INFINITE GROUP INC - Annual Report: 2009 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
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For the
transition period from . . . . . . . . . . to . . . . . . . . .
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Commission
File Number 0-21816
INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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52-1490422
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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60
Office Park Way
Pittsford,
NY 14534
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (585) 385-0610
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock
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value $.001
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aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant held by
non-affiliates of the registrant (based upon the closing price on the NASDAQ
"Over the Counter Bulletin Board" of $.29 on June 30, 2009) was approximately
$6,519,200.
As of
February 26, 2010, 25,661,883 shares of the registrant's common stock were
outstanding.
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INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
Form
10-K
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
I
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Item
1.
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Business
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3
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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8
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Item
1B.
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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Item
2.
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Properties
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Item
3.
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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PART
II
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Item
5.
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Market
for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer
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Purchases of Equity Securities |
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Item
6.
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Selected
Consolidated Financial Data
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Item
7.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item
7A.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Item
8.
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item
9.
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Changes
in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Item
9A(T)
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Controls
And Procedures
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Item
9B.
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Other
Information
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PART
III
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Item
10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item
11.
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Executive
Compensation
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Item
12.
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related
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Stockholder
Matters
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Item
13.
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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Item
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services.
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PART
IV
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Item
15.
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Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules
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FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENT INFORMATION
Certain
statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are “forward-looking
statements” regarding the plans and objectives of management for future
operations. Such statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements included herein are based
on current expectations that involve numerous risks and
uncertainties. Our plans and objectives are based, in
part, on assumptions involving judgments with respect to, among other things,
future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business
decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and
many of which are beyond our control. Although we believe that our
assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the
assumptions could prove inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance
that the forward-looking statements included in this report will prove to be
accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the
forward-looking statements included herein particularly in view of the current
state of our operations, the inclusion of such information should not be
regarded as a statement by us or any other person that our objectives and plans
will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, the factors set forth herein under the headings
“Business,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” We undertake no
obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any
reason.
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PART
I
Item
1. Business
Business
Overview
We are a
provider of information technology (IT) services to federal, state and local
governments and commercial clients. Our expertise includes managing
leading edge operations and implementing complex programs in advanced server
management, virtualization (server, desktop, application and storage), cloud
computing, network services, information security, wireless technology, human
capital services, enterprise architecture, and program and project
management. We focus on aligning business processes with technology
for delivery of solutions meeting our clients’ exact needs and providing expert
management services to the lifecycle of technology-based projects. We
have a business development office with close proximity to the Washington, D.C.
metropolitan area and operate in various locations in the United States and
overseas. In December 2009, we opened an office in Colorado Springs,
Colorado to serve as our new business development and client service office for
the Rocky Mountain region. As of December 31, 2009, we had 93
full-time employees and five full time billable information technology
independent contractors. Approximately 30% of our employees hold U.S.
Government security clearances. During 2009, we became ISO 9001
certified. ISO or the International Organization for Standardization,
is an international-standard-setting body composed of representatives from
various national standards organizations which promulgates worldwide proprietary
industrial and commercial standards.
We have
several contract vehicles that enable us to deliver a broad range of our
services and solutions to the federal and certain state
governments. The quality and consistency of our services and IT
expertise allow us to maintain long-term relationships with the U.S. Government
and other major clients.
In 2009,
we had sales of approximately $11.4 million, a 14.7% increase over 2008 sales of
approximately $9.9 million. During 2009, we derived approximately 70%
of our sales from one client, including sales under subcontracts for services to
several different end clients. Approximately 82% of our total sales
in 2009 were from U.S. Government contracts.
U.S.
Government IT
Market
The U.S.
Government is the largest consumer of information technology services and
solutions in the United States and we believe that its spending on information
technology will continue to increase in the next several years. The
growth is driven by the expansion of national defense and homeland security
programs, the continued need for sophisticated intelligence gathering and
information sharing, increased reliance on technology service providers, and the
continuing impact of Office of Management and Budget mandates regarding IT
spending. U.S. Government spending on information technology has
consistently increased in each year since 1980.
