Heritage Global Inc. - Quarter Report: 2010 March (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 March
31, 2010
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.)
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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 R No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule
12b-2).
Large
Accelerated Filer £ Accelerated
Filer £
Non-Accelerated
Filer R Smaller
reporting company £
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes £ No R
As of May
6, 2010, there were 22,718,074 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value,
outstanding.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Part I.
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Financial
Information
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Item 1.
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Financial
Statements
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets as of
March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009
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3
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
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4
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
for
the period ended March 31, 2010
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5
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
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6
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements
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7
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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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17
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Item 3.
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Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk
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26
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Item 4T.
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Controls and
Procedures
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26
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Part II.
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Other
Information
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Item 1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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27
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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27
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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27
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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27
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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27
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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27
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Item 6.
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Exhibits
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28
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2
PART I – FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item 1 – Financial
Statements.
C2
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(In thousands of US dollars, except share and per share amounts)
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March 31,
2010
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December 31,
2009
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
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$ | 340 | $ | 93 | ||||
Accounts
receivable (net of $0 allowance for doubtful accounts)
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176 | 1,000 | ||||||
Note
receivable
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663 | 653 | ||||||
Deposits
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25 | 300 | ||||||
Inventory
– equipment
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522 | 442 | ||||||
Other
current assets
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57 | 110 | ||||||
Deferred
income tax assets
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664 | 729 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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2,447 | 3,327 | ||||||
Other
assets:
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Inventory
– real estate
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1,396 | 1,396 | ||||||
Asset
liquidation investments
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6,312 | 3,943 | ||||||
Investments
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2,636 | 2,788 | ||||||
Goodwill
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173 | 173 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 12,964 | $ | 11,627 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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$ | 1,504 | $ | 1,457 | ||||
Income
taxes payable
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23 | 26 | ||||||
Debt
payable to third parties
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5,725 | 4,626 | ||||||
Debt
payable to a related party
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1,361 | 1,564 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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8,613 | 7,673 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
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Stockholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, $10.00 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 592 Class N shares at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
liquidation preference of $592 at March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009
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6 | 6 | ||||||
Common
stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 300,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 22,718,074 shares at March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009
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227 | 227 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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274,724 | 274,706 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(271,064 | ) | (271,287 | ) | ||||
Stockholders’
equity before non-controlling interest
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3,893 | 3,652 | ||||||
Non-controlling
interest in subsidiary
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458 | 302 | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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4,351 | 3,954 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$ | 12,964 | $ | 11,627 | ||||
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
AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(unaudited)
Three months ended
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||||||||
(In thousands of US dollars, except share and per share amounts)
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March 31,
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|||||||
2010
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2009
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|||||||
Revenue:
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||||||||
Asset
liquidation
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$ | 2,233 | — | |||||
2,233 | — | |||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
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Asset
liquidation
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1,538 | — | ||||||
Patent
licensing
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7 | 1 | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
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626 | 387 | ||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
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2,171 | 388 | ||||||
62 | (388 | ) | ||||||
Earnings
of equity accounted asset liquidation investments
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437 | — | ||||||
Operating
income (loss)
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499 | (388 | ) | |||||
Other
income (expense):
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||||||||
Other
income (expenses)
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(1 | ) | 1 | |||||
Interest
expense – third party
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(101 | ) | — | |||||
Interest
expense – related party
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(29 | ) | — | |||||
Total
other income (expenses)
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(131 | ) | 1 | |||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations before the undernoted
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368 | (387 | ) | |||||
Income
tax expense (recovery)
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67 | (7 | ) | |||||
Earnings
of equity accounted investments (net of $0 tax)
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78 | 1 | ||||||
Net
income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)
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379 | (379 | ) | |||||
Net
(income) loss and comprehensive (income) loss attributable to
non-controlling interest
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(156 | ) | 37 | |||||
Net
income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) attributable to controlling
interest
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$ | 223 | $ | (342 | ) | |||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding (in thousands)
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22,718 | 22,739 | ||||||
Weighted
average preferred shares outstanding (in thousands)
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1 | 1 | ||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share – basic and diluted:
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Earnings
(loss) before (income) loss attributable to non-controlling
interest
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Common
shares
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$ | 0.02 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Preferred
shares
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$ | 0.67 | $ | N/A | ||||
Earnings
(loss) attributable to controlling interest
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Common
shares
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$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Preferred
shares
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$ | 0.39 | $ | N/A |
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’ EQUITY
For
the period ended March 31, 2010
(in
thousands of US dollars, except share amounts)
(unaudited)
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Preferred stock
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Common stock
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Additional
paid-in
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Accumulated
Equity
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Non-
controlling
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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capital
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(Deficit)
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interest
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Total
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Balance
at December 31, 2007
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607 | $ | 6 | 23,095,010 | $ | 231 | $ | 274,672 | $ | (275,850 | ) | $ | — | $ | (941 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of Class N preferred stock to common stock
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(13 | ) | — | 520 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cancellation
of common stock
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— | — | (350,000 | ) | (4 | ) | 4 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
cost related to stock options
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— | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
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— | — | — | — | — | 5,827 | — | 5,827 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
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594 | 6 | 22,745,530 | 227 | 274,761 | (270,023 | ) | — | 4,971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
contribution
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 237 | 237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
and cancellation of preferred and common stock
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(2 | ) | — | (27,456 | ) | — | (126 | ) | — | — | (126 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
cost related to stock options
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— | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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— | — | — | — | — | (1,264 | ) | 65 | (1,199 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2009
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592 | 6 | 22,718,074 | 227 | 274,706 | (271,287 | ) | 302 | 3,954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
cost related to stock options
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— | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
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— | — | — | — | — | 223 | 156 | 379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2010
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592 | $ | 6 | 22,718,074 | $ | 227 | $ | 274,724 | $ | (271,064 | ) | $ | 458 | $ | 4,351 |
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)
(In thousands of US dollars)
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Three months ended
March 31,
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|||||||
2010
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2009
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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$ | 379 | $ | (379 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
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Accrued
interest added to principal of third party debt
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17 | — | ||||||
Amortization
of financing costs on debt payable to third party
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48 | — | ||||||
Accrued
interest added to principal of related party debt
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29 | — | ||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense
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18 | 18 | ||||||
Earnings
of equity accounted investments
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(78 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Decrease
in accounts receivable
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824 | — | ||||||
Increase
in note receivable
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(10 | ) | — | |||||
Decrease
in deposits
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275 | — | ||||||
Increase
in inventory
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(80 | ) | — | |||||
Increase
in asset liquidation investments
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(2,369 | ) | — | |||||
Decrease
(increase) in other assets
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5 | (15 | ) | |||||
Decrease
(increase) in deferred income tax assets
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65 | (99 | ) | |||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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47 | (34 | ) | |||||
Decrease
in income taxes payable
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(3 | ) | — | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
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(833 | ) | (510 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Investment
in significantly influenced company
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(11 | ) | — | |||||
Cash
distributions from significantly influenced companies
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241 | 1 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by investing activities
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230 | 1 | ||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds
from issuance of debt payable to third parties
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5,228 | — | ||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of note payable to a related party
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917 | — | ||||||
Purchase
and cancellation of common shares
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— | (125 | ) | |||||
Repayment
of debt payable to a third party
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(4,146 | ) | — | |||||
Repayment
of note payable to a related party
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(1,149 | ) | — | |||||
Non-controlling
interest
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— | (17 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
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850 | (142 | ) | |||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash
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247 | (651 | ) | |||||
Cash
at beginning of period
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93 | 4,076 | ||||||
Cash
at end of period
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$ | 340 | $ | 3,425 | ||||
Supplemental
cash flow information:
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Taxes
paid
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7 | 92 | ||||||
Interest
paid
|
34 | — |
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 amounts and where specifically
indicated)
Note 1 –Basis of
Presentation
These
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of C2
Global Technologies Inc. together with its subsidiaries, including C2
Communications Technologies Inc., C2 Investments Inc. and Counsel RB Capital
LLC. These entities, on a combined basis, are referred to as “C2”,
the “Company”, “we” or “our” in these financial statements. Our
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“GAAP”) as outlined in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) and include the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of all
majority-owned subsidiaries over which C2 exercises control. All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon
consolidation.
