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hopTo Inc. - Quarter Report: 2017 June (Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2017

Commission File Number: 0-21683

 

 

 

hopTo Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   13-3899021
(State of incorporation)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

6 Loudon Road, Suite 200

Concord, NH 03301

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number:

(800) 472-7466

(408) 688-2674

 

Registrant’s former principal executive offices:

51 East Campbell Avenue, Suite 128

Campbell, CA 95008

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

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 Regulations S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Yes[X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [  ]   Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ]   Smaller reporting company [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [  ] No [X]

 

As of August 11, 2017, there were 9,404,400 issued and outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001.

 

 

 

 
   

 

hopTo Inc.

FORM 10-Q

Table of Contents

 

PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION   PAGE
Item 1.   Financial Statements   3
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and December 31, 2016   3
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016   4
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016   5
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016   6
    Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements   7
Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   15
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   23
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures   23
         
PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION   24
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings   24
Item 1A.   Risk Factors   24
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   24
Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities   24
Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures   24
Item 5.   Other Information   24
Item 6.   Exhibits   24
    Signatures   25

 

Forward-Looking Information

 

This report includes, in addition to historical information, “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than statements of historical fact we make in this report are forward-looking statements. In particular, the statements regarding industry prospects and our future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include the following:

 

The substantial doubt that exists as to our ability to continue as a going concern; the success of our products depends on a number of factors including market acceptance and our ability to manage the risks associated with product introduction;
   
local, regional, national and international economic conditions and events, and the impact they may have on us and our customers;
   
our revenue could be adversely impacted if any of our significant customers reduces its order levels or fails to order during a reporting period; and
   
other factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 7, 2017, and in other documents we have filed with the SEC.

 

Statements included in this report are based upon information known to us as of the date that this report is filed with the SEC, and we assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

 

hopTo Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

hopTo Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
             
    (Unaudited)        
      June 30, 2017       December 31, 2016  
Assets                
Current Assets:                
Cash   $ 554,800     $ 546,200  
Accounts receivable, net     447,000       355,300  
Prepaid expenses     37,400       38,700  
Total Current Assets     1,039,200       940,200  
                 
Property and equipment, net     48,700       143,300  
Other assets     109,000       109,000  
Total Assets   $ 1,196,900     $ 1,192,500  
                 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)                
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 940,900     $ 975,800  
Deferred rent     7,500       24,100  
Capital lease     2,300       6,800  
Deferred revenue     1,817,000       1,759,000  
Other current liabilities     855,100       571,100  
Total Current Liabilities     3,622,800       3,336,800  
                 
Deposit liability     93,500       81,400  
Deferred revenue     1,551,200       1,694,600  
Deferred rent           2,600  
Total Liabilities     5,267,500       5,115,400  
                 
Commitments and contingencies                
                 
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit):                
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding            
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 195,000,000 shares authorized, 9,804,400 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016     14,700       14,700  
Additional paid-in capital     78,530,700       78,512,200  
Accumulated deficit     (82,616,000 )     (82,449,800 )
Total Stockholders’ Deficit     (4,070,600 )     (3,922,900 )
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit   $ 1,196,900     $ 1,192,500  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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hopTo Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

   Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2017   2016   2017   2016 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
Revenue  $924,800   $958,600   $1,907,300   $1,965,900 
Costs of revenue   18,300    67,400    37,100    121,200 
Gross profit   906,500    891,200    1,870,200    1,844,700 
Operating expenses:                    
Selling and marketing   82,100    253,600    172,000    570,700 
General and administrative   421,100    614,900    1,062,200    1,293,000 
Research and development   355,100    483,600    740,100    1,369,400 
Total operating expenses   858,300    1,352,100    1,974,300    3,233,100 
Income / (loss) from operations   48,200    (460,900)   (104,100)   (1,388,400)
Other income (expense) - change in fair value of warrants liability       22,200        (25,100)
Other income (expense), net   (59,600)   2,000    (60,100)   2,600 
Loss before provision for income tax   (11,400)   (436,700)   (164,200)   (1,410,900)
Provision for income tax   1,100    900    2,000    1,600 
Net Loss  $(12,500)  $(437,600)  $(166,200)  $(1,412,500)
Basic and diluted loss per share  $(0.00)  $(0.04)  $(0.02)  $(0.14)
Average weighted common shares outstanding – basic and diluted   9,804,400    9,752,821    9,804,400    9,752,417 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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hopTo Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

 

   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2017   2016 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
Preferred stock – shares outstanding          
Beginning balance        
Ending balance        
           
Common stock – shares outstanding          
Beginning balance   9,804,400    9,731,233 
Vesting of restricted stock awards       30,549 
Ending balance   9,804,400    9,761,782 
           
Common stock - amount          
Beginning balance  $14,700   $14,600 
Ending balance  $14,700   $14,600 
           
Additional paid-in capital          
Beginning balance  $78,512,200   $78,189,300 
Stock-based compensation expense   18,500    229,700 
Company payment of employee taxes for stock-based compensation       (1,600)
Other Rounding       100 
Ending balance  $78,530,700   $78,417,500 
           
Accumulated deficit          
Beginning balance  $(82,449,800)  $(80,596,900)
Net loss   (166,200)   (1,412,500)
Ending balance  $(82,616,000)  $(82,009,400)
Total Stockholders’ (Deficit)  $(4,070,600)  $(3,577,300)

