Heritage Global Inc. - Quarter Report: 2005 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x QUARTERLY
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF
1934
|
For
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005
OR
o TRANSITION
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF
1934
|
For
the transition period from
to
Commission
file number: 0-17973
C2
Global Technologies Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
FLORIDA
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
|
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59-2291344
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
|
40
King St. West, Suite 3200, Toronto, ON M5H 3Y2
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(416) 866-3000
(Registrant’s
telephone number)
N/A
(Registrant’s
former name)
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 and Exchange Act
of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter time period that
the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No
o
Check
whether the registrant is an accelerated filed (as defined in Rule 12b-2
of
the Act).
Yes
o
No
x
As
of
October 31, 2005, 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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Financial
Information
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3
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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3
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheets
as
of September
30, 2005 and December 31, 2004
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3
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Three
and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004
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4
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’
Deficit
Period
ended September 30, 2005
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5
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Three
and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004
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6
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Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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7
-
20
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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21
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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35
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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35
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Part II.
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Other
Information
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36
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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36
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters for a Vote of Security Holders
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37
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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37
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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38
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2
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1
- Financial Statements.
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
September
30,
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December
31,
|
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(In
thousands of dollars, except share and per share
amounts)
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
|
|
|||||
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
94
|
$
|
44
|
|||
Restricted
cash
|
1,800
|
—
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
28
|
1
|
|||||
Assets
of discontinued operations
|
—
|
14,965
|
|||||
Total
current assets
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1,922
|
15,010
|
|||||
Other
assets:
|
|||||||
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software
|
—
|
50
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|||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
65
|
80
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|||||
Goodwill
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173
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173
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|||||
Investments
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1,100
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1,100
|
|||||
Other
assets
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157
|
211
|
|||||
Assets
of discontinued operations, less current portion
|
—
|
7,385
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
3,417
|
$
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24,009
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|||
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
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|||||||
Current
liabilities:
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|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
2,718
|
$
|
2,010
|
|||
Convertible
note payable, net of unamortized discount
|
1,765
|
1,768
|
|||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations
|
4,320
|
32,584
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
8,803
|
36,362
|
|||||
Convertible
note payable, net of unamortized discount
|
1,465
|
2,630
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|||||
Warrants,
convertible to common stock
|
91
|
322
|
|||||
Liabilities
of discontinued operations, less current portion
|
—
|
645
|
|||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party, net of unamortized discount
|
67,348
|
46,015
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|||||
|
|||||||
Total
liabilities
|
77,707
|
85,974
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
Stockholders’
deficit:
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|||||||
Preferred
stock, $10.00 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares, issued and
outstanding 618 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004,
liquidation preference of $618 at September 30, 2005 and December 31,
2004
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6
|
6
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|||||
Common
stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 300,000,000 shares, issued and
outstanding 19,237,135 at September 30, 2005 and December 31,
2004
|
192
|
192
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|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
188,771
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186,650
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(263,259
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)
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(248,813
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)
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|
|||||||
Total
stockholders’ deficit
|
(74,290
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)
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(61,965
|
)
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|||
|
|||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
|
$
|
3,417
|
$
|
24,009
|
|||
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
3
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|||||||||||
(In
thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
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|
||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
540
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
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|||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
490
|
779
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2,489
|
2,393
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|||||||||
Research
and development
|
88
|
119
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389
|
225
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|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
9
|
5
|
27
|
15
|
|||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
587
|
903
|
2,905
|
2,633
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(587
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)
|
(903
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)
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(2,905
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)
|
(2,093
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)
|
|||||
Other
income (expense):
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|||||||||||||
Interest
expense - related party
|
(1,943
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)
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(1,855
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)
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(7,893
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)
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(6,382
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
expense - third party
|
(112
|
)
|
—
|
(302
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)
|
(13
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
and other income
|
120
|
21
|
121
|
1,440
|
|||||||||
Total
other expense
|
(1,935
|
)
|
(1,834
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)
|
(8,074
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)
|
(4,955
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)
|
|||||
Loss
from continuing operations
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(2,522
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)
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(2,737
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)
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(10,979
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)
|
(7,048
|
)
|
|||||
Gain
(loss) from discontinued operations (net of $0 tax)
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4,292
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(4,130
|
)
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(3,467
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)
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(9,243
|
)
|
||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
1,770
|
$
|
(6,867
|
)
|
$
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(14,446
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)
|
$
|
(16,291
|
)
|
||
Basic
and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
(in
thousands)
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19,237
|
19,261
|
19,237
|
19,262
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted:
|
|||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
$
|
(0.57
|
)
|
$
|
(0.36
|
)
|
|
Gain
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
0.22
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.18
|
)
|
(0.48
|
)
|
||||||
Net
gain (loss) per common share
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
(0.36
|
)
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
$
|
(0.84
|
)
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
4
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
For
the period ended September 30, 2005
(in
thousands of dollars, except share amounts)
(unaudited)
Preferred
stock
|
Common
stock
|
||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Additional
paid
in
capital
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
||||||||||||||
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 (1)
|
—
|
—
|
(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
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,120
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Conferral
of benefit by majority stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,000
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of options to purchase common stock to non-employee
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(14,446
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2005
|
618
|
$
|
6
|
19,237,135
|
$
|
192
|
$
|
188,771
|
$
|
(263,259
|
)
|
(1) |
The
Company received and cancelled 25,000 common shares of the Company
pursuant to the partial settlement of a prior claim against a
third
party.
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
5
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
Three
Months Ended
September 30, |
Nine
Months Ended
September 30, |
||||||||||||
(In
thousands of dollars)
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss from continuing operations
|
$
|
(2,522
|
)
|
$
|
(2,737
|
)
|
$
|
(10,979
|
)
|
$
|
(7,048
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
9
|
5
|
27
|
15
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of discount on subordinated notes payable to related party
|
340
|
697
|
3,446
|
3,296
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of discount on notes payable to third party
|
71
|
—
|
211
|
—
|
|||||||||
Accrued
interest added to loan principal of related party debt
|
1,603
|
1,158
|
4,447
|
3,086
|
|||||||||
Expense
associated with stock options issued to non-employee for
services
|
—
|
(2
|
)
|
1
|
7
|
||||||||
Management
benefit conferred by majority stockholder
|
—
|
83
|
—
|
198
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of investment in common stock
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,376
|
)
|
||||||||
Loss
on disposal of fixed assets
|
38
|
4
|
38
|
4
|
|||||||||
Decrease
in allowance for impairment of net assets of discontinued
operations
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(148
|
)
|
||||||||
Mark
to market adjustment to warrants
|
(64
|
)
|
—
|
(230
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||
|
(525
|
)
|
(792
|
)
|
(3,039
|
)
|
(1,966
|
)
|
|||||
Increase
(decrease) in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
6
|
|||||||||
Other
assets
|
(8
|
)
|
32
|
(28
|
)
|
31
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and interest payable
|
(37
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
708
|
(546
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities by continuing operations
|
(570
|
)
|
(764
|
)
|
(2,359
|
)
|
(2,475
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash used in operating activities by discontinued
operations
|
(3,471
|
)
|
(601
|
)
|
(12,057
|
)
|
(4,060
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(4,041
|
)
|
(1,365
|
)
|
(14,416
|
)
|
(6,535
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
received from sale of investments in common stock, net
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3,581
|
|||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities of discontinued
operations
|
(81
|
)
|
(277
|
)
|
(127
|
)
|
(670
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(81
|
)
|
(277
|
)
|
(127
|
)
|
2,911
|
||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of subordinated notes payable to related
party
|
4,349
|
2,265
|
14,561
|
11,704
|
|||||||||
Payment
of notes payable to third parties
|
(294
|
)
|
—
|
(1,326
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||
Purchase
and retirement of common stock
|
(21
|
)
|
—
|
(21
|
)
|
||||||||
Costs
paid by majority stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
15
|
|||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities of discontinued
operations
|
1,959
|
(602
|
)
|
3,158
|
(8,069
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
6,014
|
1,642
|
16,393
|
3,629
|
|||||||||
Increase
in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
|
1,892
|
—
|
1,850
|
5
|
|||||||||
Cash,
cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of
period
|
2
|
—
|
44
|
(5
|
)
|
||||||||
Cash,
cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
|
$
|
1,894
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,894
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||||
Supplemental
schedule of non-cash investing and financing
activities:
|
|||||||||||||
Disposition
of telecommunications business in exchange for assumption of
liabilities
|
$
|
8,014
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
8,014
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Discount
in connection with convertible note payable to
|
|||||||||||||
related
party
|
382
|
291
|
1,120
|
853
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
|||||||||||||
Taxes
paid
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
11
|
|||||
Interest
paid
|
70
|
—
|
322
|
13
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
6
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in
thousands, except share and per share data)
Note
1 - Description of Business and Principles of Consolidation
The
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of C2
Global Technologies Inc. (formerly Acceris Communications Inc.), and its
wholly-owned subsidiaries Acceris Communications Corp. (“ACC”); I-Link
Communications Inc., (“ILC”), Transpoint Holdings Corporation, and membership
interest in Local Telcom Holdings, LLC (collectively, “Transpoint”), 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 unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
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. In August 2005, subsequent to the receipt
of shareholder approval, 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,
as
discussed below.
