Heritage Global Inc. - Annual Report: 2005 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
T
ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13
OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005
Commission
File No. 0-17973
________________
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Name
of
Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Florida
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52-2291344
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation or Organization)
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Identification
No.)
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3200
- 40 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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M5H
3Y2
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(416)
866-3000
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None.
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common
Stock, $0.01 par value.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined
in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes £
No
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes £
No
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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. Yes R
No
£
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this
Form 10-K. £
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule
12b-2).
Large
Accelerated Filer £
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Accelerated
Filer £
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Non-Accelerated
Filer R
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Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2
of
the Exchange Act. Yes £
No
R
The
aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates based upon the
closing price of $0.38 per share on June 30, 2005, as reported by the OTC -
Bulletin Board, was approximately $654,000.
As
of
March 7, 2006, there were 19,237,135 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value,
outstanding.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
I
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Item
1.
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Business.
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3
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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10
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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13
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Item
2.
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Properties.
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13
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings.
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13
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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15
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PART
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities.
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16
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Item
6.
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Selected
Financial Data.
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18
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
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20
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
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28
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
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28
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Item
9.
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Changes
In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
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28
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Item
9A.
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Controls
and Procedures.
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28
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information.
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29
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PART
III
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Item
10.
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Directors
and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
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30
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation.
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33
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters.
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37
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions.
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38
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Item
14.
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services.
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42
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PART
IV
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Item
15.
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules.
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44
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2
PART
I
(All
dollar amounts are presented in thousands of USD, unless otherwise indicated,
except per share amounts)
Item
1. Business.
Overview
and Recent Developments
C2
Global
Technologies Inc. (“C2” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of
Florida in 1983 under the name “MedCross, Inc.” which was changed to “I-Link
Incorporated” in 1997 and to “Acceris Communications Inc.” in 2003. Subsequent
to the receipt of shareholder approval of the proposed name change at the 2005
Annual Shareholder Meeting held on August 5, 2005, the Company amended its
Articles of Incorporation to effect the name change from “Acceris Communications
Inc.” to “C2 Global Technologies Inc.” The new name reflects a change in the
strategic direction of the Company in light of the disposition of its
Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005, as discussed below.
C2
owns
certain patents, detailed below under “History and Development of the Business”
and “Intellectual Property”, including two foundational patents in voice over
internet protocol (“VoIP”) technology - U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373 and 6,438,124
(together the “VoIP Patent Portfolio”), which it seeks to license. Subsequent to
the disposition of its Telecommunications business, licensing of intellectual
property constitutes the primary business of the Company. C2’s target market
consists of carriers, equipment manufacturers, service providers and end users
in the internet protocol (“IP”) telephone market who are using C2’s patented
VoIP technologies by deploying VoIP networks for phone-to-phone communications.
The Company has engaged, and intends to engage, in licensing agreements with
third parties domestically and internationally. At present, no royalties are
being paid to the Company. The Company plans to obtain licensing and royalty
revenue from its target market by enforcing its patents, with the assistance
of
outside counsel, in order to realize value from its intellectual property.
In
this regard, in the third quarter of 2005, the Company retained legal counsel
with expertise in the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
The
table
below presents information about the net loss and assets of the Company as
of
and for the three years ended December 31, 2005. Effective with the sale of
the
Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005, the Company no longer
has distinct operating segments, as were reported in prior years. The Company’s
consolidated financial statements, included in Item 15 of this Annual Report
on
Form 10-K, have been restated to include the Telecommunications operations
as
discontinued operations, as required by accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States (“GAAP”).
For
the Year Ended December 31,
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2005
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2004
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2003
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Revenues
from external customers
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$
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—
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$
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540
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$
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2,164
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Other
income, net
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1,084
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1,487
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1,138
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Interest
expense - related party
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12,154
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8,488
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10,175
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Interest
expense - third party
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658
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65
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875
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Loss
from continuing operations
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14,934
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11,105
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12,264
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Loss
from discontinued operations
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3,555
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11,678
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19,164
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Total
assets
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3,490
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24,009
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39,054
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A
going
concern qualification
has been
included by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firms in
their audit opinions for each of 2003, 2004 and 2005. Readers are encouraged
to
take due care when reading the independent registered public accountants’
reports included in Item 15 of this report and Management’s Discussion and
Analysis included in Item 7 of this report. In the absence of licensing revenues
or a substantial infusion of capital, the Company may not be able to continue
as
a going concern.
Since
2001, the Company has restated its consolidated financial statements three
times. It has also reported material weaknesses in internal controls, the most
recent of which occurred in the second quarter of 2004, and all of which have
since been remedied.
History
and Development of the Business
In
1994,
we began operating as an Internet service provider and quickly identified that
the emerging IP environment was a promising basis for enhanced service delivery.
We soon turned to designing and building an IP telecommunications platform
consisting of proprietary software, hardware and leased telecommunications
lines. The goal was to create a platform with the quality and reliability
necessary for voice transmission.
3
In
1997,
we started offering enhanced services over a mixed IP-and-circuit-switched
network platform. These services offered a blend of traditional and enhanced
communication services and combined the inherent cost advantages of an IP-based
network with the reliability of the existing Public Switched Telephone Network
(“PSTN”).
In
August 1997, we acquired MiBridge, Inc. (“MiBridge”), a communications
technology company engaged in the design, development, integration and marketing
of a range of software telecommunications products that support multimedia
communications over the PSTN, local area networks (“LANs”) and IP networks. The
acquisition of MiBridge permitted us to accelerate the development and
deployment of IP technology across our network platform.
In
1998,
we first deployed our real-time IP communications network platform. With this
new platform, all core operating functions such as switching, routing and media
control became software-driven. This new platform represented the first
nationwide, commercially viable VoIP platform of its kind. Following the launch
of our software-defined VoIP platform in 1998, we continued to refine and
enhance the platform to make it even more efficient and capable for our partners
and customers.
In
2002,
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent (No. 6,438,124, the “C2
Patent”) for the Company’s Voice Internet Transmission System. Filed in 1996,
the C2 Patent reflects foundational thinking, application, and practice in
the
VoIP Services market. The C2 Patent encompasses the technology that allows
two
parties to converse phone-to-phone, regardless of the distance, by transmitting
voice/sound via the Internet. No special telephone or computer is required
at
either end of the call. The apparatus that makes this technically possible
is a
system of Internet access nodes, or Voice Engines (VoIP Gateways). These local
Internet Voice Engines provide digitized, compressed, and encrypted duplex
or
simplex Internet voice/sound. The end result is a high-quality calling
experience whereby the Internet serves only as the transport medium and as
such,
can lead to reduced toll charges. Shortly after the issuance of our core C2
Patent, we disposed of our domestic U.S. VoIP network in a transaction with
Buyers United, Inc. (“BUI”), which closed on May 1, 2003. The sale included
the physical assets required to operate our nationwide network using our
patented VoIP technology (constituting the core business of the I-Link
Communications Inc. (“ILC”) business) and included a fully paid non-exclusive
perpetual license to our proprietary software-based network convergence solution
for voice and data. The sale of the ILC business removed essentially all
operations that did not pertain to our proprietary software-based convergence
solution for voice and data. As part of the sale, we retained all of our
intellectual and property rights and patents.
In
2003,
we added to our VoIP patent holdings when we acquired U.S. Patent No. 6,243,373
(the “VoIP Patent”), which included a corresponding foreign patent and related
international patent applications. The VoIP Patent, together with the existing
C2 Patent and its related international patent applications, form our
international VoIP Patent Portfolio that covers the basic process and technology
that enables VoIP communication as it is used in the market today.
Telecommunications companies that enable their customers to originate a phone
call on a traditional handset, transmit any part of that call via IP, and then
terminate the call over the traditional telephone network, are utilizing C2’s
patented technology.
The
comprehensive nature of the VoIP Patent, which is titled “Method
and Apparatus for Implementing a Computer Network/Internet Telephone
System”,
is
summarized in the patent’s abstract, which, in pertinent part, describes the
technology as follows: “A
method and apparatus are provided for communicating audio information over
a
computer network. A standard telephone connected to the PSTN may be used to
communicate with any other PSTN-connected telephone, where a computer network,
such as the Internet, is the transmission facility instead of conventional
telephone transmission facilities.”
As part
of the consideration for the acquisition of the VoIP Patent, we agreed to give
the vendor 35% of the net earnings from our VoIP Patent Portfolio.
Revenue
and contributions from Technologies operations to date have been based on the
sales and deployments of our VoIP solutions, which we are no longer directly
marketing, rather than on the receipt of licensing fees and royalties. The
timing and sizing of various projects has resulted in a continued pattern of
fluctuating financial results. We expect to generate licensing and royalty
revenue in this business as we gain recognition of the underlying value in
our
VoIP Patent Portfolio through the enforcement of our intellectual property
rights.
The
Company has conducted its own research and development activities related to
its
patents, investing $442 and $389 in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
At
the
end of September 2005, C2 entered into a 12 year royalty agreement with a
company controlled by an employee, in exchange for a loan of $140, with
repayment contingent upon future royalties. Additionally, in the third quarter
of 2005, C2 contracted for continued consulting services from the employee
until
April 30, 2006. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, no royalties
have been received by the Company. At the end of September 2005, due to the
absence of certainty pertaining to any future economic benefits, the Company
expensed the loan.
4
Intellectual
Property
In
the
fourth quarter of 2005, the Company was awarded patents for the VoIP Patent
from
the People’s Republic of China and in Canada, and also received a Notice of
Allowance in Canada for the C2 Patent. In addition to the C2 and VoIP Patents,
which cover the foundation of any VoIP system, our patent portfolio
includes:
Private
IP Communication Network Architecture (Pending) - A
disclosed Internet Linked Network Architecture delivers telecommunication type
services across a network utilizing digital technology. The unique breadth
and
flexibility of telecommunication services offered by the Internet Linked Network
Architecture flow directly from the network over which they are delivered and
the underlying design principles and architectural decisions employed during
its
creation.
C2
also
owns intellectual property that solves teleconferencing problems:
Delay
Synchronization in Compressed Audio Systems
- This
invention eliminates objectionable popping and clicking when switching between
parties (conferees) in a communications conferencing system employing signal
compression techniques to reduce bandwidth requirements.
Volume
Control Arrangement for Compressed Information Signals
- This
invention allows for modifying amplitude, frequency or phase characteristics
of
an audio or video signal in a compressed signal system without altering the
encoder or decoder employed by each conferee in a conferencing setting, so
that
individuals on the conference call can each adjust their own gain levels without
signal degradation.
Below
is
a summary of the Company’s issued and pending patents:
Type
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Title
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Number
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Status
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VoIP
Architecture
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Computer
Network/Internet Telephone System
(VoIP
Patent)
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U.S.
No. 6,243,373
Australia
No. 716096
People’s
Republic of
China
ZL96199457.6
Canada
No. 2,238,867
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Issued:
June 5, 2001
Expires:
November 1, 2015
Issued:
June 1, 2000
Expires:
October 29, 2016
Issued:
December 14, 2005
Expires:
October 29, 2016
Issued:
October 18, 2005
Expires:
October 29, 2016
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Internet
Transmission System
(C2
Patent)
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U.S.
No. 6,438,124
People’s
Republic of
China
No. ZL97192954.8
Canada
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Issued:
August 20, 2002
Expires:
July 22, 2018
Issued:
May 21, 2004
Expires:
February 5, 2017
Notice
of Allowance received
December
2005
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Private
IP Communication
Network
Architecture
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Confidential
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Pending
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Conferencing
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Delay
Synchronization in
Compressed
Audio System
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U.S.
No. 5,754,534
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Issued:
May 19, 1998
Expires:
May 6, 2016
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Volume
Control Arrangement
for
Compressed Information
Signal
Delays
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U.S.
No. 5,898,675
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Issued:
April 27, 1999
Expires:
April 29, 2016
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Fax
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Facsimile
Transmission System
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Confidential
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Pending
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5
Disposition
of the Telecommunications Business
Commencing
in 2001, the Company entered the Telecommunications business, acquiring certain
assets of the estate of WorldxChange Communications Inc. from bankruptcy. In
2002, the Company also acquired certain assets of the estate of RSL.COM USA
Inc.
from bankruptcy, and in 2003 the Company acquired Local Telcom Holdings LLC.
Together, these assets made up the Telecommunications segment of the Company’s
business, which was owned through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Acceris
Communications Corp. (“ACC”, originally known as WorldxChange
Corp.).
In
June
2004, the Company began an evaluation process that led to the disposition of
its
Telecommunications business. CIT Capital Securities LLC, along with C2’s
management, examined the markets in which the Telecommunications business
operated in order to assess potential merger and acquisition opportunities.
In
this process C2 contacted more than 60 potential partners. Having assessed
various market opportunities, C2 management’s negotiations with a number of
potential targets, and with C2 management’s recommendation, C2’s Board of
Directors determined that a sale of the Telecommunications business to Acceris
Management and Acquisition LLC (“AMA”) was in the best interests of C2’s
stockholders.
The
Company therefore entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”), dated as of
May 19, 2005, to sell substantially all of the assets and to transfer certain
liabilities of ACC to AMA, a Minnesota limited liability company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of North Central Equity LLC (“NCE”). In addition, on May
19, 2005, the parties executed a Management Services Agreement (“MSA”), Security
Agreement, Note, Proxy and Guaranty. Upon receipt of the requisite approvals,
including shareholder approval, this transaction was completed on September
30,
2005. Subsequent to the sale, ACC’s name was changed to WXC Corp.
(“WXCC”).
The
sale
resulted in a gain on disposition of $6,387, net of disposition and business
exit costs. In accordance with GAAP, this gain, and the WXCC operations for
the
year ended December 31, 2005, as well as for all prior periods included in
the
consolidated financial statements included in Item 15 of this Annual Report
on
Form 10-K, have been reported in discontinued operations.
At
the
closing of the asset sale transaction, C2’s controlling shareholder, Counsel
Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “Counsel”), agreed to provide a
$585 loan to NCE. This loan is being repaid over six months on a straight-line
basis. The loan is subject to a holdback, the amount of which was $320 at
closing, reduced to $200 at December 31, 2005, relating to recorded liabilities
of C2 that had not been settled at closing. On September 30, 2005, in
conjunction with the closing of the asset sale transaction and the expiration
of
the MSA, referenced above, the Company and AMA entered into a second Management
Services Agreement (“MSA2”) under which the Company agreed to continue to
provide services in certain states where AMA, at closing, had not obtained
authorization to provide telecommunications services. The Company is charged
a
management fee by AMA which is equal to the revenue earned from providing these
services. During the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company’s revenue and
offsetting management fee totaled $1,439, both of which have been recorded
as
components of discontinued operations. As of December 31, 2005, AMA had obtained
authorization to provide telecommunications services in all states except
Hawaii, and the Company expects the MSA2 to remain in effect until such time
as
authorization is obtained.
The
following tables provide additional information with respect to the assets
that
were disposed of and the liabilities that were assumed in the September 30,
2005
transaction, the gain on the sale, and the operating results of the discontinued
operations for the years ending December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003:
6
Assets
disposed of and liabilities assumed
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September
30,
2005
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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1,184
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Accounts
receivable, net
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10,288
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Other
current assets
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1,021
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Total
current assets
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12,493
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Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software, net
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1,766
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Intangible
assets, net
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809
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Goodwill
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947
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Other
assets
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617
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Total
assets
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16,632
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Senior
secured revolving credit facility
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5,431
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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12,710
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Unearned
revenue
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622
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Subordinated
note payable
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4,000
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Current
portion of notes payable to third parties
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199
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Total
current liabilities
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22,962
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Notes
payable to third parties, less current portion
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500
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Total
liabilities
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23,462
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Net
liabilities
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$
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6,830
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The
gain
on the sale of the ACC business was determined as follows:
Consideration
received:
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Assumption
of liabilities by AMA
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$
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23,462
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Less:
Book value of assets disposed
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(16,632
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)
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6,830
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Less:
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Investment
banker fees associated with disposition
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(279
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)
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Other
costs associated with disposition
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(164
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)
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Net
gain on sale of business
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$
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6,387
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7
Statements
of Operations -Discontinued
Operations
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20053
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2004
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2003
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Revenues
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$
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65,154
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$
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112,595
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$
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133,765
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Operating
costs and expenses:
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Telecommunications
network expense1
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39,308
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60,067
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86,006
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Selling,
general and administrative
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29,232
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50,313
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52,754
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Provision
for doubtful accounts
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2,216
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5,229
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5,432
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Depreciation
and amortization
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2,988
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6,956
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7,125
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Total
operating costs and expenses
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73,744
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122,565
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151,317
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Operating
loss
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(8,590
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)
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(9,970
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)
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(17,552
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)
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Other
income (expense):
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||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(1,394
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)
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(2,796
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)
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(2,219
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)
|
||||
Interest
and other income
|
42
|
984
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78
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|||||||
Total
other income (expense)
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(1,352
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)
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(1,812
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)
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(2,141
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)
|
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Loss
before gain on sale of business
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(9,942
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)
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(11,782
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)
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(19,693
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)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of business (net of $0 tax)2
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6,387
|
104
|
529
|
|||||||
Net
loss - discontinued operations (net of $0 tax)
|
$
|
(3,555
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)
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$
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(11,678
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)
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$
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(19,164
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)
|
1
Exclusive of depreciation expense on telecommunications network assets of
$1,545, $5,056 and $3,918 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003,
respectively, included in depreciation and amortization.
2
In 2005,
this represents the gain on the sale of the ACC business. In 2004 and 2003,
this
is related to the gain on the sale of the ILC operations.
3 Includes
post-closing activities in the fourth quarter, related to the Telecommunications
business sold on September 30, 2005.
Employees
As
of
December 31, 2005, as a result of the sale of the Telecommunications business
and the cessation of its Technologies-related research and development
activities, C2 had five employees, four of whom are also employees of Counsel,
whose salaries are paid by Counsel. Under the terms of a management services
agreement (the “Agreement”), as described in Item 11 of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K, the Counsel employees provide management and administrative services
to C2 and the associated costs are allocated to C2. The Company expects to
hire
additional employees in 2006 as it pursues its patent licensing strategy,
although there are no specific plans at this time.
Industry
Historically,
the communications services industry has transmitted voice and data over
separate networks using different technologies. Traditional carriers have
typically built telephone networks based on circuit switching technology, which
establishes and maintains a dedicated path for each telephone call until the
call is terminated.
The
communications services industry continues to evolve, both domestically and
internationally, providing significant opportunities and risks to the
participants in these markets. Factors that have been driving this change
include:
•
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entry
of new competitors and investment of substantial capital in existing
and
new services, resulting in significant price
competition
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•
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technological
advances resulting in a proliferation of new services and products
and
rapid increases in network capacity
|
•
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The
Telecommunications Act of 1996 Act; as amended (“1996 Act”),
and
|
•
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growing
deregulation of communications services markets in the United States
and
in selected countries around the
world.
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8
VoIP
is a
technology that can replace the traditional telephone network. This type of
data
network is more efficient than a dedicated circuit network because the data
network is not restricted by the one-call, one-line limitation of a traditional
telephone network. This improved efficiency creates cost savings that can be
either passed on to the consumer in the form of lower rates or retained by
the
VoIP provider. In addition, VoIP technology enables the provision of enhanced
services such as unified messaging.
Competition
We
are
seeking to have telecommunications service providers (“TSPs”), equipment
suppliers (“ESs”) and end users license our patents. In this regard, our
competition is existing technology, outside the scope of our patents, which
allows TSPs and ESs to deliver communication services to their
customers.
VoIP
is
becoming a widespread and accepted telecommunications technology, with a variety
of applications in the telecommunications and other industries. While we and
many others believe that we will see continued proliferation of this technology
in the coming years, and while we believe that this proliferation will occur
within the context of our patents, there is no certainty that this will occur,
or that it will occur in a manner that requires organizations to license our
patents.
Government
Regulation
As
a
result of, and subsequent to, the disposition of our Telecommunications
business, we are no longer subject to various regulatory requirements, at the
federal, state and local levels, which were applicable to our operations in
prior years. However, the following remain relevant to our
operations:
VoIP
Notice of Proposed Rule Making
In
February 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued the VoIP
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “VoIP NPRM”) to solicit comments on many
aspects of the regulatory treatment of VoIP services. The FCC continues to
consider the possibility of regulating access to IP-based services, but has
not
yet decided on the appropriate level of regulatory intervention for IP-based
service applications. It has, through several decisions, sought to exercise
its
pre-emptive authority to designate VoIP as an interstate service, thus
pre-empting state regulation of VoIP and placing the FCC as the sole regulator
of the service - a position that has been challenged by several state public
utility commissions. Further, the VoIP NPRM will likely address the
applicability of access charges to VoIP services. Access charges provide
compensation to local exchange carriers for traffic that originates or
terminates on their networks. Certain LECs have argued that certain types of
VoIP carriers provide the same basic functionality as traditional telephone
service carriers, in that they carry a customer’s call from an origination point
to a termination destination. Any ruling or decision from the FCC requiring
VoIP
carriers to pay access charges to ILECs for local loop use may adversely affect
our ability to license our VoIP technology to TSPs, ESs and end users, as
described above.
Other
Legislation
Recent
legislation in the United States including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has
increased regulatory and compliance costs as well as the scope and cost of
work
provided to us by our independent registered public accountants and legal
advisors. Based on the current timetable, the Company will be subject to Section
404 reporting in 2007. As implementation guidelines continue to evolve, we
expect to incur costs, which may or may not be material, in order to comply
with
legislative requirements or rules, pronouncements and guidelines by regulatory
bodies, thereby reducing profitability.
Available
Information
C2
is
subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which requires that C2 file reports,
proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). The SEC maintains a website on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov
that
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information
regarding issuers, including C2, which file electronically with the SEC. In
addition, C2’s Exchange Act filings may be inspected and copied at the SEC’s
Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. The public
may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Company makes available free of charge through
its Internet web site, http://www.c-2technologies.com
(follow
Investor Relations tab to link to “SEC Filings”) its annual report on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments
to
those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such material has been
electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
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Item
1A. Risk Factors.
You
should carefully consider and evaluate these risk factors, as any of them could
materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results
of
operations, which, in turn, can adversely affect the price of our
securities.
Reports
of our independent registered accountants have been qualified and make reference
to the going concern risk.
In
each
of their audit reports for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005,
our
independent registered public accounting firm has made reference to the
substantial doubt of our ability to continue as a going concern. Before
considering making an investment or becoming a stakeholder in C2, you should
carefully review the aforementioned accountants’ reports and ensure that you
have read, understood and obtained relevant advice from consultation with your
financial and other advisors.
We
are primarily dependent upon an ongoing commitment from Counsel to fund, through
long-term intercompany advances or equity contributions, all of our capital
investment, working capital or other operational cash requirements through
December 31, 2006.
Counsel
is the 91% equity holder and 95% debt holder of the Company at December 31,
2005. Counsel has committed to fund the operating cash requirements of the
Company through December 31, 2006. C2 may be unable to meet its obligations
as
they come due should Counsel be unable or unwilling to meet its commitment
to
provide financial support as necessary through December 31, 2006. See the
section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in Item 13 of
this report.
We
have no commitments in place to fund operations beyond December 31,
2006
Management’s
forecasts do not anticipate the Company achieving breakeven cash flows by
December 31, 2006. Accordingly, the Company will need to obtain third party
financing in order to continue operations beyond this date. As of the date
of
this report, management has not attempted to arrange additional financing beyond
the maturity of the Counsel Keep Well, which expires on December 31, 2006,
and
there is no assurance that management will be able to obtain financing on
favorable financial terms to fund the operations of the Company beyond this
date. Management, with the assistance of legal counsel, is looking to realize
on
the value of its intellectual property in the form of licensing or royalty
payments from third parties. There is no certainty that the Company’s strategy
will be successful.
We
may need to settle our convertible notes in cash.
Conversion
of existing convertible notes is primarily at the option of the holders. Should
the holders decide not to convert or should other conditions not be met
regarding stock price, the Company may be required to deliver cash to settle
amounts due in respect of interest, and/or principal at various times in the
future. There can be no assurance that we will be able to generate sufficient
cash from operations or from third party financing in order to be able to do
so.
Our
assets serve as collateral under both a convertible note and loans from related
parties. If we were to default on any of these loans, the secured lenders could
foreclose on our assets. In that event, we would be unable to continue our
operations as they are presently conducted, if at all.
Laurus
Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”) holds a $3,235 secured convertible note (the
“Note”) which is collateralized by a blanket security interest in our assets.
The Note matures in October 2007. At December 31, 2005, our assets also secure
all debt to Counsel.
All
Counsel debt is subordinated in favor of the Note. Our aggregate total debt
to
Counsel at December 31, 2005 of $73,646 may need to be restructured in the
event
that the Company is unable to satisfy these obligations in cash.
We
are subject to litigation.
We
are,
from time to time, involved in various claims, legal proceedings and complaints
arising in the ordinary course of business. The significant litigation matters
facing us at this time are detailed below, in Item 3 of this Annual Report
on
Form 10-K.
We
may be required to make cash payments to dissenting
stockholders.
At
our
Adjourned Meeting of Stockholders held on December 30, 2003, our
stockholders, among other things, approved an amendment to our Articles of
Incorporation, deleting Article VI thereof (regarding liquidations,
reorganizations, mergers and the like). Stockholders who were entitled to vote
at the meeting and advised us in writing, prior to the vote on the amendment,
that they dissented and intended to demand payment for their shares if the
amendment was effectuated, were entitled to exercise their appraisal rights
and
obtain payment in cash for their shares under Sections 607.1301 - 607.1333
of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “Florida Act”), provided their
shares were not voted in favor of the amendment.
In
January 2004, we sent appraisal notices in compliance with Florida
corporate statutes to all stockholders who had advised us of their intention
to
exercise their appraisal rights. The appraisal notices included our estimate
of
fair value of our shares, at $4.00 per share on a post-split basis. These
stockholders had until February 29, 2004 to return their completed
appraisal notices along with certificates for the shares for which they were
exercising their appraisal rights. Approximately 33 stockholders holding
approximately 74,000 shares of our stock returned completed appraisal notices
by
February 29, 2004. A stockholder of 20 shares notified us of his acceptance
of our offer of $4.00 per share, while the stockholders of the remaining shares
did not accept our offer. Subject to the qualification that, in accordance
with
the Florida Act, we may not make any payment to a stockholder seeking appraisal
rights if, at the time of payment, our total assets are less than our total
liabilities, stockholders who accepted our offer to purchase their shares at
the
estimated fair value will be paid for their shares within 90 days of our
receipt of a duly executed appraisal notice. If we should be required to make
any payments to dissenting stockholders, Counsel will fund any such amounts
through advances to C2. Stockholders who did not accept our offer were required
to indicate their own estimate of fair value, and if we do not agree with such
estimates, the parties are required to go to court for an appraisal proceeding
on an individual basis, in order to establish fair value. Because we did not
agree with the estimates submitted by most of the dissenting stockholders,
we
have sought a judicial determination of the fair value of the common stock
held
by the dissenting stockholders. On June 24, 2004, we filed suit against the
dissenting stockholders seeking a declaratory judgment, appraisal and other
relief in the Circuit Court for the 17th
Judicial
District in Broward County, Florida. On February 4, 2005, the declaratory
judgment action was stayed pending the resolution of the direct and derivative
lawsuits filed in California. This decision was made by the judge in the Florida
declaratory judgment action due to the similar nature of certain allegations
brought by the defendants in the declaratory judgment matter and the California
lawsuits. On March 7, 2005, the dissenting shareholders appealed the decision
of
the District Court judge to the Fourth District Court of Appeals for the State
of Florida, which denied the appeal on June 21, 2005. When the declaratory
judgment matter resumes, there is no assurance that this matter will be resolved
in our favor and an unfavorable outcome of this matter could have a material
adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial position or
liquidity.
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We
may fail either to adequately protect our proprietary technology and processes,
or to succeed in enforcing our intellectual property rights, which would allow
competitors to take advantage of our development efforts.
Included
in the Company’s VoIP Patent Portfolio are United States Patents No. 6,243,373
and No. 6,438,124. The value of these patents has yet to be determined. If
we
fail to obtain or maintain adequate protections, or are unsuccessful in
enforcing our patent rights, we may not be able to carry out our business
strategy or prevent third parties from benefiting from those patents without
benefit to the Company. Any currently pending or future patent applications
may
not result in issued patents. In addition, any issued patents may not have
priority over any patent applications of others or may not contain claims
sufficiently broad to protect us against third parties with similar
technologies, products or processes.
Our
principal stockholder, Counsel, has voting control over us and certain of our
executive officers are employees of Counsel.
Counsel
owns approximately 91% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, Counsel
controls all matters requiring approval by the stockholders including the
election of the Board of Directors and significant corporate transactions.
Our
Board of Directors establishes corporate policies and has the sole authority
to
nominate and elect our officers to carry out those policies. Our Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Accounting and
Corporate Secretary are all employees of Counsel. Our Chief Executive Officer
has a supplemental employment contract with C2. Services of Counsel staff
working at C2 (excluding the CEO) are paid for pursuant to a management services
agreement that exists between Counsel and C2. The control by Counsel could
delay
or prevent a change in control of C2, impede a merger, consolidation, takeover
or other business combination involving us and discourage a potential acquirer
from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of C2.
Other stockholders therefore will have limited participation in our affairs.
The
four member Board of Directors has three members independent of Counsel. The
Board established a special committee of independent directors of the Board
in
2004 to consider recommendations of the Company’s management for potential
merger, acquisitions and financing activities.
Provisions
in our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, could prevent or delay
stockholders' attempts to replace or remove current
management.
Our
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide for staggered terms for the
members of our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is divided into three
staggered classes, and each director serves a term of three years. At each
annual stockholders’ meeting only those directors comprising one of the three
classes will have completed their term and stand for re-election or
replacement.
