FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE INC - Quarter Report: 2002 March (Form 10-Q)
FORM 10-Q SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 /X/ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002 --------------- / / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from_________________ to _________________ Commission File Number 0-23970 FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 77-0216135 (State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 125 Baylis Road Melville, New York 11747 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 631-777-5188 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 / / The number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of April 24, 2002 was 45,243,794, which includes redeemable common shares.FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES FORM 10-Q INDEX Page PART I. Financial Information 3 Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements 3 Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2002 (unaudited) and December 31, 2001 3 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 4 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 5 Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 6 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 10 Item 3. Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures about Market Risk 17 PART II. Other Information 18 Item 1. Legal Proceedings 18 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 18 Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 18 -2- PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM 1. Consolidated Financial Statements FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS March 31, 2002 December 31, 2001 -------------- ----------------- Assets (unaudited) Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents ................................................ $ 25,927,586 $ 38,370,937 Marketable securities .................................................... 35,876,899 26,156,180 Accounts receivable, net ................................................. 2,398,671 2,539,987 Prepaid expenses and other current assets ................................ 1,227,311 1,077,017 ------------ ------------ Total current assets ............................................ 65,430,467 68,144,121 Property and equipment, net ................................................. 1,920,716 1,605,396 Investments ................................................................. 2,300,062 2,300,062 Other assets ................................................................ 2,241,497 2,421,376 ------------ ------------ Total assets .................................................... $ 71,892,742 $ 74,470,955 ============ ============ Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable ......................................................... $ 658,819 $ 544,998 Accrued expenses ......................................................... 1,415,023 1,588,723 Deferred revenue ......................................................... 700,106 357,912 Net liabilities of discontinued operations ............................... 6,894,174 8,134,322 ------------ ------------ Total current liabilities ....................................... 9,668,122 10,625,955 ------------ ------------ Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations ........................ 63,475 283,428 ------------ ------------ Commitments Stockholders' equity: Convertible preferred stock - $.001 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized -- -- Common stock - $.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 45,430,294 and 45,049,379 shares issued, respectively 45,430 45,049 Additional paid-in capital ............................................... 79,312,168 77,991,996 Deferred compensation .................................................... (899,543) (1,026,674) Accumulated deficit ...................................................... (14,732,854) (12,151,469) Common stock held in treasury, at cost (190,000 shares) .................. (1,220,730) (1,220,730) Accumulated other comprehensive loss ..................................... (343,326) (76,600) ------------ ------------ Total stockholders' equity ...................................... 62,161,145 63,561,572 ------------ ------------ Total liabilities and stockholders' equity ...................... $ 71,892,742 $ 74,470,955 ============ ============ See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements. -3- FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) Three Months Ended March 31, --------- 2002 2001 ---- ---- Revenues ................................ $ 1,980,842 $ -- Operating expenses: Cost of revenues ..................... 593,252 -- Software development costs ........... 1,694,756 961,492 Selling and marketing ................ 2,037,790 1,144,270 General and administrative ........... 617,488 885,058 ------------ ------------ 4,943,286 2,990,820 ------------ ------------ Operating loss ............... (2,962,444) (2,990,820) ------------ ------------ Interest and other income ............... 381,059 78,652 ------------ ------------ Loss before income taxes ....... (2,581,385) (2,912,168) Provision for income taxes .............. -- -- ------------ ------------ Net loss ....................... $ (2,581,385) $ (2,912,168) ------------ ------------ Basic and diluted net loss per share .... $ (0.06) $ (0.10) ============ ============= Weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding .......................... 45,184,257 28,802,095 ============ ============ See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements. -4- FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) Three Months Ended Three Months Ended March 31, 2002 March 31,2001 -------------- ------------- Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss ......................................... $ (2,581,385) $ (2,912,168) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Depreciation and amortization .............. 352,618 51,396 Non-cash professional services expenses .... 12,600 146,758 Equity-based compensation earned ........... 358,546 89,922 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable, net ................... 141,316 (131,000) Prepaid expenses and other current assets .. (150,294) (111,816) Other assets ............................... (6,788) -- Accounts payable ........................... 113,821 363,172 Accrued expenses ........................... (173,700) 137,813 Deferred revenue ........................... 342,194 267,000 ------------ ------------ Net cash used in operating activities ... (1,591,072) (2,098,923) ------------ ------------ Cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of marketable securities ................ (9,973,296) -- Purchase of property and equipment ............... (481,271) (150,573) Payments of liabilities of discontinued operations (1,460,101) -- ------------ ------------ Net cash used in investing activities ......... (11,914,668) (150,573) ------------ ------------ Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from exercise of stock options .......... 1,076,538 -- ------------ ------------ Net cash provided by financing activities ..... 1,076,538 -- ------------ ------------ Effect of exchange rate changes on cash ............. (14,149) 5,999 ------------ ------------ Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents ........... (12,443,351) (2,243,497) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period ...... 38,370,937 7,727,182 ------------ ------------ Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ............ $ 25,927,586 $ 5,483,685 ============ ============ The Company did not pay any interest expense or income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001. See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements. -5- FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) The Company and Nature of Operations FalconStor Software, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), develops, manufactures and sells storage networking infrastructure software and provides the related maintenance, implementation and engineering services. (b) Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. (c) Unaudited Interim Financial Information The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, included herein have been prepared, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations relating to interim financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company at March 31, 2002 and the results of its operations for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001. (d) Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents, consisting of money market funds and commercial paper, amounted to approximately $24.8 million at March 31, 2002. Cash at March 31, 2002 amounted to $1.1 million. Marketable securities at March 31, 2002 amounted to $35.9 million and consisted of corporate bonds and government securities. (e) Revenue Recognition The Company recognizes revenue from software licenses in accordance with Statement of Position ("SOP") 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition. Accordingly, revenue for software licenses is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the fee is fixed and determinable and the software is delivered, provided no significant obligations remain and collection of the resulting receivable is deemed probable. Software delivered to a customer on a trial basis is not recognized as revenue until a permanent key is delivered to the customer. When a customer licenses software together with the purchase of maintenance, the Company allocates a portion of the fee to maintenance for its fair value based on the contractual maintenance renewal rate. Software maintenance fees are deferred and recognized as revenue ratably over the term of the contract. The cost of providing technical support is included in cost of revenues. Revenues associated with software implementation and software engineering services are recognized as the services are performed. Network consulting services, which are billed on a time and material basis and are also recognized -6- as revenue when the services are performed have not been provided to end user software license customers. Costs of providing these services are included in cost of revenues. The Company has entered into various distribution, licensing and joint promotion agreements with OEM's and distributors, whereby the Company has provided the reseller a non-exclusive software license to install the Company's software on certain hardware or to resell the Company's software in exchange for royalty payments based on the number of products distributed by the OEM or distributor. Nonrefundable advances received by the Company from an OEM for royalties are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as revenue when any related software engineering services are complete, if any, and the software product master is delivered and accepted. Revenue from maintenance fees and services were $345,898 for the three months ended March 31, 2002. All other revenues were derived from software licenses. (f) Earnings Per Share (EPS) Basic EPS is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted EPS is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding increased by dilutive common stock equivalents. Due to a net loss, all common stock equivalents were excluded from diluted net loss per share. As of March 31, 2002 potentially dilutive common stock equivalents included 6,895,897 stock options outstanding. (g) Comprehensive Loss Comprehensive loss amounted to $2,848,111 and $2,906,169 for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively and includes the Company's net loss, foreign currency translation adjustments of $(14,149) and $5,999 for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively and unrealized losses on marketable securities of $(252,577) for the three months ended March 31, 2002. (h) Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that effect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. (i) New Accounting Pronouncements In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 142 "Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets" ("SFAS No. 142"), which was effective January 1, 2002. SFAS No. 142 establishes accounting and reporting standards for goodwill and other intangible assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, an entity can no longer amortize goodwill over its estimated useful life. Rather goodwill will be subject to assessments for impairment by applying a fair-value-based test. Intangible assets must be separately recognized and amortized over their useful life. The Company adopted SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002, and such adoption had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. The FASB also recently issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," that is applicable to financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. The FASB's new rules on asset impairment supersede FASB Statement 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of," and portions of APB Opinion 30, "Reporting the Results of Operations." This Standard provides a single accounting model for long-lived assets to be disposed of and significantly changes the criteria that would have to be met to classify an asset as held-for-sale. Classification as held-for-sale is an important distinction since such assets are not depreciated and are stated at the lower of fair value and carrying amount. This Standard also requires expected future operating losses from discontinued operations to be displayed in the period(s) -7- in which the losses are incurred, rather than as of the measurement date as previously required. The Company adopted SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002, and such adoption had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. (2) Merger with Network Peripherals Inc. On August 22, 2001, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the "Merger Agreement"), FalconStor, Inc. ("FalconStor") merged with Network Peripherals Inc. ("NPI"), with NPI as the surviving corporation. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, all of FalconStor's preferred shares were converted into common shares and the stockholders of FalconStor received 0.721858 shares of NPI common stock for each share of FalconStor common stock that they held. Although NPI acquired FalconStor, as a result of the transaction, FalconStor stockholders held a majority of the voting interests in the combined enterprise after the merger. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the acquisition was a "reverse acquisition" and FalconStor was the "accounting acquiror." Further, as a result of NPI's decision on June 1, 2001 to discontinue its NuWave and legacy business, at the time of the merger NPI was a non-operating public shell with no continuing operations, and no intangible assets associated with NPI were purchased by FalconStor. As a result, the transaction was accounted for as a recapitalization of FalconStor and recorded based on the fair value of NPI's net tangible assets acquired by FalconStor, with no goodwill or other intangible assets being recognized. Costs incurred by FalconStor directly related to the transaction, amounting to $8,882,998, were charged to additional paid-in capital. The conversion of all of FalconStor's preferred stock into common stock resulted in an additional 20,207,460 shares of common stock outstanding and, for accounting purposes, the merger resulted in the issuance of 13,348,605 common shares to NPI's pre-merger shareholders. In connection with the merger, the name of NPI was changed to FalconStor Software, Inc. The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information reflects NPI as a discontinued operation and gives effect to the above described merger as if the merger had occurred at the beginning of the respective periods by consolidating the continuing results of operations of the Company and NPI for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001. Three months Ended Three months Ended March 31, 2002 March 31, 2001 -------------- -------------- Revenues $ 1,980,842 $ - Net loss from continuing operations (2,581,385) (2,912,168) Basic and diluted net loss from continuing operations per share $ (0.06) $ (0.07) Weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding 45,184,257 42,150,700 The pro forma information is provided for illustrative purposes only and does not represent what the actual consolidated results of operations would have been had the merger occurred on the dates assumed, nor are they necessarily indicative of future results of operations. -8- (3) Segment Reporting The Company is organized in a single operating segment for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing performance. Revenues from the United States to customers in the following geographical areas for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 and the location of long-lived assets as of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 are summarized as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2002 2001 ---------- --------- Revenues: United States $1,168,697 $ -- Asia and other international $ 812,145 $ -- ---------- --------- Total revenues $1,980,842 $ -- ========== ========= March 31, December 31, 2002 2001 --------- ------------ Long-lived assets (includes all non-current assets): United States $6,095,920 $5,963,235 Asia and other international $ 366,355 $ 363,599 ---------- ---------- Total long-lived assets $6,462,275 $6,326,834 ========== ========== (4) Equity-based Compensation For the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company recorded non-cash equity-based compensation expenses of $127,131 and $89,922, respectively related to the amortization of deferred compensation. For the three months ended March 31, 2002, the Company recorded an additional $231,415 non-cash expense associated with the acceleration of the vesting of one employee's options. -9- ITEM 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations The following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of predictive, future-tense or forward-looking terminology, such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "plans," "may," "intends," "will," or similar terms. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The following discussion should be read together with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes to those statements included elsewhere in this report. OVERVIEW FalconStor was incorporated in Delaware for the purpose of developing, manufacturing and selling storage networking infrastructure software and providing the related maintenance, implementation and engineering services. Our unique open software approach to storage networking enables companies to better capture and manipulate the expanding volume of enterprise data than existing storage solutions, without rendering those solutions obsolete. By moving the intelligence of storage management from hardware to software, we allow companies to adopt the state-of-the-art Fibre Channel technology while at the same time, leverage their prior investments in Ethernet information technology (IT) infrastructure, taking full advantage of the ubiquitous connectivity of the industry-standard Internet Protocol (IP). Our software technology can embrace various input/output (I/O) interface, communications standards and innovative storage services as they are introduced. Our architecture has been recognized and licensed by partners in Gigabit Ethernet Switch, SCSI-to-Fibre Channel Router, Disk-Subsystem and Appliances spaces. We believe our flagship IPStor(TM) product, which began shipping in the second quarter of 2001, is currently the only available all-software solution that combines industry-standard connectivity with next-generation network storage services, offering large, distributed enterprises a complete storage management solution that includes all four of the key service categories: universal connectivity supporting both Fibre Channel and IP/iSCSI-based storage provisioning; virtualization; storage services such