DSS, INC. - Annual Report: 2006 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-K
xAnnual
Report under
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange
Act of 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
or
oTransitional
Report
under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
1-32146
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Commission
file number
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DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
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New
York
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16-1229730
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(State
of incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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First
Federal Plaza
28
East Main Street, Suite 1525
Rochester,
New York 14614
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(Address
of principal executive office)
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(585)
325-3610
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(Registrant’s
telephone number)
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Securities
registered under Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE
Securities
registered under to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock (Par Value - $0.02)
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(Title
of Class)
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined
in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. o
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. o
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
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Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K (§229.405
of this Chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this
Form 10-K. o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer filer.
Large
Accelerated Filer o Accelerated
Filer o Non-Accelerated Filer
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule
12b-2 of the Act).
Yes o
Nox
The
aggregate market value of the stock held by non-affiliates (6,622,617 shares)
computed by reference to the closing price of such stock ($10.65), as of June
30, 2006, was $70,530,871.
As
of
March 20, 2007, there were 13,677,597 shares
of
Common Stock of Document Security Systems, Inc. outstanding.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The
definitive proxy statement relating to the registrant’s Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, to be held on May 3, 2007, is incorporated by reference into
Part
III of this Form 10-K to the extent described therein.
PART
I
Item
1.
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Description
of Business.
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3
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors.
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9
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments.
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13
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Item
2.
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Property.
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14
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings.
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14
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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15
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PART
II
Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder
Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
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16
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data.
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19
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
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19
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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32
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
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32
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Item
9.
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Changes
In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
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32
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures.
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32
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information.
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33
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PART
III
Item
10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
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34
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation.
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34
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and
Related Stockholder Matters.
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34
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and
Director
Independence.
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34
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services.
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34
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Item
15.
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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34
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Signatures
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PART
I
ITEM
1 - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Overview
Document
Security Systems, Inc. (referred to in this report as “Document Security,” “we,”
“us,” “our” or “Company”) markets and sells products designed to protect
valuable information from unauthorized scanning, copying, and digital imaging.
We have developed sophisticated security technologies that are applied during
the normal printing process and by all printing methods including traditional
offset, gravure, flexo, digital or via the internet on paper, plastic, or
packaging. We are a leader of customized document protection solutions for
companies and governments worldwide. We hold seven patents that protect our
technology and have over a dozen patents pending. Our technologies and products
are used by federal, state and local governments, law enforcement agencies
and
are also applied to a broad variety of industries as well, including financial
institutions, high technology and consumer goods, entertainment and gaming,
healthcare/pharmaceutical, defense and genuine parts industries. Our
customers use our technologies where there is a need for enhanced security
for
protecting and verification of critical financial instruments and vital records,
or where there are concerns of counterfeiting, fraud, identity theft, brand
protections and liability.
We
were
organized as a New York corporation in 1984, and in 2002, chose to strategically
focus on becoming a developer and marketer of secure technologies for all forms
of print media. To accomplish this, we acquired Lester Levin, Inc, an operator
of a small printing company and an Internet-based business called The
Legalstore.com, and Thomas M. Wicker Enterprises, Inc. and Document Security
Consultants, Inc., two privately owned companies engaged in the document
security technology business with rights to certain patents developed by certain
members of the Wicker Family. As a result of these acquisitions, we compiled
the
basis of our document security business by combining basic print capabilities
necessary for research and development with the knowledge and expertise of
our
team of printing professionals and a foundation of patented technologies from
which to launch our product offerings. Since this early stage, the Company
has
focused its efforts on developing and patenting new technologies, building
its
corporate, operational, marketing and sales staff to accommodate the expected
growth in the Company, and developing and implementing a patent and intellectual
property protection strategy.
In
February 2006, we acquired San Francisco-based Plastic Printing Professionals,
Inc. (“P3”), a privately held, security printer specializing in plastic cards
containing state of the art multiple or singular security
technologies. P3’s
primary focus is manufacturing composite, laminated and surface printed cards
which can include magnetic stripes, bar codes, holograms, signature panels,
invisible ink, micro fine printing, guilloche patterns, Biometric, RFID and
and
a patent pending watermark technology. P3’s products are marketed through an
extensive broker network that covers much of North America, Europe and South
America. Its product and client list includes the Grammy Awards, the Country
Music Association awards, sporting event media cards, ID cards for major
airports and Latin American and African driver’s licenses. Our acquisition of P3
marked the initial execution of our strategy to expand our manufacturing
capabilities through acquisitions in order to service our custom security
printing business.
We
generated revenue of $4.8 million in 2006, which equaled a 176% increase
compared to 2005, primarily as a result of our acquisition of P3, sales of
our
safety paper to Boise Cascade
and
PaperLinx,
Limited
and
a new
license agreement with R.R. Donnelley that commenced on August 1, 2006. However,
despite our revenue gains, we recorded a net loss during 2006 of $4.8 million,
which was driven by substantial increases in non-cash expenses for stock-based
payments and patent amortization, along with lesser increases in all categories
of operating expense categories due to the growth of our sales and marketing
personnel along with increases associated with the newly acquired P3 division.
As measured on an Adjusted EBITDA basis (a non-GAAP measurement of financial
performance that the Company believes is relevant to the understanding of
the
our financial results as defined below in Item
7
-Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations) we
realized a stabilization of losses despite significant increases in the size
and
scope of our organization that were made in order to execute our business
strategies which we believe will continue to drive revenue growth toward
profitable levels in 2007 or 2008. In addition, the receipt of approximately
$1,031,000 in deferred revenues, while not reflected in operating income
in
2006, significantly improved our operating cash flows during the second half
of
2006.
While
operating cash flows were positive in the second half of 2006, we used cash
for
operations, the financing of our acquisition of P3 and for certain patent
defense costs throughout 2006. We offset these uses of cash through the sale
of
its equity to warrant holders and to private placement investors, which in
the
aggregate raised approximately $5.5 million during 2006. We had cash on hand
of
approximately $5.8 million as of December 31, 2006.
On
August
1, 2005, DSS filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the European Court
of First
Instance against the ECB alleging that the Euro banknotes produced by the
ECB
infringe the Patent. The ECB contended that the proper venue was not in
the
European Court of First Instance, but rather in each individual country
that is
a member of the ECB. On March 24, 2006, DSS received notice that the ECB
had
filed separate lawsuits in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg patent courts
seeking the invalidation of the Patent. Claims to invalidity of the Patent,
largely in the same form, were subsequently served in the Netherlands,
Germany,
Austria, Italy, Spain, Belgium and France. The parties are still awaiting
the
ruling from the European Court of First Instance on the issue of venue.
We have
been advised that the ECB must win invalidity rulings in nine countries
in order
to achieve a complete invalidation of the Patent and to stop the infringement
suit from moving forward.
On
March 26, 2007, the High Court of Justice, Chancery
Division, Patents Court in London, England issued its decision in the patent
invalidity lawsuit brought by the European Central Bank (the “ECB”) against us.
The English Court ruled that European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”), that
was awarded to us by the European Patent Office Technical Board of Appeal,
has
been deemed invalid in the United Kingdom. On March 27, 2007, the German
Federal
Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich, Germany, ruled that the Patent
is
valid in Germany. The Court decisions do not affect the validity of the
Patent
in other European countries. The
ruling in Germany, finding that the Patent is valid, is therefore significant
because it validates the legal basis of the Company's infringement suit
aginst
the ECB. For more information regarding this litigation, see Item 3 - Legal
proceedings.
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Our
Core Products, Technology and Services
Our
core
business is counterfeit prevention, brand protection and validation of authentic
print media, including government-issued documents, currency, private corporate
records, securities and more. We are a leader in the research and development
of
optical security technologies and have commercialized these technologies
with a broad suite of products that offer our customers a wide array of document
security solutions that satisfy their specific anti-counterfeiting requirements.
We provide document security technology to security printers, corporations
and
governments worldwide. Our technology can be used in securing sensitive and
critical documents such as currency, automobile titles, spare parts forms
for
the aerospace industry, gift certificates, permits, checks, licenses, receipts,
prescription and medical forms, engineering schematics, ID cards, labels,
original music, coupons, homeland security manuals, consumer product and
pharmaceutical packaging, tickets, and school transcripts. In addition, we
have
developed an On-DemandTM
product
to implement our technologies in Internet-based environments utilizing standard
desktop printers. We believe that our On-Demand technology greatly expands
the
reach and potential market for our technologies and solutions.
Technologies
We
have
developed or acquired over 30 technologies that provide to our customers a
wide
spectrum of solutions. Our primary anti-counterfeiting products and technologies
are marketed under the following trade names:
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AuthentiGuard™ On-Demand,
delivered through customized software or a web-based application,
makes
the verification feature of AuthentiGuard Prism and the anti-copy
anti-scan features of Pantograph 4000 printable from desktop printers
and
digital presses worldwide. AuthentiGuard On-Demand provides the
ability to
produce highly secure documents virtually “any-time, anywhere”, and is
highly effective in variable data applications. The On-Demand solution
eliminates the requirement to utilize pre-printed forms while allowing
customers to leverage existing investments in their information
technology
infrastructure.
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AuthentiGuard™
Laser Moiré
identifies counterfeit reproductions by using patented technology
to
create gross distortions and unmistakable moiré interference patterns
throughout the image. Verification of original documents or images
is fast
and easy with The Authenticator - our proprietary lens that reveals
the
moiré pattern. The technology is embedded into an image that requires
protection from duplication and theft, such as photographs, portraits,
currency, driver’s licenses, postage stamps, tickets, labels, brand
packaging, or documents.
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AuthentiGuard™
Prism
uses our patent pending technology to embed hidden words, images,
or logos
using 2-color or 4-color processes that are only visible using
The
Authenticator - our proprietary lens that reveals hidden Prism
images. We
believe that the customizable, hidden words, images or logos embedded
with
the Prism technology cannot be reproduced with even the most sophisticated
digital copiers or scanners. As a result, the absence of the hidden
words,
images or logos alerts the end-user that the document is counterfeit.
The
Prism technology protects verification forms such as spare parts,
packing
slips, checks, currency, licenses, travelers’ checks, postage stamps,
legal documents, tickets, labels, brand packaging, any full color
images
such as art prints or color pictures, and
more.
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AuthentiGuard™
Pantograph 4000 provides
what we believe is one of the most powerful, patent
pending pantograph technology ever created. Hidden words such as
“VOID” or “COPY”, company logos, or designs appear when a document
utilizing the technology is photocopied or scanned, preventing
unauthorized duplication. Although there are other versions of
this
technology being sold by competitors, we believe that no version
other
then our Pantograph 4000 defeats high and low resolution scanners,
produces clear and readable warning words. In addition, we believe
that we
have the only security paper that defeats today’s generation of digital
scanning copiers. Virtually any printable surface can utilize the
technology such as paper text and cover, Teslin, PVC, Tyvek and
cardboard
packaging. This technology has been used for gift certificates,
school
transcripts, coupons, tickets, checks, packing slips, receipts,
schematic
drawings, plans, music, scripts, training manuals, business plans,
internal memos, letterhead, legal forms and prescription pads.
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AuthentiGuard™
Survivor 21
protects printed checks from duplication via digital copiers and
scanners
while providing a patent pending security feature that survives the
background dropout that results from bank’s archival scan. Survivor 21 was
created to meet new government banking regulations that needed a
solution
that would make documents archive-scan friendly, without compromising
security.
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AuthentiGuard™
Obscurascan,
sometimes called “Color Separation Multiplier”, protects against the
counterfeiting of any process color document, package, image or
label. A
hidden technology is embedded into the document that severely alters
images so that printing plates or digital color separations for
the
four-color process are distorted by substantially increasing the
density
of the primary colors - making it nearly impossible to recreate
a useable
color image. When a counterfeit is attempted on a document using
this
technology, the output is a muddy, dark unusable blend of colors.
This
technology also produces chattering wavy lines, causing additional
distortion of the
image.
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AuthentiGuard™
Block-Out,
also called the “anti-color reproduction system”, makes it very difficult
to reproduce protected documents on digital color copiers. Certain
copiers recognize Block-Out’s embedded graphics on the original document,
and print out solid color sheets or highly distorted images. Block-Out
uses a unique proprietary graphic design that we developed that
prevents
color copiers and photo processors from replicating any image or
document
that contains our custom block-out graphics. This technology can
be
integrated into highly sensitive government documents such as currency,
car titles, passports and licenses as well as checks, travelers’ checks,
postage stamps, photographs, original art and brand packaging.
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AuthentiGuard™
MicroPerf is an
optical variable technology, or OVT, that creates a verifier mark
that is
invisible to the naked eye when viewed under normal circumstances
and
unnoticeable to the touch. MicroPerf uses a laser to insert fine
perforations into the document, which can be viewed by holding
the
document up to a normal light for fast and easy authentication.
This
technology can be placed on vital records, documents, packaging
or
currency and is a micro-sized perforation in the shape of a word
or image
that cannot be removed or altered. We believe our patented MicroPerf
could
also potentially replace or be used in conjunction with holographs
on
currency since the perforations created by MicroPerf pass the currency
crush tests and are a much more controlled technology than the
world-wide
availability of holographs.
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AuthentiGuard™
Phantom uses
“tilt-to-reveal” hidden images or words that can be viewed without special
equipment. Viewed straight on, the hidden images are invisible
to the
naked eye, but when the package or document is viewed at an angle,
the
hidden images are clearly revealed. For added security, we believe
that
our patented Phantom technology cannot be reproduced by virtually
any
copier or scanner.
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AuthentiGuard™
VeriGlow is
a two-tiered, customized document security system that utilizes
unique
photosensitive inks and incorporates embedded hidden messages or
images
that are only viewable with a special light source and The Authenticator
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our proprietary lens. This patent pending technology can be applied
during
the printing process or it can be applied to pre-printed items
and is
useful in the protection of vital records, documents, brand protection,
packaging, currency, and more.
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Products
and Services
Custom
Document Security Solutions and Production:
Our
technology portfolio allows us to create unique custom secure paper, plastic,
packaging and Internet-based solutions. We target end-users that require
anti-counterfeiting and authentication features in a wide range of printed
materials such as documents, vital records, driver’s licenses, birth
certificates, receipts, manuals, identification materials, entertainment
tickets, coupons, parts tracking forms, as well as product packaging including
pharmaceutical and a wide range of consumer goods.
Currently,
we outsource the production of the majority of our custom security print orders
to strategic printing vendors, except for secure plastic printed documents
such
as ID cards, which are manufactured internally at our P3 division. The
acquisition of P3 in February 2006 marked the initial execution of our strategy
to expand our manufacturing capabilities through acquisitions, partnerships
or
strategic alliances in order to fully service our custom security printing
business. Our P3 division generally charges a per unit fee for its printing
projects.
Custom
projects are generally billed at cost plus mark-up.
Additionally,
our custom security solutions include our On-Demand technology that provides
custom hosted or server-based solutions for our customers. Depending on our
customer’s specific requirements, we host a secure server that accepts user
inputs and delivers custom, variable secure documents for output at the user
location, or offer a bundled server solution that allows for the production
of
custom, variable secure documents within the user’s network environment. For
these projects, we typically charge the client a project fee along with ongoing
licenses and maintenance fees. We also anticipate that we will be entering
into
per usage fee arrangements for certain applications of the On-Demand
solution.
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Security
Paper:
Our
primary product for the retail end-user market is AuthentiGuard Security
Paper,
which uses our Pantograph 4000 technology. It is a paper that reveals
hidden warning words, logos or images using The Authenticator- our proprietary
viewing lens - or when the paper is faxed, copied, scanned or re-imaged in
any
form. The hidden words appear on the duplicate or the computer digital file
and
essentially prevents important documents from being counterfeited. We market
and
sell our Security Paper primarily through two major paper distributors: Boise
Cascade and PaperlinX Limited. Since 2005, Boise has marketed our Security
Paper
under its Boise Beware brand name in North America, primarily through its
commercial paper sales group, and in OfficeMax and CopyMax stores. In late
2005,
we entered into an agreement with PaperlinX to market and sell our Security
Paper under the name SecurelinX in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
In
addition, our licensee PyroTech has the marketing rights to manufacture and
sell
our Security Paper in the continent of Africa. We retain the rights to sell
the
same Security Paper directly to end-users anywhere in the world.
Currently,
our Security Paper is manufactured and stored for us by a third-party printer,
which we believe has sufficient manufacturing capacity to meet the foreseeable
demand for this product.
Technology
Licensing: We
license our anti-counterfeiting technology and trade secrets through licensing
arrangements with security printers. We seek licensees that have a broad
customer base that can benefit from our technologies or have unique and
strategic capabilities that expand the capabilities that we can offer our
potential customers. Revenue from licensing can take several forms. Licenses
can
be for a single technology or for a package of technologies.
Licensees can choose from a variety of payment models, such
as:
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Pay
one price per year - Licensees estimate their annual usage and a
single
payment is paid and reviewed each year based on actual
results.
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Pay
a percentage of sales of the technology - Licensees only pay as
they sell
product containing the technology.
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Pay
on a per piece method - Licensees pay royalties based on a price
per
piece. A pre-determined price schedule is implemented based on
job volumes and a per-piece price is utilized. Typically, the higher
the
volume, the lower the price per
piece.
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Joint
venture licensing- profit sharing arrangement with clients where we
share the net profit of all products sold containing our
technologies.
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Legal
Products:
We also
own and operate Legalstore.com, an Internet company which sells legal supplies
and documents, including security paper and products for the users of legal
documents and supplies in the legal, medical and educational fields. While
not a
component of our core business strategy, we seek to maximize the revenue and
profitability of this operation.
Patents
and Trademarks
Patents
Our
ability to compete effectively depends in part on our ability to maintain
the
proprietary nature of our technology, products and manufacturing processes.
We
principally rely upon patent, trademark, trade secrets and contract law to
establish and protect our proprietary rights. During the early stages of
our
development, we have expended a significant percentage of our resources on
the
research and development to ensure that we are a market leader the ability
to provide our customers effective solutions against an ever-changing array
of
counterfeit risks. During 2006, 2005 and 2004, we spent 7%
($353,000),
18%
($314,000)
and
26%
($422,000)
of our
revenue, respectively, for our research and development efforts. Based on
these efforts, we currently have over a dozen formal patent applications
pending, including provisional and PCT patent applications and applications
that
have entered the National Phase in various countries including the United
States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and South Africa.
These
applications cover our technologies, including our AuthentiGuard On-Demand,
AuthentiGuard Prism, AuthentiGuard ObscuraScan, AuthentiGuard Survivor 21,
AuthentiGuard VeriGlow products, and several other anti-counterfeiting and
authentication technologies in development. As
we
continue to grow our business, we expect to expand our research and development
efforts, although these costs are expected to continue to decrease as a
percentage of our revenue. It
is our
ongoing policy of filing patent applications to seek protection for novel
features of our products. We believe that our patents are important to both
our
anti-counterfeiting and verification businesses. As of December 31, 2006,
the
remaining legal lives of our patents ranged from approximately 3 years to
20
years.
In
addition to our current patent activities, we own several patents that
we
acquired in 2002 when we acquired companies owned by various members of
the
Wicker Family and The Estate of Ralph Wicker, including US Patents
5,018,767,
European
Patent 0455750,
Canadian Patent 2,045,580, and a 50% ownership of US Patent No 5,735,547
(collectively, the “Wicker Patents”). However, due to previous contractual
agreements associated with the Wicker Patents, we did not obtain certain
economic rights to these patents in 2002, including certain economic rights
to
benefits derived from settlements, licenses or other subsequent business
arrangements from any person or entity that had been proven to infringe
these
patents.
Therefore,
to consolidate our ownership and economic rights to the Wicker Patents,
we
entered into the following transactions. In 2004, we entered into an agreement
with The Estate of Ralph Wicker and its assigns to purchase from them the
right
to 70% of the future economic benefit derived from settlements, licenses
or
subsequent business arrangements from any infringer of the Wicker
Patents that
we
choose to pursue, with The Estate of Ralph Wicker receiving the remaining
30% of
such economic benefit. In
February 2005, we further consolidated our ownership of the Wicker Patents
by
purchasing the economic interests and ownership from the 45 persons and
entities
that had purchased various rights in Wicker Family technologies, including
the
Wicker Patents. As a result of this transaction, we increased our ownership
of
US Patent 5,735,547 to 100%, and increased to our right to future economic
benefits to the Wicker Patents to approximately 86% of all settlements
or
license royalties derived from, among other things, infringement suits
related
to the foreign Wicker Patents, including European Patent
0455750.
We
also
jointly have the rights to U.S. Patent No. 5,707,083 with R.R. Donnelly.
Under the terms of our agreement with R.R. Donnelly, it has no rights in
any
revenue generated by us through the technology represented by the patent.
R.R.
Donnelly may license the technology but is required to equally
divide any revenue with us after costs associated with any licensing. RR
Donnelly has recently renewed its license from us to the technology related
to
Patent 5,018,767 for several years. We also own U.S. Patent No. 5,722,693
and
5,454,598 related
to embossed document protection methods and products and tamper and copy
protected documents, respectively.
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By
aggressively defending our intellectual property rights, we believe that
we may
be able to secure a potentially significant amount of additional and ongoing
revenue by securing licensing agreements with those persons, companies or
governments that we believe are infringing our patents. We intend to use
all
legal means to protect our ownership of these technologies. We have been
and
expect to continue to be very aggressive in our patent protection efforts.
We
cannot be assured that our efforts to prevent the misappropriation of the
intellectual property used in our business will be successful. Further, we
cannot be assured that any patents will be issued for our U.S. or foreign
applications or that, if issued, they will provide protection against
competitive technologies or will be held valid and enforceable if challenged.
Finally, we cannot be assured that competitors would not be able to design
around any such proprietary right or obtain rights that we would need to
license
or design around in order to practice under these patents.
Trademarks
We
have
registered our “AuthentiGuard” trademark, as well as our “Survivor 21”
electronic check icon with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A trademark
application is pending in Canada for “AuthentiGuard.” AuthentiGuard is
registered in several European countries including the United
Kingdom.
Sales
and Marketing
We
believe that 2006 was a year in which we completed our “early development” stage
and entered the growth and commercialization phase of
business. In
2006,
we began to see the results of our efforts of building our brand, and
identifying strategic partners and customers upon which to grow our business.
As
we entered this new phase of our business, we increased our sales and marketing
expenditures in order to facilitate our expected growth.
In
2006,
we focused on sales activities associated with the commercialization of our
products, with both established and new customers and partners, and also defined
opportunities to expand our products and our channels to market. We
also
created a new vertical market strategy
to help
support these efforts with a focus on five primary verticals were our focused:
academic/higher education, financial institutions, government/government
agencies, genuine parts/manufacturers, and healthcare/pharmaceutical. We believe
that these industries provide the largest revenue potential and opportunities
for our technology and product solutions.
We
also
began the expansion and reorganization of our sales and marketing staff and
programs, which we believe is necessary to continue to grow our business,
drive
revenue, and create ongoing brand and name recognition. We expect to see
the
positive results of these initiatives throughout 2007. Our
marketing activities are focused on developing brand awareness of
AuthentiGuard™, our technology suite brand.
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Additionally,
we plan on opening new sales and marketing offices in Washington, DC and
Manhattan, New York, realigning and growing our sales team to support our
new
vertical targets, and continuing our research and develop of new products
and
technologies, with a continued focus on enhancing and developing our On-Demand
product.
No
single
customer accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue or one of our
segment’s revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006. At December
31, 2006, one customer accounted for 23% and one customer accounted for 12%
of our trade accounts receivable balance.
In 2005,
the Company derived 51% of its document security revenue (22% of total revenue)
from one customer, of which $31,000 was in accounts receivable (19% of total)
as
of December 31, 2005.
International
revenue, which consists of sales to customers with operations in Western
Europe,
Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia, comprised 11% of total revenue
for
each of 2006, and less than 1% of total revenue for 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Revenue is allocated to individual countries by customer based on where
the
product is shipped or the location of services performed. We had no long-lived
assets in any country other than the United States for any period
presented.
