the year, excluding treasury stock. Diluted
net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average
number of shares outstanding plus the dilutive potential of common shares which
would result from the exercise of stock options and warrants or conversion
of
convertible securities. However, the dilutive effects of stock options, warrants
and convertible securities are excluded from the computation of diluted net
loss
per share if doing so would be antidilutive. The number of options and warrants
that were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, as they
had an antidilutive effect, were
approximately 2,155,000, 1,765,000 and 1,945,000 for the years ending December
31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
The
components of the Company’s comprehensive income (loss) for the period presented
are net loss and differences from the translation of subsidiaries’ financial
statements.
Recently
Issued Accounting Principles
In
February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS
No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments — an
Amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140” (“SFAS No. 155”). SFAS
No. 155 allows financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative
and that otherwise would require bifurcation to be accounted for as a whole
on a
fair value basis, at the holders’ election. SFAS No. 155 also clarifies and
amends certain other provisions of SFAS No. 133 and SFAS No. 140. This
statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued in
fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006 (January 1, 2007 for the
Company). The adoption of SFAS No. 155 is not expected to have a material
impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of
operations.
F-10
In
June
2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of SFAS No. 109”. FIN 48
clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an
enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting
for Income Taxes”, by prescribing a recognition threshold and measurement
attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax
position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Under FIN 48, the
financial statement effects of a tax position should initially be recognized
when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the
position would be sustained upon examination. A tax position that meets the
more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should initially and subsequently
be
measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than fifty
percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing
authority. FIN 48 is effective for the Company as
of the
interim reporting period beginning January 1, 2007.
The
cumulative effect, if any, of applying the provisions of FIN 48 will be reported
as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period
adopted. FIN 48
also requires additional disclosures about unrecognized tax benefits associated
with uncertain income tax positions and a reconciliation of the change in the
unrecognized benefit. In addition, FIN 48 requires interest to be recognized
on
the full amount of deferred benefits for uncertain tax positions. An income
tax
penalty is recognized as expense when the tax position does not meet the minimum
statutory threshold to avoid the imposition of a penalty. The Company is
evaluating the impact of FIN 48 on our consolidated financial statements. The
Company estimates that the charge to retained earnings will be less than $350.
In
September 2006, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year
Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 addresses the diversity in practice of
quantifying financial statement misstatements resulting in the potential build
up of improper amounts on the balance sheet. SAB 108 provides interpretive
guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year
misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement.
The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a
balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either
approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant
quantitive and qualitative factors are considered, is material. SAB 108 is
effective for companies with fiscal years ending after November 15, 2006. SAB
108 allows a one-time transitional cumulative effect adjustment to beginning
retained earnings, in the first year of adoption, for errors that were not
previously deemed material, but are material under the guidance in SAB 108.
The
adoption of SAB 108 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements and results of operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value
Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
fair value under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies in conjunction
with other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements. This Statement shall be effective for financial statements issued
for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently
evaluating the impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on its
consolidated financial position and results of operations.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), “The Fair Value Option
for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”, to permit all entities to
choose, at specified election dates, to measure eligible financial instruments
at fair value. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items
for
which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent
reporting date, and recognize upfront costs and fees related to those items
in
earnings as incurred and not deferred. SFAS No. 159 applies to fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007 (January 1, 2008 for the Company), with early
adoption permitted for an entity that has also elected to apply the provisions
of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. An entity is prohibited from
retrospectively applying SFAS No. 159, unless it chooses early adoption. SFAS
No. 159 also applies to eligible items existing at November 15, 2007 (or early
adoption date). The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption
of SFAS No. 159 will have on its consolidated financial position and results
of
operations.
F-11
Reclassifications
Certain
reclassifications have been made to the Company’s prior years’ consolidated
financial statements to conform to the current year’s consolidated financial
statement presentation. All operating information in the current year’s
consolidated financial statements and footnotes have been reclassified to
reflect the results of continuing operations of the Company.
NOTE
3—INVESTMENT IN COMVERGE
On
April
7, 2003, the Company and its then consolidated Comverge subsidiary, signed
and
closed on a definitive agreement with a syndicate of venture capital firms
raising an aggregate of $13,000 in capital funding. The Company purchased $3,250
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued by Comverge in the equity
financing and incurred transaction costs of an additional $294. In connection
with the transaction, the Company converted to equity intercompany balances
of
$9,673.
The
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into Comverge’s common stock
initially on a one-for-one basis subject to adjustment for the achievement
of
certain performance criteria. Conversion is mandatory (i) in the event that
the
holders of at least a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred consent to such conversion or (ii) upon the closing of a firmly
underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock of Comverge at a per
share price not less than five times the original per-share purchase price
of
the Preferred Stock. The holders of Preferred Stock have no mandatory redemption
rights.
As
a
result of the private equity financing transactions and other agreements
described above, effective April 1, 2003, Comverge was no longer a controlled
subsidiary of the Company and thus, the Company no longer consolidates
Comverge's balance sheet and results of operations, accounting for its
investment in Comverge on the equity method.
The
Company has entered into various agreements with Comverge and the syndicate
of
venture capital investors. These agreements provide for, among other things,
restrictions and other provisions relating to the transfer, voting and
registration of the Comverge shares owned by the Company, and the Company's
right to receive quarterly and annual financial reports from Comverge.
Until
December 31, 2003, the Company had an option to purchase from Comverge up to
$1,500 of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series A-2 Preferred
Stock
has the same rights as the Series A, except the Series A-2 Preferred Stock
is
junior in priority in liquidation (which includes the sale of Comverge) to
the
Series A Preferred Stock. In December 2003, the Company exercised its option
and
invested an additional $100 in Series A-2 Convertible Preferred
Stock.
In
September 2004, the Company sold 480,769
shares
of Comverge Series A Preferred Stock for approximately $1,000, resulting in
a
gain of $705.
In
October 2004, Comverge closed on the sale of additional Series B Preferred
Stock
in the amount of $13,600. The rights in the Series B Preferred Stock are similar
to those of Series A Preferred Stock This round of financing diluted the
Company’s holdings to approximately 7% of Comverge’s preferred equity and
approximately 25% of its total equity.
In
the
first quarter of 2006, the Company made an additional $210 investment in
Comverge’s Series C Preferred Stock. The rights
in
the Series C Preferred Stock are similar to those of Series A Preferred
Stock..
As
result of the investment, the Company maintained its preferred stock holdings
at
approximately 7%. As a result of the investment, the Company immediately
recognized a loss equal to (i) its provision for unrecognized losses in Comverge
of $173 as of December 31, 2005 and (ii) an additional $37 representing its
7%
equity share of Comverge’s losses for the first quarter of 2006.
During
2006, the exercise of options in Comverge and the issuance of Series C Preferred
Stock reduced the Company’s holdings in Comverge’s common stock from
approximately 76% to approximately 66% and its total equity to approximately
23%.
F-12
In
October 2006, Comverge filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of shares
of
its common stock.
As
of
December 31, 2006, the Company’s accumulated share of losses attributable to its
Comverge preferred stock was equal to its investment in Comverge’s preferred
stock. As a result, the Company has ceased recording losses against its
preferred stock investment. In the future, equity income will be recorded to
the
Company’s preferred stock investment only once Comverge’s equity reaches the
level it was when the Company ceased recording equity losses. As at December
31,
2006, the Company had a provision for unrecognized losses in Comverge of $381
with respect to its preferred stock investment and the Company will record
equity income from its preferred investment in Comverge, if and when Comverge’s
records net income in excess of approximately $5,660. Equity income from the
Company’s preferred investment may be recorded up to the Company’s original
$3,854 preferred share investment in Comverge, and thereafter to its investment
in Comverge’s common shares, of which the Company currently owns approximately
66%.
The
activity in the Company’s investment in Comverge is as follows:
Common
stock
|
Preferred
stock
|
Provision
for unrecognized losses on Preferred stock
|
Net
investment in Comverge
|
||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2003
|
$
|
(1,824
|
)
|
$
|
1,892
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
68
|
||||
Preferred
shares sold
|
—
|
(270
|
)
|
—
|
(270
|
)
|
|||||||
Equity
loss in Comverge
|
—
|
(1,242
|
)
|
—
|
(1,242
|
)
|
|||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2004
|
$
|
(1,824
|
)
|
$
|
380
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(1,444
|
)
|
|||
Equity
loss in Comverge
|
—
|
(553
|
)
|
173
|
(380
|
)
|
|||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2005
|
$
|
(1,824
|
)
|
$
|
(173
|
)
|
$
|
173
|
$
|
(1,824
|
)
|
||
Additional
investment in Preferred stock
|
—
|
210
|
—
|
210
|
|||||||||
Equity
loss in Comverge
|
—
|
(418
|
)
|
208
|
(210
|
)
|
|||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2006
|
$
|
(1,824
|
)
|
$
|
(381
|
)
|
$
|
381
|
$
|
(1,824
|
)
|
The
percentage share of Comverge’s loss recognized by the Company as equity loss
against its preferred stock investment in 2004 through 2006 can be found in
the
table below:
Percentage
of Comverge Loss Recognized Against Preferred Stock
|
|||||
January
1, 2004 - March 8, 2004
|
17
|
%
|
|||
March
9, 2004 - September 9, 2004
|
15
|
%
|
|||
September
10, 2004 - October 20, 2004
|
11
|
%
|
|||
October
21, 2004 - December 31, 2006
|
7
|
%
|
NOTE
4—INVESTMENT IN PAKETERIA
On
August
7, 2006 the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agrement with Paketeria
GmbH, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Germany, and
certain Paketeria shareholders, for the purchase by the Company of an
approximately 23% interest in Paketeria for a purchase price of approximately
€598 ($776) plus transaction fees of approximately $101. Paketeria is a Berlin
based store owner and franchisor whose stores provide eBay drop shop, post
and
parcels, office supplies, photo processing, photocopy and printer cartridge
refilling services in Germany.