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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hopTo Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2017   2016 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities:          
Net Loss  $(166,200)  $(1,412,500)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:          
Depreciation and amortization   33,200    54,800 
Write-down of capitalized purchased technology       15,500 
Stock-based compensation expense   18,500    229,700 
Company payment of employee taxes for stock-based compensation       (1,600)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments – warrants       25,100 
Accretion of warrants liability for consulting services       3,500 
Changes in deferred rent   (19,200)   28,300 
Changes to allowance of doubtful accounts   7,600    (2,400)
Revenue deferred to future periods   1,384,300    630,700 
Recognition of deferred revenue   (1,469,700)   (950,000)
Changes in severance liability       (5,900)
Loss / (gain) on disposal of fixed assets   60,400    (1,800)
Interest accrued for capital lease   300    600 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Accounts receivable   (99,300)   146,500 
Prepaid expenses   1,300    59,300 
Deposit liability   12,100     
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   (34,900)   66,300 
Other current liabilities   284,000     
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities   12,400    (1,113,900)
           
Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities:          
Proceeds from sale of expensed equipment   900    4,500 
Net Cash Provided By Investing Activities   900    4,500 
           
Cash Flows Provided By Financing Activities:          
Payment for capital lease   (4,700)   (4,700)
Net Cash (Used In) Provided By Financing Activities   (4,700)   (4,700)
           
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash   8,600    (1,114,100)
Cash - Beginning of Period   546,200    1,777,300 
Cash - End of Period  $554,800   $663,200 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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hopTo Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of hopTo Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”); significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated upon consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) applicable to interim financial information and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, such unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all information and footnote disclosures required in annual financial statements.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein reflect all adjustments, which include only normal, recurring adjustments, that are, in our opinion, necessary to state fairly the results for the periods presented. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on April 7, 2017 (“2016 10-K Report”). The interim results presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 or any future period.

 

2. Going Concern and Management’s Liquidity Plans

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, assuming we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going concern.

 

We have incurred significant net losses since our inception. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company incurred net losses of $12,500 and $166,200, respectively. At June 30, 2017, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $82,616,000 and a working capital deficit of $2,583,600. Due to our inability to date to generate meaningful revenue from our hopTo Work business and our most recent estimation that revenue from this product is unlikely in any reasonable time frame, our cash resources will not be sufficient to fund our business for the next 12 months. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to continue to generate revenue from our legacy GO-Global business and to raise additional capital through the issuance of new equity, debt financing, or from the sale of certain assets to meet short and long-term operating requirements.

 

If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current shareholders could be reduced, and such securities might have rights, preferences or privileges senior to the Company’s common stock. Additional financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, the Company may not be able to take advantage of prospective business endeavors or opportunities, which could significantly and materially restrict our operations. We are continuing to pursue external financing alternatives to improve our working capital position. If the Company is unable to obtain the necessary capital, the Company may have to cease operations.

 

These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

In order to maintain operations, we previously implemented significant expense reductions, including a limited number of employee layoffs, and continue to implement further costs and employment reductions. During the three month period ended September 30, 2016, our then current CEO and CFO voluntarily agreed with our board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company can reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors (see Note 12). Such deferrals were discontinued for the CFO during the three-month period ended June 30, 2017. No payments have yet been made against this deferred compensation.

 

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Although maintaining our SEC filing status is a significant expense, we are considering all options to preserve value for shareholders, including potentially suspending or terminating our filing status, however we have not made any decision to do so.

 

We have worked extensively to explore additional sources of capital including the issuance of new shares, securing debt financing, and the sale of assets including certain of our software products and patents. Although this process is ongoing and we are in active discussions with multiple parties, there is no guarantee that they will result in transactions that are sufficient to provide the Company with the required liquidity to remove the substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. We are also in discussions with some parties about the possibility of other strategic transactions although there is no guarantee that these discussions will result in an actual transaction.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of the uncertainties set forth above.

 

3. Significant Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates include: the amount of stock-based compensation expense; the allowance for doubtful accounts; the estimated lives, valuation, and amortization of intangible assets (including capitalized software); depreciation of long-lived assets; valuation of warrants; post-employment benefits, and accruals for liabilities. While we believe that such estimates are fair, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We market and license our products indirectly through channel distributors, independent software vendors (“ISVs”), value-added resellers (“VARs”) (collectively, “resellers”) and directly to corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions and others. Our product licenses are perpetual. We also separately sell intellectual property licenses, maintenance contracts, which are comprised of license updates and customer service access, as well as other products and services.

 

Software license revenues are recognized when:

 

  Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (i.e., when we sign a non-cancellable license agreement wherein the customer acknowledges an unconditional obligation to pay, or upon receipt of the customer’s purchase order), and
     
  Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered and there are no uncertainties surrounding product acceptance (i.e., when title and risk of loss have been transferred to the customer, which occurs when the media containing the licensed program(s) is provided to a common carrier or, in the case of electronic delivery, when the customer is given access to the licensed program(s)), and
     
  The price to the customer is fixed or determinable, as typically evidenced in a signed non-cancellable contract, or a customer’s purchase order, and
     
  Collectability is probable. If collectability is not considered probable, revenue is recognized when the fee is collected.

 

Revenue recognized on software arrangements involving multiple deliverables is allocated to each deliverable based on vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) or third party evidence of the fair values of each deliverable; such deliverables include licenses for software products, maintenance, private labeling fees, and customer training. We limit our assessment of VSOE for each deliverable to either the price charged when the same deliverable is sold separately or the price established by management having the relevant authority to do so, for a deliverable not yet sold separately.

