GROW CAPITAL, INC. - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-Q
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
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ACT
OF 1934
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For
the quarterly period ended: September 30, 2009
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or
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
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ACT
OF 1934
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For
the transition period from: _____________ to
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CALIBRUS,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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NEVADA
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000-53408
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86-0970023
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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1225 W. Washington Street,
Suite 213, Tempe AZ 85281
(Address
of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(602)
778-7516
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer., or a smaller reporting
company.
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Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller
reporting company
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
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Yes
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The
number of shares of the issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of November
1, 2009 is 6,794,600.
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files). The registrant has not been
fazed into the Interactive Data reporting system.
Yes
[ ] No [ ]
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Financial
Statements.
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CONDENSED
BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
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September
30,
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December
31,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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Current
Assets
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 275,571 | $ | 854,159 | |||||
Accounts
receivable - trade, net
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723,520 | 799,311 | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses
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60,761 | 124,192 | |||||||
Total Current Assets | 1,059,852 | 1,777,662 | |||||||
Property
and equipment, net
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102,821 | 165,421 | |||||||
Software
development
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537,731 | - | |||||||
Deposits
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29,870 | 34,382 | |||||||
Intangible
asset, net
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1,458 | 3,113 | |||||||
Total Assets | $ | 1,731,732 | $ | 1,980,578 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities
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Accounts
payable - trade
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$ | 329,178 | $ | 301,397 | |||||
Accrued
liabilities
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202,160 | 217,242 | |||||||
Total Current Liabilities | 531,338 | 518,639 | |||||||
Total Liabilities | 531,338 | 518,639 | |||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
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- | - | |||||||
Stockholders'
Equity
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Preferred
stock, $.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized,
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none
issued or outstanding
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Common
stock, $.001 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized,
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6,794,600 shares
issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009
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and
December 31, 2008
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6,795 | 6,795 | |||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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4,631,544 | 4,631,544 | |||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(3,437,945 | ) | (3,176,400 | ) | |||||
Total Stockholders' Equity | 1,200,394 | 1,461,939 | |||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 1,731,732 | $ | 1,980,578 |
The Accompanying Notes are an Integral
Part of
these Condensed Financial Statements
F-1
CALIBRUS,
INC.
(Unaudited)
For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
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For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
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For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
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For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
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Revenues
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$ | 1,023,829 | $ | 1,371,179 | $ | 3,449,453 | $ | 4,219,491 | ||||||||
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Cost
of revenues
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429,409 | 659,653 | 1,406,906 | 2,107,179 | ||||||||||||
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Gross
profit
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594,420 | 711,526 | 2,042,547 | 2,112,312 | ||||||||||||
Research
and development expense
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- | - | 545,485 | - | ||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
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554,121 | 803,293 | 1,760,963 | 2,971,555 | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from Operations
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40,299 | (91,767 | ) | (263,901 | ) | (859,243 | ) | |||||||||
Other
Income (Expense):
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Interest
income
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377 | 3,075 | 2,356 | 18,178 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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- | (191 | ) | - | (4,201 | ) | ||||||||||
377 | 2,884 | 2,356 | 13,977 | |||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
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40,676 | (88,883 | ) | (261,545 | ) | (845,266 | ) | |||||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense) - deferred
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- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net
Income (loss)
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$ | 40,676 | $ | (88,883 | ) | $ | (261,545 | ) | $ | (845,266 | ) | |||||
Income
(loss) per Common Share: (Note 1)
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Basic
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$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.12 | ) | |||||
Diluted
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$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.12 | ) | |||||
Weighted
Average Common Shares Outstanding:
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Basic
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6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | ||||||||||||
The
Accompanying Notes are an Integral
Part of
these Condensed Financial Statements
F-2
CALIBRUS,
INC.