C2
owns
certain voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) patents that it seeks to license,
including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373 and 6,438,124 (together the “VoIP Patent
Portfolio”). Following the disposition of the Telecommunications assets,
discussed in Note 7 to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements, licensing of intellectual property constitutes the primary
business
of the Company.
All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated
upon
consolidation.
Management
believes that the unaudited interim data includes all adjustments necessary
for
a fair presentation. The December 31, 2004 unaudited condensed consolidated
balance sheet, as included herein, is derived from the audited consolidated
financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”). The September 30, 2005 unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
These
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared
assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and, accordingly,
do
not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty. The independent registered public accounting firm’s report on the
consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 contained an explanatory
paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
The
results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September
30,
2005 are not necessarily indicative of those to be expected for the entire
year
ending December 31, 2005.
Note
2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Net
earnings (loss) per share
Basic
earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number of
C2 common
shares outstanding during the period. Options, warrants, convertible preferred
stock and convertible debt are included in the calculation of diluted earnings
per share, except when their effect would be anti-dilutive. As the Company
has a
net loss for the three month period ended September 30, 2004 and the nine
month
periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, basic and diluted loss per share
are
the same.
7
Potential
common shares that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings
per
share, because they would have been anti-dilutive, are as follows:
September
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Assumed
conversion of Series N preferred stock
|
24,720
|
24,760
|
|||||
Assumed
conversion of related party convertible debt
|
3,559,327
|
2,657,886
|
|||||
Assumed
conversion of third party convertible debt
|
4,177,808
|
—
|
|||||
Assumed
exercise of options and warrants to purchase shares of common
stock
|
2,129,246
|
2,353,550
|
|||||
|
9,891,101
|
5,036,196
|
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
interests do not allow it to exercise significant influence over these
entities.
The Company monitors these 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, market price of the common stock underlying the preferred
stock, recent financing rounds of the investee, and other investee specific
information. See Note 5 for further discussion of the Company’s investment in
convertible preferred stock.
Use
of estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States 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.
Significant
estimates include revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts,
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 a discounted cash
flow
methodology. If the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated
fair
value determined through the discounted cash flow analysis, goodwill impairment
may be present. The Company would measure the goodwill impairment loss
based
upon the fair value of the underlying assets and liabilities, including
any
unrecognized intangible assets, and estimate the implied fair value of
goodwill.
An impairment loss would be recognized to the extent that the business’s
recorded goodwill exceeded the implied fair value of goodwill.
8
The
Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test in the third quarter
of
2005. 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, and judgments on the validity of the Company’s VoIP Patent Portfolio
or due to 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 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 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 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.
Stock-based
compensation
At
September 30, 2005, the Company has several stock-based compensation plans,
which are described more fully in Note 18 to the audited consolidated financial
statements contained in our most recently filed Form 10-K. 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
these 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 (i.e., 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.
In
accordance with SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS
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.
9
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss) as reported
|
$
|
1,770
|
$
|
(6,867
|
)
|
$
|
(14,446
|
)
|
$
|
(16,291
|
)
|
||
Deduct:
|
|||||||||||||
Employee
stock-based compensation cost determined under the fair value-based
method
for all awards, net of $0 tax
|
(180
|
)
|
116
|
—
|
454
|
||||||||
Pro
forma net income (loss)
|
$
|
1,950
|
$
|
(6,983
|
)
|
$
|
(14,446
|
)
|
$
|
(16,745
|
)
|
||
|
|||||||||||||
Net
earnings (loss) per share, basic and diluted:
|
|||||||||||||
As
reported
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
(0.36
|
)
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
$
|
(0.84
|
)
|
||
Pro
forma
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
(0.36
|
)
|
$
|
(0.75
|
)
|
$
|
(0.87
|
)
|
Most
employees participating in the stock-based compensation plan left the Company
in
conjunction with the disposition of the Telecommunications segment (described
in
Note 7 to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements).
In the
third quarter of 2005, 411,725 options expired or were cancelled, leaving
1,129,246 options outstanding at September 30, 2005. Of these options,
133,975
will expire if not exercised by December 31, 2005.
New
Accounting Pronouncements
In
May
2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections
(“SFAS No. 154”). SFAS No. 154 replaces Accounting Principles
Board Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes and FASB Statement No. 3,
Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements, and
changes the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle.
SFAS No. 154 applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle and
to
changes required by an accounting pronouncement when specific transition
provisions are not provided. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application
to
prior periods' financial statements for changes in accounting principle,
unless
it is impractical to determine the period specific or cumulative effect
of the
change. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections
of
errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005.
Note
3 - Liquidity and Capital Resources.
As
a
result of our substantial operating losses and negative cash flows from
operations, at September 30, 2005 we had a stockholders’ deficit of $74,290
(December 31, 2004 - $61,965) and negative working capital of $6,881 (December
31, 2004 - $21,352). The reduction of the working capital deficit is due
primarily to the disposition of the Telecommunications business, as discussed
in
Note 7 of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
During
the third quarter of 2005, the Company financed its continuing operations
primarily through advances from a related party of $4,349 (YTD - $14,561),
while
discontinued operations were primarily financed by the buyer of the
Telecommunications assets through advances which, at closing, formed additional
consideration for the assets disposed of by the Company in the third quarter
of
2005. Related party debt, including accrued interest and net of unamortized
discount, owed to the Company’s majority stockholder, Counsel Corporation
(“Counsel”), is $67,348 at September 30, 2005, compared to $46,015 at December
31, 2004. This related party debt was extended in conjunction with the
disposition of the Telecommunications business and now matures on December
31,
2006. The related party debt is supplemented by a Keep Well agreement from
Counsel, which requires Counsel to fund, through long-term intercompany
advances
or equity contributions, all capital investment, working capital or other
operational cash requirements through December 31, 2006.