F-13
In
addition to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into
a
Note Purchase Agreement with Paketeria’s founder and managing director. Under
the Note Purchase Agrement, the Company is obligated to purchase from the
founder and managing director all or a portion of the €210 ($270) Promissory
Note (the “Note”) issued by Paketeria and payable to him. The Note is
convertible into shares of Paketeria at a conversion price of €50.70 per share
($65.30 per share), accrues interest at a rate of 8% per annum, matures on
August 7, 2009 and may be converted by the Company in whole or in part at any
time prior to its maturity. Under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement,
the
Company would be required to purchase one third of the principal amount of
the
Note upon Paketeria’s achieving each of three franchise licensing milestones—the
licensing of its 60th, 75th, and 115th franchises.
On
October 30, 2006 the Company increased its ownership in Paketeria from 23%
to
approximately 33%. The increase was accomplished through (i) the purchase and
conversion into 2,850 Paketeria shares pursuant to a Purchase Notice Conversion
and Accession Agreement of €140 ($184), representing two-thirds (plus accrued
interest) of a Promissory Note originally issued to Paketeria’s founder and
managing director and (ii) an additional investment by the Company of
approximately €183 ($235) for the purchase of an additional 3,000 Paketeria
shares plus transaction costs of $42. The Company’s total investment in
Paketeria prior to the allocation of the purchase price was $1,338.
The
Company allocated $31 of the purchase price to the fair market value of the
call
option to purchase and convert the Note in shares of Paketeria.
The
Company allocated $30 of the purchase price to the fair value of the put option
which requires the Company to purchase the principal amount of the Note. At
December 31, 2006, the Company redetermined the fair value of the remaining
put
option and determined it to be $9 based upon Paketeria’s advancement on the
milestones noted above. The December 31, 2006 fair value was determined using
a
Black-Scholes calculation using a risk-free interest rate of 4.97%, an expected
life of 9 months, an annual volatility of 22% and no dividends. The reduction
in
the fair value of the put option was recorded as part of the Company’s equity
loss in Paketeria.
The
Company also entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with two shareholders
of
Paketeria—one of whom is the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and
the other who is one of the Company’s new directors. Pursuant to that agreement,
the Company is entitled through August 2007 to purchase the shares of Paketeria
held by the two Paketeria shareholders for an aggregate purchase price of the
US
dollar equivalent on the date of purchase of €598 (approximately $758 at the
current exchange rate), payable in Company Common Stock and warrants on the
same
terms as the Company’s recently completed private placement. At the current
exchange rate this would result in the issuance of approximately 273,000 shares
of Common Stock and warrants exercisable for 68,000 shares of Common Stock.
The
warrants would have an exercise price of $2.78 per share and be exercisable
for
five years from their grant date. The Company has determined the fair value
of
the option to purchase the shares under the Stock Purchase Agreement to be
$68
using a Black-Scholes calculation using a risk-free interest rate of 5.09 %,
an
expected life of one year, an annual volatility of 20% and no
dividends.
The
Company’s investment in Paketeria is accounted for using the equity method in
accordance with APB Opinion No. 18, “The Equity Method of Accounting for
Investments in Common Stock”. Based on an independent appraisal, the Company has
allocated the remaining $1,269 balance of the investment in Paketeria as
follows:
· |
$281
to the value of the non-compete agreement given to Paketeria’s founder and
managing director. The non-compete agreement is to be amortized using
the
straight-line method over four years.
|
· |
$185
to the value of the franchise agreements at the date of the investment.
The value of the franchise agreements is to be amortized using the
sum-of-years digits method over the five-year life of the franchise
agreements at acquisition.
|
F-14
· |
$446
to the Paketeria brand name. The value associated with the brand
name is
deemed to be a intangible asset with an indefinite life and accordingly,
is not amortized.
|
· |
$357
to non-amortizing goodwill.
|
All
the
above components of the Company’s investment are not reflected separately as
such in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company, but it is reflected
as a
component of the Company’s investment in Paketeria. The Company’s share of
losses in Paketeria for the period from August 7, 2006 to December 31, 2006
of
$159 is comprised of $127 reflecting the Company’s equity loss in Paketeria’s
earnings, $52 of amortization of the non-compete agreement and the franchise
agreements offset by the reduction in the fair value of the put option of
$20.
In
connection with its investment in Paketeria, the Company also entered into
an
Investors’ Rights Agreement with Paketeria and it shareholders, whereby it was
given certain rights including a right of first offer, with respect to any
future issuance of Paketeria securities, and tag-along rights, with respect
to
any future sale by an existing shareholder. The Company was also given certain
blocking rights with respect to decisions of the shareholders and management
of
Paketeria.
See
Note
14(d) with respect to the options granted to Paketeria’s founder and managing
director as part of the Company’s investment in Paketeria. During the year ended
December 31, 2006, the Company recorded $265 of SFAS 123R stock compensation
expense as part of its Share in Losses of Paketeria.
Summary
financial information for Paketeria as taken from Paketeria’s financial
statements as at December 31, 2006 and for the period from August 8, 2006 to
December 31, 2006, is as follows:
Financial
Position
|
As
at December 31, 2006
|
|||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
179
|
||
Other
current assets
|
1,022
|
|||
Property
and equipment, net
|
223
|
|||
Other
assets
|
51
|
|||
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,475
|
||
Short-term
debt (to related parties)
|
$
|
101
|
||
Current
liabilities
|
806
|
|||
Other
non-current liabilities
|
130
|
|||
Total
liabilities
|
1,037
|
|||
Common
stock and paid-in capital
|
2,001
|
|||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(1,563
|
)
|
||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
1,475
|
Results
of Operations
|
Period
from August 8, 2006 to December 31, 2006
|
|||
Sales
|
$
|
1,518
|
||
Gross
profit
|
$
|
188
|
||
Operating
loss
|
$
|
(404
|
)
|
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(456
|
)
|
F-15
The
activity in the Company’s investments in Paketeria is as
follows:
Initial
investment - August 2006
|
$
|
776
|
||
Transaction
costs of initial investment
|
101
|
|||
Subsequent
investment and exercise of first two options - October
2006
|
419
|
|||
Transaction
costs of subsequent investment
|
42
|
|||
Amortization
of acquired non-compete and franchise agreements
|
(52
|
)
|
||
Change
in value of put option
|
20
|
|||
Cumulative
translation adjustment
|
33
|
|||
Equity
loss in Paketeria - period from August 7, 2006 to December 31,
2006
|
(127
|
)
|
||
Investment
balance as of December 31, 2006
|
$
|
1,212
|
The
percentage share of Paketeria’s loss recognized by the Company as equity loss
against its investment in 2006 can be found in the table below:
Percentage
of Paketeria Losses Recognized Against Investment in
Paketeria
|
|||||
August
7, 2006 - October 30, 2006
|
23
|
%
|
|||
October
31, 2006 - December 31, 2006
|
33
|
%
|
NOTE
5—DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
(a)
Sale
of Databit
On
March
10, 2006 the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of March
9, 2006 (the "SPA"), for the sale of all the outstanding capital stock of its
Databit Inc. subsidiary ("Databit") to Shlomie Morgenstern, President of Databit
and a Vice President of the Company. In the past, the operations of Databit
represented the Company’s computer hardware segment. The transactions
contemplated under the SPA, and the related transactions to which the Company,
Shlomie Morgenstern and the Company’s CEO, George Morgenstern, were party, were
consummated on March 10, 2006 and included the following:
(i)
Termination of the Employment Agreement dated August 19, 2004 among Shlomie
Morgenstern, Databit and the Company and the release of the Company from any
and
all liability (other than under the related stock option and restricted stock
agreements which would be modified as described below) including the waiver
by
Shlomie Morgenstern of any and all severance or change of control payments
to
which he would have been entitled.
(ii)
Amendment of the option and restricted stock agreements between the Company
and
Shlomie Morgenstern to provide for acceleration of any unvested grants on the
closing of the transactions and for all options to be exercisable through 18
months from the closing.
(iii)
The
assignment to and assumption by Databit of the obligations of the Company to
George Morgenstern under the Employment Agreement between the Company and George
Morgenstern dated January 1, 1997, as amended (the "GM Employment Agreement")
upon the following terms:
(A)
Reduction of the amounts owed to George Morgenstern under the GM Employment
Agreement by the lump sum payment described below and the modifications to
options and restricted stock agreements described below.
(B)
A
release by George Morgenstern of the Company from any and all liability and
obligations to him under the GM Employment Agreement, subject to a lump sum
payment of $600 (the “contract settlement”).
(iv)
The
assumption by Databit of the Company's obligations under the Company's leases
for the premises in New York City and Mahwah, New Jersey, which provide for
aggregate rents of approximately $450 over the next three years.
F-16
(v)
The
amendment of the option agreement with George Morgenstern dated December 30,
2004 to provide for the acceleration of the 60,000 options that are not
currently vested and the extension of the exercise period for all options held
by George Morgenstern to the later of (i) September 2009 and (ii) 18 months
after the cessation of service under the new consulting agreement described
below.
(vi)
The
amendment of the Restricted Stock Agreement dated August 31, 1998 between George
Morgenstern and the Company to provide for the removal of any vesting conditions
from the 20,000 shares still subject to such conditions.
(vii)
Execution and delivery by George Morgenstern and the Company of a new consulting
agreement for a period of two years, pursuant to which George Morgenstern would
serve as a consultant to the Company, primarily to assist in the management
of
the Company's dsIT subsidiary, which agreement provides for de minimus
compensation per year plus a non-accountable expense allowance of $65 per year
to cover expected costs of travel and other expenses.