(Unaudited)
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
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For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
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Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents:
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net Loss
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$ | (261,545 | ) | $ | (845,266 | ) | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash flows from
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operating
activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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92,277 | 133,966 | ||||||
Bad debt expense
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(50,772 | ) | - | |||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
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Accounts receivable - trade
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126,563 | (235,057 | ) | |||||
Prepaid
expenses
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63,431 | 116,352 | ||||||
Deposits
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4,512 | - | ||||||
Accounts payable - trade
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27,781 | 62,177 | ||||||
Accrued liabilities
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(15,082 | ) | (24,757 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used by operating activities
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(12,835 | ) | (792,585 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Purchase of fixed assets
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(28,022 | ) | (36,864 | ) | ||||
Capitalization of software development
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(537,731 | ) | - | |||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
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(565,753 | ) | (36,864 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Repayment of debt
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- | (16,981 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used by financing activities
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- | (16,981 | ) | |||||
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
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(578,588 | ) | (846,430 | ) | ||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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854,159 | 1,591,704 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 275,571 | $ | 745,274 | ||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
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Cash
paid during the year for:
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Interest
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$ | - | $ | 4,201 | ||||
Income
taxes
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$ | - | $ | - |
The
Accompanying Notes are an Integral
Part of
these Condensed Financial Statements
F-3
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
1.
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Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies and Use of
Estimates:
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Presentation of Interim
Information:
The
condensed financial statements included herein have been prepared by Calibrus,
Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our” or “Company”) without audit, pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and
should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements as of
December 31, 2008. Certain information and footnote 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, as permitted by the SEC, although we believe the
disclosures, which are made, are adequate to make the information presented not
misleading. Further, the condensed financial statements reflect, in the opinion
of management, all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly our
financial position at September 30, 2009, and the results of our operations and
cash flows for the periods presented. The December 31, 2008 condensed
balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not
include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America.
Interim
results are subject to significant seasonal variations and the results of
operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily
indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
Nature of
Corporation:
Calibrus,
Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on October 22, 1999, in the State of
Nevada. The Company’s principal business purpose is to operate a
customer contact center for a variety of clients, who are located throughout the
United States. The Company provides customer contact support services for
various companies wishing to outsource these functions.
Use
of Estimates:
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and 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.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and trade
payables approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these financial
instruments.
Earnings per
Share:
Basic
earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common
shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the
period and contains no dilutive securities. Diluted earnings per share reflect
the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings of an
entity. The Company calculates diluted earnings per share
using the treasury stock method. For the three month period ended
September 30, 2009, none of the potentially dilutive securities were deemed to
be in the money. As such, all potentially dilutive securities are
anti-dilutive.
F-4
CALIBRUS,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2009
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Three
Months Ended September 30, 2008
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Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2009
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Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2008
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Loss
available to common stockholders
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$ | 40,676 | $ | (88,883 | ) | $ | (261,545 | ) | $ | (845,266 | ) | |||||
Weighted
average number of common shares
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used
in basic earnings per share
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6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | ||||||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
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Stock
options
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- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Stock
warrants
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- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares
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and
dilutive potential comon stock used in
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diluted
earnings per share
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6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 | 6,794,600 |
All
dilutive common stock equivalents are reflected in our earnings per share
calculations. Anti-dilutive common stock equivalents are not included in our
earnings per share calculations. For the nine month periods ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 the Company had outstanding options to purchase
1,525,832 and 1,414,999 shares of common stock at a per share weighted average
exercise price of $1.31 and $1.51, which were not included in the earnings per
share calculation as they were anti-dilutive. In addition, the
Company did not include, for the period ended September 30, 2008, warrants to
purchase 691,104 shares of common stock at a price of $1.00 per share in the
earnings per share calculation as they were anti-dilutive. During the
period ended September 30, 2009 the 691,104 warrants expired.
Capitalized Software
Costs:
The Company capitalizes certain
software costs in accordance with “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software
to Be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed”. The
product under development is still in the development and has not reached
marketability. Upon completion of the project the capitalized costs
will be amortized over the estimated economic life of the product.