10
The
Company has not realized significant revenues from continuing operations
during
the last two years. The Company’s primary source of funding is pursuant to the
Keep Well agreement with its majority stockholder, which expires on December
31,
2006, at which time related party debt, currently $71,109, matures. The
Company
has no certainty that it will obtain significant revenues from its operations
or
that its majority stockholder will continue, or will have the ability to
continue, to support the business beyond its current commitments. The existence
of these uncertainties gives rise to significant doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern.
Note
4 - Composition of Certain Financial Statements Captions
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software consisted of the following:
December
31, 2004
|
||||||||||
|
Cost
|
Accumulated
depreciation
|
Net
|
|||||||
Telecommunications
equipment
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
$
|
32
|
|||
Computer
equipment
|
16
|
(4
|
)
|
12
|
||||||
Software
and information systems
|
8
|
(2
|
)
|
6
|
||||||
Total
furniture, fixtures, equipment and software
|
$
|
61
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
$
|
50
|
Intangible
assets consisted of the following:
September
30, 2005
Amortization
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||
Period
|
Cost
|
amortization
|
Net
|
||||||||||
Patent
rights
|
60
months
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
(35
|
)
|
$
|
65
|
December
31, 2004
Amortization
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||
Period
|
Cost
|
amortization
|
Net
|
||||||||||
Patent
rights
|
60
months
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
(20
|
)
|
$
|
80
|
Amortization
expense for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2005 and
2004
was $5. Amortization expense for each of the nine month periods ended September
30, 2005 and 2004 was $15.
11
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
September
30,
2005
|
December
31, 2004
|
||||||
Regulatory
and legal fees
|
$
|
762
|
$
|
998
|
|||
Accounting,
audit and tax consulting
|
436
|
35
|
|||||
Accrued
restructuring costs
|
320
|
—
|
|||||
Advisory
fees
|
186
|
—
|
|||||
Obligations
to equipment suppliers
|
524
|
524
|
|||||
Income
and sales taxes
|
112
|
87
|
|||||
Payroll
and benefits
|
46
|
87
|
|||||
Other
|
332
|
279
|
|||||
Total
accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
2,718
|
$
|
2,010
|
Note
5 - Investments
The
Company’s investments as of September 30, 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.
Prior
to
June 21, 2004, the Company also 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 (see Note 7 to these
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). 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. On March 16, 2004, the Company converted its preferred
stock
into 1,500,000 shares of BUI common stock, and sold 750,000 shares at $2.30
per
share in a private placement transaction. This sale resulted in a gain
of
approximately $565, which was included in interest and other income in
the three
months ended March 31, 2004 and was based on specific identification
of the
securities sold and their related cost basis. Through several open market
transactions during the three months ended June 30, 2004, the Company
sold
the remaining 808,546 of these shares, resulting in a gain of approximately
$811, which was included in interest and other income in the three and
six
months ended June 30, 2004.
12
Note
6 - Debt
A
summary
of the Company’s outstanding debt is as follows:
Maturity
date
|
September
30,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
|
Reported
debt
|
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
|
Reported
debt
|
|||||||||||||||||
Convertible
note payable1
|
October
14, 2007
|
$
|
3,676
|
$
|
(446
|
)
|
$
|
3,230
|
$
|
5,003
|
$
|
(605
|
)
|
$
|
4,398
|
|||||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party2
|
December
31, 2006
|
71,109
|
(3,761
|
)
|
67,348
|
52,100
|
(6,085
|
)
|
46,015
|
|||||||||||||
Common
stock warrants
|
October
14, 2009
|
91
|
—
|
91
|
322
|
—
|
322
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
outstanding debt
|
$
|
74,876
|
$
|
(4,207
|
)
|
$
|
70,669
|
$
|
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 described in Note 7 of these unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements, agreed to modification to
the
security interest in the Company held by the convertible note holder as
follows:
(a) to release the security interest in the assets being disposed of in
the sale
of the Telecommunications assets, (b) to convert the security interest
of the
convertible note to the senior debt position, (c) to place $1,800 into
a
restricted cash account for the benefit of the convertible note holder,
the
proceeds of which the convertible note holder is authorized to apply toward
scheduled monthly payments under the loan agreement.
2
Includes
accrued interest, which each quarter is added to the principal amounts
outstanding. The related party debt is subordinated to the convertible
note
payable, which is guaranteed by Counsel. The current debt arrangement with
the
convertible note holder prohibits the repayment of the Counsel debt prior
to the
repayment or conversion of the convertible debt.
Note
7 - Discontinued Operations
Disposition
of the Telecommunications Business
Commencing
in 2001, the Company entered the Telecommunications segment, acquiring
certain
assets from 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 acquired the shares of Transpoint. The Company
entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2005, to
sell
substantially all of the assets and to transfer certain liabilities of
the
Telecommunications segment of the business to Acceris Management and Acquisition
LLC (“AMA” or “Buyer”), an arm’s length 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. This transaction was completed on
September
30, 2005.
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 Telecommunications
operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, as well
as
for all prior periods included in these unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements, have been reported in discontinued
operations.
13
At
the
closing of the asset sale transaction, C2’s controlling shareholder, Counsel,
agreed to provide a $585 loan to NCE. This loan is repayable over six months
on
a straight-line basis, subject to a holdback in the amount of $320 relating
to
recorded liabilities of C2 that had not been settled at closing. In conjunction
with the closing and the expiration of the MSA, referenced above, the Company
and AMA entered into a second Management Services Agreement (“MSA2”) under which
the Company has agreed to continue to provide services in certain states
where
the Buyer, at closing, had not obtained authorization to provide
telecommunications services. The Company will be charged a management fee
equal
to the revenue earned from providing these services by the Buyer. The above
is a
summary description of the MSA2 and by its nature is incomplete.
The
following tables provide additional information with respect to the assets
that
were disposed of, the liabilities that were assumed in the described
transaction, and the operating results of the discontinued
operations:
Assets
and liabilities - Discontinued Operations
|
September
30,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,184
|
$
|
414
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
10,288
|
13,079
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
1,021
|
1,472
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
12,493
|
14,965
|
|||||
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software, net
|
1,766
|
4,102
|
|||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
809
|
1,324
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
947
|
947
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
617
|
1,012
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
16,632
|
22,350
|
|||||
Senior
secured revolving credit facility
|
5,431
|
4,725
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
12,710
|
25,299
|
|||||
Unearned
revenue
|
622
|
959
|
|||||
Subordinated
note payable
|
4,000
|
-
|
|||||
Current
portion of notes payable to third parties
|
199
|
160
|
|||||
Obligations
under capital leases
|
-
|
1,441
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
22,962
|
32,584
|
|||||
Notes
payable to third parties, less current portion
|
500
|
645
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
23,462
|
33,229
|
|||||
Net
liabilities
|
$
|
6,830
|
$
|
10,879
|
14
|
Three
months ended September 30,
|
Nine
months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||
Statements
of Income -
Discontinued Operations
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
20,222
|
$
|
27,390
|
$
|
63,715
|
$
|
88,532
|
|||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Telecommunications
network expense1
|
12,358
|
15,349
|
39,454
|
47,461
|
|||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
8,466
|
13,213
|
27,560
|
40,436
|
|||||||||
Provision
for doubtful accounts
|
552
|
941
|
2,216
|
3,908
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
626
|
1,515
|
2,988
|
4,862
|
|||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
22,002
|
31,018
|
72,218
|
96,667
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(1,780
|
)
|
(3,628
|
)
|
(8,503
|
)
|
(8,135
|
)
|
|||||
Other
income (expense):
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(326
|
)
|
(707
|
)
|
(1,393
|
)
|
(2,187
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
and other income
|
11
|
205
|
42
|
1,079
|
|||||||||
Total
other income (expense)
|
(315
|
)
|
(502
|
)
|
(1,351
|
)
|
(1,108
|
)
|
|||||
Loss
before gain on sale of business
|
(2,095
|
)
|
(4,130
|
)
|
(9,854
|
)
|
(9,243
|
)
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of business (net of $0 tax)
|
6,387
|
-
|
6,387
|
-
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss) - discontinued operations (net of $0
tax)
|
$
|
4,292
|
$
|
(4,130
|
)
|
$
|
(3,467
|
)
|
$
|
(9,243
|
)
|
1
Exclusive of depreciation expense on telecommunications network assets
of $166
and $1,222 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively,
and $1,545 and $3,861 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and
2004,
respectively, included in depreciation and amortization.