As
a
result of the transaction, the Company transferred the following assets and
liabilities at March 9, 2006:
Assets
|
||||
Cash
|
$
|
185
|
||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
2,696
|
|||
Inventory
and other current assets
|
119
|
|||
Property
and equipment, net
|
35
|
|||
Other
assets
|
5
|
|||
Reduction
in total assets
|
$
|
3,040
|
||
Liabilities
|
||||
Trade
payables, accrued payroll, payroll taxes and social benefits and
other
current liabilities
|
$
|
1,816
|
||
Long-term
debt
|
20
|
|||
Reduction
in total liabilities
|
$
|
1,836
|
||
Excess
of assets over liabilities
|
$
|
1,204
|
The
excess of assets over liabilities transferred was treated as part of the loss
on
the sale of Databit.
Results
of operations of the discontinued operations of Databit were as
follows:
Year
ended December 31, 2004
|
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
Period
ended March 9, 2006
|
||||||||
Sales-
Products
|
$
|
18,468
|
$
|
17,677
|
$
|
2,949
|
||||
Cost
of sales - Products
|
14,724
|
14,501
|
2,316
|
|||||||
Gross
profit
|
3,744
|
3,176
|
633
|
|||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
3,725
|
3,126
|
558
|
|||||||
Income
from operations
|
19
|
50
|
75
|
|||||||
Other
income, net
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
|||||||
Finance
income (expense), net
|
—
|
5
|
—
|
|||||||
Net
income before income taxes
|
19
|
45
|
78
|
|||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
(4
|
)
|
1
|
—
|
||||||
Net
income from discontinued operations
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
46
|
$
|
78
|
F-17
As
a
result of the transaction, the Company recorded a loss of $2,298 in the first
quarter of 2006. In addition, cash, which had previously been restricted with
respect to the GM Employment Agreement, was no longer restricted. Subsequent
to
the first quarter of 2006, the Company no longer has any activity in its
Computer Hardware segment. In the fourth quarter of 2006, following a subsequent
review of prior years expense allocations between the Company and Databit,
Databit agreed to reimburse the Company for these costs. The adjustment of
$229
is presented as a reduction in the loss on the sale of Databit and contract
settlement. The total net loss from the sale of Databit and contact settlement
was $2,069. As at December 31, 2006, the Company had a receivable balance from
Databit of $116 which is included in Other Current Assets.
The
loss
of the sale of Databit and contract settlement is comprised of the
following:
Excess
of assets over liabilities transferred
|
$
|
1,204
|
||
Contract
settlement costs
|
600
|
|||
Stock
compensation expense
|
315
|
|||
Professional
fees and other transaction costs
|
179
|
|||
Adjustment
of prior years expense allocations
|
(229
|
)
|
||
Total
loss on the sale of Databit and contract settlement
|
$
|
2,069
|
(b)
Sale
of dsIT Technologies Ltd.
In
August
2005, the Company completed the sale of its 68% owned dsIT Technologies Ltd.
(“Technologies”) subsidiary and its associated outsourcing consulting business.
The operations that were sold are comprised of Technologies’ business of
providing computer software and systems professionals on a time and materials
basis to clients in Israel. In connection with the transaction, the Company
increased its holdings in dsIT to 80%. Total proceeds of the transaction were
approximately $3,661 (not including transaction costs of approximately $230).
As
a result of the transaction, the Company recorded a gain from the sale of
discontinued operations of $541, net of taxes of $373. As part of the
transaction, goodwill of $4,358 (net of associated cumulative translation
adjustment of $22) associated with Technologies was allocated to the
discontinued component based on the fair value of Technologies and dsIT.
Together with the transaction, the Company issued to the purchaser a warrant
to
purchase 10% of dsIT for $200. The warrant expires August 18, 2012. The fair
value of the warrant was estimated using the Black-Scholes model to be of an
immaterial amount. Although the Company continues to provide certain
professional time and materials services to clients in Israel on a limited
basis, these continuing activities are limited to existing customers and are
not
material and accordingly, the classification of dsIT Technologies is as a
discontinued operation under SFAS No. 144.
Results
of operations of the discontinued operations associated with Technologies were
as follows:
Year
ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2004
|
2005*
|
||||||
Sales
|
$
|
8,281
|
$
|
5,636
|
|||
Cost
of sales
|
6,372
|
4,440
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
1,909
|
1,196
|
|||||
Operating
income
|
1,677
|
1,001
|
|||||
Interest
expense, net
|
54
|
59
|
|||||
Net
income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
|
$
|
1,535
|
$
|
798
|
*
Includes the results of operations up to August 18, 2005.
F-18
(c)
US
based consulting
Since
the
latter part of 2003, the Company has not recorded revenues from its US-based
consulting business. During the second quarter of 2004, the Company decided
to
discontinue its efforts to reestablish this business as it was previously
conducted. As a result, the Company recorded a gain from discontinued operations
of $348, net of tax.
As
at
December 31, 2006, these discontinued operations had liabilities of
$217.
Results
of operations of
these
discontinued operations were as follows:
Year
ended December 31, 2004
|
||||
Sales
|
$
|
—
|
||
Cost
of sales
|
—
|
|||
Gross
profit
|
—
|
|||
Income
(loss) from operations
|
(2
|
)
|
||
Interest
expense
|
4
|
|||
Other
income
|
346
|
|||
Net
income (loss) from discontinued operations
|
$
|
348
|
NOTE
6—ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts
receivable, net, consists of the following:
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
$
|
4,114
|
$
|
1,387
|
|||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
(18
|
)
|
(14
|
)
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
$
|
4,096
|
$
|
1,373
|
Bad
debt
expense related to trade accounts receivable was $0, $2 and $0 for the years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
NOTE
7—OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Other
current assets consist of the following:
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
$
|
137
|
$
|
154
|
|||
Employees
|
37
|
43
|
|||||
Due
from Databit
|
—
|
116
|
|||||
Income
tax receivable
|
58
|
—
|
|||||
Funds
in respect of employee termination benefits
|
277
|
—
|
|||||
Claim
receivable
|
123
|
—
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
28
|
—
|
|||||
Other
|
49
|
3
|
|||||
$
|
709
|
$
|
316
|
F-19
NOTE
8—PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property
and equipment consist of the following:
Estimated
Useful Life (in years)
|
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||
Cost:
|
||||||||||
Computer
hardware and software
|
1.5
- 5
|
$
|
992
|
$
|
1,231
|
|||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
4-10
|
438
|
383
|
|||||||
Motor
vehicles
|
4-7
|
110
|
25
|
|||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
Term
of lease
|
208
|
176
|
|||||||
1,748
|
1,815
|
|||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation and amortization
|
||||||||||
Computer
hardware and software
|
776
|
956
|
||||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
299
|
283
|
||||||||
Motor
vehicles
|
38
|
15
|
||||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
135
|
116
|
||||||||
1,248
|
1,370
|
|||||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
445
|
Depreciation
and amortization in respect of property and equipment amounted to $180, $199
and
$161 for 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
NOTE
9—GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
In
August
2005, the Company sold its dsIT Technologies subsidiary (see Note 5(b)). As
a
result of the transaction, goodwill of $4,358 (net of associated cumulative
translation adjustment of $22) associated with dsIT Technologies was allocated
to the discontinued component based on the fair value of dsIT Technologies
and
dsIT Solutions. In addition, the Company recorded an addition to goodwill of
$79
resulting from its increased holdings in dsIT Solutions. The $129 of goodwill
was allocated $40 to the Company’s RT Solutions segment and $89 to its IT
Solutions segment.
As
required by SFAS No. 142, the Company performs an annual impairment test of
recorded goodwill (during the fourth quarter of each year), or more frequently
if impairment indicators are present. The fair value of the each segment was
determined by applying a market-rate multiple to the estimated near-term future
revenue stream expected to be produced by the segment. In each of the year
ending December 31, 2004 and 2005, the Company performed its annual impairment
test and no goodwill impairment resulted. In 2006, the Company recorded an
impairment of $40 with respect to the goodwill in its RT Solutions segment.
As
at December 31, 2006, the Company’s entire goodwill balance was related to its
IT Solutions segment.
Total
|
||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2004
|
$
|
4,408
|
||
Goodwill
associated with sale of Technologies
|
(4,358
|
)
|
||
Goodwill
added from increased holdings in dsIT Solutions
|
79
|
|||
Balance
as of December 31, 2005
|
129
|
|||
Goodwill
impairment
|
(40
|
)
|
||
Cumulative
translation adjustment
|
8
|
|||
Balance
as of December 31, 2006
|
$
|
97
|
The
Company’s amortizable intangible assets consists of software licenses, with a
gross carrying amount of $224 and accumulated amortization of $143 and $176,
as
of December 31, 2005 and 2006, respectively. All intangibles assets are being
amortized over their estimated useful lives, which averaged five
years.
F-20
Amortization
in respect of intangible assets amounted to $32, $34 and $39 for 2004, 2005
and
2006, respectively.
Amortization
expense with respect to intangible assets for the years ending December 31,
2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, is estimated to be $27, $7, $7 and $7,
respectively.
NOTE
10—SHORT-TERM BANK CREDIT AND OTHER DEBT
(a)
Lines
of credit
At
December 31, 2006, the Company had approximately $485 in Israeli credit lines
available to dsIT, of which $462 was then being used and $23 was available
for
future draws. These credit lines are generally for a term of one year,
denominated in NIS and bear interest at a weighted average rate of the Israeli
prime rate per annum
plus 2.2% (at December 31, 2005, plus 2.5%). The Israeli prime rate fluctuates
and as of December 31, 2006 was 6.0% (December 31, 2005, 6.0%). The Company
has
a floating lien and provided guarantees with respect to dsIT’s outstanding lines
of credit.
At
December 31, 2006, dsIT was in technical violation of covenants under its line
of credit one of its banks. This bank is continuing to provide funding to dsIT
despite the technical violation and has not formally notified dsIT of any
violation or any contemplated action.
In
February 2007, dsIT and its other bank agreed to convert NIS 450 (or
approximately $107) of its lines of credit to a term loan to be paid over a
period of one-year with the terms of the remaining balance in the line of credit
to be revisited in June 2007.