Revenue
Recognition
Revenue
for inbound calls is recorded on a per-call or per-minute basis in accordance
with the rates established in the respective contracts. Revenue for outbound
calls is on a commission basis, with revenue being recognized as the commission
is earned. As the Company’s customers are primarily well established,
creditworthy institutions, Management believes collectability is reasonably
assured at the time of performance.
Stock-Based
Compensation:
The
Company has stock-based compensation plans. Stock-based compensation expense for
all stock-based compensation awards granted after January 1, 2006 is based on
the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the Black Scholes Pricing
Model. The value of the compensation cost is amortized on a straight-line basis
over the requisite service periods of the award (the option vesting
term).
F-5
CALIBRUS,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Assumptions
used in the Black Scholes Pricing Model to estimate compensation expense are
determined as follows:
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Expected
term is determined using an average of the contractual term and vesting
period of the award;
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·
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Expected
volatility of award grants made under the Company’s plans is measured
using the historical daily changes in the market price of similar industry
indices, which are publicly traded, over the expected term of the
award;
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·
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Risk-free
interest rate is equivalent to the implied yield on zero-coupon U.S.
Treasury bonds with a remaining maturity equal to the expected term of the
awards; and,
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·
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Forfeitures
are based on the history of cancellations of awards granted by the Company
and management's analysis of potential
forfeitures.
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Income Taxes:
The
Company estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the
full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with the
anticipated annual rate. As the year progresses, we refine the estimates of the
year’s taxable income as new information becomes available, including
year-to-date financial results. This continual estimation process can result in
a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the
Company adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change
in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date provision reflects the expected
annual tax rate. Significant judgment may be required in determining the
Company’s effective tax rate and in evaluating our tax positions.
The
effective income tax rate of 0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008 differed from the statutory rate, due primarily to net operating losses
incurred by the Company in the respective periods. The tax benefit
generated by the net operating losses at the effective income tax rate should
have been approximately $102,000 and $330,000 as of September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. However, these benefits have been fully offset through
an allowance account due to the uncertainty of the utilization of the net
operating losses.
Pending Accounting
Pronouncements:
In June
2009, the FASB issued ASC 105, “The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a
replacement of FASB Statement No. 162” ASC 105 establishes the FASB Standards
Accounting Codification (“Codification”) as the source of authoritative GAAP
recognized by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities and rules and
interpretive releases of the SEC as authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The
Codification will supersede all the existing non-SEC accounting and reporting
standards upon its effective date and subsequently, the FASB will not issue new
standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues
Task Force Abstracts. SFAS 168 became effective for us in the third quarter of
2009 and will not have a material impact on our financial position or results of
operations.
In May
2009, the FASB issued a new accounting pronouncement found under Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 855-10 regarding subsequent events
(formerly SFAS 165) which defines a date through which management must evaluate
subsequent events, and lists the circumstances under which an entity must
recognize and disclose events or transactions occurring after the balance-sheet
date. We have evaluated all subsequent events through the date of
this filing.
F-6
Subsequent Events:
Subsequent to September 30, 2009 the
Company commenced the sale of up to $750,000 in convertible debentures through a
private placement memorandum. The offering consists of 150 units
consisting of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in Debentures of the
Company and twenty five hundred (2,500) common stock purchase warrants (the
“Units”). Each convertible debenture is convertible into shares of
common stock of the Company at the lower of $1.50 per share or the price of any
additional private placement of the Company in the next twelve months and bears
interest at the rate of 12% per annum (the “Debentures”). Each common
stock purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of the
Company’s common stock for each warrant held at the warrant exercise price of
the lower of (i) one dollar and ninety-five cents ($1.95) per share, or (ii) one
hundred thirty percent (130%) of the per share price paid by any investor in a
private placement by the Company of shares of its common stock at any time in
the next twelve months. (the “Warrants”). The
Warrants are only exercisable if the Debentures, which are part of the underling
Unit, are converted into shares of the Company’s common stock. The
minimum investment per subscriber is $5,000 unless waived by
Calibrus. Through the date of this filing the Company has raised
$210,000 of the $750,000 offering.