The
gain
on the sale of the Telecommunications business was determined as
follows:
Consideration
received:
|
||||
Assumption
of liabilities by buyer
|
$
|
23,462
|
||
Less:
Book value of assets disposed
|
(16,632
|
)
|
||
6,830
|
||||
Less:
|
||||
Investment
banker fees associated with disposition
|
(279
|
)
|
||
Other
costs associated with disposition
|
(164
|
)
|
||
Net
gain on sale of business
|
$
|
6,387
|
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Following
the sale, the Company retained the following discontinued
liabilities:
Liabilities
of Discontinued Operations
|
September
30, 2005
|
|||
Legal
and regulatory
|
$
|
2,998
|
||
Telecom
and related
|
384
|
|||
Income
and sales taxes
|
395
|
|||
Other
|
543
|
|||
Total
liabilities
|
$
|
4,320
|
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 were subject to an earn-out provision.
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 BUI 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.
Upon
closing of the sale, BUI assumed all operational losses from 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. In the year ended December 31, 2002, the
Company
recorded a loss from discontinued operations related to ILC of $12,508.
No
income tax provision or benefit was recorded on discontinued
operations.
Note
8 - Other Income
During
the third quarter of 2005, the Company entered into settlement agreements
with
certain carriers, which resulted in the recovery 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. As a result of these
agreements, $160 was received, and has been recorded in interest and other
income in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statement
of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005. Subsequent
to the end of the third quarter, the Company entered into two additional
settlement agreements of a similar nature, which will result in $910 being
recorded as other income in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Note
9 - Exchange of Assets for Royalty Agreement
At
the
end of September 2005, the Company entered into a 12 year royalty agreement
with
a company controlled by an employee, and also provided for continued consulting
services from the employee until April 30, 2006. The Company advanced a
loan of
$140, with repayment contingent upon future royalties. Additionally, the
Company
contributed furniture, fixtures, equipment and software with a book value
of $38
and assigned an operating lease obligation to the employee’s company. At the end
of the current reporting period, due to the absence of certainty pertaining
to
any future economic benefit from the loan, the Company has expensed the
loan.
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Note
10 - Income Taxes
The
Company recognized no income tax benefit from the losses generated in the
nine
months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 because of the uncertainty surrounding
the realization of the related deferred tax asset. 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 this transaction,
the annual usage of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards is further
limited to approximately $2,500 per annum until 2008 and $1,700 per annum
thereafter. These rules in general provide that an ownership change occurs
when
the percentage shareholdings of 5% direct or indirect shareholders 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
carry forwards 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.
There
is
no certainty that the application of these 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 loss
carryforwards.
Note
11 - Related Party Transactions
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2005, Counsel advanced $14,561 and
converted
$4,447 of interest payable to principal. All loans from Counsel mature
on
December 31, 2006 and accrue interest at rates ranging from 9% to 10%,
with
interest compounding quarterly. Some of the loans are subject to an accelerated
maturity in certain circumstances. At September 30, 2005, the closing of
the
sale of the Telecommunications business, which is discussed in more detail
in
Note 7 to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements,
invoked
the accelerated provisions of these loans. Counsel, in conjunction with
the
sale, waived the acceleration rights invoked by virtue of the sale and
continues
to retain its acceleration rights related to future events. On May 16,
2005,
Counsel agreed, subject to the completion of the disposition of the
Telecommunications operations, to extend its Keep Well through December
31, 2006
and to extend its related party loans through the same period. The Keep
Well
requires Counsel to fund, through long-term intercompany advances or equity
contributions, all capital investment, working capital or other operational
cash
requirements.
Allan
Silber, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of C2, is an employee of Counsel. As
CEO of C2, until June 30, 2005 he was entitled to an annual salary of $275
and a
discretionary bonus of up to 100% of the base salary. Effective July 1,
2005, to
reflect the reduced complexity of C2’s business following the disposition of the
Telecommunications operations, Mr. Silber agreed to reduce his annual base
salary to $138 going-forward, plus a discretionary bonus of 100% of the
base
salary. Such compensation is expensed and paid by C2.
The
Company entered into a Management Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) with
Counsel, dated December 23, 2004. 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 Silber, Counsel’s Chairman,
President and CEO and the Company’s Chairman and CEO) to the Company for the
calendar years of 2004 and 2005. The basis for such services charged is
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 $280 for the year ended December 31, 2004. Services
for
2005 are being determined on the same basis. 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. For the
first
nine months of 2005, the cost was $338. In accordance with the terms of
the
convertible note payable, amounts owing to Counsel cannot be repaid while
amounts remain owing under the convertible note payable. 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 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. 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. During the first nine months of 2005, the
Company
did not enter into any such agreements.
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Counsel
entered into compensation arrangements with one of its executive officers
relating to the retention of the personal services of the executive through
the
disposition of C2’s Telecommunications business. Counsel also entered into a
contract with the executive related to the disposition of C2’s
Telecommunications business. The fair value of these contracts is $1,000
and has
been recorded by the Company as a conferral of a $1,000 benefit to the
Company
from its controlling shareholder, as required under GAAP. The amount has
been
reported as an expense of the discontinued operations, and has been credited
to
contributed surplus. There are no economic consequences to C2 as the result
of
this conferral of benefit.
Note
12 - Commitments and Contingencies
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 certain 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.
C2
and
several of C2’s 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. At a
September
2, 2005 case management conference, the Court set June 16, 2006 as the
trial
date for this action and indicated that a trial regarding the derivative
action
described above would immediately follow.
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
alleges that ITXC’s VoIP services and systems infringe 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. The Company believes that the allegations
contained in ITXC’s complaint are without merit and the Company intends to
continue to provide a vigorous defense to ITXC’s claims. 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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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 the purchase of
shares
of our common stock. 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 a 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
13 - Agent Warrant Program
During
the first quarter of 2004, the Company launched the Acceris Communications
Inc.
Platinum Agent Program (the “Agent Warrant Program”). The Agent Warrant Program
provided for the issuance, to participating independent agents, of warrants
to
purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Agent Warrant
Program was established to encourage and reward consistent, substantial
and
persistent production by selected commercial agents in the telecommunications
business serving the Company’s domestic markets and to strengthen the Company’s
relationships with these agents by granting long-term incentives in the
form of
the warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at current price levels. The
Agent Warrant Program was administered by the Compensation Committee of
the
Board of Directors of the Company.
19
The
Company discontinued its Agent Warrant Program during the third quarter
of 2005.
