ACORN ENERGY, INC. - Annual Report: 2007 (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, 2007
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Commission
file number:
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0-19771
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ACORN
ENERGY, 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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4
West Rockland Road, Montchanin, Delaware
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19710
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(302-656-1707)
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
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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
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
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filer o Non-accelerated
filer o Smaller
reporting company x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
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No
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As
of
last day of the second fiscal quarter of 2007, the aggregate market value of
the
registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was
approximately
$48.0 million based
on
the closing sale price on that date as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin
Board.
As
of
April
14, 2008 there were 11,189,391
shares
of Common
Stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
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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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15
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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27
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Item
2.
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Properties
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27
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings.
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27
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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27
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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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28
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data.
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28
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
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and
Results of Operations
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30
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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45
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
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46
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Item
9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
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Financial
Disclosure
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46
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures
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46
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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46
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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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47
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation
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49
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
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and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters
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56
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships, Related Transactions and Director
Independence
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58
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
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60
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Item
15.
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules.
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61
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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.”
AquaShieldTM
and
OncoProTM
are
trademarks
of our DSIT Solutions Ltd. subsidiary. CoaLogixTM
is a
trademark of our CoaLogix subsidiary.
PART
I
ITEM 1. |
BUSINESS
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OVERVIEW
Acorn
Energy is a holding company that specializes in acquiring and accelerating
the
growth of emerging ventures that promise improvement in the economic and
environmental efficiency of the energy sector. We aim to acquire primarily
controlling positions in companies led by promising entrepreneurs and we add
value by supporting those companies with financing, branding, positioning,
and
strategy and business development.
Through
our majority-owned operating subsidiaries we provide the following
services:
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RT
Solutions.
Real time software consulting and development services, provided through
our DSIT subsidiary, with a focus on port security for strategic
energy
installations.
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SCR
Catalyst and Management Services
for coal-fired power plants that use selective catalytic reduction
(“SCR”)
systems to reduce nitrogen oxide (“NOx”) emissions, provided through
CoaLogix and its subsidiary SCR-Tech LLC. These services include
SCR
catalyst management, cleaning and regeneration as well as consulting
services to help power plant operators to optimize efficiency and
reduce
overall NOx compliance costs.
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Our
equity affiliates and entities in which we own significant equity interests
are
engaged in the following activities:
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Comverge
Inc.
Energy intelligence solutions for utilities and energy companies
through
demand response by Comverge, Inc.
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Paketeria
AG.
Owner and franchiser of a full-service franchise chain in Germany
that
combines eight services (post and parcels, electricity, eBay dropshop,
mobile telephones, copying, printing, photo processing and printer
cartridge refilling) in one store.
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Local
Power, Inc.
Consultation services for Community Choice Aggregation, through Local
Power, Inc.
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GridSense
Systems Inc.
Provides remote monitoring and control systems to electric utilities
and
industrial facilities worldwide.
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During
2007, we had operations in two reportable segments: providing
catalyst regeneration technologies and management services for SCR systems
and
RT
Solutions which is conducted through our DSIT subsidiary. We no longer consider
OncoPro to be a reportable segment as management has intensified its focus
on
SCR and RT Solutions activities. In addition, OncoPro activities are no longer
separately reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker.
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SALES
BY ACTIVITY
The
following table shows, for the years indicated, the dollar amount (in thousands)
and the percentage of the sales attributable to each of the segments of our
operations.
2005
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2006
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2007
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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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RT
Solutions
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$
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2,873
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69
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$
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2,797
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68
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%
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$
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3,472
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61
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%
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SCR
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—
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—
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—
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—
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797
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14
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Other
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1,314
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31
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1,320
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32
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1,391
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25
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Total
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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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$
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5,660
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100
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%
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SCR
Catalyst and Management Services
Through
SCR-Tech, which is 100% owned by our 85% owned CoaLogix subsidiary, we offer
a
variety of services for coal-fired power plants that use SCR systems to reduce
NOx emissions. These services include SCR catalyst management, cleaning and
regeneration, as well as consulting services to help power plant operators
optimize efficiency and reduce overall NOx compliance costs. In
March
2008, CoaLogix announced its CoalVision 360º strategy and the addition of a
strategic partner, EnerTech Capital III, which acquired a 15% interest in
CoaLogix. We currently own 85% of CoaLogix following EnerTech’s investment.
CoalVision 360º is CoaLogix’s strategy for creating value for its customers and
shareholders while fulfilling our industry’s obligations to ever tightening
clean air laws.
Products
and Services
Industry
Background and Market Drivers
Through
SCR-Tech, we provide innovative products and services to address the growing
emissions control market for coal-fired power plants. We foresee substantial
and
growing opportunities in this market, driven by a continued use of coal to
meet
ever increasing energy demand, combined with increasingly stringent air quality
regulations, resulting in a rapidly developing demand for clean coal
technologies and a substantial future market for innovative, cost-effective
solutions for clean energy production. Coal-fired plants represent approximately
50% of the nation’s power generating capacity, and we believe they will continue
to play an important role in the U.S. electricity generation market in the
years
ahead. Department of Energy projections indicate that significant new coal-fired
generating capacity will be added in the U.S. over the next 23 years to meet
baseload electricity demand, increasing coal’s share of the U.S. power market to
57% by 2030.
We
believe the future of coal as a primary fuel source for U.S. power production
is
reasonably assured, driven by growing energy demand, rising world oil and
natural gas prices, limited oil and natural gas supplies, and increased focus
on
energy independence. Coal is the least expensive fossil fuel on an
energy-per-BTU basis, and remains one of the most abundantly available fossil
fuels in the U.S. Coal-fired power plants, in particular, continue to be a
primary target for NOx reduction, and selective catalytic reduction remains
the
most widely used technology by plant operators to control NOx. With NOx removal
efficiencies of up to 95%, SCR systems (also referred to as SCR reactors) are
considered to be the most effective NOx reduction solution, and are expected
to
remain the dominant technology choice for coal-fired power plants to meet
increasingly stringent U.S. air quality regulations. Furthermore, since U.S.
air
quality regulations allow power plant operators to pool their emissions
reductions (e.g.
remove
more NOx than required at one unit and settle for lower than otherwise required
NOx removal at another), utilities favor the highly efficient SCR technology
for
their largest generating assets.
SCR
technology is based on ceramic catalyst that removes NOx from the power plant
exhaust by reducing it with ammonia to elemental nitrogen and water vapor.
Over
time, ash buildup can cause physical clogging or blinding of the catalyst,
which
negatively impacts the performance of both the SCR system and the power
generating facility. In addition, various chemical elements present in the
flue
gas, which act as catalyst poisons, cause a gradual deactivation of the catalyst
over time. The result is a decrease in NOx removal efficiency, which requires
a
continual need for some form of catalyst replenishment throughout the operating
life of the SCR system.
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The
average useful life of SCR catalyst is approximately 24,000 hours (equivalent
to
three years of year-round operation). Until a few years ago, the only solution
for restoring activity and NOx reduction performance was to replace spent
catalyst with costly new catalyst. Since 2003, SCR-Tech has offered U.S. power
plant operators a more cost-effective alternative in the form of catalyst
regeneration.
Regulatory
Drivers
The
1990
Clean Air Act Amendments were implemented to improve air quality in the United
States. This federal law covers the entire country and is enforced by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA limits
how much of a pollutant can be in the air anywhere in the United States, with
each state responsible for developing individual state implementation plans
(“SIPs”) describing how each state will meet the EPA’s set limits for various
pollutants. Emissions of NOx are considered to be one of the principal
contributors to secondary ground level ozone, or smog, and thus are included
in
the EPA’s criteria pollutants for which limits have been established. Energy
producers and other industries operating large power plants, particularly in
the
Eastern half of the U.S., have been required to significantly reduce their
NOx
emissions. Increasingly stringent NOx reduction requirements are the primary
driver of our SCR services business today. In addition, growing concerns over
mercury and sulfur trioxide (“SO3”)
and
new regulations to control these emissions are on the horizon, which we expect
could present additional opportunities for our business.
Below
is
a summary of current and impending regulations driving our SCR Catalyst and
Management Services business:
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NOx
SIP Call - The
primary Clean Air Act program driving SCR-Tech’s business today is the
EPA’s NOx SIP Call. This program was designed to mitigate the regional
transport of ozone, which is contributing to the poor air quality
of
downwind states. The NOx SIP Call required energy producers and other
industries operating large power plants in the Eastern half of the
U.S. to
reduce their NOx emissions by at least 85% by 2007. Implementation
of the
NOx SIP Call has required major NOx reductions during the five-month
“ozone season” (May 1-September 30) in 19 Midwestern and Eastern
states and the District of Columbia. Compliance with the NOx SIP
Call has
resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of SCR system installations
at coal-fired power plants for the removal of
NOx.
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Clean
Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) - CAIR
is a new air quality regulation soon to take effect that is designed
to
permanently cap and achieve substantial reductions in emissions of
sulfur
dioxide (“SO2”)
and NOx across 28 Eastern states and the District of Columbia that
we
believe will further increase the size of our addressable market.
When
fully implemented, CAIR is expected to significantly reduce SO2 and
NOx
emissions in these states from 2003 levels by 2015 utilizing a
cap-and-trade approach. With respect to NOx, this rule builds on
the NOx
SIP Call with the objective of further mitigating air pollution moving
across state boundaries, and proposes to cut NOx emissions from power
generating facilities significantly by 2015. Over the next decade
we
expect the implementation of CAIR to increase NOx trading (resulting
in an
increase in the amount of SCR catalyst used to control NOx with the
objective of generating NOx credits), further increase the number
of SCR
systems installed today, and also require year-round SCR system operation
(with increased NOx reduction required during ozone season) beginning
in
2009 to meet the more stringent requirements. Currently, to comply
with
the NOx SIP Call, the majority of SCR systems are only required to
operate
during the five-month ozone season when the potential for ozone formation
is at its highest. With year-round operation to comply with CAIR,
the
catalyst used in SCR systems will need to be replenished with new
or
regenerated catalyst on a much more frequent basis.
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Clean
Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) - The
EPA issued CAMR as the first program ever designed to permanently
cap and
reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. When fully
implemented, CAMR is expected to reduce utility emissions of mercury
significantly between 2010 and 2018. CAMR has the potential to impact
SCR
catalyst choices in the future. Oxidized mercury is more easily captured
in a downstream wet flue gas desulphurization (“FGD”) system than
elemental mercury. A recent Federal Appeals court ruling indicated
that
CAMR did not go far enough in the reduction of mercury and therefore
new
more stringent legislation is being discussed.
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While
our
current service offerings do not specifically address a reduction in mercury
emissions, we believe that the use of regenerated SCR catalyst could yield
an
incremental positive impact on the oxidation of mercury. We are currently in
a
program to further explore and validate this assertion. If we can demonstrate
that regenerated catalyst
does in fact increase the oxidation of mercury to make it more easily captured
in downstream FGD systems, this could further compel customers to regenerate
their catalyst.
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SO2
to SO3
Conversion - As
a result of a growing industry desire to burn lower cost coal with
higher
sulfur content, increased attention is now being placed on the conversion
of SO2
to
SO3
as
a byproduct of operating SCR systems. When emitted into the atmosphere,
SO3
results in the creation of a sulfuric acid mist, which is both
environmentally damaging and costly to power plant operators.
Environmental groups and the utility industry are now becoming
increasingly concerned with destructive sulfuric acid emissions and
their
related corrosive effects.
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Increased
concern about SO2
to
SO3
oxidation presents an added opportunity for our SCR services business.
The
use of regenerated catalyst can significantly lower SO2
oxidation rates. In some cases, SO2
oxidation rates were measured as low as the conversion rates achieved
only
through the use of more costly, ultra-low conversion catalyst.
Importantly, the regenerated catalyst achieved significant reductions
in
SO2
conversion while still maintaining original catalytic activity levels
and
NOx reduction performance. By
offering a more cost-effective approach for restoring catalyst NOx
reduction activity while simultaneously reducing SO2
to
SO3
oxidation, we believe catalyst regeneration will present a compelling
alternative to the purchase of ultra-low conversion
catalyst.
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Customers
and Markets
Market
Opportunity
The
recent growth in SCR system installations driven by the NOx SIP Call has
resulted in a large and growing market for SCR catalyst and management services.
As the majority of SCR systems in the U.S. currently operate five months out
of
the year during the ozone season, and have an installed catalyst life of
approximately 24,000 hours, many of the units that commenced operation at
the beginning of the decade are now, or will soon be, in need of their first
catalyst replenishment. Based upon the substantial number of SCR systems that
commenced operation between 2000 and 2006, combined with the requirements for
year-round operation beginning in 2009 as a result of CAIR, we expect the market
for catalyst replenishment to increase dramatically within the next five
years.
We
expect
the U.S. market for catalyst regeneration to more fully develop in the 2008-2009
timeframe as a result of the following factors:
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Most
SCR systems will have been running for four to six years during the
five
months of ozone season, and the initial catalyst installed in these
systems will be approaching its 24,000-hour useful life and will
need to
be replenished.
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In
anticipation of the onset of CAIR, power plant operators are now
planning
for increased NOx reduction requirements and year-round SCR operation
beginning in January 2009. Accordingly, we expect that utilities
will
begin to contract for new or regenerated catalyst in 2008 to ensure
they
will have sufficient catalyst activity to comply with the more stringent
standards.
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Some
power plant operators have indicated they may commence year-round
operation during 2008 to begin generating NOx credits in advance
of the
stringent regulations imposed by
CAIR.
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A
number of states, such as North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
West
Virginia, are providing incentives to power producers to achieve
early
compliance with CAIR.
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We
believe the impact of year-round SCR operation beginning in 2009, together
with
an increase in the amount of catalyst required to comply with tighter
regulations and further growth in the number of SCR system installations, will
further increase the frequency of catalyst replenishment, resulting in a total
addressable market for catalyst cleaning and regeneration estimated in excess
of
$100 million by 2011.
By
offering customers more economical ways to operate and maintain their SCR units,
along with a lower cost regeneration alternative to purchasing new catalyst,
we
believe SCR-Tech has the potential to play a significant role in the growing
U.S. market for SCR catalyst and management services.
SCR-Tech’s
Service Offerings
Catalyst
Cleaning, Rejuvenation and Regeneration
We
offer
proprietary and patented processes based on highly sophisticated and advanced
technologies that can improve the NOx removal efficiency and restore the useful
life of installed SCR catalyst, providing a compelling economic alternative
to
catalyst replacement. SCR-Tech’s processes are capable of not only physically
cleaning and rejuvenating the most severely plugged, blinded or poisoned
catalyst, but of also chemically reactivating deactivated catalyst. Depending
upon the state of the installed catalyst, SCR-Tech offers several alternatives
for restoring its NOx removal efficiency and extending its life.
For
lightly plugged or blinded catalyst that has not yet fully deactivated from
catalyst poisons, SCR-Tech offers an “in-situ” cleaning process that can be
performed on catalyst at the customer’s plant site without requiring removal of
the catalyst from the SCR unit. For severely plugged or blinded catalyst that
may have limited deactivation from catalyst poisons, SCR-Tech offers an off-site
cleaning and rejuvenation process that is performed at SCR-Tech’s regeneration
facility. In this process, the customer removes the catalyst modules from the
SCR unit and ships them to SCR-Tech. The cleaning process physically removes
the
materials plugging the catalyst to improve its NOx removal efficiency while
the
rejuvenation process removes catalyst poisons to extend its useful
life.
For
catalyst that has significantly deactivated and that may also be severely
plugged or blinded, SCR-Tech offers an off-site regeneration process that
restores deactivated SCR catalyst back to its original specifications and
catalytic activity, often to activity levels at or greater than its original
specifications. SCR-Tech’s regeneration process involves removing the
deactivated catalyst modules from the SCR unit and shipping them to SCR-Tech’s
regeneration facility where the catalyst is both cleaned and chemically
reactivated.
The
regeneration process at SCR-Tech consists primarily of four individual steps:
ultrasonic deep cleaning to remove physical and microscopic particle
ash; soaking
and washing with chemicals to remove poisons that have contributed to
catalyst deactivation; regeneration of catalyst activity through chemical
reactivation; and heat treatment to seal in the newly added
activity.
Once
cleaned and regenerated, SCR-Tech returns the catalyst modules to the customer
for reinstallation in the SCR unit. Upon reinstallation, the regenerated
catalyst demonstrates the same level or an increased level of performance and
deactivation rate as the original catalyst.
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SCR
and Catalyst Management
The
most
effective way to operate an SCR system is through a comprehensive catalyst
management program. Catalyst management is often viewed as developing a plan
for
a given SCR system to maintain sufficient catalyst activity necessary to achieve
the required NOx reduction with an acceptable margin to avoid inadvertent NOx
or
ammonia slip excursions beyond allowable limits.
We
provide a broad array of customized SCR and catalyst management services,
including guidance on effective SCR and catalyst management strategies, with
the
objective of assisting plant operators in optimizing the operation and
performance of their SCR systems while reducing their operation and maintenance
costs and achieving cost-effective NOx compliance. These services include
ammonia inspection grid inspection and tuning; fuel reviews; flow distribution;
test plans; catalyst specification, selection and initial performance testing
for guarantee verification; catalyst life cycle forecasting through advanced
computer simulation; SCR reactor inspection and catalyst sampling; catalyst
activity testing and determination of SO2/SO3
conversion rate in a bench-scale reactor; and development of catalyst exchange
strategies.
As
part
of its catalyst management program, SCR-Tech offers customized catalyst
regeneration plans scheduled around planned outages. SCR-Tech provides SCR
and
catalyst management services for individual plants, on a multi-plant basis,
or
under a fleet-wide blanket agreement. All SCR and catalyst management services
are offered as either a complete package or “a la carte,” allowing the
flexibility to select and combine various services on an as-needed basis
tailored to the individual SCR system.
Experience
SCR-Tech’s
catalyst regeneration technology has been successfully applied in Germany since
1997 by its former parent company and since 2003 in the United States. We have
cleaned/regenerated large quantities of SCR catalyst of all types on a worldwide
basis to date for all major catalyst manufacturers. This extensive experience
has validated our technology’s ability to achieve maximum NOx reduction
performance while reducing overall NOx compliance costs for the power generating
facility.
Quality
Control
We
maintain a comprehensive quality assurance/quality control program for each
step
in our SCR catalyst and management process including SCR reactor inspection,
catalyst sampling, testing, chemical analysis, development of a custom cleaning,
rejuvenation and regeneration process, and catalyst treatment, packing and
shipping.
Our
supervisory personnel in the office, on-site, in the lab and in the production
facility seek to ensure that each step in the process is executed under the
highest of standards and in compliance with contractual requirements. All of
our
on-site SCR reactor inspections are performed by a team of experienced
professionals with years of experience working on SCR systems.
Our
testing, inspection, and laboratory services all complement each other and
allow
us to provide our customers with a complete picture of their SCR reactor and
its
operating effects on the balance of the plant.
The
combined results of this effort are used to monitor and forecast SCR system
and
catalyst performance and to accurately forecast the development of the installed
NOx reduction potential. By comparing the forecast with the required minimum
NOx
reduction potential, the point in time for the need for catalyst regeneration
or
replacement can be identified allowing for the necessary outage planning well
in
advance of the actual occurrence.
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Customers
Our
SCR
Catalyst and Management Services business currently serves the U.S. coal-fired
power generation market. Our customer base ranges from large investor-owned
utilities and independent power producers to smaller municipal power
generators.
Since
commencing commercial operations in its regeneration facility in March 2003,
SCR-Tech has provided services for some of the largest electric utility
companies and independent power producers (“IPPs”), and their equipment
suppliers, in the U.S. SCR-Tech has made significant progress over the past
years in strengthening its relationships within the utility industry, developing
new sales channels, and increasing its market penetration.
For
the
full year of 2007 (including the period prior to our acquisition of SCR-Tech),
five customers represented approximately 90% SCR-Tech’s revenue. As part of an
ongoing growth and revenue diversification strategy, SCR-Tech continues to
actively target SCR operators throughout the United States, and the Eastern
U.S.
in particular, to further expand its customer base and broaden its reach in
the
marketplace.
Competitive
Advantage
SCR-Tech
presently is the only company in North America offering a regeneration process
capable of restoring SCR catalyst activity back to at least its original
specifications. Our regeneration process currently competes only against new
catalyst sales when a replenishment of catalyst activity is
required.
SCR-Tech’s
regeneration process has several advantages over purchasing new catalyst by
(i)
offering cost savings, (ii) eliminating or reducing disposal issues, (iii)
enhancing catalyst activity and (iv) reducing SO2
conversion
Cost
Savings
SCR-Tech
offers catalyst regeneration for significantly less cost than purchasing new
catalyst. As part of our regular course of business, we continuously work on
various programs aimed at streamlining our production costs. We believe the
outcome of these programs will enable us to achieve sufficient flexibility
in
our pricing to maintain our cost advantage while remaining competitive with
any
reductions in new catalyst pricing or with any future regeneration competition
that may arise. We believe that the savings that can be generated through
regeneration will become increasingly important to cost-conscious power
generating companies once SCR units commence year-round operation beginning
in
2009, and catalyst replenishment will be required on a more frequent
basis.
Elimination/Reduction
of Disposal Issues
Catalyst
regeneration not only provides SCR operators a significantly lower cost
alternative to catalyst replacement, but also eliminates the costs and
environmental liabilities associated with disposing of deactivated catalyst,
which must be shipped to a disposal site and may be considered hazardous waste.
Even though our cleaning and regeneration services involve the removal of
hazardous wastes from catalyst and the use of significant chemical materials,
we
do not face the same environmental risks or liabilities as a result of the
waste
water treatment plant serving our production facility, which provides for the
appropriate treatment and disposal of all such waste. The shipping costs
associated with regenerating catalyst are comparable to those of replacing
catalyst. However, the added cost of placing the spent catalyst in a landfill
or
disposal site can be significant. In addition, avoiding landfill costs can
also
reduce or eliminate future liabilities associated with hazardous
waste.
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Enhanced
Activity
Aging
of
the catalyst reduces the useful activity through channel plugging by ash, and
by
the blinding of the active sites on a microscopic scale by fuel constituents
and
other fuel-related poisons that attach to active sites, chemically deactivating
or sealing them and rendering these sites impotent. These deteriorating factors
reduce the catalyst activity until the useful life has been depleted. At that
time, the catalyst must be replenished, either through the purchase of new
replacement catalyst or through regeneration. Replacement is a more costly
alternative and results in disposing of the basic activity still left in the
catalyst. Regeneration, on the other hand, fully restores the useful activity
of
the spent catalyst, while still taking full advantage of all the basic activity,
for significantly less cost than replacement. By increasing the number of
catalytic sites available for reaction, SCR-Tech’s process has even been
demonstrated in certain cases to increase catalytic activity beyond the original
level by as much as 25%, providing the potential for significant economic
value.
Reduced
SO2
Conversion
The
use
of regenerated catalyst has also been demonstrated to significantly lower
SO2
oxidation rates when compared with the conversion rates of new catalyst.
Importantly, the regenerated catalyst achieved significant reductions in
SO2
conversion while still maintaining original catalytic activity levels and NOx
reduction performance.
Competition
SCR-Tech
is presently the only company in North America offering a catalyst regeneration
process for the North American marketplace that can chemically reactivate and
fully restore SCR catalyst activity and NOx reduction performance back to
original specifications.
Currently,
new catalyst remains the primary competition for SCR-Tech’s regeneration process
when a replenishment of catalyst activity is necessary. While we believe that
SCR-Tech’s regeneration process offers significant cost and performance
advantages over the purchase of replacement catalyst and essentially eliminates
the costs and environmental concerns associated with land filling spent
catalyst, it is possible that the leading SCR catalyst suppliers and others
could eventually develop a solution that may compete with ours. We cannot fully
anticipate how catalyst manufacturers may react to growing competitive pressure
and increased penetration of regeneration in the U.S. catalyst replacement
market. While we know of no catalyst supplier with definitive plans to launch
U.S.-based regeneration services in the near-term, we expect some future tactics
or market entry by these companies to better compete with SCR-Tech’s
regeneration process. Furthermore, we are aware of certain companies, including
Cormetech and Hitachi, that have indicated an interest in offering catalyst
cleaning and regeneration.
We
are
aware of one company, STEAG LLC (“Steag”), which is entering the U.S. catalyst
regeneration market and has announced plans to offer regeneration services
beginning in 2008. Steag is currently building a regeneration facility in North
Carolina. Steag, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a subsidiary of a large
German power producer, STEAG GmbH.
We
believe the combination of our intellectual property and patent protection,
practical experience required to successfully engage in catalyst regeneration,
the investment required for a production facility, and the total size of the
market create a barrier for a significant number of new entrants to the market.
In addition, we believe that our first mover advantage in the regeneration
marketplace, combined with our solid reputation as a market leader, established
customer base, substantial regeneration experience, and recent technological
advances will help us maintain our leading market position as the first company
in North America to offer a technically feasible and economically viable
regeneration process for SCR catalyst.
Furthermore,
we plan to vigorously protect our proprietary technologies and processes and
further deter competitors from entering the market through ongoing technology
innovations and cost-reduction activities, adding new patents and strengthening
our protection of existing patents, and by identifying industry trends and
future needs so that we may further tailor our products and services to better
meet these needs.
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With
respect to cleaning and rejuvenation, we expect SCR-Tech’s processes to compete
with alternative cleaning and rejuvenation approaches currently in the
marketplace. We are aware of at least one company, that offers an on-site SCR
catalyst cleaning and washing process that requires the removal of the catalyst
from the SCR system. We believe that SCR-Tech’s patent-protected cleaning
process offers several competitive advantages, including both an off-site
process and an “in-situ” process that does not require the removal of the
catalyst from the SCR system.
Production
and Laboratory Facilities
SCR-Tech’s
business operations are located in Charlotte, North Carolina in a
98,000 square feet production facility for the cleaning and regeneration of
SCR catalyst.
We
expect
the capacity of our existing production facility to be sufficient to meet market
demand through mid-2008. This production facility is designed to allow for
a
significant increase of its current capacity. We believe that through the
implementation of additional shifts and a capital investment of approximately
$1.0 million to $1.5 million, we can expand our production
capabilities to meet our near-term needs. We expect to make this investment
in
2008 to accommodate anticipated market growth.
Over
the long-term, we expect market demand to increase and we believe a further
expansion of our production facility is likely to be required. To accommodate
further expansion, we anticipate building a second production facility at our
existing site or a new facility at a different location. The timing associated
with investing in such a facility expansion will be a function of market growth,
and could be as early as late 2008 or 2009. We estimate the cost of such a
facility would be approximately $5.0 million.
One
of the most important features of our current site is the existence of a waste
water treatment plant serving our production facility. While our cleaning and
regeneration services involve the removal of hazardous wastes from catalyst
and
the use of significant chemical materials, our on-site North Carolina and
EPA-approved waste water treatment plant ensures that our operations are in
full
environmental compliance. Chemicals required for catalyst cleaning and
regeneration are widely available through numerous sources.
We
maintain an on-site laboratory and we have the opportunity to use various
certified laboratories in Europe if necessary. These labs optimize the catalyst
cleaning/ regeneration process that is verified independently by third party
testing in accordance with VGB Guideline for the Testing of DeNOx Catalyst,
the
international standard for catalyst testing.
Intellectual
Property
We
rigorously protect our proprietary technologies and processes and other
intellectual property. We seek to maintain our position and reputation as a
market leader, and recognize the need to remain technologically advanced
relative to competitors and potential competitors, and to distinguish ourselves
based on continuous technological innovations. Our strategy is to rapidly
identify key intellectual property developed or acquired by us in order to
protect it in a timely and effective manner, and to continually use such
intellectual property to our competitive advantage in the SCR services
marketplace. An objective of our intellectual property strategy is to enable
us
to be first to market with proprietary technology and to sustain a long term
technological lead in the market.
We
use a
combination of patents (owned or licensed), trade secrets, contracts with our
employees, suppliers, partners and customers, copyrights and trademarks to
protect the proprietary aspects of our core technologies, technological advances
and innovations and know-how. We work actively to maintain protection of our
proprietary technologies and processes over time through follow-on patent
filings associated with technology and process improvements that we continually
develop.
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DSIT
Solutions Ltd.
DSIT
Solutions is a globally-oriented high tech company with top-tier expertise
in acoustics and underwater electronics and development capabilities in the
areas of Real-Time and Embedded systems. Based on these capabilities, we offer
a
full range of sonar and acoustic-related solutions to strategic energy
installations as well as defense and homeland security markets. In addition,
based on our expertise in fields such as signal acquisition and processing
applications, communication technologies and command, computerized vision for
the semiconductor industry and command, control and communication management
(“C3”)
we
provide wide ranging solutions to both military and commercial
customers.
RT
SOLUTIONS
Products
and Services
DSIT’s
RT
Solutions activities are focused on two areas - naval solutions and other
real-time and embedded hardware and software development.