 

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If sufficient VSOE of the fair value does not exist so as to permit the allocation of revenue to the various elements of the arrangement, all revenue from the arrangement is deferred until such evidence exists or until all elements are delivered. If VSOE of the fair value does not exist, and the only undelivered element is maintenance, then we recognize revenue on a ratable basis. If VSOE of the fair value of all undelivered elements exists but does not exist for one or more delivered elements, then revenue is recognized using the residual method. Under the residual method, the fair value of the undelivered elements is deferred and the remaining portion of the arrangement fee is recognized as revenue.

 

Certain resellers (“stocking resellers”) purchase product licenses that they hold in inventory until they are resold to the ultimate end user (an “inventory stocking order”). At the time that a stocking reseller places an inventory stocking order, no product licenses are shipped by us to the stocking reseller; rather, the stocking reseller’s inventory is credited with the number of licenses purchased and the stocking reseller can resell (issue) any number of licenses from their inventory at any time. Upon receipt of an order to issue a license(s) from a stocking reseller’s inventory (a “draw down order”), we will ship the license(s) in accordance with the draw down order’s instructions. We defer recognition of revenue from inventory stocking orders until the underlying licenses are sold and shipped to the end user, as evidenced by the receipt and fulfillment of the stocking reseller’s draw down order, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria have been met.

 

There are no rights of return granted to resellers or other purchasers of our software products.

 

Revenue from maintenance contracts is recognized ratably over the related contract period, which generally ranges from one to five years.

 

All of our software licenses are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

Deferred Rent

 

The leases for both the Company’s subleased former offices in Campbell, California contain free rent and predetermined fixed escalations in our minimum rent payments. Rent expense related to these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Any difference between the straight-line rent amounts and amounts payable under the leases is recorded as part of deferred rent in current or long-term liabilities, as appropriate. The monthly rent payments due to the Company for the sublease of the office at 1919 S. Bascom Avenue fully offsets the rent payments due under the Company’s lease for that space. The monthly rent payments due to the Company for the sublease of the office at 51 East Campbell Avenue will offset approximately 62% of the monthly rent payments due to the landlord under the Company’s lease for that space. The Company has vacated this facility but has determined the accrual of the difference between the lease and sublease payments to be immaterial.

 

Incentives received upon entering into the lease agreement are recognized on a straight-line basis as a reduction to rent over the term of the lease. The unamortized portion of these incentives are recorded as a part of deferred rent in current or long-term liabilities, as appropriate.

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

Long-lived assets are assessed for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable, whenever we have committed to a plan to dispose of the assets or, at a minimum, annually. Typically, for long-lived assets to be held and used, measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of such assets, with fair value being determined based on appraisals, current market value, comparable sales value, and discounted future cash flows, among other variables, as appropriate. Assets to be held and used (which assets are affected by an impairment loss) are depreciated or amortized at their new carrying amount over their remaining estimated life; assets to be sold or otherwise disposed of are not subject to further depreciation or amortization. During the three month period ended June 30, 2016, we determined that an impairment of $15,500 existed with certain capitalized software development costs associated with our hopTo Work product and recognized that cost as part of cost of revenue. No such impairment charge was recorded during either of the three or six-month periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts that reflects our best estimate of potentially uncollectible trade receivables. The allowance is based on assessments of the collectability of specific customer accounts and the general aging and size of the accounts receivable. We regularly review the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts by considering such factors as historical experience, credit worthiness, and current economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay. We specifically reserve for those accounts deemed uncollectible. We also establish, and adjust, a general allowance for doubtful accounts based on our review of the aging and size of our accounts receivable.

 

The following table sets forth the details of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

   Beginning
Balance
   Charge Offs   Recoveries   Provision   Ending Balance 
2017  $5,000   $   $   $10,300   $15,300 
2016   14,800            100    14,900 

 

The following table sets forth the details of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

   Beginning Balance   Charge Offs   Recoveries   Provision   Ending Balance 
2017  $7,700   $   $   $7,600   $15,300 
2016   17,300            (2,400)   14,900 

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

For the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, we considered the customers listed in the following tables to be our most significant customers. The tables set forth the percentage of sales attributable to each customer during the periods presented, and the respective customer’s ending accounts receivable balance as a percentage of reported accounts receivable, net, as of June 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

   Three Months
Ended
 June 30, 2017
   As of
June 30, 2017
   Three Months Ended  
June 30, 2016  
 
Customer  Sales   Accounts Receivable   Sales   Accounts Receivable 
Alcatel-Lucent   9.1%   16.2%   5.3%   0.7%
Centric   4.9%   5.4%   7.3%   16.2%
Condulent   9.2%   2.9%   6.4%   0.1%
Elosoft   17.3%   12.8%   8.1%   5.4%
Total   40.5%   54.5%   27.1%   22.4%

 

   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2017
   As of June 30, 2017   Six Months Ended
 June 30, 2016  
 
Customer  Sales   Accounts Receivable   Sales   Accounts Receivable 
Alcatel-Lucent   5.5%   20.0%   5.7%   0.7%
Centric   4.9%   10.1%   6.8%   16.2%
Condulent   5.1%   20.2%   4.1%   0.1%
Elosoft   13.8%   4.2%   8.1%   5.4%
Total   29.3%   54.5%   24.7%   22.4%

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of our accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their carrying amounts due to the relative short maturities of these items.