Websites
We
maintain www.documentsecurity.com, which describes our patented document
security solutions, our targeted vertical markets, our company history, and
offers our security consulting services. We also maintain www.plasticprintingprofessionals.com,
which
describes our ID card and other plastic and vinyl printing services. In
addition, we maintain www.safetypaper.com and www.protectedpaper.com, which
are
e-commerce sites that market and sell our patented blank Security Paper,
hand-held security verifiers and custom security documents to end users
worldwide, and www.legalstore.com,
which
sells printing services and security products primarily to members of the
legal
profession.
Competition
Currently,
the security print market is comprised of a few very large companies and an
increasing number of small companies with specific technology niches. The
expansion of this market is the result of increasing requirements for national
security, as well as the proliferation of brand and identity theft.
Counterfeiting has expanded significantly as advancing technologies in digital
duplication and scanning combined with increasingly sophisticated design
software has enabled easier reproduction of originals.
Our
industry is highly fragmented and characterized by rapid technological change
and product innovations and evolving standards. Our competitors include
Standard Register Company, which specializes in printing security technologies
for the check and forms and medical industries; De La Rue Plc, that specializes
in printing secure currency, tickets, labels, lottery tickets and vital records
for governments and Fortune 500 companies; Xerox, an industry leader in copying
and scanning that has made recent entries into the anti-counterfeiting arena
and
has a competing Safety Paper product called “X Void.” Our
P3 ID
card manufacturing operation competes with Lasercard Corporation which supplies
advanced ID technology to the US federal government and other government
programs worldwide.
Other
competing hidden word technologies that are being marketed by competitors,
such
as Nocopi Technologies which sells and markets secure paper products and Graphic
Security Systems Corporation, which markets scrambled indicia.
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Digital
watermarks, RFID and biometric technologies are also being introduced into
the
marketplace by Digimarc Corporation, IBM and L-1 Identity Solutions. These
digital protection systems require software and hardware such as scanners
and
computers to implement and utilize the technology and, consequently, this
technology must be utilized in a controlled environment with the necessary
equipment to create the verification process.
Large
Office Equipment Manufacturers, called OEMs, such as Sharp, Canon, Ricoh,
Hewlett Packard and Eastman Kodak are developing “smart copier” technology that
recognizes particular graphical images and produces warning words or distorted
copies. Some of the OEMs are also developing user assigned and variable
pantograph “hidden word” technologies in which users can assign a particular
hidden work in copy, such as “void” that is displayed when copy of such document
is made.
Segment
Information
We
operate through two segments:
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Document
Security and Production. This segment licenses,
manufactures and sells document security technologies and secure
printed
products in our Document Security Systems, Plastic Printing Professionals
and Patrick Printing divisions. This segment also includes revenues
from
copying services and residual royalties from past motion picture
operations.
|
s |
Legal
Supplies. This segment sells legal supplies to lawyers and
law firms via legalstore.com.
|
Financial
information regarding these segments is provided in Note 12 to our consolidated
financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Financial
information relating to revenues and other operating income, net loss, operating
expenses and total assets for the three years ended December 31, 2006, can
be found in Item 6 “Selected Financial Data”.
Employees
As
of
December 31, 2006 we had 53 full and 5 part-time employees, two of whom are
executive officers, and we have one independent consultant. It is important
that
we continue to retain and attract qualified management and technical personnel.
Our employees are not covered by any collective bargaining agreement, and
we
believe that our relations with our employees are good.
Government
Regulation
In
light
of the events of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent war on terrorism,
governments, private entities and individuals have become more aware of, and
concerned with, the problems related with counterfeit documents. Homeland
Security remains a high priority in the United States. This new heightened
awareness may result in new laws or regulations which could impact our business.
We believe, however, that any such laws or regulations would be aimed at
requiring or promoting anti-counterfeiting, and therefore would likely have
a
positive impact on our business plans.
ITEM
1A - RISK FACTORS
An
investment in our securities is subject to numerous risks, including the Risk
Factors described below. Our business, operating results or financial condition
could be materially adversely affected by any of the following risks. The risks
described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks we are not
presently aware of or that we currently believe are immaterial may also
materially affect our business. The trading price of our Common Stock could
decline due to any of these risks. In assessing these risks, you should also
refer to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this
Form 10-K, including our financial statements and related notes.
We
have a limited operating history with our business model, which limits the
information available to you to evaluate our
business.
Since
our
inception in 1984, we have accumulated deficits from historical operations
of
approximately $17,228,000 at December 31, 2006. In 2002, we changed our business
model and chose to strategically focus on becoming a developer and marketer
of
secure technologies for all forms of print media. We have continued to incur
losses since we began our new business model. Also, we have limited operating
and financial information relating to this new business to evaluate our
performance and future prospects. Due to the change in our business model,
we do
not view our historical financials as being a good indication of our future.
We
face the risks and difficulties of a company going into a new business including
the uncertainties of market acceptance, competition, cost increases and delays
in achieving business objectives. There can be no assurance that we will succeed
in addressing any or all of these risks, and the failure to do so could have
a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating
results.
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If
we lose our current litigation, we may lose certain of our technology rights
which may affect our business plan.
We
are
subject to litigation and alleged litigation, including our litigation with
the
European Central Bank, in which parties allege, among other things, that
certain
of our patents are invalid. One of our patents that is subject to the litigation
against the European Central Bank has been ruled invalid in the United Kingdom
but has subsequently been ruled valid in Germany. For more information
regarding this litigation, see Item 3- Legal Proceedings. If the ECB or other
parties are successful in invalidating any or all of our patents, it may
materially affect us, our financial condition, and our ability to market
and
sell certain technology.
If
we lose our current infringement litigation we may be liable for significant
legal costs of our counterparts.
We
have
been able to mitigate the cash outlays that we have been required to make
for
legal costs of our current infringement litigation and related invalidity
cases
against the European Central Bank by, among other things, negotiating legal
fee
caps and using shares of our common stock for payments. As noted above, on
March
26, 2007, the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in
London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by the
European Central Bank (the “ECB”) against us. The English Court ruled that
European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”), that was awarded to us by the
European Patent Office Technical Board of Appeal, has been deemed invalid
in the
United Kingdom. We may be required to pay a portion of the ECB’s legal costs
associated with the United Kingdom invalidity lawsuit, which will be determined
by the Court after a hearing. As of the date of this 10-K, the ECB has listed
approximately £621,000
(approximately $1.2 million) of applicable costs, of which no more than 80%
is
typically eligible for reimbursement by the Company. If we
receive further adverse rulings in any of our infringement or related
invalidity cases against the European Central Bank, we will likely be
responsible for a large portion of the legal costs that were expended by
the
European Central Bank in such case, which would likely be significant. The
payment of these amounts could adversely affect the Company’s financial
position.
If
we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property, our competitive
advantage may disappear.
Our
success will be determined in part by our ability to obtain United States and
foreign patent protection for our technology and to preserve our trade secrets.
Because of the substantial length of time and expense associated with developing
new document security technology, we place considerable importance on patent
and
trade secret protection. We intend to continue to rely primarily on a
combination of patent protection, trade secrets, technical measures, copyright
protection and nondisclosure agreements with our employees and customers to
establish and protect the ideas, concepts and documentation of software and
trade secrets developed by us. Our ability to compete and the ability of our
business to grow could suffer if these intellectual property rights are not
adequately protected. There can be no assurance that our patent applications
will result in patents being issued or that current or additional patents will
afford protection against competitors. We rely on a combination of patents,
copyrights, trademarks and trade secret protection and contractual rights to
establish and protect our intellectual property. Failure of our patents,
copyrights, trademarks and trade secret protection, non-disclosure agreements
and other measures to provide protection of our technology and our intellectual
property rights could enable our competitors to more effectively compete with
us
and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results
of
operations. In addition, our trade secrets and proprietary know-how may
otherwise become known or be independently discovered by others. No guarantee
can be given that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent
proprietary information or techniques, or otherwise gain access to our
proprietary technology.
In
addition, we may be required to litigate in the future to enforce our
intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the
validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, or to defend against
claims of infringement or invalidity. Any such litigation could result in
substantial costs and diversion of resources and could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations, and there
can be no assurances of the success of any such litigation.
We
may face intellectual property infringement or other claims against us, our
customers or our intellectual property that could be costly to defend and result
in our loss of significant rights.
Although
we have received U.S. Patents and a European Patent with respect to certain
technologies of ours, there can be no assurance that these patents will afford
us any meaningful protection. Although we believe that our use of the technology
and products we developed and other trade secrets used in our operations do
not
infringe upon the rights of others, our use of the technology and trade secrets
we developed may infringe upon the patents or intellectual property rights
of
others. In the event of infringement, we could, under certain circumstances,
be
required to obtain a license or modify aspects of the technology and trade
secrets we developed or refrain from using same. We may not have the necessary
financial resources to defend an infringement claim made against us or be able
to successfully terminate any infringement in a timely manner, upon acceptable
terms and conditions or at all. Failure to do any of the foregoing could have
a
material adverse effect on us and our financial condition. Moreover, if the
patents, technology or trade secrets we developed or use in our business are
deemed to infringe upon the rights of others, we could, under certain
circumstances, become liable for damages, which could have a material adverse
effect on us and our financial condition. As we continue to market our products,
we could encounter patent barriers that are not known today. A patent search
will not disclose applications that are currently pending in the United States
Patent Office, and there may be one or more such pending applications that
would
take precedence over any or all of our applications.
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Furthermore,
third parties may assert that our intellectual property rights are invalid,
which could result in significant expenditures by us to refute such assertions.
If we become involved in litigation, we could lose our proprietary rights,
be
subject to damages and incur substantial unexpected operating expenses.
Intellectual property litigation is expensive and time-consuming, even if the
claims are subsequently proven unfounded, and could divert management’s
attention from our business. If there is a successful claim of infringement,
we
may not be able to develop non-infringing technology or enter into royalty
or
license agreements on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unsuccessful in
defending claims that our intellectual property rights are invalid, we may
not
be able to enter into royalty or license agreements on acceptable terms, if
at
all. This could prohibit us from providing our products and services to
customers, which could have a material adverse effect on us and our financial
condition.
If
our products and services do not achieve market acceptance, we may not achieve
our revenue and net income goals in the time prescribed or at
all.
We
are at
the early stage of introducing our document security technology and products
to
the market. If we are unable to operate our business as contemplated by our
business model or if the assumptions underlying our business model prove to
be
unfounded, we could fail to achieve our revenue and net income goals within
the
time we have projected, or at all, which could have a material adverse effect
on
our business. As a result, the value of your investment could be significantly
reduced or completely lost.
We
cannot
assure you that a sufficient number of such companies will demand our products
or services or other document security products. In addition, we cannot predict
the rate of market’s acceptance of our document security solutions. Failure to
maintain a significant customer base may have a material adverse effect on
our
business.
The
results of our research and development efforts are uncertain and there can
be
no assurance of the commercial success of our
products.
We
believe that we will need to continue to incur research and development
expenditures to remain competitive. The products we currently are developing
or
may develop in the future may not be technologically successful. In addition,
the length of our product development cycle may be greater than we originally
expect and we may experience delays in future product development. If our
resulting products are not technologically successful, they may not achieve
market acceptance or compete effectively with our competitors’
products.
Changes
in document security technology and standards could render our applications
and
services obsolete.
The
market for document security products, applications, and services is fast moving
and evolving. Identification and authentication technology is constantly
changing as we and our competitors introduce new products, applications, and
services, and retire old ones as customer requirements quickly develop and
change. In addition, the standards for document security are continuing to
evolve. If any segments of our market adopt technologies or standards that
are
inconsistent with our applications and technology, sales to those market
segments could decline, which could have a material adverse effect on us and
our
financial condition.
The
market in which we operate is highly competitive, and we may not be able to
compete effectively, especially against established industry competitors with
greater market presence and financial resources.
Our
market is highly competitive and characterized by rapid technological change
and
product innovations. Our competitors may have advantages over us because of
their longer operating histories, more established products, greater name
recognition, larger customer bases, and greater financial, technical and
marketing resources. As a result, they may be able to adapt more quickly to
new
or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, and devote
greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. Competition
may
also force us to decrease the price of our products and services. We cannot
assure you that we will be successful in developing and introducing new
technology on a timely basis, new products with enhanced features, or that
these
products, if introduced, will enable us to establish selling prices and gross
margins at profitable levels.
Our
growth strategy depends, in part, on our acquiring complementary businesses
and
assets and expanding our existing operations to include manufacturing
capabilities, which we may be unable to do.
Our
growth strategy is based, in part, on our ability to acquire businesses and
assets that are complimentary to our existing operations and expanding our
operations to include manufacturing capabilities. We may also seek to acquire
other businesses. The success of this acquisition strategy will depend, in
part,
on our ability to accomplish the following:
·
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identify
suitable businesses or assets to buy;
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·
|
complete
the purchase of those businesses on terms acceptable to us;
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·
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complete
the acquisition in the time frame we expect;
and
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·
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improve
the results of operations of the businesses that we buy and successfully
integrate their operations into our
own.
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Although
we were able to successfully acquire our P3 subsidiary in February 2006, there
can be no assurance that we will be successful in pursuing any or all of these
steps on future transactions. Our failure to implement our acquisition strategy
could have an adverse effect on other aspects of our business strategy and
our
business in general. We may not be able to find appropriate acquisition
candidates, acquire those candidates that we find or integrate acquired
businesses effectively or profitably.
Our
acquisition program and strategy may lead us to contemplate acquisitions of
companies in bankruptcy, which entail additional risks and uncertainties. Such
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, that, before assets may
be
acquired, customers may leave in search of more stable providers and vendors
may
terminate key relationships. Also, assets are generally acquired on an “as is”
basis, with no recourse to the seller if the assets are not as valuable as
may
be represented. Finally, while bankrupt companies may be acquired for
comparatively little money, the cost of continuing the operations may
significantly exceed expectations.
We
have
in the past used, and may continue to use, our Common Stock as payment for
all
or a portion of the purchase price for acquisitions. If we issue significant
amounts of our Common Stock for such acquisitions, this could result in
substantial dilution of the equity interests of our stockholders.
If
we fail to retain our key personnel and attract and retain additional qualified
personnel, we might not be able to pursue our growth
strategy.
Our
future success depends upon the continued service of our executive officers
and
other key sales and research personnel who possess longstanding industry
relationships and technical knowledge of our products and operations. The loss
of any of our key employees, in particular, Patrick White, our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Peter Ettinger, our President; Thomas
Wicker, our Vice-President of Research and Development; and David Wicker, our
Vice-President of Operations, could negatively impact our ability to pursue
our
growth strategy and conduct operations. Although we believe that our
relationship with these individuals is positive, there can be no assurance
that
the services of these individuals will continue to be available to us in the
future. We have extended our employment agreements with Patrick White to June
2009. Our employment agreements with Thomas Wicker and David Wicker expire
in
June 2007. Our employment agreement with Peter Ettinger expires in June
2009.There can be no assurance that these persons will continue to agree to
be
employed by us after such dates.
If
we do not successfully expand our sales force, we may be unable to increase
our
revenues.
We
must
expand the size of our marketing activities and sales force to increase
revenues. We continue to evaluate various methods of expanding our marketing
activities, including the use of outside marketing consultants and
representatives and expanding our in-house marketing capabilities. Going
forward, we anticipate an increasing percentage of our revenues to come from
the
licensing of our newer technologies, where profit margins are significantly
higher than those provided by Security Paper. If we are unable to hire or retain
qualified sales personnel, if newly hired personnel fail to develop the
necessary skills to be productive, or if they reach productivity more slowly
than anticipated, our ability to increase our revenues and grow could be
compromised. The challenge of attracting, training and retaining qualified
candidates may make it difficult to meet our sales growth targets. Further,
we
may not generate sufficient sales to offset the increased expense resulting
from
expanding our sales force or we may be unable to manage a larger sales
force.
Future
growth in our business could make it difficult to manage our
resources.
Our
anticipated business expansion could place a significant strain on our
management, administrative and financial resources. Significant growth in our
business may require us to implement additional operating, product development
and financial controls, improve coordination among marketing, product
development and finance functions, increase capital expenditures and hire
additional personnel. There can be no assurance that we will be able to
successfully manage any substantial expansion of our business, including
attracting and retaining qualified personnel. Any failure to properly manage
our
future growth could negatively impact our business and operating
results.
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We
cannot predict our future capital needs and we may not be able to secure
additional financing.
We
may
need to raise additional funds in the future to fund more aggressive expansion
of our business, complete the development, testing and marketing of our
products, or make strategic acquisitions or investments. We may require
additional equity or debt financings, collaborative arrangements with corporate
partners or funds from other sources for these purposes. No assurance can be
given that these funds will be available for us to finance our development
on
acceptable terms, if at all. Such additional financings may involve substantial
dilution of our stockholders or may require that we relinquish rights to certain
of our technologies or products. In addition, we may experience operational
difficulties and delays due to working capital restrictions. If adequate funds
are not available from operations or additional sources of financing, we may
have to delay or scale back our growth plans.
Risks
Related to Our Stock
Provisions
of our certificate of incorporation and agreements could delay or prevent a
change in control of our company.
Certain
provisions of our certificate of incorporation may discourage, delay, or prevent
a merger or acquisition that a stockholder may consider favorable. These
provisions include:
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the
authority of the Board of Directors to issue preferred stock;
and
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·
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a
prohibition on cumulative voting in the election of directors.
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We
have a large number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock, which
our
management may issue without further stockholder approval, thereby causing
dilution of your holdings of our common stock.
As
of
December 31, 2006, there are 184,804,208 million
shares of authorized but unissued shares of our common stock. Our management
will continue to have broad discretion to issue shares of our common stock
in a
range of transactions, including capital-raising transactions, mergers,
acquisitions, for anti-takeover purposes, and in other transactions, without
obtaining stockholder approval, unless stockholder approval is required for
a
particular transaction under the rules of the American Stock Exchange, New
York
law, or other applicable laws. We currently have no specific plans to issue
shares of our common stock for any purpose. However, if our management
determines to issue shares of our common stock from the large pool of such
authorized but unissued shares for any purpose in the future without obtaining
stockholder approval, your ownership position would be diluted without your
further ability to vote on that transaction.
The
exercise of our outstanding options and warrants and vesting of restricted
stock
awards may depress our stock price.
As
of
December 31, 2006, there were outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 1,243,728 shares of our Common Stock at exercise prices ranging
from $2.00
to
$12.65
per share, most of which are currently exercisable. To the extent that these
securities are exercised, dilution to our stockholders will occur. In addition,
as of December 31, 2006, there were 375,000 restricted shares of our common
stock that are subject to various vesting terms. To the extent that these
securities vest, dilution to our stockholders will occur. Moreover, the terms
upon which we will be able to obtain additional equity capital may be adversely
affected, since the holders of these securities can be expected to exercise
or
convert them at a time when we would, in all likelihood, be able to obtain
any
needed capital on terms more favorable to us than the exercise and conversion
terms provided by those securities.
Sales
of
these shares in the public market, or the perception that future sales of these
shares could occur, could have the effect of lowering the market price of our
common stock below current levels and make it more difficult for us and our
stockholders to sell our equity securities in the future.
Sale
or
the availability for sale of shares of common stock by stockholders could cause
the market price of our common stock to decline and could impair our ability
to
raise capital through an offering of additional equity securities.
We
do not intend to pay cash dividends.
We
do not
intend to declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable
future. We anticipate that we will retain any earnings and other cash resources
for investment in our business. The payment of dividends on our common stock
is
subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our
operations, financial position, financial requirements, general business
conditions, restrictions imposed by financing arrangements, if any, legal
restrictions on the payment of dividends and other factors that our Board of
Directors deems relevant.
ITEM
1B - UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
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ITEM
2 - PROPERTY
Our
administrative offices are located in the First Federal Plaza Building, 28
East
Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614. We currently sublease approximately
4,700 square feet of office space under a master lease, which expired in January
2007. Commencing February 1, 2007, we entered into a five-year lease for the
same location. In addition, our Security Products and Printing group occupies
several locations, including approximately 5,000 square feet at our P3 division
in Daly City, California under a month-to-month lease, and approximately 3,000
square feet of additional space in downtown Rochester for our printing business
under a leases expiring in 2008. Our Legal Supplies group rents approximately
5,000 square feet under a leases expiring in 2010. We are currently seeking
to
relocate this operation to a larger facility within the same general location
of
San Francisco/Silicon Valley. We believe that the remainder of our facilities
are adequate for our current operations. The Company also believes that it
can
negotiate renewals or similar lease arrangements on acceptable terms when our
current leases expire.
ITEM
3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On
August
1, 2005, we commenced a suit against the European Central Bank alleging patent
infringement by the European Central Bank and have claimed unspecified damages.
We brought the suit in European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. We
alleged that all Euro banknotes in circulation infringe our European Patent
455750B1 (the “Patent”), which covers a method of incorporating an
anti-counterfeiting feature into banknotes or similar security documents to
protect against forgeries by digital scanning and copying devices.
We will
seek all remedies available to us under the law. In November 2005, the European
Central Bank filed its answer to our complaint asserting mostly procedural
and
jurisdictional arguments. The ECB contended that the proper venue was not in
the
Court of First Instance, but rather in each individual country that is a member
of the ECB. We responded to the European Central Bank’s answer in late December
2005, arguing that the Court of First instance was the proper venue. The parties
are awaiting the ruling from the Court of First Instance.
On
March
24, 2006, we received notice that the ECB has filed a separate claim in the
United Kingdom and Luxembourg patent courts (Luxembourg being the seat of
the
European Court of First Instance) seeking the invalidation of the Patent.
Claims to invalidity in each of the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France,
Spain,
Germany and Austria were subsequently served on the Company. The main basis
of
the ECB’s claim as to invalidity is the existence of prior art. A second basis
is that the scope of the Patent was extended in prosecution, which in Europe
is
a ground of invalidity. On January 22, 2007, the trial regarding the Patent’s
validity in the United Kingdom commenced in the High
Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in London, England and
concluded on January 30, 2007. On
March
26, 2007, the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in
London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by the
European Central Bank (the “ECB”) against us. The English Court ruled that
European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”), that was awarded to us by the
European Patent Office Technical Board of Appeal, has been deemed invalid
in the
United Kingdom. The Court’s decision does not affect the validity of the Patent
in other European countries. We will review our options with respect to the
appeal of this decision. As a result of this ruling, the company may be
liable to reimburse the ECB of a portion of the ECB's legal costs associated
with the case, which the ECB has initially listed as up to £621,000
(approximately $1.2 million) of which no more than 80% is typically
eligible for reimbursement. The company intends to seek to limit the
reimbursement based on the facts and circumstances of the case. On March
27, 2007, the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich,
Germany, ruled that the Patent is valid in Germany. The ruling in Germany,
finding that the Patent is valid, is significant because it validates the
legal
basis of the Company's infringement suit against the ECB. Additional trials
regarding validity are expected to commence in the seven other countries
during
2007 and 2008.
On
January 31, 2003, we commenced an action, unrelated to the above ECB litigation,
entitled New
Sky Communications, Inc., As Successor-In-Interest To Thomas M. Wicker, Thomas
M.Wicker Enterprises, Inc. And Document Security Consultants V. Adler
Technologies, Inc. N/K/A Adlertech International, Inc. And Andrew Mctaggert
(United States District Court, Western District Of New York Case
No.03-Cv-6044t(F)) regarding
certain intellectual property in which we have an interest. We commenced this
action alleging various causes of action against Adler Technologies, Inc. and
Andrew McTaggert for breach of contract, breach of the duty of good faith and
fair dealing, misappropriation of trade secrets, and various business
torts, including unfair competiton. Adler distributes and supplies
anti-counterfeit currency devices and Mr. McTaggert is a principal of Adler,
which is a former licensee of certain of our technology. Adler had entered
into
several agreements with Thomas M. Wicker Enterprises and Document Security
Consultants, both of which we acquired in 2002. These agreements, generally,
authorized Adler to manufacture in Canada our “Checkmate®”
patented system for verifying the authenticity of currency and documents. Other
agreements were entered into between the parties and Thomas Wicker regarding
other technology owned by Wicker and assigned to us including “Archangel,” an
anti-copy technology, and “Blockade,” which creates a wave pattern on documents
when they are reproduced or scanned. It is our contention, among other things,
that Adler has breached these agreements, failed to make an appropriate
accounting and payments under these agreements, and may have exceeded the scope
of its license. Adler has denied the material allegations of the complaint
and
has counterclaimed against our company, claiming Adler owns or co-owns or has
a
license to use certain technologies of ours, including several U.S. patents.