(b)
Short
and Long-Term Debt
Short
and
long-term debt includes bank debt representing loans received by the Company’s
Israeli subsidiaries from Israeli banks denominated in NIS. In 2005, other
debt
relates to debt taken to finance the purchase of automobiles. In 2006, other
debt relates to a note payable to the Company’s CEO (see Note 17(d) for terms).
Other debt is denominated in U.S. dollars.
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
Bank
debt
|
$
|
170
|
$
|
26
|
|||
Other
debt
|
65
|
300
|
|||||
Total
debt
|
235
|
326
|
|||||
Less:
current portion
|
(160
|
)
|
(326
|
)
|
|||
Long-term
bank debt
|
$
|
75
|
$
|
—
|
At
December 31, 2006, the bank debt bears a weighted average interest rate of
7.9%
(December 31, 2005, 7.9%). At December 31, 2005 and 2006, all bank debt was
denominated in NIS and was unlinked. At December 31, 2005, other debt had a
weighted average interest rate of 5.3%. In connection with the bank debt and
lines of credit (see (a) above), a lien in favor of the Israeli banks was placed
on dsIT’s assets. In addition, the Company has guaranteed dsIT’s lines of credit
to Israeli banks up to $485.
F-21
NOTE
11—OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Other
current liabilities consists of the following:
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
Taxes
payable
|
$
|
796
|
$
|
906
|
|||
Lien
allowance
|
410
|
—
|
|||||
Advances
from customers
|
102
|
93
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
461
|
575
|
|||||
Liability
for employee termination benefits
|
277
|
—
|
|||||
Value
added taxes payable
|
65
|
89
|
|||||
Other
|
89
|
37
|
|||||
$
|
2,200
|
$
|
1,700
|
NOTE
12—LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE TERMINATION BENEFITS
(a) |
Israeli
labor law and certain employee contracts generally requires payment
of
severance pay upon dismissal of an employee or upon termination
of
employment in certain other circumstances. The Company has recorded
a
severance pay liability for the amount that would be paid if all
its
Israeli employees were dismissed at the balance sheet date, on
an
undiscounted basis, in accordance with Israeli labor law. This
liability
is computed based upon the employee’s number of years of service and
salary components, which in the opinion of management create entitlement
to severance pay in accordance with labor agreements in
force.
|
The
liability is partially offset by sums deposited in dedicated funds in respect
of
employee termination benefits. The Company may only utilize the insurance
policies for the purpose of disbursement of severance pay. For certain Israeli
employees, the Company’s liability is covered mainly by regular contributions to
defined
contribution plans. The amounts funded as above are not reflected in the balance
sheets, since they are not under the control and management of the
Company.
(b) |
Severance
pay expenses amounted to approximately,
$684, $463 and $412 for
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
|
(c) |
The
Company expects to contribute approximately $171 to the insurance
policies
in respect of its severance pay obligations in the year ending
December
31, 2007.
|
(d) |
The
Company expects to pay the following future benefits to its employees
upon
their normal retirement age in the next ten
years:
|
Years
ending December 31,
|
||||
2007
|
$
|
—
|
||
2008
|
—
|
|||
2009
|
—
|
|||
2010
|
—
|
|||
2011
|
—
|
|||
2012
- 2016
|
1,421
|
|||
$
|
1,421
|
The
liability as at December 31, 2006 for future benefit payments in the next ten
years is included in these financial statements in “liability for employee
termination benefits”. The liability for future benefits does not reflect any
amounts already deposited in dedicated funds with respect to those employees
(see “a” above). The above amounts were determined based on the employees’
current salary rates and the number of service years that will be accumulated
upon their retirement date. These amounts do not include amounts that might
be
paid to employees that will cease working with the Company before their normal
retirement age.
F-22
NOTE
13—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
(a)
Leases of Property and Equipment
Office
rental and automobile
leasing expenses, for 2004, 2005 and 2006, were $531, $576 and $586,
respectively. The Company
and its subsidiaries lease office space and equipment under operating lease
agreements. Those leases will expire on different dates from
2007
to 2009. The lease payments are mainly in dollars or are linked to the exchange
rate of the dollar.
Future
minimum lease payments on non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31,
2006 are as follows:
Year
ending December 31,
|
||||
2007
|
$
|
523
|
||
2008
|
339
|
|||
2009
|
222
|
|||
$
|
1,084
|
(b)
Guarantees
Previously,
the Company accrued a loss for contingent performance of bank guarantees. The
Company’s remaining commitment under these guarantees (included in other current
liabilities) was $410 at December 31, 2005. The Company had collateralized
a
portion of these guarantees by means of a deposit (classified as restricted
cash) of $247 as of December 31, 2005.
In
March
2006, the Company reached a settlement agreement with an Israeli bank with
respect to the Company’s claims against the bank and the bank’s counterclaims
against the Company. As part of the settlement agreement, all claims and
counterclaims by the parties were dismissed. The bank returned to the Company
approximately $94 plus interest and CPI adjustments of attorney fees and court
costs previously paid by the Company. As a result of the settlement agreement,
the accrued loss for contingent performance of bank guarantees of $410 was
reversed and the $247 collateralized portion of these guarantees (shown as
restricted cash at December 31, 2005) was no longer restricted. The Company
recorded $330 of other income in the first quarter of 2006 as a result of the
settlement agreement.
The
Company’s subsidiary has provided various performance, advance and tender
guarantees as required in the normal course of its operations. As at December
31, 2006, such guarantees totaled approximately $21 and were due to expire
through 2015.
See
Note
10(a) with respect to guarantees on the Company’s lines of credit.
(c)
Litigation
The
Company is involved in various other legal actions and claims arising in the
ordinary course of business.
In the opinion of
management and its legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters
will
not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
position, results of operations or cash flow.
NOTE
14—SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(a) General
The
Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock. At December
31,2006 the Company has 10,276,030 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding, par value $0.01 per share. Holders of Common Stock are entitled
to
receive dividends when, as and if declared by the Board and to share ratably
in
the assets of the Company legally available for distribution in the event of
a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Holders of Common Stock
do not have subscription, redemption, conversion or other preemptive rights.
Holders of the Common Stock are entitled to elect all of the Directors on the
Company’s Board. Holders of the Common Stock do not have cumulative voting
rights, meaning that the holders of more than 50% of the Common Stock can elect
all of the Company’s Directors. Except as otherwise required by Delaware General
Corporation Law, all stockholder action is taken by vote of a majority of shares
of Common Stock present at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum (a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock) is present in
person or by proxy or by written consent pursuant to Delaware law (other than
the election of Directors, who are elected by a plurality vote).
F-23
The
Company is not authorized to issue preferred stock. Accordingly, no preferred
stock is issued or outstanding.
(b) Private
Placement of Common Stock
In
July
and August 2006, the Company completed private placements of its Common Stock
and associated warrants to purchase Common Stock, resulting in the issuance
of
1,216,135 shares of Common Stock. In connection with the placement, the Company
entered into subscription agreements with certain accredited investors for
the
purchase of the shares at a purchase price of $2.65 per share, resulting in
gross proceeds to the Company of $3,223. By the terms of the subscription
agreements, each subscriber, in addition to the Common Stock purchased, received
a warrant exercisable for the purchase of 25% of the number of shares purchased,
resulting in the issuance of warrants to purchase 304,038 shares. The warrants
are exercisable for shares of the Company’s Common Stock for a period of five
years at an exercise price of $2.78 per share and are cancelable by the Company
in certain circumstances.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the warrants to purchase 304,038 shares of common stock of the Company, using
a
risk free interest rate of 5.1%, its contractual life of five years, an annual
volatility of 102% and no expected dividends. The Company estimated the fair
value of the warrants to be approximately $503.
In
connection with the offering in July 2006, the Company retained a registered
broker-dealer to serve as placement agent. In accordance with the terms of
the
agreement, the placement agent received a 7% selling commission, 3% management
fee, and 1% advisory fee of the gross proceeds of the offering. In addition,
the
placement agent received warrants with the same terms as those issued to the
subscribers exercisable for the purchase of 10% of the number of shares
purchased in the offering.
Out
of
the gross proceeds received at the closings, the Company paid the placement
agent commissions and expenses of approximately $366 and incurred legal and
other costs of approximately $349. In addition, the Company issued to the
placement agent warrants to purchase 120,001 shares of Common Stock on the
same
terms as those issued to the subscribers.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the warrants to purchase 120,001 shares of common stock of the Company, using
a
risk free interest rate of 5.1%, its contractual life of five years, an annual
volatility of 102% and no expected dividends. The Company estimated the fair
value of the warrants to be approximately $202.
(c) Employee
Stock Options
The
Company’s stock option plans provide for the grant to officers, directors and
other key employees of options to purchase shares of common stock. The purchase
price must be paid in cash. Each option is exercisable to one share of the
Company’s common stock. All options expire within five to ten years from the
date of the grant, and generally vest over a two to three year period from
the
date of the grant. At December 31, 2006,
no
options or other equity instruments were available for grant under the various
plans as
the
plans have expired, other than the 335,000 shares available for grant under
the
1994 Outside Director Stock plan. (See Note 20(a) - Subsequent
Events)
F-24
A
summary
of the Company’s option plans with respect to employees as of December 31, 2004,
2005 and 2006, as well as changes during each of the years then ended, is
presented below:
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
1,308,051
|
$
|
4.83
|
1,710,435
|
$
|
2.89
|
1,565,335
|
$
|
2.49
|
||||||||||
Granted
at market price*
|
780,000
|
$
|
0.96
|
30,000
|
$
|
1.80
|
740,000
|
$
|
2.84
|
||||||||||
Granted
at discount to market price
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(19,666
|
)
|
$
|
1.74
|
—
|
—
|
(165,833
|
)
|
$
|
1.72
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
and expired
|
(357,950
|
)
|
$
|
5.83
|
(175,100
|
)
|
$
|
6.33
|
(271,667
|
)
|
$
|
4.82
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
1,710,435
|
$
|
2.89
|
1,565,335
|
$
|
2.49
|
1,867,835
|
$
|
2.51
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
956,267
|
$
|
4.47
|
1,054,485
|
$
|
3.28
|
1,501,157
|
$
|
2.43
|
*
Included in the 2006 options granted at market price are 450,000 to related
parties whose exercise price was originally granted at a discount and
subsequently adjusted to market price. No additional compensation was made
to
those parties with respect to the modification of the exercise price and no
incremental expense was recognized.