The Company accounted for the warrants issued under the plan under the
provisions of the FASB’s Emerging Issue Task Force’s (“EITF”) Issue No. 96-18,
and, accordingly, no expense has been recognized in the accompanying condensed
consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2005.
20
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the information
contained in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
of the
Company and the related notes thereto, appearing elsewhere herein, and
in
conjunction with the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission
(“SEC”). All numbers are in thousands of dollars except for share and per share
data.
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, which 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 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and 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.
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, as discussed below.
C2
owns
certain voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) patents which it seeks to license,
including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373 and 6,438,124 (together the “VoIP Patent
Portfolio”). Following the sale of the Telecommunications assets, described
below, licensing of intellectual property constitutes the primary business
of
the Company.
The
Company achieved two major milestones in the quarter ended September 30,
2005
that are expected to contribute to the long term success of C2:
· |
Completed
the disposition of the Telecommunications business, recording
a net gain
on sale of $6,387 and the accompanying extinguishment of $23,462
of third
party obligations. The completion of this transaction resulted
in the
extension of related party debt through to December 31, 2006,
and the
securing of funding to pursue our business strategy through the
same date,
via a Keep Well agreement with our controlling shareholder, Counsel
Corporation (“Counsel”).
|
· |
Was
awarded patents in VoIP technology from the People’s Republic of China and
in Canada, corresponding to U.S. Patent No.
6,243,373.
|
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Company
History
In
1994,
we began operating as an Internet service provider and quickly identified
that
the emerging Internet Protocol (“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.
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. In conjunction with 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 Portfolio 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 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.” In conjunction with the acquisition of the
VoIP Patent, we agreed to give the vendor 35% of the net earnings from
our VoIP
Patent Portfolio.
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Intellectual
property
In
addition to the C2 and VoIP Patents, which cover the foundation of any
VoIP
system, our VoIP architecture 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 VoIP conferencing 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 communications information
conferencing.
Below
is
a summary of the Company’s issued and pending patents:
Type
|
Title
|
Number
|
Status
|
|||
VoIP
Architecture
|
Computer
Network/Internet Telephone System
|
U.S.
No. 6,243,373
Australia
No. 716096
People’s
Republic of China Application No. 96199457.6
Canada
No. 2,238,867
|
Issued
|
|||
Internet
Transmission System
|
U.S.
No. 6,438,124
People’s
Republic of China No. ZL97192954.8
|
Issued
|
||||
Private
IP Communication Network Architecture
|
Confidential
|
Pending
|
||||
Conferencing
|
Delay
Synchronization in Compressed Audio System
|
U.S.
No. 5,754,534
|
Issued
|
|||
Volume
Control Arrangement for Compressed Information Signal
Delays
|
U.S.
No. 5,898,675
|
Issued
|
||||
Fax
|
Facsimile
Transmission System
|
Confidential
|
Pending
|
Together,
these patented technologies have been successfully deployed and commercially
proven in a nationwide IP network and in C2’s unified messaging service,
Application Program Interface and software licensing businesses. The Company
is
engaged in licensing discussions with third parties domestically and
internationally. At present, no royalties are being paid to the Company.
We plan
to enforce our patents, including retaining outside counsel, to realize
value
from our intellectual property by offering licenses to service providers,
equipment companies and end-users who are deploying VoIP networks for
phone-to-phone communications. In this regard, the Company has entered
into a
contingency arrangement with a third party with expertise in the enforcement
of
intellectual property rights.
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Disposition
of the Telecommunications Business
Commencing
in 2001, the Company entered the Telecommunications segment, acquiring
certain
assets from 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 acquired the shares of Transpoint. The Company
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 the
Telecommunications segment of the business to Acceris Management and Acquisition
LLC (“AMA” or “Buyer”), 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. This
transaction was completed on September 30, 2005.
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 Telecommunications
operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, as well
as
for all prior periods included in these unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements, have been reported in 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 repayable over six months
on
a straight-line basis, subject to a holdback in the amount of $320 relating
to
recorded liabilities of C2 that had not been settled at closing. In conjunction
with the closing and the expiry of the MSA, referenced above, the Company
and
AMA entered into a second Management Services Agreement (“MSA2”) under which the
Company has agreed to continue to provide services in certain states where
the
Buyer, at closing, had not obtained authorization to provide telecommunications
services. The Company will be charged a management fee equal to the revenue
earned from providing these services by the Buyer. The above is a summary
description of the MSA2 and by its nature is incomplete. It is qualified
in its
entirety by the text of the MSA2, a copy of which is attached to this quarterly
report as Exhibit 10.5.
The
following tables provide additional information with respect to the assets
that
were disposed of, the liabilities that were assumed in the described
transaction, and the operating results of the discontinued
operations:
24
Assets
and liabilities - Discontinued Operations
|
September
30,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,184
|
$
|
414
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
10,288
|
13,079
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
1,021
|
1,472
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
12,493
|
14,965
|
|||||
Furniture,
fixtures, equipment and software, net
|
1,766
|
4,102
|
|||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
809
|
1,324
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
947
|
947
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
617
|
1,012
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
16,632
|
22,350
|
|||||
Senior
secured revolving credit facility
|
5,431
|
4,725
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
12,710
|
25,299
|
|||||
Unearned
revenue
|
622
|
959
|
|||||
Subordinated
note payable
|
4,000
|
-
|
|||||
Current
portion of notes payable to third parties
|
199
|
160
|
|||||
Obligations
under capital leases
|
-
|
1,441
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
22,962
|
32,584
|
|||||
Notes
payable to third parties, less current portion
|
500
|
645
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
23,462
|
33,229
|
|||||
Net
liabilities
|
$
|
6,830
|
$
|
10,879
|
25
|
Three
months ended September 30,
|
Nine
months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||
Statements
of Income - Discontinued
Operations
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
20,222
|
$
|
27,390
|
$
|
63,715
|
$
|
88,532
|
|||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Telecommunications
network expense1
|
12,358
|
15,349
|
39,454
|
47,461
|
|||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
8,466
|
13,213
|
27,560
|
40,436
|
|||||||||
Provision
for doubtful accounts
|
552
|
941
|
2,216
|
3,908
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
626
|
1,515
|
2,988
|
4,862
|
|||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
22,002
|
31,018
|
72,218
|
96,667
|
|||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(1,780
|
)
|
(3,628
|
)
|
(8,503
|
)
|
(8,135
|
)
|
|||||
Other
income (expense):
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(326
|
)
|
(707
|
)
|
(1,393
|
)
|
(2,187
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
and other income
|
11
|
205
|
42
|
1,079
|
|||||||||
Total
other income (expense)
|
(315
|
)
|
(502
|
)
|
(1,351
|
)
|
(1,108
|
)
|
|||||
Loss
before gain on sale of business
|
(2,095
|
)
|
(4,130
|
)
|
(9,854
|
)
|
(9,243
|
)
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of business (net of $0 tax)
|
6,387
|
-
|
6,387
|
-
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss) - discontinued operations (net of $0
tax)
|
$
|
4,292
|
$
|
(4,130
|
)
|
$
|
(3,467
|
)
|
$
|
(9,243
|
)
|
1
Exclusive of depreciation expense on telecommunications network assets
of $166
and $1,222 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively,
and $1,545 and $3,861 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and
2004,
respectively, included in depreciation and amortization.