In
May 2005, we filed our first amended and supplemental complaint adding
Blanks/USA and Raymond Maxon as additional defendants. In February 2007, we
filed our second amended and supplemental complaint adding Judith Wu
(McTaggart’s wife) and Arcis Digital Security, Inc. (a company in which Ms. Wu
is involved) as additional defendants. Maxon has asserted a counterclaim against
us contenting that our acquisition of certain patents and technology from Thomas
Wicker in 2002 gave rise to an alleged right on the part of Maxon to receive
a
portion of Thomas Wicker’s proceeds from such acquisition. We have denied the
material allegations of all of the counterclaims. If Adler is successful, it
may
materially affect us, our financial condition, and our ability to market and
sell certain of our technology and related products. This
case
is in discovery phase, and it is too soon to determine how the various issues
raised by the lawsuit will be determined.
14
In
addition to the foregoing, we are subject to other legal proceedings that have
arisen in the ordinary course of business and have not been finally adjudicated.
Although there can be no assurance in this regard, in the opinion of management,
none of the legal proceedings to which we are a party, whether discussed herein
or otherwise, will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations,
cash flows or our financial condition.
There
were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders in the fourth quarter
of
2006.
15
PART
II
ITEM
5 - MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our
Common Stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange, where it trades under
the
symbol “DMC.”
The
following table sets forth the high and low closing prices for the shares of
our
Common Stock, for the periods indicated.
QUARTER
ENDING
|
HIGH
|
LOW
|
|||||
March
31, 2006
|
$
|
15.02
|
$
|
11.35
|
|||
June
30, 2006
|
13.42
|
8.01
|
|||||
September
30, 2006
|
10.47
|
8.
74
|
|||||
December
31, 2006
|
11.34
|
9.18
|
|||||
QUARTER
ENDING
|
HIGH
|
LOW
|
|||||
March
31, 2005
|
$
|
7.62
|
$
|
6.65
|
|||
June
30, 2005
|
9.46
|
6.93
|
|||||
September
30, 2005
|
9.55
|
8.10
|
|||||
December
31, 2005
|
14.35
|
8.49
|
On
March
20,
2007
our Common Stock had a high of $11.14
and a
low of $10.83
and a
closing price of $11.00.
Issued
and Outstanding
Our
certificate of incorporation authorizes 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
par
value $0.02. As of March 20,
2007,
we had 13,677,597 shares of Common Stock, issued and
outstanding.
Recent
Issuances of Unregistered Securities
Stock
Issued in Private Placement
On
December 26, 2006, the Company sold 94 units at a price of $50,000 per unit
for
gross cash proceeds of $4,700,000, consisting of 552,720 unregistered shares
of
our common stock and five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
276,360 shares of our common stock, at an initial exercise price of $11.75
per
share. The Company incurred placement agent fees associated with the offering
equal to 9% commissions and 1% non-accountable fees, and issued the placement
agent a five-year warrant to purchase up to 55,272 shares of our common stock,
at an initial exercise price of $11.75.
Stock
Issued For Services
On
December 20, 2006, the Company granted 310,000 shares of restricted stock
to the
Company’s President pursuant to the Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Option Plan,
which vest as follows: 250,000 shares that vest only upon a Change of Control
of
the Company and 60,000 shares that vest only upon the attainment of certain
performance goals during 2007 as indicated in his employment agreement with
the
Company. The fair market value of these restricted shares was
approximately
$3,159,000 based on the quoted market price of the Company’s stock of $10.19 on
the day immediately prior to the grant date.
No
compensation costs has been recognized for these shares as the Company deemed
that the vesting of these shares was not probable as of December 31,
2006.
On
June
26, 2006, the Company granted 65,000 shares of restricted stock pursuant
to the
Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Option Plan to recently hired employees, including
50,000 shares to its President. The restricted shares vest over three years
beginning on the first
anniversary of the grant date. The Company will recognize compensation costs
associated with these restricted shares of approximately $700,000 over the
vesting periods.
On
June
16, 2006, the Company issued to International Barcode Corporation (d/b/a Barcode
Technology) (“BTI”), a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock at a price of $10.00 per share vesting over approximately one
year
and with an expiration date of June 16, 2007. The fair value of the warrants
amounted to $890,000 utilizing Black Scholes pricing model. This value is being
recognized as the warrant vests. The warrant was issued pursuant to an agreement
that provides BTI with the exclusive right to market, sell and manufacture
DSS
technologies, products and processes for all security-related applications
for
government and commercial use in China.
16
During
the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company granted to employees rights to
96,000 shares of Common Stock. The stock rights vest 25% per year over a
four-year period. The market value of the shares at the date of grant was
$.14 per share or $13,000, and is being recorded as compensation expense over
the vesting period. Compensation expense for the year ended December 31,
2006 related to these shares amounted to $3,840 ($3,840 - 2005, $3,840 -
2004). During the year ended December 31, 2006, 18,000 shares vested and
were issued to the employees (18,000 shares in 2005).
Stock
Issued for Patent Defense Costs
On
November 14, 2006, the Company entered into an agreement with McDermott Will
& Emery LLP (“MWE”), its lead counsel on its European Central Bank “”patent
infringement and related invalidity litigation. The agreement with MWE provides,
in part, that the Company can use its common stock to eliminate the Company’s
cash requirements for MWE’s legal fees related to the ECB invalidity litigation,
not to exceed $1.2 million in stock. On December 6, 2006, 47,015 restricted
shares were issued to MWE pursuant to the agreement to cover all outstanding
MWE
legal fees that were incurred through September 2006.
Stock
Issued for Acquisitions
On
February 7, 2006, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary P3
Acquisition Sub, Inc., acquired substantially all of the assets of Plastic
Printing Professionals, Inc. (“P3”) for $1.25 million in cash, 18,704 shares of
the Company’s Common Stock valued at $250,000 and the assumption of certain
liabilities. ’P3 is a security printer specializing in plastic cards containing
security technologies.
Securities
Authorized For Issuance under Equity Compensation
Plans
The
following table provides summary information as of December 31, 2006 for
all of our stock option plans and other outstanding options and warrants issued
as compensation. See
Item
11 - Executive Compensation - Stock Option Plans
of this
Form 10-K and
Note 6
to our
consolidated financial statements for additional discussion.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
Plan
category
|
Restricted
stock to be issued upon vesting
|
Number
of securities
to
be issued upon
exercise
of outstanding
options,
warrants
and
rights
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and rights
|
Number
of securities
remaining
available
for
future issuance (under equity compensation Plans (excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
|
|||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
|||||||||||||
2004 Employee Stock Option Plan
|
375,000
|
296,000
|
$
|
8.17
|
518,000
|
||||||||
2004 Non-Executive Director Plan
|
56,250
|
8.02
|
43,750
|
||||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
|||||||||||||
Contractual warrant grants for services
|
559,000
|
9.19
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
375,000
|
911,250
|
$
|
8.79
|
561,750
|
17
Stockholders
As
of
March 9, 2007, we had approximately 4,551 record holders of our Common
Stock. This number does not include the number of persons whose shares are
in nominee or in “street name” accounts through brokers.
Dividends
We
did
not pay dividends during 2006 or 2005. We presently intend to retain our cash
for use in the operation and expansion of our business and, therefore, do not
anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Stock
Transfer Agent and Warrant Agent
Our
stock
transfer agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., 6201 15th Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11219. We act as our own warrant agent for our outstanding
warrants.
Share
Repurchased by the Registrant
We
did
not purchase or repurchase any of our securities in the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, including the fourth quarter.
18
ITEM
6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The
selected financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with
consolidated financial statements and the notes to the consolidated financial
statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations,” which are included elsewhere in this report. This
consolidated statement of operations and balance sheet data as of and for each
of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2006 are derived from our
audited financial statements.
Year
Ended December 31:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Income Data
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||||||
Total
Revenue
|
4,834,000
|
( |
1)
|
|
1,750,000
|
1,595,000
|
1,285,000
|
680,000
|
|||||||||||
Total
cost of revenue
|
2,637,000
|
909,000
|
937,000
|
597,000
|
231,000
|
||||||||||||||
Total
gross profit
|
2,197,000
|
841,000
|
658,000
|
688,000
|
449,000
|
||||||||||||||
45
|
%
|
48
|
%
|
41
|
%
|
54
|
%
|
66
|
%
|
||||||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
7,071,000
|
3,743,000
|
2,389,000
|
2,117,000
|
548,000
|
||||||||||||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
42,000
|
59,000
|
27,000
|
(23,000
|
)
|
(9,000
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(4,832,000
|
)
|
(2,843,000
|
)
|
(1,704,000
|
)
|
(1,452,000
|
)
|
(108,000
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
loss per share, basic and diluted
|
(0.37
|
)
|
(0.24
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.02
|
)
|
As
of December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated
Balance Sheet Information
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
5,803,000
|
(
|
2)
|
|
$
|
3,953,000
|
$
|
2,658,000
|
$
|
5,116,000
|
(
|
4)
|
|
$
|
456,000
|
|||||||||
Total
current assets
|
6,885,000
|
4,492,000
|
3,166,000
|
5,391,000
|
658,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other
Intangible assets, net
|
5,390,000
|
4,209,000
|
(
|
3)
|
|
344,000
|
-
|
44,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
Assets
|
14,466,000
|
10,333,000
|
4,617,000
|
5,900,000
|
1,253,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
2,760,000
|
844,000
|
540,000
|
516,000
|
207,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term
obligations
|
517,000
|
252,000
|
336,000
|
190,000
|
214,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
11,189,000
|
9,237,000
|
3,741,000
|
5,195,000
|
832,000
|
(1)
-In
February 2006, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed
certain liabilities of Plastic Printing Professionals (“P3”). During 2006, P3
accounted for approximately 48% of our revenue.
(2)
In
December 2006, the Company received $4.2 million in net proceeds from a
private placement of its common stock.
(3)
In
February 2005, the Company acquired various interests to patent related assets
through the issuance of its common stock valued at $3.9 million.
(4)
In
December 2003, the received $5.0 million in net proceeds from a private
placement of its common stock.
ITEM
7 - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
Form
10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A
of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 12E of the Securities and Exchange Act
of
1934, including statements that contain the words “estimate,” “project,”
“anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “hope,” “strategy” and
similar expressions. Investors are cautioned that there are additional risks
associated with investing in our Company, and are referred to the Risk Factors
contained in this Form 10-K and our other Exchange Act filings with the SEC,
which risks may change from time to time. Any forward-looking statements in
this
report are based on current conditions; expected future developments and other
factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances. Investors are cautioned
that such statements are not a guarantee of future performance and actual
results or developments may differ materially from those projected. We make
no
commitment to update any forward-looking statement included herein, or disclose
any fact, events or circumstances that may affect the accuracy of any
forward-looking statement.
The
forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Form
10-K,
and we
assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update
the
reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the
forward-looking statements.
19
Overview
Prior
to
2006, the Company considered itself an early stage company and focused a
significant amount of its resources to developing its product portfolio,
assembling its key personnel and workforce, developing a research and
development function and pursuing and consolidating ownership of it patented
technology. In addition, the Company during this early stage expended a
significant amount of time and resources in pursuing legal recourses against
potential infringers of its technologies. During this period, the Company
experienced operating losses and negative cashflows associated with its
operating losses and its investments in its long term assets. To date, the
Company has been able to offset a significant amount of its cash requirements
by
paying for services and acquiring patent and other assets with its equity or
a
combination of equity and cash.
During
2006, the Company made significant strides in the execution of its business
growth strategies. The Company believes that 2006 was the first year that it
was
able to focus primarily on the marketing and selling of its unique and powerful
technologies to a wide audience. Prior to 2006, the Company primarily
concentrated its sales and marketing efforts on licensing its technology to
security printers, and developing a line of pre-packaged safety paper for the
retail markets. While these efforts produced some significant customer
relationships, most notably with R.R. Donnelley, Boise Cascade and PaperLinx
LTD, the Company determined that a far larger potential customer base was not
being addressed. As a result, in late 2005, the Company shifted its focus to
increase its internal sales and marketing resources, increase its production
capabilities and target specific vertical markets. In addition, during 2006,
the
Company’s research and development team developed a new technology that allows
for on-demand utilization of our technologies.
One
of
the strategic initiatives of the Company in 2006 was to increase its internal
production capabilities, which was accomplished with the February 2006
acquisition of Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc. (“P3”), a producer of custom
plastic and vinyl documents and identification cards. In P3, the Company saw
an
opportunity to create a unique and powerful set of secure products in the
plastic ID card market that would allow the Company to target the market for
secure identification products. In acquiring P3, the Company also gained access
to a large dealer network that had had traditionally utilized P3 for its
smaller, custom ID cards. During 2006, the Company established significant
relationships with several of these dealers that have increased the number
of
people and entities that are marketing and selling ’the Company’s technologies.
In addition, the acquisition provided a significant source of revenue growth
and
positive operating cash flow. The Company plans to continue to pursue
acquisitions similar to P3 to allow the Company to strategically increase its
internal production capabilities and to gain a foothold in various markets
through existing customer relationships that can be enhanced and expanded by
integrating the Company’s technologies and products into existing product
offerings of acquired companies.
In
addition, during 2006 the Company was able to bring to market a new product,
AuthentiGuard On-Demand, which we feel could be a significant source of revenue
for the Company for 2007 and beyond. Developed in the latter part of 2005 by
our
research and development team, AuthentiGuard On-Demand, was fully implemented
for its first customer, a large international bank which needed a custom
solution to a counterfeiting issue that they had experienced with a variable
information document. Based on this early success, we entered into what we
believe is a significant relationship with The Ergonomic Group, a leading
information management firm in the Northeast, to fully co-develop and market
the
On-Demand product with initial focus on the financial, high technology and
medical records markets. For this right, The Ergonomic Group paid the Company
$1,000,000 in a non-refundable upfront license fees and pre-paid royalties
during 2006 that will be recognized as revenue over the two-year license period.
Thus, while the revenue impact of these customer relationships was not
significant in 2006, the Company believes that these early successes point
to
the large potential of this product for the Company.
Prior
to
2006, the Company expended a great deal of time and resources to develop and
protect its patent portfolio and readied itself for its patent infringement
case
and related cases against the European Central Bank, or ECB, which was commenced
in August 2005 with an infringement lawsuit filed against the ECB in the Court
of First Instance. During 2006, the Company prepared for the multiple impending
court proceedings against the ECB, which commenced in January of 2007 with
the
invalidity lawsuit in the United Kingdom. In addition, during 2006, the Company
entered into a significant agreement that allows the Company to pay its legal
fees to the lead counsel in the invalidity actions against the ECB with the
Company’s equity. This arrangement significantly reduces the cash requirements
of pursuing these cases. For more detail on the litigation against the ECB,
see
Item
3-
Legal Proceedings of this 10-K.
The
Company experienced significant revenue growth of 176% during 2006 compared
to
2005 primarily as the results of its acquisition of P3, sales of safety paper
to
Boise and PaperLinx, and a new license agreement with R.R. Donnelley that
commenced on August 1, 2006. However, despite the revenue gains, the Company
did
continue to experience substantial operating losses during 2006, which were
driven by substantial increases in non-cash expenses for stock-based payments
and patent amortization, along with lesser increases in all categories of
operating expense categories due to the growth in the Company’s sales and
marketing personnel along with increases associated with the newly acquired
P3
division. As measured on an Adjusted EBITDA basis (a non-GAAP measurement of
financial performance that the Company believes is relevant to the understanding
of the Company’s financial results as defined below); the Company realized a
stabilization of losses despite significant increases in the size and scope
of
the organization that were made in order to fully execute its business
strategies which the Company expects will drive revenue growth toward profitable
levels in 2007 or 2008. In addition, the receipt of approximately $1,031,000
in
deferred revenues, while not reflected in operating income in 2006,
significantly improved the operating cash flows of the Company during the second
half of 2006.
20
While
operating cash flows were positive in the second half of 2006, the Company
did
use cash for operations and the financing of its acquisition of P3 and for
certain patent defense costs throughout 2006. The Company offset these uses
of
cash through the sale of its equity to warrant holders and to private placement
investors, which in the aggregate raised approximately $5.6 million during
2006.
The Company had cash on hand of approximately $5.8 million as of December 31,
2006.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006, 2005 AND
2004
The
following discussion and analysis provides information that our management
believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of
operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction
with the financial statements and footnotes that appear elsewhere in this
report.
Summary
Year
Ended December 31:
|
Year
Ended
|
|
||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
%
change 2005
vs.
2004
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
4,834,000
|
1,750,000
|
176%
|
|
1,595,000
|
10%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Costs
of revenue
|
2,637,000
|
909,000
|
190%
|
|
937,000
|
-3%
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,197,000
|
841,000
|
161%
|
|
658,000
|
28%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Operating Expenses
|
7,071,000
|
3,743,000
|
89%
|
|
2,389,000
|
57%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(4,874,000
|
)
|
(2,902,000
|
)
|
68%
|
|
(1,731,000
|
)
|
68%
|
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
42,000
|
59,000
|
-29%
|
|
27,000
|
119%
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(4,832,000
|
)
|
(2,843,000
|
)
|
70%
|
|
(1,704,000
|
)
|
67%
|
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
taxes
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(4,832,000
|
)
|
(2,843,000
|
)
|
70%
|
|
(1,704,000
|
)
|
67%
|
|
Revenue
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
||||||||||||||||
Security
printing & products
|
$
|
3,521,000
|
1,144,000
|
208%
|
|
1,004,000
|
14%
|
|
||||||||
Royalties
|
682,000
|
81,000
|
742%
|
|
101,000
|
-20%
|
|
|||||||||
Legal
products
|
631,000
|
525,000
|
20%
|
|
490,000
|
7%
|
|
|||||||||
Total
Revenue
|
4,834,000
|
1,750,000
|
176%
|
|
1,595,000
|
10%
|
|
Revenue
-2006 vs 2005:
The
increase in total revenue in 2006 compared to 2005 resulted primarily from
increases in royalty revenue from the licensing of the Company’s patented
technology, and from increases in sales of security printing and products
primarily derived from the Company’s acquisition during the first quarter of
2006 of Plastic Printing Professionals, a manufacturer of secure plastic cards
and documents. In addition, revenue from our Legalstore.com operations continued
a trend of steady growth as it increased the breadth of its product offerings
and the size of its customer base.
21
In
addition, not reflected in the results above are deferred royalty revenues
of
approximately $1,031,000 which represent payments the Company has received
for
technology licenses and certain of its on-demand products for which revenue
recognition is deferred over the terms of the license or service.
During
2006, the Company continued its efforts to increase the market for its
technologies and products by developing sales and marketing channels by a
combination of expanding its internal sales and marketing resources and widening
its list of partners and distributors. The following summarizes significant
new
contracts and business development agreements entered into by the Company during
2006:
·
|
Renewed
and extended its licensing agreement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Company, the largest printer in North America. A three-year contract,
the
renewed agreement includes royalties on the usage of DSS’s SecureScan™
technology and began producing revenue for the Company during the
third
quarter of 2006.
|
·
|
Signed
an agreement with The Ergonomic Group (EGI) for the exclusive, limited
right to use and market DSS’s extensive portfolio of security technologies
in the high technology, aerospace, financial and healthcare industries.
Under the agreement, the Company received $1,000,000 in pre-paid
license
and royalty fees which will be recognized as revenue over the 2-year
term
of the agreement. The Ergonomics Group is a stockholder of the Company
with holdings of less than 5% of the outstanding shares of the
Company.
|
·
|
Agreed
to provide to TransTech Systems, Inc. the exclusive distribution
rights of
DSS technology when used for large format event identification badges
and
cards. TransTech is a leading distributor in the ID badge and access
control markets and services a network of over 700 security products
dealers throughout the United
States.
|
·
|
Signed
a Premier Marketing and Distribution Agreement with Identification
and
Data Imaging (“IDI”), a distributor of a wide range of visual and
electronic identification products and solutions. IDI has agreed
to
purchase a minimum of $1.0 million of DSS’s products in
2007.
|
·
|
Signed
a licensing contract with Nampak Flexible, a division of Nampak Limited,
which is a leading flexible packaging manufacturer in South Africa.
The
agreement is Company’s first licensing agreement with a packaging business
and is a royalty-based contract for one year with automatic annual
renewals for an additional four years.
|
·
|
Signed
an exclusive marketing agreement with Assa Abloy HID Global (“HID”) to
market DSS’s select technologies to enhance the security of HID’s
contactless smartcards and proximity cards. HID is owned by parent
ASSA
ABLOY (ASZAF.PK), which is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and
is the
world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of locking and security access
solutions.
|
·
|
Signed
a two-year licensing agreement with Banknote Corporation of America,
a
major high security printer in the United States for a variety of
secure
documents, such as checks, stamps and identification badges.
|
·
|
Signed
an exclusive licensing agreement with Barcode Technology (BTI) to
market
and produce DSS’s technology, both independently and in combination with
BTI’s technology, in China.
|
·
|
Signed
a two-year agreement with ProdoSafe Security Solutions, Turkey’s largest
supplier of anti-counterfeiting technology. With its recently awarded
contracts, we expect ProdoSafe to apply DSS’s technology in two
metropolitan areas in Turkey.
|
Revenue
-2005 vs 2004
Security
printing and products sales increased 14% in 2005 as compared to 2004. Within
this revenue category, document security related sales increased 62% during
2005
while sales from our commercial printing business declined 25% during the same
period. This was the primarily the result of a significant decline in business
from one major commercial printing customer and our increase in utilization
of
our internal printing capacity for sales to our security printing customers.
Prior to 2005, the Company has utilized the revenue it received from it
commercial printing and copying operations at Patrick Printing to offset its
research and development costs associated with its security printing
technologies. During 2005, the Company focused its printing capacity more
towards its security printing projects which necessitated the need to reduce
its
servicing of certain lower margin commercial customers. The increase in document
security related sales was primarily the result of increases in sales of custom
security documents and orders under our distribution and marketing contract
with
Boise.
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Revenue
from our legal supplies business increased 7% during 2005. Although the sales
of
this segment appear to be significant as to our total sales, we do not expect
that to continue in future years. The division continues to increase its revenue
by seeking to grow its customer base in a cost effective manner.
Gross
profit
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||
Costs
of revenue
|
||||||||||||||||
Security
printing & products
|
$
|
2,287,000
|
636,000
|
260%
|
|
633,000
|
0.5%
|
|
||||||||
Legal
products
|
350,000
|
273,000
|
28%
|
|
304,000
|
-10%
|
|
|||||||||
Total
cost of revenue
|
2,637,000
|
909,000
|
190%
|
|
937,000
|
-3%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
Security
printing & products
|
1,234,000
|
508,000
|
143%
|
|
371,000
|
37%
|
|
|||||||||
Royalties
|
682,000
|
81,000
|
742%
|
|
101,000
|
-20%
|
|
|||||||||
Legal
products
|
281,000
|
252,000
|
12%
|
|
186,000
|
35%
|
|
|||||||||
Total
gross profit
|
2,197,000
|
841,000
|
161%
|
|
658,000
|
28%
|
|
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||
Gross
profit percentage:
|
45%
|
|
48%
|
|
-6%
|
|
41%
|
|
17%
|
|
Gross
Profit -2006
vs 2005
During
2006, gross profit increases as compared to 2005 were primarily the result
of
increases in both security printing & products profits and royalties
profits. The increase in the gross profits of the document security printing
& products category during 2006 included $851,000 in gross profit derived
from the Company’s P3 division, which was acquired in February of 2006.