In
connection with the stock option exercises during the years ended December
31,
2004 and 2006, the Company received proceeds of $34 and $285, respectively.
Of
the 19,666 shares issued as a result of stock option exercises in the year
ending December 31, 2004, 18,000 were issued from treasury stock and 2,000
were
newly issued shares. Of the 165,833 shares issued as a result of stock option
exercises in the year ending December 31, 2006, 43,333 were issued from treasury
stock and 122,500 were newly issued shares. During the years ended December
31,
2004 and 2006, the Company recorded an increase of $49 and $160, respectively,
to its accumulated deficit with respect to the treasury shares issued from
option exercises. The intrinsic value of options exercised in 2004 and 2006
were
$32
and
$195,
respectively.
The
Company granted to employees who are related parties 590,000 and 740,000 options
in the years ending December 31, 2004 and 2006, respectively, under various
option plans. No options were granted to related parties in 2005. No options
were exercised by related parties to purchase shares of common stock of the
Company, during 2004, 2005 or 2006 and as of December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006,
the number of outstanding options held by the related parties was 1,149,750,
797,500 and 1,439,000 options, respectively.
The
weighted average grant-date fair value of the options granted to employees
and
directors during 2004, 2005 and 2006, amounted to $0.73, $0.57 and $2.10 per
option, respectively. The Company utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model to estimate fair value, utilizing the following assumptions for the
respective years (all in weighted averages):
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.7
|
%
|
4.3
|
%
|
4.8
|
%
|
||||
Expected
term of options, in years
|
6.9
|
1.1
|
3.7
|
|||||||
Expected
annual volatility
|
91
|
%
|
120
|
%
|
109
|
%
|
||||
Expected
dividend yield
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
The
expected term of the options is the length of time until the expected date
of
exercising the options. With respect to determining expected exercise behavior,
the Company has grouped its option grants into certain groups in order to track
exercise behavior and create establish historical rates. Currently, as permitted
by SAB 107, the Company used the simplified method to compute the expected
option term for options granted in 2006 since the Company’s history of option
exercises is too brief to have established historical rates. The Company
estimated volatility by considering historical stock volatility. The risk-free
interest rates are based on the U.S. Treasury yields for a period consistent
with the expected term. Additionally, the Company expects no dividends to be
paid. The Company believes that the valuation technique and the approach
utilized to develop the underlying assumptions are appropriate in determining
the estimated fair value of the Company’s stock options granted in the year
ended December 31, 2006. Estimates of fair value are not intended to predict
actual future events or the value ultimately realized by persons who receive
equity awards.
F-25
Stock-based
compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations with
respect to employees and directors was:
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
||||
Cost
of sales
|
$
|
24
|
||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative
|
1,025
|
|||
Loss
on the sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
|
315
|
|||
Total
stock based compensation expense
|
$
|
1,364
|
As
at
December 31, 2006, the Company had a total of approximately $519 of compensation
expense not yet recognized with respect to employee stock options to be
recognized over a period of approximately three years.
During
the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company modified the terms of numerous
options with its employees. In connection with the Company’s sale of Databit
(see Note 5(a)), the Company modified the expiration date for the options held
by Databit employees. No incremental compensation cost was recorded as a result
of the modification. Also in connection with the Company’s sale of Databit and
contract settlement, the Company modified the expiration date and vesting date
of options held by Shlomie Morgenstern (President of Databit) and George
Morgenstern (our then CEO). As a result of the modifications, the Company
recognized an incremental compensation cost of $276, which was included in
the
loss recorded on the sale of Databit and contract settlement.
During
2006, the Company also modified the expiration date of options for certain
employees, former employees and a former director. As a result of the
modification, the Company recognized as compensation expense the incremental
increase in value of the options of $102 which is included in cost of sales
($17) and selling, marketing, general and administrative expense ($85).
In
addition, the exercise price of certain options that had initially been granted
at below market price, including options granted to the Company’s current CEO
and CFO were modified to reflect the market price on the date of the initial
grant. No incremental compensation cost was recorded as a result of the
modification.
(d)
Non-employee Stock Options
(1) |
General
|
In
2006,
all options granted to non-employees were non-plan options. Previously, options
granted to employees were granted from option plans which have since expired.
In
February 2007, the Company adopted two new stock option plans, one of which
provides for options which may be granted to non-employees (see Note
20(a)).
(2) |
Non-Performance
Based Options
|
In
July
2006, the Company entered into an agreement with an investor relations firm
for
investor relation and strategic planning services. In exchange for these
services, the Company agreed to pay an annual fee of $138 for a period of one
year and to provide the investor relations firm an option for the purchase
of
120,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The options vested with respect to
40,000 shares immediately upon the grant, with the balance vesting at a rate
of
5,000 per month. The options have an exercise price of $2.80 and expire after
five years.
F-26
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the option to purchase the 40,000 shares immediately vesting and the 25,000
shares which vested over the period from the date of the agreement through
December 31, 2006. The Company used a weighted average risk free interest rate
of 4.9%, an expected life of five years, an annual volatility of 107% and no
expected dividends to determine the value the options granted. The Company
estimated the fair value of the options granted to be approximately $152 and
recorded that amount to selling, marketing, general and administrative expenses
with respect to the option granted to the investor relations firm in the year
ended December 31, 2006. As each additional tranche of 5,000 options vests,
the
Company will record additional selling, marketing, general and administrative
expense based on an updated Black-Scholes valuation for each tranche.
In
September 2006, the Company agreed to grant options to purchase 25,000 shares
of
the Company’s Common Stock to the Company’s legal counsel who is
a
former director and is the son-in-law of the Company’s Chairman of the
Board.
The
options vest one-third each on July 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, have an exercise
price of $2.87 and expire in July 2011.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the options to purchase the 25,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, using
a risk free interest rate of 5.0%, an expected term of five years, an annual
volatility of 109% and no expected dividends. The Company estimated the fair
value of the option to be approximately $56. During the year ended December
31,
2006, the Company recorded the $56 to selling, marketing, general and
administrative expenses with respect to the options granted to the Company’s
legal counsel.
(3) |
Performance
Based Options
|
In
August
2006, as part of the Company’s acquisition of Paketeria (see Note 4), the
Company granted the founder and managing director of Paketeria an option to
purchase 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The option has an
exercise price of $2.80, a contractual life of five years and vests one-third
upon the achievment of each of the three milestones described above in Note
4.
The first of the three milestones was met in the fourth quarter of
2006.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the options to purchase the 150,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company,
using
a risk free interest rate of 5.0%, an expected life of five years, an annual
volatility of 103% and no expected dividends. At December 31, 2006, the Company
estimated the fair value of the options to be approximately $385. During the
year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded $265 to selling, marketing,
general and administrative expenses with respect to the option granted to the
founder and managing director of Paketeria based on performance towards the
milestones described above in Note 4. As each additional tranche of 50,000
options vests, the Company will record additional selling, marketing, general
and administrative expense based on an updated Black-Scholes valuation for
each
tranche.
(4) |
Summary
Information
|
A
summary
of the Company’s option plans with respect to non-employees as of December 31,
2004, 2005 and 2006, as well as changes during each of the years then ended,
is
presented below:
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
—
|
—
|
10,000
|
$
|
0.91
|
10,000
|
$
|
0.91
|
|||||||||||
Granted
at market price*
|
10,000
|
$
|
0.91
|
—
|
—
|
145,000
|
$
|
2.94
|
|||||||||||
Granted
at discount to market price
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
150,000
|
$
|
2.80
|
||||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Forfeited
and expired
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
10,000
|
$
|
0.91
|
10,000
|
$
|
0.91
|
305,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
—
|
—
|
6,666
|
$
|
0.91
|
125,000
|
$
|
2.73
|
*
Included in the 2006 options granted at market price are 120,000 options whose
exercise price was originally granted at a discount and subsequently adjusted
to
market price. No additional compensation was made to those parties with respect
to the modification of the exercise price and no incremental expense was
recognized.
F-27
The
weighted average grant-date fair value of the options granted to non-employees
during 2004 and 2006, amounted to $0.68 and $2.47 per option, respectively.
The
Company utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate fair value,
utilizing the following assumptions for the respective years (all in weighted
averages):
2004
|
2006
|
||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.3
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
|||
Expected
term of options, in years
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
|||||
Expected
annual volatility
|
97
|
%
|
105
|
%
|
|||
Expected
dividend yield
|
None
|
None
|
(5) |
In
the year ending December 31, 2006, the Company included $208 of
stock-based compensation expense selling, marketing, general and
administrative expense in its statements of
operations.
|
(e)
Summary Information of Employee and Non-Employee Options
A
summary
of the Company’s option plans with respect to employees and non-employees as of
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, as well as changes during each of the years
then ended, is presented below:
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
1,308,051
|
$
|
4.83
|
1,720,435
|
$
|
2.88
|
1,575,335
|
$
|
2.48
|
||||||||||
Granted
at market price*
|
790,000
|
$
|
0.96
|
30,000
|
$
|
1.80
|
885,000
|
$
|
2.86
|
||||||||||
Granted
at discount to market price
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
150,000
|
$
|
2.80
|
||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(19,666
|
)
|
$
|
1.74
|
—
|
—
|
(165,833
|
)
|
$
|
1.30
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
and expired
|
(357,950
|
)
|
$
|
5.83
|
(175,100
|
)
|
$
|
6.33
|
(271,667
|
)
|
$
|
4.82
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
1,720,435
|
$
|
2.88
|
1,575,335
|
$
|
2.48
|
2,172,835
|
$
|
2.55
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
956,267
|
$
|
4.47
|
1,061,151
|
$
|
3.27
|
1,626,157
|
$
|
2.46
|
*
Included in the 2006 options granted at market price are 570,000 options
(450,000 to related parties) whose exercise price was originally granted at
a
discount and subsequently adjusted to market price. No additional compensation
was made to those parties with respect to the modification of the exercise
price
and no incremental expense was recognized.