The
gain
on the sale of the Telecommunications business was determined as
follows:
Consideration
received:
|
||||
Assumption
of liabilities by buyer
|
$
|
23,462
|
||
Less:
Book value of assets disposed
|
(16,632
|
)
|
||
6,830
|
||||
Less:
|
||||
Investment
banker fees associated with disposition
|
(279
|
)
|
||
Other
costs associated with disposition
|
(164
|
)
|
||
Net
gain on sale of business
|
$
|
6,387
|
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Following
the sale, the Company retained the following discontinued
liabilities:
Liabilities
of Discontinued Operations
|
September
30, 2005
|
|||
Legal
and regulatory
|
$
|
2,998
|
||
Telecom
and related
|
384
|
|||
Income
and sales taxes
|
395
|
|||
Other
|
543
|
|||
Total
liabilities
|
$
|
4,320
|
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:
•
|
entry
of new competitors and investment of substantial capital in existing
and
new services, resulting in significant price
competition
|
|||
•
|
|
technological
advances resulting in a proliferation of new services and products
and
rapid increases in network capacity
|
||
•
|
|
The
Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (“1996 Act”);
and
|
||
•
|
|
growing
deregulation of communications services markets in the United
States and
in selected countries around the world
|
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”) and equipment
suppliers (“ESs”) license our technology and patent rights based on our work to
date in VoIP technology, which commenced in 1994. 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.
Several carriers have also recently announced that they are seeking injunction
or licensing arrangements for third parties relating to their VoIP
patents.
VoIP
is
in the early stage of adoption by telecommunications companies. While we
and
many others believe that we will see the 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 and
that it
will occur in a manner that requires organizations to license our
patents.
Risk
Factors
Many
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking
statements. Several of these factors, which are more fully discussed in
our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed
with the
SEC, include, without limitation:
1) |
Our
ability to license our intellectual property in the area of
VoIP;
|
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2) |
Adoption
of new, or changes in, accounting
principles;
|
3) |
The
ability of our controlling shareholder to fund our operations,
as
contracted, through December 31, 2006;
and
|
4) |
Other
risks referenced from time to time in our filings with the SEC
and other
regulatory bodies.
|
Critical
Accounting Estimates
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
discusses our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared
in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States
(“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. 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.
The
critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the
year ended December 31, 2004. To aid in the understanding of our financial
reporting, a summary of significant accounting policies are described in
Note 2
of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in
Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. 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.
28
Contractual
Obligations
The
following table summarizes the amounts of payments due under specified
contractual obligations as of September 30, 2005:
|
Payments
Due by Period
|
||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
Less
than
1
Year
|
1
- 3 Years
|
4
- 5
Years
|
More
than
5
Years
|
|||||||||
Long-term
debt obligations, excluding interest
|
$
|
1,765
|
$
|
73,020
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Common
stock warrants
|
—
|
—
|
91
|
||||||||||
Operating
lease obligations
|
4
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,769
|
$
|
73,020
|
$
|
91
|
$
|
—
|
Management’s
Discussion of Financial Condition
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
a
result of our substantial operating losses and negative cash flows from
operations, at September 30, 2005 we had a stockholders’ deficit of $74,290
(December 31, 2004 - $61,965) and negative working capital of $6,881 (December
31, 2004 - $21,352). The reduction of the working capital deficit is due
primarily to the disposition of the Telecommunications net liabilities,
as
discussed above.
During
the third quarter of 2005, the Company financed its continuing operations
primarily through advances from a related party of $4,349 (YTD - $14,561),
while
discontinued operations were primarily financed by the buyer of the
Telecommunications assets through advances which, at closing, formed additional
consideration for the assets disposed of by the Company in the third quarter
of
2005. Related party debt, including accrued interest and net of unamortized
discount, owed to the Company’s majority stockholder, Counsel, is $67,348 at
September 30, 2005, compared to $46,015 at December 31, 2004. This related
party
debt was extended in conjunction with the disposition of the Telecommunications
business and now matures on December 31, 2006. The related party debt is
supplemented by a Keep Well agreement from Counsel, which requires Counsel
to
fund, through long-term intercompany advances or equity contributions,
all
capital investment, working capital or other operational cash requirements
through December 31, 2006.
29
A
summary
of the Company’s outstanding debt is as follows:
Maturity
date
|
September
30,
2005
|
December
31,
2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
|
Reported
debt
|
Gross
debt
|
Discounts
|
Reported
debt
|
|||||||||||||||||
Convertible
note payable1
|
October
14, 2007
|
$
|
3,676
|
$
|
(446
|
)
|
$
|
3,230
|
$
|
5,003
|
$
|
(605
|
)
|
$
|
4,398
|
|||||||
Subordinated
notes payable to a related party2
|
December
31, 2006
|
71,109
|
(3,761
|
)
|
67,348
|
52,100
|
(6,085
|
)
|
46,015
|
|||||||||||||
Common
stock warrants
|
October
13, 2009
|
91
|
—
|
91
|
322
|
—
|
322
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
outstanding debt
|
$
|
74,876
|
$
|
(4,207
|
)
|
$
|
70,669
|
$
|
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 described in Note 7 of these unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements, agreed to modification to
the
security interest in the Company held by the convertible note holder as
follows:
(a) to release the security interest in the assets being disposed of in
the sale
of the Telecommunications assets, (b) to convert the security interest
of the
convertible note to the senior debt position, (c) to place $1,800 into
a
restricted cash account for the benefit of the convertible note holder,
the
proceeds of which the convertible note holder is authorized to apply toward
scheduled monthly payments under the loan agreement.
2
Includes
accrued interest, which each quarter is added to the principal amounts
outstanding. The related party debt is subordinated to the convertible
note
payable, which is guaranteed by Counsel. The current debt arrangement with
the
convertible note holder prohibits the repayment of the Counsel debt prior
to the
repayment or conversion of the convertible debt.
Working
Capital
Cash,
cash equivalents and restricted cash as of September 30, 2005 were $1,894
compared to $44 at December 31, 2004.
Our
working capital deficit decreased $14,471 to $6,881 as of September 30,
2005,
from $21,352 as of December 31, 2004. The reduction of the working
capital
deficit is due to the disposition of the Telecommunications business as
discussed above. We believe our existing capital resources are adequate
to
finance our operations until December 31, 2006. However, our long-term
viability
is dependent upon successful operation of our business, our ability to
pursue
licensing arrangements in the marketplace and our ability to manage and
raise
additional funds to meet our business objectives.
Cash
flows from operating activities
Cash
used
in operating activities (excluding non-cash working capital and discontinued
operations) during the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $525,
as
compared to cash used of $792 during the same period in 2004. The reduction
is
primarily due to a reduction in net losses from continuing operations in
the
reporting period due to a reduction in the scale of the operations of the
business.
30
Cash
used
in operating activities (excluding non-cash working capital and discontinued
operations) during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $3,039,
as
compared to cash used of $1,966 during the same period in 2004. Net cash
used in
operating activities (excluding discontinued operations) during the nine
months
ended September 30, 2005 was $2,359, as compared to $2,475 during the same
period in 2004. The net loss from continuing operations increased by $3,931.
This was offset by an increase in interest added to related party debt
of $1,361
and increased amortization of debt discounts in the amount of $361. Accounts
payable decreased by $546 in the first nine months of 2004, but increased
by
$708 during the first nine months of 2005, for a net increase of $1,254.
As
well, in the first nine months of 2004 the Company recorded a gain on the
sale
of investment in common stock of $1,376; there were no similar items in
the
first nine months of 2005.
Cash
flows from investing activities
Net
cash
used by investing activities (excluding discontinued operations) during
the
three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 was $0.