Naval
Solutions. Our
naval
solutions include a full range of sonar and acoustic-related solutions to the
strategic energy installation, defense and homeland security markets. These
solutions include:
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AquaShieldTM
Diver Detection Sonar (“DDS”) - The ongoing threat of terror attacks since
9/11 has produced an awareness of the need to protect critical marine
and
coastal infrastructures that has become a growing priority for
governments and the private sector alike. Current marine surveillance
solutions often ignore the areas of underwater surveillance and underwater
site security, tracking above-water activity only, and leaving the
area
under water vulnerable to intrusion by divers and Swimmer Delivery
Vehicles (“SDVs”). Building on our technical and operational experience in
sonar and underwater acoustic systems for naval applications, we
have
developed an innovative, cost-effective Diver Detection Sonar system,
the
AquaShield™,
that provides critical coastal and offshore protection of sites through
detecting, tracking, and warning of unauthorized divers and SDVs
for
effective response. Our AquaShield™
DDS
system is comprised of a command center staffed by one person. Underwater
sonar units or “nodes” are strategically placed to provide maximum
security with up to 360º coverage. The number and configuration of nodes
are customized to meet each site’s unique requirements and topology.
AquaShield™
DDS
systems operate in all weather and water conditions. The system’s
flexibility enables rapid deployment and adjustment to specific site
conditions. The DDS sensors can be integrated with other sensors
into a
comprehensive command and control (“C&C”) system to provide a complete
tactical picture both above and below the water for more intelligent
evaluation of and effective response to
threats.
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Harbor
Surveillance System (“HSS”) - We have developed an integrated HSS that
incorporates DDS sensors with above-water surveillance sensors to
create a
comprehensive above and below water security system. The system protects
coastal and offshore sites such as energy terminals, offshore rigs,
nuclear power plants and ports. The system
reliably detects, intercepts, and warns of intruders such as
divers, swimmers,
SDVs, submersibles, small surface vessels and mines.
The HSS can include sonar, radar, and electro-optical devices.
The
system is fully operable in shallow or deep water, daytime or nighttime
and in all weather conditions. The system features a high probability
of
detection, a low false alarm rate and ease of operation and control.
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Mobile
Acoustic Range (“MAR”) - Based on their radiated noise, submarines and
surface vessels can be detected by passive sonar systems. The MAR
accurately measures a vessel’s radiated noise; thus enabling navies and
shipyards to monitor and control the radiated noise and to silence
their
ships and submarines. By continuously tracking the measured vessel
and
transmitting the data to a measurement ship, the MAR system enables
real
time radiated noise processing, analysis and display. The system
also
includes a platform database for measurement results management and
provides playback and post analysis capability. The MAR’s flexibility
enables rapid deployment and saves the maintenance costs involved
in
operating a fixed acoustic range. The MAR is a cost-effective solution
for
measuring the radiated noise of any naval platform. We have sold
the
system to leading navies and shipyards around the
world.
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Generic
Sonar Simulator (“GSS”) -We have developed a GSS for the rapid and
comprehensive training of anti-submarine warfare (“ASW”), submarine, and
mine detection sonar operators. This
advanced, low cost, PC-based training simulator is designed for all
levels
of sonar operators from beginners to the most experienced, including
ship ASW/attack teams. The
simulator includes all aspects of sonar operation, with emphasis
on
training in weak target detection in the presence of noise and
reverberation, torpedo detection, audio listening and
classification.
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The
GSS
operating principles are designed for ease-of-use, simulation accuracy, and
simplified instruction. The system offers a range of sophisticated features.
The
GSS can be easily adapted to simulate any sonar system. The benefits of the
GSS
include:
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its
low cost which enables the purchase of multiple
systems
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allowing
on-site training at navy bases and schools and eliminating the need
for
actual sonar system units
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trainees
experiencing video and audio that are identical to actual environments
with real targets
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the
system can be extended to include two platforms, each having its
own sonar
team,
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or several
sonar systems and teams onboard the platform
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Underwater
Acoustic Signal Analysis system - DSIT’s Underwater Acoustic Signal
Analysis system processes and analyzes all types of acoustic signals
radiated by various sources and received by naval sonar systems
(submarine, surface and air platforms, fixed bottom moored sonar
systems,
etc.).
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Other
Real-Time and Embedded Solutions
Additional
areas of development and production in real-time and embedded hardware and
software include:
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C
& C applications - DSIT specializes in Weapon/ C&C Operating
Consoles for unique air and naval applications, designed through
synergistic interaction with the end-user. Weapon/C&C Consoles utilize
Human-Machine Interface (“HMI”) prototyping supported on a variety of
platforms as an integral part of the HMI definition and refinement
process. Weapon/C&C Console specific applications driven by HMI
include signal processing and data fusion and
tracking.
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Computerized
vision for the semiconductor industry - The semiconductor industry
employs
optical inspection systems in order to detect defects that occur
during
wafer manufacture. These optical systems are based on a wide range
of
sophisticated algorithms that utilize image and signal processing
techniques in order to detect defects of different types. DSIT has
been
cooperating with global leaders of state-of-the-art wafer inspection
systems in developing cutting edge technologies for almost a decade.
We
develop and manufacture hardware and embedded software for computerized
vision systems and we supply this multi-disciplinary field in the
integration of digital and analog technologies, image processing
and
intricate FPGA logic development.
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Modems
and data links - DSIT's PCMCIA Soft Modem card is a state of the
art modem
and an example of the advanced technology we have achieved in performance
and miniaturization of complex technologies. The design simplicity
and
flexibility allows customers to easily define and create a range
of
applications, and to design the card into a variety of OEM products,
using
the same, or slightly modified, hardware. The on-board processor
enables
and manages transfer of data over radio networks using different
radio
systems.
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Bluetooth
solutions - Bluetooth is a powerful, low cost, wireless technology
that is
revolutionizing the personal connectivity market. It enables short-range
wireless links that seamlessly connect all types of mobile and other
devices offering anywhere/anytime connectivity between devices, and
with
the Internet. We offer Bluetooth wireless data and voice solutions
for
OEMs, including hardware and software development, integration and
production
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VOIP/ROIP
applications - VoIP/RoIP technology converts voice or radio signals
to
digital format, thus allowing transmission of the digital data over
the IP
networks. DSIT has developed and produced advanced Radio over IP
gateways,
including hardware and embedded software for tactical military system
communications. We have also developed VoIP gateway software for
a
pioneering VoIP system developer.
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DSIT
has
initiated discussions towards strategic alliances for marketing its sonar
technology. We hope some of these discussions will come to fruition before
the
end of 2008.
Customers
and Markets
All
of
this segment’s operations in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and most of its sales took
place in Israel. We expect to generate significant revenues from naval solutions
outside of Israel in 2008. 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. In 2007, we had our first sale of our
AquaShieldTM
DDS.
This sale is believed to be the first in the world of a system designed and
operated to protect a strategic coastal energy installation. We believe that
in
2008 and 2009, increased awareness as to the susceptibility of strategic coastal
energy installations worldwide will result in increased sales of our
AquaShieldTM
DDS.
Three customers accounted for 74% of segment sales in 2007 (39%, 19% and 16%,
respectively) while in 2006 two customers accounted for 61% (31%, and 30%,
respectively) of segment sales. (See Risks Related to the RT 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.)
Competitive
Advantage
DSIT’s
staff includes some of the top authorities in the field of sonar and acoustics.
We believe that their knowledge, expertise and experience as well as our long
track record of cooperation and delivery of high quality sonar solutions to
the
Israeli Navy and other customers world-wide combined with our agility and
flexibility as a small company to tailor solutions to the unique requirements
of
the customer provides us with an advantage over our competitors.
Competition
Our
RT
Solutions activity faces competition from numerous competitors, large and small,
operating in the Israeli and worldwide markets, some with substantially greater
financial and marketing resources. We believe that our wide range of experience
and long-term relationships with large businesses as well as the strategic
partnerships that we are developing will enable us to compete successfully
and
obtain future business.
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Facilities
Our
DSIT
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. We
believe that DSIT’s current premises are sufficient to handle the anticipated
increase in sales for the near future.
DEMAND
RESPONSE SOLUTIONS - COMVERGE INC.
We
own
approximately 8.1% of Comverge Inc., a Nasdaq listed company, engaged in the
business of providing demand response solutions
Comverge
is a clean energy company providing peaking and base load capacity to electric
utilities, grid operators and associated electricity markets. As an alternative
to the traditional method of providing capacity by building a new power plant,
Comverge delivers their capacity through implementation of demand management
solutions that decrease energy consumption. The capacity Comverge delivers
is
more environmentally friendly and less expensive than conventional alternatives
and has the benefit of increasing overall system reliability. Comverge’s
solutions are designed, built and operated for the benefit of their customers,
which include electric utilities and grid operators that serve residential,
commercial and industrial consumers. Comverge provides capacity to its customers
either through long-term contracts where it actively manage electrical demand
or
by selling their demand response systems to utilities that operate them.
Comverge owned or managed approximately 1,324 megawatts of capacity as of
December 31, 2007.
Comverge’s
clean energy solutions enable their electric utility industry customers to
address issues they confront on a daily basis, such as rising demand, decreasing
supply, higher commodity prices, greater emphasis on the reduction of green
house gases and emerging mandates to use energy efficiency solutions to address
these issues. Comverge’s solutions provide their customers with benefits beyond
those relating to environmental and pricing concerns. Comverge’s energy
efficiency offerings allow utilities to reduce base load capacity which helps
to
improve system reliability. Comverge’s demand response solutions enable their
customers to reduce demand for electricity during peak hours, when strain on
the
system is greatest.
We
currently remain Comverge’s single largest stockholder, even after our recent
sale of Comverge shares. We own 1,763,665 shares of Comverge’s common stock with
a market value at December 31, 2007 of approximately $55.5 million. As at April
9, 2008, the market value of our shares in Comverge was approximately $19.7
million.
GRIDSENSE
SYSTEMS INC.
On
January 2, 2008, we completed a transaction in which we acquired 15,714,285
shares and 15,714,285 warrants for $1.1 million in GridSense Systems Inc.
(“GridSense”). The 15,714,285 shares acquired by us represent 24.52% of
GridSense's issued and outstanding shares. If we exercise all of the 15,714,285
warrants acquired in the placement, we will own 31,428,570 GridSense common
shares, representing 39.37% of GridSense's issued and outstanding shares.
GridSense
is an industry leader in providing remote monitoring and control systems to
electric utilities and industrial facilities worldwide. GridSense's offerings,
developed in collaboration with utilities, provide superior power
quality/reliability monitoring and demand-side management capabilities. Electric
companies deploy these systems primarily in metropolitan, suburban, and rural
electricity grids for the detection, prevention, and mitigation of disturbances
and irregularities in the supply of electricity. Through its wholly owned
subsidiaries in Australia, CHK GridSense Pty Ltd. and GridSense Inc in the
U.S.,
GridSense has been serving a growing base of customers for over 25 years, in
Australasia, North America, and Western Europe. GridSense is a reporting issuer
in British Columbia and Alberta and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under
the
symbol "GSN". As of March 20, 2008, the market value of our shares in GridSense
was approximately C$1.3 million.
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LOCAL
POWER INC.
On
July
31, 2007, we acquired ten percent of Local Power Inc. (“LPI”), a
California-based, full-service
energy services bureau that helps American cities and counties accelerate the
development of competitively-priced, utility-scale, privately-operated clean
energy projects. LPI was
formed
recently by a pioneer in the restructuring of the $325 billion U.S. retail
electricity market. We also have the right, until January 31, 2009, to purchase
an additional 41% stake in LPI, bringing our potential total ownership position
to 51% percent.
LPI
provides consultation services and energy intelligence tools to enable cities
to
develop renewable electricity resources on a massive scale while utilizing
the
local utility’s distribution infrastructure. LPI’s founder, Paul Fenn, created
Community Choice Aggregation (“CCA”), a revolutionary method by which cities can
dramatically accelerate deployment of local green power infrastructure in order
to diversify their electric power away from fossil fuel to renewable energy
and
achieve more stable, competitive rates for their communities. There are
approximately one million consumers currently benefiting from low cost
electricity delivered under CCA laws in two states. The two major markets,
the
Cape Light Compact on Cape Cod and the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council
in
Greater Cleveland, are widely considered to be the only exceptions to the
failure of electricity deregulation in the US. In 2002, Fenn authored a CCA
law
in California, where San Francisco now leads a major movement among
municipalities and counties to implement CCA.
LPI
is
building a recurring revenue business with its highly scalable energy service
bureau model, assisting cities to adopt, implement and manage CCA networks.
CCA
offers numerous benefits - city governments become strategic investors in
renewable power, local jobs are promoted, rates are stabilized, and the service
is popular with environmentally conscious politicians and voters.
SUPER
SERVICES MARKET - PAKETERIA AG
We
own a
31% equity interest in Paketeria AG, a company registered in Germany and
headquartered in Berlin that innovated the “Super Services Market”, a retail
concept that promotes savings in logistics and transport, two of the largest
consumers of fuel worldwide. Paketeria’s stores and franchises are located
throughout Germany with a concentration in the area in and around Berlin. We
initially invested in Paketeria in August 2006, followed by a second investment
in October 2006. In September 2007, in conjunction with a private placement
by
Paketeria in which it raised approximately $2.5 million, we converted
approximately $1.2 million of debt and accrued interest due to us from Paketeria
into equity in the company. During the first quarter of 2008 we advanced
approximately $750,000 to Paketeria for working capital purposes. These advances
are to be repaid by December 31, 2008.
Paketeria’s
network of owned and franchised stores has doubled since our initial investment
in August 2006. Paketeria provides green services by delivering mail by bicycle
and offering recycling services such as eBay merchandising and toner cartridge
refilling. The stores also provide office supplies, photo processing, photocopy,
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.
On
December 21, 2007, Paketeria’s shares were listed under the symbol “AOSTYL” on
the Open Market (Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and became
eligible for trading. In connection with the listing, all the Paketeria
shareholders (including the Company) placed in escrow and authorized a German
investment bank to sell up to 10% of their shares (129,600 shares) for a period
of six months following the initial listing date at an initial minimum ask
price
of €77.00 per share. The proceeds of any sales of shares by the investment bank
are to be held in escrow under the terms of an escrow agreement for a period
up
to six months from the listing date after which the bank is to transfer 50%
of
the proceeds (net of transaction fees and commissions) of the sale of the shares
of the shareholders (a minimum of €2.5 million) to the shareholders and the
remaining 50% the proceeds of the sale of the shares (a minimum of €2.5 million)
are to be used to subscribe for new shares of the company. In connection with
the listing and the escrow arrangements the Paketeria shareholders agreed to
lock up certain of their shares for up to one year from the listing date. Under
the lock-up agreement, shareholders may not offer, pledge, allot, sell or
otherwise transfer or dispose of directly or indirectly any shares of Paketeria.
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There
is
currently a limited market for Paketeria’s shares on this market. From the
listing date to March 20 2008, 884 shares of Paketeria were sold by the German
investment bank responsible for the initial listing.
BACKLOG
As
of
December 31, 2007, total our backlog of work to be completed was $9.1 million,
of which $7.1 million of which related to our RT Solutions segment and $2.0
million which relates to our SCR segment. We estimate that we will perform
approximately $5.7 million of our backlog in 2008 ($3.7 million from our RT
Solutions segment and $2.0 million from our SCR segment).
EMPLOYEES
At
December 31, 2007, we employed a total of 86 people. Our employees are located
in the United States (23 employees of whom 20 are employed at SCR-Tech and
three
of whom are employed at Acorn) and in Israel (63 employees at DSIT). We have
60
employees in production, engineering and technical support (12 employees in
SCR
Tech and 48 employees in DSIT), three employees in marketing and sales (one
employee in SCR-Tech and two employees in DSIT), and 23 employees in management,
administration and finance (five employees in SCR-Tech, 23 employees in Israel
and three employees in Acorn). 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 20 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report.
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RISK
FACTORS
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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.
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GENERAL
FACTORS
We
have a history of operating losses and have used increasing amounts of 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 2005, 2006 and 2007, we had
operating losses of $2.3 million, $3.6 million and $4.4 million, respectively.
Cash used in operations in 2005, 2006 and 2007 was $1.7 million, $1.6 million
and $2.6 million, respectively.
Despite
selling a significant portion of our Comverge investment in December 2007 and
receiving proceeds (net of transaction costs) of approximately $28.4 million
and
raising approximately $6.9 million (approximately $6.0 million net of
transaction costs) in 2007 from the private placement of our Convertible
Debentures, we have utilized a significant portion of those funds in our recent
acquisition and investment activity.
As
described under the caption “Recent Developments” in “Item 7. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” the
market value of our investment in Comverge has fallen significantly since
December 31, 2007 (to approximately $21.9 million as of March 20, 2008). In
addition, we continue to aggressively pursue additional investments. While
we
currently have enough cash on hand to fund our operations for the next 12
months, we may need additional funds to fund the investment and acquisition
activity we wish to undertake. We do not know if such funds will be available
if
needed on terms that we consider acceptable. Should the market value of our
Comverge shares remain at their depressed level or continue to drop, we may
have
to limit or adjust our investment/acquisition strategy or sell some of our
Comverge shares or other assets in order to continue to pursue our corporate
goals.
We
depend on key management for the success of our business.
Our
success is largely dependent on the skills, experience and efforts of our senior
management team and other key personnel. In particular, our success depends
on
the continued efforts of John A. Moore, our CEO, William J. McMahon, CEO of
CoaLogix/SCR-Tech, Benny Sela, CEO of DSIT and other key employees. The loss
of
the services of any key employee could materially harm our business, financial
condition, future results and cash flow. Although to date we have been
successful in retaining the services of senior management and have entered
into
employment agreements with them, members of our senior management may terminate
their employment agreements without cause and with notice periods ranging up
to
90 days. We may also not be able to locate or employ on acceptable terms
qualified replacements for our senior management or key employees if their
services were no longer available.
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 key 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.
In
November 2007, we acquired SCR-Tech and its entire management team. Any failure
to effectively integrate SCR-Tech’s new management into our controls, systems
and procedures could materially adversely affect our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
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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.
We
may not be able to successfully integrate companies which we may invest in
or
acquire in the future, which could materially and adversely affect our business,
financial condition, future results and cash flow.
Our
strategy is to continue to expand in the future, including through acquisitions.
Integrating acquisitions is often costly, and we may not be able to successfully
integrate our acquired companies with our existing operations without
substantial costs, delays or other adverse operational or financial
consequences. Integrating our acquired companies involves a number of risks
that
could materially and adversely affect our business, including:
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failure
of the acquired companies to achieve the results we
expect;
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inability
to retain key personnel of the acquired
companies;
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dilution
of existing stockholders;
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potential
disruption of our ongoing business activities and distraction of
our
management;
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difficulties
in retaining business relationships with suppliers and customers
of the
acquired companies;
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difficulties
in coordinating and integrating overall business strategies, sales
and
marketing, and research and development efforts;
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the
difficulty of establishing and maintaining uniform standards, controls,
procedures and policies, including accounting controls and
procedures.
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If
any of
our acquired companies suffers customer dissatisfaction or performance problems,
the same could adversely affect the reputation of our group of companies and
could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, future
results and cash flow.
Moreover,
any significant acquisition could require substantial use of our capital and
may
require significant debt or equity financing. We cannot provide any assurance
as
to the availability or terms of any such financing or its effect on our
liquidity and capital resources.
We
incur substantial costs as a result of being a public company.
As
a
public company, we incur significant legal, accounting, and other expenses
in
connection with our reporting requirements. Both the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
and the rules subsequently implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission
and NASDAQ, have required changes in corporate governance practices of public
companies. These new rules and regulations have already increased our legal
and
financial compliance costs and the amount of time and effort we devote to
compliance activities. We expect these rules and regulations to further increase
our legal and financial compliance costs and to make compliance and other
activities more time-consuming and costly. Further, due to increased
regulations, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified
persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. We have
attempted to address some of these attraction and retention issues by offering
contractual indemnification agreements to our directors and executive officers,
but this may not be sufficient. We continue to regularly monitor and evaluate
developments with respect to these new rules with our legal counsel, but we
cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the
timing of such costs.
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RISKS
RELATED TO SCR-TECH
SCR-Tech
has incurred significant net losses since inception and may never achieve
sustained profitability.
SCR-Tech
has incurred net losses of $2.6 million, $2.5 million and $0.1 million for
the
years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. As of
December 31, 2007, it had an accumulated deficit of approximately $9.7
million. We believe that SCR-Tech will be profitable in 2008; however, we can
provide no assurance that SCR-Tech will generate sufficient revenues to allow
it
to become profitable or to sustain profitability.
SCR-Tech
has a limited operating history
SCR-Tech
has completed only a limited number of SCR cleaning and regeneration projects
since it commenced commercial operations in March 2003. Thus SCR-Tech does
not
have a long-term operational history sufficient to allow us to determine whether
it can successfully operate its business under differing environments and
conditions or at any level of sustained profitability.
The
size of the market for SCR-Tech’s business is uncertain.
SCR-Tech
offers SCR catalyst cleaning, rejuvenation and regeneration, as well as SCR
system management and consulting services. The size and growth rate for this
market will ultimately be determined by a number of factors, including
environmental regulations and their enforcement, the growth in the use of SCR
systems to reduce NOx and other pollutants, the length of operation of SCR
systems without the need for cleaning, the differences, if any, in the
accounting and rate-base effect of using regenerated SCR catalyst as compared
to
new SCR catalyst as adopted or approved by applicable federal and state
regulatory authorities, rejuvenation or regeneration, the expansion of warranty
coverage from SCR catalyst OEMs, the cost of new SCR catalyst, and other
factors, most of which are beyond the control of SCR-Tech. There is limited
historical evidence in the United States as to the cycle of replacement,
cleaning and regeneration of SCR catalyst so as to accurately estimate the
potential growth of the business. In addition, the number of times a catalyst
can be regenerated is unknown, which also may affect the demand for regeneration
in lieu of purchasing new catalyst. Any delay in the development of the market
could significantly and adversely affect the value of SCR-Tech.
SCR-Tech
will be subject to vigorous competition with very large competitors that have
substantially greater resources and operating histories.
We
are
aware of one company, STEAG LLC (“Steag”), which is entering the U.S. catalyst
regeneration market and we expect it to offer regeneration services in 2008.
Steag is currently building a regeneration facility in North Carolina. Steag,
based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a subsidiary of a German power producer,
STEAG GmbH (“Steag GmbH”). Steag GmbH is very large and has substantially
greater resources than SCR-Tech or us. Competition from Steag may have a
material adverse effect on our operations, including a potential reduction
in
operating margins and a loss of potential business.
We
are
also aware of at least one other company, Enerfab, Inc. that provides SCR
catalyst management, rejuvenation and cleaning services. We are aware of certain
companies, including Cormetech and Hitachi, who have indicated an interest
in
offering catalyst cleaning and regeneration. There also are a number of SCR
catalyst manufacturers with substantial parent companies that may seek to
maintain market share by significantly reducing prices which will put pressure
on our operating margins. These companies include Cormetech Inc. (owned by
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Corning, Inc.), Argillon GmbH (formerly
Siemens), BASF/ CERAM, Haldor-Topsoe, Inc. and Hitachi America. Further, if
the
SCR catalyst regeneration market expands as we expect, additional competitors
could emerge. In addition, if our intellectual property protection is weakened,
competition could more easily develop.
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If
we
are unable to protect our intellectual property, or our intellectual property
protection efforts are unsuccessful, others may duplicate our
technology.
We
rely
on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secret laws and
restrictions on disclosure to protect our intellectual property rights. Our
ability to compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to protect
our proprietary technology, systems designs and manufacturing processes. The
ability of others to use our intellectual property could allow them to duplicate
the benefits of our products and reduce our competitive advantage. We do not
know whether any of our pending patent applications will issue or, in the case
of patents issued, that the claims allowed are or will be sufficiently broad
to
protect our technology or processes. Further, a patent issued covering one
use
of our technology may not be broad enough to cover uses of that technology
in
other business areas. In this regard, a significant portion of the patents
relied upon by SCR-Tech were acquired from third parties. Even if all our patent
applications are issued and are sufficiently broad, they may be challenged
or
invalidated. We could incur substantial costs in prosecuting patent and other
intellectual property infringement suits and defending the validity of our
patents and other intellectual property. While we have attempted to safeguard
and maintain our property rights, we do not know whether we have been or will
be
completely successful in doing so. These actions could place our patents,
trademarks and other intellectual property rights at risk and could result
in
the loss of patent, trademark or other intellectual property rights protection
for the products, systems and services on which our business strategy partly
depends.
We
rely,
to a significant degree, on contractual provisions to protect our trade secrets
and proprietary knowledge. These trade secrets cannot be protected by patent
protection. These agreements may be breached, and we may not have adequate
remedies for any breach. Our trade secrets may also be known without breach
of
such agreements or may be independently developed by competitors.
Third
parties may claim that we are infringing their intellectual property, and we
could suffer significant litigation or licensing expenses or be prevented from
selling products and services if these claims are successful. We also may incur
significant expenses in affirmatively protecting our intellectual property
rights.
Our
competitors may independently develop or patent technologies or processes that
are equivalent or superior to ours. In recent years, there has been significant
litigation involving patents and other intellectual property rights in many
technology-related industries and we believe our industry has a significant
amount of patent activity. Third parties may claim that the technology or
intellectual property that we incorporate into or use to develop, manufacture
or
provide our current and future products, systems or services infringe, induce
or
contribute to the infringement of their intellectual property rights, and we
may
be found to infringe, induce or contribute to the infringement of those
intellectual property rights and may be required to obtain a license to use
those rights. We may also be required to engage in costly efforts to design
our
products, systems and services around the intellectual property rights of
others. The intellectual property rights of others may cover some of our
technology, products, systems and services. In addition, the scope and validity
of any particular third party patent may be subject to significant
uncertainty.
Litigation
regarding patents or other intellectual property rights is costly and time
consuming, and could divert the attention of our management and key personnel
from our business operations. The complexity of the technology involved and
the
uncertainty of intellectual property litigation increase these risks. Claims
of
intellectual property infringement might also require us to enter into costly
royalty or license agreements or to indemnify our customers. However, we may
not
be able to obtain royalty or license agreements on terms acceptable to us or
at
all. Any inability on our part to obtain needed licenses could delay or prevent
the development, manufacture and sale of our products, systems or services.
We
may also be subject to significant damages or injunctions against development,
manufacture and sale of our products, systems or services.
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We
also
may be required to incur significant time and expense in pursuing claims against
companies we believe are infringing our intellectual property rights. The
complexity of our technology and the nature of intellectual property litigation
would make it expensive and potentially difficult to prove that a competitor
is
in fact infringing on our intellectual property rights, but we may nonetheless
find it necessary to commence such litigation to protect our rights and future
business opportunities. We can offer no assurance as to the outcome of any
such
litigation if it were to occur.
SCR-Tech’s
business is subject to customer concentration.
SCR-Tech
offers SCR catalyst cleaning, rejuvenation and regeneration, as well as SCR
system management and consulting services to coal-fired power plants. Some
of
the utilities operating these plants are exceptionally large and operate a
number of such power plants. Thus, one or more large utilities could provide
a
very large order or orders to SCR-Tech which likely would result in one or
more
such utilities providing most of the orders and revenues for SCR-Tech for a
particular quarterly or annual period. During fiscal 2007, four customers
represented more than 90% of our revenue. During fiscal 2006, one customer
represented approximately 34% of our revenue and five customers represented
approximately 92% of our revenue for such period. Although such large orders
could prove extremely beneficial to SCR-Tech by providing a large and consistent
source of orders and revenues without the expense of marketing to a number
of
smaller customers, SCR-Tech could become highly dependent on a small number
of
large utilities for its business. In such event, the loss of a particular
customer would have a much greater adverse effect on SCR-Tech than the loss
of a
smaller customer. This also may result in significant swings in orders and
revenues on a quarterly basis. SCR-Tech cannot at this time determine the
likelihood or extent of such future customer concentration.
Risk
of changes in government regulation.
Our
business is significantly dependent on the nature and level of government
regulation of emissions. Without government regulation of coal-fired power
generation, SCR catalyst would not be used by utilities, there would be no
need
for utilities to acquire, clean or regenerate SCR catalyst, and SCR-Tech would
have no business purpose. Further, changes in or adverse interpretations of
governmental accounting or rate-based emissions regulations also could have
a
material adverse effect on our business. Although government regulation of
emissions has become increasingly stringent in recent years, the growing costs
associated with such regulations may limit the level of increase and scope
of
emissions requirements, which could limit the potential growth of our target
markets. Any easing of governmental emissions requirements or the growth rate
of
such requirements could have a material adverse effect on our
business.
SCR-Tech’s
business is subject to potential seasonality.
Because
some utilities and IPPs currently operate their SCR units only during the “ozone
season” (May 1 — September 30), SCR-Tech’s business may be more
limited than if SCR units were required to operate on a continual basis. The
NOx
SIP Call was configured to impose a summer ozone season NOx limitation in more
than 19 states and the District of Columbia. During this period, utilities
and IPPs seek to operate their SCR catalyst at maximum capacity so as to reduce
NOx emissions. During non-ozone season periods, most operators currently have
limited (if any) requirements to run their SCR systems. Unless and until such
regulations are tightened, much of SCR-Tech’s business may be concentrated
during the ozone season each year. This will likely result in less business
than
if SCR units were required to be operated throughout the year and may also
result in quarters of relatively higher cash flow and earnings and quarters
where cash flow and earnings may be minimal. These potential fluctuations in
revenues and cash flow during a year may be significant and could materially
impact our quarterly earnings and cash flow. This may have a material adverse
effect on the perception of our business and the market price for our common
stock.