The
use
of a staggered Board of Directors and the ability to issue "blank check"
preferred stock are traditional anti-takeover measures. These provisions may
be
beneficial to our management and the Board of Directors in a hostile tender
offer, and may have an adverse impact on stockholders who may want to
participate in such a tender offer, or who may want to replace some or all
of
the members of the Board of Directors.
Our
Board of Directors may issue additional shares of preferred stock without
stockholder approval.
Our
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, authorize the issuance of up to
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $10.00 par value per share. The Board
of
Directors is authorized to determine the rights and preferences of any
additional series or class of preferred stock. The Board of Directors may,
without stockholder approval, issue shares of preferred stock with dividend,
liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which are senior to our shares
of common stock or which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights
of the existing holders of outstanding shares of preferred stock or common
stock. The issuance of additional shares of preferred stock may also hamper
or
discourage an acquisition or change in control of C2.
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We
may conduct future offerings of our common stock and preferred stock and pay
debt obligations with our common and preferred stock which may diminish our
investors’ pro rata ownership and depress our stock price.
We
reserve the right to make future offers and sales, either public or private,
of
our securities including shares of our preferred stock, common stock or
securities convertible into common stock at prices differing from the price
of
the common stock previously issued.
We
have
$18,270 of convertible debt owing to Counsel as of December 31, 2005,
convertible into over 3,600,000 shares of our common stock (subject to the
effects of anti-dilution, including the effect of the potential conversion
of
the Laurus Note). We also have $55,375 of non-convertible debt owed to Counsel
at December 31, 2005 which may need to be restructured into convertible debt
or
converted into equity in the event that the Company is unable to satisfy these
obligations in cash.
In
addition, the Laurus Note is convertible into approximately 3,676,000 shares
of
common stock. Laurus also holds a Warrant to acquire 1,000,000 shares of common
stock of the Company. The Laurus Note is guaranteed by Counsel.
There
can
be no assurance that we will be able to successfully complete any such future
offerings. In the event that any such future sales of securities are effected
or
we use our common or preferred stock to pay principal or interest on our debt
obligations, an investor’s pro rata ownership interest in us may be reduced to
the extent of any such issuances and, to the extent that any such sales are
effected at consideration which is less than that paid by the investor, the
investor may experience dilution and a diminution in the market price of the
common stock.
Our
internal disclosure controls may not reduce to a relatively low level the risk
that a material error in our financial statements may go
undetected.
Our
Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”) are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for C2. Accordingly,
the Certifying Officers designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under their
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to C2, including
our
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Certifying Officers by others
within those entities. We regularly evaluate the effectiveness of disclosure
controls and procedures and report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls quarterly on our Form 10-Q and annually on our Form
10-K. In completing such reporting we disclose, as appropriate, any significant
change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
our
most recent fiscal period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. This
disclosure, based on our most recent evaluation of our disclosure controls
and
procedures, is made to our independent accountants and the audit committee
of
our Board of Directors. All material weaknesses in the design or operation
of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect our ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information on a timely basis are reported in our public filings. Additionally,
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in our internal control over financial reporting,
is
reported on such filings as applicable.
Over
the
last three years, the Certifying Officers have reported three separate events
of
control deficiencies, constituting material weaknesses. Control deficiencies
were last reported in the second quarter of 2004. Since that time, the
Certifying Officers have reported that the disclosure controls and procedures
are effective. We have undertaken specific measures to cure or mitigate the
ineffective controls and procedures identified in our prior filings. Such
measures include making significant systems, process and control changes and
we
have implemented new technologies to achieve an effective system of controls
and
procedures as of the quarter ended September 30, 2004 and through the date
of
this Report on Form 10-K. The three control deficiencies are detailed in the
following filings:
·
|
Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, as
amended;
|
·
|
Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended;
and
|
·
|
Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.
|
While
management is responsible for ensuring an effective control environment and
has
taken steps to ensure that the internal control environment remains free of
significant deficiencies and/or material weaknesses, the inherent nature of
our
business and rapidly changing environment may affect management’s ability to be
successful with this initiative.
The
telecommunications industry in which we operate is subject to government
regulation.
As
a
result of, and subsequent to, the disposition of the telecommunications
business, we are no longer subject to various regulatory requirements. However,
we remain subject to certain government regulation at federal, state and local
levels. Any change in current government regulation regarding telecommunications
pricing, system access, consumer protection or other relevant legislation could
have a material impact on our results of operations. Most of the operations
of
our target market are subject to regulation by the FCC under the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended. In addition, certain of our target market’s operations
are subject to regulation by state public utility or public service commissions.
Changes in the regulation of, or the enactment of changes in interpretation
of,
legislation affecting us could negatively impact the operations of our target
market and therefore negatively affect our opportunities to license our
intellectual property.
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The
telecommunications market is volatile.
During
the last several years, the telecommunications industry has been very volatile
as a result of overcapacity, which has led to price erosion and bankruptcies.
If
our potential licensees cannot control their subscriber and customer attrition
through maintaining competitive services and pricing, our revenue could decrease
significantly as the licensees become unable to meet their financial
obligations.
There
is a limited public trading market for our common stock; the market price of
our
common stock has been volatile and could experience substantial fluctuations.
Our
common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and there is a
limited public trading market for the common stock. Without an active trading
market, there can be no assurance of any liquidity or resale value of the common
stock. In addition, the market price of our common stock has been, and may
continue to be, volatile. Such price fluctuations may be affected by general
market price movements or by reasons unrelated to our operating performance
or
prospects such as, among other things, announcements concerning us or our
competitors, technological innovations, government regulations, and litigation
concerning proprietary rights or other matters. In addition, in recent years,
the stock market in general, and the market for telecommunications companies
in
particular, have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. This
volatility has affected the market prices of securities issued by many companies
and it may adversely affect the price of our common stock.
We
may not be able to utilize income tax loss carryforwards.
Restrictions
in our ability to utilize income tax loss carry forwards have occurred in the
past due to the application of certain changes in ownership tax rules in the
United States. There is no certainty that the application of these rules may
not
reoccur or that future merger, acquisition and/or disposition transactions
may
cause further restrictions on our income tax loss carryforwards existing at
a
particular time. Any such additional limitations could require us to pay income
taxes in the future and record an income tax expense to the extent of such
liability. We could be liable for income taxes on an overall basis while having
unutilized tax loss carryforwards since these losses may be applicable to one
jurisdiction and/or particular line of business while earnings may be applicable
to a different jurisdiction and/or line of business. Additionally, income tax
loss carryforwards may expire before we have the ability to utilize such losses
in a particular jurisdiction and there is no certainty that current income
tax
rates will remain in effect at the time when we have the opportunity to utilize
reported tax loss carry forwards.
We
have not declared any dividends on our common stock to date and have no
intention of doing so in the foreseeable future.
The
payment of cash dividends on our common stock rests within the discretion of
our
Board of Directors and will depend, among other things, upon our earnings,
unencumbered cash, capital requirements and our financial condition, as well
as
other relevant factors. Payments of dividends on our outstanding shares of
preferred stock must be paid prior to the payment of dividends on our common
stock. To date, we have not paid dividends on our common stock nor do we
anticipate that we will pay dividends in the foreseeable future. As of December
31, 2005, we do not have any preferred stock outstanding which has any
preferential dividends. So long as 25% of principal amount of the Note held
by
Laurus remains outstanding, we may not pay any dividends on our common stock.
Additionally, under the Florida Act, we cannot pay dividends while we have
negative stockholders’ equity.
Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item
2. Properties.
The
Company does not currently lease or rent premises in the U.S. All operations
are
carried out from the corporate office of its majority stockholder, Counsel,
located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Company is not required to pay rent
or
other occupancy costs to Counsel. The Company expects to occupy properties
in
the U.S. in 2006 as it pursues its patent licensing strategy.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings.
On
April 16, 2004, certain stockholders of the Company (the “Plaintiffs”)
filed a putative derivative complaint in the Superior Court of the State of
California in and for the County of San Diego, (the “Complaint”) against the
Company, WorldxChange Corporation (sic), Counsel Communications LLC, and Counsel
Corporation as well as four present and former officers and directors of the
Company, some of whom also are or were directors and/or officers of the other
corporate defendants (collectively, the “Defendants”). The Complaint alleges,
among other things, that the Defendants, in their respective roles as
controlling stockholder and directors and officers of the Company committed
breaches of the fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and good faith and were
unjustly enriched, and that the individual Defendants committed waste of
corporate assets, abuse of control and gross mismanagement. The Plaintiffs
seek
compensatory damages, restitution, disgorgement of allegedly unlawful profits,
benefits and other compensation, attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with
the Complaint. The Company believes that these claims are without merit and
intends to continue to vigorously defend this action. There is no assurance
that
this matter will be resolved in the Company’s favor and an unfavorable outcome
of this matter could have a material adverse impact on its business, results
of
operations, financial position or liquidity.
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The
Company, Counsel Communications LLC, Counsel Corporation and four of its current
and former executives and board members were named in a securities action filed
in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of San
Diego (the “Court”) on April 16, 2004, in which the plaintiffs made claims
nearly identical to those set forth in the Complaint in the derivative suit
described above. The Company believes that these claims are without merit and
intends to vigorously defend this action. There is no assurance that this matter
will be resolved in the Company’s favor and an unfavorable outcome of this
matter could have a material adverse impact on its business, results of
operations, financial position or liquidity. In February 2006, the plaintiffs
in
both this action and the derivative action described above changed attorneys.
Consequently, the trial date set for June 16, 2006 has been vacated; a new
date
has not yet been set.
In
connection with the Company’s efforts to enforce its patent rights, C2
Communications Technologies Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, filed a patent
infringement lawsuit against ITXC Corp. (“ITXC”) in the United States District
Court of the District of New Jersey on April 14, 2004. The complaint
alleged that ITXC’s VoIP services and systems infringed the Company’s U.S.
Patent No. 6,243,373, entitled “Method
and Apparatus for Implementing a Computer Network/Internet Telephone
System.”
On
May 7, 2004, ITXC filed a lawsuit against C2 Communications Technologies
Inc., and the Company, in the United States District Court for the District
of
New Jersey for infringement of five ITXC patents relating to VoIP technology,
directed generally to the transmission of telephone calls over the Internet
and
the completion of telephone calls by switching them off the Internet and onto
a
public switched telephone network. On March 17, 2006, the litigation between
C2
and ITXC was terminated as a result of the Court approving a Consent Order
whereby all claims and counterclaims were dismissed with prejudice as a result
of C2’s covenanting not to sue ITXC. The Consent Order was not based on the
determination of the merits of any issue in the lawsuits. C2 concluded, based
upon information suggesting that the nature and magnitude of the business being
conducted through the network at issue do not justify the litigation from an
economic standpoint, that it would not be fiscally prudent or beneficial to
continue this litigation. The termination of this litigation will allow C2
to
pursue other options to realize value from its intellectual
property.
At
our
Adjourned Meeting of Stockholders held on December 30, 2003, our
stockholders, among other things, approved an amendment to our Articles of
Incorporation, deleting Article VI thereof (regarding liquidations,
reorganizations, mergers and the like). Stockholders who were entitled to vote
at the meeting and advised us in writing, prior to the vote on the amendment,
that they dissented and intended to demand payment for their shares if the
amendment was effectuated, were entitled to exercise their appraisal rights
and
obtain payment in cash for their shares under Sections 607.1301 - 607.1333
of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “Florida Act”), provided their
shares were not voted in favor of the amendment.
In
January 2004, we sent appraisal notices in compliance with Florida
corporate statutes to all stockholders who had advised us of their intention
to
exercise their appraisal rights. The appraisal notices included our estimate
of
fair value of our shares, at $4.00 per share on a post-split basis. These
stockholders had until February 29, 2004 to return their completed
appraisal notices along with certificates for the shares for which they were
exercising their appraisal rights. Approximately 33 stockholders holding
approximately 74,000 shares of our stock returned completed appraisal notices
by
February 29, 2004. A stockholder of 20 shares notified us of his acceptance
of our offer of $4.00 per share, while the stockholders of the remaining shares
did not accept our offer. Subject to the qualification that, in accordance
with
the Florida Act, we may not make any payment to a stockholder seeking appraisal
rights if, at the time of payment, our total assets are less than our total
liabilities, stockholders who accepted our offer to purchase their shares at
the
estimated fair value will be paid for their shares within 90 days of our
receipt of a duly executed appraisal notice. If we should be required to make
any payments to dissenting stockholders, Counsel will fund any such amounts
through advances to C2. Stockholders who did not accept our offer were required
to indicate their own estimate of fair value, and if we do not agree with such
estimates, the parties are required to go to court for an appraisal proceeding
on an individual basis, in order to establish fair value. Because we did not
agree with the estimates submitted by most of the dissenting stockholders,
we
have sought a judicial determination of the fair value of the common stock
held
by the dissenting stockholders. On June 24, 2004, we filed suit against the
dissenting stockholders seeking a declaratory judgment, appraisal and other
relief in the Circuit Court for the 17th
Judicial
District in Broward County, Florida. On February 4, 2005, the declaratory
judgment action was stayed pending the resolution of the direct and derivative
lawsuits filed in California. This decision was made by the judge in the Florida
declaratory judgment action due to the similar nature of certain allegations
brought by the defendants in the declaratory judgment matter and the California
lawsuits described above. On March 7, 2005, the dissenting shareholders appealed
the decision of the District Court judge to the Fourth District Court of Appeals
for the State of Florida, which denied the appeal on June 21, 2005. When the
declaratory judgment matter resumes, there is no assurance that this matter
will
be resolved in our favor and an unfavorable outcome of this matter could have
a
material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial
position or liquidity.
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The
Company is involved in various other legal matters arising out of its operations
in the normal course of business, none of which are expected, individually
or in
the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None
15
PART
II
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder
Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Price
Range of Common Stock
Shares
of
C2’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, are traded on the OTC Bulletin
Board (“OTCBB”) under the symbol COBT.OB.
The
following table sets forth the high and low prices for our common stock for
the
period as quoted on the OTCBB, from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005,
based on inter-dealer quotations, without retail markup, markdown, commissions
or adjustments, and may not represent actual transactions:
Quarter
Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||
March
31, 2004
|
$
|
5.10
|
$
|
2.12
|
|||
June
30, 2004
|
3.70
|
1.45
|
|||||
September
30, 2004
|
1.60
|
0.75
|
|||||
December
31, 2004
|
1.04
|
0.52
|
|||||
March
31, 2005
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.52
|
|||
June
30, 2005
|
0.60
|
0.35
|
|||||
September
30, 2005
|
0.51
|
0.26
|
|||||
December
31, 2005
|
1.50
|
0.22
|
On
March
7, 2006, the closing price for a share of the Company’s common stock was
$0.70.
Holders
As
of
March 7, 2006, the Company had approximately 937 holders of common stock of
record.
Dividends
To
date,
we have not paid dividends on our common stock nor do we anticipate that we
will
pay dividends in the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2005, we do not
have
any preferred stock outstanding which has any preferential dividends. So long
as
25% of the principal amount of the Note held by Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. remains
outstanding, we may not pay any dividends on our common stock. Additionally,
under the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “Florida Act”), we cannot pay
dividends while we have negative stockholders’ equity.
16
Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The
following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2005, information with respect
to
equity compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements)
under
which the Company’s securities are authorized for issuance.
Plan
Category
|
Number
of Securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding
options
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
|
||||||||||
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
|||||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security
holders:
|
|||||||||||||
2003
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
|
338,250
|
$
|
1.88
|
1,661,750
|
|||||||||
1997
Recruitment Stock Option Plan
|
14,611
|
31.06
|
355,389
|
||||||||||
1995
Directors Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
|
7,500
|
22.50
|
2,000
|
||||||||||
1995
Employee Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
|
—
|
—
|
14,037
|
||||||||||
Director
Stock Option Plan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security
holders:
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of non-qualified options to employees and outside consultants
(1)
|
366,665
|
70.99
|
—
|
||||||||||
Total
|
727,026
|
$
|
37.50
|
2,033,176
|
(1)
|
For
a description of the material terms of these options, see Note 17
in the
Company’s audited financial statements included in Item 15 of this Report
on Form 10-K.
|
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from
Registered Securities.
During
the twelve months ended December 31, 2005, 39,600 options were granted to
employees, directors and consultants under the 2003 Employee Stock Option and
Appreciation Rights Plan. These options were issued with exercise prices that
equalled or exceeded fair market value on the date of the grant and vest over
a
4-year period subject to the grantee’s continued employment with the
Company.
The
Company relied on an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
We
did
not make any stock repurchases during the last quarter of 2005.
17
Item
6. Selected Financial Data.
The
following selected consolidated financial information was derived from the
audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Prior periods
have
been amended to reclassify the Telecommunications business as discontinued
operations, as discussed in Item 1. The information set forth below is not
necessarily indicative of the results of future operations and should be read
in
conjunction with Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” as well as the Consolidated Financial
Statements and Notes thereto included in Item 15 in this report.
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
2001
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of Operations Data :
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Technology
licensing and development
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
540
|
$
|
2,164
|
$
|
2,837
|
$
|
5,697
|
||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general, administrative and other
|
2,785
|
4,117
|
4,516
|
4,281
|
10,229
|
|||||||||||
Research
and development
|
389
|
442
|
—
|
1,399
|
2,332
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
32
|
20
|
—
|
56
|
4,123
|
|||||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
3,206
|
4,579
|
4,516
|
5,736
|
16,684
|
|||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(3,206
|
)
|
(4,039
|
)
|
(2,352
|
)
|
(2,899
|
)
|
(10,987
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense - related party
|
(12,154
|
)
|
(8,488
|
)
|
(10,175
|
)
|
(2,397
|
)
|
(1,823
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
expense - third party
|
(658
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(875
|
)
|
(2,540
|
)
|
(371
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income
|
1,084
|
1,487
|
1,138
|
37
|
670
|
|||||||||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
(11,728
|
)
|
(7,066
|
)
|
(9,912
|
)
|
(4,900
|
)
|
(1,524
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(14,934
|
)
|
(11,105
|
)
|
(12,264
|
)
|
(7,799
|
)
|
(12,511
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(3,555
|
)
|
(11,678
|
)
|
(19,164
|
)
|
(20,039
|
)
|
(31,986
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(18,489
|
)
|
$
|
(22,783
|
)
|
$
|
(31,428
|
)
|
$
|
(27,838
|
)
|
$
|
(44,497
|
)
|
|
Income
(loss) from continuing operations applicable to common
stockholders
|
$
|
(14,934
|
)
|
$
|
(11,105
|
)
|
$
|
(12,264
|
)
|
$
|
(7,799
|
)
|
$
|
2,705
|
||
Basic
and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
|
19,237
|
19,256
|
7,011
|
5,828
|
4,959
|
|||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.78
|
)
|
$
|
(0.57
|
)
|
$
|
(1.75
|
)
|
$
|
(1.34
|
)
|
$
|
0.55
|
||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(0.18
|
)
|
(0.61
|
)
|
(2.73
|
)
|
(3.44
|
)
|
(6.45
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss per common share
|
$
|
(0.96
|
)
|
$
|
(1.18
|
)
|
$
|
(4.48
|
)
|
$
|
(4.78
|
)
|
$
|
(5.90
|
)
|
|
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Working
capital deficit
|
$
|
(78,055
|
)
|
$
|
(21,352
|
)
|
$
|
(26,576
|
)
|
$
|
(17,244
|
)
|
$
|
(40,812
|
)
|
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
60
|
80
|
100
|
—
|
1,158
|
|||||||||||
Goodwill
|
173
|
173
|
173
|
173
|
173
|
|||||||||||
Total
assets
|
3,490
|
24,009
|
39,054
|
41,446
|
46,780
|
|||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
80,073
|
36,362
|
50,887
|
40,852
|
64,117
|
|||||||||||
Total
long-term obligations:
|
||||||||||||||||
Related
party
|
—
|
46,015
|
28,717
|
43,881
|
11,528
|
|||||||||||
Third
party
|
1,359
|
2,952
|
—
|
—
|
753
|
|||||||||||
Discontinued
liabilities
|
—
|
645
|
2,403
|
14,529
|
7,380
|
|||||||||||
Stockholders’
deficit
|
(77,942
|
)
|
(61,965
|
)
|
(42,953
|
)
|
(57,816
|
)
|
(36,998
|
)
|
2003
Reverse Stock Split
On
November 26, 2003, C2 stockholders approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split.
Accordingly, the earnings per share for years prior to 2003 have been restated
to reflect the reverse split. All references to share numbers reflect the
reverse stock split unless otherwise noted. In connection with the reverse
stock
split, the par value of the Company’s common stock changed from $0.007 to
$0.01.
18
Adoption
of Significant Accounting Pronouncements
In
December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a
revision to SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation
(“SFAS
No. 123R”). SFAS No. 123R supersedes Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion
No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
related Interpretations. SFAS No. 123R requires that all stock-based
compensation, including options, be expensed at fair value as of the grant
date
over the vesting period. Companies will be required to use an option pricing
model (e.g.: Black-Scholes or Binomial) to determine compensation expense,
consistent with the model used in the already required disclosures of SFAS
No.
148, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure.
In
April 2005, the SEC issued a release to amend the effective date of compliance
with SFAS No. 123R to the first quarter of the first fiscal year beginning
after
June 15, 2005. The Company expects to adopt SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006.
The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 123R to have a material
effect on the Company’s financial position, operations or cash
flow.
In
May
2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting
Changes and Error Corrections
(“SFAS
No. 154”). SFAS No. 154 supersedes APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting
Changes (“APB
No.
20”), and related Interpretations, and is effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2005. SFAS No. 154 requires that voluntary changes in
accounting principles be applied retrospectively, with the cumulative effect
of
the change taken into opening retained earnings for the earliest period
presented, and the prior years’ statements restated to reflect the effect of the
new accounting principle. Previously, APB No. 20 required that the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principle be recognized in net income in the
year of the change. Although SFAS No. 154 now requires that a change in
accounting principle be treated substantially the same as a correction of an
error in prior periods, retrospective application is not required if it is
impracticable to determine the effects on a specific period or the cumulative
effect of the change on all prior periods presented in the financial statements.
SFAS No. 154 does not change the transition provisions of any existing
accounting pronouncements, and the Company does not expect adoption of SFAS
No.
154 to have a material effect on its financial position, operations or cash
flow.
In
2005,
the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached consensus on EITF Issue
No. 05-2, The
Meaning of ‘Conventional Convertible Debt Instrument’ in EITF Issue No. 00-19,
‘Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, Potentially Settled
In, a Company’s Own Stock’ ”
(“EITF
No. 05-2”). Under EITF No. 05-2, instruments that provide the holder with an
option to convert into a fixed number of shares (or equivalent amount of cash
at
the discretion of the issuer) for which the ability to exercise the option
is
based on the passage of time or a contingent event should be considered
conventional, and convertible preferred stock with a mandatory redemption date
may qualify as conventional if the economic characteristics indicate the
instrument is more akin to debt than equity. EITF No. 05-2 is effective for
new
instruments entered into and instruments modified in reporting periods beginning
after June 29, 2005. The Company does not expect the adoption of EITF No. 05-2
to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, operations or
cash flow.
Significant
Risks and Material Uncertainties
Significant
risks and material uncertainties exist in C2’s business model and environment
that may cause the data reflected herein to not be indicative of the Company’s
future operations and financial condition. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, those presented above in Item 1A, entitled
“Risk Factors”, and below in Item 7, entitled “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. Readers are
encouraged to read and to obtain the necessary advice in their circumstances
before becoming a stockholder in the Company.
19
Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of
Operations.
Forward-Looking
Information
This
report contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of
the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on management’s exercise of
business judgment as well as assumptions made by, and information currently
available to, management. When used in this document, the words “may”,
"will”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, and words of similar
import, are intended to identify any forward-looking statements. You should
not
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These statements
reflect our current view of future events and are subject to certain risks
and
uncertainties as noted below. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. We undertake no obligation and do not intend to update, revise
or
otherwise publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements
to
reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of any unanticipated events. Although we believe that our
expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance
that
our expectations will materialize.
Business
Overview, Recent Developments and Outlook
(All
dollar amounts are presented in thousands USD, unless otherwise indicated,
except per share amounts)
Please
see Item 1, above, of this report for an overview of the Company’s business and
development, including information regarding the sale of the Telecommunications
business in the third quarter of 2005. Please see Item 1A, above, for
description of risk factors that have the potential to impact the Company’s
current and future operations, and financial condition.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
a
result of our substantial operating losses and negative cash flows from
operations, we had a stockholders’ deficit of $77,942 (2004 - $61,965) and
negative working capital of $78,055 (2004 - $21,352) at December 31, 2005.
The
increase in the working capital deficit during 2005 is primarily due to the
classification as current, at December 31, 2005, of related party debt of
$72,022 (2004 - $46,015) that matures December 31, 2006. It is partially offset
by the reduction in current liabilities that resulted from the disposition
of
the Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005. Both continuing
and discontinued operations in 2005 were primarily financed through increased
related party debt. However, discontinued operations for the period May 1 to
September 30, 2005, were financed by the purchaser of the Telecommunications
business through advances which, at the closing date of September 30, 2005,
formed additional consideration for the assets disposed of by the
Company.
The
Company had gross third party debt of $3,516 at December 31, 2005, a reduction
from the $5,325 owed at December 31, 2004. The third party debt is held by
Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”), and at December 31, 2005 is comprised of a
convertible note (the “Note”) in the amount of $3,235 and a warrant with a fair
value of $281. The debt to Laurus is secured by all assets of the Company and
is
guaranteed by Counsel through its maturity of October 2007.
Gross
related party debt owing to our 91% common stockholder, Counsel, at December
31,
2005 is $73,646 compared to $52,100 at December 31, 2004. Interest on the
related party debt is capitalized, at the end of each quarter, and added to
the
principal amounts outstanding. During 2005, in conjunction with the
disposition of the Telecommunications business, described above, Counsel
extended the maturity of its debt to December 31, 2006. This debt is
supplemented by Counsel’s Keep Well, which requires Counsel to fund, through
intercompany advances or equity contributions, all capital investment, working
capital or other operational cash requirements of C2 until December 31,
2006. The Keep Well is not expected to be extended beyond its current
maturity.
Counsel,
in addition to guaranteeing the Laurus Note, has also agreed to subordinate
all
of its debt owed by the Company, and to subrogate all of its related security
interests, in favor of Laurus. Counsel has further agreed to pledge all of
its
shares owned in C2 as security for the Laurus debt. In accordance with the
Laurus agreement, C2 cannot repay amounts owing to Counsel while the debt with
Laurus remains outstanding. Additionally, so long as C2’s debt to Laurus remains
outstanding, Counsel may not, without the written consent of Laurus, take any
enforcement action to collect its loans owing by C2. Notwithstanding this,
Counsel is not expected to extend the maturity date of its loans beyond December
31, 2006. In the event that C2’s debt to Laurus is either prepaid in full or
settled by conversion of such debt into shares of C2, Counsel’s subordination
agreement shall be terminated with immediate effect.
20
A
summary
of the Company’s outstanding debt, including a related common stock warrant, is
as follows:
Maturity
Date
|
December
31, 2005
|
December
31, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
|
Reported
debt
|
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
|
Reported
debt
|
|||||||||||||||||
Convertible
note payable1
|
October
14, 2007
|
$
|
3,235
|
$
|
(392
|
)
|
$
|
2,843
|
$
|
5,003
|
$
|
(605
|
)
|
$
|
4,398
|
|||||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party
|
December
31, 2006
|
73,646
|
(1,624
|
)
|
72,022
|
52,100
|
(6,085
|
)
|
46,015
|
|||||||||||||
Common
stock warrant
|
October
13, 2009
|
281
|
—
|
281
|
322
|
—
|
322
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
outstanding debt
|
$
|
77,162
|
$
|
(2,016
|
)
|
$
|
75,146
|
$
|
57,425
|
$
|
(6,690
|
)
|
$
|
50,735
|
1
On
September 30, 2005, the Company, in conjunction with the completion of the
sale
of the Telecommunications business, agreed to modifications to the security
interest in the Company held by Laurus as follows: (a) release of the security
interest in the assets being disposed of in the sale of the Telecommunications
business, (b) conversion of the security interest of the convertible Note to
the
senior debt position, (c) payment of $1,800 into a restricted cash account
for
the benefit of Laurus, which may be applied toward scheduled monthly payments
of
the note. As at December 31, 2005, the balance of the restricted cash account
was $1,506.
The
independent registered public accounting firms’ reports on the consolidated
financial statements included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for
each of the years ended December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 contained an
explanatory paragraph wherein they stated the uncertainty about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. Readers are encouraged to take due
care when reading the independent registered public accountants’ report included
in Item 15 of this report. Readers are urged to obtain the necessary
advice before becoming or continuing as a stockholder in the Company.
There
is
significant doubt about the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing
beyond December 31, 2006 to support its operations once the Keep Well from
Counsel expires. Additionally, management believes that the Company does not,
at
this time, have an ability to obtain additional financing in order to pursue
expansion through acquisition. The Company must therefore realize value from
its
intellectual property, as discussed in Item 1, in order to continue as a going
concern. There is no certainty that the Company will be successful in its
strategy of generating revenue by realizing value on its intellectual
property.