Stock-based
compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations was:
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
||||
Cost
of sales
|
$
|
24
|
||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative
|
1,233
|
|||
Share
in losses of Paketeria
|
265
|
|||
Loss
on the sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
|
315
|
|||
Total
stock based compensation expense
|
$
|
1,837
|
F-28
(f)
dsIT
Stock Option Plan
In
November 2006, the Company adopted a Key Employee Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”)
for its dsIT subsidiary to be administrated by a committee of board members
of
dsIT, to initially be comprised of the entire board of directors of dsIT.
On
December 31, 2006, dsIT granted options to purchase 3,914 of its ordinary
shares, to senior management and employees of dsIT under the Plan. The options
were granted with an exercise price of NIS 1.00 ($0.24) per share and are
exercisable for a period of seven years. The options were fully vested and
exercisable at the date of grant. Upon exercise of these options, the Company’s
holdings in dsIT will be diluted to 58%. (See subsequent events - Note 20
(b))
On
the same date, dsIT granted options to purchase 2,260 of its ordinary shares
to
senior management and employees of dsIT at exercise prices ranging from NIS
1.00
($0.24) to $126.05 per share and exercisable for a period of seven years. These
options vest and become exercisable only upon the occurrence of either an
initial public offering of dsIT or a merger, acquisition, reorganization,
consolidation or similar transaction involving dsIT. Upon exercise of these
options, the Company’s holdings in dsIT will be diluted to just over
50%.
The
purpose of the Plan for our dsIT subsidiary and associated grants is to provide
incentives to key employees of dsIT to further the growth, development and
financial success of dsIT.
A
summary
status of the Plan as of December 31, 2006, as well as changes during the year
then ended, is presented below:
2006
|
|||||||
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Granted
at fair value
|
6,174
|
32.05
|
|||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Forfeited
and expired
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
6,174
|
$
|
32
05
|
||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
3,914
|
$
|
0.24
|
Summary
information regarding the options under the Plan outstanding and exercisable
at
December 31, 2006 is as follows:
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||
Range
of Exercise Prices
|
Number
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
Exercisable
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||
(in
shares)
|
(in
years)
|
(in
shares)
|
||||||||||||||
$0.24
|
4,485
|
7.0
|
$
|
0.24
|
3,914
|
$
|
0.24
|
|||||||||
$105.26
- $126.05
|
1,689
|
7.0
|
$
|
118.41
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||||
6,174
|
3,914
|
F-29
dsIT
valued the options using a Black Scholes model using the following
variables:
Options
granted with immediate vesting (see above)
|
Options
granted with restricted vesting
(see
above)
|
||||||
Stock
price*
|
$
|
0.00
|
$
|
0.00
|
|||
Weighted
average exercise price
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
118.41
|
|||
Expected
term of option in years
|
0.25
years
|
7
years
|
|||||
Volatility**
|
30
|
%
|
93
|
%
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
5.03
|
%
|
4.46
|
%
|
|||
Expected
dividend yield
|
None
|
None
|
* |
The
stock price was determined based upon a valuation of dsIT performed
by an
independent consultant.
|
** |
The
Company’s calculated volatility for the expected term was
used.
|
Based
upon the above, it was determined that the options granted had no value and
the
Company, accordingly, recorded no expense associated with their grant.
The
Company granted an officer 759 options with a weighted average exercise price
of
$26.53 in the year ending December 31, 2006 under the Plan.
No
options to purchase shares of dsIT were exercised by the officer during
2006.
(g)
Warrants
The
Company has issued warrants at exercise prices equal to or greater than market
value of the Company’s common stock at the date of issuance. A summary of
warrants activity follows:
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
of Warrants (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Warrants (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Warrants (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
435,000
|
$
|
3.06
|
435,000
|
$
|
3.06
|
190,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
474,039
|
$
|
2.80
|
||||||||||
Expired
or forfeited
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
245,000
|
$
|
3.24
|
50,000
|
$
|
3.00
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
435,000
|
$
|
3.06
|
190,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
614,039
|
$
|
2.79
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
end of year
|
435,000
|
$
|
3.06
|
190,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
614,039
|
$
|
2.79
|
The
following table summarized information about warrants outstanding and
exercisable at December 31, 2006:
Exercise
Price
|
Number
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
||||||
(in
shares)
|
(in
years)
|
|||||||
$2.00
|
30,000
|
0.93
|
||||||
$2.34
|
60,000
|
0.93
|
||||||
$2.78
|
424,039
|
4.53
|
||||||
$3.34
|
100,000
|
0.93
|
||||||
614,039
|
In
December 2002, the Company’s then consolidated subsidiary, Comverge, Inc.,
secured a three-year $2,000 revolving line of credit. In connection with this
line of credit, the Company also issued a five-year warrant to purchase 190,000
shares of the Company’s common stock, exercisable in three tranches at exercise
prices ranging from $2.00 to $3.34 per share, all of which were immediately
exercisable.
F-30
In
September 2006, the Company agreed to provide a warrant to purchase 50,000
shares of the Company’s Common Stock to two individuals who provided and in the
future will provide financial advisory services. The warrants vested immediately
upon the grant, have an exercise price of $3.00 and expire after five years.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the warrant to purchase the 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, using
a risk free interest rate of 5.0%, an expected life of four years, an annual
volatility of 109% and no expected dividends. The Company estimated the fair
value of the option to be approximately $121. During the year ended December
31,
2006, the Company recorded the $121 to selling, marketing, general and
administrative expenses with respect to the warrants granted to two the
individuals. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the warrants were cancelled.
(h)
Stock
Awards
In
August
2004, the CEO of the Company’s previously owned Databit subsidiary received a
stock grant of 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The Company
recognized an expense of $71, which was charged to selling, general and
administrative expense in 2004. In addition, the CEO of Databit received a
restricted stock grant of 95,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which
vest one third each on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant.
As part of the Company’s sale of Databit in March 2006, the vesting of the
restricted stock grant was accelerated and all the previously unvested
restricted stock vested immediately (see Note 5(a)(ii)). The
Company recognized deferred compensation of $68 with respect to the restricted
stock grant and recognized an expense (amortization) of $9, $23 and $5, which
has been charged to selling, general and administrative expense in the years
ending December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. The remaining balance
of
$31 was expensed and included in the Company’s loss on the sale of Databit and
contract settlement (see Note 5(a)).
(i)
Stock
Repurchase Program
In
September 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up
to 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In August 2002, the Company’s
Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to 300,000 more shares of
the
Company’s common stock. During 2003, the Company purchased 2,000 of its common
stock (in 2004 and 2006, the Company also issued 18,000 and 43,333,
respectively, of its treasury shares with respect to options exercised), and
at
December 31, 2006 owned in the aggregate 777,371 of its own shares.
NOTE
15—FINANCE EXPENSE, NET
Finance
expense, net consists of the following:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Interest
income
|
$
|
80
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
39
|
||||
Interest
expense
|
(118
|
)
|
(90
|
)
|
(27
|
)
|
||||
Exchange
gain (loss), net
|
5
|
50
|
(42
|
)
|
||||||
$
|
(33
|
)
|
$
|
(12
|
)
|
$
|
(30
|
)
|
F-31
NOTE
16—INCOME TAXES
(a)
Composition of loss from continuing operations before income taxes is as
follows:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Domestic
|
$
|
(1,467
|
)
|
$
|
(1,460
|
)
|
$
|
(2,469
|
)
|
|
Foreign
|
(935
|
)
|
(827
|
)
|
(859
|
)
|
||||
$
|
(2,402
|
)
|
$
|
(2,287
|
)
|
$
|
(3,328
|
)
|
Income
tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||
State
and local
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Foreign
|
7
|
100
|
183
|
|||||||
8
|
100
|
183
|
||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
State
and local
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Foreign
|
19
|
(137
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
19
|
(137
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||
Total
income tax expense (benefit)
|
$
|
27
|
$
|
(37
|
)
|
$
|
183
|
(b)
Effective Income Tax Rates
Set
forth
below is reconciliation between the federal tax rate and the Company’s effective
income tax rates with respect to continuing operations:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2006
|
||||||||
Statutory
Federal rates
|
34
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
||||
Increase
(decrease) in income tax rate resulting from:
|
||||||||||
Non-deductible
expenses
|
(29
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Deferred
compensation expense
|
—
|
—
|
(19
|
)
|
||||||
State
and local income taxes, net
|
6
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
||||||
Other
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
3
|
||||||
Tax
benefit on sale of dsIT Technologies
|
—
|
16
|
—
|
|||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(13
|
)
|
(45
|
)
|
(23
|
)
|
||||
Effective
income tax rates
|
(1
|
)%
|
2
|
%
|
(5
|
)%
|
F-32
(c)
Analysis of Deferred Tax Assets and (Liabilities)
Deferred
tax assets consist of the following:
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
Employee
benefits and deferred compensation
|
$
|
291
|
$
|
916
|
|||
Investments
|
6,814
|
7,045
|
|||||
Other
temporary differences
|
591
|
441
|
|||||
Net
operating and capital loss carryforwards
|
4,516
|
5,516
|
|||||
12,212
|
13,918
|
||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(12,181
|
)
|
(13,912
|
)
|
|||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
31
|
6
|
|||||
Deferred
tax liabilities consist of the following:
|
|||||||
Intangible
asset basis differences
|
(16
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
|||
Net
deferred tax assets (liabilities), net
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Deferred
tax assets - current
|
$
|
28
|
—
|
||||
Deferred
tax assets - non-current
|
3
|
—
|
|||||
Deferred
tax liabilities - non-current
|
(16
|
)
|
—
|
||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
—
|
Valuation
allowances relate principally to book-tax basis differences in investments
and
net operating loss and capital loss carryforwards. The change in the valuation
allowance was a decrease of $2,220 and an increase of $1,737 in 2005 and 2006,
respectively. The decrease in 2005 was primarily attributable to the Company’s
sale of its outsourcing consulting business (see Note 5(b)) whereas the increase
in 2006 was primarily attributable to current year losses and FAS 123R
expenses.