 

The fair value of warrants at issuance and for those recorded as a liability at each reporting date are determined in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” which establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the assumptions (inputs) to valuation techniques used to price assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value. The hierarchy, as defined below, gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The guidance for fair value measurements requires that assets, liabilities and certain equity instruments measured at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:

 

Level 1: Defined as observable inputs, such as quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
   
Level 2: Defined as observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1. This includes quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
   
Level 3: Defined as unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include those whose fair value measurements are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar valuation techniques, as well as significant management judgment or estimation.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). Subsequently FASB has released several updates to ASU 2014-09 including ASU 2016-20, ASU 2016-12, ASU-2016-10, ASU-2016-08, and ASU-2015-14. The effective date for ASU 2014-09 will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 with early adoption permitted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, the Company completed a detailed review of the Topic 606 standard relative to our revenue recognition policies and practice. From this review we have developed a plan for extensive further review which we intend to complete by September 30, 2017. However, at this time we believe that adoption of this standard will not have a material effect on either our historical financial results or future financial results.

 

4. Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment was:

 

   June 30, 2017   December 31,2016 
Equipment  $184,600   $258,700 
Furniture   3,600    190,600 
Leasehold improvements   167,600    167,600 
    355,800    616,900 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization   307,100    473,600 
   $48,700   $143,300 

 

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Aggregate property and equipment depreciation and amortization expense was $15,100 during the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, and $33,200 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2017. During the six month period ended June 30, 2017, we disposed equipment and furniture with a combined net book value of $61,300.

 

5. Stock-Based Compensation

 

The following table summarizes the stock-based compensation expense, for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, by classification:

 

   Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30, 
Statement of Operations Classification  2017   2016   2017   2016 
Costs of revenue  $-   $100   $-   $3,200 
Selling and marketing expense   100    50,300    200    64,400 
General and administrative expense   3,100    41,900    18,100    95,000 
Research and development expense   100    51,200    200    67,100 
   $3,300   $143,500   $18,500   $229,700 

 

6. Revenue

 

Revenue for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

 

       2017 Over (Under) 2016 
Revenue   2017    2016    Dollars    Percent 
Software Licenses                    
Windows  $296,500   $261,600   $34,900    13.3%
UNIX/Linux   44,100    60,800    (16,700)   -27.5%
    340,600    322,400    18,200    5.6%
Software Service Fees                    
Windows   434,900    470,500    (35,600)   -7.6%
UNIX/Linux   135,000    155,000    (20,000)   -12.9%
    569,900    625,500    (55,600)   -8.9%
Other   14,300    10,700    3,600    33.6%
Total Revenue  $924,800   $958,600   $(33,800)   -3.5%

 

Revenue for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
Revenue   2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software Licenses                                
Windows   $ 579,500     $ 551,700     $ 27,800       5.0 %
UNIX/Linux     152,100       145,200       6,900       4.8 %
      731,600       696,900       34,700     5.0 %
Software Service Fees                                
Windows     879,100       922,500       (43,400 )     -4.7 %
UNIX/Linux     271,800       324,300       (52,500 )     -16.2 %
      1,150,900       1,246,800       (95,900 )     -7.7 %
Other     24,800       22,200       2,600       11.7 %
Total Revenue   $ 1,907,300     $ 1,965,900     $ (58,600 )     -3.0 %

 

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7. Costs of Revenue

 

Costs of revenue for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
    2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software service costs   $ 15,500     $ 36,600     $ (21,100 )     -57.7 %
Software product costs     2,800       30,800       (28,000 )     -90.9 %
    $ 18,300     $ 67,400     $ (49,100 )     -72.8 %

 

Costs of revenue for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
    2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software service costs   $ 31,000     $ 76,000     $ (45,000 )     -59.2 %
Software product costs     6,100       45,200       (39,100 )     -86.5 %
    $ 37,100     $ 121,200     $ (84,100 )     -69.4 %

 

8. Commitments and Contingencies

 

On February 1, 2014, we had previously relocated our corporate offices to a larger suite within our landlord’s office complex in Campbell, California. We are currently leasing 10,659 square feet under a five-year lease that, unless renewed, will expire in October 2018.

 

On August 11, 2015 we entered into a sublease agreement to sublease the entirety of the South Bascom office space to a third party. The term of the sublease extends from November 1, 2015 through the end of our office lease term for that space in October, 2018. The monthly rent payments due to hopTo under this sublease fully offset the monthly rent payments due to the landlord under hopTo’s lease for that space.

 

On August 24, 2015, we entered into a new office lease for our corporate headquarters in Campbell, California which became effective on October 1, 2015, is better suited to our California operations and results in significant monthly savings. The term of this lease is from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2018.

 

On April 28, 2017, we entered into a sublease agreement to sublease the entirety of the leased space at 51 East Campbell Avenue to a third party. The term of the sublease began on June 1, 2017 and extends through the end of our office lease term for that space. The monthly rent payments due to hopTo will offset approximately 62% of the monthly rent payments due to the landlord under hopTo’s lease for that space. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, we relocated our headquarters to our Concord, New Hampshire, offices where the GO-Global team operates under a longstanding lease agreement.

 

The following table sets forth the minimum lease payments we will be required to make throughout the remainder of the lease:

 

   Lease
Payments
   Sublease Receipts   Total 
Remainder of 2017  $297,200   $(275,800)  $21,400 
2018   475,400    (461,500)   14,000 
   $772,600   $737,300)  $35,400 

 

9. Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information

 

We disbursed $300 and $600 for the payment of interest expense during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

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We disbursed $1,300 and $800 for the payment of income taxes during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Such disbursement was made for the payment of foreign income taxes related to the operation of our Israeli subsidiary, GraphOn Research Labs, Ltd.