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SCR-Tech
does not own its regeneration facilities and it is subject to risks inherent
in
leasing the site of its operations.
SCR-Tech
does not own its regeneration site; instead it leases it from Clariant
Corporation. Although we believe the lease terms are favorable, the dependence
on Clariant and the site could subject SCR-Tech to increased risk in the event
Clariant experiences financial setbacks or loses its right to operate the site.
This risk is heightened because the site is a Federal Superfund site (under
the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(“CERCLA”), which increases the risks that the site ultimately could be shut
down or that Clariant will be financially unable to continue its ownership
of
the site. It may be difficult to relocate to another site on a timely or
cost-effective basis, and SCR-Tech’s business could be negatively impacted by
any problems with continuing to conduct its operations at its current
site.
SCR-Tech
could be subject to environmental risks as a result of the operation of its
business and the location of its facilities.
The
operation of SCR-Tech’s business and the nature of its assets create various
environmental risks. SCR-Tech leases its site for operations at a property
listed on the National Priority List as a Federal Superfund site. Five CERCLA
Areas (those areas of concern identified under the CERCLA program) are
identified on the property, and while SCR-Tech does not lease any property
identified as a CERCLA Area, one such CERCLA Area has resulted in contamination
of groundwater flowing underneath one of the buildings leased by SCR-Tech.
Although SCR-Tech has indemnification from Clariant Corporation for any
environmental liability arising prior to the operation of SCR-Tech’s business at
the site, we can provide no assurance that such indemnification will be
sufficient or that SCR-Tech would be protected from an environmental claim
from
the nature of the site. In addition, the operation of SCR-Tech’s business
involves removal of hazardous wastes from catalyst and the use of significant
chemical materials. As a result, SCR-Tech could be subject to potential
liability resulting from such operations. To date, neither Acorn nor SCR-Tech
has been identified as a potential responsible party to such environmental
risks, nor have any amounts been recorded to accrue for these potential
exposures.
We
likely will be required to make significant capital expenditures to expand
SCR-Tech’s production facilities or for other purposes; we may require
additional capital for such purposes.
SCR-Tech
does not own its regeneration site; instead it leases it from Clariant
Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of a Switzerland-based public company. We
believe this site is sufficient to meet SCR-Tech’s anticipated production
requirements through mid 2008. However, in order to meet anticipated demand
for
increased orders for SCR regeneration services in 2008, we expect to incur
capital expenditure costs of $1.0 million to $1.5 million in 2008. In
addition, we believe we will need to incur approximately $5.0 million of
additional capital expenditures commencing in 2008 to construct a second
regeneration plant to meet anticipated demand for regeneration services in
2009.
Although we believe SCR-Tech’s present site allows for building additional
regeneration facilities, including a doubling of capacity in the current
facility, such construction could require significantly more capital
expenditures than anticipated. Moreover, because of necessary permitting and
time for construction, we can provide no assurance that SCR-Tech could meet
the
demands from an unanticipated rapid increase in orders in a timely manner.
Any
failure to timely fulfill such orders could have an adverse impact on SCR-Tech’s
business.
Although
we believe our available non-restricted cash of approximately $19.6 at
December 31, 2007 is sufficient to fund any currently anticipated capital
requirements for SCR-Tech and to otherwise fund our current operations through
2008, we can provide no assurance that we will not require additional capital.
Moreover, if we incur the expected capital expenditures to expand the capacity
of SCR-Tech, but the market does not develop as we expect or increased
competition results in loss of significant business, we may not generate
additional revenue from such expenses. This could adversely impact our financial
position. Moreover, other unanticipated expenses for SCR-Tech, such as
litigation or other costs for protecting intellectual property rights or as
a
result of a significant corporate transaction could result in the need for
additional capital. These additional funding requirements may be significant,
and funds may not be available when required or may be available only on terms
unsatisfactory to us.
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Beyond
December 31, 2008, our cash requirements will depend on many factors,
including but not limited to the market acceptance of our product and service
offerings, the ability of SCR-Tech to generate significant cash flow, the rate
of expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the rate of expansion of
our
production capacity, our ability to manage selling, general and administrative
expenditures and the timing and extent of SCR-Tech related research and
development projects.
In
addition, we continue to actively pursue business opportunities, including
but
not limited to, mergers, acquisitions or other strategic arrangements. Such
strategic opportunities could require the use of additional cash, reducing
our
available capital prior to December 31, 2008, or could require additional
equity or debt financing. The nature and amount of any such financing or the
use
of any capital in any such transaction cannot be predicted and will depend
on
the terms and conditions of the particular transaction.
Certain
of SCR-Tech’s capital equipment is unique to our business and would be difficult
and expensive to repair or replace.
Certain
of the capital equipment used in the services performed by SCR-Tech has been
developed and made specifically for us and would be difficult to repair or
replace if it were to become damaged or stop working. In addition, certain
of
our equipment is not readily available from multiple vendors. Consequently,
any
damage to or breakdown of our equipment at a time when we are regenerating
large
amounts of SCR catalyst at SCR-Tech may have a material adverse impact on our
business.
SCR-Tech
may be subject to warranty claims from its customers.
SCR-Tech
typically provides limited warranties to its customers relating to the level
of
success of its catalyst cleaning and regeneration services. In the event
SCR-Tech is unable to perform a complete regeneration of an SCR catalyst,
SCR-Tech may be required to re-perform a regeneration or repay a portion of
the
fees earned for the regeneration efforts. SCR-Tech also may be required to
provide warranties with respect to its other SCR catalyst services provided
to
its customers. Since SCR-Tech has only a limited operating history in North
America, it is not possible to determine the amount or extent of any potential
warranty claims that SCR-Tech may incur. There is a risk that any such claims
could be substantial and could affect the profitability of SCR-Tech and the
financial condition of the Company. The Company does maintain a limited warranty
claim liability; however, should the amount of any potential warranty claims
be
incurred at levels higher than the warranty liability, the profitability and
financial condition of the Company could be impacted.
SCR-Tech
is dependent on third parties to perform certain testing required to confirm
the
success of its regeneration.
In
connection with the regeneration of SCR catalyst, SCR-Tech generally must have
an independent company provide testing services to determine the level of
success of regeneration. Currently there are a limited number of companies
providing this service. If SCR-Tech is unable to obtain this service on a
cost-effective basis, SCR-Tech may not be able to perform its regeneration
services.
Significant
price increases in key materials may reduce SCR-Tech’s gross margins and
profitability of SCR-Tech’s regeneration of SCR Catalyst.
The
prices of various chemicals used to regenerate SCR Catalyst can be volatile.
If
the long-term costs of these materials were to increase significantly, we would
attempt to reduce material usage or find substitute materials. If these efforts
were not successful or if these cost increases could not be reflected in our
price to customers, then our gross margins and profitability of regenerating
SCR
Catalyst would be reduced and our ability to operate SCR-Tech profitably could
be compromised.
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Risks
of purchasing used SCR catalyst.
SCR-Tech’s
primary business involves the cleaning and regenerating of customer-owned SCR
catalyst. In certain instances, however, SCR-Tech may purchase used or “spent”
catalyst from utilities for regeneration, as when, for example, a utility wishes
to avoid the costs and potential hazardous waste issues associated with the
disposal of used or “spent” catalyst. SCR-Tech may purchase SCR catalyst for a
nominal sum and then regenerate such catalyst for immediate sale, or may
purchase spent SCR catalyst on an opportunistic basis for future regeneration
and sale. The purchase of spent SCR catalyst involves potential risks to
SCR-Tech. For example, spent SCR catalyst includes significant hazardous waste,
and unlike the regeneration of customer-owned SCR catalyst, the purchase of
spent SCR catalyst requires SCR-Tech to take ownership or “title” to the SCR
catalyst, which may potentially increase SCR-Tech’s environmental risk exposure.
Furthermore, if SCR-Tech cannot find a customer to purchase the regenerated
catalyst, then SCR-Tech must either store the spent catalyst, subject to the
inherent risk of holding catalyst which has not been regenerated and contains
hazardous waste, or incur significant costs to dispose of the spent catalyst
in
a manner which complies with the strict requirements of applicable environmental
laws. In addition, the sale of SCR catalyst may expose SCR-Tech to risks not
inherent in the cleaning and regeneration of SCR catalyst, including product
liability claims. It is unclear as to the amount of SCR catalyst which SCR-Tech
may purchase, but it is possible such purchases ultimately may be substantial,
and may significantly increase the risk profile of SCR-Tech’s
business.
Many
of the risks of our business have only limited insurance coverage and many
of
our business risks are uninsurable.
Our
business operations are subject to potential environmental, product liability,
employee and other risks. Although we have insurance to cover some of these
risks, the amount of this insurance is limited and includes numerous exceptions
and limitations to coverage. Further, no insurance is available to cover certain
types of risks, such as acts of God, war, terrorism, major economic and business
disruptions and similar events. In the event we were to suffer a significant
environmental, product liability, employee or other claim in excess of our
insurance or a loss or damages relating to an uninsurable risk, our financial
condition could be negatively impacted. In addition, the cost of our insurance
has increased substantially in recent years and may prove to be prohibitively
expensive, thus making it impractical to obtain insurance. This may result
in
the need to abandon certain business activities or subject ourselves to the
risks of uninsured operations.
RISKS
RELATED TO DSIT SOLUTIONS
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 DSIT. 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.
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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 have been 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.
A
majority of DSIT’s sales are based on contracts or orders which are in U.S
dollars or Euros or are in New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”) linked to the U.S.
dollar. At the same time, most of DSIT’s expenses are denominated in NIS
(primarily labor costs) and are not linked to any foreign currency. While the
dollar value of the revenues of our operations in Israel will increase if the
dollar is devalued in relation to the NIS, the net effect of such devaluation
is
that DSIT’s costs in dollar terms increase more than our revenues. The weakening
of the dollar relative to the NIS has a net negative impact on DSIT’s
operations. During the period from January 1, 2008 to March 20, 2008, the dollar
lost 11.6% of its value relative to the NIS. DSIT is currently considering
ways
to control is exposures to exchange rate fluctuations, however, we can provide
no assurance that such controls will be implemented successfully.
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
2007,
19% of DSIT’s sales (17% in both 2006 and 2005, respectively) were related to
the Clalit Health Fund (“Clalit”). Clalit is Israel’s largest HMO organization
and 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.
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
2007,
65% of DSIT’s sales (63% and 53% in 2006 and 2005, respectively) were
concentrated in four customers (Israel Defense Ministry, 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
are dependent on meeting milestones to provide cash flow for
operations.
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, place 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 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 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.
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We
must at times provide significant guarantees in order to secure
projects.
Some
of
the projects we perform require significant performance and/or bank guarantees.
In DSIT’s current state, it may not always be able to supply such guarantees
without financial assistance from Acorn. If Acorn needs to provide financial
guarantees for DSIT,
Acorn
may
not have sufficient funds available to it invest in other emerging ventures
or
take advantage of opportunities available to us in a timely manner.
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
needs to raise funds to finance its planned activities.
Though
Paketeria has successfully raised approximately $2.5 million in a private
placement in 2007 and has recently registered on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange,
Paketeria does not currently have enough cash to finance its planned activities
in 2008 as it is continuing to raise funds from its offering on the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange. We have agreed to lend Paketeria up to €1 million to bridge its
finances during the period of its selling shares on the Frankfurt Exchange
(Up
through March 20, 2008, we have loaned approximately $750,000 to Paketeria).
In
the event that Paketeria is unable to sell shares on the Frankfurt exchange
and
raise funds from new investors, our investment and loans may be at risk (See
“Recent Developments”). In the event that Paketeria is unable to obtain
additional financing for its operations, we may be required to advance
additional funds to Paketeria to maintain its viability and to protect our
investment.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR SECURITIES
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 a substantial number 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, 2007, 11,134,795 shares of our Common Stock were issued and
outstanding. As of December 31, 2007 we had 986,506 warrants outstanding and
exercisable with a weighted average exercise price of $3.89 and 1,396,998
options outstanding and exercisable with a weighted average exercise price
of
$2.96 per share, which if exercised for cash would result in the issuance of
an
additional 2,383,504 shares of Common Stock. Of the options and warrants noted
above, there were 1,246,998 options and 986,506 warrants which are in-the-money
at December 31, 2007.
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The
market price of our Common Stock will likely be affected by fluctuations in
the
market price of the common stock of Comverge.
A
significant portion of the assets set forth on our balance sheet is comprised
of
the fair market value of our investment in Comverge shares. As described below
under “Recent Developments,” the share price of Comverge’s common stock has
fallen significantly since December 31, 2007. 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.
We
believe that until the Comverge initial public offering in April 2007, 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,
our
voting agreement with the other major Comverge shareholders was terminated.
It
is therefore likely that as of the closing of the initial public offering,
Comverge was no longer controlled primarily by us for Investment Company Act
purposes. If that were the case, then as of June 30, 2007, we would no longer
be
excluded from the definition of an Investment Company since the value of our
investment securities would be in excess of 45% of our assets.
Were
we
to have been 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 has formulated its plans for compliance with
Rule 3a-2. These 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. Our acquisition of SCR-Tech and our sale of
1,022,356 of our Comverge shares are significant steps in successfully
implementing our plan.
To
the
extent that effectuating our plan to remain exempt from the Investment Company
Act requires us to sell significant additional number of Comverge shares, we
may
be 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. 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.
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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
|
Our
corporate activities are conducted in office space in Wilmington, Delaware.
The
annual rent is approximately $18,000 under a lease that expires in June
2010.
SCR-Tech
leases approximately 98,000 square feet of office, production, laboratory
and warehouse space in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual rent is
approximately $273,000. This lease expires on December 31, 2012, with two
options to renew for five years each.
Our
RT
Solutions activities are conducted in approximately 18,000 square feet of office
space in the Tel Aviv, Israel metropolitan area under a lease that expires
in
August 2009. The annual rent is approximately $280,000.
As
part
of the 2006 sale of our Databit computer hardware subsidiary, we assigned all
of
the US leases to Databit and no longer have rental expense for facilities in
New
Jersey. 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.
ITEM 3. |
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
|
None.
ITEM 4. |
SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
|
At
our
Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 5, 2007, John A. Moore, George
Morgenstern, Richard J. Giacco, Joseph Musanti, Richard S. Rimer, Scott B.
Ungerer and Samuel M. Zentman were elected as directors, each for a term of
one
year to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their
successors have been elected and qualified. The results of the voting were
as
follows:
NOMINEE
|
FOR
|
WITHHELD
|
|||||
John
A. Moore
|
7,270,944
|
387,787
|
|||||
George
Morgenstern
|
6,528,032
|
1,130,699
|
|||||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
7,651,644
|
7,087
|
|||||
Joseph
Musanti
|
7,651,644
|
7,087
|
|||||
Richard
S. Rimer
|
7,609,344
|
49,387
|
|||||
7,651,644
|
7,087
|
||||||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
7,608,344
|
49,387
|
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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 NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol
“ACFN”. Prior to December 17,
2007,
our
Common Stock traded on OTC
Bulletin
Board (“OTCBB”).
The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low reported
sales prices per share of our Common Stock on NASDAQ and the OTCBB (as
applicable).
High
|
Low
|
||||||
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
|
|||
2007:
|
|||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
4.97
|
$
|
3.40
|
|||
Second
Quarter
|
5.28
|
3.65
|
|||||
Third
Quarter
|
5.59
|
3.80
|
|||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
$
|
5.99
|
$
|
4.10
|
As
of
April 11, 2008, the last reported sales price of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq
Global
Market was
$4.43, there were 83 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 2006 or 2007 and do not intend
to pay
any dividends in 2008.
ITEM 6. |
SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
|
The
selected consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December
31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and consolidated balance sheet data as of December
31,
2006 and 2007 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, 2003 and 2004 and the
selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2003, 2004 and
2005
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,
|
||||||||||||||||
2003*
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
(unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
8,874
|
$
|
3,364
|
$
|
4,187
|
$
|
4,117
|
$
|
5,660
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
6,833
|
2,491
|
2,945
|
2,763
|
4,248
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,041
|
873
|
1,242
|
1,354
|
1,412
|
|||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
153
|
30
|
53
|
324
|
415
|
|||||||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
7,422
|
3,374
|
3,464
|
4,658
|
5,390
|
|||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(5,534
|
)
|
(2,531
|
)
|
(2,275
|
)
|
(3,628
|
)
|
(4,393
|
)
|
||||||
Finance
expense, net
|
(534
|
)
|
(33
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
(1,585
|
)
|
||||||
Gain
on Comverge IPO
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
16,169
|
|||||||||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
—
|
705
|
—
|
—
|
23,124
|
|||||||||||
Loss
on Paketeria private placement
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(37
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
—
|
148
|
—
|
330
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations before taxes on income
|
(6,068
|
)
|
(1,711
|
)
|
(2,287
|
)
|
(3,328
|
)
|
33,278
|
|||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
48
|
(27
|
)
|
37
|
(183
|
)
|
445
|
|||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(6,020
|
)
|
(1,738
|
)
|
(2,250
|
)
|
(3,511
|
)
|
33,723
|
|||||||
Share
of losses in Comverge
|
(1,752
|
)
|
(1,242
|
)
|
(380
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||
Share
of losses in Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(424
|
)
|
(1,206
|
)
|
|||||||||
Minority
interests, net of tax
|
264
|
(90
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
(7,508
|
)
|
(3,070
|
)
|
(2,703
|
)
|
(4,145
|
)
|
32,517
|
|||||||
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
|
1,226
|
1,898
|
844
|
78
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(6,282
|
)
|
$
|
(1,172
|
)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
$
|
32,517
|
||
Basic
net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.97
|
)
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
$
|
3.30
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.16
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.81
|
)
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
$
|
3.30
|
||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
7,738
|
7,976
|
8,117
|
8,689
|
9,848
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.97
|
)
|
$
|
(0.39
|
)
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
$
|
2.80
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.16
|
0.24
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.81
|
)
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
$
|
2.80
|
||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
7,738
|
7,976
|
8,117
|
8,689
|
12,177
|
*
The
selected consolidated statements of operations data for the year ended December
31, 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,
|
||||||||||||||||
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Working
capital
|
$
|
729
|
$
|
874
|
$
|
1,458
|
$
|
259
|
$
|
13,843
|
||||||
Total
assets
|
17,784
|
17,025
|
10,173
|
7,258
|
96,967
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
and long-term debt
|
2,259
|
1,396
|
365
|
788
|
4,998
|
|||||||||||
Minority
interests
|
1,367
|
1,471
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity (deficit)
|
3,200
|
2,125
|
820
|
(461
|
)
|
67,325
|
ITEM 7. |
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
Redemption
of Convertible Debentures
In
January 2008, we completed our previously announced redemption of our
outstanding 10% Convertible Redeemable Subordinated Debentures due March 2011.
Prior to the redemption, the debenture holders converted the $3.44 million
convertible portion of the debentures into approximately 900,000 shares of
our
common stock and the remaining $3.44 million of debentures were redeemed in
accordance with the notice of redemption.
Sale
of 15% of CoaLogix to EnerTech
On
February 29, 2008, we entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the
“Agreement”) with CoaLogix and EnerTech Capital Partners III L.P. (“EnerTech”)
pursuant to which EnerTech purchased from CoaLogix a 15% interest in CoaLogix
for $1.95 million. Following the transaction, we own 85% of CoaLogix.
In
connection with the transaction under the Agreement, the Company, CoaLogix,
EnerTech and the senior management of CoaLogix entered into a Stockholders’
Agreement dated as of February 29, 2008 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”). Under
the Stockholders’ Agreement, EnerTech is entitled to designate a member of the
Board of Directors of CoaLogix. In addition, the Stockholders’ Agreement
provides the Company and EnerTech with reciprocal rights of first refusal and
co-sale in connection with proposed transfers of their CoaLogix stock.
Pursuant
to the Stockholders’ Agreement, EnerTech also has a right to purchase additional
stock to maintain its percentage interest in CoaLogix in the event of dilutive
transactions. The right may be exercised until such time as the Company’s
ownership in CoaLogix is reduced to 75% or CoaLogix completes an initial public
offering.
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Comverge
The
market value of our 1,763,665 common shares of Comverge on December 31, 2007
was
approximately $55.5 million based on a market share price of $31.49 on that
date. Since December 31, 2007, the share price of Comverge’s shares have fallen
significantly and currently (as of April 9, 2008) our shares in Comverge have
a
value of $19.7 million based on a market share price of $11.17.
Paketeria
Thus
far
in 2008, we have provided Paketeria with approximately $750,000 of loans in
order to provide it with additional temporary financing to help it support
its
operations until it is able to raise funds through the sale by existing
shareholders of shares through the escrow arrangement described above or from
other sources.
GridSense
On
January 2, 2008, we closed on a transaction where we were the lead investor
in
GridSense Systems Inc. (“GridSense”) placement, acquiring 15,714,285 shares and
15,714,285 warrants for C$1.1 million (approximately $1.1 million). The
15,714,285 shares acquired by us in the placement represent 24.52% of
GridSense's issued and outstanding shares. If we exercise all of the 15,714,285
warrants acquired in the placement, we will own 31,428,570 GridSense common
shares, representing 39.37% of GridSense's issued and outstanding shares.
Restricted
Cash
In
January 2008, we transferred $1 million (in addition to the $1.5 million
transferred in 2007) to a bank in Israel as security for a guarantee the bank
has provided to the Israel Ministry of Defense in connection with a $7.5 million
naval project being performed by our DSIT subsidiary. The cash is restricted
and
is expected to be unavailable to us until early 2009.
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: SCR and RT Solutions. As we acquired our
interest in SCR-Tech on November, 7, 2007, our results for 2007 include
SCR-Tech’s results only for the period from November 7, 2007 to December 31,
2007.
The
following analysis should be read together with the segment information provided
in Note 20 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this
report.
CoaLogix/SCR
CoaLogix
is focused on providing cutting edge services to coal-fired generating
facilities to reduce their environmental footprint through technology,
optimization and efficiency improvements. CoaLogix currently owns SCR-Tech
which
provides SCR (selective catalyst reduction) services to power plants, including
a proprietary technology to regenerate catalyst. We acquired SCR-Tech and began
consolidating its results in November 2007. As such, we have not presented
comparative data for SCR-Tech’s results. In the first two months of 2008
SCR-Tech secured eight new contracts from major U.S. companies representing
over
two times its entire 2007 sales. Included in these contracts are a three year
and a five year contract bundling selective catalytic reduction (SCR) management
services and time sensitive regeneration during planned outages. The contracts
represent three new and five repeat customers. Total revenues for SCR-Tech
in
2007 were approximately $4.5 million (including revenues for the period prior
to
our acquisition). We anticipate a significant increase in revenues in 2008
from
SCR-Tech.
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In
March
2008, CoaLogix announced its CoalVision 360º strategy and the addition of a
strategic partner, EnerTech Capital III, which acquired a 15% interest in
CoaLogix. We currently own 85% of CoaLogix following EnerTech’s investment.
CoalVision 360º is CoaLogix’s strategy for creating value for its customers and
shareholders while fulfilling our industry’s obligations to our ever tightening
clean air laws.
During
2008, we expect CoaLogix to significantly improve on its 2007 results based
upon the anticipated significant increase in revenues from new orders
received in late 2007 and early 2008. We expect that CoaLogix will need to
expand its current facilities in 2008 in order to accommodate its anticipated
growth.
RT
Solutions
During
2005, 2006 and 2007, sales from our RT solutions activities were $2.9 million,
$2.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively, accounting for approximately 69%,
68% and 61% of Company sales for 2005, 2006 and 2007, 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.
Segment
revenues increased by $0.7 million or 24% in 2007 as compared to 2006. The
increase in sales was the result of the acquisition of two significant projects
in 2007.
·
|
A
NIS 30 million (approximately $7.7 million at December 31, 2007)
order for
a sonar and underwater acoustic system for the Israeli Ministry of
Defense, and
|
·
|
An
order to supply what we believe to be the world’s first underwater
surveillance system to protect a strategic coastal energy installation.
|
Both
of
these projects began in mid-2007 and our increased sales are a direct result
of
our progress in those projects. The revenues we recorded from those projects
were partially offset by reduced revenues in our other embedded hardware and
software development projects. Our gross profits also increased (from $1.0
million in 2006 to $1.1 million in 2007) as a result of the increased sales
from
our two significant projects, however, our gross profit margins decreased from
2006 to 2007 from 36% to 33% due to the completion in 2006 of a number of
relatively high margin embedded hardware and software development projects
during that year.
Our
projected growth in sales in 2008 is expected to come primarily from our Naval
solutions projects with our embedded hardware and software development projects
expected to remain relatively stable. We anticipate our 2008 sales to increase
based on our abovementioned contract with the Israeli MOD for which we have
a
backlog of approximately $6.8 million. In addition, we anticipate receiving
in
the second half of 2008 a number of significant Naval solutions contracts for
additional underwater surveillance systems to protect strategic coastal energy
installations. We believe that with these increased sales, this segment will
reach profitability towards the end of the year.
Paketeria
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 2008, Paketeria is planning to continue its
expansion of stores. Paketeria continues to seek additional capital investment
to help fund its activities and expansion.
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In
September 2007, Paketeria raised approximately €1.7 million ($2.5 million at the
then exchange rate) in a private placement by way of a share issuance. The
shares were issued by Paketeria on the basis of a valuation representing a
pre-money valuation of Paketeria of €8 million ($11.3 million at the then
exchange rate). In addition, concurrent with the private placement, we converted
shareholder loans in the aggregate principal amount of €750,000 ($1.1 million at
the then exchange rate) plus accrued interest, into shares of Paketeria on
the
same basis as the private placement.
After
the
private placement and related transactions described above, we owned
approximately 31% of Paketeria.
In
2008
to date, we loaned Paketeria approximately $750,000 to help it finance its
ongoing activities until it acquires additional capital investment or cash
from
the sale of Paketeria shares from its listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
are released.
Corporate
In
January 2008, following our December sale of 1,022,356 shares of our investment
in Comverge from which we received approximately $28.4 million of proceeds,
we
completed the redemption of our outstanding 10% Convertible Redeemable
Subordinated Debentures due March 2011. Prior to the redemption, the debenture
holders converted the entire $3.44 million convertible portion of the debentures
into approximately 900,000 shares of Acorn common stock and the remaining $3.44
million of debentures were redeemed in accordance with the notice of redemption.
Following the debenture redemption and our repayment in November 2007 of the
$14
million debt related to our recent purchase of SCR-Tech, we have no corporate
debt and approximately $9.3 million in unrestricted cash (at the end of March
2008). We continue to have significant corporate cash expenses 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.
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; sale of
stock by a subsidiary, investments in marketable securities, revenue
recognition, foreign currency transactions 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.
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Investments
in other entities are accounted for using the equity method or cost basis
depending upon the level of ownership and/or our ability to exercise significant
influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee. Investments
of this nature are recorded at original cost and adjusted periodically to
recognize our proportionate share of the investee’s net income or losses after
the date of investment. When net losses from an investment accounted for under
the equity method exceed its carrying amount, the investment balance is reduced
to zero and additional losses are not provided for. We resume accounting for
the
investment under the equity
method
when the entity subsequently reports net income and our share of that net income
exceeds the share of net losses not recognized during the period the
equity
method
was suspended. Investments are written down only when there is clear evidence
that a decline in value that is other than temporary has
occurred.
The
Company’s investment in Paketeria is accounted for by the equity method. The
Company’s investments in both LPI and EnerTech is accounted for by 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:
·
|
$68,000
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;
|
·
|
$446,000
to the value of the Paketeria brand name;
and
|
·
|
$356,000
to goodwill.
|
On
September 20, 2007, Paketeria raised approximately €1.7 million ($2.5 million at
the then exchange rate) through a private placement of its shares.
In
addition, concurrent with the private placement, we converted loans in the
aggregate principal amount of €750,000 (approximately $1.1 million at the then
exchange rate) plus accrued interest, into shares of Paketeria on the same
basis
as the private placement. Additionally, we exercised an option under the August
2006 investment agreement to acquire a convertible promissory note in the amount
of €70,000 (approximately $98,000 at the then exchange rate) plus accrued
interest. The increase in our investment in Paketeria from our additional
investment is attributed to an increase in the goodwill among the components
of
our investment in Paketeria.
After
the
private placement and related transactions described above, we owned
approximately 31% of Paketeria.
Since
we
account for our investment in Paketeria under the equity method, we have, in
2007, reduced our investment in Paketeria by $971,000, which represents our
share of Paketeria’s losses during the year ended December 31, 2007. In
addition, we have included in our equity loss the amortization of the value
of
the acquired non-compete agreement and the franchise agreements and change
in
value of options, which in 2007 totaled $186,000.
The
options that we have in Paketeria allow us to increase our holdings in Paketeria
from our current 31% to 36%.
Sale
of Stock by a Subsidiary
On
April
18, 2007, Comverge completed its initial public offering of 6,095,000 shares
of
common stock at a price of $18.00 a share. Comverge’s shares are listed on the
Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "COMV". Immediately prior to the closing
of the Comverge offering on April 18, 2007, all shares of preferred stock of
Comverge were converted to common stock of Comverge and we owned 2,786,021
shares of Comverge common stock.