We have
prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein,
without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). In our opinion, these financial statements
reflect all adjustments that are necessary to present fairly the results for
interim periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures
normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have
been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations; however, we
believe that the disclosures are appropriate. These unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the
Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2010.
The
results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2010 are not
necessarily indicative of those operating results to be expected for any
subsequent interim period or for the entire year ending December 31,
2010.
Note
2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Management bases its estimates
and judgments on historical experience and various other factors that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
Significant
estimates include the assessment of collectability of revenue recognized,
accounts receivable valuation, inventory valuation, investment valuation,
valuation of goodwill and intangibles, valuation of deferred income tax assets,
liabilities, and stock-based compensation. These estimates have the
potential to significantly impact our consolidated 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 that are continuous
in nature.
7
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In June
2009, the FASB updated “Consolidation – Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities” (“Consolidation”). The update amends the consolidation
guidance that applies to variable interest entities (“VIEs”), and will
significantly affect an entity’s overall consolidation analysis. The
amendments to the consolidation guidance affect all entities currently within
the scope of Consolidation as well as qualifying special-purpose entities that
are outside of its scope. An enterprise will need to reconsider its
previous conclusions regarding the entities that it consolidates, as the update
involves a shift to a more qualitative approach that identifies which entities
have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s
economic performance and the obligation to absorb its losses or the right to
receive benefits from it, as compared to the existing quantitative-based risks
and rewards calculation. The update also requires ongoing assessment
of whether an entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, modifies the
presentation of consolidated VIE assets and liabilities, and requires additional
disclosures. The updated guidance is effective as of the beginning of
an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009, with early
adoption prohibited. The Company adopted the new guidance on January
1, 2010, which had no impact on its financial statements.
In
January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-06, Improving
Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements (“ASU 2010-06”). ASU
2010-06 amends the existing guidance to add new requirements for disclosures
about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2, and separate disclosures about
purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements relating to Level 3
measurements. It also clarifies existing fair value disclosures about
the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to
measure fair value. As well, it amends guidance on employers’
disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets to require that disclosures
be provided by classes of assets instead of by major categories of
assets. With one exception, ASU 2010-06 is effective for reporting
periods, including interim periods, beginning after December 15,
2009. The exception is that the requirement to provide the Level 3
activity of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis is
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. Early
adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2010-06 on January 1,
2010, which did not significantly impact its financial statements.
Future
accounting pronouncements
In
October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2009-13, Revenue
Recognition (“ASU 2009-13”). ASU 2009-13 amends the criteria for
separating consideration in multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements, and
establishes a hierarchy of selling prices to determine the selling price of each
specific deliverable. As part of this, ASU 2009-13 eliminates the
residual method for allocating revenue among the elements of an arrangement and
requires that consideration be allocated at the inception of an
arrangement. As well, it expands disclosure
requirements. ASU 2009-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning on
or after June 15, 2010, and therefore will be adopted by the Company on January
1, 2011. At March 31, 2010, the Company has no revenue generating
activities that would be impacted by the adoption of ASU 2009-13.
The FASB,
the EITF and the SEC have issued other accounting pronouncements and regulations
during 2009 and 2010 that will become effective in subsequent
periods. The Company’s management does not believe that these
pronouncements will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial
statements at the time they become effective.
Note
3 – Stock-based Compensation
At March
31, 2010 the Company had five stock-based compensation plans, which are
described more fully in Note 14 to the audited consolidated financial statements
contained in the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form
10-K.
The
Company’s total compensation cost related to stock options was $18 for both the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and the three months ended March 31,
2009. The fair value compensation costs of unvested stock options in
the first three months of 2010 and 2009 were determined using the Black-Scholes
Option Pricing Model for grant dates between 2006 and
2010. Historical inputs to the model for this period included
expected volatility between 79% and 258%, risk-free interest rates between 1.37%
and 5.07%, expected life of 4.75 years, and an expected dividend yield of
zero. The Company’s estimated forfeiture rate of its stock options is
nil.
No tax
benefit from stock-based compensation was recognized in the first three months
of either 2010 or 2009, as no options were exercised. The Company’s
stock-based compensation had no effect on its cash flows during either
period.
8
On March
31, 2010, 40,000 options, having an exercise price and fair value of $0.08, were
granted to the Company’s independent directors in accordance with their
compensation plan, which includes a grant of 10,000 options annually to each
independent director on March 31 or the next business day. These
options are part of the 2003 Stock Options and Appreciation Rights
Plan. The inputs to the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model were an
expected volatility of 258%, a risk-free interest rate of 1.4%, an expected term
of 4.75 years, and an expected dividend yield of zero. These were the
only options granted during the first three months of 2010. A similar
grant of 40,000 options was made during the first three months of
2009.
The
following summarizes the changes in common stock options for the three months
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively:
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2009
|
994,027 | $ | 6.02 | |||||
Granted
|
40,000 | $ | 0.08 | |||||
Expired
|
(79,833 | ) | $ | 58.63 | ||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2010
|
954,194 | $ | 1.37 | |||||
Options
exercisable at March 31, 2010
|
735,444 | $ | 1.60 |
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
979,027 | $ | 7.73 | |||||
Granted
|
40,000 | $ | 0.15 | |||||
Expired
|
(15,000 | ) | $ | 58.23 | ||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2009
|
1,004,027 | $ | 6.67 | |||||
Options
exercisable at March 31, 2009
|
676,527 | $ | 9.55 |
Note
4 – Earning (Loss) Per Share
The
Company is required, in periods in which it has net income, to calculate basic
earnings per share (“basic EPS”) using the two-class method. The
two-class method is required because the Company’s Class N preferred shares,
each of which is convertible to 40 common shares, have the right to receive
dividends or dividend equivalents should the Company declare dividends on its
common stock. Under the two-class method, earnings for the period,
net of any deductions for contractual preferred stock dividends and any earnings
actually distributed during the period, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to the
common and preferred stockholders. The weighted-average number of
common and preferred shares outstanding during the period is then used to
calculate basic EPS for each class of shares.