 

10. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Earnings or loss per share is calculated by dividing the net income or loss for the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings or loss per share (“Diluted EPS”) is calculated by dividing the net income or loss for the period by the total of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period plus the effects of any dilutive securities. Diluted EPS considers the impact of potentially dilutive securities except in periods in which there is a loss because the inclusion of such potential shares of common stock would have an anti-dilutive effect. During all periods presented in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, potentially dilutive securities included shares of common stock potentially issuable upon exercise of stock options, release of unvested restricted stock awards and exercise of warrants. Diluted EPS excludes the impact of potential issuance of shares of common stock related to our stock options in periods in which the exercise price of the stock option is greater than the average market price of our common stock during such periods.

 

For the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, 1,375,509 and 2,214,709 shares of common stock equivalents, respectively, were excluded from the computation of dilutive loss per share since their effect would be anti-dilutive.

  

For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, 1,375,509 and 2,214,709 shares of common stock equivalents, respectively, were excluded from the computation of dilutive loss per share since their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

11. Segment Information

 

Revenue by country for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,
  2017     2016     2017     2016
United States $ 275,100     $ 365,600     $ 624,900     $ 787,200
Brazil   234,000       155,300       362,400       295,200
Other countries   415,700       437,700       920,000       883,500
  $ 924,800     $ 958,600     $ 1,907,300     $ 1,965,900

 

12. Subsequent Events

 

Eldad Eilam, President, CEO, and Director of the Company resigned as President and CEO effective July 28, 2017. Mr. Eilam will continue to serve on the board of directors of the Company. On June 30, 2017, the board appointed Jean-Louis Casabonne, the CFO and Secretary of the Company, to serve as the Company’s interim CEO, in addition to his current duties, effective as of the date of Mr. Eilam’s resignation. On August 4, 2017, Jean-Louis Casabonne agreed with the Company to remain in his current office, based on a significantly reduced time commitment, on a month to month basis, at his current compensation rate under his existing employment agreement, but pro-rated for the reduction in his time commitment to the Company. The board is currently in the process of conducting a search for a new CEO and a new CFO.

 

On August 2, 2017, Sam M. Auriemma, Ashfaq Munshi, and Jeremy Verba, each a director of the Company, resigned from the board of directors of the Company effective immediately. The resignations were not because of a disagreement with the Company, known to an executive officer of the Company, on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. The Company’s reduced operations do not, in the Company’s judgment, require a six member board of directors. The remaining directors on the Company’s board are John Cronin, Michael Brochu and Eldad Eilam. On August 4, 2017, the board elected Mr. Cronin to be the Chairman of the board effective immediately.

 

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Update on hopTo Plans

 

As of Q4 2016, we have effectively ceased all of our sales, marketing and development efforts for the hopTo products, and at this time we do not expect any meaningful revenues from these products in the foreseeable future.

 

We continue to own all hopTo-related intellectual property including source-code, related patents, and the relevant trademarks. We continue to believe that we may be able to extract value from these assets and are currently working to do so at this time. For detailed information on the hopTo products and technologies, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on April 7, 2017 as well as our other SEC filings which are available at www.sec.gov.

 

Although there is no certainty as to timing or success of these efforts to extract value from these assets, and stockholders should not place any significant reliance on the outcome of such efforts unless and until definitive agreements are reached, this may include the sale of certain of our hopTo software products, the sale of patents, and the monetization of the GO-Global business or some combinations of these transactions. (See Note 2 to our Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

The following description of our business and business opportunities is expressly qualified by the preceding statement and the going concern disclosure in Note 2 to our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Introduction

 

We are developers of application publishing software which includes application virtualization software and cloud computing software for multiple computer operating systems including Windows, UNIX and several Linux-based variants. Our application publishing software solutions are sold under the brand name GO-Global, which is our sole revenue source at this time. GO-Global is an application access solution for use and/or resale by independent software vendors (“ISVs”), corporate enterprises, governmental and educational institutions, and others who wish to take advantage of cross-platform remote access and Web-enabled access to their existing software applications, as well as those who are deploying secure, private cloud environments.

 

Since 2012 we have also been developing several products in the field of software productivity for mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, which have been marketed under the hopTo brand.

 

The hopTo products were originally marketed to consumers and were later also marketed to small and medium sized businesses and enterprise level customers under the name hopTo Work. hopTo Work allows customers to instantly transform their legacy applications to become touch friendly on modern mobile devices. During 2015 and 2016 we also worked to integrate hopTo Work with certain software products offered by Citrix Systems.

 

Over the years, we have also made significant investments in intellectual property (“IP”). We have filed many patents designed to protect the new technologies embedded in hopTo.

 

Corporate Background

 

We are a Delaware corporation, founded in May 1996. Our headquarters are located at 6 Loudon Road, Suite 200, Concord, New Hampshire, 03301, our toll-free phone number is 1-800-472-7466, and our phone number for local and international calls is 408-688-2674. We have remote employees located in various states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom and Israel. Our corporate Internet Website is http://www.hopto.com. The information on our website is not part of this quarterly report.

 

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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to such reports filed with or furnished to the SEC under sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are made available free of charge on our corporate Internet Website at www.hopto.com (click on “Financial Reporting”) as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC.

 

Our Intellectual Property

 

We believe that IP is a business tool that potentially maximizes our competitive advantages and product differentiation, grows revenue opportunities, encourages collaboration with key business partners, and protects our long-term growth opportunities. Strategic IP development is therefore a critical component of our overall business strategy. It is a business function that consistently interacts with our research and development, product development, and marketing initiatives to generate further value from those operations.

 

We rely primarily on patents, trade secret protection, copyright law, confidentiality, and proprietary information agreements to protect our proprietary technology and registered trademarks. Despite our precautions, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy portions of our products, or to obtain information we regard as proprietary. The loss of any material trade secret, trademark, trade name or copyright could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We intend to defend our proprietary technology rights; however, we cannot give any assurance that our efforts to protect our proprietary technology rights will be successful.