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On
April
18, 2007, Comverge completed its initial public offering of 6,095,000 shares
of
common stock at a price of $18.00 a share. Comverge’s shares are listed on the
Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "COMV". Immediately prior to the closing
of the Comverge offering on April 18, 2007, all shares of preferred stock of
Comverge were converted to common stock of Comverge and we owned 2,786,021
shares of Comverge common stock.
We
account for the sale of stock by a subsidiary in accordance with the Securities
and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 51,
“Accounting for Sales of Stock by a Subsidiary” (“SAB 51”),
which requires that the difference between the carrying amount of the parent’s
investment in a subsidiary and the underlying net book value of the subsidiary
after the issuance of stock by the subsidiary be reflected as either a gain
or
loss in the statement of operations or reflected as an equity transaction.
In
the past, we elected to record gains or losses resulting from the sale of a
subsidiary’s stock in our statement of operations.
As
a
result of the Comverge offering, we recorded an increase in our investment
in
Comverge and recorded a non-cash gain of $16.2 million in “Gain on public
offering of Comverge”. Subsequent to the offering, the Company no longer
accounted for its investment in Comverge under the equity method.
In
September 2007, Paketeria also completed a private placement. As a result of
the
Paketeria private placement, we recorded a non-cash loss of $37,000 in “Loss on
Private Placement in Paketeria”.
Investments
in Marketable Securities
We
account for our investments in equity securities under Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”)
No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,
(FAS 115). Marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale securities
and are accounted for at their fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on these
securities are reported as other comprehensive income (loss), respectively.
Under FAS
115,
unrealized holding gains and losses are excluded from earnings and reported
net
of the related tax effect in other comprehensive income as a separate component
of shareholders’ equity.
As
of
December 31, 2007, the 1,763,665 Comverge shares we held following our December
sale of Comverge shares can be considered “available-for-sale” under SFAS 115.
Accordingly, we recorded our investment in Comverge based on Comverge’s share
price of $31.49 at December 31, 2007 and recorded an increase of $46,457,000
to
our investment balance by recording those shares at fair market value and
recorded a deferred tax liability of $16,902,000 to Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income with respect to the recording those shares at fair market
value.
Revenue
Recognition
Revenue
from time-and-materials service contracts, maintenance agreements and other
services is recognized as services are provided.
In
2007,
we derived $2.5 million of revenues from fixed-price type contracts in DSIT
representing approximately 45% of consolidated sales in 2007 ($1.8 million
and
43%, and $1.9 million and 46%, in 2006 and 2005, 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.
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As
we
acquired SCR-Tech on November, 7 2007 and have consolidated its results into
ours from that date, most (86%) of our revenues in the year ended December
31,
2007 and all of our revenues in the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
came
from our DSIT Israeli subsidiary. 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.
Stock-based
Compensation
Effective
January 1, 2006, we have accounted for share-based compensation pursuant to
SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R). SFAS No. 123R
requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received
in
exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value
of the award and to recognize that cost over the period during which an employee
is required to provide service in exchange for the award. As a result of our
adoption of SFAS No. 123R, during the years ended December 31, 2007
and 2006, we recognized expense related to share options issued prior to but
unvested as of January 1, 2006 as well as expense related to share options
issued subsequent to January 1, 2006.
The
fair values of all stock options granted were estimated using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes 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
2007
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. In December 2007, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 110
(SAB 110) to amend the SEC's views discussed in Staff Accounting
Bulletin 107 (SAB 107) regarding the use of the simplified method in
developing an estimate of expected life of share options in accordance with
SFAS
No. 123(R). We will continue to use the simplified method until we have the
historical data necessary to provide a reasonable estimate of expected life
in
accordance with SAB 107, as amended by SAB 110. For expected option
life, we have what SAB 107 defines as "plain-vanilla" stock options, and
therefore used a simple average of the vesting period and the contractual term
for options as permitted by SAB 107. The risk-free interest rate used is
based upon U.S. Treasury yields for a period consistent with the expected term
of the options. Historically, we have not paid dividends and we do not
anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future; accordingly, our expected
dividend rate is zero. We recognize this expense on a straight-line basis over
the requisite service period. Due to the numerous assumptions involved in
calculating share-based compensation expense, the expense
recognized in our consolidated financial statements may differ significantly
from the value realized by employees on exercise of the share-based instruments.
In accordance with the methodology prescribed by SFAS 123R, we do not
adjust our recognized compensation expense to reflect these differences.
Recognition of share-based compensation expense had, and will likely continue
to
have, a material affect on our general and administrative line items within
our
consolidated statements of operations and also may have a material affect on
our
deferred income taxes and additional paid-in capital line items within our
consolidated balance sheets. 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.
For
the
years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we incurred stock
compensation expense of approximately $0.9 million and $1.8 million,
respectively.
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See
Note
16 to the 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.
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.
Business
combination accounting
We
have
acquired a number of businesses during the last several years, and we may
acquire additional businesses in the future. Business combination accounting,
often referred to as purchase accounting, requires us to determine the fair
value of all assets acquired, including identifiable intangible assets, and
liabilities assumed. The cost of the acquisition is allocated to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed in amounts equal to the estimated fair value
of
each asset and liability, and any remaining acquisition cost is classified
as
goodwill. This allocation process requires extensive use of estimates and
assumptions, including estimates of future cash flows to be generated by the
acquired assets. Certain identifiable intangible assets, such as customer lists
and covenants not to compete, are amortized based on the pattern in which the
economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed over the intangible
asset's estimated useful life. The estimated useful life of amortizable
identifiable intangible assets ranges from two to fourteen years. Goodwill
is
not amortized. Accordingly, the acquisition cost allocation has had, and will
continue to have, a significant impact on our current operating results.
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,
|
||||||||||||||||
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
(unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
77
|
74
|
70
|
67
|
75
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
23
|
26
|
30
|
33
|
25
|
|||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
7
|
|||||||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
84
|
100
|
83
|
113
|
95
|
|||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(62
|
)
|
(75
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(88
|
)
|
(78
|
)
|
||||||
Finance
expense, net
|
(6
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
0
|
(1
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
—
|
21
|
—
|
—
|
409
|
|||||||||||
Gain
on IPO of Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
286
|
|||||||||||
Loss
on private placement of Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
—
|
4
|
—
|
8
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations before taxes on income
|
(68
|
)
|
(51
|
)
|
(55
|
)
|
(81
|
)
|
588
|
|||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
(4
|
)
|
8
|
||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(68
|
)
|
(51
|
)
|
(54
|
)
|
(85
|
)
|
596
|
|||||||
Share
of losses in Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(10
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
|||||||||
Share
of losses in Comverge
|
(20
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||
Minority
interests, net of tax
|
3
|
(3
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
(85
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(101
|
)
|
575
|
|||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
(in
2006), net of income taxes
|
—
|
—
|
13
|
(50
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
|
14
|
56
|
20
|
2
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(71
|
)%
|
(35
|
)%
|
(31
|
)%
|
(149
|
)%
|
575
|
%
|
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The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to revenues and
profits of our reportable business segments for the years ended December 31,
2005, 2006 and 2007, including the percentages of revenues attributable to
such
segments. (See Note 20 to our consolidated financial statements for the
definitions of our reporting segments.). The column marked “Other” aggregates
information relating to miscellaneous operating segments, which may be combined
for reporting under applicable accounting principles.
RT
Solutions
|
SCR
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2007:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
3,472
|
$
|
797
|
$
|
1,391
|
$
|
5,660
|
|||||
Percentage
of total revenues from external customers
|
61
|
%
|
14
|
%
|
25
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
1,139
|
116
|
157
|
1,412
|
|||||||||
Segment
loss before income taxes
|
(309
|
)
|
(140
|
)
|
(799
|
)
|
(1,248
|
)
|
|||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,797
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,320
|
$
|
4,117
|
|||||
Percentage
of total revenues from external customers
|
68
|
%
|
—
|
32
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
1,004
|
—
|
350
|
1,354
|
|||||||||
Segment
loss before income taxes
|
(155
|
)
|
—
|
(296
|
)
|
(451
|
)
|
||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,873
|
—
|
$
|
1,314
|
$
|
4,187
|
||||||
Percentage
of total revenues from external customers
|
69
|
%
|
—
|
31
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
834
|
—
|
408
|
1,242
|
|||||||||
Segment
income before income taxes
|
54
|
—
|
47
|
101
|
2007
COMPARED TO 2006
Sales.
Sales
increased by $1.54 million or 37% to $5.66 million in 2007 as compared to sales
of $4.12 million in 2006. Of the increase in sales, $0.8 million was
attributable to sales from our newly acquired SCR-Tech subsidiary whose sales
were included in our consolidated sales during the period from November 7,
2007
to year end. Without SCR-Tech’s sales, our sales increased by $0.7 million or
18%. The increase in sales is attributable to certain new projects (primarily
a
new Naval solutions project) in our RT Solutions segment.
Gross
profit. Gross
profit increased marginally by $58,000 or 4% to $1.41 million in 2007 as
compared to gross profit of $1.35 million in 2006. If the gross profit from
our
newly acquired SCR-Tech subsidiary were excluded, our gross profit would have
decreased by $58,000 or 4% in 2007 as compared to 2006. Gross profit margins
also decreased from 33% in 2006 to 25% in 2007, including SCR-Tech’s results,
and 27% excluding SCR-Tech’s 2007 results. Gross profit in our RT Solutions
segment increased as a result of increased sales. This increase was offset
in
part by a moderate decrease in gross margin for the segment (from 36% in 2006
to
33% in 2007) due to the completion in 2006 of a number of relatively high margin
projects in the segment. The large decrease in gross margin (from 27% in 2006
to
11% in 2007) in our Other segment was due to a significant decrease in the
number of billable hours in our DSIT subsidiary’s non-RT Solution activities
without a commensurate decrease in labor costs.
Research
and development expenses (“R&D”). R&D
expenses increased in 2007 by $91,000 or 28% as compared to 2006. In the first
half of 2007, our DSIT subsidiary invested approximately $175,000 in developing
costs for its OncoPro software. Such development efforts ceased in the second
half of 2007 when DSIT decided to concentrate its development efforts in its
AquaShieldTM
Diver
Detection Sonar.
38
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses (“SMG&A”). Our
SMG&A costs increased by $0.7 million or 16% to $5.4 million in 2007 as
compared to $4.7 million in 2006. A portion of the increase (approximately
$250,000) was attributable to SMG&A costs from SCR-Tech for the period since
our acquisition. We also had significantly increased professional fees due
to
our increase in corporate activity and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance as well as
increased administrative salary costs. These increased costs offset the decrease
of $0.8 million in non-cash stock compensation expense in 2007 as compared
to
2006.
Finance
expense, net.
Finance
expense, net, increased in 2007 as compared to 2006 from $30,000 to $1.6
million. The increase is entirely attributable to the finance costs associated
with our private placement of convertible debt in the first and second quarters
of 2007. Of the $1.6 million of interest expense recorded in 2007, $1.3 million
was non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of beneficial
conversion features, debt origination costs and the value of warrants issued
in
connection with our 2007 private placement of convertible debt.
Income
tax benefit, net.
We had
an income tax benefit of $445,000 in 2007 due to the recording of deferred
tax
assets of $0.9 million as well as a reduction of a $0.7 million tax provision
recorded in a previous year with respect to one of our foreign subsidiaries.
Such tax benefits were partially offset by a $1.1 million current tax provision
recorded as a result of our current year’s net income.
Gain
on Comverge IPO.
In
April 2007, Comverge completed its initial public offering. As a result of
the
Comverge offering, the Company recorded an increase in its investment in
Comverge and recorded a non-cash gain of $16.2 million in “Gain on public
offering of Comverge”.
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge.
In
December 2007, as part of Comverge’s follow-on offering, we sold 1,022,356 of
its Comverge shares for approximately $28.4 million, net of transaction costs
and recorded a pre-tax gain of approximately $23.1 million.
Loss
on private placement of Paketeria.
In
September 2007, Paketeria completed a private placement of shares. As part
of
the transaction, the Company converted approximately $1.2 million of debt to
equity in Paketeria. As a result of the Paketeria private placement, the Company
recorded a decrease in its investment in Paketeria and recorded a non-cash
gain
of $37,000 in “Loss on private placement of Paketeria”.
Share
of losses in Paketeria.
In
2007, we recognized losses of $1.2 million representing our approximate 31%
share of Paketeria’s losses for the year and amortization expense associated
with acquired non-compete and franchise agreements and the change in value
of
options.
Net
income.
We had
net income of $32.5 million in 2007 compared with a net loss of $6.1 million
in
2006, due to a non-cash gain on the Comverge IPO of $16.2 million plus the
gain
recognized on our sale of Comverge shares of $23.1 million. Those gains were
partially offset by our corporate expenses of approximately $3.1 million, net
finance expenses of approximately $1.6 million, DSIT losses of $1.2 million
and
our share of losses in Paketeria of $1.2 million.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As
of
December 31, 2007, we had working capital of $13.8 million, including $19.6
million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. Net cash of $18.1 million
was
provided during 2007. Net cash of $2.6 million was used in operating activities
during 2007.
The
net
income for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $32.5 million was due primarily
to the non-cash gain recorded on the IPO of Comverge of $16.2 million coupled
with our subsequent gain on the sale of Comverge shares of $23.1 million. These
income items were partially offset by approximately $1.8 million of interest
expense (of which approximately $1.3 million was non-cash), $1.2 million of
losses associated with DSIT, $1.2 million of losses associated with our
investment in Paketeria and corporate expenses of $3.1 million of which $0.8
million was related to stock option compensation.
39
We
used
net cash of $2.6 million in operating activities in 2007. The primary use of
cash in operating activities during 2007 was corporate general and
administrative expenditures of approximately $1.8 million and DSIT’s use of cash
in operating activities of approximately $1.0 million. Net cash of $13.9 million
provided from investing activities was primarily the result of the $28.4 million
of proceeds from the sale of our Comverge stock, offset by cash used for
investments in SCR-Tech ($10.1 million) and other investments ($2.6 million)
and
$1.5 million of restricted cash deposited in an Israeli bank as security for
guarantees provided to DSIT. We expect the restricted cash to be released in
early 2009. Additional cash of $6.8 million was provided by financing
activities, primarily from the proceeds of our private placement of debenture
and warrants, net of related discounts ($5.8 million, net) and the proceeds
from
option and warrant exercises ($1.2 million) offset by debt repayments ($0.4
million).
In
December 2007, we decided to redeem all of our outstanding 10% Convertible
Redeemable Subordinated Debentures due March 2011. On January 29, 2008 we
completed
the
redemption of all of our outstanding Debentures. Subsequent to the Company’s
announcement of redemption, the holders of the debentures elected to convert
approximately $3.0 million into approximately 780,000 shares of our common
stock, at a conversion price of $3.80 per share. We redeemed the remaining
$3.4
million principal amount of debentures in accordance with the notice of
redemption.
During
the first three months of 2008, we also made our $1.1 million investment in
GridSense, transferred an additional $1 million to an Israeli bank for
additional security for guarantees for DSIT’s Naval solutions project for the
Israeli MOD and paid $2.5 million for accrued expenses related to payables
in
connection with our acquisition of SCR-Tech, tax payments and other accrued
expenses.
Acorn’s
cash
balance at the end of March 2008 was approximately $9.3 million not including
the $2.5 million of restricted cash. 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.
At
December 31, 2007, DSIT had approximately $244,000 in Israeli credit lines
available to DSIT by an Israeli bank, all of which was then being used. In
addition, the bank has allowed DSIT to utilize an additional $346,000 of credit
which is secured by deposits made by the Acorn. DSIT’s credit lines are
denominated in NIS and bear interest at a weighted average rate of the Israeli
prime rate per annum
plus 1.5% (at December 31, 2006, plus 2.2%). The Israeli prime rate fluctuates
and as of December 31, 2007 was 5.5% (December 31, 2006, 6.0%). The Company
has
a floating lien and provided guarantees with respect to DSIT’s outstanding lines
of credit. At December 31, 2007, DSIT was in technical violation of covenants
under its line of credit with its 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.
At
the
end of March 2008, DSIT was using its entire lines-of-credit (approximately
$265,000 at current exchange rates) plus an additional $475,000 that the bank
is
allowing DSIT to use with our support. With
our
temporary support, 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, we can provides no assurance that these measures will be successful
and
we may need to provide supplementary financing, or sell all or part of that
business.
SCR-Tech
does not have bank financing and currently finances its operations from its
activities. From time to time, we may provide SCR-Tech with temporary financial
support as the need arises until it arranges for outside financing. In the
first
quarter of 2008, we loaned
SCR-Tech
$350,000. Such funds have been returned to us.
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Contractual
Obligations and Commitments
The
table
below provides information concerning obligations under certain categories
of
our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2007.
Ending
December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
Payments due to Contractual Obligations
|
Total
|
2008
|
2009-2010
|
2011-2012
|
2013
and thereafter
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
$
|
167
|
$
|
167
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||
Convertible
debentures (1)
|
|
6,406
|
6,406
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Enertech
(2)
|
|
4,600
|
4,600
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Operating
leases
|
2,485
|
774
|
1,088
|
623
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Potential
severance obligations to Israeli employees (3)
|
2,397
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,397
|
|||||||||||
Total
contractual cash obligations
|
$
|
16,055
|
$
|
11,947
|
$
|
1,088
|
$
|
623
|
$
|
2,397
|
We
expect
to finance these contractual commitments in 2008 from cash currently on hand
and
cash generated from operations.
(1)
In
January
2008, we completed the redemption of all of our outstanding 10% Convertible
Redeemable Subordinated Debentures due March 2011. Of the $6.4 million of
Debentures outstanding at December 31, 2007, holders of the debentures elected
to convert approximately $3.0 million into approximately 780,000 shares of
our
common stock, at a conversion price of $3.80 per share. We
redeemed the
remaining $3.4 million principal amount of debentures in accordance with the
notice of redemption.
(2)
In
August 2007, we committed to invest up to $5 million over a ten-year period
in
EnerTech Capital Partners III L.P. (“EnerTech III”), a proposed $250 million
venture capital fund targeting early and expansion stage energy and clean energy
technology companies that can enhance the profits of the producers and consumers
of energy.
The
primary objective of EnerTech III is to provide superior venture returns. In
so
doing, EnerTech III may also provide investors with venture portfolio
diversification, a hedge against rising commodity fuel prices and access to
emerging companies that reduce the global dependence on
hydrocarbons.
Our
obligation under this commitment is presented as a current liability, though
it
is uncertain as to when actual payments may be made. To date, we have received
and funded a capital call of $400,000 to EnerTech III.
(3)
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, 2007, we accrued a total of $2.4 million for potential severance
obligations of which approximately $1.6 million was funded with cash to
insurance companies.
Certain
Information Concerning Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.
Our
DSIT
subsidiary has provided various performance, advance and tender guarantees
as
required in the normal course of its operations. As at December 31, 2007, such
guarantees totaled approximately $1.6 million and were due to expire through
2010. As security for a portion of these guarantees, Acorn has deposited with
an
Israeli bank approximately $1.5 million which is shown as restricted cash on
our
Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company expects the restricted cash to be
released in early 2009.
41
Impact
of Inflation and Currency Fluctuations
A
majority of DSIT’s sales are denominated in dollars or are 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. In 2007 the appreciation
of the NIS against the dollar was 9.0% and in 2006 the appreciation of the
NIS
against the dollar was 8.2%. Inflation in Israel was 3.9% in 2007 and -(0.1)%
during 2006. During the first two months of 2008, the NIS appreciated an
additional 5.5% against the dollar and inflation during this period was -0.2%.
As
of
December 31, 2007, virtually all of DSIT’s 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.
42
SUMMARY
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited)
The
following table sets forth certain of our unaudited quarterly consolidated
financial information for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007. This
information should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial
Statements and the notes thereto.
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
||||||||||||||||
restated
|
restated
|
restated
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
973
|
$
|
990
|
$
|
923
|
$
|
1,231
|
$
|
1,039
|
$
|
681
|
$
|
1,595
|
$
|
2,345
|
|||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
745
|
645
|
597
|
776
|
754
|
625
|
1,122
|
1,747
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
228
|
345
|
326
|
455
|
285
|
56
|
473
|
598
|
|||||||||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
26
|
71
|
137
|
90
|
130
|
103
|
77
|
105
|
|||||||||||||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
922
|
1,044
|
1,570
|
1,122
|
810
|
1,049
|
1,153
|
2,378
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(720
|
)
|
(770
|
)
|
(1,381
|
)
|
(757
|
)
|
(655
|
)
|
(1,096
|
)
|
(757
|
)
|
(1,885
|
)
|
|||||||||
Finance
income (expense), net
|
14
|
(20
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
(26
|
)
|
(345
|
)
|
(358
|
)
|
(856
|
)
|
||||||||||
Gain
on public offering of Comverge
|
— | — | — | — | — |
16,169
|
— | — | |||||||||||||||||
Gain
on sale of Comverge shares
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23,124
|
|||||||||||||||||
Loss
on Paketeria private placement
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
(37
|
)
|
— | ||||||||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
330
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before taxes on income
|
(376
|
)
|
(790
|
)
|
(1,398
|
)
|
(764
|
)
|
(681
|
)
|
14,728
|
(1,152
|
)
|
20,383
|
|||||||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
(2
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(175
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
454
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(378
|
)
|
(794
|
)
|
(1,400
|
)
|
(939
|
)
|
(683
|
)
|
14,725
|
(1,156
|
)
|
20,837
|
|||||||||||
Share
of loss in Paketeria
|
— | — |
(251
|
)
|
(173
|
)
|
(187
|
)
|
(201
|
)
|
(440
|
)
|
(378
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Share
of loss in Comverge
|
(210
|
)
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
(588
|
)
|
(794
|
)
|
(1,651
|
)
|
(1,112
|
)
|
(870
|
)
|
14,524
|
(1,596
|
)
|
20,459
|
|||||||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
|
(2,298
|
)
|
— | — |
229
|
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net
income from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
78
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(2,808
|
)
|
$
|
(794
|
)
|
$
|
(1,651
|
)
|
$
|
(883
|
)
|
$
|
(870
|
)
|
$
|
14,524
|
$
|
(1,596
|
)
|
$
|
20,459
|
|||
Basic
net income (loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
2.00
|
|||
Discontinued
operations
|
(0.27
|
)
|
— | — |
0.02
|
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.34
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
2.00
|
|||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
1.21
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
1.68
|
|||
Discontinued
operations
|
(0.27
|
)
|
— | — |
0.02
|
— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.34
|
)
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
1.21
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
1.68
|
|||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - basic
|
8,160
|
8,161
|
8,993
|
9,444
|
9,507
|
9,583
|
10,063
|
10,217
|
|||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - diluted
|
8,160
|
8,161
|
8,993
|
9,444
|
9,507
|
12,290
|
10,063
|
12,789
|
43
Results
have been restated for those previously reported for the first, second and
third
quarters of 2007 following:
1)
|
the
determination that our conversion of debt into equity following the
third
quarter private placement of Paketeria was effectively one single
connected transaction and not separate transactions; and
|
2)
|
the
determination that the Beneficial Conversion Feature (“BCF”) in our
Convertible Debenture which had initially been one-half expensed
at each
of the closings in March and April of 2007 should have been expensed
over
the four-year life of the Debenture along with the remaining balance
of
the BCF which had initially been expensed over a one-year
period.
|
The
effect of the restatement on the our net loss and basic and diluted loss per
share for the three, six and nine month periods ended March 31, June 30 and
September 30, 2007, are shown below:
Three
months ended
|
Six
months
ended
|
Three
months ended
|
Nine
months ended
|
Three
months ended
|
||||||||||||
March
31, 2007
|
June
30, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) as reported
|
$
|
(1,697
|
)
|
$
|
11,914
|
$
|
13,611
|
$
|
10,530
|
$
|
(1,384
|
)
|
||||
Effect
of Paketeria restatement
|
— | — | — |
(570
|
)
|
(570
|
)
|
|||||||||
Effect
of BCF restatement
|
827
|
1,740
|
913
|
2,098
|
358
|
|||||||||||
Net
income (loss) - as restated
|
$
|
(870
|
)
|
$
|
13,654
|
$
|
14,524
|
$
|
12,058
|
$
|
(1,596
|
)
|
||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share - as reported
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
1.25
|
$
|
1.42
|
$
|
1.08
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
||||
Effect
of restatements
|
0.09
|
0.18
|
0.10
|
0.16
|
(0.02
|
)
|
||||||||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share - as restated
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
1.43
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
1.24
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
||||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share - as reported
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
$
|
1.05
|
$
|
1.11
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
||||
Effect
of restatements
|
0.09
|
0.14
|
0.07
|
0.14
|
(0.02
|
)
|
||||||||||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share - as restated
|
$
|
(0.09
|
)
|
$
|
1.19
|
$
|
1.18
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
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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 2007 the NIS strengthened in relation
to the U.S. dollar by 9.0%. 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, 2007, a 10% weakening of the U.S. dollar against the NIS would
have
decreased stockholders’ equity by approximately $55,000 (arising from a negative
CTA adjustment of approximately $51,000 and net exchange losses of approximately
$4,000). These hypothetical changes are based on increasing the December 31,
2007 exchange rates by 10%.
In
addition, $3.7 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million of our backlog of projects
are contracts and orders that are linked to an Israeli Ministry of Defense
Index, denominated in Euros and denominated in NIS, respectively.
We
do not
employ specific strategies, such as the use of derivative instruments or
hedging, to manage our foreign currency exchange rate exposures although we
are
currently examining ways of limiting our foreign currency
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 54% of the trade accounts receivable at December
31,
2007 was due from a customer that pays its 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.
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ITEM 8. |
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
|
Furnished
at the end of this report commencing on page F-1.
ITEM 9. |
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
|
None.
ITEM 9A. |
CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
|
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our
management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation
of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”) as of the end of the
period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation,
our
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that these
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date, at a
reasonable level of assurance, in ensuring that the information required to
be
disclosed by our company in the reports we file or submit under the Act is
(i)
accumulated and communicated to our management (including the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer) in a timely manner, and (ii) recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms.
Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f).
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting
based on the criteria in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by
the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on
our
evaluation, management has concluded that our internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007. Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may
not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. This annual
report does not include an attestation report of our registered public
accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting pursuant
to
temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
was
no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule
13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) during our
last
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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
|
74
|
Founder,
Chairman of the Board; Chairman of the Board of our DSIT Solutions
Ltd.
subsidiary (“DSIT”)
|
||
John
A. Moore
|
42
|
Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer; and director of our Paketeria
AG
equity affiliate (“Paketeria”)
|
||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
61
|
Director
and member of our Audit Committee
|
||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
55
|
Director
and member of our Audit Committee
|
||
Richard
Rimer
|
42
|
Director
|
||
Scott
Ungerer
|
49
|
Director
|
||
Joe
Musanti
|
50
|
Director
and Chairman of our Audit Committee
|
||
William
J. McMahon
|
52
|
Chief
Executive Officer and President of CoaLogix
|
||
Benny
Sela
|
60
|
Chief
Executive Officer and President of DSIT
|
||
Michael
Barth
|
47
|
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 served as a director of Comverge from March 2006 through
January 2008. 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 a member of the Board of Directors of Voltaix,
Inc., a leading provider of specialty gases to the solar and semiconductor
industries. He was CEO of Optimer, Inc. (a research based polymer development
company) from inception in 1994 until 2002 and Chairman from inception until
its
sale in February 2008 to Sterling Capital.
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.
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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.
Scott
Ungerer
was
elected to the Board in September 2007. Mr. Ungerer has been a power and energy
sector investor for over 13 years and is the Managing Member of EnerTech
Capital, a pioneer in energy technology venture investing which he founded
in
1996. Mr. Ungerer's primary investing activities focus on opportunities in
software, advanced materials, and engineered solutions. Specific areas of
interest include opportunities in electric power generation, transmission and
distribution, power line carrier, natural gas distribution and advanced engine
technologies. He currently serves as a director of CURRENT Group, Intellon,
and
The NanoSteel Company.
Joe
Musanti
was
elected to the Board in September 2007. Mr. Musanti is
President of Main Tape Inc., a leading manufacturer of surface protection film
and paper products, based in Cranberry, New Jersey. Prior to becoming President,
Mr. Musanti served as Vice President Finance of Main Tape. Before that, Mr.
Musanti was Vice President Finance of Rheometric Scientific, Inc., a
manufacturer of thermal analytical instrumentation products where he held
significant domestic and foreign, operational, managerial, financial and
accounting positions.
William
J. McMahon
serves
as Chief Executive Officer and President of CoaLogix since its creation in
November 2007. Mr. McMahon also serves as president of SCR-Tech, LLC, a position
he has held since March 2005. Prior to that, Mr. McMahon served as Group
Vice President of the Ultrapure Water division of Ionics, Inc. from 2000 to
2004. From 1997 to 2000, he held several executive level positions including
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pantellos; President and
Chief Executive Officer of Stone & Webster Sonat Energy Resources; and
President of Stone & Webster Energy Services Inc. From 1978 to 1997,
Mr. McMahon held positions at DB Riley, Inc. and at The Babcock &
Wilcox Company. Mr. McMahon earned a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering
from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Xavier University.