In
periods in which the Company has a net loss, basic loss per share is calculated
by dividing the loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. The two-class
method is not used, because the preferred stock does not participate in
losses.
Options
and warrants are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share,
since the instruments are assumed to be exercised or converted, except when
their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the three months ended March
31, 2010 and 2009, the net effect of including the Company’s potential common
shares is anti-dilutive, and therefore diluted EPS equals basic
EPS.
9
Potential
common shares that were not included in the computation of earnings (loss) per
share because they would have been anti-dilutive are as follows:
March 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Assumed
exercise of options and warrant to purchase shares of common
stock
|
954,194 | 2,004,027 |
Note
5 – Composition of Certain Financial Statements Captions
The
Company’s note receivable of $663 is composed of $650 principal and $13 accrued
interest at March 31, 2010. It was issued to a third party in
connection with an equipment sale by Counsel RB. The note bears
interest at 6% and is payable by the third party by May 30, 2010.
The
Company’s goodwill of $173 relates to an investment in a subsidiary company that
holds certain of the Company’s patent rights.
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009:
March 31,
2010
|
December 31,
2009
|
|||||||
Regulatory and legal fees
|
$
|
614
|
$
|
628
|
||||
Accounting, auditing and tax consulting
|
121
|
89
|
||||||
Patent
licensing costs
|
2
|
—
|
||||||
Due
to joint venture partners
|
436
|
522
|
||||||
Sales
and other taxes
|
79
|
62
|
||||||
Remuneration
and benefits
|
190
|
91
|
||||||
Other
|
62
|
65
|
||||||
Total
accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
1,504
|
$
|
1,457
|
Note 6 –
Investments
The
Company’s investments as at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consisted of
the following:
March 31,
2010
|
December 31,
2009
|
|||||||
Buddy
Media, Inc.
|
$ | 124 | $ | 124 | ||||
Knight’s
Bridge Capital Partners Internet Fund No. 1 GP LLC
|
20 | 18 | ||||||
Polaroid
|
2,492 | 2,646 | ||||||
Total
investments
|
$ | 2,636 | $ | 2,788 |
Buddy
Media, Inc.
The
Company accounts for its investment under the cost method. Based on
its analysis of Buddy Media’s financial statements and projections as at March
31, 2010, the Company concluded that the investment’s cost is the best available
estimate of its fair value.
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Knight’s
Bridge Capital Partners Internet Fund No. 1 GP LLC
The
Company accounts for its investment under the equity method. During
2009, the Company recorded $6 as its share of Knight’s Bridge GP’s earnings, and
received cash distributions of $5. During the first quarter of 2010,
the Company recorded $2 as its share of Knight’s Bridge GP’s
earnings. Based on the Company’s analysis of Knight’s Bridge GP’s
financial statements and projections as at March 31, 2010, the Company concluded
that there has been no other than temporary impairment in the fair value of its
investment, and that its cost is the best estimate of its fair
value.
Polaroid
Effective
May 5, 2009, the Company invested $2,621 to indirectly acquire an approximate 5%
interest in Polaroid Corporation, pursuant to a Chapter 11 reorganization in a
U.S. bankruptcy court. The investment was made as part of a joint
venture investor group (the “JV Group”) that includes both related parties and
non-related parties. The JV Group formed two operating companies
(collectively, “Polaroid”) to hold the acquired intellectual property (PLR IP
Holdings, LLC) and inventory (PLR Acquisition LLC). The Company, the
related parties and two of the unrelated parties formed KPL, LLC (“KPL” or the
“LLC”) to pool their individual investments in Polaroid. The pooled
investments totalled approximately $19 million of the aggregate purchase price
of approximately $55 million. KPL is managed by a related party,
Knight’s Bridge Capital Partners Management, L.P. (the “Management LP”), who
acts as the General Partner of the LLC.
C2’s
initial investment in the LLC had two components:
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·
|
$530
of Class D units. These units are subject to a 2% annual
management fee, payable to the General Partner. The units have
a 10% per annum preferred return; any profits generated in addition to the
preferred return, subsequent to the return of invested capital, are
subject to the Management LP’s 20% carried interest. This
investment is approximately 1% of Polaroid and approximately 3% of the
LLC. Following cash distributions of $46 in the fourth quarter
of 2009 and $47 in the first quarter of 2010, the initial investment has
been reduced to $437.
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|
·
|
$2,091
to acquire Counsel’s rights and obligations as an indirect limited partner
(but not Counsel’s limited partnership interest) in Knight’s Bridge
Capital Partners Fund I, L.P. (“Knight’s Bridge Fund”), a related party,
with respect to the Polaroid investment. The investment in
these units is held by Knight’s Bridge Fund in the name of a Canadian
limited partnership (the “LP”) comprised of Counsel (95.24%) and several
parties related to Counsel. The $2,091 was Counsel’s share of
the LP’s investment and was funded by Counsel. Subsequent to
making the investment in the LP, Counsel sold, to C2, the economic benefit
of its indirect investment in Polaroid in return for a loan (under a
pre-existing loan facility that is discussed in more detail in Note 7 and
Note 10) bearing interest at 10% per annum. C2 is also
responsible for reimbursing Counsel for its share of the management fees,
which are 2% of the investment. The economic interest entitles
C2 to an 8% per annum preferred return; any profits generated in addition
to the preferred return, subsequent to the return of invested capital, are
subject to the general partner of the Knight’s Bridge Fund’s 20% carried
interest. This investment is approximately 3% of Polaroid and
approximately 11% of the LLC. Following additional investments
of $21, and cash distributions of $186 in the fourth quarter of 2009 and
$194 in the first quarter of 2010, the initial investment has been reduced
to $1,732.
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The
Company accounts for its investment in the LLC under the equity
method. During 2009, the Company recorded $246 as its cumulative
share of earnings. During the first quarter of 2010, the Company
recorded $76 as its share of earnings. During 2009, subsequent to its
initial investment, the Company invested an additional $10 as its share of the
management fees referenced above, and an additional $11 in the first quarter of
2010.
At March
31, 2010, the Company estimates that its investment in Polaroid has a fair value
of approximately $3,600.
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Note
7 – Debt
At March
31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 the Company’s outstanding debt was $7,086 and
$6,190, respectively. Details of the debt are as
follows.
March
31,
2010
|
December
31,
2009
|
|||||||
Promissory
note
|
$ | 1,433 | $ | 1,413 | ||||
Revolving
credit facility
|
4,292 | 3,213 | ||||||
5,725 | 4,626 | |||||||
Debt
payable to a related party
|
1,361 | 1,564 | ||||||
7,086 | 6,190 | |||||||
Less
current portion
|
7,086 | 6,190 | ||||||
Long-term
debt
|
$ | — | $ | — |
Promissory
note
In
connection with Counsel RB’s acquisition of assets in June 2009, Counsel RB
issued a promissory note with a principal amount of approximately $1.36 million
(the “Promissory Note”) to the vendor. The Promissory Note bears
interest at 6% annually, with both principal and interest payable one year from
the date of the issuance of the Promissory Note. Counsel RB may
pre-pay the Promissory Note in full at any time, without penalty. If
any payment required under the Promissory Note is not paid when due, or if any
default under the Promissory Note occurs, the entire principal amount and
accrued but unpaid interest will become immediately due and payable at the
option of the holder of the Promissory Note. The Promissory Note
contains other terms and provisions customary for agreements of this nature, and
has been guaranteed by both the Company and Counsel. At March 31,
2010 and December 31, 2009 the balance of the Promissory Note, including accrued
interest, was $1,433 and $1,413, respectively.