Ownership
Structure and Capital Resources
·
|
The
Company is approximately 91% owned by Counsel. The remaining 9% is
owned
by public stockholders.
|
·
|
The
Company has aggregate gross debt, including a related common stock
warrant, of $77,162 at December 31, 2005. 95% or $73,646 of this
debt is
owed to Counsel. The remainder of this debt, including the common
stock
warrant, is held by Laurus, and is guaranteed by Counsel. As discussed
above, on September 30, 2005, in conjunction with the sale of the
Telecommunications business, the Company placed $1,800 into a restricted
cash account for the benefit of the Note holder, which may be applied
toward scheduled monthly payments of the Note. At December 31, 2005,
the
balance of the restricted cash account was
$1,506.
|
·
|
Since
becoming controlling stockholder in 2001, Counsel has invested over
$100,000 in C2 to fund the development of C2’s technology and its
Telecommunications business. In 2005, Counsel loaned net $15,365
to C2,
capitalized $6,180 of interest, and continues to have a commitment
to
provide the necessary funding to ensure the continued operations
of the
Company through December 31, 2006. In addition, Counsel has subordinated
its debt, and guaranteed C2’s obligations to Laurus. The disposition of
the Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005 significantly
reduced both the complexity and the funding requirements of the Company’s
operations, and the Company does not anticipate that Counsel’s investment
in 2006 will be comparable to its investment in prior
years.
|
21
Cash
Position
Cash,
cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2005 were $1,833
compared to $44 in 2004 and $(5) in 2003. Of the $1,833, $1,506 is restricted
cash that is on deposit with Laurus; it is reduced each month by the $147
principal payment due on the Note.
Cash
utilized in operating activities
Our
working capital deficit increased to $78,055 at December 31, 2005 from $21,352
as of December 31, 2004. The increase in working capital deficit is primarily
related to the reclassification, at December 31, 2005, of related party debt
of
$72,022 (2004 - $46,015) from long-term to current liabilities. It is partially
offset by the reduction of the working capital deficit related to discontinued
operations, from $17,619 in 2004 to $3,763 in 2005, and an increase in cash
and
cash equivalents from $44 in 2004 to $1,833 in 2005. Although the Company’s
existing capital resources (due to the Counsel Keep Well) are adequate to
finance operations until December 31, 2006, the Company’s long-term viability
depends upon success in the pursuit of licensing arrangements and/or the ability
to raise additional funds to meet its business objectives.
Cash
used
in operating activities (excluding discontinued operations) during 2005 was
$2,138 (2004 - $4,163; 2003 - $4,857). Although the net loss from continuing
operations increased $3,829 to $14,934 in 2005 compared to $11,105 in 2004,
there was a net reduction in operating cash requirements. The
loss
from discontinued operations decreased $8,123 in 2005 as compared to 2004,
primarily due to the gain of $6,387 on the sale of the Telecommunications
business at September 30, 2005, and the consequent inclusion of only nine months
of Telecommunications operations in 2005 as compared to a full year in
2004. Significant
changes in non-cash items were a $1,948 increase in the amortization
of debt discounts, from $4,237 in 2004 to $6,185 in 2005, and an increase of
$1,876 in the accrued interest added to the debt owing to Counsel. In 2004
the
Company recognized a gain of $1,376 on the sale of an investment in common
stock; there were no similar transactions in 2005.
Cash
provided by investing activities
Net
cash
provided by investing activities (excluding discontinued operations) during
2005
was $0 (2004 -$3,581, 2003 - $4). In 2004, cash provided by investing activities
related to the proceeds from the disposition of securities held in Buyers United
Inc. (“BUI”) of $3,581. In 2003, we paid $100 in cash and gave up 35% of the net
earnings from our VoIP Patent Portfolio as consideration for the purchase price
of U.S. Patent No. 6,243,373.
Cash
provided by financing activities
Financing
activities (excluding discontinued operations) provided net cash of $12,092
(2004 - $17,162; 2003 - $8,028). The decrease is largely due to a reduction
in
third-party financing, and the segregation of $1,506 of cash to provide for
future payments to Laurus. In 2004, the Company received net proceeds of $4,773
from Laurus. There were no similar transactions in 2005, and in addition there
were payments of $1,767 made to Laurus in 2005, for a net decrease of $6,540.
This was partially offset by increased financing from Counsel. In 2005, the
Company received net $15,365 in financing from Counsel, compared to $12,584
in
2004, an increase of $2,781. Due to the reduction of complexity in the Company’s
operations following the sale of the Telecommunications business, the Company
expects to receive less financing from Counsel during 2006.
Contractual
Obligations
We
have
no contractual commitments other than our debt. The following table summarizes
our contractual obligations, including estimated interest payable, at December
31, 2005:
Payment
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
obligations:
|
Total
|
Less
than 1
year
|
1-3
years
|
3-5
years
|
More
than 5
years
|
|||||||||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party
|
$
|
81,049
|
$
|
81,049
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||
Convertible
note payable to a third party
|
3,599
|
2,044
|
1,555
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Warrant
to purchase common stock1
|
281
|
—
|
—
|
281
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
84,929
|
$
|
83,093
|
$
|
1,555
|
$
|
281
|
$
|
—
|
1
The
warrant is reported at fair value, as determined at the end of each
quarter.
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Consolidated
Results of Operations
Key
selected financial data for the three years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and
2003 are as follows:
Percentage
Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2005
vs. 2004
|
2004
vs. 2003
|
||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||
Technology
licensing and development
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
540
|
$
|
2,164
|
%
N/A
|
%
(75
|
)
|
|||||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general, administrative and other
|
2,785
|
4,117
|
4,510
|
(32
|
)
|
|
(9
|
)
|
||||||||||
Provision
for doubtful accounts
|
—
|
—
|
6
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||||
Research
and development
|
389
|
442
|
—
|
(12
|
)
|
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
32
|
20
|
—
|
60
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
3,206
|
4,579
|
4,516
|
(30
|
)
|
|
1
|
|||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(3,206
|
)
|
(4,039
|
)
|
(2,352
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
|
72
|
||||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense - related party
|
(12,154
|
)
|
(8,488
|
)
|
(10,175
|
)
|
43
|
(17
|
)
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense - third party
|
(658
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(875
|
)
|
912
|
(93
|
)
|
|||||||||
Other
income
|
1,084
|
1,487
|
1,138
|
(27
|
)
|
|
31
|
|||||||||||
Total
other expense, net
|
(11,728
|
)
|
(7,066
|
)
|
(9,912
|
)
|
66
|
(29
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(14,934
|
)
|
(11,105
|
)
|
(12,264
|
)
|
34
|
(9
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations, net of $0 tax
|
(3,555
|
)
|
(11,678
|
)
|
(19,164
|
)
|
(70
|
)
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(18,489
|
)
|
$
|
(22,783
|
)
|
$
|
(31,428
|
)
|
(19
|
)
|
|
(28
|
)
|
2005
Compared to 2004
In
order
to more fully understand the comparison of the results of continuing operations
for 2005 as compared to 2004, it is important to note the significant change
that occurred in 2005. On May 19, 2005, we entered into an agreement to sell
substantially all of the assets, and to transfer certain liabilities, of ACC
to
Acceris Management and Acquisition LLC, an unrelated third party. The sale
closed on September 30, 2005. In accordance with GAAP, the operational results
related to ACC were reclassified as discontinued operations in 2005 and prior
years, and accordingly are not included in the following analysis of continuing
operations for 2005.
Technologies
revenue
is
derived from licensing and related services revenue. Utilizing our patented
technology, VoIP enables telecommunications customers to originate a phone
call
on a traditional handset, transmit any part of that call via the Internet,
and
then terminate the call over the traditional telephone network. Our VoIP Patent
Portfolio is an international patent portfolio covering the basic process and
technology that enables VoIP communications. The Company has engaged, and
intends to engage, in licensing agreements with third parties domestically
and
internationally. At present, no royalties are being paid to the Company. The
Company plans to obtain licensing and royalty revenue from its target market
by
enforcing its patents, with the assistance of outside counsel, in order to
realize value from its intellectual property. In this regard, in the third
quarter of 2005, the Company retained legal counsel with expertise in the
enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Revenue
and contributions from this business to date have been based on the sales and
deployments of our VoIP solutions, which we are no longer directly marketing,
rather than on the receipt of licensing fees and royalties. The timing and
sizing of various projects has resulted in a continued pattern of fluctuating
financial results. We expect to generate licensing and royalty revenue in this
business as we gain recognition of the underlying value in our VoIP Patent
Portfolio through the enforcement of our intellectual property
rights.
Technologies
revenues were $0 in 2005 compared to $540 in 2004. The revenues in 2004 relate
to a contract that was entered into with a Japanese company in 2003. For this
contract, revenue of $600 was recognized in 2003 and revenue of $540 was
recognized in 2004.
In
connection with the 2003 acquisition of U.S. Patent No. 6,243,373, the Company
agreed to remit, to the former owner of the patent, 35% of the net proceeds
from
future revenue derived from the licensing of the VoIP Patent Portfolio, composed
of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373 and 6,438,124. Net proceeds are defined as revenue
from licensing the VoIP Patent Portfolio less costs necessary to obtain the
licensing arrangement. To date, no payments have been made to the former owner
of the patent. As we earn patent licensing revenues, we expect to incur the
associated costs.
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Selling,
general, administrative and other expense
was
$2,785 for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to $4,117 for the year
ended December 31, 2004. The significant changes included:
·
|
Compensation
expense was $275 compared to $356 in 2004, including bonuses of $69
in
2005 and $0 in 2004. The reduction is primarily attributable to the
reduction, effective July 1, 2005, in the salary earned by the CEO
of C2,
reflecting the reduced complexity of the Company’s operations following
the sale of the Telecommunications business in the third quarter
of
2005.
|
·
|
Management
fee expense charged by our majority stockholder, Counsel, was $450
in 2005
and $280 in 2004. See Item 13 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K
for
details regarding these management
fees.
|
·
|
Legal
expenses in 2005 were $845 compared to $1,619 in 2004. The decrease
in
legal expenses resulted primarily from a lower level of activity
in the
Company’s patent litigation with ITXC.
|
·
|
Accounting
and tax consulting expenses in 2005 were $251 compared to $411 in
2004.
The decrease reflects the reduced complexity of operations in 2005
as
compared to 2004. As well, in 2004 the Company changed independent
auditors and restated prior years’ financial statements, both of which
resulted in atypically high costs for accounting and tax
consulting.
|
·
|
Travel
and entertainment expenses in 2005 were $240 compared to $275 in
2004.
Travel expenses in 2006 are expected to be less than in prior years,
reflecting the decreased complexity of operations following the sale
of
the Telecommunications business in the third quarter of
2005.
|
·
|
Fees
paid to the members of our Board of Directors were $168 in 2005 compared
to $214 in 2004. The decrease reflects the fact that the Board was
reduced
from eight members during 2004 to four members in the first quarter
of
2005.
|
·
|
Directors
and officers insurance expense was $150 in both 2005 and
2004.
|
·
|
We
incurred restructuring expenses of $152 in 2005, relating to severance
costs paid to former employees in the third quarter of 2005. There
were no
similar expenses in 2004.
|
·
|
Consulting
expenses in 2004 relating to our Technologies operations were $227.
As
well, in 2004 we incurred consulting expenses of $90 relating to
the
restatement of prior years’ financial statements. There were no similar
expenses in 2005.
|
·
|
SEC
filing expenses in 2004 relating to the restatement of prior years’
financial statements were $72. There were no similar expenses in
2005.
|
Depreciation
and amortization
- This
expense was $32 in 2005 compared to $20 in 2004. In 2005, the Company incurred
depreciation expense on equipment that it acquired in December 2004. In 2004,
this expense consisted solely of amortization of the VoIP patent.
Research
and development costs (“R&D”)
- In
2004, the Company resumed R&D activities related to its VoIP technology
platform. The Company ceased its investment in R&D in the third quarter of
2005 in conjunction with its decision to focus all business efforts on the
realization of licensing fees associated with its intellectual property. R&D
expense was $389 in 2005 compared to $442 in 2004.
The
changes in other
income (expense)
are
primarily related to the following:
·
|
Related
party interest expense - This totaled $12,154 in 2005 compared to
$8,488
in 2004. The increase of $3,666 is largely attributable to a larger
average loan balance with our majority stockholder and major creditor,
Counsel, due to net advances of $15,365 during 2005. Included in
related
party interest expense in 2005 is $5,973 of amortization of the beneficial
conversion feature, related to Counsel’s ability to convert $18,270 of
debt at $5.02 per share. In 2004, amortization of the beneficial
conversion feature was $4,126 on $16,714 of debt due to Counsel,
convertible at $5.02 per share.
|
24
·
|
Third
party interest expense - This totaled $658 in 2005 compared to $65
in
2004. The increase of $593 is due to the fact that the Note with
Laurus,
entered into on October 14, 2004, was outstanding for all of
2005.
|
·
|
Other
income - This totaled $1,084 for 2005, as compared to $1,487 for
2004. In
the third and fourth quarters of 2005, the Company entered into settlement
agreements with certain carriers, which resulted in the recovery
of $1,115
of receivables that were fully reserved against when acquired in
2001 as
part of the acquisition of the assets of WorldxChange Communications
Inc.
from bankruptcy. This was partially offset by a charge of $38 when
fixed
assets were transferred to a former employee in return for future
royalty
revenues. In 2004, the other income was primarily comprised of gains
of
$1,376 recognized on the disposition of the Company’s ownership in
BUI.
|
2004
Compared to 2003
When
considering the review of the results of continuing operations for 2004 compared
to 2003, it is important to note the significant change that occurred in 2003.
On December 6, 2002, we entered into an agreement to sell substantially all
of
the assets and customer base of ILC. The sale closed on May 1, 2003. As a result
of the agreement, the operational results related to ILC were reclassified
as
discontinued operations in 2003 and prior years, and accordingly are not
included in the following analysis of continuing operations for
2003.
Technology
licensing and development revenues
decreased $1,624 to $540 in 2004 from $2,164 in 2003. The decrease was related
to having revenue from one contract outstanding in 2004 compared to two
contracts in 2003. In 2003, revenue of $1,564 was recognized from a services
and
licensing contract that was entered into and completed in 2003. A second
contract was entered into in 2003, with a Japanese company. Revenue of $600
was
recognized in 2003, and $540, the remaining revenue, was recognized in 2004.
Technology licensing revenues are project-based and, as such, these revenues
have varied from year to year based on the timing and size of the projects
and
related payments.
Selling,
general, administrative and other expense
was
$4,117 for the year ended December 31, 2004 as compared to $4,510 for the year
ended December 31, 2003. The significant changes included:
·
|
Compensation
expense in 2004 was $356 compared to $2,160 in 2003, including bonuses
of
$0 in 2004 and $339 in 2003. The reduction is primarily attributable
to
lower staff levels in 2004 compared to 2003. As well, the 2003 expense
includes $849 of compensation expense for employees who performed
research
and development activities in 2004, and whose 2004 salaries were
therefore
allocated to research and development expense in
2004.
|
·
|
Management
fee expense charged by our majority stockholder, Counsel, was $280
in 2004
and $130 in 2003. See Item 13 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K
for
details regarding these management
fees.
|
·
|
Legal
expenses in 2004 were $1,619 compared to $402 in 2003. The increase
in
legal expenses primarily related to the Company’s patent litigation with
ITXC, and legal fees associated with the direct and derivative actions
against the Company.
|
·
|
Accounting
and tax consulting expenses in 2004 were $411, compared to $312 in
2003.
The increase is primarily related to the change in the Company’s
independent accountants in 2004, as well as the restatement, in 2004,
of
prior years’ financial results.
|
·
|
Travel
and entertainment expenses were comparable in 2004 and 2003, at $275
and
$288, respectively.
|
·
|
Fees
paid to the members of our Board of Directors were $214 in 2004 compared
to $55 in 2003. Beginning in June 2004, Board compensation was increased
to include an annual retainer of $20,000 to each board member, and
additional retainers to committee chairs and members, in addition
to fees
for each meeting attended. Prior to this change in compensation,
Board
compensation consisted solely of fees for each meeting
attended.
|
·
|
Directors
and officers insurance expense was $150 in 2004, compared to $315
in 2003.
The decrease is due to reduced
premiums.
|
25
·
|
We
incurred consulting expenses of $227 in 2004, relating to our Technologies
operations, compared to $32 in 2003. In 2004 we also incurred consulting
expenses of $90 relating to the restatement of prior years’ financial
statements. Similar expenses in 2003 were $33. Other consulting expenses
were approximately $50 in 2004, compared to approximately $250 in
2003.
|
·
|
We
incurred SEC filing expenses of $72 in 2004 that were related to
the
restatement of the prior years’ financial statements. Similar expenses in
2003 were $15.
|
·
|
We
incurred agent commission expenses of $54 in 2003, with $33 relating
to
our Technologies operations and the remainder to Buyers United
transactions. There were no similar expenses in 2004.
|
·
|
Facilities
expense was $24 in 2004, compared to $120 in 2003. The decrease of
$96 was
primarily due to lower rent expense in 2004.
|
Depreciation
and amortization
- This
expense was $20 in 2004 compared to $0 in 2003. The 2004 expense related to
amortization of the VoIP Patent.
Research
and development costs
- We had
R&D expenses of $442 in 2004, compared to no R&D expense in 2003. We
resumed investing in R&D in the second quarter of 2004, after having ceased
R&D activities in 2002.
The
changes in other
income (expense)
were
primarily related to the following:
·
|
Related
party interest expense - This totaled $8,488 in 2004 compared to
$10,175
in 2003. The reduction of $1,687 is largely attributable to a lower
average loan balance with Counsel, due to the fact that $40,673 of
debt
was converted to equity in November 2003. Included in related party
interest expense in 2004 is $4,126 of amortization of the beneficial
conversion feature, related to Counsel’s ability to convert $16,714 of
debt at $5.02 per share. In 2003, amortization of the beneficial
conversion feature was $5,590 on $15,291 of debt due to Counsel,
convertible at $6.15 per share. The Counsel debt that was converted
carried an interest rate of 10%; therefore the conversion led to
approximately $4,000 in annual interest savings. Such savings were
reduced
by increases in debt due to advances by Counsel during
2004.
|
·
|
Third
party interest expense - This totaled $65 in 2004 compared to $875
in
2003, due to a reduction in third party
debt.
|
Other
income - This totaled $1,487 for 2004, as compared to $1,138 for 2003. In 2004,
the other income was primarily comprised of gains of $1,376 recognized on the
disposition of the Company’s ownership in BUI. In 2003, the other income was
primarily related to the discharge of obligations associated with two settlement
agreements totaling $1,141.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
See
Item
6 of this report for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements and their
impact on our financial statements.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principals generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). This
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities, the 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.
Significant
estimates include revenue recognition, purchase accounting (including the
ultimate recoverability of intangibles and other long-lived assets), valuation
of deferred tax assets, and contingencies surrounding litigation. These policies
have the potential to have a significant impact on our financial statements,
either because of the significance of the financial statement item to which
they
relate, or because they require judgment and estimation due to the uncertainty
involved in measuring, at a specific point in time, events which are continuous
in nature. On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates and
judgments, including those related to intangible assets, contingencies,
collectibility of receivables and litigation. Management bases its estimates
and
judgments on historical experience and various other factors that are believed
to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis
for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that
are
not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these
estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
26
Revenue
recognition
Revenue
is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has
occurred or services have been rendered, the Company’s price to the customer is
fixed and determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably
assured. Revenues where collectibility is not assured are recognized when the
total cash collections to be retained by the Company are finalized.
When
a
license of C2 technology requires continued support or involvement of C2,
contract revenues are spread over the period of the required support or
involvement. In the event that collectibility is in question, revenue is
recorded only to the extent of cash receipts.
Use
of estimates
The
Company accounts for intangible assets in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business
Combinations (“SFAS
141”) and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS
142”). All business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method.
Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized,
but are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets are recorded
based on estimates of fair value at the time of the acquisition.
The
Company assesses the fair value of goodwill based upon the fair value of the
Company as a whole, with the Company’s valuation being based upon its market
capitalization. If the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the Company’s
estimated fair value, goodwill impairment may be present. The Company measures
the goodwill impairment loss based upon the fair value of the underlying assets
and liabilities, including any unrecognized intangible assets, and estimates
the
implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss is recognized to the extent
that the Company’s recorded goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of
goodwill.
Goodwill
is tested for impairment annually, and will be tested for impairment between
annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that more likely than
not would indicate the carrying amount may be impaired. No impairment was
present upon the performance of these tests in 2005 and 2004. We cannot predict
the occurrence of future events that might adversely affect the reported value
of goodwill. Such events may include, but are not limited to, strategic
decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, judgments
on
the validity of the Company’s VoIP Patent Portfolio, or other factors not known
to management at this time.
Regularly,
the Company evaluates whether events or circumstances have occurred that
indicate the carrying value of its other amortizable intangible assets may
not
be recoverable. When factors indicate an asset may not be recoverable, the
Company compares the related future net cash flows to the carrying value of
the
asset to determine if impairment exists. If the expected future net cash flows
are less than carrying value, impairment is recognized to the extent that the
carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset.
The
Company assesses the value of its deferred tax asset, which has been generated
by a history of net operating losses, at least annually, and determines the
necessity for a valuation allowance. The Company evaluates which portion, if
any, will more likely than not be realized by offsetting future taxable income.
The determination of that allowance includes a projection of its future taxable
income, as well as consideration of any limitations that may exist on its use
of
its net operating loss carryforwards.
The
Company is involved from time to time in various legal matters arising out
of
its operations in the normal course of business. On a case by case basis, the
Company evaluates the likelihood of possible outcomes for this litigation.
Based
on this evaluation, the Company determines whether a liability accrual is
appropriate. If the likelihood of a negative outcome is probable, and the amount
is estimable, the Company accounts for the liability in the current period.
A
change in the circumstances surrounding any current litigation could have a
material impact on the financial statements.
Investments
Dividends
and realized gains and losses on equity securities are included in other income
in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investments
are accounted for under the cost method, as the equity securities or the
underlying common stock are not readily marketable and the Company’s ownership
interest does not allow it to exercise significant influence over the entity.
The Company monitors its investments for impairment by considering current
factors including economic environment, market conditions, operational
performance, and other specific factors relating to the business underlying
the
investment, and will record impairments in carrying values if appropriate.
The
fair values of the securities are estimated using the best available information
as of the evaluation date, including the quoted market prices of comparable
public companies, recent financing rounds of the investee and other investee
specific information.
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Income
taxes
The
Company records deferred taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting
for Income Taxes (“SFAS
109”). This statement requires recognition of deferred tax assets and
liabilities for temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and
liabilities and the amounts at which they are carried in the financial
statements, based upon the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which
the
differences are expected to reverse. The Company establishes a valuation
allowance when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected
to
be realized.
Discontinued
Operations
In
accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) SFAS No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,
the
operations and related losses on operations sold, or identified as held for
sale, have been presented as discontinued operations in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations for all years presented. Gains are recognized when
realized.
This
discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated
Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in Item 8 of this report. These
policies have the potential to have a significant impact on our financial
statements, either because of the significance of the financial statement item
to which they relate, or because they require judgment and estimation due to
the
uncertainty involved in measuring, at a specific point in time, events which
are
continuous in nature.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk.
Our
exposure to market risk is limited to interest rate sensitivity, which is
affected by changes in the general level of United States interest rates. Our
cash equivalents are invested with high quality issuers and we limit the amount
of credit exposure to any one issuer. Due to the short-term nature of the cash
equivalents, we believe that we are not subject to any material interest rate
risk as it relates to interest income. As to interest expense, we have one
debt
instruments that has a variable interest rate. Our variable interest rate
convertible note provides that the principal amount outstanding bears interest
at the prime rate as published in the Wall St. Journal (“WSJ interest rate”,
7.25% at December 31, 2005) plus 3% (but not less than 7.0% in total),
decreasing by 2% (but not less than 0%) for every 25% increase in the Market
Price (as defined therein) above the fixed conversion price of $0.88 following
the effective date (January 18, 2005) of the registration statement covering
the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion. Assuming the debt amount on the variable
interest rate convertible note at December 31, 2005 was constant during the
next
twelve-month period, the impact of a one percent increase in the interest rate
would be an increase in interest expense of approximately $32 for
that
twelve-month period. In respect of the variable interest rate convertible note,
should the price of the Company’s common stock increase and maintain a price
equal to 125% of $0.88 for a twelve month period, the Company would benefit
from
a reduced interest rate of 2%, resulting in lower interest costs of up to
approximately $64 for that twelve-month period. We do not believe that we are
subject to material market risk on our fixed rate debt with Counsel in the
near
term.
We
did
not have any foreign currency hedges or other derivative financial instruments
as of December 31, 2005. We do not enter into financial instruments for trading
or speculative purposes and do not currently utilize derivative financial
instruments. Our operations are conducted primarily in the United States and
as
such are not subject to material foreign currency exchange rate risk.
Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
See
Consolidated Financial Statements and supplementary data beginning on pages
F-1
and S-1.
Item
9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
and Financial
Disclosure.
None.
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures.
As
of the
end of the period covered by this Annual Report, the Chief Executive Officer
and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the “Certifying Officers”) conducted
evaluations of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. As defined
under Sections 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, the term “disclosure
controls and procedures” means controls and other procedures of an issuer that
are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer
in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the
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 Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s
management, including the Certifying Officers, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, the Certifying Officers
have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
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Further,
there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
during the fourth fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information.
None.
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PART
III
Item
10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
C2’s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide that the Board of Directors
shall
be divided into three
classes, and that the total number of directors shall not be less than five
and
not more than nine. Each director shall serve a term of three years. As of
the
date hereof, the Board of Directors consists of four members: one Class I
director (Mr. Shimer) and three Class II directors (Messrs. Toh, Heaton, and
Silber). The following table sets forth the names, ages and positions with
C2 of
the persons who currently serve as our directors and executive officers. There
are no family relationships between any present executive officers and
directors.
Name
|
Age
(1)
|
Title
|
||
Allan
C. Silber
|
57
|
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
|
||
Hal
B. Heaton
|
55
|
Director
|
||
Henry
Y.L. Toh
|
48
|
Director
|
||
Samuel
L. Shimer
|
42
|
Director
|
||
Kelly
D. Murumets
|
42
|
President
|
||
Stephen
A. Weintraub
|
58
|
Executive
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial
Officer
|
_______________
(1)
|
As
of December 31, 2005.
|
Set
forth
below are descriptions of the backgrounds of the executive officers and
directors of the Company and their principal occupations for the past five
years:
Allan
C. Silber,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Silber was elected to
the
Board of Directors as a Class II director in September 2001. He was appointed
as
Chairman of the Board in November 2001, a position he held until October, 2004,
and was again appointed as Chairman of the Board in March 2005, following the
resignation of James J. Meenan from the Board. Mr. Silber is the Chairman and
CEO of Counsel Corporation, which he founded in 1979. Mr. Silber attended
McMaster University and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Toronto.
Hal
B. Heaton,
Director. Dr. Heaton was appointed by the Board of Directors as a Class II
director on June 14, 2000 to fill a board vacancy. In March 2005, Mr. Heaton
was
appointed as Chairman of the Special Committee of Independent Directors. From
1982 to present he has been a professor of Finance at Brigham Young University
and between 1988 and 1990 was a visiting professor of Finance at Harvard
University. Dr. Heaton is a director of MITY Enterprises, Inc., a publicly
traded manufacturer of furniture in Orem, Utah. Dr. Heaton holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science/Mathematics and a Master’s in Business Administration
from Brigham Young University, as well as a Master’s degree in Economics and a
Ph.D. in Finance from Stanford University.
Henry
Y.L. Toh,
Director. The Board of Directors elected Mr. Toh as a Class II director and
as
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in April 1992. Mr. Toh became President
of C2 in May 1993, Acting Chief Financial Officer in September 1995 and Chairman
of the Board in May 1996, and served as such through September 1996. Mr. Toh
was
appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee in March 2005. Mr. Toh serves
as a
director of: National Auto Credit, Inc. (previously an originator of sub-prime
automobile financing that is transitioning into new lines of business) since
December 1998; Teletouch Communications, Inc., a retail provider of Internet,
cellular and paging services, beginning in November 2001; Isolagen, Inc., a
biotechnology company, since 2003; Crown Financial Group, Inc., a publicly
traded registered broker-dealer, (March 2004 - October 2005); and Vaso Active
Pharmaceuticals Inc., a development stage company formed for the purpose of
marketing and distributing over the counter pharmaceuticals, since August 2004.
He has also served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of Four M
International Inc., a private investment firm, and as a director and Chief
Executive Officer of Amerique Investments since 1992. He is a graduate of Rice
University.
Samuel
L. Shimer,
Director. Mr. Shimer was appointed by the Board of Directors as a Class I
director on April 15, 2001 to fill a board vacancy and was appointed Senior
Vice
President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Development on February 12,
2003. From 1997 to February 2003 he was employed by Counsel Corporation, serving
as a Managing Director since 1998. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Shimer worked at
two
merchant banking funds affiliated with Lazard Frères & Co., Center Partners
and Corporate Partners, ultimately serving as a Principal. Mr. Shimer earned
a
Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from The Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, and a Master’s of Business Administration degree
from Harvard Business School. Mr. Shimer terminated his employment with the
Company on February 27, 2004 to join Whitney & Co., an asset management
company. He remains a member of the Board.
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Kelly
D. Murumets
Ms.
Murumets became a Class III director in February 2003, a position she held
until
March 2005, at which time the Board was reconfigured to reflect the reduced
complexity of operations following the expected sale of the Telecommunications
business. Ms. Murumets joined Counsel Corporation as Executive Vice President
in
February 2002 and was appointed President of C2 in November 2003. Prior to
joining Counsel and C2, Ms. Murumets was a Vice President with Managerial Design
where she was a valued advisor to clients throughout North America giving
leaders the insight and guidance required to implement change, achieve results
and improve profitability. Ms. Murumets received her BA from Bishop’s
University, her MBA from the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey School of
Business and her MSW from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she was the
recipient of the Gold Medal and Governor General’s Award. Ms. Murumets resigned
as President of the Company effective March 3, 2006, and as Executive Vice
President of Counsel effective March 31, 2006.
Stephen
A. Weintraub,
Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr.