as fail-over, mirroring, replication and snapshot; and unified SAN (storage area network) and NAS (network-attached storage). From March 2000 through May 2001, we received net proceeds of approximately $17.9 million from the sale of our preferred stock, which converted into approximately 20.2 million shares of our common stock. Our operations from inception through the second quarter of 2001 were mainly comprised of the development of our core storage networking infrastructure software product. During 2000 and the first two quarters of 2001, we were in the development stage of operations, as a result there were no significant revenues generated from our planned principal operations. During the second quarter of 2001, we completed the development of our principal product and released our software. We began to earn our first significant revenues from software licenses in the third quarter of 2001. On August 22, 2001, we merged with Network Peripherals Inc. ("NPI"), a publicly traded company. For more information relating to the merger with NPI, including the accounting treatment, see note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Our critical accounting policies are those related to revenue recognition. As described in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements, we recognize revenue in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Position 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, as amended. Software license revenue is recognized only when pervasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the fee is fixed and determinable. An arrangement is evidenced by a signed customer contract for nonrefundable royalty advances received from OEMs and, in addition to a signed agreement with OEMs, distributors, and solution providers (or resellers), a signed customer purchase order for each software license to be resold by an OEM, distributor or solution providers to an end user. The software license fees are fixed and determinable as our standard payment terms range from 30 to 90 days, depending on the regional billing practice, and we have not provided any of our -10- customers extended payment terms. When a customer licenses software together with the purchase of maintenance, we allocate a portion of the fee to maintenance for its fair value based on the contractual maintenance renewal rate. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2002 COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2001. Revenues Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2002 were approximately $2.0 million compared to no revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2001. The increase in revenues is due to the release of our principal product at the end of the second quarter of 2001. As a result of the release of our product, we recognized approximately $1.6 million in revenue from software licenses and approximately $0.4 million from maintenance, implementation and engineering services. For the three months ended March 31, 2001, we did not generate any revenues from software licenses since our software was still in the development process and had not yet been released. Cost of Revenues Cost of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2002 was approximately $0.6 million. Cost of revenues consists primarily of personnel costs associated with providing system implementations, technical support under maintenance contracts and training. Since there were no revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2001, there was also no cost of revenues. The increase in cost of revenues from the prior year is mainly due to an increase in employees. As a result of the release of our software in the second quarter of 2001, we hired additional employees to help implement and support our software. Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2002 was $1.4 million or 70%. Software Development Costs Software development costs consist primarily of personnel costs for product development personnel and other related costs associated with the development of new products, enhancements to existing products, quality assurance and testing. Software development costs were approximately $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002 compared to approximately $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2001. The $0.7 million increase from the prior year is mainly due to an increase in product development personnel. The increase in employees was needed to develop our core storage networking infrastructure software product, as well as to develop new innovative features and options. Selling and Marketing Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of sales and marketing personnel costs, travel, public relations expense, marketing literature and promotions, trade show expenses, and the costs associated with our foreign sales offices. Selling and marketing expenses increased from approximately $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2001 to approximately $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002. This increase in selling and marketing expenses was due to our product being released during the end of the second quarter of 2001. As a result of this release, we expanded our sales force to accommodate our revenue growth and we increased our marketing efforts to promote our product and create brand awareness. In addition, for the three months ended March 31, 2002 we had commission expenses related to sales earned in the quarter. -11- General and Administrative General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs of general and administrative functions, public company related fees, directors and officers insurance, legal and professional fees and other general corporate overhead costs. General and administrative expenses were approximately $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002, a decrease of approximately $0.3 million from the three months ended March 31, 2001. The decrease in general and administrative expenses was due to a non-cash consulting expense for option grants and higher legal fees for the three months ended March 31, 2001. These legal expenses related to our intellectual property. For the three months ended March 31, 2002, we did not incur any similar expenses. Interest and Other Income Interest and other income was approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002 compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2001. The $0.3 million increase in interest income was due to higher average cash, cash equivalent and marketable securities balances as a result of the merger with NPI Income Taxes We did not record a tax benefit associated with the pre-tax loss incurred from the period from inception (February 10, 2000) through March 31, 2002, as we deemed that it was more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized based on our development and now early stage operations and, accordingly, we provided a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES As of March 31, 2002, we had approximately $25.