Revolving
credit facility
Also in
connection with Counsel RB’s June 2009 asset acquisition, Counsel RB arranged a
revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with a U.S. bank under the
terms and provisions of a certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June
2, 2009 (the “Loan Agreement”), in order to finance the acquisition of eligible
equipment for purposes of resale. The Credit Facility bears interest
at the greater of prime rate + 1.5%, or 5% and had an initial balance of
approximately US $1.4 million. The maximum borrowing available under
the Credit Facility is US $7.5 million, subject to Counsel RB maintaining a 1:2
ratio of capital funds, i.e. the sum of Counsel RB’s tangible net worth plus
subordinated indebtedness, as defined in the Loan Agreement, to the outstanding
balance. The amount of any advance is determined based upon the value of the
eligible assets being acquired. The Credit Facility contains other
terms and provisions customary for agreements of this nature, and has been
guaranteed by both the Company and Counsel. At March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 the balance of the Credit Facility, including accrued
interest, was $4,292 and $3,213, respectively, and the Company was in compliance
with all covenants of the facility.
Debt
payable to a related party
During
the first quarter of 2010, the Company made net repayments of $232 to Counsel to
reduce the balance owing under an existing loan facility (the “Counsel Loan”)
that bears interest at 10% and is due on demand. At March 31, 2010
and December 31, 2009 the balance of the Counsel Loan, including accrued
interest, was $1,361 and $1,564, respectively.
For
further discussion of the related party debt and other transactions with
Counsel, see Note 10.
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Note
8 – Patent Participation Fee
In the
fourth quarter of 2003, C2 acquired patent rights associated with the VoIP
Patent from a third party. Consideration provided was $100 plus a 35%
residual payable to the third party relating to the net proceeds from future
licensing and/or enforcement actions from the C2 VoIP Patent
Portfolio. Net proceeds are defined as amounts collected from third
parties net of the direct costs associated with putting the licensing or
enforcement in place and related collection costs. The $100 cost of
the patent rights was recorded as an intangible asset in the Company’s financial
statements, and was amortized on a straight-line basis over the five years
ending December 31, 2008. Equivalent patent rights have been granted
or validated in Australia, Canada, China, Europe and Hong Kong, the earliest of
which expire in 2015. No patent participation fee is payable for the
three month period ended March 31, 2010.
Note
9 – Income Taxes
In the
first quarter of 2010, the Company recognized current income tax expense of $2,
and deferred income tax expense of $65. The net deferred income tax
expense in the quarter is primarily due to a change in estimate of the tax
effect of available tax loss carryforwards expected to be
utilized. The remaining $664 net deferred income tax asset balance at
March 31, 2010 therefore reflects the tax benefit of available tax losses
considered “more likely than not” to be utilized during the remainder of 2010
and 2011. The Company recognized current income tax expense of $92
and a net deferred income tax recovery of $99 in the three months ended March
31, 2009, primarily due to a change in estimate of the tax effect of available
tax loss carryforwards expected to be utilized in the future.
As at
March 31, 2010, the unrecognized tax benefit determined pursuant to the Income
Taxes Topic of the ASC is $12,059. There has been no change in the
first quarter of 2010 in the estimate of the balance of unrecognized tax
benefits previously determined.
In the
unlikely event that these tax benefits are recognized in the future, there
should be no impact on the Company’s effective tax rate, unless recognition
occurs at a time when all of the Company’s historic tax loss carryforwards have
been utilized and the associated valuation allowance against the Company’s
deferred tax assets has been reversed. In such circumstances, the
amount recognized at that time should result in a reduction in the Company’s
effective tax rate.
The
Company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to
unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Because the Company
has tax loss carryforwards in excess of the unrecognized tax benefits, the
Company did not accrue for interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax
benefits either upon the initial derecognition of uncertain tax positions or in
the current period.
It is
possible that the total amount of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits will
significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. These
changes may be the result of future audits, the application of “change in
ownership” rules leading to further restrictions in tax losses arising from
changes in the capital structure of the Company and/or that of its parent
company Counsel, reductions in available tax loss carryforwards through future
merger, acquisition and/or disposition transactions, failure to continue a
significant level of business activities, or other circumstances not known to
management at this time. Any such additional limitations could
require the Company to pay income taxes on its future earnings and record an
income tax expense to the extent of such liability, despite the existence of tax
loss carryforwards. At this time, an estimate of the range of
reasonably possible outcomes cannot be made.
The
Company has a history of incurring annual tax losses since 1991. All
loss taxation years remain open for audit pending the application of the
respective tax losses against income in a subsequent taxation
year. In general, the statute of limitations expires three years from
the date that a company files a tax return applying prior year tax loss
carryforwards against income for tax purposes in the later year. The
Company applied historic tax loss carryforwards to offset debt forgiveness in
2006 and income for tax purposes in 2008, respectively. The 2006
through 2009 taxation years remain open for audit.
The
Company’s estimated remaining federal tax loss carryforwards at March 31, 2010
are comprised of approximately $54,600 of unrestricted net operating tax losses,
$33,300 of restricted net operating tax losses subject to an annual usage
restriction of $2,500 per annum until 2008 and $1,700 per annum thereafter, and
$34,600 of unrestricted capital losses expiring primarily at the end of
2010.
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The
Company is subject to state income tax in multiple jurisdictions. While the
Company had net operating loss carryforwards for state income tax purposes in
certain states where it previously conducted business, its available state tax
loss carryforwards may differ substantially by jurisdiction and, in general, are
subject to the same or similar restrictions as to expiry and usage described
above. In addition, in certain states the Company’s state tax loss
carryforwards that were attributable to certain legacy businesses sold in recent
years ceased to be available to the Company following their
sale. Therefore, it is possible that the Company may not have tax
loss carryforwards available to shield future income which is attributable to a
particular state from being subject to tax in that particular
state.
Note
10 – Related Party Transactions
Transactions
with Counsel
At March
31, 2010 the Company was indebted to Counsel in the amount of $1,361, as
compared to $1,564 at December 31, 2009. The debt is secured by a
collateralized promissory note and loan agreement. The Counsel Loan,
which was originally entered into during the fourth quarter of 2003, accrues
interest at 10% per annum compounded quarterly from the date funds are
advanced. The Counsel Loan has been amended several times, most
recently during the second quarter of 2009 when it was converted into a demand
loan. The Counsel Loan is secured by the assets of the Company and is
subject to certain events of default.