The
following is management’s discussion and analysis of certain significant factors
affecting the Company’s financial position and operating results during the
periods included in the accompanying condensed financial statements. Except for
the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this
discussion are forward-looking statements.
Overview
Our
performance for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009
continued to reflect the overall decline in the Third Party Verification
business as a whole. Fortunately, we have been able to
significantly reduce our operating expenses to be more inline with our current
revenue rate. As such, for the nine months and three months ended
September 30, 2009 we are operating our existing TPV business at a small profit,
before considering our Research and Development expense, and generated net
income of $40,676 for the three months ended September 30, 2009. We
have also continued to increase expenditures in an effort to diversify our
business offerings and generate alternative revenue sources. The
product under development is a social expression website to be called
JabberMonkey and is currently in the beta testing phase. Expenditures
related to this project were expensed through research and development expense
through May of 2009. Expenditures related to the project from June
2009 through the date of this filing have been capitalized. As a
result of these expenditures the company is continuing to operate at a net loss
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Results
of Operations
The
following table sets forth certain items derived from our Condensed Statements
of Operations for the periods indicated and the corresponding percentage of
total revenue for each item:
Nine
Months Ended
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Three
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
Revenue
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$ 3,449,453
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100.0%
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$ 4,219,491
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100.0%
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$ 1,023,829
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100.0%
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$ 1,371,179
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100.0%
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Cost
of Goods Sold
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1,406,906
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40.8%
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2,107,179
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49.9%
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429,409
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41.9%
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659,653
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48.1%
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Gross
Profit
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2,042,547
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59.2%
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2,112,312
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50.1%
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594,420
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58.1%
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711,526
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51.9%
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Research
and Development
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545,485
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15.8%
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-
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0.0%
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-
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0.0%
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-
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0.0%
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General
and Administrative Expenses
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1,760,963
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51.1%
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2,971,555
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70.4%
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554,121
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54.1%
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803,293
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58.6%
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Loss
from Operations
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(263,901)
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-7.7%
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(859,243)
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-20.4%
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40,299
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3.9%
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(91,767)
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-6.7%
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Interest
Income
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2,356
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0.1%
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18,178
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0.4%
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377
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0.0%
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3,075
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0.2%
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Interest
Expense
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-
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0.0%
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(4,201)
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-0.1%
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-
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0.0%
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(191)
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0.0%
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Net
Loss
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$ (261,545)
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-7.6%
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$ (845,266)
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-20.0%
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$ 40,676
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4.0%
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$ (88,883)
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-6.5%
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As of
September 30, 2009 we had cash on hand of $275,571 and working capital of
$528,464. Historically the Company was able to fund operations
through the generation of positive cash flow from its business
operations. The Company is currently using cash in its
operations. The Company believes it has sufficient cash to fund its
operations through at least the next twelve months although we will not be able
to fund our current level of software development without additional
capital. If the Company is not able to return its operations to
profitability it will need to raise additional capital. This capital
will be obtained through the sale of its common stock or from shareholder loans,
although there is no guarantee such funds will be available, or if available, on
terms acceptable to management. Subsequent to September 30,
2009 the Company commenced the sale of up to $750,000 in convertible debentures
through a private placement memorandum. As of the date of filing the
Company has raised $210,000 through the sale of the debentures.
Three
Months Ended September30, 2009 compared to Three Months Ended September 30,
2008
Revenue –
Revenue decreased 25.33% to $1,023,829 for the three months ended September 30,
2009, which we refer to as “3rd quarter 2009,” from $1,371,179 for the three
months ended September 30, 2008, which we refer to as “3rd quarter
2008.” The decrease was due to the continued decline of Third Party
Verification business.
Cost of
Revenue – Cost of Revenues decreased 34.90% to $429,409 for the 3rd quarter
2009, from $659,653 for the 3rd quarter 2008. The decrease was due to
lower revenue and the Company’s efforts to reduce fixed expenses related to its
business. Of the $230,244 reduction, approximately 20% was
attributable to reduced sales and approximately 80% was attributable to cost
reductions.