 

We also currently hold rights to patents but are not currently pursuing additional patent applications.

 

We do not believe our products infringe on the rights of any third parties, but we can give no assurance that third parties will not assert infringement claims against us in the future, or that any such assertion will not result in costly litigation or require us to obtain a license to proprietary technology rights of such parties.

 

ipCapital Group, Inc.

 

On October 11, 2011, we engaged ipCapital Group, Inc., (“ipCapital”) an affiliate of John Cronin, who is one of our directors, to assist us in the execution of our strategic decision to significantly strengthen, grow and commercially exploit our intellectual property assets. Our engagement agreement with ipCapital, which has been amended three times, affords us the right to request ipCapital to perform a number of diverse services, employing its proprietary processes and methodologies, to facilitate our ability to identify and extract from our current intellectual property base new inventions, potential patent applications, and marketing and licensing opportunities.

 

As a result of ipCapital’s work under the engagement agreement, as amended, as of August 14, 2017, 173 new patent applications have been filed. Of these 173 applications, 53 patents have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Due to financial constraints on our operations, we have suspended patent prosecution activity other than to pay issuance fees for patents already approved by USPTO. As of August 14, 2017 there is 1 patent application that remain pending with the USPTO. We do not expect to file more applications in 2017.

 

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Our GO-Global Software Products

 

Our GO-Global product offerings, which currently are our only revenue source, can be categorized into product families as follows:

 

  GO-Global for Windows: Allows access to Windows-based applications from remote locations and a variety of connections, including the Internet and dial-up connections. The Windows applications run on a central computer server along with GO-Global Windows Host software. This allows the applications to be accessed remotely via GO-Global Client software, or a Web browser, over many types of data connections, regardless of the bandwidth or operating system. Web-enabling is achieved without modifying the underlying application’s code or requiring costly add-ons.
     
  GO-Global for UNIX: Allows access to UNIX and Linux-based applications from remote locations and a variety of connections, including the Internet and dial-up connections. The UNIX/Linux applications run on a central computer server along with the GO-Global for UNIX Host software. This allows the applications to be accessed and run remotely via GO-Global Client software or a Web browser without having to modify the application’s code or requiring costly add-ons.
     
  GO-Global Client: We offer a range of GO-Global Client software that allows remote application access from a wide variety of local, remote and mobile platforms, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, Apple OS X and iOS, and Google Android. We plan to continue to develop GO-Global Client software for new portable and mobile devices.

 

We intend to continue to operate Go-Global, as it remains a viable stand-alone business.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We believe that several accounting policies are important to understanding our historical and future performance. We refer to these policies as “critical” because these specific areas require us to make judgments and estimates about matters that are uncertain at the time we make the estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates. For a summary of our critical accounting policies, please refer to our 2016 10-K Report and Note 3 to our Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Results of Operations for the Three and Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016

 

The following operating results should be read in conjunction with our critical accounting policies. See Note 2 and Note 3 to our Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Revenue

 

Revenue for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
Revenue   2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software Licenses                                
Windows   $ 296,500     $ 261,600     $ 34,900       13.3 %
UNIX/Linux     44,100       60,800       (16,700 )     -27.5 %
      340,600       322,400       18,200       5.6 %
Software Service Fees                                
Windows     434,900       470,500       (35,600 )     -7.6 %
UNIX/Linux     135,000       155,000       (20,000 )     -12.9 %
      569,900       625,500       (55,600 )     -8.9 %
Other     14,300       10,700       3,600       33.6 %
Total Revenue   $ 924,800     $ 958,600     $ (33,800 )     -3.5 %

 

Revenue for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
Revenue   2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software Licenses                                
Windows   $ 579,500     $ 551,700     $ 27,800       5.0 %
UNIX/Linux     152,100       145,200       6,900       4.8 %
      731,600       696,900       34,700       5.0 %
Software Service Fees                                
Windows     879,100       922,500       (43,400 )     -4.7 %
UNIX/Linux     271,800       324,300       (52,500 )     -16.2 %
      1,150,900       1,246,800       (95,900 )     -7.7 %
Other     24,800       22,200       2,600       11.7 %
Total Revenue   $ 1,907,300     $ 1,965,900     $ (58,600 )     -3.0 %

 

Our software revenue is entirely related to our GO-Global product line, and historically has been primarily derived from product licensing fees and service fees from maintenance contracts. The majority of this revenue has been earned, and continues to be earned, from a limited number of significant customers, most of whom are resellers. Many of our resellers (each a “stocking reseller”) purchase software licenses that they hold in inventory until they are resold to the ultimate end user. We defer recognition of revenue from these sales (on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet under the caption “Deferred Revenue”) until the stocking reseller sells the underlying software licenses to the ultimate end user. Consequently, if any of our significant stocking resellers materially change the rate at which they resell our software licenses to the ultimate end user, our software licenses revenue could be materially impacted.

 

When a software license is sold directly to an end user by us, or by one of our resellers who does not stock licenses into inventory, revenue is recognized immediately upon shipment, assuming all other criteria for revenue recognition are met. Consequently, if any significant end user customer substantially changes its order level, or fails to order during the reporting period, whether the order is placed directly with us or through one of our non-stocking resellers, our software licenses revenue could be materially impacted.

 

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Almost all stocking resellers maintain inventories of our Windows products; few stocking resellers maintain inventories of our UNIX products.

 

Software Licenses

 

Software license revenue from Windows products increased in both three-month periods and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, as compared with the same periods of the prior year, primarily due to higher license purchases from certain of our OEM partners during the three and six month period June 30, 2017.