Weintraub was appointed Senior Vice President and Secretary of C2 in December
2002. Mr. Weintraub was elected as a Class I director on November 26, 2003,
and
served as a director until June 15, 2004. He became an Executive Vice President
in October 2005 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2005,
following the resignation of Mr. Gary Clifford. Mr. Weintraub joined Counsel
in
June 1983 as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He has been
and is an officer and director of various Counsel subsidiaries. He has been
Secretary of Counsel since 1987 and was appointed Senior Vice President in
1989.
In December 2004, Mr. Weintraub was promoted to Executive Vice President and
Secretary and became Chief Financial Officer again in December 2005. From 1980
to 1983 he was Secretary-Treasurer of Pinetree Development Co. Limited, a
private real estate developer and investor. From 1975 to 1980 he was Treasurer
and CFO of Unicorp Financial Corporation, a public financial management and
holding company. Mr. Weintraub received a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the
University of Toronto in 1969, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with
Clarkson, Gordon (now Ernst & Young LLP) in 1972 and received his law degree
(LL.B.) from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in 1975. Mr. Weintraub
is
a director of Counsel Corporation, the parent company of C2.
Each
officer of C2 is appointed by the Board of Directors and holds his/her office
at
the pleasure and direction of the Board of Directors.
C2
and
four of C2’s current and former executives and board members were named in
derivative and securities actions filed in the Superior Court of the State
of
California in and for the County of San Diego on April 16, 2004, as described
above. The Company believes that these claims are without merit and intends
to
vigorously defend these actions. There is no assurance that these matters will
be resolved in the Company’s favor and an unfavorable outcome of these matters
could have a material adverse impact on its business, results of operations,
financial position or liquidity. See “Item 3 - Legal Proceedings.”
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers and directors, and persons
who
own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to
file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of equity securities of
C2
with the SEC. Officers, directors, and greater than ten percent stockholders
are
required by the SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a)
forms that they file.
Based
solely upon a review of Forms 3 and Forms 4 furnished to us pursuant to Rule
16a-3 under the Exchange Act during our most recent fiscal year, and Forms
5
with respect to our most recent fiscal year, we believe that all such forms
required to be filed pursuant to Section 16(a) were timely filed as necessary,
by the executive officers, directors and security holders required to file
same
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, except that Catherine Moran,
C2’s Vice President of Accounting and Corporate Controller, failed to file a
timely Form 3. As of the date of filing this Annual Report, Ms. Moran is in
compliance with Section 16(a) reporting requirements.
The
Board of Directors
The
Board
of Directors oversees the business affairs of the Company and monitors the
performance of management. The Board of Directors held 12 meetings during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The Board of Directors has designated
three
standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the
Special Committee of Independent Directors. We do not have a nominating or
a
corporate governance committee. However, corporate governance functions are
included in the Audit Committee Charter, and Board nominations are considered
by
the full Board.
Committees
of the Board of Directors
Audit
Committee.
The
Audit Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board of
Directors concerning the selection and engagement of independent accountants
and
for reviewing the scope of the annual audit, audit fees, results of the audit
and independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. The Audit
Committee is also responsible for corporate governance, and reviews and
discusses with management and the Board of Directors such matters as accounting
policies, internal accounting controls and procedures for preparation of
financial statements. Its membership is currently comprised of Mr. Toh
(chairman) and Mr. Heaton, both independent directors. The Audit Committee
held
four meetings during the last fiscal year. On June 9, 2000, the Board of
Directors approved C2’s Audit Committee Charter, which was subsequently revised
and amended on July 10, 2001 and again on February 12, 2003 in order to
incorporate certain updates in light of the most recent regulatory developments,
including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. A copy of the current Audit Committee
Charter was attached to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement sent to
stockholders in October 2003 in connection with the 2003 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. The Audit Committee Charter is reviewed annually and was last
reviewed by the Board of Directors on March 23, 2004, at which time no
amendments were proposed.
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Audit
Committee Financial Expert
The
Board
of Directors has determined that Mr. Henry Y.L. Toh is an audit committee
financial expert as defined by Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act and is independent within the meaning of Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of
Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act.
Compensation
Committee.
The
Compensation Committee reviews and approves the compensation for executive
employees. Its membership is currently comprised of Messrs. Toh and Heaton,
both
independent directors. The Compensation Committee held no meetings during the
last fiscal year.
Special
Committee of Independent Directors.
The
Special Committee of Independent Directors reviews and makes recommendations
to
the Board of Directors on potential merger and acquisition activities of the
business and potential financings. The Committee was formed on December 7,
2004
and is comprised of Messrs. Heaton (Chairman) and Toh. Mr. Heaton joined the
committee on March 30, 2005. The Special Committee held four meetings during
the
last fiscal year.
Code
of Ethics
C2
has
adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive, financial
and
accounting officers. The C2 Code of Conduct (the “Code”) can be found on the
Company’s website at http://www.c-2technologies.com
(follow
Corporate Governance link to Governance Documents tab). The Company intends
to
satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding any
amendments to, or waivers from, a provision of the Code that applies to its
principal executive, financial and accounting officers by posting such
information on its website at the website address set forth above. The Code
of
Conduct is modified from time to time and is signed annually by all employees
of
the Company in conjunction with annual performance reviews.
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Item
11. Executive Compensation.
The
following table sets forth the aggregate cash compensation paid for services
rendered during the last three years by each person serving as our Chief
Executive Officer during the last year and the four most highly compensated
executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2005 whose compensation
was in excess of $100,000 (“Named Executive Officers”).
Long-Term
Compensation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual
Compensation
(in
absolute dollars)
|
Awards
|
Payouts
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Name
and
Principal
Position(5)
|
Year
|
Salary($)
|
Bonus($)
|
Other
Annual
Compensation
($)
|
Restricted
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
|
LTIP
Payouts
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
(6)
|
||||||||||||||
Allan
Silber(1)
|
2005
|
$
|
206,250
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||
Chairman
of the Board and
|
2004
|
275,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
2003
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
James
G. Ducay (2)
|
2005
|
$
|
214,719
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
114,583
|
||||||||
Executive
Vice President,
|
2004
|
275,000
|
100,000
|
450
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Chief
Operating Officer
|
2003
|
275,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
150,000
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Kenneth
L. Hilton (3)
|
2005
|
$
|
118,998
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
275,000
|
||||||||
Executive
Vice President,
|
2004
|
275,000
|
—
|
|
2,010
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Sales
and Marketing
|
2003
|
275,000
|
55,000
|
—
|
—
|
150,000
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
David
B. Silverman(4)
|
2005
|
$
|
136,534
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
95,000
|
||||||||
Senior
Vice President and
|
2004
|
133,864
|
60,000
|
|
200
|
—
|
75,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
General
Counsel
|
2003
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Silber was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer and President
of C2
as of December 19, 2002. Until June 30, 2005, Mr. Silber was entitled
to
an annual salary of $275,000 and a discretionary bonus equal to 100%
of
his base salary. Effective July 1, 2005, his salary was adjusted
to
$137,500, with a discretionary bonus equal to 100% of his base salary,
to
reflect the reduced complexity of operations following the sale of
the
Telecommunications business. For 2004 and 2003, no bonus was awarded.
As
of the filing of this Annual Report on 10-K, Mr. Silber’s discretionary
bonus amount for 2005 has not been determined. In 2003, Mr. Silber
elected
to assign his salary payable at December 31, 2003 of $275,000 to
Counsel.
On November 26, 2003, Kelly D. Murumets was appointed President,
succeeding Mr. Silber in his capacity as President.
|
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Ducay became the President of the Enterprise customer base of C2
on
December 10, 2002. In October 2003, Mr. Ducay became the Executive
Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for C2. Mr. Ducay’s employment
with C2 was terminated as of July 31, 2005. His termination was not
for
cause.
|
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Hilton became the Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing,
of C2 on
January 1, 2003. Mr. Hilton’s employment with C2 was terminated as of May
30, 2005. His termination was not for cause.
|
|
(4)
|
Mr.
Silverman became Senior Vice President and General Counsel of C2
in April
2004. Mr. Silverman’s employment with C2 was terminated as of August 31,
2005. His termination was not for cause.
|
|
(5)
|
Ms.
Kelly Murumets (President), Mr. Gary Clifford (Vice President of
Finance
and Chief Financial Officer until December 15, 2005), Mr. Stephen
Weintraub (Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial
Officer) and Ms. Catherine Moran (Vice President of Accounting and
Corporate Controller) did not receive any direct compensation from
C2 in
2003, 2004 or 2005. On December 31, 2004, C2. entered into a management
services agreement (the “Agreement”) with Counsel Corporation, the
Company’s majority stockholder, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
(collectively, “Counsel”). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company
agreed to make payment to Counsel for the past and future services
to be
provided by Counsel personnel (excluding Allan C. Silber, Counsel’s
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer) to the Company for the
calendar
years of 2004 and 2005. The basis for such services charged was an
allocation, on a cost basis, based on time incurred, of the base
compensation paid by Counsel to those employees providing services
to the
Company. The cost of such services was $450,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2005, and $280,000 for the year ended December 31, 2004.
The
cost for 2006 is estimated to be $225,000, reflecting the reduced
complexity of C2 operations following the sale of the Telecommunications
business. For each fiscal quarter, Counsel provides the details of
the
charge for services by individual, including respective compensation
and
their time allocated to the Company.
In
accordance with the Laurus agreement, amounts owing to Counsel cannot
be
repaid while amounts remain owing to Laurus.
The foregoing fees for 2004 and 2005 are due and payable within 30
days
following the respective year ends, subject to applicable restrictions.
Any unpaid fee amounts bear interest at 10% per annum commencing
on the
day after such year end.
|
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In the event of a change of control, merger or similar event of the Company, all amounts owing, including fees incurred up to the date of the event, will become due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such event. The Agreement does not guarantee the personal services of any specific individual at the Company throughout the term of the agreement and the Company will have to enter into a separate personal services arrangement with such individual should their specific services be required. The Company’s Board of Directors approved the Agreement on December 23, 2004. | ||
Counsel entered into compensation arrangements with Ms. Murumets relating to the retention of her services through the disposition of C2’s Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005. Counsel also entered into a contract with Ms. Murumets related to the disposition. The total fair value of these contracts is $1,000,000 and, as required under GAAP, they were recorded by the Company as a conferral of a $1,000,000 benefit to the Company from its controlling shareholder in the third quarter of 2005. The amount has been reported as an expense of the discontinued operations, with an offsetting credit to contributed surplus. There are no economic consequences to C2 as the result of this conferral of benefit. | ||
Ms. Murumets resigned from the Company on March 3, 2006. The Company has chosen not to appoint another President at this time, but to distribute Ms. Murumets’ responsibilities among the Company’s other executives. | ||
(6)
|
Represents
severance paid according to employment
contract.
|
Option
Grants in Last Fiscal Year (2005)
There
were no stock option grants to the Named Officers during fiscal
2005.
Aggregated
Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End
Option Values:
The
following table shows information about the value realized on option exercises
for each of the Named Officers during fiscal 2005, and the value of their
unexercised options at the end of fiscal 2005. Value realized, or gain, is
measured as the difference between the exercise price and market value or the
price at which the shares were sold on the date of exercise.
Name
|
Shares
Acquired On
Exercise
(#)
|
Value
Realized ($)
|
Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
At Fiscal Year-
End
(#)
Exercisable/Unexercisable
|
Value
of Unexercised In-
The-Money
Options At
Fiscal
Year-End ($)
Exercisable/Unexercisable
(1)
|
||||||||
Allan
C. Silber
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
/
|
—
|
—
|
/
|
—
|
||||
Kenneth
L. Hilton
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
/
|
—
|
—
|
/
|
—
|
||||
James
G. Ducay
|
—
|
—
|
75,000
|
/
|
75,000
|
—
|
/
|
—
|
||||
David
B. Silverman
|
—
|
—
|
18,750
|
/
|
56,250
|
—
|
/
|
—
|
(1)
None
of the unexercised options above are in the money, based on the closing price
of
the Company’s common stock on December 30, 2005, which was $0.61 per
share.
Long-Term
Incentive Plan Awards in Last Fiscal Year
There
were no long-term incentive plan awards made to the Named Officers during fiscal
2005.
Director
Compensation
Commencing
in June 2004, Board members who are not employed by C2 or Counsel receive a
$20,000 per year cash retainer, $1,000 per meeting attended in person or by
telephone, and a grant of stock options to purchase 10,000 shares of common
stock each year. In addition, the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives
a
cash retainer of $10,000 per year, Audit Committee members who are not the
chair
receive a cash retainer of $5,000 per year, and other committee chairpersons
receive an annual cash retainer of $2,000 per annum. The directors were also
eligible to receive options under our stock option plans at the discretion
of
the Board of Directors. No discretionary stock options were awarded to directors
during 2005.
Employment
Contracts and Termination of Employment and
Change-in-Control Arrangements
Kenneth
L. Hilton Employment Contract. C2
and
Kenneth L. Hilton entered into an employment agreement pursuant to which Mr.
Hilton became the Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of C2,
effective January 1, 2003. Mr. Hilton’s annual salary was $275,000, and he was
eligible for a discretionary bonus of up to 100% of his annual salary in an
amount to be determined pursuant to a performance management system, based
on
performance criteria established at the beginning of each fiscal year.
Additionally, in June 2002, the Company made a relocation loan of $100,000
to
Mr. Hilton. The loan was due on the earlier of August 1, 2005 or upon sale
of
Mr. Hilton’s former residence. Mr. Hilton’s employment was terminated effective
as of May 30, 2005. The termination was not for cause, and Mr. Hilton was
entitled to payment of one year’s salary. As of October 31, 2005, Mr. Hilton had
received all payments due to him, and the relocation loan had been repaid in
full.
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James
G. Ducay Employment Contract. C2
and
James G. Ducay entered into an employment agreement, which became effective
on
January 1, 2004. Mr. Ducay’s annual salary was $275,000, and he was eligible for
a discretionary bonus of up to 100% of his annual salary in an amount to be
determined pursuant to a performance management system, based on performance
criteria established at the beginning of each fiscal year. For 2004, Mr. Ducay
received a bonus of $100,000. Mr. Ducay’s employment was terminated effective as
of July 31, 2005. The termination was not for cause, and Mr. Ducay was entitled
to payment of one year’s salary. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form
10-K, Mr. Hilton had received payment of $114,583.34, and the balance will
be
paid in 2006.
David
B. Silverman Employment Contract.
C2 and
David B. Silverman entered into an employment agreement, effective April 4,
2004, pursuant to which Mr. Silverman became the Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of C2. Mr. Silverman’s annual salary was $190,000, and he was
eligible for a discretionary bonus of up to 60% of his annual salary in an
amount to be determined pursuant to a performance management system, based
on
performance criteria established at the beginning of each fiscal year. For
2004,
Mr. Silverman received a bonus of $60,000. Mr. Silverman’s employment was
terminated effective as of August 31, 2005. The termination was not for cause,
and Mr. Silverman was entitled to payment of six months’ salary. As of September
1, 2005, Mr. Silverman had received all payments due to him.
Stock
Option Plans
At
December 31, 2005, the Company has several stock-based employee compensation
plans. All share amounts disclosed below reflect the effect of the 1-for-20
reverse stock split which was approved by the stockholders on November 26,
2003.
Director
Stock Option Plan
The
Company’s Director Stock Option Plan authorized the grant of stock options to
directors of the Company. In connection with the adoption of the 1995 Director
Plan, the Board of Directors authorized the termination of future grants of
options under the Director Stock Option Plan; however, outstanding options
continued to be governed by the terms thereof until exercise or expiration
of
such options. Options granted under the Director Stock Option Plan were
non-qualified stock options exercisable at a price equal to the fair market
value per share of common stock on the date of any such grant. Options granted
under the Director Stock Option Plan were exercisable not less than six months
or more than ten years after the date of grant.
As
of
December 31, 2005, no options were outstanding. In 2004, options for the
purchase of 117 shares of common stock at a price of $17.50 were outstanding.
In
2005, these 117 options expired.
1995
Director Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
The
1995
Director Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (the “1995 Director Plan”)
provides for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock
options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to directors of the Company up to
12,500 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the event of stock
dividends, stock splits, and other similar events).
The
1995
Director Plan also provides for the grant of non-qualified options, on a
discretionary basis, to each member of the Board of Directors then serving,
to
purchase 500 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the fair
market value per share of the common stock on that date. Each option is
immediately exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of grant. The
Company has 9,500 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 1995
Director Plan. As of December 31, 2005, options to purchase 7,500 (2004 - 8,500)
shares of common stock at a price of $22.50 (2004 - $20.00 to $25.00) per share
are outstanding and exercisable. No options were granted or exercised under
this
plan in 2005 and 2004. In 2005, 1,000 options expired (2004 - nil).
1995
Employee Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
The
1995
Employee Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (the “1995 Employee Plan”)
provides for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock
options, and SARs. Directors of the Company are not eligible to participate
in
the 1995 Employee Plan. The 1995 Employee Plan provides for the grant of stock
options which qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code, to be issued to officers who are employees and other
employees, as well as non-qualified options to be issued to officers, employees
and consultants. In addition, SARs may be granted in conjunction with the grant
of incentive and non-qualified options.
The
1995
Employee Plan provides for the grant of incentive options, non-qualified options
and SARs of up to 20,000 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the
event of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar events). To the extent
that an incentive option or non-qualified option is not exercised within the
period of exercisability specified therein, it will expire as to the then
unexercisable portion. If any incentive option, non-qualified option or SAR
terminates prior to exercise thereof and during the duration of the 1995
Employee Plan, the shares of common stock as to which such option or right
was
not exercised will become available under the 1995 Employee Plan for the grant
of additional options or rights to any eligible employee. The shares of common
stock subject to the 1995 Employee Plan may be made available from either
authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares or both. The Company has 20,000
shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 1995 Employee Plan.
As of
December 31, 2005, there were no options outstanding under the 1995 Employee
Plan. No options were granted or exercised in 2005 or 2004 under the 1995
Employee Plan.
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1997
Recruitment Stock Option Plan
In
October 2000, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment of the
1997
Recruitment Stock Option Plan (the “1997 Plan”) which provides for the issuance
of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and SARs up to an
aggregate of 370,000 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the event
of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar events). The price at which
shares of common stock covered by the option can be purchased is determined
by
the Company’s Board of Directors; however, in all instances the exercise price
is never less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the
date the option is granted.
As
of
December 31, 2005, there were options to purchase 14,611 shares (2004 - 56,736
shares) of the Company’s common stock outstanding under the 1997 Plan. The
outstanding options vest over three years at exercise prices of $1.40 to $111.26
per share (2004 - $1.40 to $127.50 per share). Options issued under the 1997
Plan must be exercised within ten years of grant and can only be exercised
while
the option holder is an employee of the Company. The Company has not awarded
any
SARs under the 1997 Plan. During 2005 and 2004, options to purchase 42,125
and
3,744 shares of common stock, respectively, were forfeited or expired. There
were no options granted or exercised during 2005 or 2004.
2000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
During
2000, the Company obtained approval from its stockholders to establish the
2000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Stock Purchase Plan provides for the purchase
of common stock, in the aggregate, up to 125,000 shares. This plan allows all
eligible employees of the Company to have payroll withholding of 1 to 15 percent
of their wages. The amounts withheld during a calendar quarter are then used
to
purchase common stock at a 15 percent discount off the lower of the closing
sale
price of the Company’s stock on the first or last day of each quarter. This plan
was approved by the Board of Directors, subject to stockholder approval, and
was
effective beginning the third quarter of 2000. The Company issued 1,726 shares
to employees based upon payroll withholdings during 2001. There have been no
issuances since 2001.
The
purpose of the Stock Purchase Plan is to provide incentives for all eligible
employees of C2 (or any of its subsidiaries), who have been employees for at
least three months, to participate in stock ownership of C2 by acquiring or
increasing their proprietary interest in C2. The Stock Purchase Plan is designed
to encourage employees to remain in the employ of C2. It is the intention of
C2
to have the Stock Purchase Plan qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan”
within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended
to
issue shares of common stock to all eligible employees of C2 (or any of C2’s
subsidiaries) who have been employees for at least three months.
2003
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
In
November 2003, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2003 Stock Option
and Appreciation Rights Plan (the “2003 Plan”) which provides for the issuance
of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and stock appreciation
rights (“SARs”) up to an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock (subject
to adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar
events). The price at which shares of common stock covered by the option can
be
purchased is determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or its committee;
however, in the case of incentive stock options the exercise price shall not
be
less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the
option is granted. As of December 31, 2005, there were options to purchase
338,250 shares (2004 - 1,359,625 shares) of the Company’s common stock
outstanding under the 2003 Plan. The outstanding options vest over four years
at
exercise prices ranging from $0.56 to $3.00 per share. During 2005, options
to
purchase 1,060,975 shares (2004 - 433,726 shares) of common stock were forfeited
or expired. There were no options exercised during 2005 and 2004, and no SARs
have been issued under the 2003 Plan.
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Mr.
Toh
was formerly an officer of the Company, as described above. No Compensation
Committee members or other directors served as a member of the compensation
committee of another entity, whose executive officers served as a director
of
C2.
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Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and Related
Stockholder Matters.
The
following table sets forth information regarding the ownership of our common
stock as of March 7, 2006 by: (i) each director; (ii) each of the
Named Executive Officers in the Summary Compensation Table; (iii) all
executive officers and directors of the Company as a group; and (iv) all
those known by us to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of our
common stock. As of March 7, 2006, there are 19,237,135 shares of common stock
and 618 shares of Series N Preferred stock issued and outstanding. Each share
of
Series N Preferred Stock is entitled to 40 votes.
Name
and Address of
Beneficial
Owner (1)
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Number
of Shares
Beneficially
Owned (2)
|
Percentage
of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
|
||||
Allan
C. Silber
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0
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(3)
|
*
|
%
|
||
Hal
B. Heaton
|
12,073
|
(4)
|
*
|
%
|
||
Henry
Y.L. Toh
|
21,663
|
(5)
|
*
|
%
|
||
Stephen
A. Weintraub
|
0
|
(6)
|
*
|
%
|
||
Samuel
L. Shimer
|
5,000
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(7)
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*
|
%
|
||
Counsel
Corporation and subsidiaries
40
King Street West
Scotia
Plaza, Suite 3200
Toronto,
Ontario M5H3Y2
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21,217,767
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(8)
|
92
|
%
|
||
All
Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (5 people)
|
38,736
|
*
|
%
|
*
|
Indicates
less than one percent
|
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise noted, all listed shares of common stock are owned of record
by
each person or entity named as beneficial owner and that person or
entity
has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares
of common
stock owned by each of them. All addresses are c/o C2 Global Technologies
Inc. unless otherwise indicated.
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|
(2)
|
As
to each person or entity named as beneficial owners, that person’s or
entity’s percentage of ownership is determined based on the assumption
that any options or convertible securities held by such person or
entity
which are exercisable or convertible within 60 days have been exercised
or
converted, as the case may be.
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|
(3)
|
Mr.
Silber is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Counsel,
and
a beneficial owner of approximately 4,843,976 shares or 10.3% of
the
outstanding stock of Counsel. In September 2001, Mr. Silber became
a
Director of C2. Mr. Silber was appointed Chairman in November 2001.
Mr.
Silber was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Interim President
of C2
in December 2002 and served as such until November 2003 when the
Board
appointed Kelly Murumets to succeed Mr. Silber as President. Mr.
Silber
was succeeded as Chairman of the Board by Mr. James Meenan in October
2004. Mr. Silber remained a Director and Chief Executive Officer
of C2
until March 2005, at which time he was re-appointed Chairman when
Mr.
Meenan resigned from the board in connection with the Company’s expected
sale of the Telecommunications segment. Mr. Silber disclaims beneficial
ownership of the shares of C2’s common stock beneficially owned by
Counsel.
|
|
(4)
|
Represents
shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options.
|
|
(5)
|
Represents
shares of common stock issuable pursuant to options. Does not include
shares held of record by Four M International, Ltd., of which Mr.
Toh is a
director. Mr. Toh disclaims any beneficial ownership of such
shares.
|
|
(6)
|
Mr.
Weintraub is Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial
Officer of Counsel and a beneficial owner of 306,102 shares in Counsel,
which represents less than 1% beneficial ownership of Counsel. At
the
December 6, 2002 meeting of the Board of Directors of C2, Mr. Weintraub
was appointed to the office of Senior Vice President and Secretary
of C2.
Mr. Weintraub became an Executive Vice President of C2 in October
2005 and
was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective December
15, 2005. Mr. Weintraub disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares
of
C2’s common stock beneficially owned by Counsel.
|
|
(7)
|
Mr.
Shimer is not an employee of C2; however he is a member of the Board
of
Directors. He was previously a managing director of Counsel. He is
a
beneficial owner of 819,011 shares in Counsel, which represents a
1.7%
beneficial ownership of Counsel.
|
|
(8)
|
Includes
3,700,372 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of debt
pursuant
to a Senior Convertible Loan and Security Agreement, dated March
1, 2001,
as amended, in the amount (including accrued interest) of approximately
$18,576 as of March 7, 2006. In accordance with the Laurus Master
Fund,
Ltd. (“Laurus”) agreement, amounts owing to Counsel cannot be repaid while
amounts remain owing to Laurus. All of Counsel’s shares have been pledged
as security for the Laurus indebtedness, and Counsel has guaranteed
the
Laurus debt.
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|
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Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Transactions
with Management and Others
See
Item
11 hereof for descriptions of the terms of employment, consulting and other
agreements between the Company and certain officers, directors and other related
parties.
Transactions
with Counsel
Initial
Acquisition of C2 and Senior Convertible Loan
On
March
1, 2001, C2 entered into a Senior Convertible Loan and Security Agreement,
(the
“Senior Loan Agreement”) with Counsel. Pursuant to the terms and provisions of
the Senior Loan Agreement, Counsel agreed to make periodic loans to C2 in the
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000, which was subsequently
increased to $12,000 through amendment on May 8, 2001. Advances against the
Senior Loan Agreement were structured as a 3-year convertible note with interest
at 9% per annum, compounded quarterly. Counsel initially could convert the
loan
into shares of common stock of C2 at a conversion price of $11.20 per common
share. The terms of the Senior Loan Agreement also provide that at any time
after September 1, 2002, the outstanding debt including accrued interest will
automatically be converted into common stock using the then current conversion
rate, on the first date that is the twentieth consecutive trading day that
the
common stock has closed at a price per share that is equal to or greater than
$20.00 per share. The Senior Loan Agreement also provides that the conversion
price is in certain cases subject to adjustment and includes traditional
anti-dilution protection for the lender and is subject to certain events of
default, which may accelerate the repayment of principal plus accrued interest.
Total proceeds available to the Company were $12,000, less debt issuance costs
of $600, amortized over three years. The Senior Loan Agreement has been amended
several times and the maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been
extended to December 31, 2006. As a result of the application of the
anti-dilution provisions of the Senior Loan Agreement, the conversion price
has
been adjusted to $5.02 per common share. As of December 31, 2005, the total
outstanding debt under the Senior Loan Agreement (including principal and
accrued interest) was $18,270 which is convertible into approximately 3,639,412
shares of common stock.
In
connection with the above Senior Loan Agreement, C2 granted Counsel a security
interest in all of C2’s assets owned at the time of execution of the Senior Loan
Agreement or subsequently acquired, including but not limited to C2’s accounts
receivable, intangibles, inventory, equipment, books and records, and negotiable
instruments held by the Company (collectively, the “Collateral”).
In
addition to the foregoing agreements, C2 and Counsel executed a Securities
Support Agreement, dated March 1, 2001 (the “Support Agreement”) for the purpose
of providing certain representations and commitments by C2 to Counsel, including
demand registration rights for common stock issuable upon conversion of the
related loan.
Under
the
Support Agreement of March 1, 2001, C2 also agreed to engage appropriate
advisors and proceed to take all steps necessary to merge Nexbell
Communications, Inc. (a subsidiary of Counsel) into C2. The Company acquired
Nexbell on April 17, 2001 and Counsel received 871,724 shares of common stock
in
C2 as consideration.
In
October 2004, Counsel agreed to subordinate its loan and security interest
to
that of Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., (“Foothill”), the Company’s asset-based
lender, and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”), a third party financier, in
connection with the Senior Convertible Loan. On June 30, 2005, Foothill assigned
its senior lending facility, and its rights thereunder, to Acceris Management
and Acquisition, LLC (“AMA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of North Central Equity
LLC, in connection with the sale of substantially
all the assets of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Acceris Communications
Corp.
(“ACC”),
to AMA.
Specifically, C2, ACC and AMA executed an amendment to the Foothill Loan
Agreement (the “Amendment”). The Amendment was executed in connection with the
execution and delivery of a certain Assignment and Acceptance Agreement between
Foothill and AMA. On September 30, 2005, upon the closing of the sale of ACC’s
assets, AMA released ACC and C2 from any obligations pursuant to the senior
lending facility. Following the sale, all of Counsel’s loan and security
interests remain subordinated to the Laurus debt.
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Assignment
of Winter Harbor Common Stock and Debt Interests
Pursuant
to the terms of a settlement between Counsel and Winter Harbor and First Media
L.P., a limited partnership and the parent company of Winter Harbor
(collectively, the “Winter Harbor Parties”), effective August 29, 2003, the
Winter Harbor Parties relinquished their right to 118,750 shares of the common
stock of C2 to Counsel. These shares were released from escrow and delivered
to
Counsel.