Benny
Sela
serves
as the CEO of DSIT. Previously, he held the position of Executive Vice President
and Head of the company's Real Time Division. Prior to this, Mr. Sela was
the General Manager of DSI Technologies. Mr. Sela served in the Israeli Air
Force reaching the position of Lt. Colonel (Ret.). During his service in the
Israeli Air Force, Mr. Sela was head of the Electronic Warfare branch, working
on both the F-16 and Lavi projects. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering,
a Masters Degree in Operations Research from Stanford University, and an
MBA.
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 over 20 years of experience in public and
private accounting.
Audit
Committee; Audit Committee Financial Expert
The
three
members of the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”)
are Joe Musanti, Richard J. Giacco and Samuel M. Zentman. The Board of Directors
has determined that each member of the Audit Committee meets the independence
criteria prescribed by applicable law and the rules of the SEC for audit
committee membership and meets the criteria for audit committee membership
required by NASDAQ. Further, each Audit Committee member meets NASDAQ’s
financial knowledge requirements. Also, our Board has determined that Joe
Musanti qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined in the
rules and regulations of the SEC.
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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 2007 our executive officers and
directors complied with the filing requirements of Section 16(a), with
the
exception of the late filing of the following reports: Richard J. Giacco filed
a
late Form 4 reporting the grant of 10,000 stock options on December 5, 2007
(Form 4 filed April 11, 2008); George Morgenstern filed a late Form 4 reporting
the grant of 10,000 stock options on December 5, 2007 (Form 4 filed December
19,
2007); Richard S. Rimer filed a late Form 4 reporting the vesting of 25,000
performance based stock options on September 20, 2007 (Form 4 filed November
13,
2007) and a late Form 4 reporting the grant of 10,000 stock options on December
5, 2007 (Form 4 filed December 19, 2007); and Samuel M. Zentman filed a late
Form 4 reporting the grant of 10,000 stock options on December 5, 2007 (Form
4
filed December 19, 2007).
We
have
implemented measures to assure timely filing of Section 16(a) reports by our
executive officers and directors in the future.
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 may be accessed
on the Internet at http://www.acornfactor.com/pdfs/code.pdf.
ITEM 11. |
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
|
Summary
Compensation Table
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Option
Awards ($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||
John
A. Moore
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
2007
|
275,000
|
200,000
|
177,545
|
(1)
|
8,898
|
(2)
|
661,443
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
131,750
|
— |
675,744
|
(3)
|
11,669
|
(4)
|
819,163
|
||||||||||||
William
J. McMahon
Chief
Executive Officer of CoaLogix and SCR-Tech and President of CoaLogix
and
SCR-Tech (5)
|
2007
|
215,000
|
129,500
(6
|
)
|
—
|
23,263
|
(7)
|
367,763
|
|||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Benny
Sela
Chief
Executive Officer of DSIT and President of DSIT (8)
|
2007
|
137,287
|
3,800
(9
|
)
|
30,458
|
(10)
|
39,331
|
(11)
|
210,876
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Jacob
Neuwirth
Former
Chief Executive Officer of DSIT and President of DSIT (12)
|
2007
|
127,553
|
—
|
—
|
29,545
|
(11)
|
157,098
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
201,038
|
10,733
(13
|
)
|
— |
55,972
|
(11)
|
267,743
|
||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Michael
Barth
Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Financial Officer of DSIT
|
2007
|
99,996
|
20,000
|
62,473
|
(14)
|
21,581
|
(11)
|
204,050
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
95,250
|
— |
57,912
|
(15)
|
18,463
|
(11)
|
171,625
|
(1)
Represents FAS 123R expense with respect to 400,000 stock options granted as
of
March 27, 2006 with an exercise price of $2.60 per share and 60,000 options
granted as of February 27, 2007 with an exercise price of $4.53 per
share.
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(2)
Consists of health insurance premiums.
(3)
Represents FAS 123R expense with respect to 400,000 stock options granted as
of
March 27, 2006 with an exercise price of $2.60 per share.
(4)
Consists of (i) $4,669 in health insurance premiums and (ii) $7,000 in
director’s fees.
(5)
Appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of CoaLogix as of November
7,
2007 upon the acquisition of SCR-Tech by Acorn Energy. The compensation amounts
shown in the table are for the full year. The portions of such compensation
amounts that were earned subsequent to the acquisition of SCR-Tech by Acorn
on
November 7, 2007 were: FAS 123R expense with respect to 400,000 stock options
granted as of March 27, 2006 with an exercise price of $2.60 per
share.
(6)
Bonus
paid in 2007 for performance in 2006.
(7)
Consists of (i) $15,163 in health insurance premiums and (ii) $8,100 in 401k
contributions.
(8)
Appointed Chief Executive Officer of DSIT and President of DSIT effective July
1, 2007.
(9)
Bonus
paid in 2007 for performance in 2006 prior to his appointment as CEO and
President of DSIT.
(10)
Represents FAS 123R expense with respect to 25,000 stock options granted as
of
February 27, 2007 with an exercise price of $3.50 per share and 20,000 options
granted as of December 31, 2004 with an exercise price of $0.91 per
share.
(11)
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.
(12)
Resigned as Chief Executive Officer of DSIT and President of DSIT effective
June
30, 2007.
(13)
Bonus paid in 2006 for performance in 2005.
(14)
Represents FAS 123R expense with respect to 50,000 stock options granted as
of
July 21, 2006 with an exercise price of $3.00, 6,000 stock options granted
as of
February 27, 2007 with an exercise price of $4.53 per share, 30,000 stock
options granted as of September 20, 2007 with an exercise price of $3.90 per
share and 5,000 options granted as of December 31, 2004 with an exercise price
of $0.91 per share.
(15)
Represents FAS 123R expense with respect to 50,000 stock options granted as
of
July 21, 2006 with an exercise price of $3.00 per share and 5,000 options
granted as of December 31, 2004 with an exercise price of $0.91 per
share
Employment
Arrangements
John
A. Moore
became
our President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2006. 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 December 2007, the Board awarded a $200,000 bonus to Mr. Moore with
respect to 2007.
In
February 2007, the Board approved a grant to Mr. Moore of an option to purchase
60,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.53 per share,
of
which 49,000 vested immediately and 11,000 to vest on March 30, 2009 subject
to
certain accelerated vesting provisions. In 2007, the accelerated vesting
provisions were met and all options granted in 2007 were vested by December
31,
2007.
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William
J. McMahon
has
served as Chief Executive Officer and President of CoaLogix since
the Company’s acquisition of SCR-Tech and its related companies on November 7,
2007. Mr. McMahon employment terms are based on employment agreement signed
effective January 1, 2007 between Mr. McMahon and SCR-Tech’s former parent
company. The employment agreement was subsequently assumed and modified on
November 7, 2007 in conjunction with the Company’s acquisition of SCR-Tech. Mr.
McMahon’s employment agreement calls for base salary of $215,000 per year. Mr.
McMahon is eligible to receive an annual bonus with a target payment equal
to
50% of his base salary based upon criteria developed by the Board of Directors.
To date, no performance targets have been set by the Board. Based on previously
established bonus targets for 2007, Mr. McMahon earned a bonus of $96,750 which
is to be paid in 2008.
Benny
Sela
has
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of DSIT beginning July 1, 2007.
In December 2007, the Board of DSIT approved new employment terms for Mr. Sela
retroactive to July 1, 2007. Mr. Sela’s current employment agreement provides
for a base salary which is denominated in Israeli Consumer Price Index linked
NIS, currently equivalent to approximately $156,000 per annum. In addition
to
his base salary, Mr. Sela is also entitled to receive a bonus payment equal
to
5% of DSIT’s net profit before tax. Mr. Sela received a bonus in 2007 of $3,800
related to his 2006 performance prior to his appointment as President and Chief
Executive Officer of DSIT.
Jacob
Neuwirth
served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of DSIT until his resignation effective
June 30, 2007 pursuant to an employment agreement dated as of December 16,
2001.
Mr. Neuwirth’s employment agreement provided for a base salary which was
denominated in Israeli Consumer Price Index linked NIS, equivalent to
approximately $184,000 per annum. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Neuwirth
was entitled to a loan of up to $100,000 from DSIT. Such loan principal
($99,000) and all accrued interest were repaid in November 2007 as part of
a
Share Purchase Agreement whereby Acorn acquired Mr. Neuwirth’s shares in
DSIT.
Michael
Barth
has
served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Chief Financial Officer
of
DSIT beginning December 1, 2005. In July 2006, the Board approved an annual
salary of $100,000 for Mr. Barth. In 2007, the Board also approved the payment
of a bonus of $20,000 to Mr. Barth.
In
February 2007, the Board approved a grant to Mr. Barth of an option to purchase
6,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.53 per share,
vesting one-third immediately and one-third on each of December 31, 2007 and
2008, and expiring on July 31, 2011. Subsequently, in September 2007, the Board
also approved a grant to Mr. Barth of an option to purchase 30,000 shares of
our
Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.90 per share, vesting one-third on
each
of September 19, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and expiring on September 19,
2014.
Outstanding
Equity Awards At 2007 Fiscal Year End
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
|||||||||
John
A. Moore
|
400,000
|
—
|
2.60
|
March
31, 2011
|
|||||||||
60,000
|
—
|
4.53
|
March
31, 2011
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Benny
Sela
|
20,000
|
—
|
1.80
|
March
31, 2009
|
|||||||||
20,000
|
—
|
0.91
|
December
31, 2009
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Michael
Barth
|
5,000
|
—
|
0.91
|
December
31, 2009
|
|||||||||
33,333
|
16,667
|
(1)
|
3.00
|
July
31, 2011
|
|||||||||
4,000
|
2,000
|
(1)
|
4.53
|
July
31, 2009
|
|||||||||
—
|
30,000
|
(2)
|
3.90
|
September
19, 2014
|
(1)
|
These
options vest on December 31, 2008.
|
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(2)
|
One-third
of these options vest on each of September 19, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
|
Estimated
Payments and Benefits Upon Termination or Change in Control
The
amount of compensation and benefits payable to each named executive officer
in
various termination situations has been estimated in the tables below.
William
J. McMahon
Under
the
terms of the employment agreement with Mr. McMahon, we are obligated to make
certain severance payments to him in the event of termination or termination
in
connection with a change of control (as defined). The Modification Agreement
signed with Mr. McMahon upon acquisition of SCR-Tech by the Company provides
for
the following benefits in the event he is involuntarily terminated, other than
for cause, at any time prior to an announcement of a change of control or on
or
after the date that is 24 months following a change of control or the
announcement of a change of control, whichever comes later, then,
Mr. McMahon will be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to 200% of his
then base salary, subsidized COBRA premiums for himself and his eligible
dependents for up to a maximum of 12 months, in the case of termination not
in connection with a change in control, and 100% company-paid health,
dental and life insurance coverage at the same level of coverage as was provided
to him and his dependents immediately prior to the termination for up to a
maximum of two years from the date of his termination, in the case of
termination in connection with change in control.
The
following table describes the potential payments and benefits upon termination
of employment for Mr. McMahon, the President and Chief Executive Officer of
our
CoaLogix subsidiary, as if his employment terminated as of December 31,
2007, 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)
|
$
|
430,000
|
(2)
|
$
|
430,000
|
(4)
|
— | ||||
Benefits
and perquisites:
|
|||||||||||||
Perquisites
and other personal benefits
|
— |
15,163
|
(3)
|
294,151
|
(5)
|
— | |||||||
Total
|
$
|
— |
$
|
445,163
|
$
|
724,151
|
— |
(1)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time of termination.
|
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(2)
|
The
$430,000 represents 200% of Mr. McMahon’s base
salary
|
(3)
|
The
$15,163 represents 12 months of subsidized health insurance payments
|
(4)
|
The
$430,000 represents 200% of Mr. McMahon’s base salary assuming the
consideration for change of control to the Company or its stockholders
is
more than $10 million.
|
(5) |
The
$294,151 represents (i) $35,151 of 24 months of subsidized health
insurance payments and (ii) $259,000 which is in respect of 200%
of Mr.
McMahon’s target bonus, both assuming the consideration for change of
control to the Company or its stockholders is more than
$10 million.
|
Benny
Sela
Under
the
terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Sela, we are obligated to make
certain payments to fund in part our severance obligations to him. We are
required to pay Mr. Sela an amount equal to his last month’s salary multiplied
by the number of years (including partial years) that Mr. Sela has 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. Sela’s employment agreement. In
addition, the agreement with Mr. Sela provided for an additional payment equal
to 1.5 times his last month’s total compensation, payable at the end of his
employment with us. As of December 31, 2007, the unfunded portion of these
payments was $115,435. During 2007, in order to provide additional support
to
DSIT, improve its financial results and help solidify its banking relationships,
Mr. Sela waived $78,000 of amount due to him under his employment agreement.
The
following table describes the potential payments and benefits upon termination
of employment for Mr. Sela, the President and Chief Executive Officer of
our DSIT subsidiary, as if his employment terminated as of December 31,
2007, 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
|
$
|
78,000
|
(1)
|
$
|
117,000
|
(2)
|
—
|
$
|
117,000
|
(2)
|
|||
Benefits
and perquisites:
|
|||||||||||||
Perquisites
and other personal benefits
|
$
|
348,755
|
(3)
|
$
|
357,140
|
(4)
|
—
|
$
|
357,140
|
(4)
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
426,755
|
$
|
474,140
|
—
|
$
|
474,140
|
(1)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time of termination.
The $78,000 represents a parachute payment of six months salary due
to Mr.
Sela.
|
(2)
|
Assumes
that there is no earned but unpaid base salary at the time of termination.
The $117,000 represents a parachute payment of nine months salary
due to
Mr. Sela.
|
(3)
|
Includes
$369,072 of severance pay based 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. Sela worked for us multiplied
by
150% in accordance with his contract. Of the $369,072 due Mr. Sela,
we
have funded $253,637 in an insurance fund. Also includes accumulated,
but
unpaid vacation days ($35,663), car benefits ($5,250) and payments
for
pension and education funds ($16,770) less $78,000 of benefits waived
in
support of DSIT’s operations.
|
(4)
|
Includes
$369,072 of severance pay based 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. Sela worked for us multiplied
by
150% in accordance with his contract. Of the $369,072 due Mr. Sela,
we
have funded $253,637 in an insurance fund. Also includes accumulated,
but
unpaid vacation days ($35,663), car benefits ($5,250) and payments
for
pension and education funds ($25,155) less $78,000 of benefits waived
in
support of DSIT’s operations.
|
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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, 2007, the unfunded portion
of
these payments was $40,020. During 2007, in order to provide additional support
to DSIT, improve its financial results and help solidify its banking
relationships, Mr. Barth waived $48,000 of amount due to him under his
employment agreement.
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, 2007, 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
|
$
|
16,002
|
(3)
|
$
|
66,689
|
(4)
|
—
|
$
|
66,689
|
(4)
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
32,669
|
$
|
116,689
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
116,689
|
(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
$41,155 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 ($17,514), car benefits ($1,750) and payments
for
pension and education funds ($3,583) less $48,000 of benefits waived
in
support of DSIT’s operations..
|
(4)
|
Includes
$81,175 of severance pay based 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. Of the $81,175 due Mr. .Barth,
we
have funded $41,155 in an insurance fund. Also includes accumulated,
but
unpaid vacation days ($17,514), car benefits ($5,250) and payments
for
pension and education funds ($10,750) less $48,000 of benefits waived
in
support of DSIT’s operations.
|
Director
Compensation in 2007
Name
|
Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash ($)
|
Option
Awards ($) (1)
|
All
Other Compensation ($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||
Scott
Ungerer (2)
|
12,000
|
9,075
|
—
|
21,075
|
|||||||||
Joe
Musanti (3)
|
12,000
|
9,464
|
—
|
21,464
|
|||||||||
George
Morgenstern
|
30,000
|
13,757
|
65,000
|
(4)
|
108,757
|
||||||||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
30,000
|
47,313
|
—
|
77,313
|
|||||||||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
30,000
|
29,729
|
—
|
59,729
|
|||||||||
Richard
Rimer
|
29,500
|
88,916
|
—
|
118,416
|
|||||||||
Kevin
Wren (5)
|
17,500
|
29,729
|
—
|
47,229
|
(1)
|
Reflects
the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 in accordance with FAS
123(R),
and thus includes amounts from awards granted in and prior to 2007.
All
options awarded to directors in 2007 remained outstanding at fiscal
year-end.
|
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(2)
|
Was
appointed as a director on October 10,
2007.
|
(3)
|
Was
appointed as a director on October 4,
2007.
|
(4)
|
Mr.
Morgenstern received a non-accountable expense allowance of $65,000
to
cover travel and other expenses pursuant to a consulting
agreement.
|
(5)
|
Resigned
as a director on October 1, 2007.
|
Compensation
of Directors
Through
the end of September 2007, each of our directors was paid an annual cash
retainer of $20,000 payable quarterly in advance, as well as meeting fees for
Board and Committee meetings of $500 per meeting.
Beginning
in October 2007, we agreed that each of our non-employee directors would be
paid
an annual cash retainer of $40,000 payable quarterly in advance, as well as
meeting fees for Board and Committee meetings of $1,000 per
meeting.
Our
2006
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, which was adopted in February
2007, 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) 10,000 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 10,000 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 NASDAQ 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 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.
Consulting
Agreement with Mr. Morgenstern
Mr.
Morgenstern, the Chairman of our Board, has been retained as a consultant by
our
Company since March 2006 primarily to provide oversight of our Israeli
activities. Mr. Morgenstern’s consulting agreement provides for the payment of
an annual consulting fee of $1.00 and a non-accountable expense allowance,
which
had been $65,000 per year beginning in March 2006. The agreement was amended
in
March 2008 to (i) extend its term through March 2009, (ii) raise the annual
non-accountable expense allowance to $75,000 and (iii) provide for an additional
consulting fee of $25,000 if certain performance-based criteria are achieved
in
our Israeli activities.
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The
following table and the notes thereto set forth information, as of April 14,
2008 (except as otherwise set forth herein), concerning beneficial ownership
(as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of Common
Stock
by (i) each director of the Company, (ii) certain current or former executive
officers (iii) all executive officers and directors 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
|
482,054
|
(3)
|
4.2
|
%
|
|||
John
A. Moore
|
850,877
|
(4)
|
7.3
|
%
|
|||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
11,333
|
(5)
|
*
|
||||
Joseph
Musanti
|
0
|
—
|
|||||
Richard
Rimer
|
93,333
|
(6)
|
*
|
|
|||
Scott
B. Ungerer
|
0
|
—
|
|||||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
54,954
|
(7)
|
*
|
||||
Michael
Barth
|
47,267
|
(8)
|
*
|
||||
William
J. McMahon
|
6,500
|
(9)
|
*
|
||||
Benny
Sela
|
40,000
|
(10)
|
*
|
||||
All
executive officers and directors of the
|
|||||||
Company
as a group (10 people)
|
1,586,318
|
13.0
|
%
|
||||
Jacob
Neuwirth (11)
|
0
|
(12)
|
—
|
||||
Austin
W. Marxe and David M. Greenhouse
|
871,885
|
(13)
|
7.8
|
%
|
*
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, 4 West Rockland Road, Montchanin,
Delaware 19710.
|
(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 11,189,391
shares
outstanding as of April 14, 2008.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Consists
of 45,115 shares, 387,500 shares underlying currently exercisable
options,
and 49,439 shares owned by Mr. Morgenstern’s wife.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Consists
of 390,877 shares and 460,000 shares underlying currently exercisable
options.
|
|
|
(5)
|
Consists
of 3,000 shares and 8,333 shares underlying currently exercisable
options.
|
|
|
(6)
|
Consists
of 35,000 shares and 58,333 shares underlying currently exercisable
options.
|
|
|
(7)
|
Consists
of 5,297 shares, 48,333 shares underlying currently exercisable options
and 1,324 shares underlying currently exercisable warrants.
|
|
|
(8)
|
Consists
of 3,289 shares, 42,333 shares underlying currently exercisable options,
and 1,645 shares underlying currently exercisable warrants.
|
|
|
(9)
|
Consists
of 6,500 shares.
|
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(10)
|
Consists
of 40,000 shares underlying currently exercisable
options.
|
|
|
(11)
|
Resigned
as Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s subsidiary dsIT Solutions Ltd.
effective June 30, 2007.
|
|
|
(12)
|
Based
on information available to the Company as of July 26, 2007.
|
(13)
|
The
information presented with respect to these beneficial owners is
based on
a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 2008. Austin
W. Marxe and David M. Greenhouse share sole voting and investment
power
over 168,043 shares of Common Stock owned by Special Situations Cayman
Fund, L.P., 58,633 shares of Common Stock owned by Special Situations
Fund
III, L.P. and 645,209 shares of Common Stock owned by Special Situations
Fund III QP, L.P. The business address for Austin W. Marxe and David
M.
Greenhouse is 527 Madison Avenue, Suite 2600, New York, NY
10022.
|
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EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The
table
below provides certain information concerning our equity compensation plans
as
of December 31, 2007.
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
|
424,500
|
$
|
3.17
|
0
|
|
|||||
Equity
Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security
Holders(1)
|
295,000
|
$
|
3.47
|
415,000
|
||||||
Total
|
719,500
|
$
|
3.29
|
415,000
|
(1)
All
grants were made under our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) and
our 2006 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Outside Director
Plan”). The
Incentive Plan allows for grants and awards from time to time to employees,
officers, directors, and third party service providers, of cash and stock-based
awards, including, stock options, restricted stock, and stock appreciation
rights. A total of 400,000 shares of our Common Stock, are available for grant
or award under the Incentive Plan. The Incentive Plan is to be administered
by
either the full Board or an option committee appointed by the Board. Any grants
or awards under the Incentive Plan must be made at fair market value and are
intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as
amended. The Outside Director Plan provides for formula grants to non-employee
directors as follows: a grant of 25,000 shares of Common Stock upon first
election or appointment to the Board, with vesting as to the purchase of
one-third of the shares on each of the three anniversaries following the date
of
election or appointment; and a grant of 7,500 shares of Common Stock to each
non-employee director immediately following each Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
other than to any non-employee director first elected to the Board within the
four months immediately preceding and including such meeting, with vesting
on
the date that is one year from the date of the meeting. In addition to the
above
formula grants, the non-employee directors are eligible for grants at the
discretion of the Board. The terms of any discretionary grants are to be set
by
the Board. A total of 200,000 shares are available for use in the Outside
Director Plan. All grants shall be made at the fair market value of the shares
of Common Stock on the date immediately preceding the date of grant. Both the
Incentive Plan and the Outside Director Plan shall terminate on February 8,
2017.
ITEM 13. |
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS, RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
|
Transactions
With Related Persons
During
2007, we paid approximately $654,000 for legal services rendered and
reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses to Eilenberg Krause & Paul 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 loaned us $300,000 on a note payable for
a
period of six months. The note provided for interest at the rate of 9.5% during
the time it was outstanding. Under the note, we had the right to repay the
note
at any time prior to maturity and the note would have 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. The note was repaid
in
full on April 3, 2007 together with $7,000 of interest.
In
August
2006, 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 is one of our directors.
Pursuant to that agreement, we were entitled through August 2007 to purchase
the
shares of Paketeria equally 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 $776,000 at the then exchange rate), payable in our
Common Stock and warrants on the same terms as our July 2006 private placement.
The option was initially extended by both shareholders to November 5, 2007
and
again by our President and Chief Executive Officer for his share (€299,000 or
approximately $440,000 at December 31, 2007 exchange rates) to March 31, 2008.
At the December 31, 2007 exchange rate, the exercise of the option would result
in the issuance of approximately 166,000 shares of our Common Stock and warrants
exercisable for approximately 41,500 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.
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For
additional information regarding our transactions with Paketeria, see the
discussions under the captions “Recent Developments”, Overview and Trend
Information” and “Critical Accounting Policies” in “Item 7 Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.”
For
additional information regarding our Stockholders’ Agreement with CoaLogix and
EnerTech, see the discussion under the caption “Recent Developments” in “Item 7
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.” Scott Ungerer, one of our directors, is a principal of
EnerTech.
It
is the
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.
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Director
Independence
Applying
the definition of independence provided under the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules,
with
the exception of Mr. Moore and Mr. Morgenstern, 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. Morgenstern
would not be deemed independent because of his prior service as Chief Executive
Officer of the Company.
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:
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||
Audit
Fees
|
$
|
94,000
|
$
|
147,000
|
|||
Audit-
Related Fees
|
29,000
|
—
|
|||||
Tax
Fees
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Other
Fees
|
36,000
|
57,000
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
159,000
|
$
|
204,000
|
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.
Other
Fees were
for
services related to reviewing registration statements and due diligence
procedures. Other fees in 2006 were for services related to a response letter
to
the SEC and for reviewing registration statements.
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 2007 and 2006.
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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, 2006 and 2007
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and
2007
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Capital Deficiency) for the years
ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and
2007
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.
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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”)).
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|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Ownership and Merger dated September 15, 2006 effecting the name
change
to Acorn Factor, Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed September 21, 2006).
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|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Ownership and Merger dated December 21, 2007 effecting the name
change
to Acorn Energy, Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed January 3, 2008).
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3.4
|
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”)).
|
|
3.5
|
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”)).
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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).
|
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||
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 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006).
|
|
|
||
4.10
|
Form
of Warrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006).
|
|
#4.11
|
Promissory
Note of Acorn Factor, Inc. in favor of John A. Moore, dated December
31,
2006.
|
|
4.12
|
Form
of Agent Warrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).
|
|
|
||
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”)).*
|
62
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
|
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).
|
|
10.8
|
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).
|
|
10.9
|
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.*
|
|
10.10
|
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).*
|
|
10.11
|
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).*
|
|
10.12
|
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).
|
|
10.13
|
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).
|
|
10.14
|
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).
|
|
10.15
|
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).
|
|
10.16
|
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).
|
|
10.17
|
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).*
|
|
10.18
|
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).*
|
63
10.19
|
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).*
|
|
10.20
|
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).
|
|
10.21
|
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”).*
|
|
10.22
|
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).
|
|
10.23
|
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).
|
|
10.24
|
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).
|
|
10.25
|
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).*
|
|
10.26
|
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).*
|
|
10.27
|
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).*
|
|
10.28
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between Shlomie
Morgenstern, Databit Inc., and the Registrant (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”)).
|
|
10.29
|
Termination
and Release Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between Shlomie
Morgenstern and the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to
Exhibit A to Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006 8-K).*
|
|
10.30
|
Amendment
Agreement to GM Employment Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by
and
between George Morgenstern and the Registrant (incorporated herein
by
reference to Exhibit B to Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006
8-K).*
|
|
10.31
|
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).*
|
|
10.32
|
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).*
|
64
10.33
|
Consulting
Agreement dated as of March 9, 2006 by and between George Morgenstern
and
the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit E to Exhibit
10.1 to
the 2006 8-K).*
|
|
10.34
|
Form
of Consent Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
F to
Exhibit 10.1 to the 2006 8-K.).
|
|
10.35
|
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).
|
|
10.36
|
Placement
Agent Agreement between First Montauk Securities Corp. and the Registrant
dated June 12, 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).
|
|
10.37
|
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“)).
|
|
10.38
|
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).
|
|
10.39
|
Form
of Stock Purchase Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
10.3 to the August 2006 8-K).
|
|
10.40
|
Form
of Investors’ Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the August 2006 8-K).
|
|
10.41
|
Form
of Non-Plan Option Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit
10.5 to the August 2006 8-K).*
|
|
10.42
|
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 filed March 6, 2007).*
|
|
10.43
|
Acorn
Factor, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March
6, 2007).*
|
|
10.44
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.47 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006).
|
|
10.45
|
Placement
Agent Agreement between First Montauk Securities Corp. and the Registrant
dated March 8, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.48 to
the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2006).
|
|
#10.46
|
Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement between Acorn Factor,
Inc. and
Comverge, Inc., dated October 16, 2007.
|
|
#10.47
|
Form
of Lock-Up Agreement with Comverge, Inc.
|
|
10.48
|
Loan
Agreement by and between Acorn Factor, Inc. and Citigroup Global
Markets,
Inc., dated as of November 1, 2007 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed November 14, 2007).
|
65
10.49
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement by and among Acorn Factor, Inc., CoaLogix Inc.,
Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc., and with respect to Article 11 only,
Renegy Holdings, Inc., dated as of November 7, 2007 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed November 14, 2007).
|
|
10.50
|
Employment
Agreement between and among William J. McMahon III, Catalytica Energy
Systems, Inc., SCR-Tech LLC and CESI-SCR, Inc., effective as of January
1,
2007 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Catalytica
Energy Systems, Inc.
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 10, 2007).*
|
|
#10.51
|
Modification
Agreement by and among William J. McMahon III, SCR-Tech, LLC, CESI-SCR,
Inc., CoaLogix Inc. and Acorn Factor, Inc., dated as of November
7,
2007.*
|
|
10.52
|
Lease
Agreement dated December 16, 2002 and First Amendment to Lease Agreement
dated February 18, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.46
to the Catalytica
Energy Systems, Inc.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003).
|
|
10.53
|
Second
Amendment to Lease Agreement dated December 29, 2006 (incorporated
herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.74 to the Catalytica
Energy Systems, Inc.
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31,
2006).
|
|
14.1
|
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Registrant (incorporated herein
by
reference to Exhibit 14 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed November 2, 2007).
|
|
#21.1
|
List
of subsidiaries.
|
|
#23.1
|
Consent
of Kesselman & Kesselman CPA.
|
|
#31.1
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 302 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.
|
66
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
Montchanin, State of Delaware, on April 15, 2008.