Net
cash
used by investing activities (excluding discontinued operations) during
the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 was $0, as compared to net cash provided
of
$3,581 for the same period in 2004. In 2004, net cash provided related
to $3,581
in proceeds received from the sale of common stock in BUI. There were no
similar
sales of investments in the first nine months of 2005.
Cash
flows from financing activities
Financing
activities (excluding discontinued operations) provided net cash of $4,055
during the three months ended September 30, 2005, as compared to $2,244
for the
same period in 2004. The increase in the current quarter related primarily
to
the Company requiring additional cash to place into a restricted account
in
favor of the convertible note holder. The cash was required as replacement
security for the security released in conjunction with the disposition
of the
Telecommunication operations which occurred in the current reporting period,
as
discussed above.
Financing
activities (excluding discontinued operations) provided net cash of $13,235
during the nine months ended September 30, 2005, as compared to $11,698
for the
same period in 2004. The difference of $1,537 is due to an increase of
$2,857 in
proceeds from the issuance of subordinated notes payable to a related party,
offset by $1,326 in payments of notes to third parties. There were no third
party notes outstanding for the first nine months of 2004, and therefore
there
were no similar transactions in 2004.
31
Management’s
Discussion of Results of Operations
The
following table displays the Company’s unaudited consolidated quarterly results
of operations for the seven quarters ended September 30, 2005, as well
as for
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005.
2004
(unaudited) |
2005
(unaudited) |
Nine
months ended September 30, 2004
|
Nine
months ended September 30, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technologies
|
$
|
450
|
$
|
90
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
540
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
450
|
90
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
540
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general, administrative and other
|
845
|
769
|
779
|
1,574
|
837
|
1,162
|
490
|
2,393
|
2,489
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Research
and development
|
—
|
106
|
119
|
217
|
150
|
151
|
88
|
225
|
389
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
15
|
27
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
850
|
880
|
903
|
1,796
|
996
|
1,322
|
587
|
2,633
|
2,905
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
(400
|
)
|
(790
|
)
|
(903
|
)
|
(1,796
|
)
|
(996
|
)
|
(1,322
|
)
|
(587
|
)
|
(2,093
|
)
|
(2,905
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(2,832
|
)
|
(1,708
|
)
|
(1,855
|
)
|
(2,159
|
)
|
(2,631
|
)
|
(3,509
|
)
|
(2,055
|
)
|
(6,395
|
)
|
(8,195
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other
income
|
609
|
810
|
21
|
48
|
—
|
1
|
120
|
1,440
|
121
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
other income (expense)
|
(2,223
|
)
|
(898
|
)
|
(1,834
|
)
|
(2,111
|
)
|
(2,631
|
)
|
(3,508
|
)
|
(1,935
|
)
|
(4,955
|
)
|
(8,074
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(2,623
|
)
|
(1,688
|
)
|
(2,737
|
)
|
(3,907
|
)
|
(3,627
|
)
|
(4,830
|
)
|
(2,522
|
)
|
(7,048
|
)
|
(10,979
|
)
|
||||||||||
Gain
(loss) from discontinued operations,
net of $0 tax |
1,415
|
(6,528
|
)
|
(4,130
|
)
|
(2,585
|
)
|
(4,481
|
)
|
(3,278
|
)
|
4,292
|
(9,243
|
)
|
(3,467
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,208
|
)
|
$
|
(8,216
|
)
|
$
|
(6,867
|
)
|
$
|
(6,492
|
)
|
$
|
(8,108
|
)
|
$
|
(8,108
|
)
|
$
|
1,770
|
$
|
(16,291
|
)
|
$
|
(14,446
|
)
|
Three-Month
Period Ended September 30, 2005 Compared to Three-Month Period Ended
September
30, 2004
The
business has narrowed its focus, commencing with the third quarter of 2005,
to
licensing its intellectual property. In the future, revenue
is
expected to be derived from licensing intellectual property to third
parties.
Selling,
general, administrative and other expense,
was $490
during the third quarter of 2005 as compared to $779 for the third quarter
of
2004. The significant changes included:
· |
Compensation
expense was $35 in the third quarter of 2005, as compared to
$69 in the
third quarter of 2004.
|
· |
Legal
expenses in the third quarter of 2005 were $42, as compared to
$379 in the
third quarter of 2004. The decrease was primarily related to
less activity
in the Company’s litigation with ITXC for patent infringement, as the
parties made efforts toward a settlement, as well as less activity
associated with the direct and derivative actions against the
Company.
|
· |
Accounting
and tax consulting expenses were $69 in the third quarter of
both 2005 and
2004.
|
· |
Restructuring
expenses totaled $152 in the third quarter of 2005, relating
to severance
costs paid to former employees. There were no similar expenses
in the
third quarter of 2004.
|
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Research
and development (“R&D”) costs
- 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.
Depreciation
and amortization
- This
expense was $9 in the third quarter of 2005, as compared to $5 during the
third
quarter of 2004.
The
changes in other
income (expense)
are
primarily related to the following:
· |
Interest
expense
-
Related party interest expense totaled $1,943 in the third quarter
of
2005, as compared to $1,855 in the third quarter of 2004. The
increase of
$88 is the net effect of two factors. Interest expense increased
by $436
due to the quarterly capitalization of interest on the loans
and
additional advances. This increase was offset by a decrease of
$348 in the
quarterly amortization of the beneficial conversion feature related
to the
related party’s ability to convert its debt to equity. Included in related
party interest expense in the third quarter of 2005 is $340 of
amortization of the beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”), on $17,868 of
debt convertible at $5.02 per share. In the third quarter of
2004,
amortization of the BCF was $688 on $16,346 of debt convertible
at $6.15
per share.
|
Third
party interest expense totaled $112 in the third quarter of 2005, as compared
to
$nil in the third quarter of 2004. The increase is attributed to $175 of
interest expense on the convertible note payable to Laurus Master Fund,
Ltd.,
which was entered into in October 2004, partially offset by a mark to market
adjustment on the related Laurus warrants of $64.
· |
Other
income
-
In the third quarter 2005, other income totaled $120, as compared
to $21
during the third quarter of 2004. In the third quarter of 2005,
the
Company entered into settlement agreements with certain carriers,
which
resulted in the recovery of $160 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 reduced
by a
loss of $38 on the transfer of furniture, fixtures, equipment
and software
to a former employee in conjunction with entry into a multi-year
royalty
agreement.
Subsequent
to the end of the third quarter, the Company entered into two
additional
settlement agreements of the same nature, which will result in
$910 being
recorded as other income in the fourth
quarter.
|
Discontinued
operations
- In the
third quarter of 2005, the Company reported a $4,292 gain from discontinued
operations (net of tax of $0), as compared to a loss of $4,130 (net of
tax of
$0) reported in the third quarter of 2004. The 2005 gain consists of a
$2,095
loss related to Telecommunications operations for the quarter, and the
$6,387
gain recognized on the disposition of these operations, as discussed in
Note 7
to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
The
2004 loss consists solely of the operations of the Telecommunications segment
during the third quarter of 2004.
Nine-Month
Period Ended September 30, 2005 Compared to Nine-Month Period Ended September
30, 2004
The
business has narrowed its focus, commencing with the third quarter of 2005,
to
licensing its intellectual property. In the future, revenue
is
expected to be derived from licensing intellectual property to third parties.
Technologies revenues were $0 in the first nine months of 2005 compared
to $540
in the first nine months of 2004. The revenues in 2004 relate to a contract
that
was entered into with a Japanese company in 2003.