The
gross
profit percentage decrease during 2006 reflects the impact of P3’s gross profit
margin of approximately 37% which was consistent with its historical gross
profit margin, but is less than the document security category’s historical
profit margin.
Gross
Profit -2005
vs 2004
Security
Products and Printing gross profit increased at greater pace than the
correlating sales the sales increased during 2005 as compared to 2004. The
gross
profit percentage increase during 2005 reflects improvements in inventory
management, pricing and operating leverage associated with larger order
quantities which the Company was able to make with certain customers and a
shift
to focusing production for higher margin security related printing versus
traditional commercial printing, as discussed above. In addition, production
equipment depreciation is recorded as a cost of sale, and experienced a 6%
decrease in 2005 versus 2004 as certain assets reached the end of there
depreciable life but remained in production. The increase in Legal Supplies
gross profit in 2005 was directly correlated to the increase in revenue during
2005 as compared with 2004.
23
Operating
Expenses
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative compensation
|
$
|
1,686,000
|
766,000
|
120%
|
|
493,000
|
55%
|
|
||||||||
Stock
based payments
|
1,002,000
|
119,000
|
742%
|
|
59,000
|
102%
|
|
|||||||||
Professional
Fees
|
1,120,000
|
759,000
|
48%
|
|
636,000
|
19%
|
|
|||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
1,104,000
|
774,000
|
43%
|
|
421,000
|
84%
|
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
92,000
|
94,000
|
-2%
|
|
34,000
|
176%
|
|
|||||||||
Other
|
688,000
|
379,000
|
82%
|
|
225,000
|
68%
|
|
|||||||||
Research
and development
|
353,000
|
314,000
|
12%
|
|
422,000
|
-26%
|
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
|
1,026,000
|
538,000
|
91%
|
|
18,000
|
2889%
|
|
|||||||||
Impairment
of goodwill
|
-
|
-
|
0%
|
|
81,000
|
-100%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Operating Expenses
|
7,071,000
|
3,743,000
|
89%
|
|
2,389,000
|
57%
|
|
Selling,
General and Administrative - 2006 vs 2005
The
Company’s selling, general and administrative costs increases in 2006 generally
reflect increases to the size of our organization as the result of the Company’s
acquisition of P3 and increases in executive management, sales and operations
personnel integral to the Company’s sales growth strategy.
General
and administrative compensation costs
increases that the Company experienced in 2006 were primarily due to the
addition of management and operations support personnel, as well as the addition
of personnel at P3. Of the $920,000 increase in compensation expense in 2006,
$517,000 or 56%, stem from P3, which was acquired in February of 2006. The
Company believes that it has obtained appropriate levels of general and
administrative staffing for its near term forecasted business levels and that
future staffing additions will be concentrated on sales, marketing and
operations to coincide with expected revenue growth.
Stock
based payments
during
2006 include approximately $668,000 of expense recognized for the issuance
of
warrants to International Barcode Corporation (d/b/a Barcode Technology) (“BTI”)
in consideration for a cross-marketing relationship that enables the Company
to
expedite its entry into the Chinese market for secure documents, and $334,000
associated with restricted shares and option based compensation expenses for
share based payments to employees and board members. The BTI warrants have
an
exercise price of $10.00 and do not include a non-cash exercise provision.
Therefore, the exercise of all of these warrants, if ever, would result in
the
receipt of $5,000,000 by the Company.
Professional
fees
include
legal, accounting, stockholder services, investor relations, and consulting
costs. Consulting fees, are primarily directed towards efforts to help the
Company develop market opportunities with government and large multinational
corporations, and intellectual property management. Legal and accounting fees
are generally associated with the Company’s corporate governance, and public
company reporting requirements, negotiating contracts and other corporate
matters. In addition, legal fees include costs associated with certain
litigation matters regarding Adlertech and F. Laloggia, respectively- (See
Part
II -Legal Proceedings).
These
legal costs do not include costs associated with the application and defense of
our patents, which the company capitalizes and amortizes over the expected
life
of the patent. (See Part
III -Financial Information -Note 4)
Stock
Transfer, SEC and Investor Relation fees include the general costs of
maintaining the public status of the Company’s shares on the American Stock
Exchange as well as the costs associated with an investor relation firm which
the Company hired in January of 2006. The Company expects that these costs
have
generally stabilized and do not expect these costs to increase in proportion
to
revenue increases that are expected in 2007 and beyond.
24
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||
Professional
Fees Detail
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounting
and auditing
|
$
|
169,000
|
$
|
140,000
|
21%
|
|
$
|
132,000
|
6%
|
|
||||||
Consulting
|
349,000
|
233,000
|
50%
|
|
217,000
|
7%
|
|
|||||||||
Legal
Fees
|
365,000
|
275,000
|
33%
|
|
91,000
|
202%
|
|
|||||||||
Stock
Transfer, SEC and Investor Relations
|
237,000
|
111,000
|
114%
|
|
196,000
|
-43%
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
1,120,000
|
$
|
759,000
|
48%
|
|
$
|
636,000
|
19%
|
|
Sales
and marketing
expense
consist of sales and marketing compensation costs, including sales commissions,
travel and entertainment costs and marketing material and support costs.
Increases of sales and marketing costs in 2006 have been the result of
investments in resources to expand its sales and marketing efforts in order
to
increase customer awareness and understanding of the Company technologies and
solutions. The Company expects to continue to increase its sales and marketing
efforts in correlation with expected revenue growth.
Other
expenses
are
primarily rent and utilities, office supplies, IT support, and insurance costs.
Increases in 2006 reflect costs associated with a larger organization including
higher rent and utility costs associated with the addition of P3 in February
2006.
Selling,
General and Administrative - 2005 vs 2004
General
and administrative compensation - During
2005, the Company’s general and administrative compensation costs increased as
we increased the size of our organization to meet the levels that we felt were
necessary to execute our business plan. During 2005, we added to our internal
finance and corporate governance management team, the cost of which was
partially offset by decreases in professional fees related to these functions.
In addition, we added to our customer service and operations support staff
during 2005.
Stock
based payments
increased due an acceleration of employee stock options during 2005 which
resulted in additional stock based compensation of $78,000 as compared to 2004.
Professional
fees
increased in 2005 primarily due to increases in legal, investor relation and
consulting fees, offset by a significant reduction of SEC consulting fees
related to the addition of finance personnel to internalize the majority of
SEC
reporting activities. Legal costs consist of general corporate fees and legal
fees in connection with the certain litigations. These legal costs do not
include legal costs associated with the application, registration and defense
of
our patents, which the company capitalizes and amortizes over the expected
life
of the patent. Consulting fees are primarily directed towards efforts to help
the Company develop contacts and market opportunities with government and large
multinational corporations.
Sales
and marketing
expenses
increased during 2005 primarily due to the addition of three dedicated sales
and
marketing persons to the Company, and an increase in travel costs associated
with trade shows and sales meetings, including several international trips.
In
addition, the Company hired a public relations firm in 2005 to enhance its
communications with current and potential customers. These increases were
partially offset by a reduction in costs associated with initial sales and
promotional material costs incurred in 2004 that were not incurred to the same
degree in 2005.
Other
expenses
increased significantly, primarily as a result in increases in rent and
utilities, and offices expenses associated with our move into our corporate
headquarters in late 2004, our Legalstore.com’s move into a larger facility, and
the related office costs and utilities costs associated with these moves. In
addition, we saw an increase in IT support costs associated with it increase
number of personnel. Further, telephone costs increased due to increases in
its
sales activity, especially for international prospects.
Research
and Development- 2006 vs 2005
We
continue to invest in research and development to improve our existing
technologies and develop new technologies that we believe will enhance our
position in the document security market. Research and development costs
consist
primarily of compensation costs for four employees who spend all or at least
half of their time on developing new technologies or developing new uses
for our
existing technology. In addition, we incur costs for the use of third party
printers’ facilities to test our technologies on equipment that we do not have
access to internally. We expect that our research and development costs will
continue at current levels for the foreseeable future.
25
Research
and Development- 2005 vs 2004
Research
and development costs decreased during 2005 primarily due to a reduction in
subcontracting costs as a result of the Company’s acquisition of a 4-color
Heidelberg press at our printing facility that allowed the Company to perform
more of its tests in-house.
Amortization
of intangibles
Commencing
in the second quarter of 2005, we began to amortize the costs associated with
the patents that we acquired in 2005 and the legal costs associated with the
development and defense of our patents, including the costs associated with
our
lawsuit against the European Central Bank for patent infringement and the
related patent invalidity lawsuits. In addition, we amortize our acquired
intangibles from business combinations. We acquired a significant portion of
these assets by the issuance of equity in the Company. Our amortizable asset
base at December 31, 2006 was approximately $6.9 million and will generate
approximately $1,200,000 in annual amortization expense during the next 6 years.
The Company reviews these assets for impairment annually.
Impairment
of Goodwill
In
addition, as of December 31, 2006, the Company has $1,397,000 in goodwill
derived from acquisitions. Goodwill is not amortized, but could become a
component of expense if an impairment is determined. During 2006 and 2005,
the
Company did not determine that additional impairment exists on any of its
components of goodwill.
As
part
of our annual fair value test of recorded goodwill, we estimated that as of
December 31, 2004, our printing unit (Patrick Printing) had sustained an $81,013
impairment of goodwill. This non-cash charge to operations is presented as
“Loss
on goodwill impairment” in the accompanying statement of operations.
Subsequent
Events
As
described in Item 3 -Legal Proceedings and Note 10- Commitments, the Company
is
engaged in a patent litigation with the European Central Bank (“ECB”). The
Company has alleged that all Euro banknotes in circulation infringe on
one of
the Company’s European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”). In response to this
suit, the ECB sued the Company in nine national patent courts in Europe
to have
the Patent invalidated and therefore, nullify the Company’s ability to seek
infringement actions.
On
March
26, 2007, the Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by
the ECB
against the Company. The English Court ruled that the Patent No. 0455750B01
(the
Patent), has been deemed invalid in the United Kingdom. On
March
27, 2007, the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich,
Germany, ruled that the Patent is valid in Germany. The
Company has evaluated the effect of these events on the carrying value
of its
patent assets as of December 31, 2006 under the guidance of FAS 5 “Accounting
for Contingencies”.
The
Company has determined that these events do not provide enough information
to
change the Company’s assessment of impairment of its related patent assets under
FAS 144 “Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.
In
coming to this determination, the Company believes that the amounts that
it is
has recorded as a patent asset for the various assets acquired and defense
costs
in the various jurisdictions in which hearings are being held associated
with
the ECB litigation are all components of a unitary asset. Accordingly,
the
Company evaluates impairment on this asset in relation to the overall likelihood
that the future cash flows from the litigation support the carrying value
of the
asset. The Company believes that, as a result of the positive ruling in
the
German court, the basis for its infringement litigation is intact and no
impairment has occurred as a result of these events as of December 31,
2006.
Net
loss and loss per share
Year
Ended December 31:
|
Year
Ended
|
%
change
|
||||||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
|
December
31,
2004
|
2005
vs.
2004
|
|||||||||
Net
loss
|
(4,832,000
|
)
|
(2,843,000
|
)
|
70%
|
|
(1,704,000
|
)
|
67%
|
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
loss per share, basic and diluted
|
(0.37
|
)
|
(0.24
|
)
|
54%
|
|
(0.16
|
)
|
50%
|
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
12,891,505
|
12,010,464
|
7%
|
|
10,895,676
|
10%
|
|
Net
loss and loss per share -2006 vs 2005
During
2006, the Company continued to experience net losses. While the Company
generated growth in its sales and gross profits, these increases did not offset
increases in operating expenses. Our basic and diluted loss per share has
increased due to the increased dollar value of our loss partially offset by
an
increase in the weighted average common shares outstanding in 2006 compared
to
2005. Our shares have increased as we have issued our common shares for warrants
exercised, for the acquisition of P3, to pay for legal fees and pursuant to
a
private placement of common stock.
26
Net
loss and loss per share -2005 vs 2004
During
2005, we experienced a $1,139,000,
or 67%, increase in our net loss over 2004. Of this amount, $580,000,
or 50%, of
the increase in net loss is the result of non-cash charges related to
intangibles amortization and stock-based compensation. The remainder of the
increase in our losses was primarily due to increases in compensation,
professional fees, sales and marketing and other expenses associated with
the
development of an operating infrastructure that we felt necessary to accommodate
expected revenue growth.
Our
basic
loss per share increased in 2005 due to the increased dollar value of our loss
partially offset by an increase in the weighted average common shares
outstanding in 2005 compared to 2004. The number of our outstanding shares
of
common stock increased in 2005 as we have used our common shares for an
acquisition and to purchase patent assets. In addition, we have issued shares
as
the result of exercises of warrants.
Non-GAAP
Financial Performance Measure
The
following adjusted Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization
and non-cash stock based
compensation
expense (“Adjusted EBITDA”) is presented because the Company’s management
believes it to be a relevant measure of the performance of the Company. The
Adjusted EBITDA is used by the Company’s management to measure its core
operating performance without certain non-cash expenditures. The reconciliation
of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss, the most comparable GAAP measure is presented
below.
Adjusted
EBITDA
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||
Net
Loss
|
$
|
(4,832,000
|
)
|
$
|
(2,843,000
|
)
|
70%
|
|
$
|
(1,704,000
|
)
|
67%
|
|
|||
Add
back:
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
207,000
|
183,000
|
13%
|
|
110,000
|
66%
|
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of Intangibles
|
1,026,000
|
538,000
|
91%
|
|
18,000
|
2889%
|
|
|||||||||
Stock
based payments
|
1,002,000
|
119,000
|
742%
|
|
59,000
|
102%
|
|
|||||||||
Interest
Income
|
(60,000
|
)
|
(86,000
|
)
|
-30%
|
|
(55,000
|
)
|
56%
|
|
||||||
Interest
Expense
|
15,000
|
26,000
|
-42%
|
|
28,000
|
-7%
|
|
|||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
(2,642,000
|
)
|
(2,063,000
|
)
|
28%
|
|
(1,544,000
|
)
|
34%
|
|
Adjusted
EBITDA -2006 vs 2005
As
described above, Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measurement of financial
performance that the Company believes is relevant to the understanding of the
Company’s financial results. While net loss increased 70% in 2006 as compared to
2005, Adjusted EBITDA deficit increased only 28% between for the same periods.
These results reflect that the increases in sales and resulting gross profits,
which increased 161% during the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to 2005,
have significantly outpaced increases in the Company’s core operating expenses
(core operating expenses are compensation, professional fees, sales and
marketing, other and research and development costs), which increased 65% during
the same periods.
Adjusted
EBITDA -2005 vs 2004
As
described above, Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measurement of financial
performance that the Company believes is relevant to the understanding of the
Company’s financial results. While net loss increased 67% in 2005 as compared to
2004, Adjusted EBITDA deficits increased only 34% between for the same periods.
These results reflect the increasing influence that non-cash expenses had on
the
Company’s financial results beginning in 2005. While all costs increased during
2005 as the Company put in place the resources and infrastructure it required
in
order to execute its business plan, these increases only caused a 34% increase
in Adjusted EBITDA deficits as compared to 2004.
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
Company’s cash flows and other key indicators of liquidity are summarized as
follows:
Year
Ended December 31:
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
%
change vs. 2005
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
%
change 2005 vs. 2004
|
||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
5,803,000
|
$
|
3,953,000
|
47%
|
|
$
|
2,658,000
|
49
|
%
|
||||||
Cash
flows from:
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating
activities
|
$
|
(1,412,000
|
)
|
$
|
(1,690,000
|
)
|
16%
|
|
(1,424,000
|
)
|
-19
|
%
|
||||
Investing
activities
|
(2,274,000
|
)
|
(293,000
|
)
|
-676%
|
|
(690,000
|
)
|
58
|
%
|
||||||
Financing
activities
|
5,535,000
|
3,278,000
|
69%
|
|
(343,000
|
)
|
-1056
|
%
|
||||||||
Working
capital (a)
|
4,125,000
|
3,648,000
|
13%
|
|
2,627,000
|
39
|
%
|
|||||||||
Current
ratio (a)
|
2.49
|
x
|
5.32
|
x
|
-53%
|
|
5.87
|
x
|
-9
|
%
|
As
of
December 31, 2006, we had cash and cash equivalents of $5,803,000, representing
a 47% increase over December 31, 2005 amounts. As discussed below, the increase
in the Company’s cash position was primarily due to the receipt of cash from the
issuance of common stock through the private placement of shares and the
exercise of warrants, which netted the Company approximately $5.6 million during
2006. These amounts more than offset the use of $1.4 million in cash from
operations and $2.3 million in cash for fixed asset purchases, a business
combination and to defend its patent rights. Furthermore, as discussed below,
the Company believes that its cash balance as of December 31, 2006 will satisfy
its projected working capital and capital expenditure requirements, including
the costs related to its patent defense litigations, for at least the next
12
months.
Operating
Cash Flow
-
Despite reporting a $4.8 million net loss during 2006, the Company’s used only
$1.4 million of cash for operations during the year. This differential primarily
reflects the significance of non-cash expenditures and deferred revenue on
its
operating results. Specifically, the Company recorded $1.2 million in
depreciation and amortization expense and $1.0 million in stock based
compensation expense during the 2006, which combined totaled 46% of the reported
net loss but do not represent cash expenses to the Company in 2006. Furthermore,
the Company received approximately $1.0 million in pre-payments from customers
for licenses and services for which revenue recognition is deferred over the
license period or service period. The receipt of this cash significantly reduced
the use of cash for operations for the Company during 2006, especially during
the latter half of the year. As a result, the Company’s cash flow from
operations improved 16% in 2006 as compared to 2005 despite an increase in
net
loss of 70% between the same periods.
During
2005, we used cash for operations at a rate slightly greater than 2004. Our
operating cash flow loss during 2005 was primarily the result of our operating
loss. While our net loss increased from 2004 levels, our cash flow remained
consistent due to the fact that our 2005 results were negatively impacted by
a
large increase in non-cash depreciation and amortization expenses.
Investing
Cash Flow
-During
2006, the Company used approximately $1.3 million of its cash for the
acquisition of P3, a producer of plastic printed cards in San Francisco,
California and approximately $835,000 to invest in its patent portfolio,
including the payment of legal costs associated with patent applications
and the
defense of our patents, which includes payments to cover third party experts
fees and other fees associated with the Company’s litigation against the
European Central Bank. The Company expects that these strategic uses of cash
will result in future positive cash flows resulting from its ability to maintain
and grow its manufacturing capabilities at its P3 facility, and from potential
legal settlements of other arrangements resulting from its investments in
its
patent portfolio and the defense of its patents. Furthermore, as displayed
below, the Company has been able to use its equity to offset its use of cash
for
the investments that it deems important for the continued long-term growth
potential of the Company.
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2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
15,000
|
26,000
|
28,000
|
||||||
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Equity
issued for patent defense costs
|
$
|
457,000
|
500,000
|
-
|
||||||
Equity
issued for acquisition
|
$
|
250,000
|
518,000
|
-
|
||||||
Equity
issued for other intangible assets
|
$
|
-
|
3,906,000
|
-
|
||||||
Equipment
purchased via capital lease
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
159,000
|
During
2005, we used cash for investments in software, equipment and patents of
$293,000, which was 58% less than the use of cash for investments during 2004.
During 2005, we were able to use our Common Stock to pay for investments in
patents and contractual rights which we may not have otherwise been able to
had
we been required to pay in cash. The use of equity for our investments has
allowed us to retain cash needed for operations during the early stages of
our
business without sacrificing the investments needed to secure our
competitiveness in the future. We anticipate that our investments will increase
in the future as we pursue our strategy of increasing our internal manufacturing
capabilities.
Financing
Cash Flows
-The
Company expects to continue its use of equity to significantly offset its cash
investing requirements in 2007 as a result of its agreement with its lead
counsel in its patent invalidity cases against the European Central Bank which
allows the Company to use its equity to pay for up to $1.2 million in legal
costs, of which approximately $743,000 remains eligible under the agreement
as
of December 31, 2006. The use of equity for investments allowed us to retain
cash needed for operations during the early stages of our business without
sacrificing the investments needed to secure our competitiveness in the future.
As the Company grows and emerges from the early stages of its development and
achieves consistent cash flows from operations, the Company expects it will
be
able to finance a larger portion of its investments with its own cash
resources.
During
2006 and 2005, the Company offset its uses of cash for operations and investing
with cash received from the issuance of common stock. On December 26, 2006,
the
Company sold 94 units at a price of $50,000 per unit for gross cash proceeds
of
$4,700,000, consisting of 552,720 unregistered shares of our common stock and
five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 276,360 shares of our
common stock, at an initial exercise price of $11.75 per share. During
2006 and 2005, we also received from our warrant holders approximately $900,000
and $3,297,000, respectively, from the exercise of warrants. During the third
quarter of 2006, the Company paid off a term loan of $189,000 that released
$240,000 of cash that was restricted as collateral for the loan. As of December
31, 2006, the Company has approximately 673,000 warrants outstanding and
exercisable that, if exercised, would produce approximately $8.8 million in
cash
proceeds to the Company.
Our
financing activities provided significant cash inflows during 2005 primarily
from the issuance of our common stock to warrant and option holders who have
exercised their right to buy our stock at prices ranging from $2.00 to $5.00.
The proceeds from these investors supported our operations in 2005.
Future
Cash Expectations
-At
December 31, 2006, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately
$5,803,000 and working capital of approximately $4,125,000. The Company’s
working capital position is adversely affected by approximately $470,000
in
accrued expenses for private placement agent fees paid in January of 2007.
In
addition, there was approximately $268,000 in accounts payable at December
31,
2006 related to legal costs associated with the invalidity countersuits by
the
European Central Bank in response to our infringement lawsuit against the
European Central Bank which will be paid by issuance of 23,593 shares of
the
Company’s common stock.
The
Company expects to use its working capital to support its growth efforts in
order to achieve consistent positive cash flow from operations. In 2006, the
Company used approximately $1.4 million in operations as discussed above. At
its
current revenue levels, the Company expects to continue to use cash for
operations during 2007 at the pace experienced in 2006. The Company estimates
that it requires a revenue level of approximately $7.5 million, or 56% greater
than the revenue achieved in 2006, to achieve consistent positive operating
cash
flows. The Company believes that it will achieve this revenue level by the
end
of 2007. Based on this expectation, the Company has committed significant
resources in the areas of research, development, sales and marketing to support
its expected revenue growth. However, the Company regularly reviews business
conditions to determine whether changes to its expense levels are
warranted.
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The
Company’s near term cash requirements also include legal costs and fees
associated with the defense of its patents that are incurred by law firms,
experts and consultants that are not covered under the share payment arrangement
that the Company entered into with its lead counsel on the suit. These costs
will be incurred as the Company contends against patent validity suits in
up to
nine countries’ patent courts as part of the European Central Bank’s countersuit
strategy in the patent infringement case. (See Item 3- Legal Proceedings).
If
the Company is successful in its litigation against the ECB, the Company
believes that it will be able to recover a portion of these litigation costs
along with legal fees paid to its lead counsel in common stock. If the Company
is not successful in its litigation against the ECB, the Company will likely
be
required to pay a significant portion of the ECB’s legal costs as well. The
Company estimates that these costs could be substantial and the payment of
these
amounts could adversely affect the Company’s financial position. The cumulative
cash requirements for these cases could be as much as $2,000,000 in 2007
and
early 2008.
The
Company also expects to use its available working capital to invest in the
expansion of its production capabilities. The Company is currently seeking
to
move its P3 operations to a larger facility in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley
area, as well as investing in additional production equipment so that P3 can
meet expected demand increases for its products. These capital expenditures
are
currently expected to be approximately $800,000 and are to be financed by a
combination of working capital and lease financings. In addition, in order
to
take advantage of future opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions,
the
Company may find it necessary to obtain additional equity financing or debt
financing, which the Company would seek on favorable terms.
The
following table summarizes our known contractual
obligations and committments as of December 31, 2006.