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and $35.9 million in marketable securities. Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2002 was $1.6 million compared to approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2001. The cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2002 was mainly comprised of the Company's net loss of $2.6 million, a decrease in accrued expenses and an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets. These amounts were partially offset by non-cash expenses of $0.7 million, a decrease in accounts receivable and an increase in accounts payable and deferred revenue. Net cash used for the three months ended March 31, 2001 was mainly comprised of the Company's net loss of $2.9 million and increases in accounts receivable and prepaid expenses and other current assets. These amounts were partially offset by non-cash expenses of $0.3 million and increases in accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue. Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2002 was approximately $11.9 million compared to approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2001. The increase in cash used by investing activities is mainly due to $10.0 million in purchases of marketable securities, $1.5 million in payments of liabilities of discontinued operations and $0.5 million in purchases of property and equipment. For the three months ended March 31, 2001, the net cash used was attributable to purchases of property and equipment. Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002. This amount was related to the exercise of stock options. As of March 31, 2002, we had $7.0 million of liabilities related to the discontinued operations of NPI. Our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to two million shares of our outstanding stock, of which 190,000 have been purchased through March 31, 2002. Our principal sources of liquidity are cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, which are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, including expansion of operations and capital expenditures. We believe that our current balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and expected cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our cash requirements for at least the next twelve months. -12- Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 142 "Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets" ("SFAS No. 142"), which was effective January 1, 2002. SFAS No. 142 establishes accounting and reporting standards for goodwill and other intangible assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, an entity can no longer amortize goodwill over its estimated useful life. Rather goodwill will be subject to assessments for impairment by applying a fair-value-based test. Intangible assets must be separately recognized and amortized over the useful life. The Company adopted SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002, and such adoption had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. The FASB also recently issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," that is applicable to financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. The FASB's new rules on asset impairment supersede FASB Statement 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of," and portions of APB Opinion 30, "Reporting the Results of Operations." This Standard provides a single accounting model for long-lived assets to be disposed of and significantly changes the criteria that would have to be met to classify an asset as held-for-sale. Classification as held-for-sale is an important distinction since such assets are not depreciated and are stated at the lower of fair value and carrying amount. This Standard also requires expected future operating losses from discontinued operations to be displayed in the period(s) in which the losses are incurred, rather than as of the measurement date as previously required. The Company adopted SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002, and such adoption had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. RISK FACTORS We have had limited revenues and a history of losses, and we may not achieve or maintain profitability. Due to the early stage of our product, we have had limited revenues and a history of losses. For the year ended December 31, 2001 and the three months ended March 31, 2002, we had revenues of $5,591,729 and $1,908,842, respectively. For the period from inception (February 10, 2000) through March 31, 2002 and for the three months ended March 31, 2002, we had a net loss of $14,732,854 and $2,581,385, respectively. We have signed contracts with resellers and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and expect that as a result of these contracts, our revenues will increase in the future. Our business model depends upon signing agreements with additional OEM customers, further developing our reseller sales channel, and expanding our direct sales force. Any difficulty in obtaining these OEM and reseller customers or in attracting qualified sales personnel will negatively impact our financial performance. Failure to achieve anticipated growth could harm our business and operating results. Achieving our anticipated growth will depend on a number of factors, some of which include: o retention of key management, marketing and technical personnel; o our ability to increase our customer base and to increase the sales of our products; and o competitive conditions in the storage networking infrastructure software market. We cannot assure you that the anticipated growth will be achieved. The failure to achieve anticipated growth could harm our business, financial condition and operating results. The market for IP-based storage solutions is new and uncertain, and our business will suffer if it does not develop as we expect. -13- The rapid adoption of Internet protocol (IP)-based storage solutions is critical to our future success. The market for IP-based solutions is still unproven, making it difficult to predict its potential size or future growth rate, and there are currently only a handful of companies with IP-based storage products that are commercially available. Most potential customers have made substantial investments in their current storage networking infrastructure, and they may elect to remain with current network architectures or to adopt new architecture, in limited stages or over