Acorn
Energy, Inc
|
||
|
|
|
BY: |
/s/ John
A.
Moore
|
|
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
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
George Morgenstern
|
||||
George
Morgenstern
|
Chairman
of the Board and Director
|
April
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
Michael Barth
|
||||
Michael
Barth
|
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer)
|
April
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
Samuel M. Zentman
|
||||
Samuel
M. Zentman
|
Director
|
April
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
Richard J. Giacco
|
||||
Richard
J. Giacco
|
Director
|
April
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
Richard Rimer
|
||||
Richard
Rimer
|
Director
|
April
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
Joe Musanti
|
||||
Joe
Musanti
|
Director
|
April
15, 2008
|
||
/s/
Scott Ungerer
|
||||
Scott
Ungerer
|
Director
|
April
15, 2008
|
67
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS ACORN FACTOR,
INC.)
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF ACORN ENERGY, INC.:
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-1
|
|||
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 and December 31,
2006
|
F-2
|
|||
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007,
December
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
|
F-3
|
|||
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Capital Deficiency) for the
years ended December 31, 2007, December 31, 2006 and December 31,
2005
|
F-4
|
|||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007,
December
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
|
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
Energy, Inc. (formerly known as Acorn Factor, Inc.)
We
have
audited the consolidated balance sheets of Acorn Energy, Inc.
(formerly known as Acorn Factor, Inc.)
(the
“Company”) and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity
(capital deficiency) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2007. 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 audits 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, 2007 and 2006 and the results of their
operations and of their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
As
discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company
changed the manner in which it accounts for share based payments in 2006 and
the
manner in which it accounts for uncertain tax positions in 2007.
April
15,
2008
/s/
Kesselman & Kesselman
Certified
Public Accountants
A
member
of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Tel-Aviv,
Israel
F-1
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS ACORN FACTOR, INC.)
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(IN
THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,521
|
$
|
19,644
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
1,373
|
1,775
|
|||||
Unbilled
work-in-process
|
393
|
1,784
|
|||||
Inventory
|
—
|
119
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
316
|
1,391
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
3,603
|
24,713
|
|||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
445
|
1,335
|
|||||
Available
for sale - Investment in Comverge
|
—
|
55,538
|
|||||
Investment
in Paketeria
|
1,212
|
1,439
|
|||||
Other
investments
|
—
|
668
|
|||||
Funds
in respect of employee termination benefits
|
1,568
|
1,607
|
|||||
Restricted
cash
|
—
|
1,517
|
|||||
Other
intangible assets, net
|
48
|
5,987
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
97
|
3,945
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
285
|
218
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
7,258
|
$
|
96,967
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CAPITAL DEFICIENCY)
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Short-term
bank credit
|
$
|
462
|
$
|
590
|
|||
Current
maturities of long-term debt and Note payable - related
party
|
326
|
171
|
|||||
Convertible
debt, net
|
—
|
4,237
|
|||||
Accounts
payable
|
378
|
910
|
|||||
Accrued
payroll, payroll taxes and social benefits
|
478
|
1,118
|
|||||
Other
current liabilities
|
1,700
|
3,844
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
3,344
|
10,870
|
|||||
Long-term
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Investment
in Comverge, net
|
1,824
|
—
|
|||||
Liability
for employee termination benefits
|
2,545
|
2,397
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
—
|
12
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
—
|
16,038
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
6
|
325
|
|||||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
4,375
|
18,772
|
|||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 15)
|
|||||||
Shareholders’
equity (capital deficiency):
|
|||||||
Common
stock - $0.01 par value per share:
|
|||||||
Authorized
- 20,000,000 shares; Issued -10,276,030 and 11,134,795 shares at
December
31, 2006 and 2007
|
102
|
111
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
43,987
|
49,306
|
|||||
Warrants
|
888
|
1,330
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(41,904
|
)
|
(9,692
|
)
|
|||
Treasury
stock, at cost - 777,371 shares for December 31, 2006 and
2007
|
(3,592
|
)
|
(3,592
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
58
|
29,862
|
|||||
Total
shareholders’ equity (capital deficiency)
|
(461
|
)
|
67,325
|
||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity (capital deficiency)
|
$
|
7,258
|
$
|
96,967
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-2
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS ACORN FACTOR, INC.)
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN
THOUSANDS, EXCEPT NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE DATA)
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Sales:
|
||||||||||
Projects
|
$
|
3,204
|
$
|
3,186
|
$
|
4,061
|
||||
Catalytic
regeneration services
|
—
|
—
|
797
|
|||||||
Services
|
954
|
863
|
730
|
|||||||
Other
|
29
|
68
|
72
|
|||||||
Total
sales
|
4,187
|
4,117
|
5,660
|
|||||||
Cost
of sales:
|
||||||||||
Projects
|
2,117
|
2,022
|
2,891
|
|||||||
Catalytic
regeneration services
|
—
|
—
|
681
|
|||||||
Services
|
828
|
741
|
676
|
|||||||
Other
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
Total
cost of sales
|
2,945
|
2,763
|
4,248
|
|||||||
Gross
profit
|
1,242
|
1,354
|
1,412
|
|||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||
Research
and development expenses, net
|
53
|
324
|
415
|
|||||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
3,464
|
4,658
|
5,390
|
|||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
3,517
|
4,982
|
5,805
|
|||||||
Operating
loss
|
(2,275
|
)
|
(3,628
|
)
|
(4,393
|
)
|
||||
Finance
expense, net
|
(12
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
(1,585
|
)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
23,124
|
|||||||
Gain
on Public offering of Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
16,169
|
|||||||
Loss
on private placement in Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
(37
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income - settlement of a claim
|
—
|
330
|
—
|
|||||||
Income
(loss) before taxes on income
|
(2,287
|
)
|
(3,328
|
)
|
33,278
|
|||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
37
|
(183
|
)
|
445
|
||||||
Income
(loss) from operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries
|
(2,250
|
)
|
(3,511
|
)
|
33,723
|
|||||
Share
in losses of Paketeria
|
—
|
(424
|
)
|
(1,206
|
)
|
|||||
Share
in losses of Comverge
|
(380
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Minority
interests
|
(73
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Net
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
(2,703
|
)
|
(4,145
|
)
|
32,517
|
|||||
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
|
844
|
78
|
—
|
|||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
$
|
32,517
|
||
Basic
net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
$
|
3.30
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
$
|
3.30
|
||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding - basic
|
8,117
|
8,689
|
9,848
|
|||||||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
$
|
(0.48
|
)
|
$
|
2.80
|
||
Discontinued
operations
|
0.10
|
(0.23
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
$
|
(0.71
|
)
|
$
|
2.80
|
||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding -diluted
|
8,117
|
8,689
|
12,177
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-3
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS 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, 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 and investment in
Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
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
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
32,517
|
—
|
—
|
32,517
|
|||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on investment in Comverge, net of deferred taxes
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
29,555
|
29,555
|
|||||||||||||||||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements and investment in
Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
249
|
249
|
|||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
62,321
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment,
as of January 1, 2007, resulting from first-time adoption of FIN
48
adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(305
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(305
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Warrants
issued to placement agent with respect to private placement of
Debentures
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
213
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
213
|
|||||||||||||||||
Warrants
issued with respect to private placement of Debentures
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
531
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
531
|
|||||||||||||||||
Beneficial
conversion feature with respect to private placement of
Debentures
|
—
|
—
|
2,570
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,570
|
|||||||||||||||||
Stock
option compensation
|
—
|
—
|
894
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
894
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options and warrants
|
733
|
8
|
1,445
|
(302
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,151
|
||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of Debentures
|
126
|
1
|
479
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
480
|
|||||||||||||||||
Transaction
costs of previous private placements
|
—
|
—
|
(69
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(69
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2007
|
11,135
|
$
|
111
|
$
|
49,306
|
$
|
1,330
|
$
|
(9,692
|
)
|
$
|
(3,592
|
)
|
$
|
29,862
|
$
|
67,325
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS ACORN FACTOR, INC.)
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
THOUSANDS)
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Cash
flows used in operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
$
|
32,517
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities (see
Schedule A)
|
(431
|
)
|
4,548
|
(35,100
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(1,749
|
)
|
(1,588
|
)
|
(2,583
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Maturity
of short-term bank deposits
|
72
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Acquisitions
of property and equipment
|
(240
|
)
|
(149
|
)
|
(228
|
)
|
||||
Acquisitions
of goodwill and intangibles
|
(36
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Purchase
of additional share in DSIT
|
—
|
—
|
(740
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
from the sale of Comverge shares
|
—
|
—
|
28,388
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from the sale of property and equipment
|
152
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Restricted
cash (under agreement to a related party)
|
(1,350
|
)
|
1,350
|
—
|
||||||
Restricted
cash
|
(3
|
)
|
247
|
(1,517
|
)
|
|||||
Investment
in Comverge
|
—
|
(210
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Investment
in Paketeria
|
—
|
(1,338
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Loans
to and costs of acquisition of note due from Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
(1,189
|
)
|
||||||
Investment
in Local Power Inc.
|
—
|
—
|
(268
|
)
|
||||||
Investment
in Enertech
|
—
|
—
|
(400
|
)
|
||||||
Amounts
funded for employee termination benefits
|
(558
|
)
|
(671
|
)
|
(343
|
)
|
||||
Utilization
of employee termination benefits
|
687
|
544
|
304
|
|||||||
Sale
of dsIT Technologies (see Schedule C)
|
3,431
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Sale
of Databit (see Schedule D)
|
—
|
(974
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Acquisition
of SCR-Tech (see Schedule E)
|
—
|
—
|
(10,112
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
2,155
|
(1,201
|
)
|
13,895
|
||||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from employee stock option and warrant exercises
|
—
|
285
|
1,151
|
|||||||
Proceeds
(expenses)from private placement of common stock and warrants, net
of
issuance costs
|
—
|
2,631
|
(137
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
from note payable to a related party
|
425
|
300
|
—
|
|||||||
Repayment
of note payable to a related party
|
(425
|
)
|
—
|
(300
|
)
|
|||||
Proceeds
from loan for acquisition of SCR-Tech
|
—
|
—
|
14,000
|
|||||||
Repayment
of loan for acquisition of SCR-Tech
|
—
|
—
|
(14,000
|
)
|
||||||
Short-term
bank credit, net
|
182
|
332
|
128
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings of long-term debt
|
90
|
—
|
276
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from convertible debentures with warrants net of transaction costs
of
$1,046
|
—
|
—
|
5,840
|
|||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
|
(450
|
)
|
(151
|
)
|
(147
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(178
|
)
|
3,397
|
6,811
|
||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
228
|
608
|
18,123
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
685
|
913
|
1,521
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year
|
$
|
913
|
$
|
1,521
|
$
|
19,644
|
||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
144
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
547
|
||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
102
|
$
|
19
|
$
|
44
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-5
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS ACORN FACTOR, INC.)
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULES
TO CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
THOUSANDS)
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
A.
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization.
|
$
|
254
|
$
|
204
|
$
|
300
|
||||
Change
in minority
interests
|
73
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Share
in losses of Comverge
|
380
|
210
|
—
|
|||||||
Share
in losses of Paketeria
|
—
|
159
|
1,157
|
|||||||
Change
in deferred taxes
|
(81
|
)
|
—
|
(893
|
)
|
|||||
Impairment
of goodwill and intangibles
|
—
|
40
|
112
|
|||||||
Increase
(decrease) in liability for employee termination benefits
|
(277
|
)
|
281
|
(148
|
)
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
(23,124
|
)
|
||||||
Gain
on public offering of investment in Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
(16,169
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
on private placement of Paketeria
|
—
|
—
|
37
|
|||||||
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
|
(6
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Stock
and stock option compensation
|
23
|
1,522
|
894
|
|||||||
Value
of warrants issued for services provided
|
—
|
121
|
—
|
|||||||
Amortization
of beneficial conversion feature, debt origination costs and value
of
warrants in private placement of Debentures
|
—
|
—
|
1,297
|
|||||||
Other
|
(71
|
)
|
7
|
(6
|
)
|
|||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Decrease
in accounts receivable, unbilled work-in- process, other current
assets
and other assets
|
1,210
|
350
|
107
|
|||||||
Decrease
(increase) in inventory
|
36
|
(18
|
)
|
20
|
||||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable, other current liabilities and other
liabilities
|
(1,431
|
)
|
(626
|
)
|
1,316
|
|||||
$
|
(431
|
)
|
$
|
4,548
|
$
|
(35,100
|
)
|
|||
B.
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Increase
in goodwill from sale of dsIT Technologies
|
$
|
79
|
||||||||
Accrued
expenses in respect of private placement of common stock
|
$
|
104
|
||||||||
Unrealized
gain from Comverge shares, net of deferred taxes
|
$
|
29,555
|
||||||||
Conversion
of loans and notes receivable and accrued interest due from Paketeria
to
investment in Paketeria
|
$
|
1,154
|
||||||||
Conversion
of convertible debentures to common stock
|
$
|
479
|
||||||||
Adjustment
of retained earnings and other current liabilities with respect to
the
adoption of FIN 48
|
$
|
305
|
||||||||
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
|
)
|
||||||||
E. Assets/liabilities
acquired in the acquisition of SCR-Tech:
|
||||||||||
Current
assets
|
$
|
(2,120
|
)
|
|||||||
Non-current
assets
|
(845
|
)
|
||||||||
Intangibles
|
(5,511
|
)
|
||||||||
Goodwill
|
(3,714
|
)
|
||||||||
Debt
|
12
|
|||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
1,110
|
|||||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
29
|
|||||||||
(11,039
|
)
|
|||||||||
Less
unpaid transaction costs
|
927
|
|||||||||
(10,112
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-6
NOTE
1—NATURE OF OPERATIONS
(a)
Description of Business
Acorn
Energy, Inc. (“Acorn” or the “Company”) (formerly known as Acorn Factor, Inc.) a
Delaware corporation is a holding company that specializes in acquiring and
accelerating the growth of emerging ventures that promise improvement in the
economic and environmental efficiency of the energy sector.
Through
its majority-owned operating subsidiaries the Company provides the
following:
·
|
RT
Solutions.
Real time software consulting and development services, provided
through
the Company’s DSIT subsidiary, with a focus on port security for strategic
energy installations.
|
·
|
SCR
Catalyst and Management Services
for coal-fired power plants that use selective catalytic reduction
(SCR)
systems to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, provided through
CoaLogix and its subsidiary SCR-Tech LLC. These services include
SCR
catalyst management, cleaning and regeneration as well as consulting
services to help power plant operators to optimize efficiency and
reduce
overall NOx compliance costs.
|
The
Company’s equity affiliates and other entities in which the Company owns
significant equity interests are engaged in the following
activities:
·
|
Comverge
Inc.
Energy intelligence solutions for utilities and energy companies
through
demand response by Comverge, Inc.
|
·
|
Paketeria
AG.
Owner and franchiser of a full- service franchise chain in Germany
that
combines eight services (post and parcels, electricity, eBay dropshop,
mobile telephones, copies, printing, photo processing and printer
cartridge refilling) in one store.
|
·
|
Local
Power, Inc.
(LPI) Consultation services for Community Choice Aggregation, through
Local Power, Inc.
|
· |
GridSenseSystems
Inc. Provides remote and control systems to electric utilities
and industrial facilities
worldwide.
|
The
Company’s operations are based in the United States and Israel. Acorn’s shares
are traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol ACFN.
(b)
Accounting Principles
The
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
(c)
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.
(d)
Amounts in the Footnotes in the Financial Statements
All
amounts in the footnotes of the consolidated financial statements are in
thousands except for net income (loss) per share data.
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 Acorn
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.
Accounts
Receivable
Accounts
receivable consists of trade receivables. Trade receivables are recorded at
the
invoiced amount.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts.
The
Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses
resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments. This
allowance is based on specific customer account reviews and historical
collections experience. If the financial condition of the Company’s funding
parties or customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their
ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. The Company
performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and does not require
collateral.
The
allowance charged as an expense related to trade accounts receivable was $2,
$0
and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Inventory
Inventories
generally are comprised of chemicals used in the regeneration or rejuvenation
of
SCR modules. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the
first-in, first-out method.
Investment
in Marketable Securities
The
Company’s investment in Comverge is accounted for as available for sale in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 (SFAS
115),
Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. SFAS
115
establishes the accounting and reporting requirements for all debt securities
and for investments in equity securities that have readily determinable fair
values. All marketable securities must be classified as one of the following:
held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading. The Company classifies its
marketable securities as available-for-sale and, as such, carries the
investments at fair value, with unrealized holding gains and losses reported
in
shareholders’ equity as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss). The cost of securities sold is determined based on the average
cost method. Unrealized losses that are other than temporary are recognized
in
net income. The Company does not hold these securities for speculative or
trading purposes
Investments
in Companies Accounted for Using the Equity or Cost Method
Investments
in other entities are accounted for using the equity method
or
cost basis depending upon the level of ownership and/or the Company's ability
to
exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of
the
investee. Investments of this nature are recorded at original cost and adjusted
periodically to recognize the Company's proportionate share of the investees’
net income or losses after the date of investment. When net losses from an
investment accounted for under the equity method exceed its carrying amount,
the
investment balance is reduced to zero and additional losses are not provided
for. The Company resumes accounting for the investment under the equity
method
when the entity subsequently reports net income and the Company's share of
that
net income exceeds the share of net losses not recognized during the period
the
equity
method
was suspended. Investments are written down only when there is clear evidence
that a decline in value that is other than temporary has occurred. When an
equity accounted for investee issues its own shares, the subsequent reduction
in
the Company's proportionate interest in the investee is reflected in income
as a
deemed dilution gain proportionate interest in or loss on
disposition.
F-8
The
Company’s investment in Paketeria is accounted for by the equity method. The
Company’s investments in both LPI and EnerTech is accounted for by the cost
method. Capital gains or losses arising from the issuance of shares by
associated companies to third parties are carried to income
currently.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are presented at cost at the date of acquisition including
capitalized labor costs, net of third party participation. Capital leases are
recorded at the present value of the minimum lease payments. 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. The Company’s existing goodwill and intangible
assets are associated with its SCR and RT 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.
Other
intangible assets that have finite useful lives, (i.e. purchased technology),
are recorded at fair value at the time of the acquisition, and are carried
at
such value less accumulated amortization. The Company amortizes these intangible
assets on a straight-line basis over their useful lives, estimated at ten
years.
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.
F-9
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
As
prescribed in Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 101 and 104, “Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements,” the Company recognizes revenue from when
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services have been rendered,
the
price is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is reasonably
assured.
Revenues
from management and consulting, 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.
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.
Revenues
related to SCR catalyst regeneration and cleaning services are recognized when
the service is completed for each catalyst module. Customer acceptance is not
required for regeneration and cleaning services in that CoaLogix’s contracts
currently provide that services are completed upon receipt of testing by
independent third parties confirming compliance with contract requirements.
From
time
to time, CoaLogix purchases spent catalyst modules, regenerates them and
subsequently sells them to customers as refurbished units. In such cases,
revenues are not recognized until the units are delivered to the
customer.
Costs
associated with performing SCR catalyst regeneration and cleaning services
are
expensed as incurred because of the close correlation between the costs
incurred, the extent of performance achieved and the revenue recognized. In
the
situation where revenue is deferred due to collectibility uncertainties, the
Company does not defer costs due to the uncertainties related to payment for
such services.
Unbilled
Work-in-Process
Revenues
may be earned for those services in advance of amounts billable to the customer
and are recognized when the service is complete, unless the contract terms
will
not result in invoice generation within six months from the date of completion
of those services. Revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed are recorded
as unbilled work-in-process. Such amounts are generally billed upon the
completion of a project milestone.
Warranty
Provision
DSIT
generally grants its customers one to two year product warranty. No provision
was made in respect of warranties based on the DSIT’s previous history. For
certain projects, where the warranty period is included in the project contract
amount, a portion of the contract amount is set aside and the revenue is not
recognized until the warranty period begins.
F-10
Warranties
provided for the Company’s SCR catalyst cleaning and regeneration services vary
by contract, but typically provide limited performance guarantees. Estimated
warranty obligations related to SCR catalyst cleaning and regeneration services
are provided for as cost of revenues in the period in which the related revenues
are recognized, established as a percentage of the previous twelve months SCR
catalyst cleaning and regeneration services revenues based on management’s
estimate of future potential warranty obligations and limited historical
experience. Adjustments are made to accruals as warranty claim data and
historical experience warrant. Historically, no warranty claims have ever been
presented with respect to SCR catalyst cleaning and regeneration services.
The
Company’s warranty obligation may be materially affected by product or service
failure rates and other costs incurred in correcting a product or service
failure. Should actual product or service failure rates or other related costs
differ from the Company's estimates, revisions to the accrued warranty liability
would be required.
The
following table summarizes the changes in accrued warranty liability from the
year ended December 31, 2005 to the year ended December 31,
2007:
Gross
Carrying Amount
|
||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
$
|
—
|
||
Warranties
issued and adjustment of provision
|
—
|
|||
Warranty
claims
|
—
|
|||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
$
|
—
|
||
Warranties
issued and adjustment of provision
|
—
|
|||
Warranty
provision acquired in acquisition of SCR-Tech
|
107
|
|||
Warranty
claims
|
—
|
|||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$
|
107
|
Concentration
of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk, consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade receivables.
The Company uses local banks to invest its excess cash in money market
funds. The counter-party to a majority of the Company’s cash equivalent 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.
Related
credit risk would result from a default by the financial institutions or issuers
of investments to the extent of the recorded carrying value of these
assets.
Approximately 54% of the trade accounts receivable at December 31, 2007, were
due from a customer that pays its receivables over usual credit periods (as
to
revenues from significant customers - see Note 20(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.
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 $6,
$3
and $8 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, 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 permitted
by SFAS 123R and, accordingly, financial statement amounts for the prior periods
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
16
for
information on the impact of the Company’s adoption of SFAS 123R and the
assumptions used to calculate the fair value of stock-based employee
compensation. Upon the exercise of options, it is the Company’s policy to issue
new shares rather than utilizing treasury shares.
F-11
The
following table illustrates the effect on net loss and net loss per share if
the
Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 for
periods presented prior to January 1, 2006:
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
||||
Net
loss from continuing operations as reported
|
$
|
(2,703
|
)
|
|
Plus:
Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net
loss
|
—
|
|||
Less:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under
fair
value based method for all awards - net of income taxes
|
(275
|
)
|
||
Pro
forma net loss from continuing operations
|
$
|
(2,978
|
)
|
|
Net
income from discontinued operations as reported
|
$
|
1,385
|
||
Plus:
Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net
income
|
23
|
|||
Less:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under
fair
value based method for all awards - net of income taxes
|
(116
|
)
|
||
Pro
forma net income from discontinued operations
|
$
|
1,292
|
||
Pro
forma net loss
|
$
|
(1,686
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share - as reported:
|
||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.26
|
)
|
|
From
discontinued operations
|
0.10
|
|||
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share -pro forma:
|
||||
From
continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
|
From
discontinued operations
|
0.16
|
|||
Basic
and diluted
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
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.
F-12
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 the assets 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.
Prior
to
January 1, 2007, the Company recognized income tax accruals with respect to
uncertain tax positions based upon Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies.” Under SFAS No. 5,
the Company recorded a liability associated with an uncertain tax position
if
the liability was both probable and estimable. The Company's liability under
SFAS No. 5 included interest and penalties, which were recognized as
incurred within “Finance expense, net” in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations.
Effective
January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation (FIN) No. 48,
“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting
for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in financial statements in accordance
with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” FIN 48 prescribes 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. FIN 48 requires that the Company determine whether the benefits
of
tax positions are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit based
on
the technical merits of the tax position. For tax positions that are more likely
than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company recognizes the largest
amount of the benefit that is more likely than not of being sustained. For
tax
positions that are not more likely than not of being sustained upon audit,
the
Company does not recognize any portion of the benefit in the consolidated
financial statements. The provisions of FIN 48 also provide guidance on
de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods, and disclosure.
The
cumulative effect of the adoption of the recognition and measurement provisions
of FIN 48 resulted in a $305 reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of
retained earnings. Results of prior periods have not been restated. The
Company’s policy for interest and penalties related to income tax exposures was
not impacted as a result of the adoption of the recognition and measurement
provisions of FIN 48. Therefore, the Company continues to recognize interest
and
penalties as incurred within “Finance expense, net” in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
Basic
and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic
net
income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the
weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year, excluding
treasury stock. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing
the
net income (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. Convertible debentures are assumed to have been converted into
ordinary shares, and net income is adjusted to eliminate the interest
expense, less the tax effect. 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,
warrants and Convertible Debentures that were excluded from the computation
of
diluted net income (loss) per share, as they had an antidilutive effect,
were
approximately 1,765,000, 1,945,000 and
85,000
for the years ending December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007,
respectively.
F-13
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
The
components of the Company’s comprehensive income (loss) for the periods
presented are net income (loss), FAS 115 adjustments and differences from the
translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements.
Components
of accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:
|
As
of December 31,
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2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements and investment in
Paketeria
|
$
|
(32
|
)
|
$
|
85
|
$
|
249
|
|||
Differences
from translation of subsidiaries’ financial statements associated with
sale of dsIT Technologies
|
22
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Unrealized
gain on investment in Comverge, net of deferred taxes
|
—
|
—
|
29,555
|
|||||||
$
|
(10
|
)
|
$
|
85
|
$
|
29,804
|
Recently
Issued Accounting Principles
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS Statement No. 157
(“SFAS No. 157”), “Fair Value Measurements,” which addresses the
measurement of fair value by companies when they are required to use a fair
value measure for recognition or disclosure purposes under GAAP.
SFAS No. 157 provides a common definition of fair value to be used
throughout GAAP which is intended to make the measurement of fair value more
consistent and comparable and improve disclosures about those measures.
SFAS No. 157 is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year
beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently
evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its financial position,
results of operations and cash flows.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“FAS 159”). FAS
159
provides entities with the option to measure many financial instruments and
certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured
at fair value, and also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements
designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different
measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This
standard is intended to expand the use of fair value measurement, but does
not
require any new fair value measurements. FAS
159
is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact
of this standard on its financial position, results of operations and cash
flows.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), “Business Combinations”
(“FAS 141(R)”) and SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated
Financial Statements” (“FAS 160”). FAS 141(R) requires the acquiring entity in a
business combination to record all assets acquired and liabilities assumed
at
their respective acquisition-date fair values and changes other practices under
FAS 141. FAS 141(R) also requires additional disclosure of information
surrounding a business combination, such that users of the entity’s financial
statements can fully understand the nature and financial impact of the business
combination. FAS 160 requires entities to report non-controlling (minority)
interests in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements.
The Company is required to adopt FAS 141(R) and FAS 160 simultaneously in its
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009. The provisions of FAS 141(R) will only
impact the Company if it is party to a business combination after the
pronouncement has been adopted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects,
if any, that FAS 160 may have on its financial position, results of operations
and cash flows.
In
June
2006, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF), reached a consensus on Issue
No. 06-01, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Service Provider to
Manufacturers or Resellers of Equipment Necessary for an End-Customer to Receive
Service from the Service Provider” (EITF No. 06-01). EITF 06-01 provides
guidance on the accounting for consideration given to third party manufacturers
or resellers of equipment which is required by the end-customer in order to
utilize the service from the service provider. EITF 06-01 is effective for
fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2007 (January 1, 2008, for the
Company). An entity should recognize the effects of applying EITF 06-01 as
a
change in accounting principle through retrospective application to all prior
periods unless it is impracticable to do so. The Company does not expect the
adoption of EITF 06-01 to have a material impact on its results of operations
and financial position.
F-14
In
June
2007, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached Issue No. 07-03, "Accounting
for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services Received to Be Used
in
Future Research and Development Activities" (EITF No. 07-03). EITF No. 07-03
requires that nonrefundable advance payments for goods or services that will
be
used or rendered for future research and development activities be deferred
and
amortized over the period that the goods are delivered or the related services
are performed, subject to an assessment of recoverability. The provisions of
EITF 07-03 will be effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal
years
(January 1, 2008, for the Company). The provisions of this EITF are applicable
for new contracts entered into on or after the effective date. Earlier
application is not permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of EITF
07-03 to have a material impact on its results of operations and financial
position.
In
December 2007, the FASB ratified
EITF Issue No. 07-01, "Accounting for Collaborative Arrangements"
("EITF
07-01"). EITF 07-01 defines collaborative arrangements and
establishes reporting
requirements for transactions between participants in a
collaborative arrangement
and between participants in the arrangement and third parties. EITF
07-01
also
establishes the appropriate income statement presentation and classification
for joint operating activities and payments between participants,
as
well
as the sufficiency of the disclosures related to these arrangements.
EITF
07-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008
(January
1, 2009, for the Company). EITF 07-01 shall be applied using
modified version
of retrospective transition for those arrangements in place at the effective
date. An entity should report the effects of applying this Issue as
a change
in
accounting principle through retrospective application to all prior periods
presented for all arrangements existing as of the effective date,
unless it
is
impracticable to apply the effects the change retrospectively. The Company
does
not expect the adoption
of EITF 07-01 to have a material impact on its results of operations and
financial position
NOTE
3— ACQUISITIONS
(a)
SCR-Tech
On
November 7, 2007, the Company completed the purchase of SCR-Tech LLC
(“SCR-Tech”) and other affiliated entities described below (collectively, the
“Acquired Companies”) from Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc. (“Catalytica”), a
subsidiary of Renegy Holdings, Inc., for a purchase price of $9.6 million in
cash. SCR-Tech and the other Acquired Companies are providers of catalyst
regeneration technologies and management services for selective catalytic
reduction systems used by coal-fired power plants to reduce nitrogen oxides
(NOx) emissions.