As
consideration for Counsel’s assistance in completing a transaction in Canada,
Counsel RB agreed to pay Counsel a fee of $25. The transaction is
expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2010, at which time the fee
will be paid.
Counsel
Management Services
Since
December 2004, C2 and Counsel have entered into successive annual management
services agreements (the “Agreement”). Under the terms of the
Agreement, C2 agrees to make payment to Counsel for ongoing services provided to
C2 by several Counsel personnel. The basis for such services charged
is an allocation, based on time incurred, of the cost of the base compensation
paid by Counsel to those employees providing services to C2. The
amounts due under the Agreement are payable within 30 days following the
respective year end, subject to applicable restrictions. Any unpaid
fee amounts 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
C2, 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. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the cost was $360, and
$90 of that cost was recorded in the first quarter of 2009. Counsel
has continued to provide these services in 2010 on the same cost basis,
resulting in a cost of $90 for the first quarter of 2010.
Note
11 – Segment Reporting
Following
the disposition of its Telecommunications segment in the third quarter of 2005,
the Company operated in a single business segment, Patent
Licensing. With the commencement of Counsel RB’s operations in the
second quarter of 2009, the Company diversified into a second segment, Asset
Liquidation.
There are
no material inter-segment revenues. The Company’s business is
conducted principally in the U.S. The table below presents
information about the segments of the Company as of and for the three months
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
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||||||||||||
Reportable Segments
|
||||||||||||
Asset Liquidation
|
Patent
Licensing
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$ | 2,233 | $ | — | $ | 2,233 | ||||||
Earnings
from equity accounted asset liquidation investments
|
437 | — | 437 | |||||||||
Other
expense
|
(1 | ) | — | (1 | ) | |||||||
Interest
expense
|
(101 | ) | — | (101 | ) | |||||||
Segment
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
647 | (8 | ) | 639 | ||||||||
Investment
in equity accounted asset liquidation investees
|
6,312 | — | 6,312 | |||||||||
Segment
assets
|
9,449 | 202 | 9,651 |
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
Reportable Segments
|
||||||||||||
Asset Liquidation
|
Patent
Licensing
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Earnings
from equity accounted asset liquidation investments
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
Other
income (expense)
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
Segment
loss from continuing operations
|
(146 | ) | (7 | ) | (153 | ) | ||||||
Investment
in equity accounted asset liquidation investees
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
Segment
assets
|
7 | 173 | 180 |
The
following table reconciles reportable segment information to the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company:
Three months
ended
March 31,
2010
|
Three months
ended
March 31,
2009
|
|||||||
Total
other income and earnings from equity accounted investments for reportable
segments
|
$ | 436 | $ | — | ||||
Unallocated
other income and earnings from equity investments from corporate
accounts
|
78 | 2 | ||||||
$ | 514 | $ | 2 | |||||
Total
interest expense for reportable segments
|
$ | 101 | $ | — | ||||
Unallocated
interest expense from third party debt
|
— | — | ||||||
Unallocated
interest expense from related party debt
|
29 | — | ||||||
$ | 130 | $ | — | |||||
Total
segment income (loss)
|
$ | 639 | $ | (153 | ) | |||
Other
income
|
78 | 2 | ||||||
Other
corporate expenses (primarily corporate level interest, general and
administrative expenses)
|
(271 | ) | (235 | ) | ||||
Income
tax expense (recovery)
|
67 | (7 | ) | |||||
Net
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$ | 379 | $ | (379 | ) | |||
Segment
assets
|
$ | 9,651 | $ | 180 | ||||
Intangible
assets not allocated to segments
|
— | — | ||||||
Other
assets not allocated to segments(1)
|
3,313 | 4,726 | ||||||
$ | 12,964 | $ | 4,906 |
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|
(1)
|
Other
assets not allocated to segments are corporate assets such as cash,
non-trade accounts receivable, prepaid insurance, investments and deferred
income tax assets.
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Note
12 – Subsequent Events
The
Company has evaluated events subsequent to March 31, 2010 for
disclosure. There have been no material events requiring disclosure
in this Report.
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Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
(All
dollar amounts are presented in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise
indicated, except per share amounts)
The
following discussion and analysis 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 Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Forward Looking
Information
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(the “Report”) contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on management’s exercise of
business judgment as well as assumptions made by, and information currently
available to, management. When used in this document, the words
“may”, "will”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, and words of similar
import, are intended to identify any forward-looking statements. You
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. These statements reflect our current view of future
events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, as noted in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC, 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”, “we” 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, to “Acceris Communications Inc.” in 2003, and to “C2
Global Technologies Inc.” in 2005. The most recent name change
reflects a change in the strategic direction of the Company following the
disposition of its Telecommunications business in the third quarter of
2005.
The
Company operates in two business segments, Asset Liquidation and Patent
Licensing.
The
operations of Counsel RB Capital LLC (“Counsel RB”) constitute the Company’s
Asset Liquidation segment. The Company established Counsel RB in
February 2009 and it commenced operations in the second quarter of
2009. Counsel RB is owned 75% by the Company and 25% by its
Co-CEO’s. It specializes in the acquisition and disposition of
distressed and surplus assets throughout the United States and
Canada. Counsel RB’s operations are discussed in more detail in Note
2 of the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s
most recently filed Report on Form 10-K.
Licensing
of intellectual property constitutes the Company’s Patent Licensing operating
segment. C2 owns certain patents, including two foundational patents
in voice over internet protocol (“VoIP”) technology – U.S. Patent Nos. 6,243,373
(the “VoIP Patent”) and 6,438,124 (the “C2 Patent”) (together the “VoIP Patent
Portfolio”), which it licenses. The Company’s patents are discussed
in more detail in “Company History” and “Intellectual Property”,
below. C2’s target market consists of carriers, equipment
manufacturers, service providers and end users in the internet protocol
telephone market who are using C2’s patented VoIP technologies by deploying VoIP
networks for phone-to-phone communications. The Company engages in
licensing agreements with third parties domestically and
internationally. The Company obtains licensing and royalty revenue
from the target market for its patents, with the assistance of outside counsel,
in order to realize value from its intellectual property. In 2008 the
Company entered into settlement and license agreements with six major U.S.
telecommunications carriers, under which C2 granted the defendants
non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, fully paid up, royalty free licenses under
any of C2’s present patents and patent applications, including the VoIP Patent,
to make, use, sell or otherwise dispose of any goods and services based on such
patents.
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On August
27, 2009 C2 Communications Technologies Inc. filed a lawsuit against PAETEC
Corporation, Matrix Telecom, Inc., Windstream Corporation, and Telephone and
Data Systems, Inc. The complaint was filed in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and also alleges that the
defendants’ services and systems utilizing VoIP infringe the Company’s U.S.
Patent No. 6,243,373. The complaint seeks an injunction, monetary
damages and costs. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the complaint
against Matrix Telecom, Windstream Corporation and Telephone and Data Systems,
Inc. was dismissed without prejudice. Also in the fourth quarter of
2009, the case was transferred to the Eastern District of Texas. A
trial date has not been set.