Selling,
general, administrative and other expense
was
$2,489 during the first nine months of 2005, as compared to $2,393 for
the first
nine months of 2004. The significant changes included:
· |
Compensation
expense was $173 in the first nine months of 2005, as compared
to $287 in
the first nine months of 2004.
|
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· |
Legal
expenses in the first nine months of 2005 were $971, as compared
to $1,079
in the first nine months of 2004. The decrease was primarily
related to
less activity in the Company’s litigation with ITXC for patent
infringement, as the parties made efforts toward a settlement
of matters,
as well as less activity associated with the direct and derivative
actions
against the Company.
|
· |
Accounting
and tax consulting expenses were $207 in the first nine months
of both
2005 and 2004.
|
· |
Restructuring
expenses totaled $152 in the first nine months of 2005, relating
to
severance costs paid to former employees in the third quarter
of 2005.
There were no similar expenses in the first nine months of
2004.
|
Research
and development (“R&D”) costs
- 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.
Depreciation
and amortization
- This
expense was $27 in the first nine months of 2005, as compared to $15 during
the
first nine months of 2004.
The
changes in other
income (expense)
are
primarily related to the following:
· |
Interest
expense
-
Related party interest expense totaled $7,893 for the nine months
ended
September 30, 2005, as compared to $6,382 for the nine months
ended
September 30, 2004. The increase of $1,511 is the combined effect
of two
factors. Interest expense increased by $1,305 due to the quarterly
capitalization of interest on the loans and additional advances.
Additionally, there was an increase of $206 in the amortization
of the
beneficial conversion feature related to the related party’s ability to
convert its debt to equity. Included in related party interest
expense in
the first nine months of 2005 is $3,446 of amortization of the
BCF, on
$17,868 of debt convertible at $5.02 per share. In the first
nine months
of 2004, amortization of the BCF was $3,240 on $16,346 of debt
convertible
at $6.15 per share.
|
Third
party interest expense totaled $302 in the first nine months of 2005, as
compared to $13 in the first nine months of 2004. The increase is attributed
to
$532 of interest expense on the convertible note payable to Laurus Master
Fund
Ltd., which was entered into in October 2004, partially offset by a mark
to
market adjustment on the related Laurus warrants of $230.
· |
Other
income
-
This totaled $121 for the first nine months of 2005, as compared
to $1,440
during the first half of 2004. In the third quarter of 2005,
the Company
entered into settlement agreements with certain carriers, which
resulted
in the recovery of $160 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 offset
by a
loss of $38 when fixed assets were transferred to a former employee
in
return for future royalty revenues, and a loss of $2 relating
to
forfeiture of security deposits on vacated premises. During the
first nine
months of 2004, approximately $1,376 related to our sale of BUI
common
stock.
|
Discontinued
operations
- In the
nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company reported a $3,467 loss
from
discontinued operations, as compared to the $9,243 loss reported in the
nine
months ended September 30, 2004. The 2005 loss consists of a $9,854 loss
related
to Telecommunications operations for the nine months, and the $6,387 gain
recognized on the disposition of these assets, as discussed in Note 7 to
the
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The
2004
loss consists of a $104 gain related to the sale of the ILC business, and
$9,347
loss from the Telecommunications operations for the nine months.
Inflation.
Inflation did not have a significant impact on our results during the last
fiscal quarter.
Off-Balance
Sheet Transactions. The
Company does not engage in material off-balance sheet transactions.
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Item 3.
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
instrument 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”,
6.75% at September 30, 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 September 30, 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 $37 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 $74 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 September 30, 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 4.
Controls and Procedures.
As
of the
end of the period covered by this Quarterly 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 Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended (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 were effective to ensure that
material information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported by
management of the Company on a timely basis in order to comply with the
Company’s disclosure obligations under the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Further,
there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
during the third fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
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 certain 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 and several 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.
At a
September 2, 2005 case management conference, the Court set June 16, 2006
as the
trial date for this action and indicated that a trial regarding the derivative
action described above would immediately follow.
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
alleges that ITXC’s VoIP services and systems infringe 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. The Company believes that the allegations
contained in ITXC’s complaint are without merit and the Company intends to
continue to provide a vigorous defense to ITXC’s claims. 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.
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 the purchase of
shares
of our common stock. 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.
36
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
(a)
Our annual meeting of stockholders was held on August 5, 2005.
(b)
Henry Y. L. Toh, Allan Silber and Hal B. Heaton were elected as our Class
II
directors each to serve for three years or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
(c)
In addition to the election of directors, there were three additional matters
presented to the stockholder vote at the annual meeting: approval of the
sale of
substantially all of our assets; approval of the name change amendment
to our
Articles of Incorporation; and ratification of auditor appointment. The
following table is a tabulation of the final votes for each of the matters
presented at the annual meeting:
Affirmative
/
|
Withheld
|
Broker
|
|||||||||||
Votes
|
Negative
Votes
|
Abstentions
|
Non-votes
|
||||||||||
Election
of Henry Y. L. Toh
|
18,758,463
|
17,621
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Election
of Allan Silber
|
18,766,334
|
9,750
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Election
of Hal Heaton
|
18,760,718
|
15,366
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Approval
of the sale of substantially all assets
|
17,611,624
|
10,511
|
4,785
|
1,149,164
|
|||||||||
Approval
of the name change amendment
|
18,757,295
|
15,530
|
3,258
|
-
|
|||||||||
Ratification
of BDO Seidman LLP as the Company’s independent auditors
|
18,768,116
|
7,054
|
913
|
-
|
(d)
n/a.
Item
5. Other Information
At
the
November 8, 2005 Board of Directors meeting, Catherine A. Moran was
appointed to
serve as Vice President of Accounting and Corporate Controller of
the Company.
Ms. Moran holds the same position at Counsel Corporation,
the Company's
majority stockholder. Ms. Moran joined Counsel Corporation
in February
2004. There is no arrangement or understanding between the
newly appointed
officer and any other persons pursuant to which she was appointed
as discussed
above. Nor are there any family relationships between such
person and any
executive officers and directors. Further, there are no transactions
involving the Company and the newly appointed officer which transaction
would be
reportable pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Item 6.
- Exhibits.
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
|
Identification
of
Exhibit
|
10.1
|
Promissory
Note for $4,198,865.30 dated September 30, 2005 between C2
Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
|
10.2
|
Promissory
Note for $112,500.00 dated September 30, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
|
10.3
|
Promissory
Note for $37,999.28 dated September 30, 2005 between C2 Global
Technologies Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
|
10.4
|
First
Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 30, 2005,
by and
among Acceris Communications Inc., Acceris Communications Corp.,
Counsel
Corporation, Acceris Management and Acquisition LLC, and North
Central
Equity LLC
|
10.5
|
Management
Services Agreement (With Respect to Specified State Customer
Bases) dated
September 30, 2005, by and among Acceris Communications Inc.,
Acceris
Communications Corp., Counsel Corporation, Acceris Management
and
Acquisition LLC, and North Central Equity LLC
|
10.6
|
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.
|
10.7
|
Cash
Collateral Deposit Agreement dated September 30, 2005, by and
between C2
Global Technologies Inc. and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.
|
31.1
|
Certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) required under
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
31.2
|
Certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) required under
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
32.1
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant
to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
32.2
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant
to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
38
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunder
duly authorized.
|
|
C2
Global Technologies Inc.
|
||||
|
|
|||||
Date:
November 10, 2005
|
By:
|
|
/s/
Allan C. Silber
Allan
C. Silber
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
By:
|
|
/s/
Gary M. Clifford
Gary
M. Clifford
Chief
Financial Officer
|
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