The
acquisition of the Acquired Companies was completed pursuant to a Stock Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated November 7, 2007, by and among the
Company, Catalytica, Renegy Holdings, Inc. and CoaLogix Inc. (“CoaLogix”).
CoaLogix is a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company which was
formed for the purpose of consummating the acquisition of the Acquired
Companies.
The
Purchase Agreement provides for the purchase by CoaLogix of all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of CESI-SCR, Inc. (“CESI-SCR”) and CESI-Tech
Technologies, Inc. (“CESI-Tech”) from Catalytica for $9,600 plus a working
capital adjustment (amounting to $714) and the assumption by the Company and/or
CoaLogix of certain liabilities of Catalytica relating to the business
(including certain obligations with respect to employment agreements previously
entered into by the Acquired Companies). CESI-SCR owns all the issued and
outstanding membership interests of SCR-Tech LLC (“SCR-Tech”), the primary
operating entity of the Acquired Companies.
F-15
To
provide financing for the purchase of the Acquired Companies, the Company
entered into a Loan Agreement with CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc., dated as
November 1, 2007 (the “Loan Agreement”). As security for the repayment of
advances under the Loan Agreement, the Company pledged the 2,786,021 shares
of
Comverge, Inc. common stock it then held (see Note 4). On November 5, 2007,
the
Company drew down $14,000 under the Loan Agreement to finance the acquisition
of
the Acquired Companies. The $14,000 advanced to the Company under the Loan
Agreement were payable upon demand by the lender. Interest was payable monthly
on any amounts advanced under the Loan Agreement in accordance with the lender’s
published rates and policies for securities margin accounts. The entire loan
balance was repaid upon the sale by the Company of a portion of its investment
in Comverge (see Note 4) and the pledge was withdrawn.
The
transaction is accounted for as a purchase business combination. SCR-Tech’s
results from operations for the period from acquisition to December 31, 2007
have been included in the Company’s consolidated statement of
operations.
The
aggregate purchase price for SCR-Tech was $11,039, comprised of (i) $9,600
representing the purchase price as per the Purchase Agreement (ii) $714
representing the working capital adjustment, and (iii) $725 of transaction
costs.
The
Company has obtained preliminary valuation (which is subject to change) of
intangible assets as of November 7, 2007, and has accordingly allocated the
purchase price as follows:
$
|
2,120
|
|||
Property
and equipment
|
813
|
|||
Intangible
assets
|
5,511
|
|||
Goodwill
|
3,714
|
|||
Other
non-current assets
|
32
|
|||
Total
assets acquired
|
12,190
|
|||
|
||||
Current
liabilities
|
1,110
|
|||
Non-current
liabilities
|
12
|
|||
Deferred
tax liabilities created in acquisition
|
29
|
|||
Total
liabilities assumed
|
1,151
|
|||
|
||||
Net
assets acquired
|
$
|
11,039
|
The
intangible assets represent the fair value of technologies acquired (ten-year
useful life). The goodwill resulting from the acquisition is not deductible
for
income tax purposes. The intangibles and goodwill acquired relating to the
acquisition SCR-Tech was “pushed down” from the Company in accordance with
Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. D-97, Push
Down Accounting.
The
intangible assets and the goodwill acquired were assigned to the Company’s new
SCR segment.
The
following are certain unaudited pro forma combined income data assuming that
the
acquisition by CoaLogix of the Acquired Companies occurred on January 1,
2007
and 2006, respectively. The unaudited pro forma financial information is
not
necessarily indicative of the combined results that would have been attained
had
the acquisitions of the Acquired Companies occurred as of January 1, 2007
and
2006, respectively, nor is it necessarily indicative of future
results.
Year
ended December 31,
|
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|
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||
In
thousands (expect per share data)
|
|||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
||||||
Sales | $ | 11,500 | $ | 9,424 | |||
Net income (loss) | $ | (7,041 | ) | $ | 29,289 | ||
Net income (loss) per share - basic | $ | (0.82 | ) | $ | 2.97 | ||
Net income (loss) per share - diluted | $ | (0.82 | ) | $ | 2.54 |
(b)
DSIT
Solutions
On
November 29, 2007, the Company increased its holdings in DSIT by acquiring
the
shares of DSIT’s former CEO for $740 (transaction costs were immaterial). As a
result of this acquisition, the Company increased its holdings in DSIT to
approximately 72%. The purchase price is subject to upward adjustment if, in
the
event that at any time prior to December 31, 2009, the Company receives
consideration for its shares in DSIT exceeding the value for DSIT implicit
in
the purchase price.
In
addition, on November 29, 2007, the Company entered into a put option agreement
with certain affiliates of the former CEO who are shareholders of DSIT pursuant
to which such affiliates have the right to sell to the Company all but not
less
than all of the shares they hold in DSIT for an aggregate purchase price of
$294. The Option is exercisable until December 31, 2008. As a precondition
to
the grant of the Option, the affiliates delivered to the Company an irrevocable
proxy to vote their shares on any issue brought before the shareholders of
DSIT.
The
Company has obtained a preliminary valuation (which is subject to change) of
intangible assets as of November 29, 2007 for the purposes of allocating the
$740 purchase price to the assets, liabilities and the put option. The Company
has tentatively assigned $557 of the purchase price to intangible assets
representing the fair value of technology, backlog and customer relationships
with the balance of $231 being assigned to goodwill and an offset of $48 for
the
put option. No amortization of the intangibles was recorded in 2007 due to
immateriality. The goodwill resulting from the acquisition is not deductible
for
income tax purposes as the acquisition was done by an Israeli subsidiary and
thus will not be amortized for financial statement purposes in accordance with
SFAS No. 142. The intangible assets and the goodwill acquired were assigned
to
the Company’s RT Solutions segment.
F-16
NOTE
4—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 was convertible into Comverge’s common
stock initially on a one-for-one basis subject to adjustment for the achievement
of certain performance criteria. Conversion was mandatory 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.
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 the Company began to account for its investment
in Comverge on the equity method.
In
December 2003, the Company exercised its option and invested an additional
$100
in Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock which had the same rights as the
Series A, except the Series A-2 Preferred Stock was junior in priority in
liquidation to the Series A Preferred Stock.
In
2006,
the Company made an additional $210 investment in Comverge’s Series C Preferred
Stock. The rights
in
the Series C Preferred Stock were similar to those of Series A Preferred
Stock.
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 equity share
of
Comverge’s losses.
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.
On
April
18, 2007, Comverge completed its initial public offering of 6,095,000 shares
of
common stock at a price of $18.00 a share, including 795,000 shares sold
pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option
granted to them by certain selling stockholders. The shares are listed on the
Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "COMV". The Company did not sell any
of
its shares of Comverge common stock in the offering.
Immediately
prior to the closing of the Comverge offering on April 18, 2007, all shares
of
preferred stock of Comverge were converted to common stock of Comverge and
the
Company owned 2,786,021 shares of Comverge common stock, which at the time
represented approximately 15.9% of the then issued and outstanding capital
stock
of Comverge.
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
effectiveness of the offering without the prior written consent of the lead
manager of the offering. The lock-up period expired on October 18, 2007.
As
a
result of the Comverge offering, the Company recorded an increase in its
investment in Comverge (from a negative value of $1,824) and recorded a non-cash
gain of $16,169 in “Gain on public offering of Comverge”. Subsequent to the
offering, the Company no longer accounted for its investment in Comverge under
the equity method.
F-17
On
December 12, 2007, as part of Comverge’s follow-on offering, the Company sold
1,022,356 of its Comverge shares for $28,388, net of transaction costs and
recorded a pre-tax gain of $23,124.
As
of
December 31, 2007, the remaining 1,763,665 of Comverge shares held by the
Company are accounted for as “available-for-sale” under SFAS 115. Accordingly
the Company recorded its investment in Comverge based on Comverge’s share price
of $31.49 at December 31, 2007 and reflected an increase of $46,457 to its
investment balance by recording those shares at fair market value (to $55,538)
and recorded a deferred tax liability of $16,902 to Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income with respect to the recording those shares at fair market
value. Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the share price of Comverge’s share
price decreased significantly. See Note 22 - Subsequent Events.
NOTE
5—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 at the then exchange rates) plus transaction fees of approximately
$101. Paketeria
is a Berlin based store owner and franchisor whose stores provide post and
parcels, eBay dropshop, mobile telephones, photocopying, printing, photo
processing, office supplies and printer cartridge refilling services in Germany.
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 agreed to purchase from the founder
and
managing director all or a portion of the €210 ($270 at the then exchange rate)
convertible promissory note (the “Note”) issued by Paketeria and payable to him.
The Note (which as described below has been fully converted) was convertible
into shares of Paketeria at a conversion price of €50.70 per share ($65.30 per
share at the then exchange rate), provided for accrual of interest at a rate
of
8% per annum, and a final maturity of August 7, 2009. The Note Purchase
Agreement required the Company 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 at the then exchange rates), representing
two-thirds (plus accrued interest) the convertible note and (ii) an additional
investment by the Company of approximately €183 ($235 at the then exchange
rates) 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 the convertible note. In September 2007, in connection with
the Paketeria Private Placement (see below) the Company exercised its call
option
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 convertible
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 progress in achieving the milestones noted above. 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 of whom is a director of the Company. Pursuant to that agreement,
the
Company was entitled through August 2007 to purchase the shares of Paketeria
equally held by the two Paketeria shareholders for an aggregate purchase price
of the US dollar equivalent on the date of purchase of €598, payable in Company
Common Stock and warrants on the same terms as the Company’s 2006 private
placement (see Note 16b). The Company 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. Such option
was
extended by both shareholders initially to November 5, 2007 and subsequently
extended again only by the Company’s President and Chief Exective Officer on his
share to March 31, 2008 and then again until June 30, 2008. If the Company
exercised its option on these shares, its holdings in Paketeria would increase
by approximately 5.6.%. At the current exchange rate the exercise of the option
by the Company would result in the issuance of approximately 166,000 shares
of
Common Stock and warrants exercisable for approximately 41,500 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.
F-18
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.
|
·
|
$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
components of the Company’s investment in Paketeria.
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.
On
September 20, 2007, Paketeria completed a private placement of its shares
raising approximately €1,733 ($2,457 at the then exchange rate). The shares were
issued by Paketeria on the basis of a valuation of €133.33 per Euro share
capital, representing a pre-money valuation of Paketeria of €8,000 ($11,344 at
the then exchange rate).
In
addition, concurrent with the private placement, the Company converted
shareholder loans in the aggregate principal amount of €750 ($1,056 at the then
exchange rate) plus accrued interest, into shares of Paketeria on the same
basis
as the private placement. At the same time the Company exercised its option
under the August 2006 investment agreement to acquire the remaining portion
of
the convertible promissory note in the amount of €70 ($98 at the then exchange
rate) plus accrued interest. The Company converted this balance plus accrued
interest into shares of Paketeria on the basis of an evaluation of € 50.70
nominal value per Euro share capital (the valuation from the August 2006
investment agreement) upon the closing of the private placement. The increase
in
the Company’s investment in Paketeria from its additional investment was
allocated as an increase in the goodwill component of the Company’s investment
in Paketeria.
After
the
private placement and related transactions described above, the Company owned
approximately 31% of Paketeria.
F-19
As
a
result of the Paketeria private placement, the Company recorded a non-cash
loss
of $37 in “Loss on Private Placement in Paketeria”.
On
December 7, 2007 Paketeria converted from a GmbH company to an AG company and
recapitalized its share capital with 1,296,000 shares outstanding of which
the
Company owns 406,425 shares.
On
December 21, 2007, Paketeria’s shares were listed under the symbol “AOSTYL” on
the Open Market (Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and became
eligible for trading. In connection with the listing, all the Paketeria
shareholders (including the Company) placed in escrow and authorized a German
investment bank to sell up to 10% of their shares (129,600 shares) for a period
of six months following the initial listing at an initial he minimum ask price
of €77.00 per share. The proceeds of any sales of shares by the investment bank
are to be held in escrow under the terms of an escrow agreement for a period
up
to six months from the listing date after which the bank is to transfer 50%
of
the proceeds (net of transaction fees and commissions) of the sale of the shares
of the shareholders (a minimum of €2.5 million) to the shareholders and the
remaining 50% the proceeds of the sale of the shares (a minimum of €2.5 million)
are to be used to subscribe for new shares of the company. In connection with
the listing and the escrow arrangements the Paketeria shareholders agreed to
lock up certain of their shares for upto one year from the listing date.
Under the lock-up agreement, shareholders may not offer, pledge, allot, sell
or
otherwise transfer or dispose of directly or indirectly any shares of Paketeria.
There
is
currently a limited market for Paketeria’s shares on this market. From the
listing date to December 31, 2007, 872 shares of Paketeria were
sold.
Summary
financial information for Paketeria as derived from Paketeria’s financial
statements for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and for the period
from August 8, 2006 to December 31, 2006, is as follows:
Financial
Position
|
As
at
December
31,
2006
|
As
at
December
31,
2007
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
179
|
$
|
438
|
|||
Other
current assets
|
1,100
|
1,491
|
|||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
82
|
556
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
12
|
86
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,373
|
$
|
2,571
|
|||
Short-term
debt (to related parties)
|
$
|
101
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Current
liabilities
|
784
|
1,209
|
|||||
Other
non-current liabilities
|
—
|
179
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
885
|
1,388
|
|||||
Common
stock and paid-in capital
|
2,001
|
2,221
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(1,513
|
)
|
(1,038
|
)
|
|||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
1,373
|
$
|
2,571
|
Results
of Operations
|
Period
from August 8, 2006 to December 31, 2006
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|||
Sales
|
$
|
1,518
|
$
|
3,555
|
|||
Gross
profit (loss)
|
$
|
188
|
$
|
(472
|
)
|
||
Operating
loss
|
$
|
(404
|
)
|
$
|
(2,996
|
)
|
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(456
|
)
|
$
|
(3,014
|
)
|
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
|
|||
Equity
loss in Paketeria - period from August 7, 2006 to December 31,
2006
|
(127
|
)
|
||
Translation
adjustment
|
33
|
|||
Investment
balance as of December 31, 2006
|
$
|
1,212
|
||
Conversion
of debt and accrued interest in connection with private placement
(including transaction costs)
|
1,189
|
|||
Adjustment
of investment with respect to non-cash loss in connection with private
placement
|
(37
|
)
|
||
Amortization
of acquired non-compete and franchise agreements and change in value
of
options
|
(186
|
)
|
||
Company’s
share of Paketeria’s losses
|
(971
|
)
|
||
Translation
adjustment
|
232
|
|||
Investment
balance as of December 31, 2007
|
$
|
1,439
|
F-20
See
Note
16(d)(3) with respect to the options granted to Paketeria’s founder and managing
director as part of the Company’s investment in Paketeria. During the years
ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded $49 and $265,
respectively, of SFAS 123R stock compensation expense as part of its Share
in
Losses of Paketeria.
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 - September 20, 2007
|
33
|
%
|
||
September
21, 2007 - December 31, 2007
|
31
|
%
|
NOTE
6—OTHER INVESTMENTS
(a)
|
Local
Power
|
On
July
31, 2007, the Company invested $250 (plus $18 of transaction costs) in Local
Power, Inc. (LPI), for 10% (fully diluted) of LPI. LPI is a newly created
company located in California which provides consultation services for Community
Choice Aggregation, a revolution in renewable power and retail markets for
electricity. Under the terms of its investment agreement, the Company has an
option until July 31, 2008 (extended in February 2008 to January 31, 2009 in
exchange for the Company providing a loan to LPI) to acquire (in whole or in
part) additional shares representing 41% of LPI’s fully diluted equity at an
aggregate price of $2,750.
The
Company accounts for its investment in LPI under the cost method.
(b)
|
EnerTech
III
|
In
August
2007, the Company committed to invest up to $5,000 over a ten-year period in
EnerTech Capital Partners III L.P. (“EnerTech III”), a proposed $250 million
venture capital fund targeting early and expansion stage energy and clean energy
technology companies that can enhance the profits of the producers and consumers
of energy. To date, the Company had received and funded a capital call of $400
to EnerTech III.
The
Company accounts for its investment in EnerTech III under the cost
method.
NOTE
7—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 then 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.
F-21
(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.
(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, 2005
|
Period
ended March 9, 2006
|
||||||
Sales-
Products
|
$
|
17,677
|
$
|
2,949
|
|||
Cost
of sales - Products
|
14,501
|
2,316
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
3,176
|
633
|
|||||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative expenses
|
3,126
|
558
|
|||||
Income
from operations
|
50
|
75
|
|||||
Other
income, net
|
—
|
3
|
|||||
Finance
expense, net
|
5
|
—
|
|||||
Net
income before income taxes
|
45
|
78
|
|||||
Income
tax benefit
|
1
|
—
|
|||||
Net
income from discontinued operations
|
$
|
46
|
$
|
78
|
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 year’s 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. As of December 31,
2007 the unpaid balance was $5.
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
|
F-22
(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:
Period
from January 1 to August 18, 2005
|
||||
Sales
|
$
|
5,636
|
||
Cost
of sales
|
4,440
|
|||
Gross
profit
|
1,196
|
|||
Operating
income
|
1,001
|
|||
Interest
expense, net
|
59
|
|||
Net
income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
|
$
|
798
|
NOTE
8-ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts
receivable, net, consists of the following:
|
As
of December 31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
$
|
1,387
|
$
|
1,791
|
|||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
(14
|
)
|
(16
|
)
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
$
|
1,373
|
$
|
1,775
|
NOTE
9-OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Other
current assets consist of the following:
|
As
of December 31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses and deposits
|
$
|
154
|
$
|
357
|
|||
Debt
origination costs (see Note 12)
|
—
|
895
|
|||||
Employees
|
43
|
34
|
|||||
Due
from Local Power
|
—
|
25
|
|||||
Due
from Databit
|
116
|
5
|
|||||
Other
|
3
|
75
|
|||||
$
|
316
|
$
|
1,391
|
NOTE
10-PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property
and equipment consist of the following:
Estimated
Useful Life (in years)
|
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||||
Cost:
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Computer
hardware and software
|
3
- 5
|
$
|
1,231
|
$
|
934
|
|||||
Equipment
|
4-10
|
383
|
974
|
|||||||
Vehicles
|
4-7
|
25
|
41
|
|||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
Term
of lease
|
176
|
363
|
|||||||
1,815
|
2,312
|
|||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation and amortization
|
||||||||||
Computer
hardware and software
|
956
|
502
|
||||||||
Equipment
|
283
|
281
|
||||||||
Vehicles
|
15
|
22
|
||||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
116
|
172
|
||||||||
1,370
|
977
|
|||||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
$
|
445
|
$
|
1,335
|
Depreciation
and amortization in respect of property and equipment amounted to $199,
$161
and
$195
for 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. During 2007, the Company wrote off $748
of fully depreciated assets.
Property
and equipment is presented net of third party participation received of $78
and
$75 in the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
NOTE
11—GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
During
the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded additions to goodwill
in
both its SCR segment and its RT Solutions segment as a result of its acquisition
of SCR-Tech and its additional investment in DSIT (See Notes 3(a) and 3(b)).
The
changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill by segment from the year ended
December 31, 2005 to the year ended December 31, 2007 were as follows:
SCR
|
RT
Solutions
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2005
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
40
|
$
|
89
|
$
|
129
|
|||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
—
|
(40
|
)
|
—
|
(40
|
)
|
|||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
8
|
8
|
|||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2006
|
—
|
—
|
97
|
97
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
created in acquisition of SCR-Tech (see Note 3(a))
|
3,714
|
—
|
—
|
3,714
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
in additional investment in DSIT (see Note 3(b))
|
—
|
231
|
—
|
231
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
—
|
—
|
(89
|
)
|
(89
|
)
|
|||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
(8
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
|||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2007
|
$
|
3,714
|
$
|
231
|
—
|
$
|
3,945
|
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 the year ended
December 31, 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. In 2007, the Company
recorded an impairment of $89 with respect to the goodwill in its Other segment.
F-23
The
changes in the carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of intangible
assets from the year ended December 31, 2005 to the year ended
December 31, 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
SCR
Technologies
|
RT
Solutions Intangibles
|
Software
Licenses
|
Net
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cost
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Cost
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Cost
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2005
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
224
|
$
|
(138
|
)
|
$
|
87
|
|||||||
Amortization
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(39
|
)
|
(39
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2006
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
224
|
(177
|
)
|
48
|
||||||||||||||
Intangibles
created in acquisition of SCR-Tech (see Note 3(a))
|
5,511
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5,511
|
|||||||||||||||
Intangibles
in additional investment in DSIT (see Note 3(b))
|
—
|
—
|
557
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
557
|
|||||||||||||||
Impairment
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(23
|
)
|
—
|
(23
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Amortization
|
—
|
(81
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(24
|
)
|
(105
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2007
|
$
|
5,511
|
$
|
(81
|
)
|
$
|
557
|
--
|
$
|
201
|
$
|
(201
|
)
|
$
|
5,987
|
Amortization
in respect of intangible assets amounted to $34, $39 and $105 for 2005, 2006
and
2007, respectively.
Amortization
expense with respect to intangible assets is estimated to be $552 per year
for
each of the years ending December 31, 2008 through 2012.
NOTE
12—SHORT-TERM BANK CREDIT, CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES AND OTHER
DEBT
(a)
Lines
of credit
At
December 31, 2007, the Company had approximately $244 in Israeli credit lines
available to DSIT by an Israeli bank, all of which were then being used. In
addition, the bank has allowed DSIT to utilize an additional $346 of credit
which is secured by deposits made by the Company (see Note 15(b)). 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 1.5% (at December 31, 2006, plus 2.2%). The Israeli prime rate fluctuates
and as of December 31, 2007 was 5.5% (December 31, 2006, 6.0%).
At
December 31, 2007, DSIT was in technical violation of covenants under its line
of credit. 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.
F-24
(b)
Private Placement of Convertible Redeemable Subordinated Debentures
On
March
30, 2007, the Company conducted an initial closing of a private placement of
its
Debentures. At the initial closing the Company issued $4,281 principal amount
of
the Debentures, at par, and received gross proceeds in the same amount. On
April
11, 2007, the Company conducted a second and final closing of a private
placement of its Debentures. At the second closing the Company issued $2,605
principal amount of the Debentures, at par, and received gross proceeds in
the
same amount. In December 2007, the Company decided to redeem all of the
outstanding debentures. On December 18, 2007, the Company decided to redeem
all
outstanding Debentures. All the unconverted Debentures outstanding were redeemed
on January 29, 2008 (see Note 22 - Subsequent Events).
From
the date of issuance of the Debentures to and including, the first anniversary
of the closing, 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures is
convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $3.80 per
share. Following the first anniversary of the closing, the Debentures are
convertible up to the entire principal amount then outstanding. During 2007,
$480 of the Debentures were converted into shares of the Company’s Common Stock
resulting in the issuance of 126,263 shares.
The
Company determined the fair value of the beneficial conversion feature of the
Debentures issued to be $2,570 for both the initial and second closings. In
accordance with applicable accounting principles, the beneficial conversion
feature is reflected as a discount to the total Debenture amount and is charged
to interest expense over the four-year period of the Debenture. The period
of
amortization of the beneficial conversion feature was accelerated in December
2007 as a result of the previously noted decision to redeem all the outstanding
Debentures in 2008. With respect to the beneficial conversion feature, the
Company recorded interest expense of $747 in the year ended December 31,
2007.
By
the terms of the offering, each subscriber, in addition to the Debentures,
received a warrant exercisable for the purchase of a number of shares equal
to
25% of the principal amount of the Debentures purchased by such subscriber,
divided by the conversion price of $3.80, resulting in the issuance of Warrants
to purchase 281,656 shares at the initial closing and 171,391 shares at the
second and final closing. The Warrants are exercisable for shares of the
Company’s Common Stock for five years at an exercise price of $4.50 per share
and are callable by the Company at any time after the effectiveness of the
registration statement and provided that the registration statement has been
effective during the period of notice and is effective at the time of the call,
the Warrants are subject to call for cancellation, at the option of the Company,
on 20 business days notice, upon the Common Stock having achieved a volume
weighted average price of $6.00 or more for 20 consecutive trading days. The
Company allocated $531 to the value of the warrants based on a valuation
performed by an independent consultant who utilized the Black Scholes method
and
applied a discount reflecting the callable feature embedded in the warrant.
The
value allocated to the warrants has been reflected as a discount to the total
Debenture amount and was initially charged to interest expense over the
four-year life of the Debenture. The period of amortization of the warrants
was
accelerated in December 2007 as a result of the previously noted decision to
redeem all the outstanding Debentures in 2008. In the year ended December 31,
2007, the Company recorded interest expense of $186 with respect to these
warrants.
The
Debentures bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum, payable quarterly and
mature on March 30, 2011. If the Company fails to redeem at least 50% of the
total outstanding principal amount of the Debentures, together with interest
accrued thereon, by the first anniversary of the initial closing, the annual
rate of interest payable on the Debentures will be increased to 12%. As noted
above, all the unconverted Debentures outstanding were redeemed on January
29,
2008 (see Note 22 - Subsequent Events).
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, the
placement agent received a 7% selling commission, 3% management fee, and 2%
non-accountable expense allowance, out of the gross proceeds of the offering.
In
addition, the placement agent was entitled to and received warrants on
substantially the same terms as those issued to the subscribers, exercisable
for
the purchase of the number of shares equal to 10% of the total principal amount
of the Debentures sold, divided by the conversion price of $3.80. Out of the
gross proceeds received, the Company paid the placement agent commissions and
expenses of $864 and issued to the placement agent warrants to purchase 181,211
shares of Common Stock. The value of the warrants issued to the placement agent
was determined to be $213 based upon the valuation performed by the independent
consultant mentioned above. In addition, the Company paid various other
transaction costs of $182. The total debt origination costs of $1,259 has been
reflected as a discount against the total Debenture amount and were initially
charged to interest expense over the four year life of the Debentures. The
period of amortization of the debt origination costs was accelerated in December
2007 as a result of the previously noted decision to redeem all the outstanding
Debentures in 2008. In the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded
interest expense of $364 with respect to these debt origination costs. At
December 31, 2007, the net balance of the debt origination costs of $895 is
included in Other Current Assets (see Note 9).
F-25
(b)
Short
and Long-Term Debt
Short
and
long-term debt includes bank debt representing loans received by DSIT from
Israeli banks denominated in NIS and capital lease obligations. In 2006, other
debt relates to a note payable to the Company’s CEO (see Note 19(d) for terms).
Such debt was repaid in 2007.
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
Bank
debt
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
167
|
|||
Capital
lease obligations
|
—
|
16
|
|||||
Debt
payable from related party
|
300
|
—
|
|||||
Total
debt
|
326
|
183
|
|||||
Less:
current portion
|
(326
|
)
|
(171
|
)
|
|||
Long-term
bank debt
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
12
|
At
December 31, 2006 and 2007, the bank debt bears a weighted average interest
rate
of 7.9%. At December 31, 2006 and 2007, all bank debt was denominated in NIS
and
was unlinked. At December 31, 2006, Debt payable from related party had a
weighted average interest rate of 9.5%. 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 $590.
At
December 31, 2007, future payments under debt agreements and capital leases
approximate $171 in 2008 and $4 per year in 2009 and 2010.
NOTE
13—OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Other
current liabilities consist of the following:
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
Taxes
payable
|
$
|
906
|
$
|
1,107
|
|||
Advances
from customers
|
93
|
77
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
575
|
2,485
|
|||||
Warranty
provision
|
—
|
107
|
|||||
Other
|
126
|
68
|
|||||
$
|
1,700
|
$
|
3,844
|
NOTE
14—LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE TERMINATION BENEFITS
(a)
|
Israeli
labor law and certain employee contracts generally require 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.
|
F-26
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,
$463, $412 and $235 for
the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007,
respectively.
|
(c)
|
The
Company expects to contribute approximately $218 to the insurance
policies
in respect of its severance pay obligations in the year ending December
31, 2008.
|
(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,
|
||||
2008
|
$
|
—
|
||
2009
|
—
|
|||
2010
|
—
|
|||
2011
|
—
|
|||
2012
|
—
|
|||
2013
- 2017
|
1,188
|
|||
$ |
1,188
|
The
liability as at December 31, 2007 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.
NOTE
15—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
(a)
Leases of Property and Equipment
Office
rental and automobile
leasing expenses, for 2005, 2006 and 2007, were $576,
$586
and
$560,
respectively. The Company
and its subsidiaries lease office space and equipment under operating lease
agreements. Those leases will expire on different dates
from 2009 to 2012. Future
minimum
lease payments on non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2006 are
as
follows:
Year
ending December 31,
|
||||
2008
|
$
|
774
|
||
2009
|
667
|
|||
2010
|
420
|
|||
2011
|
309
|
|||
2012
|
314
|
|||
2013
and thereafter
|
—
|
|||
$
|
2,484 |
(b)
EnerTech III
In
August
2007, the Company committed to invest up to $5,000 over a ten-year period in
EnerTech III. To date, the Company had received and funded a capital call of
$400 to EnerTech III. (See Note 6b)
(c)
Guarantees
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, 2007, such guarantees totaled approximately $1,630 and were due to expire
through 2010. As a security for a portion of these guarantees, the Company
has
deposited with an Israeli bank $1,517 which is shown as restricted cash on
the
Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company expects the restricted cash
to be released in early 2009.