The
Winter Harbor Parties further assigned to Counsel all of their rights with
respect to a note payable by C2 of $1,999 drawn down pursuant to a Letter of
Credit issued November 3, 1998 to secure certain obligations of C2 together
with
any accrued interest thereon. The assigned amount together with accrued interest
amounted to $2,577 on August 29, 2003. As a result of the settlement and
assignment, C2 entered into a new loan agreement with Counsel the terms of
which
provided that from August 29, 2003 the loan balance of $2,577 would bear
interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly with the aggregate balance of
principal and accrued interest payable on maturity of the loan. This loan
agreement was subsequently amended and restated to increase the principal of
the
loan by a further $100 for funding provided by Counsel to enable C2 to acquire
a
Voice over Internet Protocol patent in December 2003 and to allow for the making
of further periodic advances thereunder at Counsel’s discretion. The loan
increased due to operating advances of $1,546 and $1,918 in 2003 and 2004,
respectively. The maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been
amended several times, including in connection with the sale of substantially
all the assets of ACC to AMA, and currently has been extended to December 31,
2006. There are no conversion features associated with this loan. The terms
of
the loan agreement provide that certain events of default may accelerate the
repayment of principal plus accrued interest. As of December 31, 2005, the
total
outstanding debt under the loan (including principal and accrued interest)
was
$7,515.
In
October of 2004, Counsel agreed to subordinate its loan repayment rights to
the
Foothill and Laurus debts. On
June
30, 2005, Foothill assigned its senior lending facility to AMA, and on September
30, 2005, upon the closing of the sale of ACC’s assets, AMA released ACC and C2
from any obligations pursuant to the senior lending facility. Following the
sale, Counsel’s loan remains subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Loan
and Security Agreement and Amended Debt Restructuring
On
June
6, 2001, C2 and Counsel entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan
Agreement”). Any funds advanced to C2 between June 6, 2001 and April 15, 2002,
(not to exceed $10,000) were governed by the Loan Agreement and due on June
6,
2002. The loan was secured by all of the assets of C2. As of December 31, 2001,
advances under this loan agreement totaled $10,000. On June 27, 2002 the Loan
Agreement was amended to an amount of $24,307, which included additional capital
advances from Counsel to C2 made from December 31, 2001 through June 6, 2002.
The amended agreement also further provided for additional advances as needed
to
C2, which advances totaled $2,087 through December 31, 2002 and $650 through
November 30, 2003.
On
July
25, 2002, C2 and Counsel entered into a Debt Restructuring Agreement (“Debt
Restructuring Agreement”) which was amended on October 15, 2002 pursuant to an
Amended and Restated Debt Restructuring Agreement (“Amended Agreement”). The
Amended Agreement included the following terms:
1)
|
Principal
($24,307) and associated accrued interest ($2,284), as of October
15,
2002, under the Loan Agreement, as amended, would be exchanged for
common
stock of C2 at $3.77 per share (representing the average closing
price of
C2’s common stock during May 2002).
|
2)
|
Funding
provided by Counsel pursuant to the Loan Agreement, as amended ($2,087),
and associated accrued interest ($1,996), from October 15, 2002 to
December 31, 2002, would be exchanged for common stock of C2 at $3.77
per
share (representing the average closing price of C2’s common stock during
May 2002).
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3)
|
Counsel
would advance to C2 all amounts paid or payable by C2 to its stockholders
that exercised their dissenters’ rights in connection with the
transactions subject to the debt restructuring transactions and advance
the amount of the annual premium to renew the existing directors
and
officers’ insurance coverage through November
2003.
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4)
|
Counsel
would reimburse C2 for all costs, fees and expenses, in connection
with
the Debt Restructuring Agreement and the Amended Agreement and
transactions contemplated thereby including all expenses incurred
and yet
to be incurred, including the Special Committee’s costs to negotiate these
agreements and costs related to obtaining stockholder approval. During
2003 and 2002, Counsel reimbursed C2 $132 and $499, respectively,
for
certain reimbursable expenses, which were recorded as additional
paid-in
capital.
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5)
|
The
issuance of common stock by C2 pursuant to this Agreement would result
in
a weighted average conversion price adjustment pursuant to the provisions
of the March 1, 2001 Loan Agreement. Whereas the conversion price
for the
March 1, 2001 Loan Agreement had initially been $11.20, the new conversion
price would be adjusted as a result of the anti-dilution provisions
of the
Senior Loan Agreement. At December 31, 2005, the conversion price
was
$5.02 per common share.
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Effective
November 30, 2003, 8,681,096 shares of common stock were issued to Counsel
in
settlement of the underlying debt and accrued interest totaling $32,721 on
the
date of the conversion.
Convertible
Promissory Note to Fund RSL.COM USA, Inc. (“RSL”) Acquisition
In
connection with the acquisition of certain assets of RSL in December 2002,
C2
issued a $7,500 convertible note payable (the “Convertible Note”) to Counsel,
bearing interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly which, as amended, was
due on June 30, 2005. The Convertible Note was convertible into common stock
of
C2 at a conversion rate of $1.68 per share. Effective November 30, 2003, Counsel
exercised its right to convert the Convertible Note plus accrued interest to
that date totaling $7,952 into common stock of C2. This resulted in the issuance
of 4,747,522 shares of C2 common stock.
Collateralized
Promissory Note and Loan Agreement
During
the fourth quarter of 2003, Counsel advanced the sum of $5,600 to C2, evidenced
by a promissory note. In January 2004, C2 and Counsel entered into a loan
agreement and an amended and restated promissory note pursuant to which an
additional $2,000 was loaned to C2 and pursuant to which additional periodic
loans may be made from time to time (collectively and as amended, the
“Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note accrues interest at 10% per annum
compounded quarterly from the date funds are advanced. The loan has been amended
several times and the maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been
extended to December 31, 2006. The Promissory Note is secured by the assets
of
the Company and is subject to certain events of default which may accelerate
the
repayment of principal plus accrued interest. There are no conversion features
associated with the Promissory Note. The loan increased primarily due to
operating advances in 2004 and 2005 of $10,662 and $15,365, respectively. The
outstanding balance at December 31, 2005 (including principal and accrued
interest) was $35,692.
In
October of 2004, Counsel agreed to subordinate its loan and security interest
in
connection with the issuance of the Promissory Note to that of Foothill and
Laurus. On
June
30, 2005, Foothill assigned its senior lending facility to AMA, and on September
30, 2005, upon the closing of the sale of ACC’s
assets,
AMA released ACC and C2 from any obligations pursuant to the senior lending
facility. Following the sale, Counsel’s
loan
remains subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Secured
Loan to C2
To
fund
the acquisition of the WorldxChange Communications, Inc. assets purchased and
liabilities assumed by C2, on June 4, 2001 Counsel provided a loan (the “Initial
Loan”) to C2 in the aggregate amount of $15,000. The loan was subordinated to a
revolving credit facility with Foothill, was collateralized by all the assets
of
the Company and, as amended, had a maturity date of June 30, 2005. On October
1,
2003 Counsel assigned the balance owed in connection with the Initial Loan
of
$9,743, including accrued interest (“the Assigned Loan”), to C2 in exchange for
a new loan bearing interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly and payable
on
maturity of the loan (“the New Loan”). The New Loan has been amended several
times and the maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been extended
to December 31, 2006. Consistent with the terms of the Initial Loan, subject
to
certain conditions, the New Loan provides for certain mandatory prepayments
upon
written notice from Counsel including an event resulting in the issuance of
new
shares by C2 to a party unrelated to Counsel where the funds are not used for
an
approved expanded business plan, the purchase of the Company’s accounts
receivable by a third party or where C2 has sold material assets in excess
of
cash proceeds of $1,000 and certain other events. The New Loan is subject to
certain events of default which may accelerate the repayment of principal plus
accrued interest. Pursuant to a Stock Pledge Agreement as amended, the New
Loan
is secured by the common stock held directly by C2 in its operating subsidiary.
There are no conversion features associated with the New Loan. As of December
31, 2005, the total outstanding debt under the New Loan (including principal
and
accrued interest) was $12,168.
Effective
October 2004, Counsel’s loan and security interest were subordinated in favor of
Foothill and Laurus. On
June
30, 2005, Foothill assigned its senior lending facility to AMA, and on September
30, 2005, upon the closing of the sale of ACC’s
assets,
AMA released ACC and C2 from any obligations pursuant to the senior lending
facility. Following the sale, Counsel’s
loan
remains subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Counsel
Keep Well
Counsel
has committed to fund, through intercompany advances or equity contribution,
all
capital investment, working capital or other operational cash requirements
of C2
through December 31, 2006 (the “Keep Well”). Counsel is not expected to extend
the Keep Well beyond its current maturity.
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Counsel
Guarantee, Subordination and Stock Pledge
Counsel
has guaranteed the debt that the Company owes to Laurus. Counsel has also agreed
to subordinate all of its debt owed by the Company, and to subrogate all of
its
related security interests in favor of Laurus. Counsel further agreed to pledge
all of its shares owned in C2 as security for the related debts. In accordance
with the Laurus agreement, amounts owing to Counsel cannot be repaid while
amounts remain owing to Laurus. Notwithstanding this, Counsel is not expected
to
extend the maturity date of its loans beyond December 31, 2006. In accordance
with Counsel’s subordination agreement with Laurus, so long as C2’s debt to
Laurus remains outstanding, Counsel may not, without the written consent of
Laurus, take any enforcement action to collect its loans owing by the Company.
In the event that the C2 debt to Laurus is either prepaid in full or settled
via
conversion of such debt into shares of the Company, the subordination agreement
shall be terminated with immediate effect.
Counsel
Management Services
In
December 2004, C2 entered into a management services agreement (the “Agreement”)
with Counsel. Under the terms of the Agreement, C2 agreed to make payment to
Counsel for the past and future services to be provided by certain Counsel
personnel to C2 for each of 2004 and 2005. The basis for such services charged
is an allocation, based on time incurred, of the cost of the base compensation
paid by Counsel to those employees providing services to C2. For the years
ended
December 31, 2004 and 2005, the cost of such services was $280 and $450,
respectively. The cost for 2006 is estimated to be $225, reflecting the reduced
complexity of C2 operations following the sale of the Telecommunications
business. The foregoing fees for 2004 and 2005 are due and payable within 30
days following the respective year ends, subject to any subordination
restrictions then in effect. Any unpaid fee amounts will bear interest at 10%
per annum commencing on the day after such year-end. In the event of a change
of
control, merger or similar event of the Company, all amounts owing, including
fees incurred up to the date of the event, will become due and payable
immediately upon the occurrence of such event, subject to any subordination
restrictions then in effect. In accordance with the Laurus agreement, amounts
owing to Counsel cannot be repaid while amounts remain owing to
Laurus.
Counsel
provided management services to C2 in 2003, for which no amounts were charged
to
C2, resulting in the conferral of a benefit of $130.
41
Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
In
May
2004 the Company’s Audit Committee engaged BDO Seidman, LLP as the independent
registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2005. Previously, the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm was PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Fees
paid
to BDO Seidman, LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for
the
period May 19 - December 31, 2004, and for all of 2005, are set forth below.
All
fees paid to our independent registered public accounting firm were pre-approved
by the Audit Committee.
Year
Ended December 31,
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Audit
fees
|
$
|
423
|
$
|
676
|
|||
Audit-related
fees
|
80
|
61
|
|||||
Tax
fees
|
113
|
106
|
|||||
All
other fees
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
616
|
$
|
843
|
Fees
paid
to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent registered public accountant
for
the period January 1 - May 4, 2004 are set forth below, together with fees
paid
in 2005. All fees paid to PwC were pre-approved by the Audit
Committee.
Year
Ended December 31,
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Audit
fees
|
$
|
64
|
$
|
834
|
|||
Audit-related
fees
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Tax
fees
|
2
|
23
|
|||||
All
other fees
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
66
|
$
|
857
|
Audit
Fees
Audit
fees were for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual
financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, the reviews
of the financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
for
the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, and services in connection with
our
statutory and regulatory filings for the years ended December 31, 2004 and
2005.
They amounted to $1,510 and $487, respectively.
Audit-Related
Fees
Audit
related fees were for assurance and related services rendered that are
reasonably related to the audit and reviews of our financial statements for
the
years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, exclusive of the fees disclosed as
Audit
Fees above. These fees include benefit plan audits, accounting consultations,
and audits in connection with acquisitions, which amounted to $61 and $80,
for
the respective years.
Tax
Fees
Tax
fees
were for services related to tax compliance, consulting and planning services
rendered during the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 and included
preparation of tax returns, review of restrictions on net operating loss
carryforwards and other general tax services. Tax fees paid amounted to $129
and
$115, for the respective years.
All
Other Fees
We
did
not incur fees for any services, other than the fees disclosed above relating
to
audit, audit-related and tax services, rendered during the years ended December
31, 2004 and 2005.
42
Audit
and Non-Audit Service Pre-Approval Policy
In
accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Audit Committee has adopted an
informal approval policy that it believes will result in an effective and
efficient procedure to pre-approve services performed by the independent
registered public accounting firm.
Audit
Services. Audit
services include the annual financial statement audit (including quarterly
reviews) and other procedures required to be performed by the independent
registered public accounting firm to be able to form an opinion on our financial
statements. The Audit Committee pre-approves specified annual audit services
engagement terms and fees and other specified audit fees. All other audit
services must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee. The Audit
Committee monitors the audit services engagement and may approve, if necessary,
any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from changes in audit scope
or other items.
Audit-Related
Services. Audit-related
services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to
the
performance of the audit or review of our financial statements which
historically have been provided to us by the independent registered public
accounting firm and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
The Audit Committee pre-approves specified audit-related services within
pre-approved fee levels. All other audit-related services must be pre-approved
by the Audit Committee.
Tax
Services. The
Audit
Committee pre-approves specified tax services that the Audit Committee believes
would not impair the independence of the independent registered public
accounting firm and that are consistent with SEC rules and guidance. All other
tax services must be specifically approved by the Audit Committee.
All
Other Services. Other
services are services provided by the independent registered public accounting
firm that do not fall within the established audit, audit-related and tax
services categories. The Audit Committee pre-approves specified other services
that do not fall within any of the specified prohibited categories of
services.
Procedures.
All
requests for services to be provided by the independent registered public
accounting firm which must include a detailed description of the services to
be
rendered and the amount of corresponding fees, are submitted to the Chief
Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer authorizes services that have
been pre-approved by the Audit Committee. If there is any question as to whether
a proposed service fits within a pre-approved service, the Audit Committee
chair
is consulted for a determination. The Chief Financial Officer submits requests
or applications to provide services that have not been pre-approved by the
Audit
Committee, which must include an affirmation by the Chief Financial Officer
and
the independent registered public accounting firm that the request or
application is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence, to the
Audit Committee (or its Chair or any of its other members pursuant to delegated
authority) for approval.
43
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
|
The
following financial statements and those financial statement schedules
required by Item 8 hereof are filed as part of this
report:
|
1.
|
Financial
Statements:
|
Reports
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and
2003
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended December 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and
2003
Notes
to
Consolidated Financial Statements
2.
|
Financial
Statement Schedule:
|
Schedule
II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
All
other
schedules are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they
are
required or because the required information is presented in the Financial
Statements or Notes thereto.
(b)
|
The
following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report:
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Title
of Exhibit
|
|
3.1(i)
|
Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation. (1)
|
|
|
||
3.2(ii)
|
Bylaws
as amended (2)
|
|
|
||
4.1
|
Senior
Convertible Loan and Security Agreement by and between C2 and Counsel
Communications LLC, dated March 1, 2001. (3)
|
|
|
||
4.2
|
Loan
Note by and between Counsel Communications LLC and C2 dated as of
March 1,
2001. (3)
|
|
|
||
4.3
|
Security
Agreement by and between C2, MiBridge Inc and Counsel Communications
LLC,
dated March 1, 2001. (3)
|
|
10.1*
|
1997
Recruitment Stock Option Plan. (4)
|
|
|
||
10.2*
|
2001
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan. (5)
|
|
|
||
10.2.1*
|
2003
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan. (6)
|
|
|
||
10.3*
|
Employment
agreement with James Ducay, dated January 1, 2004. (7)
|
|
10.4*
|
Employment
agreement with Kenneth Hilton, dated May 1, 2002. (8)
|
|
|
||
10.5
|
Form
of Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Counsel Springwell
Communications LLC and RSL COM U.S.A. Inc. (9)
|
|
|
||
10.6
|
Form
of Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement between Counsel Springwell
Communications LLC and RSL U.S.A., Inc. (9)
|
44
Exhibit
Number
|
Title
of Exhibit
|
|
10.7
|
Amended
and Restated Debt Restructuring Agreement, dated October 15, 2002.
(8)
|
|
|
||
10.8
|
Form
of Asset Purchase Agreement between Buyer’s United Inc., I-Link
Communications Inc., and C2, dated December 6, 2002. (8)
|
|
|
||
10.9
|
C2
Convertible Promissory Note for $7,500,000 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation (U.S.) dated December 10, 2002. (8)
|
|
|
||
10.10
|
Securities
Support Agreement by and between Counsel Communications, LLC and
C2 dated
as of March 1, 2001. (3)
|
|
|
||
10.11
|
Promissory
note dated as of August 29, 2003, for $2,577,070 issued to Counsel
Corporation. (7)
|
|
|
||
10.12
|
Promissory
note dated March 10, 2004 for $1,546,532 issued to Counsel Corporation
(U.S.). (7)
|
|
|
||
10.13
|
Loan
Agreement dated as of January 26, 2004 between C2 and Counsel Corporation.
(7)
|
|
10.14
|
Loan
Agreement dated as of October 1, 2003, between C2 and Counsel Corporation
(U.S.). (7)
|
|
|
||
10.15
|
Amended
and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement dated as of January 30, 2004
between
C2 and Counsel Corporation (U.S.). (7)
|
|
|
||
10.16
|
Amended
and Restated Secured Promissory Note dated as of October 1, 2003,
for
$9,743,479 issued to Counsel Corporation (U.S.). (7)
|
|
|
||
10.17
|
Amended
and Restated Promissory Note dated January 26, 2004 for $7,600,000
issued
to Counsel Corporation. (7)
|
|
|
||
10.18
|
Amended
and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of January 30, 2004 between
C2 and
Counsel Corporation (U.S.). (7)
|
|
10.19
|
Third
Amendment to Senior Convertible Loan and Security Agreement dated
as of
November 1, 2003 between C2 and Counsel Corporation. (7)
|
|
10.20
|
Amended
and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement dated January 26, 2004 between
C2 and
Counsel. (10)
|
|
10.21
|
Promissory
Note for $917,095 dated March 31, 2004 between C2 and Counsel Corporation
(U.S.). (10)
|
|
10.22
|
Promissory
Note for $2,050,000 dated March 12, 2004 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (10)
|
|
10.23
|
$1
million Note dated May 26, 2004. (11)
|
|
10.24
|
$248,020
Promissory Note dated June 30, 2004. (11)
|
|
10.25
|
$3.2
million Promissory Note dated June 30, 2004. (11)
|
|
10.26
|
First
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated October 1, 2003. (11)
|
|
10.27
|
Fourth
Amendment to Senior Convertible Loan and security Agreement dated
March 1,
2001. (12)
|
45
Exhibit
Number
|
Title
of Exhibit
|
|
10.28
|
First
Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated January 30,
2004.
(11)
|
|
10.29
|
First
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated January 26, 2004.
(11)
|
|
10.30
|
Amended
and Restated Promissory Note ($2.05 million). (11)
|
|
10.31
|
Amended
and Restated Promissory Note ($7.6 million). (11)
|
|
10.32
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of October 14, 2004. (12)
|
|
10.33
|
Secured
Convertible Term Note dated October 14, 2004. (12)
|
|
10.34
|
Master
Security Agreement dated October 14, 2004 by the Company, C2
Communications Technologies, Inc. and Acceris Communications Corp.
(12)
|
|
10.35
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of October 14, 2004. (12)
|
|
10.36
|
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant issued October 14, 2004. (12)
|
|
10.37
|
Stock
Pledge Agreement dated as of October 14, 2004. (12)
|
|
10.38
|
Guaranty
dated as of October 14, 2004. (12)
|
|
10.39*
|
Employment
Agreement with David Silverman (14)
|
|
10.40*
|
Employment
Agreement with Kenneth Hilton, as amended (14)
|
|
10.41*
|
Counsel
Management Agreement. (13)
|
|
|
||
10.42*
|
Employment
Agreement with Eric Lipscomb (15)
|
|
|
||
10.43
|
$300,000
Promissory Note dated December 31, 2004 (16)
|
|
|
||
10.44
|
$577,992.45
Promissory Note dated December 31, 2004 (16)
|
|
|
||
10.45
|
Third
Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation (US) dated January 30,
2004,
dated as of April 28, 2005 (17)
|
|
|
||
10.46
|
Third
Amendment to Loan Agreement between C2 Global Technologies Inc. and
Counsel Corporation (US) dated June 4, 2001, dated as of April 28,
2005 (17)
|
|
|
||
10.47
|
Sixth
Amendment to Senior Convertible Loan and Security Agreement between
C2
Global Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation and Counsel Capital
Corporation dated March 1, 2001, dated as of April 28, 2005
(17)
|
|
|
||
10.48
|
Third
Amendment to Loan Agreement between C2 Global Technologies Inc. and
Counsel Corporation dated January 26, 2004, dated as of April 28,
2005
(17)
|
46
Exhibit
Number
|
Title
of Exhibit
|
|
10.49
|
Promissory
Note for $6,845,692.00 dated March 31, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.50
|
Promissory
Note for $187,062.03 dated March 31, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.51
|
Promissory
Note for $112,500.00 dated March 31, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.52
|
Promissory
Note for $194,672.61 dated March 31, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.53
|
Asset
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.54
|
Management
Services Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.55
|
Letter
from Counsel Corporation dated as of May 16, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.56
|
Security
Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.57
|
Secured
Promissory Note, dated as of May 19, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.58
|
Irrevocable
Proxy, dated as of May 19, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.59
|
Guaranty,
dated as of May 19, 2005 (18)
|
|
|
||
10.60
|
Fourth
Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation (US) dated January 30,
2004,
dated as of July 6, 2005 (19)
|
|
|
||
10.61
|
Fourth
Amendment to Loan Agreement between C2 Global Technologies Inc. and
Counsel Corporation (US) dated June 4, 2001, dated as of July 6,
2005
(19)
|
|
|
||
10.62
|
Seventh
Amendment to Senior Convertible Loan and Security Agreement between
C2
Global Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation and Counsel Capital
Corporation dated March 1, 2001, dated as of July 6, 2005
(19)
|
|
|
||
10.63
|
Fourth
Amendment to Loan Agreement between C2 Global Technologies Inc. and
Counsel Corporation dated January 26, 2004, dated as of July 6, 2005
(19)
|
|
|
||
10.64
|
Tenth
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among Acceris Management
and
Acquisition, LLC, Acceris Communications Corp., C2 Global Technologies
Inc. and Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., dated December 10, 2001, dated
June
22, 2005 (19)
|
|
10.65
|
Promissory
Note for $2,643,390.59 dated June 30, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.66
|
Promissory
Note for $112,500.00 dated June 30, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.67
|
Promissory
Note for $115,394.60 dated June 30, 2005 between C2 and Counsel
Corporation. (19)
|
|
|
||
10.68
|
Promissory
Note for $4,198,865.30 dated September 30, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation. (20)
|
|
10.69
|
Promissory
Note for $112,500.00 dated September 30, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
(20)
|
47
Exhibit
Number
|
Title
of Exhibit
|
|
10.70
|
Promissory
Note for $37,999.28 dated September 30, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation. (20)
|
|
|
||
10.71
|
First
Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 30, 2005, by
and
among C2 Global Technologies Inc., Acceris Communications Corp.,
Counsel
Corporation, Acceris Management and Acquisition LLC, and North Central
Equity LLC (20)
|
|
10.72
|
Management
Services Agreement (With Respect to Specified State Customer Bases)
dated
September 30, 2005, by and among C2 Global Technologies Inc., Acceris
Communications Corp., Counsel Corporation, Acceris Management and
Acquisition LLC, and North Central Equity LLC (20)
|
|
|
||
10.73
|
Amended
and Restated Master Security Agreement dated September 30, 2005,
by and
among C2 Global Technologies Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries,
and
Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (20)
|
|
|
||
10.74
|
Cash
Collateral Deposit Agreement dated September 30, 2005, by and between
C2
Global Technologies Inc. and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.
(20)
|
|
|
||
10.75
|
Promissory
Note for $1,073,180.00 dated December 31, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation. (included
herewith)
|
|
|
||
10.76
|
Promissory
Note for $112,500.00 dated December 31, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation. (included
herewith)
|
|
|
||
10.77
|
Promissory
Note for $203,539.34 dated December 31, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation. (included
herewith)
|
|
|
||
14
|
C2
Global Technologies Inc. Code of Conduct. (7)
|
|
|
|
|
21
|
List
of subsidiaries. (7)
|
|
|
||
23.1
|
Consent
of BDO Seidman LLP (included herewith)
|
|
23.2
|
Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (included herewith)
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of the CEO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 14(d)-14(a) (included
herewith)
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of the CFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 14(d)-14(a) (included
herewith)
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (included herewith)
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S. C. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (included
herewith)
|
* Indicates
a management contract or compensatory plan required to be filed as an exhibit.
(1)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December
31, 1998, file number 0-17973.
|
48
(2)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended
September 30, 1998, file number
0-17973.
|
(3)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 16,
2001,
file number 0-17973.
|
(4)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December 31, 1996, file number 0-17973.
|
(5)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended
September 30, 2001, file number 0-17973.
|
(6)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement for the November 26,
2003
annual stockholder meeting.
|
(7)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A#1 for the year ended
December 31, 2003.
|
(8)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A#3 for the year ended
December 31, 2002, file number 0-17973.
|
(9)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December
26, 2002,
file number 0-17973.
|
(10)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended
March 31, 2004.
|
(11)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 19,
2004.
|
(12)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 20,
2004.
|
(13)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 6,
2005
|
(14)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our registration statement on Form S-1, as amended
(No.
333-120512).
|
(15)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 11,
2005
|
(16)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December
31, 2004.
|
(17)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended
March 31, 2005
|
(18)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 25,
2005
|
(19)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended
June 30, 2005
|
(20)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended
September 30, 2005
|
49
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on our behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Registrant)
|
||
|
|
|
Dated: March 28, 2006 | By: | /s/ Allan C. Silber |
Allan C. Silber |
||
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
In
accordance with Section 13 of 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
|
||
/s/
Allan C. Silber
|
Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Chief
|
March
28, 2006
|
||
Allan
C. Silber
|
Executive
Officer
|
|||
/s/Stephen
A. Weintraub
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
|
March
28, 2006
|
||
Stephen
A. Weintraub
|
||||
/s/
Catherine A. Moran
|
Vice
President of Accounting and Controller
|
March
28, 2006
|
||
Catherine
A. Moran
|
||||
|
||||
/s/
Hal B. Heaton
|
Director
|
March
28, 2006
|
||
Hal
B. Heaton
|
||||
/s/
Samuel L. Shimer
|
Director
|
March
28, 2006
|
||
Samuel
L. Shimer
|
||||
/s/
Henry Y. L. Toh
|
Director
|
March
28, 2006
|
||
Henry
Y.L. Toh
|
50
(c)
Financial Statement Schedules
The
following Schedules are included in our Financial Statements:
Schedule
of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
51
INDEX
OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
Title
of Document
Page
|
|
Reports
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
|
F-2
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004
|
F-4
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004
and
2003
|
F-5
|
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended December
31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
|
F-6
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004
and
2003
|
F-7
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-9
|
Schedule
of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
|
S-1
|
F-1
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of
C2
Global
Technologies Inc.
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
We
have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of C2
Global
Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries (formerly Acceris Communications Inc.)
as
of
December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in
the period ended December 31, 2005. We have also audited the financial statement
schedule listed in the accompanying index for the years ended December 31,
2005
and 2004. These consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we
plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are free
of
material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged
to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our
audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting
as a
basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no
such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements
and financial statement schedule, assessing the accounting principles used
and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In
our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of C2 Global Technologies
Inc.
at December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
2005,
in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of
America.
Also,
in
our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein
for
the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming
that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses
from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raise substantial doubt
about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard
to these matters are also described in Note 2. The consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
of
this uncertainty.