In the
third quarter of 2007, the Company began investing in Internet-based e-commerce
businesses, when it acquired minority positions in MyTrade.com, Inc., Buddy
Media, Inc. (“Buddy Media”) and LIMOS.com LLC (“LIMOS.com”). Its
investments in MyTrade.com, Inc. and LIMOS.com were subsequently sold in 2007
and 2008, respectively. In the fourth quarter of
2007 the Company acquired a one-third interest in Knight’s Bridge Capital
Partners Internet Fund No. 1 GP LLC (“Knight’s Bridge GP”). The
additional two-thirds interest in Knight’s Bridge GP was acquired by parties
affiliated with the Company’s majority stockholder, Counsel Corporation
(together with its subsidiaries, “Counsel”).
In the
second quarter of 2009, the Company sold a portion of its investment in Buddy
Media, recognizing a gain of $21 on an initial investment of
$100. Also in the second quarter of 2009, the Company invested $2,621
to indirectly acquire an approximate 5% interest in Polaroid Corporation,
pursuant to a Chapter 11 reorganization in a U.S. bankruptcy
court. C2’s interest is managed by Knight’s Bridge Capital Management
L.P., an affiliate of Counsel. Since its initial investment in
Polaroid, the Company has invested an additional $10 in 2009 and $11 in 2010,
and received cash distributions of $232 and $241 in 2009 and 2010,
respectively. The Company’s investments are discussed in more detail
in Note 6 of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
The
Company’s only investment activity during the first three months of 2010 was its
investment of $11 in Polaroid.
Company
History
In 1994,
we began operating as an Internet service provider and quickly identified that
the emerging IP environment was a promising basis for enhanced service
delivery. We soon turned to designing and building an IP
telecommunications platform consisting of proprietary software and hardware, and
leased telecommunications lines. The goal was to create a platform
with the quality and reliability necessary for voice transmission. In
1997, we began 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 2001,
the Company entered the Telecommunications business. This business
was sold effective September 30, 2005.
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In 2002,
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. 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, which 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. On May 1, 2003, shortly after the
issuance of our core C2 Patent, we disposed of our domestic U.S. VoIP
network. 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 this
convergence solution. As part of the sale, we retained all of our
intellectual property rights and patents.
In 2003,
we added to our VoIP patent holdings when we acquired the VoIP Patent, which
included a corresponding foreign patent and related international patent
applications. The vendor of the VoIP Patent was granted a first
priority security interest in the patent in order to secure C2’s obligations
under the associated purchase agreement. The VoIP Patent, together
with the existing C2 Patent and related international patents and patent
applications, form our international VoIP Patent Portfolio that covers the basic
process and technology that enable 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 is summarized in the patent’s abstract, which, in
pertinent part, describes the technology as follows: “A method and apparatus are provided
for communicating audio information over a computer network. A
standard telephone connected to the PSTN may be used to communicate with any
other PSTN-connected telephone, where a computer network, such as the Internet,
is the transmission facility instead of conventional telephone transmission
facilities.” As part of the consideration for the acquisition
of the VoIP Patent, the vendor is entitled to receive 35% of the net proceeds
from our VoIP Patent Portfolio.
Up to
December 31, 2004, revenue related to our intellectual property was based on the
sales and deployment of our VoIP solutions, which we ceased directly marketing
in 2005. No revenue was due to the receipt of licensing fees and
royalties. Revenue in 2008 was the result of entering into settlement
and license agreements with six major U.S. telecommunications carriers, as
described above. We expect to generate ongoing licensing and royalty
revenue in this business as we gain recognition of the underlying value in our
VoIP Patent Portfolio through the enforcement of our intellectual property
rights, as discussed above under “Overview and Recent
Developments”.
The
Company has previously conducted research and development activities related to
its patents, most recently in 2005, when it invested $389. The
Company suspended its investment in research and development in the third
quarter of 2005 in conjunction with its decision to focus on the realization of
licensing fees associated with its intellectual property.
As
discussed above under “Overview and Recent Developments”, in the third quarter
of 2007, the Company began investing in Internet-based e-commerce businesses,
with its investment in Polaroid in the second quarter of 2009 being its most
significant investment to date. At March 31, 2010 the Company’s
investment in these businesses totaled $2,636. The Company’s
objective is to realize long-term capital appreciation as the value of these
businesses is developed and recognized.
As also
discussed above under “Overview and Recent Developments”, in 2009 the Company
diversified into the asset liquidation business when it established Counsel
RB. To date, Counsel RB’s operations have been profitable, and the
Company intends to continue to pursue opportunities in this line of
business.
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Intellectual
Property
Below is
a summary of the Company’s patents:
Type
|
Title
|
Number
|
Status
|
VoIP
Architecture
|
Computer
Network/Internet
Telephone
System
(“VoIP
Patent”)
|
U.S.
No. 6,243,373
Australia
No. 716096
People’s
Republic of
China
No. ZL96199457.6
Canada
No. 2,238,867
Hong
Kong
No.
HK1018372
Europe
No. 0873637
|
Issued: June
5, 2001
Expires: November
1, 2015
Issued: June
1, 2000
Expires: October
29, 2016
Issued: December
14, 2005
Expires: October
29, 2016
Issued: October
18, 2005
Expires: October
29, 2016
Issued: August
11, 2006
Expires: October
29, 2016
Granted March 21,
2007 1
|
Voice
Internet Transmission System
(“C2
Patent”)
|
U.S.
No. 6,438,124
People’s
Republic of
China
No. ZL97192954.8
Canada
No. 2,245,815
South
Korea No. 847335
South
Korea No. 892950
|
Issued: August
20, 2002
Expires: July
22, 2018
Issued: May
21, 2004
Expires: February
5, 2017
Issued: October
10, 2006
Expires: February
5, 2017
Issued: July
14, 2008
Expires: February
5, 2017
Issued: April
3, 2009
Expires: February
5, 2017
|
|
Private
IP Communication
Network
Architecture
|
U.S.
No. 7,215,663
|
Issued: May
8, 2007
Expires: June
12, 2017
|
|
Conferencing
|
Delay
Synchronization in
Compressed
Audio System
|
U.S.
No. 5,754,534
|
Issued: May
19, 1998
Expires: May
6, 2016
|
Volume
Control Arrangement for
Compressed
Information Signal Delays
|
U.S.
No. 5,898,675
|
Issued: April
27, 1999
Expires: April
29, 2016
|
1 The
European patent has been validated in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
In
addition to the C2 and VoIP Patents, which cover the foundation of any VoIP
system, our patent portfolio includes:
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Private IP Communication Network
Architecture (U.S. Patent No. 7,215,663 granted May 8, 2007) – This invention relates
generally to multimedia communications networks. The patent’s
Internet Linked Network Architecture delivers telecommunication type services
across a network utilizing digital technology. The unique breadth and
flexibility of telecommunication services offered by the Internet Linked Network
Architecture flow directly from the network over which they are delivered and
the underlying design principles and architectural decisions employed during its
creation.