Gross
Profit – Gross profit decreased to $594,420 in the 3rd quarter 2009 from
$711,526 in the 3rd quarter 2008, however the gross profit margin increased to
58.1% from 51.9% in the respective periods. The decrease in the gross profit was
directly related to lower sales levels. The increase in gross profit
margin during the 3rd quarter 2009 was primarily due to the Company’s reduction
of fixed expenses related to its Third Party Verification business and higher
percentage of call recording business which has higher profit
margins.
General
and Administrative Expenses – General and administrative expense decreased 31.0%
to $583,862 in the 3rd quarter of 2009 from $803,293 in the 3rd quarter of
2008. The reduction was primarily due the Company consolidating its
operations into one facility during the 4th
quarter of 2008 which accounts for approximately 85% of the total
reduction. The remaining 15% was a result of a reduction in
administrative salaries and wages.
Net
Income (loss) – The Company recorded net income of $40,676 for the 3rd quarter
2009 compared to a ($88,883) net loss for the 3rd
quarter 2008. The difference of $129,559 was due to the
Company’s net reduction of expenses as discussed above.
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2009 compared to Nine Months Ended September 30,
2008
Revenue –
Revenue decreased 18.3% to $3,449,453 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 from $4,219,491 for the nine months ended September 30,
2008. The decrease was due to the continued decline of Third Party
Verification business.
Cost of
Revenue – Cost of Revenues decreased 33.2% to $1,406,906 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, from $2,107,179 for the nine months ended September
30, 2008. The decrease was due to lower revenue and the Company’s
efforts to reduce fixed expenses related to its business. Of
the $700,273 reduction, approximately 20% was attributable to reduced sales and
approximately 80% was attributable to cost reductions.
Gross
Profit – Gross profit decreased to $2,042,547 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 from $2,112,312 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008,
however the gross profit margin increased to 59.2% from 50.1% in the respective
periods. The decrease in the gross profit is related to reduced sales levels for
the period. The increase in gross profit margin during the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 was primarily due to the Company’s reduction of fixed
expenses related to its Third Party Verification business and higher percentage
of call recording business which has higher profit margins.
Research
and Development – Research and development expenses increased to $545,485 in the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $0 in the nine months ended September
30, 2008. This is a result of the Company’s effort to diversify its
product offerings and generate additional streams of revenue as the Company’s
core business continues to decline. The Company is still incurring
expenses related to development, however subsequent to May 2009 these
expenditures have been capitalized.
General
and Administrative Expenses – General and administrative expense decreased
40.74% to $1,760,963 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from
$2,971,555 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The
reduction was primarily due to the Company consolidating its operations into one
facility during the 4th
quarter of 2008 which accounted for approximately 90% of the total
reduction. The Company has also reduced its administrative salaries
and wages which accounts for the remaining 10% reduction.
Net Loss
– Net loss decreased 69.06% to $261,545 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 from a net loss of $845,266 for the nine months ended September 30,
2008. This decrease was due to the Company’s net reduction of
expenses as discussed above.
Forward-Looking
Statements
We have
made forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q,
including the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that are based on our beliefs and
assumptions and on information currently available to
us. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our
possible or assumed search for new business opportunities and future costs of
operations. Forward-looking statements include all statements that
are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions.
Forward-looking
statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual
results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements. You should understand that many important factors could
cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the
forward-looking statements. These factors include, without
limitation, the difficulty in locating new business opportunities, our
regulatory environment, our limited operating history, our ability to implement
our growth strategy, our ability to integrate acquired companies
and their assets and personnel into our business, our obligations to
pay professional fees, and other economic conditions and increases in corporate
maintenance and reporting costs. Unless legally required, we
undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk.
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Not
required.
Controls
and Procedures.