/s/
BDO Seidman, LLP
BDO
Seidman, LLP
Houston,
Texas
March 27,
2006
F-2
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of
C2
Global
Technologies Inc., formerly Acceris Communications Inc.:
In
our
opinion, the consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders
deficit and of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2003 listed in the
accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the results of
operations and cash flows of C2 Global Technologies Inc. (formerly Acceris
Communications Inc.) and its subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2003,
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule for
the year ended December 31, 2003 listed in the accompanying index presents
fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read
in
conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These financial
statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audit. We
conducted our audit of these statements in accordance with the standards of
the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming
that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses
and
negative cash flows from operations and has a net capital deficiency. These
matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described
in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
San
Diego, California
April
14,
2004, except for the restatement described
in
Note 3
(not presented herein) to the consolidated
financial
statements appearing under Item 8 of the
Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K
Amendment
No. 1 for the year ended December 31,
2003,
as
to which the date is September 28, 2004
and
except for the effects of the discontinued
operations
discussed in Note 6, as to which the date
is
March
27, 2006
F-3
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY
ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
as
of December 31, 2005 and 2004
(In
thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
327
|
$
|
44
|
|||
Restricted
cash (Note 9)
|
1,506
|
—
|
|||||
Non-trade
accounts receivable
|
172
|
—
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
13
|
1
|
|||||
Net
assets of discontinued operations (Note 6)
|
—
|
14,965
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
2,018
|
15,010
|
|||||
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software, net (Note 7)
|
—
|
50
|
|||||
Other
assets:
|
|||||||
Intangible
assets, net (Note 8)
|
60
|
80
|
|||||
Goodwill
(Note 8)
|
173
|
173
|
|||||
Investments
(Note 5)
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
139
|
211
|
|||||
Assets
of discontinued operations, less current portion (Note 6)
|
—
|
7,385
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
3,490
|
$
|
24,009
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities (Note 7)
|
$
|
2,523
|
$
|
2,010
|
|||
Convertible
note payable, net of unamortized discount (Note 9)
|
1,765
|
1,768
|
|||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party, net of unamortized discount (Note
9)
|
72,022
|
—
|
|||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations (Note 6)
|
3,763
|
32,584
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
80,073
|
36,362
|
|||||
Convertible
note payable, less current portion and net of unamortized discount
(Note
9)
|
1,078
|
2,630
|
|||||
Warrant
to purchase common stock (Note 9)
|
281
|
322
|
|||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party, less current portion and net of
unamortized discount (Note 9)
|
—
|
46,015
|
|||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations, less current portion (Note 6)
|
—
|
645
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
81,432
|
85,974
|
|||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 10 and 11)
|
|||||||
Stockholders’
deficit:
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, $10.00 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares, issued and
outstanding 618; liquidation preference of $618
|
6
|
6
|
|||||
Common
stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 300,000,000 shares, issued and
outstanding 19,237,135
|
192
|
192
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
189,162
|
186,650
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(267,302
|
)
|
(248,813
|
)
|
|||
Total
stockholders’ deficit
|
(77,942
|
)
|
(61,965
|
)
|
|||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
|
$
|
3,490
|
$
|
24,009
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY
ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
for
the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In
thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||
Technology
licensing and development
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
540
|
$
|
2,164
|
||||
Total
revenues
|
—
|
540
|
2,164
|
|||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
2,785
|
4,117
|
4,510
|
|||||||
Provision
for doubtful accounts
|
—
|
—
|
6
|
|||||||
Research
and development
|
389
|
442
|
—
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
32
|
20
|
—
|
|||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
3,206
|
4,579
|
4,516
|
|||||||
Operating
loss
|
(3,206
|
)
|
(4,039
|
)
|
(2,352
|
)
|
||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||||
Interest
expense - related party (Note 9)
|
(12,154
|
)
|
(8,488
|
)
|
(10,175
|
)
|
||||
Interest
expense - third party
|
(658
|
)
|
(65
|
)
|
(875
|
)
|
||||
Other
income
|
1,084
|
1,487
|
1,138
|
|||||||
Total
other expense
|
(11,728
|
)
|
(7,066
|
)
|
(9,912
|
)
|
||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(14,934
|
)
|
(11,105
|
)
|
(12,264
|
)
|
||||
Loss
from discontinued operations (Note 6)
|
(3,555
|
)
|
(11,678
|
)
|
(19,164
|
)
|
||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(18,489
|
)
|
$
|
(22,783
|
)
|
$
|
(31,428
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
|
19,237
|
19,256
|
7,011
|
|||||||
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted: (Note 3 and 4)
|
||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.78
|
)
|
$
|
(0.57
|
)
|
$
|
(1.75
|
)
|
|
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
(0.18
|
)
|
(0.61
|
)
|
(2.73
|
)
|
||||
Net
loss per common share
|
$
|
(0.96
|
)
|
$
|
(1.18
|
)
|
$
|
(4.48
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
F-5
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY
ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
for
the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In
thousands of dollars, except share amounts)(1)
Preferred
stock
|
Common
stock
|
Additional
paid-
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
in
capital
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2002
|
769
|
$
|
7
|
5,827,477
|
$
|
58
|
$
|
136,721
|
$
|
(194,602
|
)
|
||||||||
Conversion
of related party debt to common stock
|
—
|
—
|
13,428,618
|
134
|
40,539
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Conversion
of Class N preferred stock to common stock
|
(150
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
6,000
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Beneficial
conversion feature on certain convertible notes payable to related
party
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5,354
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
C2
costs paid by majority stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
132
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Management
expense from majority stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
130
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of options to purchase common stock to non-employee
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(31,428
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2003
|
619
|
6
|
19,262,095
|
192
|
182,879
|
(226,030
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Conversion
of Class N preferred stock to common stock
|
(1
|
)
|
—
|
40
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Cancellation
of common stock (2)
|
—
|
—
|
(25,000
|
)
|
—
|
(21
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Beneficial
conversion feature on certain convertible notes payable to related
party
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3,771
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
C2
costs paid by majority stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
16
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of options to purchase common stock to non-employee
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(22,783
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
618
|
6
|
19,237,135
|
192
|
186,650
|
(248,813
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Beneficial
conversion feature on certain convertible notes payable to related
party
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,511
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Conferral
of benefit from majority stockholder (Note
13)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,000
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of options to purchase common stock to non-employee
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(18,489
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
618
|
$
|
6
|
19,237,135
|
$
|
192
|
$
|
189,162
|
$
|
(267,302
|
)
|
(1) All
amounts shown as if the reverse stock split described more fully in Note 4
had
occurred on December 31, 2002.
(2)
The
Company received and cancelled 25,000 common shares of the Company pursuant
to
the partial settlement of a prior claim over a third party.
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-6
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY
ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
for
the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In
thousands of dollars)
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(18,489
|
)
|
$
|
(22,783
|
)
|
$
|
(31,428
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
3,555
|
11,678
|
19,164
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
32
|
20
|
—
|
|||||||
Amortization
of discount and debt issuance costs on subordinated notes payable
to
related party
|
5,973
|
4,186
|
5,782
|
|||||||
Amortization
of discount on convertible note payable
|
212
|
51
|
—
|
|||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
—
|
—
|
6
|
|||||||
Accrued
interest added to loan principal of related party debt
|
6,180
|
4,304
|
5,461
|
|||||||
Expense
associated with issuance of options to purchase common stock to
non-employee
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
|||||||
Imputed
management services provided by majority stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
130
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of investment in common stock
|
—
|
(1,376
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Loss
on disposal of furniture, fixtures, equipment and software
|
38
|
4
|
—
|
|||||||
Mark
to market adjustment to warrant
|
(41
|
)
|
(108
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Preferred
stock received on sale of technology license
|
—
|
—
|
(1,100
|
)
|
||||||
Gain
on settlement of note payable
|
—
|
—
|
(1,141
|
)
|
||||||
Cancellation
of common stock
|
—
|
(21
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
(2,539
|
)
|
(4,040
|
)
|
(3,124
|
)
|
|||||
Increase
(decrease) in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
—
|
5
|
1,242
|
|||||||
Other
assets
|
(112
|
)
|
218
|
21
|
||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
513
|
(346
|
)
|
(2,499
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash used in operating activities by continuing operations
|
(2,138
|
)
|
(4,163
|
)
|
(4,360
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used in operating activities by discontinued
operations
|
(12,702
|
)
|
(4,465
|
)
|
(2,744
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(14,840
|
)
|
(8,628
|
)
|
(7,104
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Cash
received from sale of investments in common stock, net
|
—
|
3,581
|
—
|
|||||||
Cash
received from sale of other assets
|
—
|
—
|
108
|
|||||||
Purchases
of furniture, fixtures, equipment and software
|
—
|
—
|
(4
|
)
|
||||||
Purchase
of patent rights
|
—
|
—
|
(100
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by investing activities of continuing
operations
|
—
|
3,581
|
4
|
|||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities of discontinued
operations
|
(127
|
)
|
(731
|
)
|
(1,831
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(127
|
)
|
2,850
|
(1,827
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of subordinated notes payable to a related
party
|
15,365
|
12,584
|
7,896
|
|||||||
Segregation
of cash for future payments of convertible note payable
|
(1,506
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of convertible note payable
|
—
|
4,773
|
—
|
|||||||
Payment
of notes payable to third parties
|
(1,767
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Finance
costs on convertible note payable
|
—
|
(211
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Costs
paid by majority stockholder
|
—
|
16
|
132
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities of continuing
operations
|
12,092
|
17,162
|
8,028
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities of discontinued
operations
|
3,158
|
(11,335
|
)
|
527
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
15,250
|
5,827
|
8,555
|
|||||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
283
|
49
|
(376
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
44
|
(5
|
)
|
371
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year
|
$
|
327
|
$
|
44
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-7
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY
ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
for
the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In
thousands of dollars)
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||
Supplemental
schedule of non-cash investing and financing
activities:
|
||||||||||
Disposition
of telecommunications business in exchange for assumption of
liabilities
|
$
|
8,014
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Warrant
to purchase common stock issued to convertible note holder
|
—
|
430
|
—
|
|||||||
Fees
to the lender in connection with convertible note payable
|
—
|
226
|
—
|
|||||||
Discount
in connection with convertible notes payable to related
parties
|
1,511
|
3,771
|
5,354
|
|||||||
Conversion
of notes payable to a related party and associated accrued interest
to
common stock
|
—
|
—
|
40,673
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock received in exchange for assets of discontinued
operations
|
—
|
—
|
1,691
|
|||||||
Issuance
of options to purchase common stock to non-employee
|
—
|
—
|
142
|
|||||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
||||||||||
Taxes
paid
|
4
|
11
|
—
|
|||||||
Interest
paid
|
417
|
136
|
293
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F-8
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(FORMERLY
ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts
in thousands, except where specifically indicated, and share and per share
amounts)
Note
1 - Description of Business and Principles of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of C2 Global Technologies
Inc. (formerly Acceris Communications Inc.), and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
WXC Corp. (“WXCC”, formerly Acceris Communications Corp.), I-Link Communications
Inc. (“ILC”), and C2 Communications Technologies Inc. (formerly Acceris
Communications Technologies Inc.). These entities, on a combined basis, are
referred to as “C2”, the “Company”, or “we” in these consolidated financial
statements. Our consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”) and include the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of all
majority-owned subsidiaries over which C2 exercises control.
C2
owns
certain patents, including two foundational patents in voice over internet
protocol (“VoIP”) technology - U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373 and 6,438,124
(together the “VoIP Patent Portfolio”), which it seeks to license. Subsequent to
the disposition of its Telecommunications business, as discussed in Note 6
to
these financial statements, licensing of intellectual property constitutes
the
primary business of the Company. C2’s target market consists of carriers,
equipment manufacturers, service providers and end users in the internet
protocol (“IP”) telephone market who are using C2’s patented VoIP technologies
by deploying VoIP networks for phone-to-phone communications. The Company has
engaged, and intends to continue to engage, in licensing agreements with third
parties domestically and internationally. At present, no royalties are being
paid to the Company. The Company plans to obtain licensing and royalty revenue
from its target market by enforcing its patents, with the assistance of outside
counsel, in order to realize value from its intellectual property.
All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon
consolidation.
Note
2 - Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
and Capital Resources:
As
a
result of our substantial operating losses and negative cash flows from
operations, we had a stockholders’ deficit of $77,942 (2004 - $61,965) and
negative working capital of $78,055 (2004 - $21,352) at December 31, 2005.
The
increase in the working capital deficit during 2005 is primarily due to the
classification as current, at December 31, 2005, of related party debt of
$72,022 (2004 - $46,015) that matures on December 31, 2006. It is partially
offset by the reduction in current liabilities that resulted from the
disposition of the Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005.
Both continuing and discontinued operations in 2005 were primarily financed
through increased related party debt. However, discontinued operations for
the
period May 1 to September 30, 2005, were financed by the purchaser of the
Telecommunications business through advances which, at the closing date of
September 30, 2005, formed additional consideration for the assets disposed
of
by the Company.
The
Company had gross third party debt of $3,516 at December 31, 2005, a reduction
from the $5,325 owed at December 31, 2004. The third party debt is held by
Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”), and at December 31, 2005 is comprised of a
convertible note (the “Note”) in the amount of $3,235 and a warrant with a fair
value of $281. The debt to Laurus is secured by all assets of the Company and
guaranteed by the Company’s majority stockholder, Counsel Corporation
(collectively, with its subsidiaries, “Counsel”) through its maturity of October
2007.
Gross
related party debt owing to our 91% common stockholder, Counsel, at December
31,
2005 is $73,646 compared to $52,100 at December 31, 2004. Interest on the
related party debt is capitalized, at the end of each quarter, and added to
the
principal amounts outstanding. During 2005, in conjunction with the disposition
of the Telecommunications business, described below, Counsel extended the
maturity of its debt to December 31, 2006. This debt is supplemented by
Counsel’s Keep Well, which requires Counsel to fund, through intercompany
advances or equity contributions, all capital investment, working capital or
other operational cash requirements of C2 until December 31, 2006. The Keep
Well
is not expected to be extended beyond its current maturity.
Counsel,
in addition to guaranteeing the Laurus Note, has also agreed to subordinate
all
of its debt owed by the Company, and to subrogate all of its related security
interests, in favor of Laurus. Counsel has further agreed to pledge all of
its
shares owned in C2 as security for the Laurus debt. In accordance with the
Laurus agreement, C2 cannot repay amounts owing to Counsel while the debt with
Laurus remains outstanding. Additionally, so long as C2’s debt to Laurus remains
outstanding, Counsel may not, without the written
consent of Laurus, take any enforcement action to collect its loans owing by
C2.
Notwithstanding this, Counsel is not expected to extend the maturity date of
its
loans beyond December 31, 2006. In the event that C2’s debt to Laurus is either
prepaid in full or settled by conversion of such debt into shares of C2,
Counsel’s subordination agreement shall be terminated with immediate
effect.
F-9
On
September 30, 2005, the Company, in conjunction with the completion of the
sale
of the Telecommunications business, described below, agreed to modifications
to
the security interest in the Company held by Laurus as follows: (a) release
of
the security interest in the assets being disposed of in the sale of the
Telecommunications business; (b) conversion of the security interest of the
Note
to the senior debt position; (c) payment of $1,800 into a restricted cash
account for the benefit of Laurus, which may be applied toward scheduled monthly
payments of the note. At December 31, 2005, the balance of the restricted cash
account was $1,506.
There
is
significant doubt about the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing
beyond December 31, 2006 to support its operations once the Keep Well from
Counsel expires. Additionally, management believes that the Company does not,
at
this time, have an ability to obtain additional financing in order to pursue
expansion through acquisition. The Company must therefore realize value from
its
intellectual property, as discussed above, in order to continue as a going
concern. There is no certainty that the Company will be successful in its
strategy of generating revenue by realizing value on its intellectual
property.
Ownership
Structure and Capital Resources:
·
|
The
Company is approximately 91% owned by Counsel. The remaining 9% is
owned
by public stockholders.
|
·
|
The
Company has aggregate gross debt, including a related common stock
warrant, of $77,162 at December 31, 2005. 95% or $73,646 of this
debt is
owed to Counsel. The remainder of this debt, including the common
stock
warrant, is held by Laurus, and is guaranteed by Counsel. As discussed
above, on September 30, 2005, in conjunction with the sale of the
Telecommunications business, the Company placed $1,800 into a restricted
cash account for the benefit of the Note holder, which may be applied
toward scheduled monthly payments of the Note. At December 31, 2005,
the
balance of the restricted cash account was
$1,506.
|
·
|
Since
becoming controlling stockholder in 2001, Counsel has invested over
$100,000 in C2 to fund the development of C2’s technology and its
Telecommunications business. In 2005, Counsel loaned net $15,365
to C2,
capitalized $6,180 of interest, and continues to have a commitment
to
provide the necessary funding to ensure the continued operations
of the
Company through December 31, 2006. In addition, Counsel has subordinated
its debt, and guaranteed C2’s obligations to Laurus. The disposition of
the Telecommunications business at September 30, 2005 significantly
reduced both the complexity and the funding requirements of the Company’s
operations, and the Company does not anticipate that Counsel’s investment
in 2006 will be comparable to its investment in prior
years.
|
Note
3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue
recognition
Revenue
is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has
occurred or services have been rendered, the Company’s price to the customer is
fixed and determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably
assured. Revenues where collectibility is not assured are recognized when the
total cash collections to be retained by the Company are finalized.
When
a
license of C2 technology requires continued support or involvement of C2,
contract revenues are spread over the period of the required support or
involvement. In the event that collectibility is in question, revenue is
recorded only to the extent of cash receipts.
Use
of estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
and
liabilities and the 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.
F-10
Significant
estimates include revenue recognition, purchase accounting (including the
ultimate recoverability of intangibles and other long-lived assets), valuation
of deferred tax assets and contingencies surrounding litigation. These policies
have the potential to have a significant impact on our financial statements,
either because of the significance of the financial statement item to which
they
relate, or because they require judgment and estimation due to the uncertainty
involved in measuring, at a specific point in time, events which are continuous
in nature.
The
Company accounts for intangible assets in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business
Combinations (“SFAS
141”) and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS
142”). All business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method.
Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized,
but are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets are recorded
based on estimates of fair value at the time of the acquisition.
The
Company assesses the fair value of goodwill based upon the fair value of the
Company as a whole, with the Company’s valuation being based upon its market
capitalization. If the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the Company’s
estimated fair value, goodwill impairment may be present. The Company measures
the goodwill impairment loss based upon the fair value of the underlying assets
and liabilities, including any unrecognized intangible assets, and estimates
the
implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss is recognized to the extent
that the Company’s recorded goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of
goodwill.
Goodwill
is tested for impairment annually, and will be tested for impairment between
annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that more likely than
not would indicate the carrying amount may be impaired. No impairment was
present upon the performance of these tests in 2005 and 2004. We cannot predict
the occurrence of future events that might adversely affect the reported value
of goodwill. Such events may include, but are not limited to, strategic
decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, judgments
on
the validity of the Company’s VoIP Patent Portfolio or other factors not known
to management at this time.
Regularly,
the Company evaluates whether events or circumstances have occurred that
indicate the carrying value of its other amortizable intangible assets may
not
be recoverable. When factors indicate an asset may not be recoverable, the
Company compares the related future net cash flows to the carrying value of
the
asset to determine if impairment exists. If the expected future net cash flows
are less than carrying value, impairment is recognized to the extent that the
carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset
The
Company assesses the value of its deferred tax asset, which has been generated
by a history of net operating losses, at least annually, and determines the
necessity for a valuation allowance. The Company evaluates which portion, if
any, will more likely than not be realized by offsetting future taxable income.
The determination of that allowance includes a projection of its future taxable
income, as well as consideration of any limitations that may exist on its use
of
its net operating loss carryforwards.
The
Company is involved from time to time in various legal matters arising out
of
its operations in the normal course of business. On a case by case basis, the
Company evaluates the likelihood of possible outcomes for this litigation.
Based
on this evaluation, the Company determines whether a liability accrual is
appropriate. If the likelihood of a negative outcome is probable, and the amount
is estimable, the Company accounts for the liability in the current period.
A
change in the circumstances surrounding any current litigation could have a
material impact on the financial statements.
Cash
and cash equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains its cash
and
cash equivalents primarily with financial institutions in Toronto, Canada.
These
accounts may from time to time exceed federally insured limits. The Company
has
not experienced any losses on such accounts.
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software are stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated
using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful
lives:
Telecommunications
network equipment
|
3-5
years
|
Furniture,
fixtures and office equipment
|
3-10
years
|
Software
and information systems
|
3
years
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
Shorter
of estimated life or lease term
|
F-11
Long-lived
assets that are to be disposed of by sale are carried at the lower of book
value
or estimated net realizable value less costs to sell. Betterments and renewals
that extend the life of the assets are capitalized. Other repairs and
maintenance charges are expensed as incurred. The cost and related accumulated
depreciation applicable to assets retired are removed from the accounts and
the
gain or loss on disposition is recognized in operations. The Company regularly
evaluates whether events or circumstances have occurred that indicate the
carrying value of its furniture, fixtures, equipment and software may not be
recoverable. When factors indicate the asset may not be recoverable, the Company
compares the related future net cash flows to the carrying value of the asset
to
determine if impairment exists. If the expected future net cash flows are less
than the carrying value, impairment is recognized to the extent that the
carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset.
Investments
Dividends
and realized gains and losses on equity securities are included in other income
in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investments
are accounted for under the cost method, as the equity securities or the
underlying common stock are not readily marketable and the Company’s ownership
interest does not allow it to exercise significant influence over the entity.
The Company monitors its investments for impairment by considering current
factors including economic environment, market conditions, operational
performance and other specific factors relating to the business underlying
the
investment, and will record impairments in carrying values if appropriate.
The
fair values of the securities are estimated using the best available information
as of the evaluation date, including the quoted market prices of comparable
public companies, recent financing rounds of the investee and other investee
specific information.
Research
and development costs
The
Company expenses internal research and development costs, which primarily
consist of salaries, when they are incurred.
Income
taxes
The
Company records deferred taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting
for Income Taxes.
This
Statement requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for
temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and the
amounts at which they are carried in the financial statements, based upon the
enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected
to reverse. The Company establishes a valuation allowance when necessary to
reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
Stock-based
compensation
At
December 31, 2005, the Company has several stock-based compensation plans,
which
are described more fully in Note 17. The Company accounts for these plans under
the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
related Interpretations (collectively, “APB 25”). Stock-based employee
compensation cost is not reflected in net loss, as all options granted under
those plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying
common stock on the date of grant. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a revision to SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation
(“SFAS
No. 123R”). SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB 25. SFAS No. 123R requires that all
stock-based compensation, including options, be expensed at fair value as of
the
grant date over the vesting period. Companies will be required to use an option
pricing model (e.g.: Black-Scholes or Binomial) to determine compensation
expense, consistent with the model used in the already required disclosures
of
SFAS No. 148, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure
(“SFAS
No. 148”). In April 2005, the SEC issued a release to amend the effective date
of compliance with SFAS No. 123R to the first quarter of the first fiscal year
beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company expects to adopt SFAS No. 123R on
January 1, 2006. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 123R
to
have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, operations or cash
flow.
In
accordance with SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148, see below for a
tabular presentation of the pro forma stock-based compensation cost, net loss
and loss per share as if the fair value-based method of expense recognition
and
measurement prescribed by SFAS 123 had been applied to all employee options.
Options granted to non-employees (excluding options granted to non-employee
members of the Company’s Board of Directors for their services as Board members)
are recognized and measured using the fair value-based method prescribed by
SFAS
123.
F-12
Year
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||
Net
loss as reported
|
$
|
(18,489
|
)
|
$
|
(22,783
|
)
|
$
|
(31,428
|
)
|
|
Deduct:
|
||||||||||
Total
compensation cost determined under fair value based method for all
awards,
net of $0 tax
|
(198
|
)
|
(559
|
)
|
(92
|
)
|
||||
Pro
forma net loss
|
$
|
(18,687
|
)
|
$
|
(23,342
|
)
|
$
|
(31,520
|
)
|
|
Loss
per share
|
||||||||||
Basic
and diluted - as reported
|
$
|
(0.96
|
)
|
$
|
(1.18
|
)
|
$
|
(4.48
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted - pro forma
|
$
|
(0.97
|
)
|
$
|
(1.21
|
)
|
$
|
(4.50
|
)
|
The
fair
value of each option grant is estimated on the date of the grant using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions: expected volatility in 2005 - 81% (2004 - 81% to 98%, 2003 - 98%),
risk free rates ranging from 3.73% to 3.75%, 3.10% to 3.83%, and 2.76% to 3.00%
in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, expected lives of four years in 2005,
2004, and 2003, and dividend yield of zero for each year.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
fair
value of the financial instruments is the amount at which the instruments could
be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in
a
forced sale or liquidation. The carrying value at December 31, 2005 and 2004
for
the Company’s financial instruments, which include cash, accounts receivable,
deposits, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximates fair value.
The carrying value of the Company’s debt is lower than the fair value of the
debt due to the discounts set out in Note 9.
Segment
reporting
The
Company reports its segment information based upon the internal organization
that is used by management for making operating decisions and assessing the
Company’s performance. The Company currently operates in a single business
segment, technology licensing. Therefore, the Company has concluded that
supplementary segment reporting will not provide useful information to the
reader of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Discontinued
Operations
In
accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) SFAS No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,
the
operations and related losses on operations sold, or identified as held for
sale, have been presented as discontinued
operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for all years presented.
Gains are recognized when realized.
Recent
accounting pronouncements
In
December 2004, the FASB issued a revision to SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation
(“SFAS
No. 123R”). SFAS No. 123R supersedes Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion
No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
related Interpretations. SFAS No. 123R requires that all stock-based
compensation, including options, be expensed at fair value as of the grant
date
over the vesting period. Companies will be required to use an option pricing
model (e.g.: Black-Scholes or Binomial) to determine compensation expense,
consistent with the model used in the already required disclosures of SFAS
No.
148, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure.
In
April 2005, the SEC issued a release to amend the effective date of compliance
with SFAS No. 123R to the first quarter of the first fiscal year beginning
after
June 15, 2005. The Company expects to adopt SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006.
The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 123R to have a material
effect on the Company’s financial position, operations or cash
flow.
In
May
2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting
Changes and Error Corrections
(“SFAS
No. 154”). SFAS No. 154 supersedes APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting
Changes (“APB
No.
20”), and related Interpretations, and is effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2005. SFAS No. 154 requires that voluntary changes in
accounting principles be applied retrospectively, with the cumulative effect
of
the change taken into opening retained earnings for the earliest period
presented, and the prior years’ statements restated to reflect the effect of the
new accounting principle. Previously, APB No. 20 required that the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principle be recognized in net income in the
year of the change. Although SFAS No. 154 now requires that a change in
accounting principle be treated substantially the same as a correction of an
error in prior periods, retrospective application is not required if it is
impracticable to determine the effects on a specific period or the cumulative
effect of
F-13
the
change on all prior periods presented in the financial statements. SFAS No.
154
does not change the transition provisions of any existing accounting
pronouncements, and the Company does not expect adoption of SFAS No. 154 to
have
a material effect on its financial position, operations or cash
flow.
In
2005,
the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached consensus on EITF Issue
No. 05-2, The
Meaning of ‘Conventional Convertible Debt Instrument’ in EITF Issue No. 00-19,
‘Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, Potentially Settled
In, a Company’s Own Stock’ ”
(“EITF
No. 05-2”). Under EITF No. 05-2, instruments that provide the holder with an
option to convert into a fixed number of shares (or equivalent amount of cash
at
the discretion of the issuer) for which the ability to exercise the option
is
based on the passage of time or a contingent event should be considered
conventional, and convertible preferred stock with a mandatory redemption date
may qualify as conventional if the economic characteristics indicate the
instrument is more akin to debt than equity. EITF No. 05-2 is effective for
new
instruments entered into and instruments modified in reporting periods beginning
after June 29, 2005. The Company does not expect the adoption of EITF No. 05-2
to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, operations or
cash flow.
Note
4 - Net Loss per Share and Reverse Stock Split
Basic
earnings (loss) per share is computed based on the weighted average number
of
common shares outstanding during the period. Options, warrants, convertible
preferred stock and convertible debt are included in the calculation of diluted
earnings (loss) per share, except when their effect would be anti-dilutive.
As
the Company had a net loss from continuing operations for 2005, 2004 and 2003,
basic and diluted loss per share are the same.
On
December 6, 2002, the Board of Directors approved a 1-for-20 reverse split
of
C2’s common stock (the “Stock Split”). The stockholders of C2 approved the Stock
Split by stockholder vote on November 26, 2003. In connection with the Stock
Split the par value of the common stock was changed from $0.007 to $0.01 per
share. The Stock Split reduced the shares of common stock outstanding at that
time by 365,977,409 shares. The basic and diluted net loss per common share
and
all other share amounts in these financial statements are presented as if the
reverse stock split had occurred on December 31, 2001. Contemporaneous with
the
Stock Split, Counsel exercised its right to convert certain debt instruments
into shares of the Company’s common stock. As a result of the conversion, the
Company issued to Counsel 13,428,492 shares of common stock on a post-split
basis.
In
January 2003, 150 shares of the Company’s Class N preferred stock held by an
unrelated third party were converted into 6,000 shares of common stock. In
November 2004, 1 share of the Company’s Class N preferred stock held by an
unrelated third party was converted into 40 shares of common stock.
Potential
common shares that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings
(loss) per share because they would have been anti-dilutive are as follows
as at
December 31:
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||
Assumed
conversion of Class N preferred stock
|
24,720
|
24,720
|
24,760
|
|||||||
Assumed
conversion of convertible debt
|
3,639,412
|
3,329,482
|
2,486,299
|
|||||||
Assumed
conversion of Laurus convertible debt
|
3,676,471
|
5,681,818
|
—
|
|||||||
Assumed
exercise of options and warrant to purchase shares of common
stock
|
1,727,029
|
3,441,643
|
1,807,879
|
|||||||
9,067,632
|
12,477,663
|
4,318,938
|
Note
5 - Investments
The
Company’s investments as of December 31, 2005 consist of a convertible preferred
stock holding in AccessLine Communications Corporation, a privately-held
corporation. This stock was received as consideration for a licensing agreement
(reflected in technology licensing and related services revenues) in the second
quarter of 2003, the estimated fair value of which was determined to be $1,100.
The fair value of the securities is estimated using the best available
information as of the evaluation date, including the quoted market prices of
comparable public companies, recent financing rounds of the investee, and other
investee specific information. The Company has concluded that as of December
31,
2005, there has been no impairment in the fair value of the
investment.
Prior
to
June 21, 2004, the Company held an investment in the common stock of Buyers
United Inc. (“BUI”), which investment was acquired as consideration received
related to the sale of the operations of ILC. At the time of the sale of the
ILC
business, the purchase price consideration paid by BUI was in the form of
convertible preferred stock, with additional shares of preferred stock received
subsequently based on contingent earn out provisions in the purchase agreement.
In addition, common stock dividends were earned
on
the preferred stock holding. During 2004, the Company converted its preferred
stock into 1,500,000 shares of BUI common stock. Through several open market
transactions during 2004, the Company sold the BUI common stock, resulting
in a
gain of approximately $1,376.
F-14
Note
6 - Discontinued Operations
Disposition
of the Telecommunications Business
Commencing
in 2001, the Company entered the Telecommunications business, acquiring certain
assets of the estate of WorldxChange Communications Inc. from bankruptcy. In
2002, the Company also acquired certain assets of the estate of RSL.COM USA
Inc.
from bankruptcy, and in 2003 the Company acquired Local Telcom Holdings, LLC.