(d)
Summary of Tax Loss Carryforwards
As
of
December 31, 2006, the Company had various net operating loss carryforwards
expiring as follows:
Expiration:
|
Federal
|
State
|
Foreign
|
||||||||
2008
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
708
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
2009
|
—
|
1,939
|
—
|
||||||||
2010
|
—
|
2,677
|
—
|
||||||||
2011
|
—
|
971
|
—
|
||||||||
2012
|
—
|
2,229
|
—
|
||||||||
2013
|
—
|
3,540
|
—
|
||||||||
2019-2027
|
14,725
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Unlimited
|
—
|
—
|
812
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
14,725
|
$
|
12,064
|
$
|
812
|
(e)
Tax
Reform in the United States
On
October 22, 2004, The American Jobs Creation Act (the “Act”) was signed into
law. The Act includes a deduction of 85% of certain foreign earnings that are
repatriated, as defined in the Act. The Company’s foreign earnings are solely
derived from the Company’s Israeli subsidiaries. Due to Israeli tax and company
law constraints, the significant minority interest in dsIT and dsIT’s own cash
and finance needs, the Company does not expect any foreign earnings to be
repatriated to the Company in the near future.
(f)
Tax
Reform in Israel
The
income of the Company’s Israeli subsidiaries is taxed at the regular Israeli
corporate tax rates. In July 2004, Amendment No. 140 to the Income Tax
Ordinance was enacted. One of the provisions of this amendment is that the
corporate tax rate would be gradually reduced from 36% to 30%. In August 2005,
a
further amendment (No. 147) was published, which makes a further revision
to the corporate tax rates prescribed by Amendment No. 140. As a result of
the aforementioned amendments, the corporate tax rates for 2004 and thereafter
are as follows: 2004 - 35%, 2005 - 34%, 2006 - 31%, 2007 - 29%, 2008 - 27%,
2009
- 26% and for 2010 and thereafter - 25%.
F-33
NOTE
17—RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
(a) The
Company paid consulting and other fees to directors of $95, $64 and $86 for
the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively, which are included
in selling, general and administrative expenses.
(b) The
Company paid legal fees for services rendered and out-of-pocket disbursements
to
a firm in which a principal is a former director and is the son-in-law of the
Company’s Chairman of the Board, of approximately $479, $360 and $473 for the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Approximately $75
and $86 was owed to this firm as of December 31, 2005 and 2006, respectively,
and is included in other current liabilities and trade accounts payable.
(c) The
chief
executive officer of the Company’s Israeli subsidiary has a loan from the
subsidiary that was acquired in 2001. The loan and accrued interest balance
at
December 31, 2005 and 2006 were $104. The loan has no defined maturity date,
is
denominated in NIS, is linked to the Index and bears interest at 4%. The Company
recorded interest income of $4 , $4 and $4, for the years ended December 31,
2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively, with respect to the loan.
(d) In
December 2006, the Company’s CEO lent the Company $300 for a period of six
months on a note payable. The note bears interest at the rate of 9.5%. The
Company has the right to repay the note at any time prior to maturity. The
note
shall become immediately due and payable to the extent net proceeds are raised
by the Company through any equity or debt financing or sale of shares of stock
of Comverge, Inc.
(e) During
2006, we paid $5 of rent to a company in which our CEO is Chairman of the
Board.
(f) During
2005, the president of the Company’s Databit subsidiary and son of the Chief
Executive officer lent the Company $425 on a note payable. The note bore
interest at the rate of prime plus 3% during the time it was outstanding. The
note was repaid in full during 2005. The Company paid $3 of interest with
respect to the note in 2005.
(g) At
December 31, 2005, the Company had set aside as restricted cash, $1,350 ($300
current and $1,050 non-current) with respect to the Company’s former CEO’s (and
current Chairman of the Board) consulting agreement. In 2006, such restricted
cash became unrestricted as a result of the sale of Databit (see Note 5(a)).
See
Note
4 with respect to the Stock Purchase Agreement with two shareholders of
Paketeria—one of whom is the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and
the other who is one of the Company’s current directors.
See
Note
5(a) with respect to the sale of the Company’s Databit subsidiary to a related
party in March 2006.
See
Note
14 for information related to options and stock awards to related
parties.
F-34
NOTE
18—SEGMENT REPORTING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
(a)
|
General
Information
|
As
a
result of the sale of Databit (see Note 5(a)) and the change in Company
management in March 2006, the Company has redefined its reported operating
segments. As of December 31 2006, the Company’s current operations are based
upon two operating segments:
(i)
RT
Solutions whose activities are focused on two areas - naval solutions and other
real-time and embedded hardware & software development.
(ii)
IT
Solutions whose activities are comprised of the Company’s OncoPro™ solution
state of the art chemotherapy package for oncology and hematology departments
and EasyBill™, an easy-to-use, end-to-end, modular customer care and billing
system designed especially for small and medium-sized enterprises with large
and
expanding customer bases.
Prior
year segment disclosures have been conformed to the new segment
presentation.
The
Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units, offering different
products and services and are managed separately as each business requires
different technology and marketing strategies. Similar operating segments
operating in different countries are aggregated into one reportable
segment.
(b)
|
Information
about Profit or Loss and Assets
|
The
accounting policies of all the segments are those described in the summary
of
significant accounting policies. The Company evaluates performance based on
operating profit or loss.
The
Company does not systematically allocate assets to the divisions of the
subsidiaries constituting its consolidated group, unless the division
constitutes a significant operation. Accordingly, where a division of a
subsidiary constitutes a segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds
of SFAS No. 131, depreciation expense is recorded against the operations of
such
segment, without allocating the related depreciable assets to that segment.
However, where a division of a subsidiary constitutes a segment that does meet
the quantitative thresholds of SFAS No. 131, related depreciable assets, along
with other identifiable assets, are allocated to such division.
F-35
The
following tables represent segmented data for the years ended December 31,
2006,
2005 and 2004:
RT
Solutions
|
IT
Solutions
|
Other
(*)
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,729
|
$
|
1,125
|
$
|
263
|
$
|
4,117
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
94
|
73
|
—
|
167
|
|||||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
936
|
330
|
88
|
1,354
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
(40
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(40
|
)
|
|||||||
Segment
income (loss)
|
(199
|
)
|
(281
|
)
|
29
|
(451
|
)
|
||||||
Segment
assets
|
345
|
325
|
—
|
670
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
125
|
16
|
—
|
141
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,844
|
$
|
1,314
|
$
|
29
|
$
|
4,187
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
101
|
52
|
—
|
153
|
|||||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
805
|
408
|
29
|
1,242
|
|||||||||
Segment
income
|
34
|
48
|
19
|
101
|
|||||||||
Segment
assets
|
358
|
330
|
—
|
688
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
62
|
41
|
—
|
103
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2004:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
1,988
|
$
|
1,312
|
$
|
64
|
$
|
3,364
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
51
|
58
|
—
|
109
|
|||||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
479
|
330
|
64
|
873
|
|||||||||
Segment
income (loss)
|
(175
|
)
|
(49
|
)
|
38
|
(186
|
)
|
||||||
Segment
assets
|
282
|
314
|
—
|
596
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
59
|
10
|
—
|
69
|
(*) Represents
operations in Israel that did not meet the quantitative thresholds of SFAS
No.
131.
F-36
(c) The
following tables represent a reconciliation of the segment data to consolidated
statement of operations and balance sheet data for the years ended and as of
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||
Total
consolidated revenues for reportable segments
|
$
|
3,300
|
$
|
4,158
|
$
|
3,854
|
||||
Other
operational segment revenues
|
64
|
29
|
263
|
|||||||
Total
consolidated revenues
|
$
|
3,364
|
$
|
4,187
|
$
|
4,117
|
||||
Income
(loss)
|
||||||||||
Total
income (loss) for reportable segments
|
$
|
(224
|
)
|
$
|
82
|
$
|
(480
|
)
|
||
Other
operational segment operating income
|
38
|
19
|
29
|
|||||||
Total
operating income (loss)
|
(186
|
)
|
101
|
(451
|
)
|
|||||
Unallocated
cost of corporate and dsIT headquarters*
|
(2,364
|
)
|
(2,388
|
)
|
(3,207
|
)
|
||||
Other
income
|
148
|
—
|
330
|
|||||||
Income
taxes
|
(27
|
)
|
37
|
(183
|
)
|
|||||
Minority
interests
|
(90
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Equity
loss in Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
(424
|
)
|
||||||
Equity
loss in Comverge
|
(1,242
|
)
|
(380
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
705
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
1,884
|
844
|
78
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
|
—
|
541
|
(2,069
|
)
|
||||||
Consolidated
loss
|
$
|
(1,172
|
)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
*
In
2006, includes $1,229 of FAS 123R stock compensation expense
As
of December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||
Total
assets for reportable segments
|
$
|
596
|
$
|
688
|
$
|
670
|
||||
Net
assets of Databit (see Note 5(a))
|
4,156
|
3,451
|
—
|
|||||||
Unallocated
assets of dsIT headquarters
|
11,513
|
4,040
|
4,018
|
|||||||
Unallocated
assets of corporate headquarters *
|
760
|
1,994
|
2,570
|
|||||||
Total
consolidated assets
|
$
|
17,025
|
$
|
10,173
|
$
|
7,258
|
*
In 2005
includes restricted cash (current and non-current) of $1,597 ($241 in 2004)
(see
notes 18(a) and 18(b). In 2006 includes cash of $1,247 and the net value of
the
investment in Paketeria of $1,212.