C2 also
owns intellectual property that solves teleconferencing problems:
Delay Synchronization in Compressed
Audio Systems (U.S. Patent No. 5,754,534 granted May 19, 1998) - This
invention eliminates popping and clicking when switching between parties in a
communications conferencing system employing signal compression techniques to
reduce bandwidth requirements.
Volume Control Arrangement for
Compressed Information Signals (U.S. Patent No. 5,898,675 granted April 27,
1999) - This invention allows for modifying amplitude, frequency or phase
characteristics of an audio or video signal in a compressed signal system
without altering the encoder or decoder employed by each conferee in a
conferencing setting, so that individuals on the conference call can each adjust
their own gain levels without signal degradation.
Industry
and Competition
Patent
Licensing
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 driven 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,
and
|
|
·
|
growing
deregulation of communications services markets in the United States and
in other countries around the world
|
Historically,
the communications services industry 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.
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.
We are
seeking to have telecommunications service providers (“TSPs”), equipment
suppliers (“ESs”) and end users license our patents. In this regard,
our competition is existing technology, outside the scope of our patents, which
allows TSPs and ESs to deliver communication services to their
customers.
VoIP has
become a widespread and accepted telecommunications technology, with a variety
of applications in the telecommunications and other industries. While
we believe that there will be continued proliferation of this technology in the
coming years, and while we believe that this proliferation will occur within the
context of our patents, there is no certainty that this will occur, and that it
will occur in a manner that requires organizations to license our
patents.
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Asset
Liquidation
Our asset
liquidation business, Counsel RB, is involved primarily in the purchase and
sale, including at auction, of industrial machinery and equipment, real estate,
inventories, accounts receivable and distressed debt. The market for
these assets is highly fragmented. Counsel RB competes with other
liquidators, auction companies, dealers and brokers. It competes for
potential purchasers with other liquidators and auction companies, as well as
with equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers and equipment rental
companies. Some of Counsel RB’s competitors have significantly
greater financial and marketing resources and name recognition.
Government
Regulation
Recent
legislation in the United States, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has
increased regulatory and compliance costs as well as the scope and cost of work
provided to us by our independent registered public accountants and legal
advisors. The Company became subject to Section 404 reporting as of
December 31, 2007. As implementation guidelines continue to evolve,
we expect to continue to incur costs, which may or may not be material, in order
to comply with legislative requirements or rules, pronouncements and guidelines
by regulatory bodies.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
discusses our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”) in the United States. This requires management to make
estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and various other
factors that are considered to be reasonable under the
circumstances. These affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from these estimates.
Significant
estimates required for the preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements included in this Report were those related to revenue
recognition, accounts receivable valuation, allowance for doubtful accounts,
inventory valuation, investment valuation, valuation of goodwill, deferred
income tax assets, liabilities and stock-based compensation. These
estimates are considered significant 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 that are continuous in nature.
The
critical accounting policies used in the preparation of our audited consolidated
financial statements are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2009. To aid in the understanding of our
financial reporting, key policies are provided in Note 2 of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements included in this
Report.
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Management’s
Discussion of Financial Condition
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At March
31, 2010 the Company had a working capital deficit of $6,166, as compared to a
working capital deficit of $4,346 at December 31, 2009. The primary
contributors to the change were a decrease of $824 in accounts receivable, and
an increase of $1,099 in third party debt. During the first three
months of 2010, the Company’s primary sources of cash, exclusive of borrowings
under Counsel RB’s revolving credit facility, were Counsel RB’s gross profit of
$1,132, a reduction of $824 in accounts receivable, and receipt of $241 of cash
distributions from Polaroid. Cash disbursements, other than those
related to repayment of the revolving credit facility and related party debt,
were primarily related to the quarter’s operating expenses of $626.
It should
be noted that GAAP requires the Company to classify both real estate inventory
and asset liquidation investments as non-current, although they are expected to
be converted to cash within a year. If these assets were classified
as current, the Company would report working capital of $1,542 at March 31, 2010
and working capital of $993 at December 31, 2009.
The
Company is continuing to pursue licensing and royalty agreements with respect to
its patents. Even if the Company does not enter into such agreements
within the next twelve months, it expects to generate sufficient cash from
Counsel RB’s operations to meet its ongoing operating cash requirements for at
least that period of time, as evidenced by a $2,100 gain realized on just one
transaction in April 2010. As well, Counsel RB has a revolving credit
facility in place to finance its purchases of assets for
resale.
Ownership
Structure and Capital Resources
|
·
|
At
March 31, 2010 the Company had stockholders’ equity of $4,351, as compared
to $3,954 at December 31, 2009.
|
|
·
|
The
Company is 90.9% owned by Counsel. The remaining 9.1% is owned
by public stockholders.
|
|
·
|
Beginning
in 2001, Counsel invested over $100,000 in C2 to fund the development of
C2’s technology and its Telecommunications business, and at December 29,
2006 C2 owed $83,582 to Counsel, including accrued and unpaid
interest. On December 30, 2006 Counsel converted $3,386 of this
debt into 3,847,475 common shares of C2, and forgave the balance of
$80,196. Counsel subsequently provided additional advances, of
which $1,361 was outstanding at March 31,
2010.
|
Cash
Position and Cash Flows
Cash at
March 31, 2010 was $340 as compared to $93 at December 31, 2009, an increase of
$247.
Cash provided by
or used in operating activities Cash used in operating
activities during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $833, as compared to
$510 cash used during the same period in 2009. During the first three
months of 2010 the Company had net income from continuing operations of $379, as
compared to a net loss of $379 for the same period in 2009. However,
due to the 2010 operations of Counsel RB, the nature of its cash receipts and
disbursements changed materially.
The
primary use of cash was the investment of a total of $2,449 in asset liquidation
investments and inventory. This was partially offset by decreases of
$824 in accounts receivable and $275 in deposits.
Cash flows from
investing activities Cash provided by investing activities
during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $230, as compared to $1 during
the same period in 2009. In 2010 this consisted of $241 of cash
distributions from Polaroid, offset by an additional investment of
$11.
Cash flows used
in financing activities Cash provided by financing activities
was $850 during the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to cash used
of $142 during the same period in 2009. In 2010, in connection with
the operations of Counsel RB, the Company received net cash of $1,082 from third
party lenders. During the same period, the Company repaid net $232 to
its parent, Counsel. In 2009, $125 of cash was used to purchase and
cancel common shares, and $17 was expended for organization costs relating to
the non-controlling interest in Counsel RB.
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Contractual
Obligations
The
following table summarizes the amounts of payments due, including interest
accrued to March 31, 2010 and estimated interest to maturity, under specified
contractual obligations outstanding at March 31, 2010. We have no
liabilities associated with income taxes that require disclosure.