Together, these assets made up the Telecommunications segment of the Company’s
business, which was owned through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Acceris
Communications Corp. (“ACC”, originally known as WorldxChange
Corp.).
In
June
2004, the Company began an evaluation process that led to the disposition of
its
Telecommunications business. CIT Capital Securities LLC, along with C2’s
management, examined the markets in which the Telecommunications business
operated in order to assess potential merger and acquisition opportunities.
In
this process C2 contacted more than 60 potential partners. Having assessed
various market opportunities, C2 management’s negotiations with a number of
potential targets, and with C2 management’s recommendation, C2’s Board of
Directors determined that a sale of the Telecommunications business to Acceris
Management and Acquisition LLC (“AMA”) was in the best interests of C2’s
stockholders.
The
Company therefore entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”), dated as of
May 19, 2005, to sell substantially all of the assets and to transfer certain
liabilities of ACC to AMA, a Minnesota limited liability company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of North Central Equity LLC (“NCE”). In addition, on May
19, 2005, the parties executed a Management Services Agreement (“MSA”), Security
Agreement, Note, Proxy and Guaranty. Upon receipt of the requisite approvals,
including shareholder approval, this transaction was completed on September
30,
2005. Subsequent to the sale, ACC’s name was changed to WXC Corp.
(“WXCC”).
The
sale
resulted in a gain on disposition of $6,387, net of disposition and business
exit costs. Revenues of ACC operations were $65,154, $112,595 and $133,765
in
2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and pre-tax losses were $3,555 (including
the
gain on disposition of $6,387), $11,782 and $19,693 in 2005, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. In accordance with GAAP, the ACC operations for the year ended
December 31, 2005, as well as for all prior periods included in the consolidated
financial statements included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K,
have been reported in discontinued operations.
In
connection with the sale, the Company incurred one-time termination costs of
$697. $496 of these costs were paid during 2005, and the remaining $201 will
be
paid during 2006. The Company recorded these costs as an expense of discontinued
operations.
At
the
closing of the asset sale transaction, C2’s controlling shareholder, Counsel,
agreed to provide a $585 loan to NCE. This loan is being repaid over six months
on a straight-line basis. The loan is subject to a holdback, the amount of
which
was $320 at closing, reduced to $200 at December 31, 2005, relating to recorded
liabilities of C2 that had not been settled at closing. On September 30, 2005,
in conjunction with the closing of the asset sale transaction and the expiration
of the MSA, referenced above, the Company and AMA entered into a second
Management Services Agreement (“MSA2”) under which the Company agreed to
continue to provide services in certain states where AMA, at closing, had not
obtained authorization to provide telecommunications services. The Company
is
charged a management fee by AMA, which is equal to the revenue earned from
providing these services. During the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company’s
revenue and offsetting management fee totaled $1,439, both of which have been
recorded as components of discontinued operations. As of December 31, 2005,
AMA
had obtained authorization to provide telecommunications services in all states
except Hawaii, and the Company expects the MSA2 to remain in effect until such
time as authorization is obtained.
Sale
of Assets of ILC
On
December 6, 2002, the Company entered into an agreement to sell
substantially all of the assets and customer base of ILC to BUI. The sale
included the physical assets required to operate C2’s nationwide network using
its patented VoIP technology (constituting the core business of ILC) and a
license in perpetuity to use C2’s proprietary software platform. The sale closed
on May 1, 2003 and provided for a post closing cash settlement between the
parties. The sale price consisted of 300,000 shares of Series B convertible
preferred stock (8% dividend) of BUI, subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances, of which 75,000 shares are subject to an earn-out provision
(contingent consideration) based on future events related to ILC’s single
largest customer. The earn-out
took
place on a monthly basis over a fourteen-month period which began
January 2003. The Company recognized the value of the earn-out shares as
additional sales proceeds when earned. During the year ending December 31,
2003, 64,286 shares of the contingent consideration were earned and were
included as a component of gain (loss) from discontinued operations. The
fair value of the 225,000 shares (non-contingent consideration to be received)
of Buyers United convertible preferred stock was determined to be $1,350 as
of
December 31, 2002. As of December 31, 2003, the combined fair value of
the original shares (225,000) and the shares earned from the contingent
consideration (64,286 shares) was determined to be $1,916. The value of the
shares earned from the contingent consideration was included in the calculation
of gain from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2003.
As additional contingent consideration was earned, it was recorded as a gain
from discontinued operations. In the first quarter of 2004, the Company recorded
a gain from discontinued operations of $104. This gain was due to the receipt
in
January 2004 of the remaining 10,714 shares of common stock as contingent
consideration, which is recorded as additional gain from discontinued
operations.
F-15
Upon
closing of the sale, BUI assumed all operational losses since December 6,
2002. Accordingly, the gain of $529 for the year ended December 31, 2003,
included the increase in the sales price for the losses incurred since
December 6, 2002. No income tax provision or benefit was recorded on
discontinued operations.
The
assets and liabilities of discontinued operations relating to the
Telecommunications business consisted of the following at December 31:
Assets
and liabilities - Discontinued Operations
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
414
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
—
|
13,079
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
—
|
1,472
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
—
|
14,965
|
|||||
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software, net
|
—
|
4,102
|
|||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
—
|
1,324
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
—
|
947
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
—
|
1,012
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
—
|
22,350
|
|||||
Senior
secured revolving credit facility
|
—
|
4,725
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
3,763
|
25,299
|
|||||
Unearned
revenue
|
—
|
959
|
|||||
Current
portion of notes payable to third parties
|
—
|
160
|
|||||
Obligations
under capital leases
|
—
|
1,441
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
3,763
|
32,584
|
|||||
Notes
payable to third parties, less current portion
|
—
|
645
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
3,763
|
33,229
|
|||||
Net
liabilities
|
$
|
3,763
|
$
|
10,879
|
F-16
Note
7 - Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software consisted of the following at December
31:
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Telecommunications
network equipment
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
37
|
|||
Computer
equipment
|
—
|
16
|
|||||
Software
and information systems
|
—
|
8
|
|||||
|
—
|
61
|
|||||
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
—
|
(11
|
)
|
||||
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
50
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at December
31:
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Regulatory
and legal fees
|
$
|
477
|
$
|
998
|
|||
Accounting,
auditing and tax consulting
|
295
|
35
|
|||||
Telecommunications
and related costs
|
295
|
—
|
|||||
Accrued
restructuring costs
|
201
|
—
|
|||||
Obligations
to equipment suppliers
|
524
|
524
|
|||||
Sales
and other taxes
|
316
|
87
|
|||||
Payroll
and benefits
|
142
|
87
|
|||||
Other
|
273
|
279
|
|||||
$
|
2,523
|
$
|
2,010
|
Note
8 - Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Intangible
assets consisted of the following at December 31:
December
31, 2005
|
|||||||||||||
Amortization
period
|
Cost
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Net
|
||||||||||
Intangible
assets subject to amortization:
|
|||||||||||||
Patent
rights
|
60
months
|
100
|
(40
|
)
|
60
|
||||||||
Goodwill
|
173
|
—
|
173
|
||||||||||
Total
intangible assets and goodwill
|
$
|
273
|
$
|
(40
|
)
|
$
|
233
|
December
31, 2004
|
|||||||||||||
Amortization
period
|
Cost
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Net
|
||||||||||
Intangible
assets subject to amortization:
|
|||||||||||||
Patent
rights
|
60
months
|
100
|
(20
|
)
|
80
|
||||||||
Goodwill
|
173
|
—
|
173
|
||||||||||
Total
intangible assets and goodwill
|
$
|
273
|
$
|
(20
|
)
|
$
|
253
|
The
Company’s goodwill relates to an investment in a subsidiary company that holds
the rights to some of the Company’s patents. Aggregate amortization expense of
intangibles for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $20, $20
and $0, respectively.
F-17
Note
9 - Debt
Debt,
including a related common stock warrant, consists of the following at December
31:
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
(1)
|
Reported
debt
|
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
(1)
|
Reported
debt
|
||||||||||||||
Subordinated
notes payable to Counsel, interest at 10.0%
|
$
|
55,376
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
55,376
|
$
|
35,386
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
35,386
|
|||||||
Subordinated
note payable to Counsel, convertible to common stock, interest at
9.0%
|
18,270
|
(1,624
|
)
|
16,646
|
16,714
|
(6,085
|
)
|
10,629
|
|||||||||||
Convertible
Note, convertible to common stock, interest at WSJ plus 3.0% (10.25%
at
December 31, 2005)
|
3,235
|
(392
|
)
|
2,843
|
5,003
|
(605
|
)
|
4,398
|
|||||||||||
Warrant
to purchase common stock
|
281
|
—
|
281
|
322
|
—
|
322
|
|||||||||||||
77,162
|
(2,016
|
)
|
75,146
|
57,425
|
(6,690
|
)
|
50,735
|
||||||||||||
Less
current portion
|
(75,411
|
)
|
1,624
|
(73,787
|
)
|
(1,768
|
)
|
—
|
(1,768
|
)
|
|||||||||
Long-term
debt, less current portion
|
$
|
1,751
|
$
|
(392
|
)
|
$
|
1,359
|
$
|
55,657
|
$
|
(6,690
|
)
|
$
|
48,967
|
(1)
Accretions associated with Beneficial Conversion Feature, detachable warrant,
costs associated with raising facilities and imputed interest.
Payment
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
obligations
|
Total
|
Less
than 1
year
|
1-3
years
|
3-5
years
|
More
than 5
years
|
|||||||||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party
|
$
|
73,646
|
$
|
73,646
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||
Convertible
note payable to a third party
|
3,235
|
1,765
|
1,470
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Warrant
to purchase common stock1
|
281
|
—
|
—
|
281
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
77,162
|
$
|
75,411
|
$
|
1,470
|
$
|
281
|
$
|
—
|
1
The
warrant is reported at fair value, as determined at the end of each
quarter.
Counsel
is the controlling stockholder of the Company and is also the major debt holder
of the Company, owning 95% of the Company’s debt as at December 31, 2005. The
third party debt is held by Laurus. Counsel has guaranteed the debt to Laurus
through its maturity in October 2007. Counsel has also subordinated its debt
position and pledged its ownership interest in C2 in favor of
Laurus.
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party
The
related party notes owing to Counsel mature on December 31, 2006. They are
subject to acceleration in certain circumstances including certain events of
default. Interest on related party debt accrues to principal quarterly, and
accordingly the Company has no cash payment obligations to Counsel prior to
the
debt’s maturity. During 2005, Counsel advanced $15,365 (2004 - $12,584; 2003 -
$7,896) and accrued interest added to principal was $6,180 (2004 - $4,304;
2003
- $5,667). Advances have been made to fund operations, to finance working
capital, to fund acquisitions and to pay down third party debt. Counsel, via
a
“Keep Well” agreement, has agreed to fund the cash requirements of C2 until
December 31, 2006. At this time, the Company does not expect this guarantee
will
be extended past that date.
In
accordance with the Laurus agreement, C2 cannot repay amounts owing to Counsel
while the debt with Laurus remains outstanding. Additionally, in accordance
with
Counsel’s subordination agreement with Laurus, so long as C2’s debt to Laurus
remains outstanding, Counsel may not, without the written consent of Laurus,
take any enforcement action to collect its loans owing by C2. Notwithstanding
this, Counsel is not expected to extend the maturity date of its loans beyond
December 31, 2006. In the event that C2’s debt to Laurus is either prepaid in
full or settled by conversion of such debt into shares of C2, Counsel’s
subordination agreement shall be terminated with immediate effect.
One
of
the notes payable to Counsel is convertible into common stock. Anti-dilution
events have impacted the conversion price and the number of shares issuable
upon
conversion of this debt. As well, accumulated unpaid interest costs, which
are
required by the terms of the debt to be added to the principal balance, are
also
convertible upon the same terms. These anti-dilution events and deemed “paid in
kind” interest periodically result in the recognition of a beneficial conversion
feature (“BCF”). In accordance with Emerging
Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-27, Application
of Issue 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments
(“EITF
00-27”), in 2005 the Company recorded a BCF of $1,511 (2004 - $3,771; 2003 -
$5,354) as paid-in capital. The aggregate BCF is amortized over the term of
the
debt, using the effective interest rate method, through a charge to the
statement of operations. For further discussion of notes payable and other
transactions with Counsel, see Note 2, above, and Note 13, below.
F-18
Convertible
note payable to a third party
On
October 14, 2004, the Company issued a convertible note (the “Note”) with a
detachable warrant to Laurus, in the principal amount of $5,000, due October
14,
2007. The Note provides that the principal amount outstanding bears interest
at
the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal plus 3% (but not less
than 7% per annum) decreasing by 2% (but not less than 0%) for every 25%
increase in the Market Price (as defined therein) above the fixed conversion
price following the effective date of the registration statement covering the
common stock issuable upon conversion of the Note. Should the Company default
under the agreement and fail to remedy the default on a timely basis, interest
under the Note will increase by 2% per month and the Note may become immediately
due inclusive of a 20% premium to the then outstanding principal. Interest
is
payable monthly in arrears. Principal is payable at the rate of approximately
$147 per month, in cash or registered common stock. Payment amounts will be
converted into stock if (i) the average closing price for five trading days
immediately preceding the repayment date is at least 100% of the Fixed
Conversion Price, (ii) the amount of the conversion does not exceed 25% of
the
aggregate dollar trading volume for the 22-day trading period immediately
preceding the repayment date, (iii) a registration statement is effective
covering the issued shares and (iv) no Event of Default exists and is
continuing. In the event the monthly payment must be paid in cash, then the
Company pays 102% of the amount due. The Company has the right to prepay the
Note, at any time by giving seven business days written notice and paying 120%
of the outstanding principal amount of the Note. Laurus may convert the Note,
in
whole or in part, into shares of common stock at any time upon one business
day’s prior written notice. The Note is convertible into shares of the Company’s
common stock at a fixed conversion price of $0.88 per share of common stock
(105% of the average closing price for the 30 trading days prior to the issuance
of the Note) not to exceed, however, 4.99% of the outstanding shares of common
stock of the Company (including issuable shares from the exercise of the
warrant, payments of interest, or any other shares owned). However, upon an
Event of Default as defined in and in respect of the Note, the 4.99% ownership
restriction is automatically rendered null and void. Laurus may also revoke
the
4.99% ownership restriction upon 75 days prior notice to the Company. In
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133,
Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
(“SFAS
133”) and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-19, Accounting
for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in,
a
Company’s Own Stock (“EITF
00-19”), the
Company analyzed the various embedded derivative elements of the debt at
inception of the Note and concluded that all of the individual elements should
be characterized as debt for accounting purposes and that the embedded
derivative elements had nominal value. The value of the embedded derivative
elements of the debt is reassessed on a quarterly basis on a mark-to-market
basis. At the end of 2004 and 2005, the Company concluded that the value of
the
embedded derivatives remained nominal.
The
embedded derivative elements include: (1) a variable interest rate component
dependent on the WSJ prime rate, (2) an interest rate forward contract
component, which adjusts the interest rate downward if certain conditions are
achieved related to the Company’s common stock, (3) a call option allowing the
Company an option to prepay the Note, (4) a put option requiring the Company
to
repay the Note if certain events, including an event of default, occur, (5)
an
equity-forward element, which requires the monthly principal, interest and
other
fees to be paid in common stock if certain market conditions related to the
Company’s common stock occur, and (6) a conversion option permitting Laurus to
convert the Note into common stock of the Company. At December 31, 2005, the
aggregate debt was convertible into 3,676,471 shares of the common stock of
the
Company.
In
the
event that, in the future, either the conversion price in respect of the Note
is
reduced as a result of certain anti-dilution provisions that may cause the
aggregate number of shares issuable to Laurus to increase, or value is ascribed
to the embedded derivative components of the Note, the Company may need to
record a beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”) associated with the Note as a
credit to paid-in-capital. The aggregate BCF would then be amortized over the
term of the debt, using the effective interest rate method, through a charge
to
the statement of operations.
Warrant
to purchase common stock
In
addition, the Company issued a common stock purchase warrant (the “Warrant”) to
Laurus, entitling Laurus to purchase up to one million shares of common stock,
subject to adjustment. The Warrant entitles the holder to purchase the stock
through the earlier of (i) October 13, 2009 or (ii) the date on
which the average closing price for any consecutive ten trading dates shall
equal or exceed 15 times the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall equal
$1.00 per share as to the first 250,000 shares, $1.08 per share for the next
250,000 shares and $1.20 per share for the remaining 500,000 shares, or 125%,
135% and 150% of the average closing price for ten trading days immediately
prior to the date of the Warrant, respectively. The value of the Warrant is
reassessed on a quarterly basis on a mark-to-market basis. The Company adjusted
the value of the Warrant to $322 at the end of 2004 and to $281 at the end
of
2005, and recorded $108 and $41, respectively, in income.
F-19
In
connection with the Note, the Company recorded a debt discount of $656,
comprising $430 relating to the warrant allocation and $226 of financing costs
to Laurus, which was deducted from the amount advanced on closing. The debt
discount is being amortized over the term of the debt using the effective
interest method through a charge to the statement of operations. At December
31,
2005, the amount of the debt discount was $392.
The
Company filed a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, to register the 6,681,818 shares issuable upon conversion of the Note
as well as those issuable pursuant to the Warrant. This registration statement
was declared effective by the SEC on January 18, 2005.
Pursuant
to a Master Security Agreement, as amended, entered into in connection with
the
issuance of the Note, the Company granted a blanket lien on all its property
and
that of certain of its subsidiaries to secure repayment of the obligation.
Pursuant to a Stock Pledge Agreement, as amended, Counsel Communications LLC
and
Counsel Corporation (US) pledged the shares of the Company held by them as
further security. Pursuant to a subsidiary Stock Pledge Agreement, the Company,
WebTotel Inc., CPT-1 Holdings Inc. and WXC Corp. pledged their respective
stockholdings in subsidiary companies, controlled by C2, to Laurus. In addition,
C2 Communications Technologies, Inc., WXC Corp., WebTotel Inc., Mibridge Inc.,
Counsel Corporation, Counsel Communications LLC and Counsel Corporation
(US) jointly and severally guaranteed the obligation to Laurus. So long as
25% of principal amount of the Note is outstanding, the Company agreed, among
other things, that it will not pay dividends on its common stock.
On
September 30, 2005, the Company, in conjunction with the completion of the
sale
of the Telecommunications business, described in Note 6 of these consolidated
financial statements, agreed to modifications to the security interest in the
Company held by the Note holder as follows: (a) release of the security interest
in the assets being disposed of in the sale of the Telecommunications assets;
(b) conversion of the security interest of the Note to the senior debt position;
(c) payment of $1,800 into a restricted cash account for the benefit of the
Note
holder, which may be applied toward scheduled monthly payments of the Note.
As
at December 31, 2005, the balance of the restricted cash account was
$1,506.
Note
10 - Commitments
At
December 31, 2005, C2 has no commitments other than its debt, as described
above
in Note 9.
Note
11 - Patent Residual
In
the
fourth quarter of 2003, C2 acquired Patent No. 6,243,373 from a third
party. Consideration provided was $100 plus a 35% residual payable to the third
party relating to the net proceeds from future licensing and/or enforcement
actions from the C2 VoIP Patent Portfolio (U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373 and
6,438,124). Net proceeds are defined as amounts collected from third parties
net
of the direct costs associated with putting the licensing or enforcement in
place and related collection costs. As of the date of these financial
statements, no payments are being made as there have as yet been no net
proceeds.
Note
12 - Income Taxes
The
Company recognized no income tax benefit from its losses in 2005, 2004 and
2003.
The reported tax benefit varies from the amount that would be provided by
applying the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to the loss from continuing
operations before taxes for the following reasons:
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||
Expected
federal statutory tax benefit
|
$
|
(5,078
|
)
|
$
|
(3,776
|
)
|
$
|
(4,170
|
)
|
|
Increase
(reduction) in taxes resulting from:
|
||||||||||
State
income taxes
|
(269
|
)
|
(175
|
)
|
(78
|
)
|
||||
Foreign
loss not subject to domestic tax
|
—
|
2
|
5
|
|||||||
Non-deductible
interest on certain notes
|
2,560
|
1,893
|
3,364
|
|||||||
Change
in valuation allowance attributable to continuing
operations
|
2,786
|
1,728
|
883
|
|||||||
Other
|
1
|
328
|
(4
|
)
|
||||||
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
The
change in the valuation allowance, including discontinued operations, was
$3,123, $6,139, and $6,076 for the years ended 2005, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
F-20
At
December 31, 2005, the Company had total net operating loss carryforwards for
federal income tax purposes of approximately $192,000. The Company has recorded
a full valuation allowance in respect of the tax effect of these losses. These
net operating loss carryforwards expire between 2006 and 2025.
The
Company’s utilization of approximately $157,000 of its available net operating
loss carryforwards against future taxable income is restricted pursuant to
the
“change in ownership” rules in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. These
rules in general provide that an ownership change occurs when the percentage
shareholdings of 5% direct or indirect stockholders of a loss corporation have
in aggregate increased by more than 50 percentage points during the immediately
preceding three years.
Restrictions
in net operating loss carryforwards occurred in 2001 as a result of the
acquisition of the Company by Counsel. Further restrictions may have occurred
as
a result of subsequent changes in the share ownership and capital structure
of
the Company and Counsel and disposition of business interests by the Company.
Pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, annual usage of the
Company’s net operating loss carryforwards, prior to the sale of the Company’s
Telecommunications business, was limited to approximately $6,700 per annum
until
2008 and $1,700 per annum thereafter as a result of previous cumulative changes
of ownership resulting in a change of control of the Company. After the
completion of sale of the Company’s Telecommunications business, the annual
usage of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards is limited to
approximately $2,500 per annum until 2008 and $1,700 per annum thereafter.
There
is no certainty that the application of these “change in ownership” rules may
not reoccur resulting in further restrictions on the Company’s income tax loss
carry forwards existing at a particular time. In addition, further restrictions
or reductions in net operating loss carryforwards may occur through future
merger, acquisition and/or disposition transactions. Any such additional
limitations could require the Company to pay income taxes in the future and
record an income tax expense to the extent of such liability despite the
existence of net operating loss carryforwards.
Due
to
the expiration of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and the above
possible usage restrictions, it is estimated that only $74,000 of the total
$192,000 of net operating loss carryforwards otherwise available will be able
to
be utilized in the event the Company were to generate taxable income in the
future.
The
Company also has net operating loss carryforwards for state income tax purposes
in those states where it has conducted business. Available state tax loss
carryforwards however may differ substantially by jurisdiction and in general
are subject to the same or similar restrictions as to expiry and usage described
above. The Company is subject to state income tax in multiple
jurisdictions.
The
components of the deferred tax asset and liability as of December 31, 2005
and
2004 are as follows:
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|||||||
Tax
net operating loss carryforwards
|
$
|
71,800
|
$
|
67,610
|
|||
Acquired
in-process research and development and intangible assets
|
2,288
|
3,595
|
|||||
Accrued
interest
|
1,645
|
505
|
|||||
Accrued
liabilities
|
1,342
|
212
|
|||||
Accrued
vacation
|
2
|
358
|
|||||
Investments
|
53
|
—
|
|||||
Reserve
for accounts receivable
|
2
|
714
|
|||||
Other
|
164
|
109
|
|||||
Fixed
assets
|
—
|
1,070
|
|||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(77,296
|
)
|
(74,173
|
)
|
|||
Total
deferred tax asset
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
As
the
Company has not generated taxable income in the past, a valuation allowance
has
been provided at December 31, 2005 and 2004 to reduce the total deferred tax
asset to nil, the amount considered more likely than not to be realized. The
change in the valuation allowance in the year is due primarily to an increase
in
the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards.
F-21
Note
13 - Transactions with Controlling Stockholder
Transactions
with Counsel:
Initial
Acquisition of C2 and Senior Convertible Loan
On
March
1, 2001, C2 entered into a Senior Convertible Loan and Security Agreement,
(the
“Senior Loan Agreement”) with Counsel. Pursuant to the terms and provisions of
the Senior Loan Agreement, Counsel agreed to make periodic loans to C2 in the
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000, which was subsequently
increased to $12,000 through amendment on May 8, 2001. Advances against the
Senior Loan Agreement were structured as a 3-year convertible note with interest
at 9% per annum, compounded quarterly. Counsel initially could convert the
loan
into shares of common stock of C2 at a conversion price of $11.20 per common
share. The terms of the Senior Loan Agreement also provide that at any time
after September 1, 2002, the outstanding debt including accrued interest will
automatically be converted into common stock using the then current conversion
rate, on the first date that is the twentieth consecutive trading day that
the
common stock has closed at a price per share that is equal to or greater than
$20.00 per share. The Senior Loan Agreement also provides that the conversion
price is in certain cases subject to adjustment and includes traditional
anti-dilution protection for the lender and is subject to certain events of
default, which may accelerate the repayment of principal plus accrued interest.
Total proceeds available to the Company were $12,000, less debt issuance costs
of $600, amortized over three years. The Senior Loan Agreement has been amended
several times and the maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been
extended to December 31, 2006. As a result of the application of the
anti-dilution provisions of the Senior Loan Agreement, the conversion price
has
been adjusted to $5.02 per common share. As of December 31, 2005, the total
outstanding debt under the Senior Loan Agreement (including principal and
accrued interest) was $18,270 which is convertible into approximately 3,639,412
shares of common stock.
In
connection with the above Senior Loan Agreement, C2 granted Counsel a security
interest in all of C2’s assets owned at the time of execution of the Senior Loan
Agreement or subsequently acquired, including but not limited to C2’s accounts
receivable, intangibles, inventory, equipment, books and records, and negotiable
instruments held by the Company (collectively, the “Collateral”).
In
addition to the foregoing agreements, C2 and Counsel executed a Securities
Support Agreement, dated March 1, 2001 (the “Support Agreement”) for the purpose
of providing certain representations and commitments by C2 to Counsel, including
demand registration rights for common stock issuable upon conversion of the
related loan.
Under
the
Support Agreement of March 1, 2001, C2 also agreed to engage appropriate
advisors and proceed to take all steps necessary to merge Nexbell
Communications, Inc. (a subsidiary of Counsel) into C2. The Company acquired
Nexbell on April 17, 2001 and Counsel received 871,724 shares of common stock
in
C2 as consideration.
In
October 2004, Counsel agreed to subordinate its loan and security interest
to
that of Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., (“Foothill”), the Company’s asset-based
lender, and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (“Laurus”), a third party financier, in
connection with the Senior Convertible Loan. On June 30, 2005, Foothill assigned
its senior lending facility, and its rights thereunder, to Acceris Management
and Acquisition, LLC (“AMA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of North Central Equity
LLC, in connection with the sale of substantially
all the assets of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ACC Corp.
(“ACC”),
to AMA.
Specifically, C2, ACC and AMA executed an amendment to the Foothill Loan
Agreement (the “Amendment”). The Amendment was executed in connection with the
execution and delivery of a certain Assignment and Acceptance Agreement between
Foothill and AMA. On September 30, 2005, upon the closing of the sale of ACC’s
assets, AMA released ACC and C2 from any obligations pursuant to the senior
lending facility. Following the sale, all of Counsel’s loan and security
interests remain subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Assignment
of Winter Harbor Common Stock and Debt Interests
Pursuant
to the terms of a settlement between Counsel and Winter Harbor and First Media
L.P., a limited partnership and the parent company of Winter Harbor
(collectively, the “Winter Harbor Parties”), effective August 29, 2003, the
Winter Harbor Parties relinquished their right to 118,750 shares of the common
stock of C2 to Counsel. These shares were released from escrow and delivered
to
Counsel.
The
Winter Harbor Parties further assigned to Counsel all of their rights with
respect to a note payable by C2 of $1,999 drawn down pursuant to a Letter of
Credit issued November 3, 1998 to secure certain obligations of C2 together
with
any accrued interest thereon. The assigned amount together with accrued interest
amounted to $2,577 on August 29, 2003. As a result of the settlement and
assignment, C2 entered into a new loan agreement with Counsel the terms of
which
provided that from August 29, 2003 the loan balance of $2,577 would bear
interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly with the aggregate balance of
principal and accrued interest payable on maturity of the loan. This loan
agreement was amended and restated to increase the principal of the loan by
a
further $100 for funding
provided by Counsel to enable C2 to acquire a Voice over Internet Protocol
patent in December 2003 and to allow for the making of further periodic advances
thereunder at Counsel’s discretion. The loan increased due to operating advances
of $1,546 and $1,918 in 2003 and 2004, respectively. The maturity date of the
loan plus accrued interest has been amended several times, including in
connection with the sale of substantially all the assets of ACC to AMA, and
currently has been extended to December 31, 2006. There are no conversion
features associated with this loan. The terms of the loan agreement provide
that
certain events of default may accelerate the repayment of principal plus accrued
interest. As of December 31, 2005, the total outstanding debt under the loan
(including principal and accrued interest) was $7,515.
F-22
In
October of 2004, Counsel agreed to subordinate its loan repayment rights to
the
Foothill and Laurus debts.
On June
30, 2005, Foothill assigned its senior lending facility to AMA, and on September
30, 2005, upon the closing of the sale of ACC’s assets, AMA released ACC and C2
from any obligations pursuant to the senior lending facility. Following the
sale, Counsel’s loan remains subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Loan
and Security Agreement and Amended Debt Restructuring
On
June
6, 2001, C2 and Counsel entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan
Agreement”). Any funds advanced to C2 between June 6, 2001 and April 15, 2002,
(not to exceed $10,000) were governed by the Loan Agreement and due on June
6,
2002. The loan was secured by all of the assets of C2. As of December 31, 2001,
advances under this loan agreement totaled $10,000. On June 27, 2002 the Loan
Agreement was amended to an amount of $24,307, which included additional capital
advances from Counsel to C2 made from December 31, 2001 through June 6, 2002.