Payment
Due by Period
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual Obligations |
Total
|
|
Less
than 1 year
|
|
1-3
years
|
|
3-5
years
|
|
More
than 5 years
|
|||||||
Capital
leases
|
$
|
85,231
|
$
|
34,814
|
$
|
50,417
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Operating
leases
|
806,767
|
183,040
|
485,486
|
138,241
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||
$
|
891,998
|
$
|
217,854
|
$
|
535,903
|
$
|
138,241
|
$
|
-
|
Key Indicators of Future Results
We
believe that cash flow from operations is a significant key indicator for the
Company. Our ability to reduce our use of cash will depend on our ability to
grow revenue to a level sufficient to meet our operating expense requirements.
To grow revenue, we may merge with or acquire manufacturing or related
companies. Our ability to successfully complete these transactions on favorable
terms will be a significant key indicator of our future results. These
acquisitions may require additional funds that the Company does not currently
have. To obtain additional investments in the future may require us to issue
shares of our Common Stock. Our ability to sell our Common Stock on favorable
terms will also be a significant key indicator of our future results. In
addition, we believe that our ability to successfully enforce our patent rights,
including our current litigation against the European Central Bank, is a
significant key indicator for the Company.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
do not
have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely
to
have, an effect on our financial condition, financial statements, revenues
or
expenses.
Inflation
Although
our operations are influenced by general economic conditions, we do not believe
that inflation had a material effect on our results of operations during 2006
or
2005.
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires
management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the amounts
reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
describe the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation
of the consolidated financial statements. Estimates are used for, but not
limited to, the accounting for the allowance for doubtful accounts and sales
returns, goodwill impairments, inventory allowances, revenue recognition, and
the valuation of intangible assets. Actual results could differ from these
estimates. The following critical accounting policies are impacted significantly
by judgments, assumptions and estimates used in the preparation of our
consolidated financial statements:
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Goodwill
Impairments
Goodwill
is the excess of cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of amounts
assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination.
With the adoption of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,”
goodwill is not amortized, rather it is tested for impairment annually, and
will
be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or
circumstances change that would indicate the carrying amount may be impaired.
Impairment testing for goodwill is done at a reporting unit level. Reporting
units are one level below the business segment level, but are combined when
reporting units within the same segment have similar economic characteristics.
Under the criteria set forth by SFAS No. 142, the Company has two reporting
units based on the current structure. An impairment loss generally would
be
recognized when the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds
the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. The Company completed its
assessment of any potential impairment upon adoption of this standard and
performs annual assessments. We determine fair value using widely accepted
valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow and market multiple
analyses. These types of analyses require us to make assumptions and estimates
regarding industry economic factors and the profitability of future business
strategies. It is our policy to conduct impairment testing based on our current
business strategy in light of present industry and economic conditions, as
well
as future expectations. If actual results are not consistent with our
assumptions and estimates, we may be exposed to a goodwill impairment
charge.
Long
Lived Assets and Intangible Assets
The
Company accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of
SFAS
No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
This
statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles
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 future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generate by the
asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be
recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets
exceeds the fair value of the assets. Fair value is determined based on
discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the
assets.
Fixed
assets are carried at cost. Depreciation is computed over the estimated useful
life of five to seven years using the straight-line depreciation method.
Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their useful life
or
the lease term. Intangible assets consist primarily of royalty rights,
contractual rights, customer list, and patent acquisition, application and
defense costs. Amortization is computed over the estimated useful life of
five
to twenty years using the straight-line depreciation method. For patent related
assets, the remaining legal life of the patent is used as the estimate useful
life unless circumstances determine that the useful life will be less than
the
legal life. Long-lived assets to be held and used by the Company are reviewed
for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. We periodically evaluate
the
recoverability of our long-lived assets based on estimated future cash flows
from and the estimated fair value of such long-lived assets, and provide
for
impairment if such undiscounted cash flows are insufficient to recover the
carrying amount of the long-lived asset. Our impairment loss calculations
require management to apply judgment in estimating future cash flows and
asset
fair values, including forecasting useful lives of the assets. If actual
results
are not consistent with our assumptions and judgments used in estimating
future
cash flows and asset fair values, we may be exposed to additional impairment
losses that could be material to our results of operations.
As
described in Item 3 -Legal Proceedings and Note 10- Commitments, the Company
is
engaged in a patent litigation with the European Central Bank (“ECB”). The
Company has alleged that all Euro banknotes in circulation infringe on
the
Company’s European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”). In response to this suit,
the ECB sued the Company in nine national patent courts in Europe to have
the
Patent invalidated and therefore, nullify the Company’s ability to seek
infringement actions. On
March
26, 2007, the Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by
the ECB
against the Company. The English Court ruled that the Patent has been deemed
invalid in the United Kingdom. On
March
27, 2007, the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich,
Germany, ruled that the Patent is valid in Germany. The
Company has evaluated the effect of these events on the carrying value
of its
patent assets as of December 31, 2006 under the guidance of FAS 5 “Accounting
for Contingencies”.
The
Company has determined that these events do not provide enough information
to
change the Company’s assessment of impairment of its related patent assets under
FAS 144 “Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.
In
coming to this determination, the Company believes that the amounts that
it is
has recorded as a patent asset for the various assets acquired and defense
costs
in the various jurisdictions in which hearings are being held associated
with
the ECB litigation are all components of a unitary asset. Accordingly,
the
Company evaluates impairment on this asset in relation to the overall likelihood
that the future cash flows from the litigation support the carrying value
of the
asset. The Company believes that, as a result of the positive ruling in
the
German court, the basis for its infringement litigation is intact and no
impairment has occurred as a result of these events as of December 31,
2006.
Revenue
Recognition
Sales
of
custom document security products and printing, retail printing and legal
products are recognized when a product or service is delivered, shipped or
provided to the customer and all material conditions relating to the sale have
been substantially performed. We also enter into arrangements under which we
provide hosted software applications. We recognize revenue for these
arrangements based on the provisions of EITF No. 00-3, Application of AICPA
SOP
97-2 to Arrangements That Include the Right to Use Software Stored on Another
Entity’s Hardware (“EITF 00-3”), and the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin
No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements, as amended by SAB No.
104,
when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, collection of the resulting
receivable is probable, the fee is fixed or determinable and acceptance has
occurred. Our revenues related to these arrangements consist of system
implementation service fees and software subscription fees. We have determined
that the system implementation services represent set-up services that do not
qualify as separate units of accounting from the software subscriptions as
the
customer would not purchase these services without the purchase of the software
subscription. As a result, we recognize system implementation fees ratably
over
a period of time from when the core system implementation services are completed
and accepted by the customer over the remaining customer relationship life,
which we have determined is the contractual life of the customer’s subscription
agreement. We recognize software subscription fees, which typically commence
upon completion of the related system implementation, ratably over the
applicable subscription period. Amounts billed and/or collected prior to
satisfying our revenue recognition policy are reflected as deferred
revenue.
We
recognize revenue from technology licenses once all the following criteria
for
revenue recognition have been met: (1) persuasive evidence of an agreement
exists; (2) the right and ability to use the product or technology has been
rendered; (3) the fee is fixed and determinable and not subject to refund or
adjustment; and (4) collection of the amounts due is reasonably
assured.
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Share-Based
Payments
Prior
to
January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock option awards granted
under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plans in accordance with the recognition and
measurement provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, (“APB 25”) and related
Interpretations, as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, (“SFAS 123”).
Share-based employee compensation expense was not recognized in the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations prior to January 1, 2006, as all
stock option awards granted had an exercise price equal to or greater than
the
market value of the common stock on the date of the grant, except for
modifications of stock option awards, which triggered compensation expense
in
accordance with provisions of FASB FIN 44 -”Accounting for Certain Transactions
Involving Stock Compensation”. As permitted by SFAS 123, the Company reported
pro-forma disclosures presenting results and earnings per share as if the
Company had used the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 in the Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements. Stock-based compensation related to
non-employees was accounted for based on the fair value of the related stock
or
options in accordance with SFAS 123 and its interpretations.
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised
2004), “Share-Based Payment”, (“SFAS 123(R)”) using the modified prospective
transition method. See Note 6 for further detail on the impact of SFAS
123(R) to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Income
Taxes
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences
between
income and expenses reported for financial reporting and tax reporting.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for
Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”) requires that a valuation allowance be established
when management determines that it is more likely than not that all or
a portion
of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company evaluates the
realizability of its net deferred tax assets on an annual basis and valuation
allowances are provided or released, as necessary. Since the Company has
had
cumulative losses in recent years, the accounting guidance suggests that
we
should not look to future earnings to support the realizability of the
net
deferred tax asset. As a result, as of the years ended December 31, 2006
and
2005, the Company has elected to record a valuation allowance to reduce
net
deferred tax assets to zero.
The
Company believes that the accounting estimates related to deferred tax
valuation
allowances are “critical accounting estimates” because: (1) the need for
valuation allowance is highly susceptible to change from period to period
due to
changes in deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability balances, (2)
the need
for valuation allowance is susceptible to actual operating results and
(3)
changes in the tax valuation allowance can have a material impact on the
tax
provision/benefit in the consolidated statements of operations and on deferred
income taxes in the consolidated balance sheets.
ITEM 7A - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As
of
December 31, 2006, we held $5.8 million in cash and cash equivalents
consisting of highly liquid investments having original maturity dates of less
than 90 days. Declines of interest rates over time would reduce our interest
income from our highly liquid short-term investments. Based upon our balance
of
cash and cash equivalents, a decrease in interest rates of 100 basis points
would cause a corresponding decrease in our annual interest income of
approximately $58,000 for these investments. Due to the nature of our highly
liquid cash equivalents, a change in interest rates would not materially change
the fair market value of our cash and cash equivalents.
Our
audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006,
2005
and 2004 follow Item 14, beginning at 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
As
of the
end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under
the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer
and principal accounting officer, of the effectiveness of the design
and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule
13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation,
our chief executive officer and principal
accounting
officer
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of
December 31, 2006 in ensuring that material information was accumulated and
communicated to management, and made known to our chief executive officer
and
principal
accounting
officer,
on a timely basis to allow disclosure as required in this
report.
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
This
annual report does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding
internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our
registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for newly public
companies.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During
the quarter covered by this report, there were no changes that occurred that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM
9B - OTHER INFORMATION
None
33
ITEM
10 - DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The
information required by this Item will be contained in the Company’s Proxy
Statement for its Annual Stockholders Meeting, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2006,
and which is incorporated by reference herein.
We
make
available free of charge through the investor relations page of our Web site
(www.documentsecurity.com) our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports
on
Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports,
and
all beneficial ownership reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed by directors,
officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of our equity, as soon as
reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. We have adopted codes of business conduct
and ethics for all of our employees, including our principal executive officer,
principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Copies of the
codes of business conduct and ethics are available on our Web site.
Our
Web
sites and the information contained therein or incorporated therein are not
intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or our other
filings with the SEC.
ITEM
11 - EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The
information required by this Item will be contained in the Company’s Proxy
Statement for its Annual Stockholders Meeting, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2006,
and which is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM
12 - SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The
information required by this Item will be contained in the Company’s Proxy
Statement for its Annual Stockholders Meeting, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2006,
and
which is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM
13 - CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
The
information required by this Item will be contained in the Company’s Proxy
Statement for its Annual Stockholders Meeting, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2006,
and
which is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM
14 - PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The
information required by this Item will be contained in the Company’s Proxy
Statement for its Annual Stockholders Meeting, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2006,
and
which is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM
15 - EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)
Exhibits
The
Exhibits listed below designated by an * are incorporated by reference to the
filings by Document Security Systems, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933
or
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as indicated. All other exhibits are
filed herewith.
3.1
|
Articles
of Organization, as amended (incorporated by reference to exhibit
3.1 to
the Company’s Registration Statements No. 2-98684-NY on Form
S-18).*
|
3.2
|
By-laws,
as amended (incorporation by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s
Registration Statement No. 2-98684-NY on Form S-18).*
|
10.2
|
Agreement
dated November 7, 1996 with Charles M. LaLoggia (incorporated by
reference
from Company’s Form 10-Q for March 31, 1997).*
|
10.3
|
Agreement
dated July 2, 1996 with Frank LaLoggia (incorporated by reference
from
Company’s Form 10-Q for June 30, 1996).*
|
10.4
|
Agreement
dated May 12, 1997, between New Sky Communications, Inc. and Syracuse
Film
Productions, LLC (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Form 10-K
for December 31, 1997). *
|
34
10.5
|
Promissory
Note dated March 24, 1999 from New Sky Communications, Inc. to
Carl R.
Reynolds (incorporated by reference form Company’s Form 10-K for December
31, 1999).*
|
10.6
|
Agreement
dated March 22, 1999 between New Sky Communications, Inc. and
Movieplace.com (incorporated by reference from Company’s Form 10-K for
December 31, 1999).*
|
10.7
|
Employment
Agreement, dated December 5, 2001 between New Sky Communication,
Inc. and
E. Anthony Wilson. (incorporated by reference from Company’s Form 10-KSB
for December 31, 2001).*
|
10.8
|
Agreement
dated December 12, 2001 between New Sky Communications, Inc. and
Michael
Cidoni, Stephen Morse, Cedric Herrera, Charles M. LaLoggia, Carl
R.
Reynolds and Paul Packer (incorporated by reference from Company’s Form
10-KSB for December 31, 2001).*
|
10.9
|
Agreement
dated December 12, 2001 between New Sky Communications, Inc. and
Charles
M. LaLoggia, Carl R. Reynolds and Paul Packer (incorporated by
reference
from Company’s Form 10-KSB for December 31, 2001). *
|
10.10
|
Agreement
dated July 31, 2002 between New Sky Communications, Inc. and Patrick
White
(incorporated by reference from Company’s Form 8-K filed on August 8,
2002).*
|
10.11
|
Agreement
dated July 31, 2002 between New Sky Communications, Inc. and Thomas
M.
Wicker (incorporated by reference from Company’s Form 8-K filed on August
8, 2002).*
|
10.12
|
Agreement
dated November 1, 2002 between New Sky Communications, Inc. and
David
Thomas M. Wicker, Christine Wicker, Kenneth Wicker and Michael
Caton
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002). *
|
10.13
|
Employment
Agreement dated November 1, 2002 between New Sky Communications,
Inc. and
David Wicker (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-KSB
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002). *
|
10.14
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement between the Registrant and Fordham Financial
Management, Inc.(incorporated by reference on Company’s registration
statement on Form S-3 filed on January 20, 2004).*
|
10.15
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement between the Registrant and W.A.B. Capital
(incorporated by reference on Company’s registration statement on Form S-3
filed on January 20, 2004).*
|
10.16
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement between the Registrant and Howard Safir (incorporated
by reference on Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on
January 20, 2004).*
|
10.17
|
Form
of Series A Warrant Agreement issued by the Registrant to participants
in
its private placement offering completed on December 29, 2003.
(incorporated by reference on Company’s registration statement on Form S-3
filed on January 20, 2004).*
|
10.18
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement issued by the Registrant to participants
in its private placement offering completed on December 29, 2003.
(incorporated by reference on Company’s registration statement on Form S-3
filed on January 20, 2004)*
|
10.19
|
Form
of Warrant issued to IDT Venture Capital Corporation dated October
31,
2003.(incorporated by reference on Schedule 13D filed by IDT Venture
Capital Corporation dated December 2, 2003)*
|
10.20
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement between Registrant and IDT Venture
Capital Corporation dated as of October 31, 2003. (incorporated
by
reference on Schedule 13D filed by IDT Venture Capital Corporation
dated
December 2, 2003).*
|
10.21
(1)
|
Form
of Licensing and Marketing Agreement between Registrant and Boise
White
Paper LLC dated January 19, 2005. (redacted version)
|
10.22
|
Form
of Surrender and Assignment Agreement dated as of February 25,
2005
between Registrant and the Net Interest Holders. (filed as Exhibit
10.1 to
form 8-K dated February 25, 2005)*
|
10.23
|
Form
of Surrender and Assignment Agreement dated as of February 25,
2005
between Registrant and the Gross Interest Holders (filed as Exhibit
10.2
to Form 8-K dated February 25, 2005)*
|
10.24
|
Agreement
of Sublease dated May 2004 for the Premises Located at 28 E. Main
Street,
Rochester, New York (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-QSB for the
Quarter
ended June 30, 2004)*
|
10.25
|
Form
of Employment Agreement dated as of June 10, 2004 between Registrant
and
Patrick White (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-QSB for the Quarter
ended
June 30, 2005)*
|
10.26
|
Form
of Employment Agreement dated as of June 11, 2004 between Registrant
and
Thomas Wicker (filed as Exhibit 10.26 of 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended
December 31, 2004)*
|
10.27
|
Form
of 2004 Employee Stock Option Plan (filed as Appendix D to Proxy
Statement
for the Meeting of Stockholders held on December 17,
2004)*
|
10.28
|
Form
of Non Executive Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Appendix
E to Proxy
Statement for the Meeting of Stockholders held on December 17,
2004)*
|
10.29
|
Asset
Purchase Agreement, dated February 7, 2006 by and between the Registrant
and Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc.
|
10.30
|
Employment
Agreement dated June 26, 2006, between the Registrant and Peter
Ettinger
(filed as Exhibit 10.01 to Form 8-K filed on June 30,
2006).
|
10.31 |
Form
of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and investors
partaking
in a Private Placement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed
on
December 27, 2006).
|
10.32 |
Registration
Rights Agreement dated December 12, 2006, between the Registrant
and
Perrin, Holder and Davenport Capital Corp. (filed as Exhibit 10.2
to Form
8-K/A filed on December 27, 2006).
|
14
|
Code
of Ethics (filed as Exhibit 14.1 to Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended
December 31, 2003.
|
16
|
Letter
on change of Certifying Accountant (incorporated by reference to
the
Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K filed on January 9. 2003 as Exhibit 99.1).
*
|
35
17.1
|
Resignation
letter of Carl R. Reynolds, dated December 3, 2001 (incorporated
by
reference from Company’s Form 10-KSB for December 31, 2001).
*
|
17.2
|
Resignation
letter of E. Anthony Wilson dated August 1, 2002 (incorporated by
reference from Company’s Form 8-K filed on August 8, 2002).
*
|
21
|
Subsidiaries
of Registrant
|
23.1
|
Consent
of Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs, PC
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 USC 1350 Section
302
|
31.2
|
Certification
Principal Accounting Officer Pursuant to 18 USC 1350 Section
302
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 USC 1350 Section
906
|
32.2
|
Certification
Principal Accounting Officer Pursuant to 18 USC 1350 Section
906
|
(1)
This
exhibit contains a redacted copy of the agreement. We have filed a
confidentiality request with the Commission with respect to certain portions
of
the agreement.
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DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONTENTS
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consolidated
Financial Statements:
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Balance
Sheets
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F-2
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Statements
of Operations
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F-3
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Statements
of Cash Flows
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F-4
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Statements
of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
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F-5
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Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-6
- F-23
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board
of
Directors and Stockholders
Document
Security Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Rochester,
New York
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Document
Security Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005,
and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006.
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based
on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with 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. The Company
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included
consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such
opinion. 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 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Document Security
Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results
of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
As
discussed in Note 2 and 6 to the consolidated financial statements, in
connection with the required adoption of a new accounting principle in 2006,
the
Company changed its method of accounting for equity-based
payments.
FREED
MAXICK & BATTAGLIA, CPAs, PC
/s/
FREED
MAXICK & BATTAGLIA, CPAs, PC
Buffalo,
New York
March
28,
2007
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DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
||||||||||
As
of December 31,
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
5,802,615
|
$
|
3,953,482
|
|||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance
|
|||||||
of
$74,000 ($14,000 -2005)
|
618,622
|
164,726
|
|||||
Inventory
|
239,416
|
148,804
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
(including
a prepaid balance with a related
party
of $91,000 in 2006 and
$136,000
in 2005)
|
224,782
|
225,114
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
6,885,435
|
4,492,126
|
|||||
Restricted
cash
|
-
|
240,000
|
|||||
Fixed
assets, net
|
637,732
|
451,195
|
|||||
Other
assets (including a prepaid balance with
a
related party of $0 in 2006 and $158,000 in
2005)
|
156,734
|
229,050
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
1,396,734
|
711,785
|
|||||
Other
intangible assets, net
|
5,389,564
|
4,208,962
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
14,466,199
|
$
|
10,333,118
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
1,283,503
|
$
|
547,512
|
|||
Accrued
expenses & other current liabilities
(including
a related party balance of
$229,500
in 2006 and $0 in 2005)
|
877,261
|
212,559
|
|||||
Deferred
revenue
|
564,439
|
-
|
|||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
-
|
50,891
|
|||||
Current
portion of capital lease obligations
|
34,814
|
33,374
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
2,760,017
|
844,336
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
-
|
167,309
|
|||||
Long-term
capital lease obligations
|
50,417
|
84,931
|
|||||
Long-term
deferred revenue
|
466,875
|
-
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies (see Note 10)
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
|||||||
Common
stock, $.02 par value;
|
|||||||
200,000,000
shares authorized,
|
|||||||
13,544,724
shares issued and outstanding
(12,698,872
in 2005 )
|
270,894
|
253,977
|
|||||
Additional paid-in capital
|
28,145,793
|
21,377,996
|
|||||
Accumulated deficit
|
(17,227,797
|
)
|
(12,395,431
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
11,188,890
|
9,236,542
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$
|
14,466,199
|
$
|
10,333,118
|
See
accompanying notes.
F-2
DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
|
||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Revenue
|
||||||||||
Security
products & printing
|
$
|
3,520,897
|
$
|
1,143,495
|
$
|
1,003,635
|
||||
Royalties
|
682,073
|
80,949
|
101,330
|
|||||||
Legal
products
|
631,454
|
525,420
|
489,803
|
|||||||
Total
Revenue
|
4,834,424
|
1,749,864
|
1,594,768
|
|||||||
Costs
of revenue
|
||||||||||
Security
products & printing
|
2,287,363
|
636,637
|
632,790
|
|||||||
Legal
products
|
349,655
|
272,542
|
303,895
|
|||||||
Total
costs of revenue
|
2,637,018
|
909,179
|
936,685
|
|||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,197,406
|
840,685
|
658,083
|
|||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
5,692,955
|
2,890,899
|
1,867,965
|
|||||||
Research
and development
|
352,796
|
313,657
|
421,718
|
|||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
|
1,025,528
|
538,110
|
18,000
|
|||||||
Loss
on goodwill impairment
|
-
|
-
|
81,013
|
|||||||
Operating expenses
|
7,071,279
|
3,742,666
|
2,388,696
|
|||||||
Operating
loss
|
(4,873,873
|
)
|
(2,901,981
|
)
|
(1,730,613
|
)
|
||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||||
Interest income
|
59,976
|
85,602
|
55,181
|
|||||||
Gain/(Loss)
on foreign currency adjustments
|
(3,526
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Interest expense
|
(14,943
|
)
|
(26,411
|
)
|
(28,434
|
)
|
||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(4,832,366
|
)
|
(2,842,790
|
)
|
(1,703,866
|
)
|
||||
Income
taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(4,832,366
|
)
|
$
|
(2,842,790
|
)
|
$
|
(1,703,866
|
)
|
|
Net
loss per share, basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.37
|
)
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average common shares outstanding,
basic
and diluted
|
12,891,505
|
12,010,464
|
10,895,676
|
|
See
accompanying notes.