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An
evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report was carried out
under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of
our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Disclosure
controls and procedures are defined as those controls and other procedures of an
issuer that are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed
by the issuer in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the time periods specified in the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include,
without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is accumulated and
communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures were
effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be
disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. In addition, there has been no change in
our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that
occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
It
should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated,
can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the
system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part
upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these
and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance
that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential
future conditions, regardless of how remote.
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Legal
Proceedings.
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None.
Risk
Factors.
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In
addition to the other information set forth in this Form 10-Q, you should
carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk
Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future
results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only
risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or
that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our
business, financial condition and/or operating results. The
Company has identified the following risk factors in addition to those items
listed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Management focus will be on
our JabberMonkey development which is a new business and we do not know if
consumers will like the site or that we will be able to monetize the site to
produce revenues.
Management
made the determination in late 2008 that its existing business model was going
to face continued revenue reduction due to the consolidation in the
telecommunication industry. As such, management set out to develop
alternative business operations that utilized the core expertise of Calibrus
employees and technology. The result of this development was
JabberMonkey, a social networking site that features interactive communications
among its participants as opposed to the more traditional static pages found on
most social networking sites. As JabberMonkey will be the primary
focus of the business going forward, investors in this Business will be placing
their money in a company that has an unproven product, faces competition from
well established and funded companies and has not shown that its product even
works given Calibrus is only beginning the beta phase of
development. These factors create substantial risk for investors and
the strong likelihood that any investment could result in the loss of an
investor’s entire investment.
Our online product offering,
JabberMonkey, is entering a very crowded social networking marketplace where
existing competitors have years of experience, are well financed and have the
name recognition to draw consumers none of which we possess.
Management
has determined that the future direction of Calibrus will focus on its
JabberMonkey offering. This puts Calibrus’ business focus in a very
competitive field dominated by several very large and well financed companies
such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. These companies have
established an online presence and community that have become destinations in
themselves and it will be difficult to make inroads into this
space. Calibrus will be dependent on a new twist to entry into this
space but in the end, all social networking sites have similar features and it
is likely that if any part of the Calibrus offering becomes compelling, the
competitors will adjust their offerings to be directly competitive with
Calibrus. This creates substantial uncertainty on Calibrus’ ability
to survive in this space or to be able to attract enough users to be able to
monetize its site to produce revenues.
The revenue model for
JabberMonkey requires we first obtain a sufficient number of users before we can
sell advertisements or generate other revenue and it will take time to generate
such users and to then monetize the site.
As a
social networking site, JabberMonkey will be dependent on selling advertisements
and finding other ways to monetize our users by selling add on
services. For a social networking or other internet site to be able
to sell advertisements, they first must attract a sufficient number of users to
gain the interest of advertisers in buying ads on a site. It will
take time and money to bring users to our site and there is no assurance any
users will come to our site. Currently, we have completed an alpha
phase of development and have recently started our beta phase. We do
not plan on opening the site to the public until the first quarter of 2010 and
would not expect to receive any revenue from the site until the end of 2010 at
the earliest. These time frames along with the general state of
development of the JabberMonkey site makes any investment in Calibrus extremely
risky. The site may not work and if it works there can be no
assurance any users will come to the site or that advertisers will want to
advertise on the site or that Calibrus can monetize the JabberMonkey
site.
Additionally,
it will be costly to complete development and launch the
site. Investors will, therefore, be placing their investment in an
extremely risky venture with the likelihood of losing their entire
investment.
We have only completed the
Alpha Phase of development of the JabberMonkey site and do not know if the site
will work at full functionality or be a site consumers will want to
use.