The amended agreement also further provided for additional advances as needed
to
C2, which advances totaled $2,087 through December 31, 2002 and $650 through
November 30, 2003.
On
July
25, 2002, C2 and Counsel entered into a Debt Restructuring Agreement (“Debt
Restructuring Agreement”) which was amended on October 15, 2002 pursuant to an
Amended and Restated Debt Restructuring Agreement (“Amended Agreement”). The
Amended Agreement included the following terms:
1)
|
Principal
($24,307) and associated accrued interest ($2,284), as of October
15,
2002, under the Loan Agreement, as amended, would be exchanged for
common
stock of C2 at $3.77 per share (representing the average closing
price of
C2’s common stock during May 2002).
|
2)
|
Funding
provided by Counsel pursuant to the Loan Agreement, as amended ($2,087),
and associated accrued interest ($1,996), from October 15, 2002 to
December 31, 2002, would be exchanged for common stock of C2 at $3.77
per
share (representing the average closing price of C2’s common stock during
May 2002).
|
3)
|
Counsel
would advance to C2 all amounts paid or payable by C2 to its stockholders
that exercised their dissenters’ rights in connection with the
transactions subject to the debt restructuring transactions and advance
the amount of the annual premium to renew the existing directors
and
officers’ insurance coverage through November
2003.
|
4)
|
Counsel
would reimburse C2 for all costs, fees and expenses, in connection
with
the Debt Restructuring Agreement and the Amended Agreement and
transactions contemplated thereby including all expenses incurred
and yet
to be incurred, including the Special Committee’s costs to negotiate these
agreements and costs related to obtaining stockholder approval. During
2003 and 2002, Counsel reimbursed C2 $132 and $499, respectively,
for
certain reimbursable expenses, which were recorded as additional
paid-in
capital.
|
5)
|
The
issuance of common stock by C2 pursuant to this Agreement would result
in
a weighted average conversion price adjustment pursuant to the provisions
of the March 1, 2001 Loan Agreement. Whereas the conversion price
for the
March 1, 2001 Loan Agreement had initially been $11.20, the new conversion
price would be adjusted as a result of the anti-dilution provisions
of the
Senior Loan Agreement. At December 31, 2005, the conversion price
was
$5.02 per common share.
|
Effective
November 30, 2003, 8,681,096 shares of common stock were issued to Counsel
in
settlement of the underlying debt and accrued interest totaling $32,721 on
the
date of the conversion.
Convertible
Promissory Note to Fund RSL.COM USA, Inc. (“RSL”) Acquisition
In
connection with the acquisition of certain assets of RSL in December 2002,
C2
issued a $7,500 convertible note payable (the “Convertible Note”) to Counsel,
bearing interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly which, as amended, was
due on June 30, 2005.
The
Convertible Note was convertible into common stock of C2 at a conversion rate
of
$1.68 per share. Effective November 30, 2003, Counsel exercised its right to
convert the Convertible Note plus accrued interest to that date totaling $7,952
into common stock of C2. This resulted in the issuance of 4,747,522 shares
of C2
common stock.
F-23
Collateralized
Promissory Note and Loan Agreement
During
the fourth quarter of 2003, Counsel advanced the sum of $5,600 to C2, evidenced
by a promissory note. In January 2004, C2 and Counsel entered into a loan
agreement and an amended and restated promissory note pursuant to which an
additional $2,000 was loaned to C2 and pursuant to which additional periodic
loans may be made from time to time (collectively and as amended, the
“Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note accrues interest at 10% per annum
compounded quarterly from the date funds are advanced. The loan has been amended
several times and the maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been
extended to December 31, 2006.
The
Promissory Note is secured by the assets of the Company and is subject to
certain events of default which may accelerate the repayment of principal plus
accrued interest. There are no conversion features associated with the
Promissory Note. The loan increased primarily due to operating advances in
2004
and 2005 of $10,662 and $15,365, respectively. The outstanding balance at
December 31, 2005 (including principal and accrued interest) was
$35,692.
In
October of 2004, Counsel agreed to subordinate its loan and security interest
in
connection with the issuance of the Promissory Note to that of Foothill and
Laurus. On
June
30, 2005, Foothill assigned its senior lending facility to AMA, and on September
30,
2005,
upon
the
closing of the sale of ACC’s
assets,
AMA released ACC and C2 from any obligations pursuant to the senior lending
facility.
Following
the sale, Counsel’s
loan
and security interest remains subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Secured
Loan to C2
To
fund
the acquisition of the WorldxChange Communications, Inc. assets purchased and
liabilities assumed by C2, on June 4, 2001 Counsel provided a loan (the “Initial
Loan”) to C2 in the aggregate amount of $15,000. The loan was subordinated to a
revolving credit facility with Foothill, was collateralized by all the assets
of
the Company and, as amended, had a maturity date of June 30, 2005. On October
1,
2003 Counsel assigned the balance owed in connection with the Initial Loan
of
$9,743, including accrued interest (“the Assigned Loan”), to C2 in exchange for
a new loan bearing interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly and payable
on
maturity of the loan (“the New Loan”). The New Loan has been amended several
times and the maturity date of the loan plus accrued interest has been extended
to December 31, 2006. Consistent with the terms of the Initial Loan, subject
to
certain conditions, the New Loan provides for certain mandatory prepayments
upon
written notice from Counsel including an event resulting in the issuance of
new
shares by C2 to a party unrelated to Counsel where the funds are not used for
an
approved expanded business plan, the purchase of the Company’s accounts
receivable by a third party or where C2 has sold material assets in excess
of
cash proceeds of $1,000 and certain other events. The New Loan is subject to
certain events of default which may accelerate the repayment of principal plus
accrued interest. Pursuant to a Stock Pledge Agreement as amended, the New
Loan
is secured by the common stock held directly by C2 in its operating
subsidiary.
Effective
October 2004, Counsel’s loan and security interest were subordinated in favor of
Foothill and Laurus. There are no conversion features associated with the New
Loan. As of December 31, 2005, the total outstanding debt under the New Loan
(including principal and accrued interest) was $12,168. On
June
30, 2005, Foothill assigned its senior lending facility to AMA, and on September
30,
2005,
upon
the
closing of the sale of ACC’s
assets,
AMA released ACC and C2 from any obligations pursuant to the senior lending
facility.
Following
the sale, Counsel’s
loan
and security interest remains subordinated to the Laurus debt.
Counsel
Keep Well
Counsel
has committed to fund, through intercompany advances or equity contribution,
all
capital investment, working capital or other operational cash requirements
of C2
through December 31, 2006 (the “Keep Well”). Counsel is not expected to extend
the Keep Well beyond its current maturity.
Counsel
Guarantee, Subordination and Stock Pledge
Counsel
has guaranteed the debt that the Company owes to Laurus. Counsel has also agreed
to subordinate all of its debt owed by the Company, and to subrogate all of
its
related security interests in favor of Laurus. Counsel further agreed to pledge
all of its shares owned in C2 as security for the related debts. In accordance
with the Laurus agreement, amounts owing to Counsel cannot be repaid while
amounts remain owing to Laurus. Notwithstanding this, Counsel is not expected
to
extend the maturity date of its loans beyond December 31, 2006. In accordance
with Counsel’s subordination agreement with Laurus, so long as C2’s debt to
Laurus remains outstanding, Counsel may not, without the written consent of
Laurus, take any enforcement action to collect its loans owing by the Company.
In the event that the C2 debt to Laurus is either prepaid in full or settled
via
conversion of such debt into shares of the Company, the subordination agreement
shall be terminated with immediate effect.
F-24
Conferral
of benefit from Counsel
Counsel
entered into compensation arrangements with one of its executive officers
relating to the retention of their services through the disposition of C2’s
Telecommunications business in the third quarter of 2005. Counsel also entered
into a contract with the executive officer related to the disposition. The
total
fair value of these contracts is $1,000 and, as required under GAAP, they were
recorded by the Company as a conferral of a $1,000 benefit to the Company from
its controlling shareholder in the third quarter of 2005. The amount has been
reported as an expense of the discontinued operations, with an offsetting credit
to contributed surplus. There are no economic consequences to C2 as the result
of this conferral of benefit.
Counsel
Management Services
In
December 2004, C2 entered into a management services agreement (the “Agreement”)
with Counsel. Under the terms of the Agreement, C2 agreed to make payment to
Counsel for the past and future services to be provided by certain Counsel
personnel to C2 for each of 2004 and 2005. The basis for such services charged
is an allocation, based on time incurred, of the cost of the base compensation
paid by Counsel to those employees providing services to C2. For the years
ended
December 31, 2004 and 2005, the cost of such services was $280 and $450,
respectively. The foregoing fees for 2004 and 2005 are due and payable within
30
days following the respective year ends, subject to any subordination
restrictions then in effect. Any unpaid fee amounts will bear interest at 10%
per annum commencing on the day after such year-end. In the event of a change
of
control, merger or similar event of the Company, all amounts owing, including
fees incurred up to the date of the event, will become due and payable
immediately upon the occurrence of such event, subject to any subordination
restrictions then in effect. In accordance with the Laurus agreement, amounts
owing to Counsel cannot be repaid while amounts remain owing to
Laurus.
Counsel
provided management services to C2 in 2003, for which no amounts were charged
to
C2, resulting in the conferral of a benefit of $130.
Note
14 - Legal Proceedings
On
April 16, 2004, certain stockholders of the Company (the “Plaintiffs”)
filed a putative derivative complaint in the Superior Court of the State of
California in and for the County of San Diego, (the “Complaint”) against the
Company, WorldxChange Corporation (sic), Counsel Communications LLC, and Counsel
Corporation as well as four present and former officers and directors of the
Company, some of whom also are or were directors and/or officers of the other
corporate defendants (collectively, the “Defendants”). The Complaint alleges,
among other things, that the Defendants, in their respective roles as
controlling stockholder and directors and officers of the Company committed
breaches of the fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and good faith and were
unjustly enriched, and that the individual Defendants committed waste of
corporate assets, abuse of control and gross mismanagement. The Plaintiffs
seek
compensatory damages, restitution, disgorgement of allegedly unlawful profits,
benefits and other compensation, attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with
the Complaint. The Company believes that these claims are without merit and
intends to continue to vigorously defend this action. There is no assurance
that
this matter will be resolved in the Company’s favor and an unfavorable outcome
of this matter could have a material adverse impact on its business, results
of
operations, financial position or liquidity.
The
Company, Counsel Communications LLC, Counsel Corporation and four of its current
and former executives and board members were named in a securities action filed
in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of San
Diego (the “Court”) on April 16, 2004, in which the plaintiffs made claims
nearly identical to those set forth in the Complaint in the derivative suit
described above. The Company believes that these claims are without merit and
intends to vigorously defend this action. There is no assurance that this matter
will be resolved in the Company’s favor and an unfavorable outcome of this
matter could have a material adverse impact on its business, results of
operations, financial position or liquidity. In February 2006, the plaintiffs
in
both this action and the derivative action described above changed attorneys.
Consequently, the trial date set for June 16, 2006 has been vacated; a new
date
has not yet been set.
In
connection with the Company’s efforts to enforce its patent rights, C2
Communications Technologies Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, filed a patent
infringement lawsuit against ITXC Corp. (“ITXC”) in the United States District
Court of the District of New Jersey on April 14, 2004. The complaint
alleged that ITXC’s VoIP services and systems infringed the Company’s U.S.
Patent No. 6,243,373, entitled “Method
and Apparatus for Implementing a Computer Network/Internet Telephone
System.”
On
May 7, 2004, ITXC filed a lawsuit against C2 Communications Technologies
Inc., and the Company, in the United States District Court for the District
of
New Jersey for infringement of five ITXC patents relating to VoIP technology,
directed generally to the transmission of telephone calls over the Internet
and
the completion of telephone calls by switching them off the Internet and onto
a
public switched telephone network. On March 17, 2006, the litigation between
C2
and ITXC was terminated as a result of the Court approving a Consent Order
whereby all claims and counterclaims were dismissed with prejudice as a result
of C2’s covenanting not to sue ITXC.
F-25
The
Consent Order was not based on the determination of the merits of any issue
in
the lawsuits. C2 concluded, based upon information suggesting that the nature
and magnitude of the business being conducted through the network at issue
do
not justify the litigation from an economic standpoint, that it would not be
fiscally prudent or beneficial to continue this litigation. The termination
of
this litigation will allow C2 to pursue other options to realize value from
its
intellectual property.
At
our
Adjourned Meeting of Stockholders held on December 30, 2003, our
stockholders, among other things, approved an amendment to our Articles of
Incorporation, deleting Article VI thereof (regarding liquidations,
reorganizations, mergers and the like). Stockholders who were entitled to vote
at the meeting and advised us in writing, prior to the vote on the amendment,
that they dissented and intended to demand payment for their shares if the
amendment was effectuated, were entitled to exercise their appraisal rights
and
obtain payment in cash for their shares under Sections 607.1301 - 607.1333
of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “Florida Act”), provided their
shares were not voted in favor of the amendment.
In
January 2004, we sent appraisal notices in compliance with Florida
corporate statutes to all stockholders who had advised us of their intention
to
exercise their appraisal rights. The appraisal notices included our estimate
of
fair value of our shares, at $4.00 per share on a post-split basis. These
stockholders had until February 29, 2004 to return their completed
appraisal notices along with certificates for the shares for which they were
exercising their appraisal rights. Approximately 33 stockholders holding
approximately 74,000 shares of our stock returned completed appraisal notices
by
February 29, 2004. A stockholder of 20 shares notified us of his acceptance
of our offer of $4.00 per share, while the stockholders of the remaining shares
did not accept our offer. Subject to the qualification that, in accordance
with
the Florida Act, we may not make any payment to a stockholder seeking appraisal
rights if, at the time of payment, our total assets are less than our total
liabilities, stockholders who accepted our offer to purchase their shares at
the
estimated fair value will be paid for their shares within 90 days of our
receipt of a duly executed appraisal notice. If we should be required to make
any payments to dissenting stockholders, Counsel will fund any such amounts
through advances to C2. Stockholders who did not accept our offer were required
to indicate their own estimate of fair value, and if we do not agree with such
estimates, the parties are required to go to court for an appraisal proceeding
on an individual basis, in order to establish fair value. Because we did not
agree with the estimates submitted by most of the dissenting stockholders,
we
have sought a judicial determination of the fair value of the common stock
held
by the dissenting stockholders. On June 24, 2004, we filed suit against the
dissenting stockholders seeking a declaratory judgment, appraisal and other
relief in the Circuit Court for the 17th
Judicial
District in Broward County, Florida. On February 4, 2005, the declaratory
judgment action was stayed pending the resolution of the direct and derivative
lawsuits filed in California. This decision was made by the judge in the Florida
declaratory judgment action due to the similar nature of certain allegations
brought by the defendants in the declaratory judgment matter and the California
lawsuits described above. On March 7, 2005, the dissenting shareholders appealed
the decision of the District Court judge to the Fourth District Court of Appeals
for the State of Florida, which denied the appeal on June 21, 2005. When the
declaratory judgment matter resumes, there is no assurance that this matter
will
be resolved in our favor and an unfavorable outcome of this matter could have
a
material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial
position or liquidity.
The
Company is involved in various other legal matters arising out of its operations
in the normal course of business, none of which are expected, individually
or in
the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
Note
15 - Class N Preferred Stock
Each
Class N preferred share has a voting entitlement equal to 40 common shares,
votes with the common stock on an as-converted basis and is senior to all other
preferred stock of the Company. Dividends, if any, will be paid on an
as-converted basis equal to common stock dividends. The current conversion
price
in respect of each Class N preferred share is $25.00.
There
were no conversions during 2005. During 2004, holders of the Class N preferred
stock converted one of those shares into 40 shares of common stock. As of
December 31, 2005 and 2004, there were 618 shares of Class N preferred stock
issued and outstanding.
At
December 31, 2005 and 2004, of the 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock
authorized, 9,486,500 remain undesignated and unissued.
Note
16 - Dividends
To
date,
the Company has not paid dividends on its common stock nor is it anticipated
that the Company will pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
As
of
December 31, 2005, the Company does not have any preferred stock outstanding
which has any preferential dividends.
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So
long
as 25% of principal amount of the Note held by Laurus, described in Note 9
of
these financial statements, remains outstanding, the Company may not pay any
dividends on its common stock.
Additionally,
under the Florida Act, the Company may not pay dividends while it has negative
stockholders’ equity.
Note
17 - Stock-Based Compensation Plans
In
November 2003, the Company’s stockholders approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock
split. Accordingly, all information presented below has been adjusted to reflect
the reverse split.
2004
Platinum Agent Warrant Program
During
2004, the Company launched the Acceris Communications Inc. Platinum Agent
Program (the "Agent Warrant Program"), which provided for the issuance of
warrants to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock to independent
agents who participated in the Agent Warrant Program. As at December 31, 2004,
650,000 warrants had been issued at an exercise price of $3.50. At no time
did
these warrants meet the requirements for vesting. The Company discontinued
its
Agent Warrant Program during the third quarter of 2005, and, accordingly, all
of
the warrants were cancelled.
2003
Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
In
November 2003, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2003 Stock Option
and Appreciation Rights Plan (the “2003 Plan”) which provides for the issuance
of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and stock appreciation
rights (“SARs”) up to an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock (subject
to adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar
events). The price at which shares of common stock covered by the option can
be
purchased is determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or its committee;
however, in the case of incentive stock options the exercise price shall not
be
less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date the
option is granted. As of December 31, 2004, there were options to purchase
338,250 shares (2004 - 1,359,625 shares) of the Company’s common stock
outstanding under the 2003 Plan. The outstanding options vest over four years
at
exercise prices ranging from $0.56 to $3.00 per share. During 2005, options
to
purchase 1,060,975 shares (2004 - 433,726 shares) of common stock were forfeited
or expired. There were no options exercised during 2005 and 2004, and no SARs
have been issued under the 2003 Plan.
2000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
During
2000, the Company obtained approval from its stockholders to establish the
2000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Stock Purchase Plan provides for the purchase
of common stock, in the aggregate, up to 125,000 shares. This plan allows all
eligible employees of the Company to have payroll withholding of 1 to 15 percent
of their wages. The amounts withheld during a calendar quarter are then used
to
purchase common stock at a 15 percent discount off the lower of the closing
sale
price of the Company’s stock on the first or last day of each quarter. This plan
was approved by the Board of Directors, subject to stockholder approval, and
was
effective beginning the third quarter of 2000. The Company issued 1,726 shares
to employees based upon payroll withholdings during 2001. There have been no
issuances since 2001.
The
purpose of the Stock Purchase Plan is to provide incentives for all eligible
employees of C2 (or any of its subsidiaries) who have been employees for at
least three months to encourage stock ownership of C2 by acquiring or increasing
their proprietary interest in C2. The Stock Purchase Plan is designed to
encourage employees to remain in the employ of C2. It is the intention of C2
to
have the Stock Purchase Plan qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within
the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended to issue
shares of common stock to all eligible employees of C2 (or any of C2’s
subsidiaries) who have been employees for at least three months.
1997
Recruitment Stock Option Plan
In
October 2000, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment of the
1997
Recruitment Stock Option Plan (the “1997 Plan”)which provides for the issuance
of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and SARs up to an
aggregate of 370,000 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the event
of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar events). The price at which
shares of common stock covered by the option can be purchased is determined
by
the Company’s Board of Directors; however, in
all
instances the exercise price is never less than the fair market value of the
Company’s common stock on the date the option is granted.
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As
of
December 31, 2005, there were options to purchase 14,611 shares (2004 - 56,736
shares) of the Company’s common stock outstanding under the 1997 Plan. The
outstanding options vest over three years at exercise prices ranging from $1.40
to $111.26 per share (2004 - $1.40 to $127.50) per share. Options issued under
the 1997 Plan must be exercised within ten years of grant and can only be
exercised while the option holder is an employee of the Company. The Company
has
not awarded any SARs under the 1997 Plan. During 2005 and 2004, options to
purchase 42,125 and 3,744 shares of common stock, respectively, were forfeited
or expired. There were no exercises during 2005 or 2004.
Director
Stock Option Plan
The
Company’s Director Stock Option Plan authorized the grant of stock options to
directors of the Company. In connection with the adoption of the 1995 Director
Plan, the Board of Directors authorized the termination of future grants of
options under the Director Stock Option Plan; however, outstanding options
continued to be governed by the terms thereof until exercise or expiration
of
such options. Options granted under the Director Stock Option Plan were
non-qualified stock options exercisable at a price equal to the fair market
value per share of common stock on the date of any such grant. Options granted
under the Director Stock Option Plan are exercisable not less than six months
or
more than ten years after the date of grant.
As
of
December 31, 2005, no options were outstanding. In 2004, options for the
purchase of 117 shares of common stock at a price of $17.50 per share were
outstanding. In 2005, these 117 options expired.
1995
Director Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
The
1995
Director Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (the “1995 Director Plan”)
provides for the issuance of incentive options, non-qualified options and SARs
to directors of the Company up to 12,500 shares of common stock (subject to
adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar
events).
The
1995
Director Plan also provides for the grant of non-qualified options on a
discretionary basis, to each member of the Board of Directors then serving,
to
purchase 500 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the fair
market value per share of the common stock on that date. Each option is
immediately exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of grant. The
Company has 9,500 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 1995
Director Plan. As of December 31, 2005, options to purchase 7,500 shares (2004
-
8,500 shares) of common stock at a price of $22,50 (2004 - $20.00 to $25.00)
per
share are outstanding and exercisable. No options were granted or exercised
under this plan in 2005 and 2004. In 2005, 1,000 options expired (2004 -
nil).
1995
Employee Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan
The
1995
Employee Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan (the “1995 Employee Plan”)
provides for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock
options, and SARs. Directors of the Company are not eligible to participate
in
the 1995 Employee Plan. The 1995 Employee Plan provides for the grant of stock
options which qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code, to be issued to officers who are employees and other
employees, as well as non-qualified options to be issued to officers, employees
and consultants. In addition, SARs may be granted in conjunction with the grant
of incentive and non-qualified options.
The
1995
Employee Plan provides for the grant of incentive options, non-qualified options
and SARs of up to 20,000 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment in the
event of stock dividends, stock splits, and other similar events). To the extent
that an incentive option or non-qualified option is not exercised within the
period of exercisability specified therein, it will expire as to the then
unexercisable portion. If any incentive option, non-qualified option or SAR
terminates prior to exercise thereof and during the duration of the 1995
Employee Plan, the shares of common stock as to which such option or right
was
not exercised will become available under the 1995 Employee Plan for the grant
of additional options or rights to any eligible employee. The shares of common
stock subject to the 1995 Employee Plan may be made available from either
authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares or both. The Company has 20,000
shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 1995 Employee Plan.
As of
December 31, 2005, there were no options outstanding under the 1995 Employee
Plan. No options were granted or exercised in 2005 or 2004 under the 1995
Employee Plan.
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Other
options
In
1996,
the Company approved the issuance of 87,500 options to executives of the
Company, as part of their employment agreements, and 3,200 options to a
consultant. The options expire in 2006 and have an option price of $78.00.
No
options expired, were exercised or forfeited during 2005 or 2004. As of December
31, 2005, there remained 78,200 options outstanding.
During
1997, the Company issued options to purchase 60,500 shares of common stock
(10,500 of which were issued under the 1997 recruitment stock option plan)
to
consultants at exercise prices ranging from $97.50 to $168.75 (repriced to
$78.00 on December 13, 1998), which was based on the closing price of the stock
at the grant date. No options expired, were exercised or forfeited during 2005
or 2004. The remaining options must be exercised within ten years of the grant
date. As of December 31, 2005 there remained 44,500 options
outstanding.
During
1997, the Company issued non-qualified options to purchase 114,750 shares of
common stock to certain executive employees. The options must be exercised
within ten years of the grant date and have an exercise price of $78.00. There
were no options forfeited in 2005 or 2004. No options expired or were exercised
during 2005 or 2004. As of December 31, 2005 there remained 105,915 options
outstanding.
During
1998, the Company issued non-qualified options to purchase 46,750 shares of
common stock to certain executive employees at exercise prices ranging from
$51.26 to $62.50, which price was based on the closing price of the stock at
the
grant date. The options must be exercised within ten years of the grant date.
No
options expired, were exercised or forfeited during 2005 or 2004. As of December
31, 2005 there remained 40,470 options outstanding.
During
1999, the Company issued non-qualified options to purchase 32,750 shares of
common stock to certain executive employees at exercise prices ranging from
$50.00 to 71.26, which price was based on the closing price of the stock at
the
grant date. The options must be exercised within ten years of the grant date.
No
options were exercised during 2005 or 2004. As of December 31, 2005, there
remained 18,750 options outstanding.
During
1999, the Company issued non-qualified options to purchase 10,000 shares of
common stock to a consultant at an exercise price of $60.00, which was based
on
the closing price of the stock at the grant date. No options were exercised
during 2005 or 2004. The fair value of the options issued was recorded as
deferred compensation of $300,000 to be amortized over the expected period
the
services were to be provided. As of December 31, 2005 there remained 10,000
options outstanding.
During
2000, the Company issued non-qualified options to purchase 129,250 shares of
common stock to certain executive employees at exercise prices ranging from
$55.00 to $127.50, which price was based on the closing price of the stock
at
the grant date. The options must be exercised within ten years of the grant
date. No options were exercised during 2005 or 2004. As of December 31, 2005,
there remained 68,833 options outstanding.
The
following table summarizes the changes in common stock options for the common
stock option plans described above:
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||||||||||||
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of year
|
1,791,643
|
$
|
42.46
|
1,807,879
|
$
|
18.20
|
1,258,463
|
$
|
36.40
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
39,600
|
0.54
|
421,350
|
1.73
|
1,377,662
|
3.00
|
|||||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Expired
|
(1,117
|
)
|
21.98
|
(116
|
)
|
77.50
|
(828,246
|
)
|
20.46
|
||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(1,103,100
|
)
|
4.64
|
(437,470
|
)
|
2.78
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding
at end of year
|
727,026
|
$
|
37.50
|
1,791,643
|
$
|
18.08
|
1,807,879
|
$
|
18.20
|
||||||||||
Options
exercisable at year end
|
516,463
|
$
|
53.39
|
696,012
|
$
|
42.46
|
435,880
|
$
|
66.05
|
||||||||||
Weighted-average
fair value of options granted during the year
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
1.34
|
$
|
2.07
|
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The
following table summarizes information about fixed stock options outstanding
at
December 31, 2005:
Exercise
price
|
Options
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life
(years)
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Number
Exercisable
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||||||
$
0.56 to $ 1.39
|
185,000
|
5.34
|
$
|
0.95
|
38,750
|
$
|
1.04
|
|||||||||
$
1.40 to $ 3.00
|
159,448
|
4.67
|
2.94
|
82,010
|
2.91
|
|||||||||||
$
6.88 to $ 22.50
|
10,465
|
1.48
|
20.37
|
10,465
|
20.37
|
|||||||||||
$42.50
to $ 71.26
|
137,666
|
3.59
|
58.21
|
150,791
|
57.53
|
|||||||||||
$78.00
to $128.00
|
234,447
|
1.25
|
78.50
|
234,447
|
78.50
|
|||||||||||
727,026
|
3.23
|
$
|
37.50
|
516,463
|
$
|
53.39
|
Note
18 - Summarized Quarterly Data (unaudited)
Following
is a summary of the quarterly results of operations for the years ended December
31, 2005 and 2004.
March
31
|
June
30
|
September
30
|
December
31
|
|||||||||||||
Net
sales:
|
2005
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||
2004
|
450
|
90
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Operating
loss:
|
2005
|
$
|
(996
|
)
|
$
|
(1,322
|
)
|
$
|
(587
|
)
|
$
|
(301
|
)
|
|||
2004
|
(437
|
)
|
(828
|
)
|
(940
|
)
|
(1,834
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
2005
|
$
|
(3,627
|
)
|
$
|
(4,830
|
)
|
$
|
(2,522
|
)
|
$
|
(3,955
|
)
|
|||
2004
|
(2,660
|
)
|
(1,726
|
)
|
(2,774
|
)
|
(3,945
|
)
|
||||||||
Gain
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
2005
|
$
|
(4,481
|
)
|
$
|
(3,278
|
)
|
$
|
4,292
|
$
|
(88
|
)
|
||||
2004
|
1,452
|
(6,490
|
)
|
(4,093
|
)
|
(2,547
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
gain (loss):
|
2005
|
$
|
(8,108
|
)
|
$
|
(8,108
|
)
|
$
|
1,770
|
$
|
(4,043
|
)
|
||||
2004
|
$
|
(1,208
|
)
|
$
|
(8,216
|
)
|
$
|
(6,867
|
)
|
$
|
(6,492
|
)
|
||||
Basic
and diluted income (loss) from continuing operations per common
share:
|
2005
|
$
|
(0.19
|
)
|
$
|
(0.25
|
)
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|||
2004
|
(0.14
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
(0.20
|
)
|
||||||||
Basic
and diluted income (loss) per common share:
|
2005
|
$
|
(0.42
|
)
|
$
|
(0.42
|
)
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
(0.21
|
)
|
||||
2004
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.43
|
)
|
(0.35
|
)
|
(0.34
|
)
|
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C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
SCHEDULE
OF VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Description
|
Balance
at
Beginning
of
Period
|
Charged
to
Costs
and
Expenses
|
Deductions
(a)
|
Other
|
Balance
at
End
of
Period
|
|||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts:
|
||||||||||||||||
December
31, 2003
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
(100
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
6
|
|||||
December
31, 2004
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
6
|
||||||
December
31, 2005
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
6
|
____________
(a)
|
Deductions
represents allowance amounts written off as uncollectible and recoveries
of previously reserved amounts.
|
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