F-3
DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(4,832,366
|
)
|
$
|
(2,842,790
|
)
|
(1,703,866
|
)
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used by
operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
1,233,016
|
720,603
|
127,894
|
|||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
1,002,420
|
118,518
|
59,223
|
|||||||
Loss
on goodwill impairment
|
-
|
-
|
81,013
|
|||||||
(Increase) decrease in assets:
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(287,910
|
)
|
236,897
|
(225,023
|
)
|
|||||
Inventory
|
(20,465
|
)
|
(81,233
|
)
|
14,150
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
(117,221
|
)
|
(140,640
|
)
|
(22,701
|
)
|
||||
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
527,327
|
137,670
|
242,136
|
|||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
1,031,314
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
52,208
|
161,254
|
2,978
|
|||||||
Net
cash used by operating activities
|
(1,411,677
|
)
|
(1,689,721
|
)
|
(1,424,196
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Purchase
of fixed assets
|
(136,078
|
)
|
(107,083
|
)
|
(328,602
|
)
|
||||
Purchase
of royalty rights
|
-
|
-
|
(90,000
|
)
|
||||||
Business
combination
|
(1,301,670
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Purchase
of other intangible assets
|
(835,946
|
)
|
(185,912
|
)
|
(271,624
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
(2,273,694
|
)
|
(292,995
|
)
|
(690,226
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Repayment of line of credit
|
-
|
-
|
(86,341
|
)
|
||||||
Repayment of long-term debt
|
(218,200
|
)
|
(47,920
|
)
|
(216,555
|
)
|
||||
Decrease
(increase) in restricted cash
|
240,000
|
60,000
|
(300,000
|
)
|
||||||
Borrowings
on long-term debt
|
-
|
-
|
270,000
|
|||||||
Repayment
of capital lease obligations
|
(33,074
|
)
|
(30,625
|
)
|
(10,539
|
)
|
||||
Issuance
of common stock, net
|
5,545,778
|
3,296,878
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided (used) by financing activities
|
5,534,504
|
3,278,333
|
(343,435
|
)
|
||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
1,849,133
|
1,295,617
|
(2,457,857
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents beginning of year
|
3,953,482
|
2,657,865
|
5,115,722
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents end of year
|
$
|
5,802,615
|
$
|
3,953,482
|
2,657,865
|
See
accompanying notes.
F-4
DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders'
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
For
the Years Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-in
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2003
|
10,868,818
|
$
|
217,376
|
$
|
12,826,183
|
$
|
(7,848,775
|
)
|
$
|
5,194,784
|
||||||
Stock
issued for satisfaction of obligations
|
40,000
|
800
|
189,801
|
-
|
190,601
|
|||||||||||
Stock
based compensation expense
|
18,000
|
360
|
58,863
|
-
|
59,223
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,703,866
|
)
|
(1,703,866
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
10,926,818
|
$
|
218,536
|
$
|
13,074,847
|
$
|
(9,552,641
|
)
|
$
|
3,740,742
|
||||||
Shares
issued upon the exercise of warrants and options
|
999,940
|
19,999
|
3,276,879
|
-
|
3,296,878
|
|||||||||||
Stock
issued to employees as compensation
|
18,000
|
360
|
3,480
|
-
|
3,840
|
|||||||||||
Stock
issued to a related party for patent defense costs
|
150,000
|
3,000
|
497,000
|
-
|
500,000
|
|||||||||||
Stock
issued for acquisitions
|
62,654
|
1,253
|
516,269
|
-
|
517,522
|
|||||||||||
Stock
issued to acquire intangible assets, net of
expenses
|
541,460
|
10,829
|
3,894,843
|
-
|
3,905,672
|
|||||||||||
Stock
based compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
114,678
|
114,678
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,842,790
|
)
|
(2,842,790
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
12,698,872
|
$
|
253,977
|
$
|
21,377,996
|
$
|
(12,395,431
|
)
|
$
|
9,236,542
|
||||||
Shares
issued upon the exercise of warrants and options
|
209,413
|
4,188
|
895,320
|
-
|
899,508
|
|||||||||||
Stock
issued for patent defense costs
|
47,015
|
940
|
455,575
|
-
|
456,515
|
|||||||||||
Stock
issued for acquisitions
|
18,704
|
374
|
249,626
|
-
|
250,000
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock and warrants through private placement,
net
|
552,720
|
11,055
|
4,165,216
|
-
|
4,176,271
|
|||||||||||
Stock
based compensation expense
|
18,000
|
360
|
1,002,060
|
-
|
1,002,420
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4,832,366
|
)
|
(4,832,366
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
13,544,724
|
$
|
270,894
|
$
|
28,145,793
|
$
|
(17,227,797
|
)
|
$
|
11,188,890
|
See
accompanying notes.
F-5
DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
1. - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Document
Security Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), a New York corporation, operates in the
market for secured documents and solutions. The Company licenses its patented
technology and sells products that use its patented optical anti-scanning,
anti-counterfeiting technologies. The Company’s customers include governments,
law enforcement agencies, security printers, check and forms printers and
corporations. In addition, the Company, through its consolidated subsidiaries,
operates a retail printing operation and sells supplies to the legal industry.
The Company has focused its operations in these businesses since 2002.
Previously, the Company was named New Sky Communications and was focused on
the
production of motion pictures.
NOTE
2. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles
of Consolidation
- The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Document Security
Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
- The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial
statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially
from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including
those related to the accounts receivable, fair values of intangible assets
and
goodwill, useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment, fair
values of options to purchase our common stock, deferred revenue and income
taxes, among others. We base our estimates on historical experience and on
various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets
and liabilities. We engage third-party valuation consultants to assist
management in the allocation of the purchase price of significant
acquisitions.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
- The
Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts and short term Certificates
of Deposits with original maturities of three months or less. For financial
statement presentation purposes, the Company considers those short-term, highly
liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash
or cash equivalents.
Restricted
Cash
-
Restricted cash consisted of a five year certificate of deposit, held as
security on a term loan.
Accounts
Receivable
- The
Company carries its trade accounts receivable at invoice amount less an
allowance for doubtful accounts. On a periodic basis, the Company
evaluates its accounts receivable and establishes an allowance for doubtful
accounts based upon management’s estimates that include a review of the history
of past write-offs and collections and an analysis of current credit
conditions. At December 31, 2006 the Company established a reserve for
doubtful accounts of approximately $74,000 ($14,000 - 2005). The Company
does not accrue interest on past due accounts receivable.
Inventory
-
Inventories consist primarily of patented security paper and legal supplies
held
for resale and are stated at the lower of cost or market on the first-in,
first-out (“FIFO”) method.
Fixed
Assets
-
Fixed
assets are recorded at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives or lease period of the assets whichever
is shorter. Expenditures for renewals and betterments are capitalized.
Expenditures for minor items, repairs and maintenance are charged to operations
as incurred. Any gain or loss upon sale or retirement due to obsolescence
is reflected in the operating results in the period the event takes place.
Goodwill
-
Goodwill is the excess of cost of an acquired entity over the fair value
of
amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business
combination. With the adoption of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets,” goodwill is not amortized, rather it is tested for impairment annually,
and will be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs
or
circumstances change that would indicate the carrying amount may be impaired.
Impairment testing for goodwill is done at a reporting unit level. Reporting
units are one level below the business segment level, but are combined when
reporting units within the same segment have similar economic characteristics.
Under the criteria set forth by SFAS No. 142, the Company has three reporting
units based on the current structure. An impairment loss generally would
be recognized when the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s net assets
exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. The
Company tests goodwill for impairment annually on December 31,
2006.
F-6
Other
Intangible Assets
-Other
intangible
assets consists of costs associated with the application, acquisition and
defense of our patents, contractual rights to patents and trade secrets
associated with our technologies, customer lists and a non-compete agreement
obtained as a result of acquisitions. Our patents and trade secrets are for
document anti-counterfeiting and anti-scanning technologies and processes that
form the basis of our document security business.
The
Company amortizes its other intangible assets over their estimated useful lives.
Patents are generally amortized over the remaining legal life, up to 20 years.
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
-
The
Company accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions
of SFAS
No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
This
statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles
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 future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by
the
asset. If such asset are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be
recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the
assets
exceeds the fair value of the assets. Fair value is determined based on
discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the
assets.
As
described in Item 3 -Legal Proceedings and Note 10- Commitments, the Company
is
engaged in a patent litigation with the European Central Bank (“ECB”). The
Company has alleged that all Euro banknotes in circulation infringe on
the
Company’s European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”). In response to this suit,
the ECB sued the Company in nine national patent courts in Europe to have
the
Patent invalidated and therefore, nullify the Company’s ability to seek
infringement actions. On
March
26, 2007, the Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by
the ECB
against the Company. The English Court ruled that the Patent has been deemed
invalid in the United Kingdom.
On
March
27, 2007, the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich,
Germany, ruled that the Patent is valid in Germany. As a result of this
ruling,
the Company may be eligible to be reimbursed by the ECB for a portion of
its
legal costs associated with the case. The
Company has evaluated the effect of these events on the carrying value
of its
patent assets as of December 31, 2006 under the guidance of FAS 5 “Accounting
for Contingencies”.
The
Company has determined that these events do not provide enough information
to
change the Company’s assessment of impairment of its related patent assets under
FAS 144 “Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.
In
coming to this determination, the Company believes that the amounts that
it is
has recorded as a patent asset for the various assets acquired and defense
costs
in the various jurisdictions in which hearings are being held associated
with
the ECB litigation are all components of a unitary asset. Accordingly,
the
Company evaluates impairment on this asset in relation to the overall likelihood
that the future cash flows from the litigation support the carrying value
of the
asset. The Company believes that, as a result of the positive ruling in
the
German court, the basis for its infringement litigation is intact and no
impairment has occurred as a result of these events as of December 31,
2006. As
of December 31, 2006, the Company has recorded approximately $4.5 million,
with
a net carrying value of approximately $3.6 million, for the acquisition
cost and
legal costs associated with the Patent.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
-Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair
Value of Financial Instruments,” requires disclosure of fair value information
about financial instruments. Fair value estimates discussed herein are based
upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to
management as of December 31, 2006.
These
financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accounts payable and accrued expenses. Fair values were assumed to approximate
carrying values for these financial instruments since they are short-term in
nature and their carrying amounts approximate fair values or they are receivable
or payable on demand. The fair value of the Company’s capitalized lease
obligations and term debt payable is estimated based upon the quoted market
prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to the
Company for debt of the same remaining maturities. The carrying value
approximates the fair value of these debt instruments in 2006 and
2005.
Share-Based
Payments -Prior
to
January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock option awards granted
under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plans in accordance with the recognition and
measurement provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, (“APB 25”) and related
Interpretations, as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, (“SFAS 123”).
Share-based employee compensation expense was not recognized in the Company’s
consolidated statements of operations prior to January 1, 2006, as all
stock option awards granted had an exercise price equal to or greater than
the
market value of the common stock on the date of the grant, except for
modifications of stock option awards, which triggered compensation expense
in
accordance with provisions of FASB FIN 44 -”Accounting for Certain Transactions
Involving Stock Compensation”. As permitted by SFAS 123, the Company reported
pro-forma disclosures presenting results and earnings per share as if the
Company had used the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123 in the
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements. Stock-based compensation related to
non-employees is accounted for based on the fair value of the related stock
or
options or the fair value of the services, which ever is more readily
determinable, in accordance with SFAS 123 and its interpretations.
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based
Payment”, (“SFAS 123(R)”) using the modified prospective transition method. See
Note 6 for further detail on the impact of SFAS 123(R) to the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
Revenue
Recognition
-
Sales
of
custom document security products and printing, retail printing and legal
products are recognized when a product or service is delivered, shipped or
provided to the customer and all material conditions relating to the sale have
been substantially performed. We also enter into arrangements under which we
provide hosted software applications. We recognize revenue for these
arrangements based on the provisions of EITF No. 00-3, Application of AICPA
SOP
97-2 to Arrangements That Include the Right to Use Software Stored on Another
Entity’s Hardware (“EITF 00-3”), and the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin
No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements, as amended by SAB No.
104,
when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, collection of the resulting
receivable is probable, the fee is fixed or determinable and acceptance has
occurred. Our revenues related to these arrangements consist of system
implementation service fees and software subscription fees. We have determined
that the system implementation services represent set-up services that do not
qualify as separate units of accounting from the software subscriptions as
the
customer would not purchase these services without the purchase of the software
subscription. As a result, we recognize system implementation fees ratably
over
a period of time from when the core system implementation services are completed
and accepted by the customer over the remaining customer relationship life,
which we have determined is the contractual life of the customer’s subscription
agreement. We recognize software subscription fees, which typically commence
upon completion of the related system implementation, ratably over the
applicable subscription period. Amounts billed and/or collected prior to
satisfying our revenue recognition policy are reflected as deferred
revenue.
F-7
We
recognize royalty revenue from technology licenses once all the following
criteria for revenue recognition have been met: (1) persuasive evidence of
an
agreement exists; (2) the right and ability to use the product or technology
has
been rendered; (3) the fee is fixed and determinable and not subject to refund
or adjustment; and (4) collection of the amounts due is reasonably
assured.
Advertising
Costs - The Company expenses all advertising cost as they are
incurred. The amount charged to expense during 2006 was approximately
$124,000 ($110,000 - 2005; $33,000 - 2004).
Research
and Development-
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred as defined in SFAS
No.
2, Accounting
for Research and Development Costs.
Foreign
Currency-.
Net
gains and losses resulting from transactions denominated in foreign currency
are
recorded as other income or loss.
Income
Taxes
- The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” (“SFAS 109”), which
requires recognition of estimated income taxes payable or refundable on income
tax returns for the current year and for the estimated future tax effect
attributable to temporary differences and carry-forwards. Measurement of
deferred income items is based on enacted tax laws including tax rates, with
the
measurement of deferred income tax assets being reduced by available tax
benefits not expected to be realized.
Earnings
Per Common Share
- The
Company has adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 128 “Earnings per Share” (“SFAS 128”), which requires the
presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share
reflects the actual weighted average of shares issued and outstanding during
the
period. Diluted earnings per share are computed including the number of
additional shares that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential shares
had been issued. In a loss year, the calculation for basic and diluted earnings
per share is considered to be the same, as the impact of potential common shares
is anti-dilutive.
If
the
Company had generated earnings during the year ended December 31, 2006, 211,604
(352,987 - 2005, 622,160-2004) common equivalent shares would have been added
to
the weighted average shares outstanding to compute the diluted weighted average
shares outstanding. A total of 924,436 (590,033 - 2005, 1,411,750 -2004)
stock options and warrants were outstanding and exercisable with exercise
prices
below average market price of our Common Stock during 2006.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
- The
Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts and
Certificates of Deposit, which at times may exceed federally insured
limits. The Company believes it is not exposed to any significant credit
risk as a result of any non-performance by the financial
institutions.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements -
In July
2006, the FASB issued Financial Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes, (“FIN 48”) as an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“SFAS 109”). This Interpretation
clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an
enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS 109 and prescribes a
recognition threshold of more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination.
Measurement of the tax uncertainty occurs if the recognition threshold has
been
met. This Interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition,
classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods,
disclosure, and transition. FIN 48 is effective for the Company beginning
January 1, 2007. Differences between the amounts recognized in the
statements of financial position prior to the adoption of FIN 48 and the amounts
reported after adoption should be accounted for as a cumulative-effect
adjustment recorded to the beginning balance of retained earnings. We do not
believe that the adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 will have a material
effect on our financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements,
which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value
in
generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 does not require any new fair value
measurements, but provides guidance on how to measure fair value by providing
a
fair value hierarchy used to classify the source of the information. This
statement is effective for us beginning January 1, 2008. We are currently
assessing whether adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have an impact on our
financial statements.
In
September 2006, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects
of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year
Financial Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance
on how public companies quantify financial statement misstatements. There
have
been two common approaches used to quanitfy such errors. Under an income
statement approach, the “roll-over” method, the error is quantified as the
amount by which the current year income statement is misstated. Alternatively,
under a balance sheet approach, the “iron curtain” method, the error is
quantified as the cumulative amount by which the current year balance sheet
is
misstated. In SAB 108, the SEC established an approach that requires
quantification of financial misstatements based on the effects of the
misstatements on each of the company’s financial statements and the related
financial statement disclosures. This model is commonly referred to as a
“dual
approach” because it requires quantification of errors under both the roll-over
and iron curtain methods. SAB 108 was effective for us as of December 31,
2006.
The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on our consolidated
financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
F-8
NOTE
3. - FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets consisted of the following at December 31:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||||
Estimated
Useful
Life
|
Purchased
|
|
Capitalized
Under Capital Leases
|
|
Purchased
|
|
Capitalized
Under Capital Leases
|
|||||||||
Machinery
& equipment
|
5
years
|
$
|
825,580
|
$
|
159,469
|
$
|
487,953
|
$
|
159,469
|
|||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
19
months (1
|
)
|
119,438
|
-
|
115,920
|
-
|
||||||||||
Furniture
& fixtures
|
7
years
|
95,838
|
-
|
71,700
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Software
& website
|
3
years
|
101,073
|
-
|
89,505
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Total cost
|
$
|
1,141,929
|
$
|
159,469
|
$
|
765,078
|
$
|
159,469
|
||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
585,799
|
77,867
|
425,510
|
47,842
|
||||||||||||
Net
|
$
|
556,130
|
$
|
81,602
|
$
|
339,568
|
$
|
111,627
|
(1)
Expiration of lease term
Depreciation
expense for assets under capital leases was $30,025 for the year ended
December 31, 2006 ($30,025 - 2005, 17,817 - 2004).
NOTE
4. - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill
- In
accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets” (SFAS 142), the Company performs an annual fair value test of its
recorded goodwill for its reporting units using a discounted cash flow and
capitalization of earnings approach.
During
2004,
the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $81,000 in its printing
segment. During 2006, the Company recorded goodwill of approximately $685,000
associated with its acquisition of the assets of Plastic Printing Professionals.
As of December 31, 2006, the Company’s goodwill of approximately $1,397,000
consists of approximately $81,000 attributable to the legal segment and
approximately $1,316,000 attributable to the document security products and
printing segment. Of that total, approximately $685,000 is expected to be
deductible for tax purposes, to the extent that the Company generates
taxable income. The Company determined that there was no impairment at December
31, 2006 and 2005.
Other
Intangible Assets
-
The
Company’s other intangible assets consists of costs associated with the
application, acquisition and defense of our patents, contractual rights to
patents and trade secrets associated with our technology, customer lists and
a
non-compete agreement as a result of acquisition. Our patents and trade secrets
are for document anti-counterfeiting and anti-scanning technologies and
processes that form the basis of our document security business.
The
Company has acquired ownership and contractual rights, including royalty rights
to patents developed by Ralph Wicker and members of his family over the course
of several transactions. In January 2004, the Company paid the Wicker Family
members $90,000 in exchange for their relinquishing the rights to their share
of
the future royalties from licenses that had been acquired by the Company during
the merger with Thomas Wicker Enterprises in 2002. In December 2004, the Company
entered into an agreement with the Wicker Family, in which Document Security
Systems obtained the legal ownership of technology (including patent ownership
rights) previously held by the Wicker Family. At that time, the
agreement with the Wicker Family provided that the Company would retain 70%
of
the future economic benefit derived from settlements, licenses or subsequent
business arrangements from any infringer of the Wicker patents that Document
Security Systems chooses to pursue. The Wicker Family was to receive the
remaining 30% of such economic benefit. In February 2005, the Company further
consolidated its ownership of the Wicker Family based patents and its rights
to
the economic benefit of infringement settlements when the Company purchased
economic interests and legal ownership from approximately 45 persons and
entities that had purchased various rights in Wicker Family technologies over
several decades. The Company issued an aggregate of 541,460 shares of its
Common Stock for the rights of the interest holders and secured 100% ownership
of a US Patent and approximately 16% of additional economic rights to
settlements with infringers of the Wicker Family’s foreign patents. The value of
the shares of Common Stock was determined based upon the closing price of the
shares of the Company’s Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange on February
15, 2005 of $7.25 per share. The total aggregate fair value of the acquisition,
net of expenses, of the interests from the interest holders was $3,905,672.
On
an
ongoing basis, the Company submits formal and provisional patent applications
with the United States, Canada and countries included in the Patent Cooperation
Treaty (PCT). The Company capitalizes these costs and amortizes them over the
patents’ estimated useful life. In addition, the Company has incurred costs
associated with the defense of its right to use its patents. The Company has
determined that in some cases it will need to use the court systems in the
jurisdictions of its patents to protect the rights of its patents against
infringers, and therefore, may incur substantial costs for these proceedings.
The Company capitalizes these costs as an increase to the cost basis of its
patent assets to be amortized over the remaining estimated useful life of the
patent. The Company periodically evaluates whether the patent defense will
be
successful or unsuccessful. If it determines that its defense will likely not
be
successful, then the defense costs are expensed in that period and an impairment
charge will likely be taken to write down the associated patent asset to its
fair value. Recoverability was reconsidered based on legal proceedings that
occurred in March 2007 (see Note 14). The Company determined that there was
no
impairment at December 31, 2006 and 2005.
F-9
In
September 2005, the Company acquired a customer list with an estimated fair
value of $41,000 from Secured Document Systems.
In
February 2006, the Company acquired intangible assets associated with its
acquisitions of the assets of Plastic Printing Professional. These intangible
assets were valued at $625,000 by an independent valuation firm and consist
of
customer lists, trade name and brand, and a non-compete agreement.
Other
intangible assets are comprised of the following at
December 31:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Useful
Life
|
|
Gross
Carrying Amount
|
|
Accumulated
Amortizaton
|
|
Net
Carrying Amount
|
|
Gross
Carrying Amount
|
|
Accumulated
Amortizaton
|
|
Net
Carrying Amount
|
||||||||||
Royalty
rights
|
5
years
|
$
|
90,000
|
$
|
54,000
|
$
|
36,000
|
$
|
90,000
|
$
|
36,000
|
$
|
54,000
|
|||||||||
Other
intangibles
|
5
years
|
666,300
|
149,036
|
517,264
|
41,000
|
1,467
|
39,533
|
|||||||||||||||
Patent
and contractual rights
|
Varied
(1
|
)
|
6,212,400
|
1,376,100
|
4,836,300
|
4,634,071
|
518,642
|
4,115,429
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
6,968,700
|
$
|
1,579,136
|
$
|
5,389,564
|
$
|
4,765,071
|
$
|
556,109
|
$
|
4,208,962
|
(1)-
patent rights are amortized over their expected useful life which is generally
the legal life of the patent.
As
of
December 31, 2006 the weighted average remaining useful life of these assets
in
service was 4.8 years.
Actual
amortization for 2004, 2005 and 2006 and expected amortization for each of
the
next five years is as follows:
2004
Actual
|
$
|
18,000
|
|
2005
Actual
|
$
|
538,000
|
|
2006
Actual
|
$
|
1,026,000
|
|
Expected:
|
|||
2007
|
$
|
1,254,000
|
|
2008
|
$
|
1,251,000
|
|
2009
|
$
|
1,233,000
|
|
2010
|
$
|
1,230,000
|
|
2011
|
$
|
254,000
|
|
Thereafter
|
$
|
168,000
|
|
|
$
|
5,390,000
|
NOTE
5. - LONG-TERM DEBT
Long
term
debt at December 31, 2005 consisted of a five year note payable in monthly
installments of $5,230, including interest at 6.0%, through 2009. The note
was
secured by a $240,000 certificate of deposit held by the lender and classified
as restricted cash on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. As of
December 31, 2005, $50,891 was classified as current. The loan was paid in
full
by the Company during 2006.
NOTE
6. - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Issuances
of Common Stock and Warrants
Stock
Issued for Services
- In
August 2005, the Company issued 150,000 unregistered shares of Common Stock
in
exchange for the payment of $500,000 of the Company’s legal expenses that it
will incur during the Company’s lawsuit with the European Central Bank. Pursuant
to this transaction, the Company recorded a $500,000 other asset that will
be
reclassified to patent assets as payments are made on behalf of the Company.
The
cash value of the contract of $500,000 was deemed more readily determinable
fair
value than the shares of Common Stock that were be issued but are not tradable
for two years from the date of their issuance.
F-10
During
the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company issued 40,000 shares of its Common
Stock as satisfaction of outstanding debt valued at $190,601. The shares
were valued at $4.76 per share, which equaled the market value of the
Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.
Stock
Issued with Business Combination -In
February 2006, the Company issued 18,704 of its Common Stock plus additional
costs related to the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Plastic
Printing Professionals (See Note 7). The value of the shares of Common Stock
was
determined based upon the quoted market price of the Company’s Common Stock 2006
of $13.36 per share.