F-37
Other
Significant Items
|
Segment
Totals
|
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
Totals
|
|||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$
|
167
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
204
|
||||
Expenditures
for assets
|
141
|
8
|
149
|
|||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$
|
153
|
$
|
101
|
$
|
254
|
||||
Expenditures
for assets
|
103
|
137
|
240
|
|||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2004
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$
|
109
|
$
|
118
|
$
|
227
|
||||
Expenditures
for assets
|
69
|
25
|
94
|
The
reconciling items are all corporate headquarters data, which are not included
in
the segment information. None of the other adjustments are significant.
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Revenues
based on location of customer:
|
||||||||||
Israel
|
$
|
3097
|
$
|
3,575
|
$
|
4,034
|
||||
Other
|
267
|
612
|
83
|
|||||||
$
|
3,364
|
$
|
4,187
|
$
|
4,117
|
|||||
As
at December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Long-lived
assets located in the following countries:
|
||||||||||
Israel
|
$
|
624
|
$
|
418
|
$
|
445
|
||||
United
States
|
25
|
82
|
—
|
|||||||
$
|
649
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
445
|
(d) |
Revenues
from Major Customers
|
Consolidated
Sales
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Customer
|
Segment
|
Revenues
|
%
of Total
Revenues
|
Revenues
|
%
of
Total
Revenues
|
Revenues
|
%
of Total
Revenues
|
|||||||||||||||
A
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
896
|
27
|
%
|
$
|
474
|
11
|
%
|
$
|
881
|
21
|
%
|
|||||||||
B
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
630
|
19
|
%
|
$
|
963
|
23
|
%
|
$
|
842
|
20
|
%
|
|||||||||
C
|
IT
Solutions
|
$
|
445
|
13
|
%
|
$
|
715
|
17
|
%
|
$
|
687
|
17
|
%
|
|||||||||
D
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
145
|
4
|
%
|
$
|
612
|
15
|
%
|
$
|
83
|
2
|
%
|
|||||||||
E
|
IT
Solutions
|
$
|
358
|
11
|
%
|
$
|
191
|
5
|
%
|
$
|
243
|
6
|
%
|
NOTE
19—FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Fair
values of financial instruments included in current assets and current
liabilities are estimated to approximate their book values, due to the short
maturity of such instruments.
F-38
NOTE
20—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
(a)
|
Stock
Option Plans
|
In
February 2007, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted two new stock
option plans.
One,
the
2006 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors provides for formula grants
to
non-employee directors equal to an option to purchase (i) 25,000 shares of
the
Company’s common stock upon a member’s first appointment or election to the
Board of Directors and (ii) 7,500 shares of the Company’s common stock to each
director, other than newly appointed or elected directors, immediately following
each annual meeting of stockholders. The option to purchase 25,000 shares of
the
Company’s common stock shall vest one-third per year for each of the three years
following such date of appointment or election and the option for the purchase
of 7,500 shares of the Company’s common stock shall fully vest one year from the
date of grant. Both options shall be granted at an exercise price equal to
the
closing price on the OTCBB on the day preceding the date of grant and shall
be
exercisable until the earlier of (a) seven years from the date of grant or
(b)
18 months from the date that the director ceases to be a director, officer,
employee of, or consultant to, the Company. The plan also provides for
non-formal grants at the discretion of the Company. The maximum number of shares
of the Company’s common stock to be issued under the plan is 200,000. The
Company’s Board of Directors is to administer the plan.
The
second plan, the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan provides for grants to employees
of
the Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries, directors of the Company and
consultants to the Company, of compensation including cash-based awards,
nonqualified options, incentive options, share appreciation rights, restricted
shares, restricted share units, performance shares, performance units, and
other
equity-based awards. Equity-based compensation shall be granted at a price
not
less than the fair-market-value of the Company’s common stock on the date of the
grant. The terms of the grants are to be determined by the Board of Directors
as
administrators of the plan, or such committee as it shall designate. The maximum
number of shares of common stock to be issued under the plan, including any
shares underlying any other form of equity-based compensation, is 400,000
shares.
(b)
|
Exercise
of options in dsIT
|
In
February 2007, certain members of senior management and employees of dsIT
exercised options under the dsIT Key Employee Stock Option Plan (see Note
14(c)(ii)). As a result of the exercise of these options, the Company’s holdings
in dsIT were diluted to 58%.
(c)
|
Private
Placement of Convertible Redeemable Subordinated
Debenture
|
On
March
30, 2007 the Company conducted an initial closing of its offering of up to
$6.9
million of principal amount of 10% Convertible Redeemable Subordinated
Debentures (the “Debentures”), resulting in the issuance of approximately $4.3
million of principal amount of Debentures and satisfying the minimum offering
amount required under the terms of the offering. The Debentures, subject to
certain restrictions, are convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price
of
$3.80 per share and mature on March 30, 2011.
In
connection with the closing, the Company entered into subscription agreements
with certain accredited investors, whereby each investor purchased Debentures,
resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $4.3 million. By the terms of
the
subscription agreements each subscriber in addition to the Debentures purchased,
received a warrant exercisable for the purchase of 25% of the number of shares
obtained by dividing the principal amount of a given Debenture by the conversion
price of $3.80 per share, resulting in the issuance of warrants to purchase
281,656 shares. The warrants are exercisable for shares of Common Stock for
a
period of five years at an exercise price of $4.50 per share. Both the
Debentures and the warrants are redeemable in certain circumstances.
In
connection with the offering, the Company retained a registered broker-dealer
to
serve as placement agent. In accordance with the terms of the agreement with
the
placement agent, they received a 7% selling commission, 3% management fee,
and
2% non-accountable expense allowance out of the gross proceeds of the offering.
F-39
On
April
11, 2007, the Company conducted a second closing and completed its $6.9 million
private placement of the Debentures. In connection with the second closing,
the
Company entered into subscription agreements with certain accredited investors,
whereby each investor purchased Debentures, resulting in gross proceeds to
the
Company of approximately $2.6 million. By the terms of the subscription
agreements each subscriber in addition to the Debentures purchased, received
a
warrant exercisable for the purchase of 25% of the number of shares obtained
by
dividing the principal amount of a given Debenture by the conversion price
of
$3.80 per share, resulting in the issuance of warrants to purchase 171,391
shares.
Out
of
the gross proceeds received at the closings, the Company paid the placement
agent commissions of approximately $853. In addition, the Company issued to
the
placement agent warrants to purchase 181,211 shares of Common Stock on the
same
terms as those issued to the subscribers except that the warrants issued to
the
placement agent may not be redeemed for a period of nine months following the
date of effectiveness of the registration statement required to be filed in
connection with the offering.
(d)
|
Comverge
IPO
|
On
April
13, 2007, Comverge announced that the pricing of its initial public offering
of
an initial public offering of 5,300,000 shares of its common shares, at a price
to the public of $18.00 a share, resulting in net proceeeds of approximately
$95
million. The shares sold in the offering (which reflect a one for two reverse
stock split made immediately prior to the offering) represent an approximate
28%
interest in Comverge. The underwriters of the offering are Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., sole book-running manager of the offering, and Cowen and Company,
LLC, RBC Capital Markets Corporation and Pacific Growth Equities, LLC as
co-managers. In addition, certain selling shareholders granted the underwriters
a 30-day option to purchase up to 795,000 additional shares of common stock.
On
April 13, 2007, the Comverge common stock commnecd trading on the Nasdaq Global
Market under the symbol "COMV".
Immediately
prior to the closing of the Comverge offering (expected to take place on April
18, 2007) all shares of preferred stock of Comverge will be converted to common
stock of Comverge and we will own 2,786,021 shares of Comverge common stock,
representing 15.9% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Comverge
following the offering.
In
connection with the offering, the Company (and all of Comverge’s executive
officers, directors and certain of other major stockholders of Comverge),
entered into a lock-up agreement under which the Company agreed, subject to
limited exceptions, not to transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of
Comverge common stock for a period of at least 180 days from the date of
effetiveness of the offering without the prior written consent of lead manager
of the offering.
F-40
Report
of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
on
Financial
Statement Schedule
To
the
Board of Directors of Acorn Factor, Inc.:
Our
audits of the consolidated
financial
statements referred to in our report dated April 16, 2007 of Acorn
Factor, Inc.
related
to the consolidated
financial statements of Acorn Factor, Inc. which are included in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K also included an audit of the financial statement schedule
listed in Item 15(a)(2) of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In our opinion,
this
financial statement
schedule
presents
fairly,
in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in
conjunction with the related consolidated
financial statements.
April
16,
2007
/s/
Kesselman & Kesselman
Certified
Public Accountants
A
member
of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Tel
Aviv,
Israel
F-41
ACORN
FACTOR, INC.
SCHEDULE
II
VALUATION
AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004, 2005 AND 2006
(in
thousands)
Description
|
Balance
at the Beginning of the Year
|
Charged
to Costs and Expenses
|
Other
Adjustments
|
Balance
at the End of the Year
|
|||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2004
|
55
|
(38
|
)
|
15
|
32
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
32
|
5
|
(19
|
)
|
18
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
18
|
—
|
(4
|
)
|
14
|
||||||||
Allowance
for inventory valuation
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2004
|
13
|
—
|
(12
|
)
|
1
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
1
|
—
|
(1
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Valuation
allowance for deferred tax assets
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2004
|
13,933
|
—
|
468
|
14,401
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
14,401
|
298
|
(2,518
|
)
|
12,181
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
12,181
|
—
|
1,731
|
13,912
|
F-42