extended periods of time. We will need to convince these potential customers of the benefits of our IP-based storage products for future storage network infrastructure upgrades or expansions. We cannot be certain that a viable market for our products will develop or be sustainable. If this market does not develop, or develops more slowly than we expect, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be seriously harmed. If we are unable to develop and manufacture new products that address additional storage networking infrastructure software market segments, our operating results may suffer. Although our current products are designed for one of the most significant segments of the storage networking infrastructure software market, demand may shift to other market segments. Accordingly, we may need to develop and manufacture new products that address additional storage networking infrastructure software market segments and emerging technologies to remain competitive in the data storage software industry. We cannot assure you that we will successfully qualify new storage networking infrastructure software products with our customers by meeting customer performance and quality specifications or quickly achieve high volume production of storage networking infrastructure software products. Any failure to address additional market segments could harm our business, financial condition and operating results. Our complex products may have errors or defects that could result in reduced demand for our products or costly litigation. Our IPStor platform is complex and designed to be deployed in large and complex networks. Many of our customers have unique infrastructures, which may require additional professional services in order for our software to work within their infrastructure. Because our products are critical to the networks of our customers, any significant interruption in their service as a result of defects in our product within our customers' networks could result in lost profits or damage to our customers. These problems could cause us to incur significant service and warranty costs, divert engineering personnel from product development efforts and significantly impair our ability to maintain existing customer relationships and attract new customers. In addition, a product liability claim, whether successful or not, would likely be time consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert management time and attention. Further, if we are unable to fix the errors or other problems that may be identified in full deployment, we would likely experience loss of or delay in revenues and loss of market share and our business and prospects would suffer. Our future quarterly results may fluctuate significantly, which could cause our stock price to decline. Our future performance will depend on many factors, including: o the timing of securing software license contracts and the delivery of software and related revenue recognition; o the average unit selling price of our products; o existing or new competitors introducing better products at competitive prices before we do; o our ability to manage successfully the complex and difficult process of qualifying our products with our customers; o our customers canceling, rescheduling or deferring significant orders for our products, particularly in anticipation of new products or enhancements from us or our competitors; -14- o import or export restrictions on our proprietary technology; and o personnel changes. Many of our expenses are relatively fixed and difficult to reduce or modify. As a result, the fixed nature of our expenses will magnify any adverse effect of a decrease in revenue on our operating results. The storage networking infrastructure software market is highly competitive and intense competition could negatively impact our business. The storage networking infrastructure software market is intensely competitive even during periods when demand is stable. Our management believes that we compete primarily with Network Appliance and Veritas. Those competitors and other potential competitors may be able to establish rapidly or expand storage networking infrastructure software offerings more quickly, adapt to new technologies and customer requirements faster and take advantage of acquisition and other opportunities more readily. Our competitors also may: o consolidate or establish strategic relationships among themselves to lower their product costs or to otherwise compete more effectively against us; or o bundle their products with other products to increase demand for their products. In addition, some OEMs with whom we do business, or hope to do business, may enter the market directly and rapidly capture market share. If we fail to compete successfully against current or future competitors, our business, financial condition and operating results may suffer. The loss of any of our key personnel could harm our business. Our success depends upon the continued contributions of our key employees, many of whom would be extremely difficult to replace. We do not have key person life insurance on any of our personnel. Many of our senior management and a significant number of our other employees have been with us for a short period of time. Worldwide competition for skilled employees in the storage networking infrastructure software industry is extremely intense. If we are unable to retain existing employees or to hire and integrate new employees, our business, financial condition and operating results could suffer. In addition, companies whose employees accept positions with competitors often claim that the competitors have engaged in unfair hiring practices. We may be the subject of such claims in the future as we seek to hire qualified personnel and could incur substantial costs defending ourselves against those claims. Our board of directors may selectively release shares of our common stock from lock-up restrictions. Currently, approximately 28.6 million shares of our common stock are subject to contractual lock-up restrictions expiring on April 30, 2003, and approximately 0.9 million shares of our common stock are subject to contractual lock-up restrictions expiring on August 22, 2002. Our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, release any or all of the shares of our common stock from lock-up restrictions at any time with or without notice. Any release of such shares from lock-up restrictions may be applied on a proportionate or selective basis. If the release is selectively applied, the stockholders whose shares are not released will be forced to hold such shares while other stockholders may sell. In addition, the release of any of such shares could depress our stock price. -15- If we are unable