In
September 2005, the Company purchased 100% of the Common Stock of Secured
Document Systems (“SDS”) for $566,000, which consisted of 62,654 shares of its
Common Stock, valued at $518,000 plus additional costs related to the
transaction. The value of the shares of Common Stock was determined based
upon
the quoted market price of the Company’s Common Stock on
September 9, 2005 of $8.26 per share. SDS
is an
entity that holds various licensing and marketing rights to several of the
Company’s patents which it had acquired from the Wicker Family. In addition, SDS
operates the Internet website ProtectedPaper.Com which sells secured document
solutions, including the Company’s safety paper.
Stock
Issued for Patent Defense Costs - On
November 14, 2006, the Company entered into an stock payment agreement with
McDermott Will & Emery LLP (“MWE”), its lead counsel on its European Central
Bank (“ECB Litigation”) patent infringement and related cases. The agreement
with MWE allows the Company to use its common stock to eliminate the Company’s
cash requirements for MWE’s legal fees related to the ECB litigation, not to
exceed $1.2 million in stock. Initially,
47,015 restricted shares were issued to MWE on December 6, 2006 under the
agreement to cover all outstanding MWE legal fees of approximately $457,000
that
were incurred through September 2006.
Stock
Issued in Private Placement - On
December 26, 2006, the Company sold 94 units at a price of $50,000 per unit
for
gross cash proceeds of $4,700,000, consisting of 552,720 unregistered shares
of
our common stock and five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
276,360 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of $11.75 per share.
The portion of the proceeds allocable to the warrants was determined using
the
Black-Scholes option pricing model to be $1,360,736. The Company incurred
placement agent fees associated with the offering equal to 9% commissions and
1%
non-accountable fees of $470,000, and issued the placement agent a five-year
warrant to purchase up to 55,272 shares of our common stock, at an exercise
price of $11.75. The fair market value of these warrants was determined using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model at $272,147. Additional costs related
to
the transaction amounted to approximately $54,000 resulting in net proceeds
of
approximately $4,176,000.
Stock
Warrants
-During
2006, the Company received approximately $900,000 in proceeds from the exercise
of 209,413 warrants.
On
June
16, 2006, the Company issued to International Barcode Corporation (d/b/a Barcode
Technology)(“BTI”), a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock, $0.02 par value per share, at a price of $10.00 per share vesting over
approximately one year and with an expiration date of June 16, 2007. The fair
value of the warrants amounted to $890,000 utilizing Black Scholes pricing
model. This value is being recognized as the warrants vest. During the year
ended December 31, 2006, the Company has recognized approximately $668,000
of
expense related to these warrants. The warrants were issued in conjunction
with
an agreement that provides BTI with the exclusive right to market, sell and
manufacture DSS technologies, products and processes for all security-related
applications for government and commercial use in China.
F-11
The
following is a summary with respect to warrants outstanding at December 31,
2006 and 2005 and activity during the years then ended:
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||
Warrants
|
Price
|
Warrants
|
Price
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
January 1
|
296,783
|
$
|
4.10
|
1,405,000
|
$
|
3.72
|
|||||||
Granted
during the year
|
831,632
|
$
|
10.70
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||||
Exercised,
including forfeited upon cashless exercise
|
204,597
|
$
|
4.39
|
1,078,217
|
$
|
3.71
|
|||||||
Lapsed
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
30,000
|
$
|
3.00
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31
|
923,818
|
$
|
9.96
|
296,783
|
$
|
4.10
|
|||||||
Weighted
average months remaining
|
|||||||||||||
26.3
|
33.0
|
The
following table summarizes the warrants outstanding and exercisable as of
December 31, 2006:
Warrants
Outstanding
|
Warrants
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||
Range
of Exercise Prices
|
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||||
$2.00-$4.99
|
59,375
|
1.3
|
$
|
2.38
|
59,375
|
1.3
|
$
|
2.38
|
|||||||||||
$5.00-$7.75
|
32,811
|
2.0
|
$
|
5.00
|
32,811
|
2.0
|
$
|
5.00
|
|||||||||||
$7.76-$11.75
|
831,632
|
2.3
|
$
|
10.70
|
581,632
|
3.0
|
$
|
11.00
|
|||||||||||
923,818
|
673,818
|
Stock
Based Compensation
In
December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 123R,
Share-Based Payment (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123R supersedes SFAS 123, Accounting for
Stock Based Compensation, and Accounting Principles Board Opinion 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25) and its related implementation guidance.
On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 123R using the
modified prospective transition method. Under this method, the Company is
required to record compensation expense for all stock based awards granted
after
the date of adoption and for the unvested portion of previously granted awards
that remain outstanding as of the beginning of the adoption and prior periods
have not been restated. Under SFAS 123R, compensation expense related to stock
based payments are recorded over the requisite service period based on the
grant
date fair value of the awards.
Prior
to
the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company accounted for employee stock options
using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25. Accordingly, no
compensation expense was recognized for stock options issued to employees as
long as the exercise price was greater than or equal to the market value of
the
Common Stock at the date of grant. In accordance with SFAS 123, the Company
disclosed the summary of pro forma effects to reported net loss as if the
Company had elected to recognize compensation costs based on the fair value
of
the awards at the grant date.
The
Company has adopted the
2004
Employees’ Stock Option Plan (the “2004 Plan”) to provide for the grant of
options, restricted stock and other forms of equity to employees and
consultants, including executive officers. A total of 1,200,000 shares of Common
Stock are authorized to be issued under the 2004 Plan. Under the terms of the
2004 Plan, options granted thereunder may be designated as options which qualify
for incentive stock option treatment (“ISOs”) under Section 422A of the Internal
Revenue Code, or options which do not so qualify (“Non-ISOs”). The
2004
Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of
Directors. The Compensation Committee has the discretion to determine the
eligible employees to whom, and the times and the price at which, options will
be granted; whether such options shall be ISOs or Non-ISOs; the periods during
which each option will be exercisable; and the number of shares subject to
each
option. The Compensation Committee has full authority to interpret the 2004
Plan
and to establish and amend rules and regulations relating thereto.
F-12
The
Company also adopted The Non-Executive Director Stock Option Plan (the “Director
Plan”), which provides for options for up to 100,000 shares to non-executive
directors and advisors. Under the terms of the Director Plan, an option to
purchase (a) 5,000 shares of our common stock shall be granted to each
non-executive director upon joining the Board of Directors and (b) 5,000 shares
of our common stock shall be granted to each non-executive director thereafter
on January 2nd
of each
year; provided that any non-executive director who has not served as a director
for the entire year immediately prior to January 2nd shall receive a pro rata
number of options based on the time the director has served in such capacity
during the previous year.
The
exercise price for options granted under the Director Plan is 100% of the fair
market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. Until otherwise provided
in the Director Plan, the exercise price of options granted under the Director
Plan must be paid at the time of exercise, either in cash, by delivery of shares
of the common stock of the Company or by a combination of each. The term of
each
option commences on the date it is granted and unless terminated sooner as
provided in the Director Plan, expires five years from the date of grant.
Neither the Board nor the Compensation Committee has discretion to determine
which non-executive director or advisory board member will receive options
or
the number of shares subject to the option, the term of the option or the
exercisability of the option. However, the Compensation Committee will make
all
determinations of the interpretation of the Director Plan. Options granted
under
the Director Plan are not qualified for incentive stock option
treatment.
The
compensation cost that has been charged against income for options granted
under
the plans was approximately $211,000
for
the year ended December 31, 2006. The impact of these expenses to basic and
diluted loss per share was approximately $0.02 during the year. The adoption
of
SFAS 123R did not have an impact on cash flows from operating or financing
activities. For stock options issued as non-ISO’s, a tax deduction is not
allowed until the options are exercised. The amount of this deduction will
be
the difference between the fair value of the Company’s Common Stock and the
exercise price at the date of exercise. Accordingly, there is a deferred
tax
asset recorded for the tax effect of the financial statement expense recorded.
The tax effect of the income tax deduction in excess of the financial statement
expense will be recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. Due
to
the uncertainty of the Company’s ability to generate sufficient taxable income
in the future to utilize the tax benefits of the options granted, the Company
has recorded a valuation allowance to reduce gross deferred tax asset to
zero.
As a result, for the year ended December 31, 2006, there is no income tax
expense impact from recording the fair value of options granted. No tax
deduction is allowed for stock options issued and exercised as
ISO’s.
In
December 2005, the Company’s compensation committee approved an acceleration of
all unvested options at that time. Pursuant to this, the Company recorded stock
based compensation expense based on the intrinsic value of in-the-money options
and an estimate of the employees that would terminate prior to the original
vesting that would receive a benefit from the acceleration. As of that date,
the
Company’s estimate of the benefit was $78,000, which was recorded as stock based
compensation expense. During 2006, the Company adjusted its estimate of the
benefit and recorded an additional $8,000 of stock based compensation expense
related to the acceleration. As of December 31, 2006, there remained an
additional $174,000 of potential expense that would be recorded if actual
forfeiture results differ from management’s estimates.
The
fair
value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant utilizing the
Black
Scholes Option Pricing Model that uses the weighted average assumptions noted
in
the following table.
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Volatility
|
51.0
|
%
|
45
|
%
|
79
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Expected
option term
|
3.1
|
years |
3.4
|
years |
5
|
years | ||||||||||||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.4
|
%
|
4.0
|
%
|
4.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0
|
%
|
0
|
%
|
0
|
%
|
Expected
volatilities
are calculated based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock since
its listing on the American Stock Exchange on April 21, 2004. Management
monitors share option exercise and employee termination patterns to estimate
forfeiture rates within the valuation model. The expected life of options
represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be
outstanding determined using the average between the date of vesting and
termination. The risk-free interest rate for periods within the expected
life of
the option is based on the interest rate of a 5-year U.S. Treasury note
in
effort on the date of the grant.
F-13
A
summary
of the status of the options granted under the 2004 Plan and the Director Plan,
respectively, is presented below:
2004
Employee Plan
|
Non-Executive
Director Plan
|
||||||||||||||||||
Number
of Options
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Weighted
Average Life Remaining
|
Number
of Options
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Weighted
Average Life Remaining
|
||||||||||||||
(years)
|
(years)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2004
|
63,000
|
$
|
6.48
|
23,750
|
$
|
4.59
|
|||||||||||||
Granted
|
224,000
|
8.45
|
12,500
|
7.14
|
|||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
10,000
|
7.14
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
277,000
|
8.38
|
36,250
|
5.99
|
|||||||||||||||
Granted
|
70,000
|
10.09
|
20,000
|
12.65
|
|||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
51,000
|
9.99
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006:
|
296,000
|
8.17
|
56,250
|
8.02
|
|||||||||||||||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2006:
|
246,000
|
$
|
7.79
|
36,250
|
$
|
5.47
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value of outstanding
options
at December 31, 2006
|
$
|
848,760
|
3.8
|
$
|
435,695
|
3.1
|
|||||||||||||
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value of exercisable
options
at December 31, 2006
|
$
|
814,260
|
3.9
|
$
|
298,475
|
2.6
|
The
weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the year
ended
December 31, 2006 was $4.28 ($3.09 during the year ended December 31,
2005).
There
were no options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2006 and 10,000
options exercised in 2005 with a grant date fair value of
$27,000.
The
following table summarizes the status of the Company’s non-vested options under
the stock option plans:
Number
of Non-vested Shares Subject to Options
|
Weighted
Average Grant Date Fair Value
|
||||||
Non-vested
as of December 31, 2005
|
10,000
|
$
|
3.68
|
||||
Non-vested
granted- 2006
|
70,000
|
4.33
|
|||||
Vested
- 2006
|
10,000
|
3.68
|
|||||
Forfeited
- 2006
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Non-vested
as of December 31, 2006
|
70,000
|
$
|
4.33
|
As
of
December 31, 2006, there was approximately $220,000 of unrecognized compensation
cost related to stock options granted under the 2004 Employees’ Stock Option
Plan and there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested
options granted under the Non-Executive Director plan to be recognized over
a
weighted average period of 1.5 years. The total fair value of options that
vested during the year- ended December 31, 2006 was $36,800 ($115,000 during
the
year ended December 31, 2005).
Pro-Forma
Stock Compensation Expense:
For
the
year ended December 31, 2005, the Company applied the intrinsic value
method of accounting for stock options as prescribed by APB 25. Since all
options granted during year ended December 31, 2005 had an exercise price
equal to the closing market price of the underlying common stock on the grant
date, no compensation expense was recognized. If compensation expense had been
recognized based on the estimated fair value of each option granted in
accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123 as amended by Statement of Financial
Accounting Standard 148, our net loss and net loss per share would have been
reduced to the following pro-forma amounts (in thousands, except per share
amounts):
F-14
Year
Ended December 31, 2005
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
||||||||||||
$
Amount
|
$
Per share
|
$
Amount
|
$
Per share
|
||||||||||
Net
loss, as reported
|
$
|
(2,842,790
|
)
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
$
|
(1,703,866
|
)
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
Less:
Stock based compensation due to
acceleration
of options per APB 25
|
77,876
|
0.01
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Increase
in loss due to fair value of
employee
options
|
(488,581
|
)
|
(0.04
|
)
|
(144,910
|
)
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|||||
Net
loss, pro-forma
|
$
|
(3,253,495
|
)
|
$
|
(0.27
|
)
|
$
|
(1,848,776
|
)
|
$
|
(0.17
|
)
|
The
following table summarizes the aggregate stock options under both plans,
outstanding and exercisable, as of December 31, 2006:
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||
Range
of Exercise Prices
|
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||||
$2.20-$5.00
|
13,750
|
2.0
|
$
|
3.57
|
13,750
|
2.0
|
$
|
3.57
|
|||||||||||
$5.01-$9.00
|
248,500
|
3.5 |
$
|
7.49 |
248,500
|
3.6
|
$
|
7.49
|
|||||||||||
$9.01-$12.91
|
90,000
|
4.7 |
$
|
10.80 |
20,000
|
5.0
|
$
|
10.19
|
|||||||||||
352,250
|
282,250
|
Restricted
Stock Issued to Employees -
Restricted common stock is issued for services to be rendered and may not
be
sold, transferred or pledged for such period as determined by our Compensation
Committee. Restricted stock compensation cost is measured as the stock’s fair
value based on the quoted market price at the date of grant. The restricted
shares issued reduce the amount available under the employee stock option
plans.
Compensation cost is recognized only on restricted shares that will ultimately
vest. The Company estimates the number of shares that will ultimately vest
at
each grant date based on our historical experience and adjust compensation
cost
and the carrying amount of unearned compensation based on changes in those
estimates over time. Restricted stock compensation cost is recognized ratably
over the requisite service period which approximates the vesting period.
An
employee may not sell or otherwise transfer unvested shares and, in the event
that employment is terminated prior to the end of the vesting period, any
unvested shares are surrendered to us. We have no obligation to repurchase
restricted stock.
During
the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company granted to employees rights to
96,000 shares of Common Stock. The stock rights vest 25% per year over a
four-year period. The market value of the shares at the date of grant was
$.14 per share or $13,000, and is being recorded as compensation expense over
the vesting period. Compensation expense for the year ended December 31,
2006 related to these shares amounted to $3,840 ($3,840 - 2005, $3,840 -
2004). During the year ended December 31, 2006, 18,000 shares vested and
were issued to the employees (18,000 shares in 2005).
On
June
26, 2006, the Company granted 65,000 in restricted stock to employees, including
50,000 to its President. The restricted shares vest over 3 years beginning
on
the grant date. The fair market value of these restricted shares was
approximately $700,000 based on the closing market price of the Company’s stock
of $10.77 on the day immediately prior to the grant date. The Company will
recognize compensation costs associated with these restricted shares
over
the
vesting periods, of which approximately $117,000 was recognized during the
year
ended December 31, 2006 ($0 - 2005, $0 - 2004).
F-15
On
December 20, 2006, the Company granted 310,000 in restricted stock to the
Company’s President pursuant to the Company’s Employee Stock Option Plan, which
vest as follows: 250,000 shares that vest only upon a Change of Control of
the
Issuer and 60,000 shares that vest only upon the attainment of certain
performance goals during 2007 as indicated in his employment agreement with
the
Company. The fair market value of these restricted shares was $3,159,000
based
on the closing market price of the Company’s stock of $10.19 on the day
immediately prior to the grant date.
No
compensation costs has been recognized as of December 31,
2006.
The
following is a summary with respect to restricted stock outstanding at
December 31, 2006:
Shares
|
Weighted-
average Grant Date Fair Value
|
||||||
Restricted
shares outstanding,
December
31, 2005
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Restricted
shares granted
|
375,000
|
10.29
|
|||||
Restricted
shares vested
|
-
|
||||||
Restricted
shares forfeited
|
-
|
||||||
Restricted
shares outstanding,
December
31, 2006
|
375,000
|
$
|
10.29
|
As
of
December 31, 2006, there was approximately $3.7 million of unrecognized
compensation cost related to employee unvested restricted stock. Approximately
$580,000 of this amount will be recognized over the remaining vesting period
of
2.5 years. The remaining amount will be recognized over the vesting period
when
vesting becomes probable, which the Company could not predict as December 31,
2006.
NOTE
7. -Business Combinations
Plastic
Printing Professionals, Inc.
On
February 7, 2006, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of
Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc. (“P3”) for $1.25 million in cash, 18,704
shares of the Company’s Common Stock valued at $250,000 and the assumption of
certain liabilities. The cash portion of the purchase price was paid using
the
Company’s cash on hand. P3 is a security printer specializing in plastic cards
containing security technologies. P3 has 25 full-time employees and had sales
of
approximately $2.7 million in 2005. Commencing
on February 7, 2006, the results of P3’s operations are included in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company. The Company accounted for
the
acquisition as a business combination under FASB 141 “Business Combinations”.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2006, the Company revised its allocations
from
its preliminary estimates based upon the receipt of a valuation report that
resulted in an increase in the amount allocated to acquired intangibles and
a
corresponding decrease in the amount allocated to goodwill of $225,000. The
purchase price has been allocated based on the estimated fair market value
of
the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:
Accounts
receivable
|
$
|
166,000
|
||
Inventory
& pre-paid assets
|
83,000
|
|||
Fixed
assets
|
258,000
|
|||
Identified
intangible assets
|
625,000
|
|||
Goodwill
|
685,000
|
|||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
1,817,000
|
||
Liabilities
Assumed
|
$
|
(265,000
|
)
|
|
Total
Purchase Price
|
$
|
1,552,000
|
Set
forth
below is the unaudited pro forma revenue, operating loss, net loss and loss
per
share of the Company as if P3 had been acquired by the Company as of January
1,
2004:
F-16
Twelve
Months Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
5,084,530
|
$
|
4,417,684
|
$
|
4,180,759
|
||||
Operating
Loss
|
(4,878,643
|
)
|
(2,840,703
|
)
|
$
|
(1,729,570
|
)
|
|||
Net
Loss
|
(4,836,690
|
)
|
(2,781,512
|
)
|
$
|
(1,702,823
|
)
|
|||
Basic
and diluted loss per share
|
(0.38
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
Secured
Document Systems, Inc.
On
September 9, 2005, the Company purchased 100% of the Common Stock of Secured
Document Systems (“SDS”) for $566,000, which consisted of 62,654 shares of its
Common Stock plus additional costs related to the transaction. The value of
the
shares of Common Stock was determined based upon the quoted market price of
the
Company’s Common Stock on September 9, 2005 of $8.26 per share. SDS
is an
entity that holds various licensing and marketing rights to several of the
Company’s patents which it had acquired from the Wicker Family. In addition, SDS
operates the Internet website ProtectedPaper.Com which sells secured document
solutions, including the Company’s safety paper. Commencing on September 1,
2005, the results of SDS’s operations are included in the consolidated financial
statements of the Company. The Company accounted for the acquisition as a
business combination under FASB 141 “Business Combinations”. Included in the
assets acquired is a receivable of approximately $84,000 from the Estate of
Ralph Wicker, which is deemed a related party to an officer of the company.
The
Company expects to collect the entire amount of this receivable.
The
presentation of pro-forma results for 2005 and 2004 as if the acquisition of
SDS
had occurred at the beginning of each reporting period would not be material
for
the consolidated entity. The purchase price was allocated based on the estimated
fair market value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:
Accounts
Receivable
|
$
|
7,000
|
||
Inventory
|
5,000
|
|||
Fixed
Assets
|
3,000
|
|||
Related
party royalty receivable
|
84,000
|
|||
Customer
list
|
|
41,000
|
||
Goodwill
|
428,000
|
|||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
568,000
|
||
Liabilities
Assumed
|
$
|
(2,000
|
)
|
|
Total
Purchase Price
|
$
|
566,000
|
F-17
NOTE
8. - INCOME TAXES
Following
is a summary of the components giving rise to the income tax provision (benefit)
for the years ended December 31:
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Currently
payable:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
State
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||
Total
currently payable
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
(1,258,295
|
)
|
(1,583,066
|
)
|
(639,106
|
)
|
||||
State
|
(300,071
|
)
|
(377,520
|
)
|
(98,491
|
)
|
||||
Total
deferred
|
(1,558,366
|
)
|
(1,960,586
|
)
|
(737,597
|
)
|
||||
Less
increase in allowance
|
1,558,366
|
1,960,586
|
737,597
|
|||||||
Net
deferred
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||||||
Total
income tax provision (benefit)
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
Individual
components of deferred taxes are as follows:
|
||||||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Net
operating loss carry forwards
|
$
|
4,860,723
|
$
|
3,625,875
|
$
|
1,559,550
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
-
|
57,786
|
34,779
|
|||||||
Equity
issued for services
|
460,318
|
93,316
|
247,380
|
|||||||
Other
|
70,223
|
30,880
|
5,562
|
|||||||
|
5,391,264
|
3,807,857
|
1,847,271
|
|||||||
Less
valuation allowance
|
(5,366,222
|
) |
(3,807,857
|
) | (1,847,271 | ) | ||||
Gross
deferred tax assets
|
25,042 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$
|
25,042
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
|
$
|
25,042
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
The
Company has approximately $12,788,000 in net operating loss carryforwards
(“NOL’s”) available to reduce future taxable income, of which approximately
$1,412,000 is subject to change of control limitations that generally restricts
the utilization of the NOL per year and $2,281,000 of the NOL will be allocated
to contributed capital when subsequently realized. Due to the uncertainty
as to
the Company’s ability to generate sufficient taxable income in the future and
utilize the NOL’s before they expire, the Company has recorded a valuation
allowance to reduce the net deferred tax asset to zero. A portion of the
net operating loss carryforward, amounting to approximately $308,000, relates
to
tax deductions for options and warrants exercised subsequent to the
implementation of SFAS 123(R), which are not included in the determination
of
the deferred tax asset above and will be recognized in accordance with SFAS
123(R) when realized for tax purposes. These carryforwards expire at
various dates from 2022 through 2026.
The
differences between the United States statutory federal income tax rate and
the
effective income tax rate in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations are as follows:
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||||||||||
Statutory
United States federal rate
|
(34
|
)
|
% |
(34
|
)
|
% |
(34
|
)
|
% | ||||||||||
State
income taxes net of federal benefit
|
(4
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Permanent
differences
|
6
|
1
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Equity
based compensation differences
|
-
|
(32
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Expiration
of net operating loss carryforwards
|
-
|
-
|
87
|
||||||||||||||||
Change
in valuation reserves
|
32
|
70
|
(43
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Effective
tax rate
|
-
|
% |
-
|
% |
-
|
% |
F-18
NOTE
9. - DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLAN
The
Company established an Employee savings plan (the “401(k) Plan in 2006 which
qualifies as a deferred salary arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Employees become eligible to participate in the Plan at the
beginning of the following quarter after the employee’s hire date. Employees may
contribute up to 20% of their pay to the Plan, subject to the limitations of
the
Internal Revenue Code. Company matching contributions are discretionary. Prior
to 2006, the Company sponsored a simple individual retirement account (the
“Simple IRA Plan”) covering all eligible employees. Pursuant to the 401(k)
Plan, employees may elect to defer a portion of their salary on a pre-tax
basis. For employees who participated in the plan, the Company matched the
employer’s contribution in 2006 pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of
Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code up to 4% and in 2005 up to 3% of
the
employee’s annual compensation. During the year ended December 31, 2006,
the Company contributed approximately $53,000 to the 401(k) plan ($11,000 -
2005, $11,000 -2004) pursuant to the Simple IRA Plan).