 

Software licenses revenue from our UNIX/Linux products decreased during three month and slightly increased during six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, as compared with the same periods of the prior year, primarily due to timing differences in revenue from certain of our U.S. government customers.

 

We expect aggregate GO-Global software license revenue in 2017 to be modestly lower than 2016 levels due to lower aggregate revenue from our stocking resellers and our European telecommunications customers.

 

Software Service Fees

 

The decrease in software service fees revenue attributable to our Windows products during the three-month and six-month period ended June 30, 2017, as compared to the same period of the prior year, was primarily due to the timing of customer renewals of maintenance contacts.

 

The decrease in service fees revenue attributable to our UNIX products for the three-month and six-month period ended June 30, 2017, as compared with the same period of the prior year, was primarily the result of the low level of our UNIX product sales throughout the current and prior year and a resultant decrease in maintenance contract renewals. The majority of this decrease was attributable to our European telecommunications customers.

 

We expect that software service fees for 2017 will be modestly lower than those for 2016.

 

Other

 

The increase in other revenue during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, as compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to higher sales of private labeling fees.

 

Costs of Revenue

 

Costs of revenue are comprised primarily of software service costs, which represent the costs of customer service, and software product costs, which are primarily comprised of the amortization of capitalized software development costs, and costs associated with licenses for third party software included in our product offerings. We incur no shipping or packaging costs as all of our deliveries are made via electronic means over the Internet.

 

Under GAAP, development costs for new product development, after technological feasibility is established, are recorded as “capitalized software” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Such capitalized costs are subsequently amortized as cost of revenue (software product costs) over the shorter of three years or the remaining estimated life of the product. During the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, we did not capitalize any software development costs. Amortization of capitalized software development costs was $0 and $2,600 during the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $0 and $5,100 during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In addition, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2016, we determined that an impairment existed for certain capitalized development cost of $15,500 associated with the hopTo Work product. No such impairment charge was recorded during either of the three or six-month periods ended June 30, 2017.

 

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Costs of revenue were 2.0% and 7.0% of total revenue for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and 1.9% and 6.2% of total revenue for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Costs of revenue for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
    2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software service costs   $ 15,500     $ 36,600     $ (21,100 )     -57.7 %
Software product costs     2,800       30,800       (28,000 )     -90.9 %
    $ 18,300     $ 67,400     $ (49,100 )     -72.8 %

 

Costs of revenue for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were:

 

          2017 Over (Under) 2016  
    2017     2016     Dollars     Percent  
Software service costs   $ 31,000     $ 76,000     $ (45,000 )     -59.2 %
Software product costs     6,100       45,200       (39,100 )     -86.5 %
    $ 37,100     $ 121,200     $ (84,100 )     -69.4 %

 

The decrease in software service costs for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, as compared with the same periods of the prior year, was primarily due to less time being required for customer service issues. We expect software service costs for 2017 to be lower than those for 2016.

 

The decreases in software product costs for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, as compared with the same periods of the prior year, was almost entirely due to decreased amortization of capitalized software development cost in GO-Global.

 

We expect that software costs of revenue for 2017 will be lower than 2016.

 

Selling and Marketing Expenses

 

Selling and marketing expenses primarily consist of employee costs, outside services, advertising, public relations and travel and entertainment expense.

 

Selling and marketing expenses for the three-month period ended June 30, 2017 decreased by $171,500, or 67.6%, to $82,100, from $253,600 for the same period of 2016, and represented approximately 8.9% and 26.5% of revenue during these periods, respectively. Selling and marketing expenses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 decreased by $398,700, or 69.9%, to $172,000, from $570,700 for the same period of 2016, and represented approximately 9.0% and 29.0% of revenue during these periods, respectively.

 

The decrease in selling and marketing expenses was due to a combination of lower headcount and promotional costs associated with hopTo Work as we have suspended all sales and marketing activity for that product.

 

We expect to maintain our sales and marketing efforts in 2017 for anticipated GO-Global releases at a level consistent with the second half of 2016; accordingly, we expect 2017 sales and marketing expenses to be lower than 2016 levels.

 

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General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses primarily consist of employee costs, depreciation and amortization, legal, accounting, other professional services (including those related to our patents), rent, travel and entertainment and insurance. Certain costs associated with being a publicly held corporation are also included in general and administrative expenses, as well as bad debts expense.

 

General and administrative expenses decreased by 193,800, or 31.5%, to $421,100 for the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, from $614,900 for the same period of 2016, and represented approximately 45.5% and 64.1% of revenue during these periods, respectively. General and administrative expenses decreased by $230,800, or 17.8%, to $1,062,200 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, from $1,293,000 for the same period of 2016, and represented approximately 55.7% and 65.8% of revenue during these periods, respectively.

 

The decrease in general and administrative expense was primarily due to a combination of decreased headcount, lower legal expenses associated with activity related to our patents and other lower costs associated with investor relations.

 

In 2017, we intend to continue these cost controls. We therefore expect that our 2017 general and administrative costs will be slightly lower than those for 2016.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee costs, payments to contract programmers, travel and entertainment for all our engineers, and all rent for our leased engineering facilities.

 

Research and development expenses decreased by $128,500 or 26.6%, to $355,100 for the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, from $483,600 for the same period of 2016, and represented approximately 38.4% and 50.4% of revenue for these periods, respectively. Research and development expenses decreased by $629,300, or 46.0%, to $740,100, for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, from $1,369,400 for the same period of 2016, and represented approximately 38.8% and 69.7% of revenue for these periods, respectively.