to protect our intellectual property, our business will suffer. Our success is dependent upon our proprietary technology. Currently, the IPStor software suite is the core of our proprietary technology. We have four pending patent applications and seventeen pending trademark applications related to our IPStor product. We cannot predict whether we will receive patents for our pending or future patent applications, and any patents that we own or that are issued to us may be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. In addition, the laws of certain countries in which we sell and manufacture our products, including various countries in Asia, may not protect our products and intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. We also rely on trade secret, copyright and trademark laws, as well as the confidentiality and other restrictions contained in our respective sales contracts and confidentiality agreements to protect our proprietary rights. These legal protections afford only limited protection. Our technology may be subject to infringement claims that could harm our business. We may become subject to litigation regarding infringement claims alleged by third parties. If an action is commenced against us, our management may have to devote substantial attention and resources to defend these claims. An unfavorable result for the Company could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results and could limit our ability to use our intellectual property. Our efforts to protect our intellectual property may cause us to become involved in costly and lengthy litigation, which could seriously harm our business. In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Legal proceedings could subject us to significant liability for damages or invalidate our intellectual property rights. Any litigation, regardless of its outcome, would likely be time consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert management's time and attention. Any potential intellectual property litigation against us could force us to take specific actions, including: o cease selling our products that use the challenged intellectual property; o obtain from the owner of the infringed intellectual property right a license to sell or use the relevant technology or trademark, which license may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all; or o redesign those products that use infringing intellectual property or cease to use an infringing trademark. We have a significant amount of authorized but unissued preferred stock, which may affect the likelihood of a change of control in our company. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock on such terms and with such rights, preferences and designations, including, without limitation restricting dividends on our common stock, dilution of the voting power of our common stock and impairing the liquidation rights of the holders of our common stock, as the Board may determine without any vote of the stockholders. Issuance of such preferred stock, depending upon the rights, preferences and designations thereof may have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control. In addition, certain "anti-takeover" provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, among other things, may restrict the ability of our stockholders to authorize a merger, business combination or change of control. We have a significant number of outstanding options, the exercise of which would dilute the then-existing stockholders' percentage ownership of our common stock. -16- As of March 31, 2002, we have outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 6,895,897 shares of our common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $3.29 per share. The exercise of all of the outstanding options would dilute the then-existing stockholders' percentage ownership of common stock, and any sales in the public market of the common stock issuable upon such exercise could adversely affect prevailing market prices for the common stock. In addition, the existence of a significant amount of outstanding options may encourage short selling by the option holders since the exercise of the outstanding options could depress the price of our common stock. Moreover, the terms upon which we would be able to obtain additional equity capital could be adversely affected because the holders of such 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 than those provided by such securities. Network Peripherals Inc. has liabilities and ongoing obligations to certain customers and suppliers as a result of the winding down of its business. Network Peripherals Inc. had existing agreements with certain suppliers and customers. NPI may have liabilities to certain existing customers and suppliers as a result of the termination of these agreements. While we are taking steps to minimize any such potential liability, we cannot be sure that our efforts to remove all such liability will be successful. Item 3. Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures About Market Risk Interest Rate Risks. Our return on our investments in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities is subject to interest rate risks. We regularly assess these risks and have established policies and business practices to manage the market risk of our marketable securities. Foreign Currency Risk. We have several offices outside the United States. Accordingly, we are subject to exposure from adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. The effect of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations have not been material since our inception. We do not use derivative financial instruments to limit our foreign currency risk exposure. -17- PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings There were no material legal proceedings pending or, to our knowledge, threatened against us. Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders None Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K (b) Reports on Form 8-K On January 14, 2002, we filed a Form 8-K under Item 5 and 7 announcing that certain stockholders had agreed to extend their lock-up period to April 30, 2003 from August 22, 2002 and that the Company had released 10% of the shares of Common Stock subject to the lock-up agreements. On January 16, 2002, we filed a Form 8-K under Item 5 and 7 announcing that the Company had released an additional 15% of the original number of shares of Common Stock subject to lock-up agreements. -18- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. /s/ Jacob Ferng --------------- Jacob Ferng Chief Financial Officer and Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) May 14, 2002
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