NOTE
10. - COMMITMENTS
Facilities
- The
Company leases a total of approximately 12,200 square feet of office space
for
its administrative offices, its printing facilities and legal supplies business
at a monthly rental aggregating approximately $12,300. The leases expire through
November 2010.
Equipment
Leases
- The
Company leases printing, copying, collating and stapling equipment for its
printing operations. The leases may be capital leases or operating leases and
are generally for a term of 36 to 60 months. The leases expire through September
2010.
A
summary
of lease commitments at December 31, 2006 are as follows:
Operating
Leases
|
||||||||||
Capital
Leases
|
Equipment
|
Facilities | ||||||||
Payments
made in 2006
|
$
|
42,146
|
$
|
73,370
|
$
|
140,751
|
||||
Future
minimum lease commitments:
|
||||||||||
2007
|
40,649
|
55,643
|
127,397
|
|||||||
2008
|
32,354
|
39,801
|
152,186
|
|||||||
2009
|
21,537
|
36,335
|
112,921
|
|||||||
2010
|
29,939
|
114,304
|
||||||||
2011
|
-
|
6,271
|
121,655
|
|||||||
Thereafter
|
-
|
10,315
|
||||||||
Total
future minimum
lease
commitments
|
$
|
94,540
|
$
|
167,989
|
$
|
638,778
|
||||
Less
amount representing interest
|
(9,309
|
)
|
||||||||
Present
value of future minimum lease
|
||||||||||
commitments
|
85,231
|
|||||||||
Less
current portion
|
(34,814
|
)
|
||||||||
Long
term portion
|
$
|
50,417
|
Employment
agreements -The
Company has employment agreements having terms in excess of one year with four
of its executives with terms ranging from three to five years through June
2009.
All of the agreements provide for severance payments of 18 months of salary
in
the event of termination for certain causes. As
of
December 31, 2006, the minimum annual severance payments under these
employment
agreements is, in aggregate, approximately $667,000.
Restricted
stock agreements- The
Company has granted 250,000 of restricted shares to its President (See Note
6) that vest only upon a Change of Control of the Issuer. The fair market
value of these restricted shares was $2,548,000 based on the closing market
price of the Company’s stock of $10.19 on the day immediately prior to the grant
date.
F-19
Contingent
Litigation Payment -In
May
2005, the Company made an agreement with its legal counsel in charge of the
Company’s litigation with the European Central Bank which capped the fees for
all matters associated with that litigation at $500,000 plus expenses, and
a
$150,000 contingent payment upon a successful ruling or settlement on the
Company’s behalf in that litigation. The Company will record the $150,000 in the
period in which the Company has determined that a successful ruling or
settlement is probable.
In
addition, pursuant to an agreement made in December 2004, the Company is
required to share the economic benefit derived from settlements, licenses or
subsequent business arrangements that the Company obtains from any infringer
of
patents formerly owned by the Wicker Family. For infringement matters involving
certain U.S. patents, the Company will be required to disburse 30% of the
settlement proceeds. For infringement matters involving certain foreign patents,
the Company will be required to disburse 14% of the settlement proceeds. These
payments do not apply to licenses or royalties to patents that the Company
has
developed or obtained from persons other than the Wicker Family. As of December
31, 2006, there have been no settlement amounts related to these
agreements.
Legal
Proceedings.On August 1, 2005, we commenced a suit against the
European Central Bank alleging patent infringement by the European Central
Bank
and have claimed unspecified damages. We brought the suit in European Court
of
First Instance in Luxembourg. We alleged that all Euro banknotes in circulation
infringe our European Patent 455750B1 (the “Patent”), which covers a method of
incorporating an anti-counterfeiting feature into banknotes or similar
security
documents to protect against forgeries by digital scanning and copying
devices.
We will
seek all remedies available to us under the law. In November 2005, the
European
Central Bank filed its answer to our complaint asserting mostly procedural
and
jurisdictional arguments. The ECB contended that the proper venue was not
in the
Court of First Instance, but rather in each individual country that is
a member
of the ECB. We responded to the European Central Bank’s answer in late December
2005, arguing that the Court of First instance was the proper venue. The
parties
are awaiting the ruling from the Court of First Instance.
On
March
24, 2006, we received notice that the ECB has filed a separate claim in
the
United Kingdom and Luxembourg patent courts (Luxembourg being the seat
of the
European Court of First Instance) seeking the invalidation of the Patent.
Claims to invalidity in each of the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France,
Spain,
Germany and Austria were subsequently served on the Company. The main basis
of
the ECB’s claim as to invalidity is the existence of prior art. A second basis
is that the scope of the Patent was extended in prosecution, which in Europe
is
a ground of invalidity. On January 22, 2007, the trial regarding the Patent’s
validity in the United Kingdom commenced in the High
Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in London, England and
concluded on January 30, 2007. On
March
26, 2007, the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in
London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by
the
European Central Bank (the “ECB”) against us. The English Court ruled that
European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”), that was awarded to us by the
European Patent Office Technical Board of Appeal, has been deemed invalid
in the
United Kingdom. The Court’s decision does not affect the validity of the Patent
in other European countries. We will review our options with respect to
the
appeal of this decision. As a result of this ruling, the company may be
liable to reimburse the ECB of a portion of the ECB's legal costs associated
with the case, which the ECB has initially listed as up to £621,000
(approximately $1.2 million) of which no more than 80% is typically eligible
for
reimbursement. The company intends to seek to limit the reimbursement based
on
the facts and circumstances of the case. On March 27, 2007, the German
Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich, Germany, ruled that
the
Patent is valid in Germany. The ruling in Germany, finding that the Patent
is valid, is significant because it validates the legal basis of the Company's
infringement suit against the ECB. Additional trials regarding validity
are
expected to commence in the seven other countries during 2007 and
2008.
On
January 31, 2003, we commenced an action, unrelated to the above ECB litigation,
entitled New
Sky Communications, Inc., As Successor-In-Interest To Thomas M. Wicker,
Thomas
M.Wicker Enterprises, Inc. And Document Security Consultants V. Adler
Technologies, Inc. N/K/A Adlertech International, Inc. And Andrew Mctaggert
(United States District Court, Western District Of New York Case
No.03-Cv-6044t(F)) regarding
certain intellectual property in which we have an interest. We commenced
this
action alleging various causes of action against Adler Technologies, Inc.
and
Andrew McTaggert for breach of contract, breach of the duty of good faith
and
fair dealing, misappropriation of trade secrets, and various business
torts, including unfair competiton. Adler distributes and supplies
anti-counterfeit currency devices and Mr. McTaggert is a principal of Adler,
which is a former licensee of certain of our technology. Adler had entered
into
several agreements with Thomas M. Wicker Enterprises and Document Security
Consultants, both of which we acquired in 2002. These agreements, generally,
authorized Adler to manufacture in Canada our “Checkmate®”
patented system for verifying the authenticity of currency and documents.
Other
agreements were entered into between the parties and Thomas Wicker regarding
other technology owned by Wicker and assigned to us including “Archangel,” an
anti-copy technology, and “Blockade,” which creates a wave pattern on documents
when they are reproduced or scanned. It is our contention, among other
things,
that Adler has breached these agreements, failed to make an appropriate
accounting and payments under these agreements, and may have exceeded the
scope
of its license. Adler has denied the material allegations of the complaint
and
has counterclaimed against our company, claiming Adler owns or co-owns
or has a
license to use certain technologies of ours, including several U.S. patents.
In
May 2005, we filed our first amended and supplemental complaint adding
Blanks/USA and Raymond Maxon as additional defendants. In February 2007,
we
filed our second amended and supplemental complaint adding Judith Wu
(McTaggart’s wife) and Arcis Digital Security, Inc. (a company in which Ms. Wu
is involved) as additional defendants. Maxon has asserted a counterclaim
against
us contenting that our acquisition of certain patents and technology from
Thomas
Wicker in 2002 gave rise to an alleged right on the part of Maxon to receive
a
portion of Thomas Wicker’s proceeds from such acquisition. We have denied the
material allegations of all of the counterclaims. If Adler is successful,
it may
materially affect us, our financial condition, and our ability to market
and
sell certain of our technology and related products. This
case
is in discovery phase, and it is too soon to determine how the various
issues
raised by the lawsuit will be determined.
In
addition to the foregoing, we are subject to other legal proceedings that
have
arisen in the ordinary course of business and have not been finally adjudicated.
Although there can be no assurance in this regard, in the opinion of management,
none of the legal proceedings to which we are a party, whether discussed
herein
or otherwise, will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations,
cash flows or our financial condition.
NOTE
11. - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
15,000
|
26,000
|
28,000
|
||||||
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Equity
issued for patent defense costs
|
$
|
457,000
|
500,000
|
-
|
||||||
Equity
issued for acquisition
|
$
|
250,000
|
518,000
|
-
|
||||||
Equity
issued for other intangible assets
|
$
|
-
|
3,906,000
|
-
|
||||||
Equipment
purchased via capital lease
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
159,000
|
||||||
Equity
instruments issued to satisfy obligations
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
191,000
|
NOTE
12. - SEGMENT INFORMATION
The
Company’s businesses are organized, managed and internally reported as four
operating segments. Three of these operating segments, Document Security
Systems, Plastic Printing Professionals and Patrick Printing, respectively,
are
engaged in various aspects of developing and applying printing technologies
and
procedures to produce, or allow others to produce, documents with a wide range
of features, including the Company’s patented technologies and trade secrets.
Consistent with the Company’s strategic initiative to increase its focus on
servicing the end-user of secure documents, the Company has reorganized Patrick
Printing, which was formerly considered a separate reportable segment, to
concentrate its internal printing capabilities for these end-users. While
Patrick Printing continues to offset its costs and utilize its capacity with
retail copying and printing work, the Company determined that it was appropriate
to aggregate this segment with its other document production and security
companies because of the similarities in the nature of their products and
production and sales processes and types of customers. Thus, for the purposes
of
providing segment information, these three operating segments have been
aggregated into one reportable segment in accordance with Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 131- “Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”.
Prior
period amounts have been reclassified to reflect the change in reporting
segments and all inter-company transactions are eliminated. A summary of the
two
segments is as follows:
Document
Security and Production
|
License,
manufacture and sale of document security technologies and secure
printed
products at its Document Security Systems, Plastic Printing Professionals
and Patrick Printing divisions. Also, includes revenues from copying
services and residual royalties from motion picture
operations.
|
F-20
Legal
Supplies
|
Sale
of specialty legal supplies to lawyers and law firms located throughout
the United States as Legalstore.com.
|
Approximate
information concerning the Company’s operations by reportable segment as of and
for the year ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 is as follows. The
Company relies on intersegment cooperation and management does not represent
that these segments, if operated independently, would report the results
contained herein:
2006 | Legal Supplies |
Document
Security
&
Production
|
Corporate
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
631,000
|
$
|
4,203,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,834,000
|
|||||
Interest
Expense
|
-
|
7,000
|
8,000
|
15,000
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
11,000
|
1,134,000
|
88,000
|
1,233,000
|
|||||||||
Expenses
settled via equity instruments
|
- |
799,000
|
203,000
|
1,002,000
|
|||||||||
Operating
(loss) profit
|
(24,000
|
)
|
(2,745,000
|
)
|
(2,105,000
|
)
|
(4,874,000
|
)
|
|||||
Capital
Expenditures
|
34,000
|
1,634,000
|
11,000
|
1,679,000
|
|||||||||
Identifiable
assets
|
247,000
|
8,370,000
|
5,849,000
|
14,466,000
|
|||||||||
2005
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
525,000
|
$
|
1,225,000
|
$
|
-
|
1,750,000
|
||||||
Interest
Expense
|
1,000
|
22,000
|
3,000
|
26,000
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,000
|
633,000
|
87,000
|
721,000
|
|||||||||
Expenses
settled via equity instruments
|
-
|
100,000
|
19,000
|
119,000
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Operating
(loss) profit
|
29,000
|
(1,446,000
|
)
|
(1,485,000
|
)
|
(2,902,000
|
)
|
||||||
Capital
Expenditures
|
14,000
|
5,199,000
|
3,000
|
5,216,000
|
|||||||||
Identifiable
assets
|
195,000
|
5,809,000
|
4,329,000
|
10,333,000
|
|||||||||
2004
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
490,000
|
$
|
1,105,000
|
$
|
-
|
1,595,000
|
||||||
Interest
Expense
|
8,000
|
16,000
|
4,000
|
28,000
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
13,000
|
97,000
|
18,000
|
128,000
|
|||||||||
Expenses
settled via equity instruments
|
-
|
169,000
|
81,000
|
250,000
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
-
|
81,000
|
-
|
81,000
|
|||||||||
Operating
(loss) profit
|
10,000
|
(786,000
|
)
|
(955,000
|
)
|
(1,731,000
|
)
|
||||||
Capital
Expenditures
|
-
|
704,000
|
145,000
|
849,000
|
|||||||||
Identifiable
assets
|
159,000
|
1,362,000
|
3,096,000
|
4,617,000
|
International
revenue, which consists of sales to customers with operations in Western Europe,
Latin America, Africa, Mddle East and Asia comprised 11% of total revenue for
2006, and less than 1% of total revenue for 2005 and 2004, respectively. Revenue
is allocated to individual countries by customer based on where the product
is
shipped to, location of services performed or the location of equipment that
is
under an annual maintenance agreement. The Company had no long-lived assets
in
any country other than the United States for any period presented.
Major
Customers
No
single customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue or one
of its segment’s revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006. At December
31,2006t,
one
customer accounted for 23% and one customer accounted for 12%, respectively,
of
the Company’s trade accounts receivable balance. .
In 2005,
the Company derived 51% of its document security revenue (22% of total revenue)
from one customer of which $31,000 was in accounts receivable (19% of total)
as
of December 31, 2005.
NOTE
13. - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On
August
26, 2005, we agreed to issue 150,000 of restricted shares to Strategic Resource
Advisory Services (“SRAS”), a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, in exchange for the
payment of up to $500,000 of our legal expenses that we will incur during our
lawsuit against the European Central Bank. IDT Corporation is a related party
to
a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Pursuant to this transaction, we
recorded a $500,000 other asset that will be reclassified to patent assets
as
payments are made by SRAS on behalf of the Company. The cash value of the
contract of $500,000 was deemed more readily determinable fair value than the
shares of Common Stock that were issued but are not tradable for two years
from
their date of issuance. As of December 31, 2006, $91,000 is included in prepaid
expenses related to this item ($136,000 - 2005).
F-21
On
December 26, 2006, the Company sold 94 units at a price of $50,000 per unit
for
gross cash proceeds of $4,700,000, consisting of 552,720 unregistered shares
of
our common stock and five-year warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
276,360 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of $11.75 per share
(See Note 6). A portion of the proceeds were generated by Fagenson & Co.,
Inc. acting as placement agent for the offering. Fagenson and Co., Inc. is
a
related party to a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Pursuant to the
Company’s placement agent fee arrangement, the Company paid approximately
$230,000 to Fagenson and Co., Inc.
As
described in Item 3 -Legal Proceedings and Note 10- Commitments, the Company
is
engaged in a patent litigation with the European Central Bank (“ECB”). The
Company has alleged that all Euro banknotes in circulation infringe on
the
Company’s European Patent No 0455750B1 (the “Patent”). In response to this suit,
the ECB sued the Company in nine national patent courts in Europe to have
the
Patent invalidated and therefore, nullify the Company’s ability to seek
infringement actions.
On
March
26, 2007, the Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in London,
England issued its decision in the patent invalidity lawsuit brought by
the ECB
against the Company. The English Court ruled that the Patent that was awarded
to
us by the European Patent Office Technical Board of Appeal, has been deemed
invalid in the United Kingdom. As a result of this ruling, the Company
may be
liable to reimburse the ECB of a portion of the ECB’s legal costs associated
with the case. Initially, the ECB has listed approximately £621,000
(approximately $1.2 million dollars) of applicable costs, of which no more
than
80% is typically eligible for reimbursement. The Company intends to seek
a
significant reduction of any reimbursement based on the fact and circumstances
of the court hearing. The Company intends to appeal the decision. As of
the date
this 10-K, the Company cannot estimate the eventual amount, if any, that
may be
due to the ECB as a result of this ruling. The Company has evaluated this
events
under the guidance of FAS 5 “Accounting
for Contingencies”
and
determined that due to the uncertain measurement of the amounts that would
be
due under the United Kingdom ruling that an accrual of a loss contingency
was
not warranted as of December 31, 2006. The Company will record this amount
in
expense in the period in which the amount, if any, is probable and reasonably
estimatable.
On
March
27, 2007, the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht) in Munich,
Germany, ruled that the Patent is valid in Germany. As a result of this
ruling,
the Company may be eligible to be reimbursed by the ECB for a portion of
its
legal costs associated with the case. As of the date of this 10-K, the
Company
cannot estimate the eventual amount, if any, that may be received from
the ECB
as a result of this ruling. The ECB has stated that it intends to appeal
the
decision. This ruling is significant since it validates the legal basis
of the
Company’s infringement suit against the ECB. The Company will record this amount
in other income in the period in which the amount, if any, is finalized
by the
court.
The
Company has evaluated the effect of these events on the carrying value
of its
patent assets as of December 31, 2006 under the guidance of FAS 5 “Accounting
for Contingencies”.
The
Company has determined that these events do not provide enough information
to
change the Company’s assessment of impairment of its related patent assets under
FAS 144 “Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.
In
coming to this determination, the Company believes that the amounts that
it is
has recorded as a patent asset for the various assets acquired and defense
costs
in the various jurisdictions in which hearings are being held associated
with
the ECB litigation are all components of a unitary asset. Accordingly,
the
Company evaluates impairment on this asset in relation to the overall likelihood
that the future cash flows from the litigation support the carrying value
of the
asset. The Company believes that, as a result of the positive ruling in
the
German court, the basis for its infringement litigation is intact and no
impairment has occurred as a result of these events as of December 31,
2006. As
of December 31, 2006, the Company has recorded approximately $4.5 million,
with
a net carrying value of approximately $3.6 million, for the acquisition
cost and
legal costs associated with the Patent.
The
following table presents selected unaudited consolidated financial results
for
each of the eight quarters in the two-year period ended December 31, 2006.
In
our opinion, this unaudited information has been prepared on the same basis
as
the audited information and includes all adjustments (consisting of only normal
recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the financial
information for the period presented.
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
December
31, 2006
|
|
September
30, 2006
|
|
June
30, 2006
|
|
March
31, 2006
|
|
December
31, 2005
|
|
September
30, 2005
|
|
June
30, 2005
|
|
March
31, 2005
|
|||||||||||
Revenue,
net
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Security
printing & products
|
$
|
911,000
|
$
|
849,000
|
$
|
1,089,000
|
$
|
672,000
|
$
|
290,000
|
$
|
222,000
|
$
|
346,000
|
$
|
286,000
|
|||||||||
Royalties
|
339,000
|
247,000
|
76,000
|
20,000
|
15,000
|
28,000
|
24,000
|
14,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Legal
products
|
147,000
|
168,000
|
145,000
|
171,000
|
148,000
|
123,000
|
121,000
|
133,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
Revenue
|
1,397,000
|
1,264,000
|
1,310,000
|
863,000
|
453,000
|
373,000
|
491,000
|
433,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Costs
of revenue
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Security
printing & products
|
616,000
|
582,000
|
647,000
|
442,000
|
$
|
150,000
|
130,000
|
215,000
|
141,000
|
||||||||||||||||
Legal
products
|
88,000
|
86,000
|
72,000
|
104,000
|
86,000
|
57,000
|
45,000
|
85,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
cost of revenue
|
704,000
|
668,000
|
719,000
|
546,000
|
236,000
|
187,000
|
260,000
|
226,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Security
printing & products
|
295,000
|
267,000
|
442,000
|
230,000
|
140,000
|
92,000
|
131,000
|
145,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Royalties
|
339,000
|
247,000
|
76,000
|
20,000
|
15,000
|
28,000
|
24,000
|
14,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Legal
products
|
59,000
|
82,000
|
73,000
|
67,000
|
62,000
|
66,000
|
76,000
|
48,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
gross profit
|
693,000
|
596,000
|
591,000
|
317,000
|
217,000
|
186,000
|
231,000
|
207,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
$
|
487,000
|
$
|
437,000
|
$
|
434,000
|
$
|
328,000
|
$
|
304,000
|
$
|
174,000
|
$
|
136,000
|
$
|
152,000
|
|||||||||
Stock
based payments
|
411,000
|
311,000
|
253,000
|
27,000
|
89,000
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Professional
Fees
|
171,000
|
212,000
|
378,000
|
359,000
|
205,000
|
156,000
|
167,000
|
231,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
466,000
|
232,000
|
235,000
|
171,000
|
218,000
|
215,000
|
142,000
|
199,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
17,000
|
18,000
|
28,000
|
29,000
|
32,000
|
22,000
|
28,000
|
12,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
|
220,000
|
224,000
|
118,000
|
126,000
|
87,000
|
97,000
|
107,000
|
88,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Research
and development
|
90,000
|
94,000
|
96,000
|
73,000
|
75,000
|
79,000
|
80,000
|
80,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
|
262,000
|
276,000
|
268,000
|
220,000
|
267,000
|
135,000
|
131,000
|
5,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total Operating Expenses
|
2,124,000
|
1,804,000
|
1,810,000
|
1,333,000
|
1,277,000
|
888,000
|
801,000
|
777,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
other income (loss), net
|
4,000
|
4,000
|
12,000
|
21,000
|
13,000
|
24,000
|
17,000
|
6,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,427,000
|
)
|
$
|
(1,204,000
|
)
|
$
|
(1,207,000
|
)
|
$
|
(995,000
|
)
|
$
|
(1,047,000
|
)
|
$
|
(678,000
|
)
|
$
|
(553,000
|
)
|
$
|
(564 ,000
|
)
|
|
Net
loss per share, basic and diluted
|
(0.11
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
12,958,375
|
12,920,315
|
12,850,491
|
12,803,861
|
12,463,462
|
12,285,029
|
12,100,413
|
11,167,096
|
|||||||||||||||||
F-22
NOTE
16. - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Balance
At Beginning Of Year
|
|
Charged
To Costs And Expenses
|
|
Deductions
|
|
Balance
At
End
Of Year
|
|||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|||||||||||||
2004
|
$
|
6,900
|
$
|
6,800
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
13,700
|
|||||
2005
|
$
|
13,700
|
$
|
3,000
|
$
|
3,000
|
$
|
13,700
|
|||||
2006
|
$
|
13,700
|
$
|
64,800
|
$
|
5,000
|
$
|
73,500
|
|||||
Deferred
tax asset valuation allowance
|
|||||||||||||
2004
|
$
|
1,074,395
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(772,876
|
)
|
$
|
1,847,271
|
||||
2005
|
$
|
1,847,271
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
($1,960,586
|
)
|
$
|
3,807,857
|
||||
2006
|
$
|
3,807,857
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
($1,558,365
|
)
|
$
|
5,366,222
|
F-23
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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.
DOCUMENT
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Patrick
White
|
|
|
|
Patrick
White
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
In
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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.
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Patrick
White
|
|
|
|
Patrick
White
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Peter
Ettinger
|
|
|
|
Peter
Ettinger
President
and Director
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Philip
Jones
|
|
|
|
Philip
Jones
Principal
Accounting Officer
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Thomas
Wicker
|
|
|
|
Thomas
Wicker
Vice
President and Director
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Timothy
Ashman
|
|
|
|
Timothy
Ashman
Director
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Robert
Fagenson
|
|
|
|
Robert
Fagenson
Director
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Ira A.
Greenstein
|
|
|
|
Ira
A. Greenstein
Director
|
|
|
|
|
March
29, 2007
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Alan E.
Harrison
|
|
|
|
Alan
E. Harrison
Director
|