Calibrus
has completed the alpha phase of development which was an initial deployment of
the software and site and limited testing by a small group of
users. We have started the beta phase of development of JabberMonkey
in the fourth quarter of 2009 with the hope of opening the site to the public in
the first quarter of 2010. At this time, we cannot say with certainty
if the site will work on a larger scale or that unknown problems will not arise
causing delays in the launch of the site or the site not working at
all. The beta phase of development will be used to work on the site
and to test its functionality. During the beta phase we hope to be
able to fix any issues with the site. At this time, we cannot say
with certainty if the site will even work. If the software and
hardware we put in place over the next couple of months does not work, the
JabberMonkey site will be delayed and we would have to raise additional capital
to fix any problems. There is no assurance we could raise additional
capital or if we could raise additional capital at what
cost. Additional capital would most likely result in substantial
dilution to investors in this offering. Accordingly, investors making
an investment at this time in Calibrus will be placing their money in an
unproven product which may not function as described and could result in the
loss of the investors’ entire investment.
We currently do not have any
patents or trademarks associated with our JabberMonkey site and if we are not
able to develop intellectual property protection around the site, we may not be
able to prevent competitors form recreating our product
offering.
We have
filed for a trademark on our JabberMonkey name but have not received the
trademark. Additionally, a trademark application for the name
JabberMouth has been filed in Canada before we filed our trademark application
in the United States. The trademark JabberMouth was also filed in the
United States only two days after our trademark application in the United
States. As such they may be able to use the dates of the trademark
filing in Canada to supersede our filing in the United States. The
JabberMouth trademark is also in the social networking arena and as such, it is
possible the JabberMouth owners could claim trademark infringement and force us
to change our name. If this were to happen, it would be costly to
rebrand our site and change all of the work that has already gone into
JabberMonkey. This could also cause customer confusion. In
addition to potential loss of our name JabberMonkey, we do not have any
intellectual property protection on the features and software behind our
JabberMonkey site. We are in the process of preparing patent
applications on various features of our site and hope to file two applications
this year. However, we do not know at this time if such applications
will result in patents being issued. Even if we receive patent
applications, there is no guarantee that one of our competitors will not be able
to find a variation on our services that are not patent protected and be able to
directly compete with our take on the social networking experience.
Calibrus’ projections do not
show revenue from the JabberMonkey site for some time and it will be dependent
on additional capital to fund operations until such revenue can be
generated.
Since a
certain level of consumers must become members of JabberMonkey before the site
can be monetized to produce revenue, management is of the belief that it will
have to raise substantial more capital to reach profitability. We do not
anticipate completing the beta phase until the end of 2009 and starting the
JabberMonkey site until the first quarter of 2010. Once the site is
operational, we will need several million dollars more just to provide the back
office equipment necessary to maintain the site much less start advertising and
support the site. It is likely investors in this offering will suffer
further dilution as we raise additional capital and if management cannot raise
additional capital investors in this offering would likely lose their entire
investment. There is no guarantee that the company could raise such
future capital.
Our existing management team
has no experience in operating a social networking site or any other web based
business.
Our
current management does not have any experience in operating a social networking
site and has never operated a web based business. Our software
developers experience has been in developing tools for businesses and focusing
on call center software. We will be expanding on our internal
capabilities and be dependent on outside software engineers to drive our
development. If our management is not able to execute on our business
plan, it is likely investors would lose their entire
investment. Investors will be placing their investment with a
management team with no experience in the business they are going to be focusing
on and with limited knowledge of the industry. No one should invest
unless they can bear the loss of their entire investment.
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
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None.
Defaults
Upon Senior Securities.
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None.
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
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None.
Other
Information.
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None.
Exhibits.
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None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Calibrus,
Inc.
By: Jeff W.
Homes Date:
November 13,
2009
Jeff W.
Holmes, CEO
By: Kevin J.
Asher
Date:
November 13,
2009
Kevin
J. Asher, CFO
In
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed
by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature Title
Date
Jeff
W.
Holmes
Jeff
W. Holmes
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Director,
CEO
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November 13,
2009
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Kirk
Blosch
Kirk
Blosch
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Director
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November 13,
2009
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Christian
J. Hoffmann,
III
Christian
J. Hoffmann, III
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Director
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November 13,
2009
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Charles
House
Charles
House
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Director
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November 13,
2009
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