 

The decrease in research and development expense is primarily due to lower employee costs associated with lower headcount, lower payments to contract programmers resulting from the suspension of our development efforts on the hopTo Work product.

 

In 2017, we expect to maintain a level of research and development resource consistent with the levels of the second half of 2016. We therefore expect 2017 research and development expenses to be lower than 2016 levels.

 

Change in Fair Value of Warrants Liability

 

During the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017, we reported no income or expense due to the change in fair value of our warrants liability as the applicable warrants expired during September and October of 2016. During the same periods of the prior year, we reported non-cash income and loss of $22,000 and $(25,100), respectively. Such changes resulted from our liability warrants which expired in the fourth quarter of 2016.

 

Net Loss

 

Based on the foregoing, we reported a net loss of $12,500 and $437,600 for the three-month period ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Additionally, we reported net losses of $166,200 and $1,412,500 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our reported net loss for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 of $166,200 included two non-cash items: depreciation and amortization of $33,200, which was primarily comprised of depreciation of fixed assets and stock-based compensation expense of $18,500.

 

We disposed some capitalized equipment at a loss with net book value of $61,300. We sold some non-capitalized equipment for $900.

 

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See the Update on hopTo Plans at the beginning of this section for a discussion of our plans.

 

We have incurred significant net losses since our inception. For the three and six-months ended June 30, 2017, the Company incurred net losses of $12,600 and $166,300, respectively. At June 30, 2017, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $82,616,100 and a working capital deficit of $2,583,700. Due to our inability to date to generate meaningful revenue from our hopTo Work business and our continued estimation that revenue from this product is unlikely in any reasonable time frame, we have suspended all development and sales activity associated with the hopTo products. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to continue to generate revenue from our legacy GO-Global business, which continued to operate profitably throughout 2016 and in the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017, and to raise additional capital through the issuance of new equity, debt financing, or from the sale of certain assets to meet short and long-term operating requirements.

 

If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current shareholders could be reduced, and such securities might have rights, preferences or privileges senior to the Company’s common stock. Additional financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, the Company may not be able to take advantage of prospective business endeavors or opportunities, which could significantly and materially restrict our operations. We are continuing to pursue external financing alternatives to improve our working capital position. If the Company is unable to obtain the necessary capital, the Company may have to cease operations.

 

These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. (See Note 2 to our Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

In order to maintain operations, we previously implemented significant expense reductions, including a limited number of employee layoffs primarily related to the hopTo product. During the three month period ended September 30, 2016, our then current CEO and CFO voluntarily agreed with our board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company can reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors (See Note 12). Such deferrals were discontinued for our CFO during the three-month period ended June 30, 2017. No payments have yet been made against this deferred compensation.

 

Although maintaining our SEC filing status is a significant expense, we are considering all options to preserve value for shareholders, including potentially suspending or terminating our filing status, however we have not made any decision to do so.

 

We have worked extensively to explore additional sources of capital including the issuance of new shares, securing debt financing, and the sale of assets including certain of our software products and patents. Although this process is ongoing and we are in active discussions with multiple parties, there is no guarantee that they will result in transactions that are sufficient to provide the Company with the required liquidity to remove the substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. We are also in discussions with some parties about the possibility of other strategic transactions although there is no guarantee that these discussions will result in an actual transaction.

 

Cash

 

As of June 30, 2017, our cash balance was $554,800, as compared with $546,200 as of December 31, 2016, an increase of $8,600, or 1.6%. The increase primarily resulted from our continued cash management efforts.

 

Accounts Receivable, net

 

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we reported accounts receivable, net, of $447,000 and $355,300, respectively. Such amounts were reported net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, which allowances totaled $15,300 and $7,700 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The increase in accounts receivable, net, was mainly due to higher sales during the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017, as compared same periods ended December 31, 2016. We collect the significant majority of our quarter-end accounts receivable during the subsequent quarter; accordingly, increases or decreases in accounts receivable from one period to the next tends to be indicative of the trend in our sales from one period to the next. From time to time, we could have individually significant accounts receivable balances due us from one or more of our significant customers. If the financial condition of any of these significant customers should deteriorate, our operating results could be materially affected.

 

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Working Capital

 

As of June 30, 2017, we had current assets of $1,039,000 and current liabilities of $3,622,800, which netted to working capital deficit of $2,583,600. Included in current liabilities was the current portion of deferred revenue of $1,817,000.

 

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2017.

 

There has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended June 30, 2017 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2017, Mr. Casabonne has agreed to remain as interim CEO and CFO on a part-time month-to-month basis. Should Mr. Casabonne decide to resign these positions the board would need to replace him for these roles.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2017.

 

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

We did not sell any unregistered securities during the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

 

ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. Other Information

 

As described in Note 8 of the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, on April 28, 2017, we entered into a sublease agreement to sublease the entirety of the leased space at 51 East Campbell Avenue to a third party. The term of the sublease begins on June 1, 2017 and extends through the end of our office lease term for that space. The monthly rent payments due to hopTo will offset approximately 62% of the monthly rent payments due to the landlord under hopTo’s lease for that space.

 

ITEM 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description
     
10.1   Sublease Agreement dated April 28, 2017 between the Company and Carjojo Corp. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to our Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on May 11, 2017 (File Number 333-193666) 
     
31   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32   Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *
     
101*   The following financial information from hopTo Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2017 (unaudited) and December 31, 2016, (ii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, (iii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (iv) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, (v) Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

* Furnished, not filed

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  hopTo Inc.  
  (Registrant)  
       
    Date: August 14, 2017
       
    By: /s/ Jean-Louis Casabonne
      Jean-Louis Casabonne
     

Interim Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

      Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer and
      Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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