F-27
See
Note
12(a) with respect to guarantees on the Company’s lines of credit.
(d)
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.
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 Company recorded $330 of other income in the first quarter of
2006.
NOTE
16-SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(a) General
The
Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock. At December
31, 2007, the Company has 11,134,795 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).
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.
F-28
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 three year period from the date
of
the grant. At December 31, 2007, 295,000 options were available for grant under
the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and 120,000 options were available for grant
under
the 2006 Director Plan.
A
summary
of the Company’s option plans with respect to employees as of December 31, 2005,
2006 and 2007, as well as changes during each of the years then ended, is
presented below:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
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
|
1,710,435
|
$
|
2.89
|
1,565,335
|
$
|
2.49
|
1,867,835
|
$
|
2.51
|
||||||||||
Granted
at market price
|
30,000
|
$
|
1.80
|
740,000
|
$
|
2.84
|
201,000
|
$
|
4.44
|
||||||||||
Granted
at discount to market price
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
79,000
|
$
|
3.50
|
||||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
(165,833
|
)
|
$
|
1.72
|
(538,168
|
)
|
$
|
1.48
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
(175,100
|
)
|
$
|
6.33
|
(271,667
|
)
|
$
|
3.84
|
(206,667
|
)
|
$
|
3.63
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
1,565,335
|
$
|
2.49
|
1,867,835
|
$
|
2.51
|
1,403,000
|
$
|
3.07
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
1,054,485
|
$
|
3.28
|
1,501,157
|
$
|
2.43
|
1,182,665
|
$
|
2.81
|
In
connection with the stock option exercises during the years ended December
31,
2006 and 2007, the Company received proceeds of $285 and $795, respectively.
Of
the 165,833 shares issued as a result of stock option exercises in the year
ended December 31, 2006, 43,333 were issued from treasury stock and 122,500
were
newly issued shares. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company
recorded an increase of $160 to its accumulated deficit with respect to the
treasury shares issued from option exercises. During the year ended December
31,
2007, all 538,168 shares issued in connection with options exercises were newly
issued shares. The intrinsic value of options exercised in 2006 and 2007 were
$195 and $1,945, respectively.
The
Company granted 740,000 and 176,000 options to employees who are related parties
in the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007, 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 2005, 2006 or 2007 and as of December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007,
the number of outstanding options held by the related parties was 797,500,
1,439,000 and 1,243,500 options, respectively.
F-29
The
weighted average grant-date fair value of the options granted to employees
and
directors during 2005, 2006 and 2007, amounted to $0.57, $2.10 and $1.91 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):
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.3
|
%
|
4.8
|
%
|
4.4
|
%
|
||||
Expected
term of options, in years
|
1.1
|
3.7
|
2.8
|
|||||||
Expected
annual volatility
|
120
|
%
|
109
|
%
|
59
|
%
|
||||
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 and 2007 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, 2007. Estimates of fair value are not intended to predict
actual future events or the value ultimately realized by persons who receive
equity awards.
Stock-based
compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations with
respect to employees and directors was:
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
25
|
|||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative
|
1,025
|
551
|
|||||
Loss
on the sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
|
315
|
—
|
|||||
Total
stock based compensation expense
|
$
|
1,364
|
$
|
576
|
As
at
December 31, 2007, the Company had a total of approximately $451 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, 2007, the Company modified the terms of numerous
options with its employees. The Company recognized as compensation expense
the
incremental increase in the value of the options of $6 in selling, marketing,
general and administrative expense.
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 7(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).
F-30
(d)
Non-employee Stock Options
(1)
|
General
|
In
2007,
all options granted to non-employees were from the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
which permits grants to non-employees. Previously, options granted to employees
were non-plan grants or were granted from option plans which have since expired.
(2)
|
Non-Performance
Based Options
|
In
December 2007, the Company agreed to grant options to purchase 50,000 shares
of
the Company’s Common Stock to a financial advisor to the Company for past
services. The options vested immediately, have an exercise price of $4.95 and
expire in December 2012.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the options to purchase the 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, using
a risk free interest rate of 3.5%, an expected term of five years, an annual
volatility of 72% and no expected dividends. The Company estimated the fair
value of the option to be approximately $153. During the year ended December
31,
2007, the Company recorded the $153 to selling, marketing, general and
administrative expenses with respect to the options granted to the financial
advisor.
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 $2.96 and expire after
five years. In July 2007, the Company terminated its agreement with the investor
relations firm. In the year ended December 31, 2007, 35,000 options to purchase
the Company’s Common Stock vested up until the termination of the agreement with
the investor relations firm.
The
Company used the Black-Scholes valuation method to estimate the fair value
of
the option to purchase the 35,000 shares which vested over the period from
the
January 1, 2007 through the termination of the agreement. The Company used
a
weighted average risk free interest rate of 4.8%, an expected life of five
years, an annual volatility of 79% and no expected dividends to determine the
value the options granted. The Company estimated the fair value of the options
granted to be approximately $117 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, 2007.
(3)
|
Performance
Based Options
|
In
August
2006, as part of the Company’s acquisition of Paketeria (see Note 5), 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
5.
The first of the three milestones was met in the fourth quarter of 2006 and
the
second milestone was met in the third quarter of 2007.
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
years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded $49 and $265,
respectively to its Share in losses of Paketeria with respect to the option
granted to the founder and managing director of Paketeria based on performance
towards the milestones described above in Note 5. 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.
F-31
(4)
|
Summary
Information
|
A
summary
of the Company’s option plans with respect to non-employees as of December 31,
2005, 2006 and 2007, as well as changes during each of the years then ended,
is
presented below:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
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
|
305,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
||||||||||
Granted
at market price
|
—
|
—
|
145,000
|
$
|
2.94
|
50,000
|
$
|
4.95
|
|||||||||||
Granted
at discount to market price
|
—
|
—
|
150,000
|
$
|
2.80
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(54,000
|
)
|
$
|
2.96
|
|||||||||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(20,000
|
)
|
$
|
2.96
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
10,000
|
$
|
0.91
|
305,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
281,000
|
$
|
3.15
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
6,666
|
$
|
0.91
|
125,000
|
$
|
2.73
|
214,333
|
$
|
3.95
|
The
weighted average grant-date fair value of the options granted to non-employees
during 2006 and 2007, amounted to $2.47 and $3.05 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):
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
5.0
|
%
|
3.5
|
%
|
|||
Expected
term of options, in years
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|||||
Expected
annual volatility
|
105
|
%
|
72
|
%
|
|||
Expected
dividend yield
|
None
|
None
|
(5)
|
In
the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company included
$270 and
$473, respectively, 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, 2005, 2006 and 2007, as well as changes during each of the years
then ended, is presented below:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
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
|
1,720,435
|
$
|
2.88
|
1,575,335
|
$
|
2.48
|
2,172,835
|
$
|
2.55
|
||||||||||
Granted
at market price
|
30,000
|
$
|
1.80
|
885,000
|
$
|
2.86
|
251,000
|
$
|
4.54
|
||||||||||
Granted
at discount to market price
|
—
|
—
|
150,000
|
$
|
2.80
|
79,000
|
$
|
3.50
|
|||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
(165,833
|
)
|
$
|
1.30
|
(592,168
|
)
|
$
|
1.61
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
and expired
|
(175,100
|
)
|
$
|
6.33
|
(271,667
|
)
|
$
|
4.82
|
(226,667
|
)
|
$
|
3.57
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
1,575,335
|
$
|
2.48
|
2,172,835
|
$
|
2.55
|
1,684,000
|
$
|
3.09
|
||||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
1,061,151
|
$
|
3.27
|
1,626,157
|
$
|
2.46
|
1,396,998
|
$
|
2.96
|
Stock-based
compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations was:
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
$
|
24
|
$
|
25
|
|||
Selling,
marketing, general and administrative
|
1,233
|
820
|
|||||
Share
in losses of Paketeria
|
265
|
49
|
|||||
Loss
on the sale of discontinued operations and contract settlement
|
315
|
—
|
|||||
Total
stock based compensation expense
|
$
|
1,837
|
$
|
894
|
F-32
(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. The options were exercised in February 2007
and as a result, the Company’s holdings in DSIT were reduced to 58%. In November
2007, the Company acquired the shares of DSIT that were held by its former
CEO
and increased its holdings in DSIT to 72% (see Note 3(b)).
Also
on December 31, 2006, 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
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 approximately
65%.
The
purpose of the Plan for the 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 and 2007, as well as changes during
the year then ended, is presented below:
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Options (in shares)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
6,174
|
$
|
32.05
|
|||||||
Granted
at fair value
|
6,174
|
$
|
32.05
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
3,914
|
$
|
0.24
|
||||||||
Forfeited
|
—
|
—
|
736
|
$
|
27.36
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
6,174
|
$
|
32.05
|
1,524
|
$
|
118.11
|
|||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
3,914
|
$
|
0.24
|
—
|
—
|
F-33
Summary
information regarding the options under the Plan outstanding and exercisable
at
December 31, 2007 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)
|
|||||||||||||
$105.26
- 112.04
|
547
|
6.0
|
$
|
109.68
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
$119.05
- $121.21
|
501
|
6.0
|
$
|
119.76
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
$126.05
|
476
|
6.0
|
$
|
126.05
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
1,524
|
$
|
118.11
|
—
|
—
|
In
2006,
the Company granted an officer 759 options with a weighted average exercise
price of $26.53 in the year ended December 31, 2006 under the Plan. During
2007,
569 options with an exercise price of $0.24 were exercised.
(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
warrant activity follows:
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
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
|
190,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
614,039
|
$
|
2.79
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
474,039
|
$
|
2.80
|
634,258
|
$
|
4.50
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(261,791
|
)
|
$
|
2.80
|
||||||||||
Expired
or forfeited
|
(245,000
|
)
|
$
|
3.24
|
(50,000
|
)
|
$
|
3.00
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Outstanding
and exercisable at end of
year
|
190,000
|
$
|
2.81
|
614,039
|
$
|
2.79
|
986,506
|
$
|
3.89
|
The
following table summarized information about warrants outstanding and
exercisable at December 31, 2007:
Exercise
Price
|
Number
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
|||||
|
(in
shares)
|
(in
years)
|
|||||
$2.78
|
352,248
|
3.53
|
|||||
$4.50
|
634,258
|
4.27
|
|||||
986,506
|
(h)
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 2006, the Company issued 43,333 of its treasury
shares with respect to options exercised and at December 31, 2007 owned in
the
aggregate 777,371 of its own shares.
F-34
NOTE
17—FINANCE EXPENSE, NET
Finance
expense, net consists of the following:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Interest
income
|
$
|
28
|
$
|
39
|
$
|
163
|
||||
Interest
expense*
|
(90
|
)
|
(27
|
)
|
(1,775
|
)
|
||||
Exchange
gain (loss), net
|
50
|
(42
|
)
|
27
|
||||||
$
|
(12
|
)
|
$
|
(30
|
)
|
($1,585
|
)
|
*
In
2007,
includes $1,297 of non-cash interest expense with respect to the amortization
of
debt origination costs, beneficial conversion feature and warrants associated
with the Company’s Private
Placement of Convertible Redeemable Subordinated Debentures (see Note 12(b))
and
a non-cash reversal of interest expense ($209) associated with a reduction
of a
provision made for interest due upon the Company’s adoption of FIN 48 (see Note
18(f)).
NOTE
18—INCOME TAXES
(a)
Composition of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
is
as follows:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Domestic
|
$
|
(1,460
|
)
|
$
|
(2,469
|
)
|
$
|
34,441
|
||
Foreign
|
(827
|
)
|
(859
|
)
|
(1,163
|
)
|
||||
$
|
(2,287
|
)
|
$
|
(3,328
|
)
|
$
|
33,278
|
Income
tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
850
|
||||
State
and local
|
—
|
—
|
225
|
|||||||
Foreign
|
100
|
183
|
(627
|
)
|
||||||
100
|
183
|
448
|
||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
—
|
—
|
(893
|
)
|
||||||
State
and local
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Foreign
|
(137
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
(137
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Total
income tax expense (benefit)
|
$
|
(37
|
)
|
$
|
183
|
$
|
(445
|
)
|
(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,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Statutory
Federal rates
|
34
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
||||
Increase
(decrease) in income tax rate resulting from:
|
||||||||||
Non-deductible
expenses
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
|||||
Deferred
compensation expense
|
—
|
(19
|
)
|
1
|
||||||
State
income taxes, net
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
1
|
||||||
Other
|
(1
|
)
|
3
|
—
|
||||||
Tax
benefit on sale of dsIT Technologies
|
16
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(45
|
)
|
(23
|
)
|
(38
|
)
|
||||
Effective
income tax rates
|
2
|
%
|
(5
|
)%
|
(1
|
)%
|
F-35
(c)
Analysis of Deferred Tax Assets and (Liabilities)
Deferred
tax assets consist of the following:
|
As
of December 31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2007
|
||||||
Employee
benefits and deferred compensation
|
$
|
916
|
$
|
954
|
|||
Investments
|
7,045
|
—
|
|||||
Other
temporary differences
|
441
|
360
|
|||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
5,516
|
891
|
|||||
13,918
|
2,205
|
||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(13,912
|
)
|
(1,313
|
)
|
|||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
6
|
892
|
|||||
Deferred
tax liabilities consist of the following:
|
|||||||
Investments
|
—
|
(16,902
|
)
|
||||
Intangible
asset basis differences
|
(6
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
|||
Net
deferred tax assets (liabilities), net
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(16,038
|
)
|
Valuation
allowances relate principally to book-tax basis differences and net operating
loss carryforwards related to Israeli companies. The
change in the valuation allowance was an increase of $1,737 and a decrease
of
$12,599 in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The increase in 2006 was primarily
attributable to losses and FAS 123R expenses whereas the decrease in 2007 was
primarily attributable to the adjustment of the Company’s investment in Comverge
to market value in accordance with FAS 115 and the utilization of net loss
carryforwards from current year income.
(d)
Summary of Tax Loss Carryforwards
As
of
December 31, 2007, the Company had various net operating loss carryforwards
expiring as follows:
Expiration
|
Federal
|
State
|
Foreign
|
|||||||
2024-2028
|
$
|
5,053
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Unlimited
|
—
|
—
|
3,425
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
5,053
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
3,425
|
(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 August 2005, Amendment No. 147 to the Income Tax
Ordinance was published, which reduced corporate tax rates. As a result of
the
amendment, the corporate tax rates are as follows: 2005 - 34%, 2006 - 31% 2007
-
29%, 2008 - 27%, 2009 - 26% and for 2010 and thereafter - 25%.
(g)
Uncertain Tax positions (UTP):
As
described in Note 2 above, the Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 as
of
January 1, 2007.
As
a result of the adoption of FIN 48, as of that date, the Company recognized
a
current liability for unrecognized tax benefits in amount of $18. In addition,
as of January 1, 2007 the Company recognized interest and penalties expense,
related to unrecognized tax benefits in the amounts of $152 and $135,
respectively. These changes were accounted for as a cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle that is reflected in the financial statements
as
an increase of $305 in the balance of accumulated deficit as of January 1,
2007.
In December 2007 the initial balance of $18 for unrecognized tax benefits
eliminated and the amounts recorded with respect to interest and penalties
expense were reduced by $111 and $98, respectively. As of December 31, 2007
the
amount of interest and penalties accrued on the balance sheet was $78 and is
included in Other Liabilities.
F-36
Following
is a reconciliation of the total amounts of the company's unrecognized tax
benefits at the beginning and the end of the year ended December 31,
2007:
Balance
at January 1, 2007
|
$
|
918
|
||
Increases
in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties
as a
result of tax positions taken during a prior period
|
—
|
|||
Decreases
in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties
as a
result of tax positions taken during a prior period
|
—
|
|||
Increases
in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties
as a
result of tax positions taken during the current period
|
—
|
|||
Decreases
in unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties
as a
result of tax positions taken during the current period
|
(671
|
)
|
||
Decreases
in the unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties
relating to settlements with taxing authorities
|
—
|
|||
Reductions
to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of a lapse of applicable
statute
of limitations
|
—
|
|||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$
|
247
|
The
Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as state income tax and
Israeli income tax. As of January 1, 2008, the Company is no longer
subject to examination by U.S. Federal taxing authorities for years before
2004
and for years before 2003 for state and Israeli income taxes.
NOTE
19—RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
(a) The
Company paid consulting and other fees to directors of $64, $136
and $226
for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, 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 $360, $473 and $654 for the
years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Approximately $86
and $507 was owed to this firm as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively,
and is included in other current liabilities and trade accounts payable.
(c) The
former chief executive officer of the Company’s Israeli subsidiary had a loan
from the subsidiary that was acquired in 2001. The loan and accrued interest
balance at December 31, 2006 was $104. On November 29, 2007, as part of the
Company acquisition of the former chief executive officer’s shares in DSIT (see
Note 3(b)), the loan was repaid. The loan was denominated in NIS, was linked
to
the Index and bore interest at 4%. The Company recorded interest income of
$4 in
each of the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively, with
respect to the loan.
(d) In
December 2006, the Company’s CEO loaned the Company $300 for a period of six
months on a note payable. The note bore interest at the rate of 9.5%. The
Company had the right to repay the note at any time prior to maturity. The
note
was repaid in April 2007. The Company paid interest of $7 in the year ended
December 31, 2007 with respect to the note.
(e) During
2006, the Company paid $5 of rent to a company in which the CEO is Chairman
of
the Board.
(f) During
2005, the president of the Company’s Databit subsidiary and son of the Chief
Executive officer loaned 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.
F-37
See
Note
5 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 is one of the Company’s current directors.
See
Note
7(a) with respect to the sale of the Company’s Databit subsidiary to a related
party in March 2006.
See
Note
16 for information related to options and stock awards to related
parties.
NOTE
20—SEGMENT REPORTING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
(a)
|
General
Information
|
As
of
December 31 2007, 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. RT Solutions
activities are provided through
the Company’s DSIT Solutions Ltd. subsidiary.
(ii)
SCR
(Selective Catalytic Reduction) Catalyst and Management Services conducted
through the Company’s recently created CoaLogix subsidiary which provides
catalyst regeneration technologies and management services for selective
catalytic reduction (SCR) systems used by coal-fired power plants to reduce
nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions.
The
Company’s OncoPro activities were previously presented as a separate segment.
The Company no longer considers its OncoPro activities to be a separate
segment since its operating results are no longer separately reviewed by
the Chief Operating Decision Maker and management’s reduced strategic focus
on those activities. As a result of the Company’s decision to change its
strategic focus regarding OncoPro, its activities have been combined with other
non-strategic activities and are currently included in the Company’s “Other”
segment.
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.
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The
following tables represent segmented data for the years ended December 31,
2007,
2006 and 2005:
RT
Solutions
|
SCR(*)
|
Other
(**)
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2007:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
3,472
|
$
|
797
|
$
|
1,391
|
$
|
5,660
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
78
|
129
|
59
|
266
|
|||||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
1,139
|
116
|
157
|
1,412
|
|||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill and intangible assets
|
—
|
—
|
(112
|
)
|
(112
|
)
|
|||||||
Segment
loss
|
(309
|
)
|
(140
|
)
|
(799
|
)
|
(1,248
|
)
|
|||||
Segment
assets
|
1,149
|
11,827
|
84
|
13,060
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
889
|
—
|
39
|
928
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,797
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,320
|
$
|
4,117
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
94
|
—
|
73
|
167
|
|||||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
1,004
|
—
|
350
|
1,354
|
|||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill
|
(40
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(40
|
)
|
|||||||
Segment
loss
|
(155
|
)
|
—
|
(296
|
)
|
(451
|
)
|
||||||
Segment
assets
|
345
|
—
|
325
|
670
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
125
|
—
|
16
|
141
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
2,873
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,314
|
$
|
4,187
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
101
|
—
|
52
|
153
|
|||||||||
Segment
gross profit
|
834
|
—
|
408
|
1,242
|
|||||||||
Segment
income
|
54
|
—
|
47
|
101
|
|||||||||
Segment
assets
|
358
|
—
|
330
|
688
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
62
|
—
|
77
|
139
|
(*) SCR
activities were acquired on November 7, 2007. Accordingly, the segment
information above represents SCR activity only from the time since
acquisition.
(**) Represents
operations in Israel that did not meet the quantitative thresholds of SFAS
No.
131.
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(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, 2005, 2006 and 2007:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||
Total
consolidated revenues for reportable segments
|
$
|
2,873
|
$
|
2,797
|
$
|
4,269
|
||||
Other
operational segment revenues
|
1,314
|
1,320
|
1,391
|
|||||||
Total
consolidated revenues
|
$
|
4,187
|
$
|
4,117
|
$
|
5,660
|
||||
Income
(loss)
|
||||||||||
Total
income (loss) for reportable segments
|
$
|
54
|
$
|
(155
|
)
|
$
|
(449
|
)
|
||
Other
operational segment operating income (loss)
|
47
|
(296
|
)
|
(799
|
)
|
|||||
Total
operating income (loss)
|
101
|
(451
|
)
|
(1,248
|
)
|
|||||
Unallocated
cost of corporate and DSIT headquarters*
|
(2,388
|
)
|
(3,207
|
)
|
(4,730
|
)
|
||||
Other
income, net
|
—
|
330
|
—
|
|||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
37
|
(183
|
)
|
445
|
||||||
Minority
interests
|
(73
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Equity
loss in Paketeria and loss on private placement of
Paketeria
|
—
|
(424
|
)
|
(1,243
|
)
|
|||||
Equity
loss in Comverge
|
(380
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of shares in Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
23,124
|
|||||||
Gain
on IPO of Comverge
|
—
|
—
|
16,169
|
|||||||
Discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
844
|
78
|
—
|
|||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax
|
541
|
(2,069
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Consolidated
income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,318
|
)
|
$
|
(6,136
|
)
|
$
|
32,517
|
*
In 2007, includes $1,297 of non-cash interest expense associated with the
Company’s Debentures (see Note 12(b)) and $821 of FAS 123R stock compensation
expense. In 2006, includes $1,229 of FAS 123R stock compensation
expense
As
of December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||
Total
assets for reportable segments
|
$
|
688
|
$
|
670
|
$
|
13,060
|
||||
Net
assets of Databit (see Note 7(a))
|
3,451
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Unallocated
assets of DSIT headquarters
|
4,040
|
4,018
|
5,722
|
|||||||
Unallocated
assets of corporate headquarters *
|
1,994
|
2,570
|
78,185
|
|||||||
Total
consolidated assets
|
$
|
10,173
|
$
|
7,258
|
$
|
96,967
|
*
In
2007, includes $55,538 representing the value the Company’s investment in
Comverge and $19,478 of unrestricted cash.
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Other
Significant Items
|
Segment
Totals
|
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
Totals
|
|||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$
|
266
|
34
|
$
|
300
|
|||||
Expenditures
for assets*
|
928
|
40
|
968
|
|||||||
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
|
139
|
137
|
276
|
*
Includes $740 for the acquisition of additional shares in DSIT, all of which
was
allocated to the RT Solutions segment (see Note 3(b)).
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,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||
Revenues
based on location of customer:
|
||||||||||
Israel
|
$
|
3,575
|
$
|
4,034
|
$
|
4,579
|
||||
USA
|
—
|
—
|
797
|
|||||||
Other
|
612
|
83
|
284
|
|||||||
$
|
4,187
|
$
|
4,117
|
$
|
5,660
|
As
at December 31,
|
||||||||||
Long-lived
assets located in the following countries:
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|||||||
Israel
|
$
|
418
|
$
|
445
|
$ |
560
|
||||
United
States
|
82
|
—
|
775
|
|||||||
$
|
500
|
$
|
445
|
$
|
1,335
|
(d)
|
Revenues
from Major Customers
|
Consolidated
Sales
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Customer
|
Segment
|
Revenues
|
%
of Total
Revenues
|
Revenues
|
%
of
Total
Revenues
|
Revenues
|
%
of Total
Revenues
|
|||||||||||||||
A
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
474
|
11
|
%
|
$
|
881
|
21
|
%
|
$
|
569
|
10
|
%
|
|||||||||
B
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
963
|
23
|
%
|
$
|
842
|
20
|
%
|
$
|
648
|
11
|
%
|
|||||||||
C
|
Other
|
$
|
715
|
17
|
%
|
$
|
687
|
17
|
%
|
$
|
555
|
10
|
%
|
|||||||||
D
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
612
|
15
|
%
|
$
|
83
|
2
|
%
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
E
|
SCR
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
624
|
11
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
F
|
RT
Solutions
|
$
|
70
|
2
|
%
|
$
|
173
|
6
|
%
|
$
|
1,365
|
24
|
%
|
F-41
NOTE
21—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.
NOTE
22—SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
Redemption
of Convertible Redeemable Subordinated Debentures
On
January 29, 2008, the Company completed the redemption of all of its outstanding
10% Convertible Redeemable Subordinated Debentures due March 2011. Subsequent
to
the Company’s announcement of redemption, the holders of the debentures elected
to convert approximately $3.0 million into approximately 780,000 shares of
our
common stock, at a conversion price of $3.80 per share. The remaining $3.4
million principal amount of Debentures was redeemed in accordance with the
notice of redemption. As a result of the early redemption of the Debentures,
the
remaining balance of unamortized beneficial conversion features, warrants and
debt origination costs of $3,064 will be written off to interest expense in
the
first quarter of 2008.
Sale
of 15% Interest in CoaLogix
On
February 29, 2008, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement
(the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with the Company’s wholly-owned CoaLogix Inc.
subsidiary (“CoaLogix”) and EnerTech Capital Partners III L.P. (“EnerTech”)
pursuant to which EnerTech purchased from CoaLogix a 15% interest in CoaLogix
for $1.95 million. The Company owns 85% of CoaLogix following the
transaction.
In
connection with completing the transaction under the Stock Purchase Agreement,
the Company, CoaLogix, EnerTech and the senior management of CoaLogix entered
into a Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of February 29, 2008 (the “Stockholders’
Agreement”). Under the Stockholders’ Agreement, EnerTech is entitled to a
designate a member of the Board of Directors of CoaLogix. In addition, the
Stockholders’ Agreement provides the Company and EnerTech with reciprocal rights
of first refusal and co-sale in connection with proposed transfers of their
CoaLogix stock.
Pursuant
to the Stockholders’ Agreement, EnerTech also has a right to purchase additional
stock to maintain its percentage interest in CoaLogix in the event of dilutive
transactions. The right may be exercised until such time as the Company’s
ownership in CoaLogix is reduced to 75% or CoaLogix completes an initial public
offering.
Investment
in GridSense Systems Inc.
On
January 2, 2008, the Company participated in a private placement financing
for
gross proceeds of C$1,700 (approximately $1,700) for GridSense Systems Inc.
(CDNX: GSN.V)
(“GridSense”). The placement consisted of 24,285,714 units at $0.07 per unit,
each unit being comprised of one common share and one share purchase warrant.
Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire an additional common share at $0.10
per share until July 2, 2008. The shares, and any shares acquired on exercise
of
the warrants, are subject to a four month hold period expiring May 3, 2008.
The
Company was the lead investor in the placement acquiring 15,714,285 shares
and
15,714,285 warrants for C$1,100 (approximately $1,100). The 15,714,285 shares
acquired by the Company in the placement represent 24.52% of GridSense's issued
and outstanding shares. If the Company exercises all of the 15,714,285 warrants
acquired in the placement, it will own 31,428,570 GridSense common shares,
representing 39.37% of GridSense's issued and outstanding shares.
F-42
Investment
in Comverge
On
December 31, 2007, the market share price of the Company’s 1,763,665
shares of Comverge
was $31.49 per share and the value of our investment in Comverge was
approximately $55,538
(before deferred taxes). As at April 9, 2008, the market share price had dropped
to $11.17 and the value
of
our investment in Comverge accordingly was approximately $19,700
(before
deferred taxes).
F-43
Report
of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
on
Financial
Statement Schedule
To
the
Board of Directors of Acorn Energy, Inc.:
Our
audits of the consolidated
financial
statements referred to in our report dated April 15, 2008 of Acorn
Energy, Inc.
related
to the consolidated
financial statements of Acorn Energy, 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 15, 2008 | |||
/s/ Kesselman & Kesselman | |||
Certified
Public Accountants
A
member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Tel
Aviv, Israel
|
F-44
ACORN
ENERGY, INC.
SCHEDULE
II
VALUATION
AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2006 AND 2007
(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, 2005
|
32
|
5
|
(19
|
)
|
18
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
18
|
—
|
(14
|
)
|
14
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
14
|
—
|
2
|
16
|
|||||||||
Valuation
allowance for deferred tax assets
|
|||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
14,401
|
298
|
(2,518
|
)
|
12,181
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
12,181
|
—
|
1,731
|
13,912
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
13,912
|
12,559
|
—
|
1,313
|
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