Payment due by period
|
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Contractual obligations:
|
Total
|
Less than 1
year
|
1-3
years
|
3-5
years
|
More than
5 years
|
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Promissory
note
|
$ | 1,446 | $ | 1,446 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Revolving
credit facility
|
4,507 | 4,507 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Related
party debt
|
1,495 | 1,495 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Operating
leases
|
291 | 74 | 149 | 68 | — | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 7,739 | $ | 7,522 | $ | 149 | $ | 68 | $ | — |
Management’s Discussion of Results of
Operations
Asset
liquidation revenue is earned from the acquisition and subsequent disposition of
distressed and surplus assets, including industrial machinery and equipment,
real estate, inventories, accounts receivable and distressed debt. It
is also earned from more traditional asset disposition services, such as on-site
and webcast auctions, liquidations and negotiated sales. The Company
also earns income from its asset liquidation business through its earnings from
equity accounted asset liquidation investments. The Company began
operating in the asset liquidation segment in the second quarter of 2009 when
Counsel RB, its 75%-owned subsidiary that was established in the first quarter
of 2009, commenced operations.
Patent
licensing revenue is derived from licensing our intellectual
property. Our VoIP Patent Portfolio is an international patent
portfolio covering the basic process and technology that enable VoIP
communications.
Three-Month
Period Ended March 31, 2010 Compared to Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
2009
Asset liquidation revenue was
$2,233 during the quarter ended March 31, 2010, relating to the dispositions of
assets by Counsel RB. There was no similar revenue during the same
period in 2009, given that Counsel RB did not commence operations until the
second quarter of 2009.
Asset liquidation expense was
$1,538 during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and $0 during the same period in
2009.
Earnings of equity accounted asset
liquidation investments were $437 during the quarter ended March 31, 2010
and $0 during the same period in 2009.
Patent licensing revenues were
$0 during the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
Patent licensing expense was
$7 during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and $1 during the same period in
2009.
Selling, general and administrative
expense was $626 during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 as compared to
$387 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The significant items
included:
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·
|
Compensation
expense was $352 in the first quarter of 2010, compared to $183 in the
first quarter of 2009. The primary expense in both years was
salary related to Counsel RB, which was $300 in 2010 as compared to $131
in 2009. The difference is due to the fact that Counsel RB was
established during the first quarter of 2009 and therefore salaries were
not paid for the full quarter. With respect to C2’s operations,
the salary earned by the CEO remained unchanged at $34, and stock based
compensation remained unchanged at
$18.
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|
·
|
Legal
expense was $10 in the first quarter of 2010, compared to $6 in the first
quarter of 2009.
|
|
·
|
Accounting
and tax consulting expenses were $32 in the first quarter of 2010,
compared to $14 in the first quarter of 2009. The increase is
due to the increased complexity of operations following the establishment
of Counsel RB in 2009.
|
|
·
|
Directors’
fees were $34 in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $32 in the first
quarter of 2009.
|
|
·
|
Management
fees charged by our controlling stockholder, Counsel, were $90 in the
first quarter of both 2010 and
2009.
|
|
·
|
Directors
and officers liability insurance expense was $13 in the first quarter of
2010 as compared to $37 in the first quarter of 2009. The
decrease reflects a decrease in the premium, which became effective in
June 2009.
|
|
·
|
Office
rent was $21 in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $6 in the first
quarter of 2009, and related solely to the operations of Counsel
RB.
|
|
·
|
Franchise
tax was $18 in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $0 in the first
quarter of 2009.
|
|
·
|
Other
insurance expense was $7 in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $3 in
the first quarter of 2009. The increase relates to the
commencement of Counsel RB’s
operations.
|
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·
|
Consulting
expense was $6 in the first quarter of 2010, as compared to $0 in 2009,
and related solely to the operations of Counsel
RB.
|
|
·
|
Travel
expense was $7 in the first quarter of 2010, as compared to $0 in 2009,
and related solely to the operations of Counsel
RB.
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Other income (expense) and earnings
of equity accounted investments – the significant items
included:
|
·
|
Third
party interest expense was $101 in the first quarter of 2010, as compared
to $0 in the first quarter of 2009. All of the expense related
to the third party debt owed by Counsel RB, which was not outstanding
during the first quarter of 2009.
|
|
·
|
Related
party interest expense was $29 in the first quarter of 2010, as compared
to $0 in the first quarter of 2009. All of the expense related
to the Company’s loan from its parent, Counsel. The Company
began receiving advances from its parent, Counsel, in the second quarter
of 2009, and therefore there was no interest-bearing balance outstanding
during the first quarter of 2009.
|
|
·
|
In
the first quarter of 2010, the Company recorded $78 of earnings from its
equity accounted investments, as compared to recording $1 in the first
quarter of 2009. In 2010 the earnings consisted of $76 from
Polaroid and $2 from Knight’s Bridge GP. In 2009, the earnings
consisted of $1 from Knight’s Bridge
GP.
|
Inflation. Inflation did not
have a significant impact on our results during the last fiscal
quarter.
Off-Balance Sheet
Transactions. We have not engaged 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 interest rates. Due to
the fact that our cash is deposited with major financial institutions, 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 revolving credit
facility provides that the principal amount outstanding bears interest at the
lender’s prime rate + 1.5%, or a minimum of 5%. Assuming that the
debt amount on the revolving credit facility at March 31, 2010 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 $43 for
that twelve-month period. We do not believe that, in the near term,
we are subject to material market risk on either our fixed rate third party or
related party debt.
We did
not have any foreign currency hedges or other derivative financial instruments
as of March 31, 2010. 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 4T. Controls and
Procedures.
As of the
end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”) conducted evaluations of
our disclosure controls and procedures. As defined in Rules 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 our disclosure controls
and procedures were effective.
As
disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending
December 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2010, at December 31, 2009
the Company’s management concluded that, due to the existence of two material
weaknesses, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not
effective as of December 31, 2009. The material weaknesses, which are
discussed in detail in the above-referenced Annual Report on Form 10-K, related
to an error in revenue recognition on a patent licensing agreement, and
misapplication of GAAP to Counsel RB’s investments pursuant to partnership,
joint venture and limited liability company agreements (collectively, “Joint
Ventures”).
Management
considered what changes, if any, were necessary to the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting to ensure that the errors described above would
not recur. Management determined that revenue recognition related to
patent licensing will be scrutinized more stringently; during the first quarter
of 2010, the Company did not enter any new patent licensing
agreements. In addition, management concluded that it will undertake
a more thorough investigation of GAAP when it enters into new business segments
or engages in non-routine transactions, to ensure the proper principles are
applied. The Company did not enter into new business segments during
the first quarter of 2010. GAAP applicable to any non-routine
transactions during the first quarter of 2010 has been investigated to ensure
its proper application.
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
There
have been no significant changes to the legal proceedings discussed in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with
the SEC on March 31, 2010.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
None.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
Item
5. Other Information.
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
|
Identification
of Exhibit
|
10.1
|
Promissory
Note for $620,540.88 dated March 31, 2010 between C2 Global Technologies
Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
|
10.2
|
Promissory
Note for $90,000.00 dated March 31, 2010 between C2 Global Technologies
Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
|
10.3
|
Promissory
Note for $207,036.21 dated March 31, 2010 between C2 Global Technologies
Inc. and Counsel Corporation.
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)
as adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)
as adopted under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
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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.
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Date:
May 10, 2010
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By: | /s/ Allan C. Silber | |
|
Allan
C. Silber
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
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By: | /s/ Stephen A. Weintraub | ||
|
Stephen
A. Weintraub
Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
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