We expect
that the U.S. Government’s need for the types of IT services that we provide,
such as IT modernization, program and project management, systems engineering,
server and desktop virtualization projects and information security, will
continue to grow in the foreseeable future, as a result of the high priority
placed on the transformation and modernization of its IT programs. We
believe that the U.S. Government is continuing to turn to the commercial IT
industry to execute its support processes and functions.
We
strategically built our business to deliver a wide range of IT services and
solutions that address challenges common to many U.S. Government agencies, state
and local governments and commercial companies. We believe that
our core strengths position us to respond to the long-term trends and changing
demands of our market. Our key focus areas are:
IT Infrastructure
Management. We manage one of the nation’s largest wide area
networks for a major establishment of the U.S. Government. We provide
this support under a subcontract we entered into in 2004 with a large systems
integrator, which subcontract has been renewed annually. Referred to
as Advanced Server Management (ASM), our team of server experts supports
approximately 3,000 servers and 250,000 client stations from facilities in
Maryland and Colorado. Operating around the clock, we consistently
exceed the requirements of our service level agreements.
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Systems
Engineering. We provide critical systems engineering support
to the ASM Program and on projects for the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS). Our engineers design and build systems supporting a mix of
business activities. We both manage and execute engineering projects
supporting complex wide area networks and local area networks in Windows and
UNIX environments, and we provided engineering support for a nationwide wireless
operation. Our engineers follow proven methodologies to transition
systems from concept to operations.
Server
Virtualization. Virtualization is the process of presenting a
logical grouping of computing resources so they can be accessed in ways that
give benefits over the original configuration. A good example of
virtualization is multiprocessing computer architectures. This is the practice
of partitioning or splitting up one server to appear as multiple servers. Using
virtualization software provided by third party vendors such as VMware, a client
can run multiple operating systems on one physical machine and therefore a
broader, richer set of business applications.
Beginning
in 2006 and continuing throughout 2009, we executed phases of a nationwide
physical to virtual server consolidation project for a major establishment of
the U.S. Government. We have accomplished this by architecting,
designing and migrating approximately 2,400 servers. We led the
client’s Advanced Computing Environment (ACE) virtual server project utilizing
VMware’s ESX 3.0.1 to virtualize everything from application and print servers
to terminal servers and domain controllers. The migration was
transparent to the end user – there was no server downtime and no lost
data.
Since
late 2007, we have provided consultant support to a Fortune 500 client in
performing a global data center consolidation effort. In addition, we
are working on the initial stage of a major server virtualization program for
the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Directorate of DHS. We began
working with CBP in 2007 performing a wide array of services related to the
architecture, testing, and implementation of virtualization services. Our
staff created the architecture for the first CBP-approved virtualization
system. We performed the architecture around, assisted in the testing
of, and helped implement the most successful-to-date disaster recovery
exercise. We architected the VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 solution.
Our staff has been key in the production of the certified documentation
for the CBP virtualization projects. Additionally, we have
continually provided key project management assistance to the CBP virtualization
projects as well as for the Microsoft Windows engineering teams.
Cloud
Computing. As part of our strategy of staying on the leading
edge of the IT industry, we offer a comprehensive list of cloud
computing-related services through our
Cloud-CastSM
Division. Cloud computing is defined as leveraging internet-based
resources to deliver services and processing power. By utilizing
cloud computing, organizations can respond dynamically to business demands,
allaying the need to have extraneous systems on standby in anticipation of such
peaks. Cloud computing can involve both on-premise clouds and
off-premise clouds. On-premise clouds involve an organization
designing and implementing a large processing and storage fabric within its
own data center. Off-premise clouds involve using a third-party cloud
service provider to host the needs of an organization. In both cases
the underlying solution typically involves a virtualized infrastructure managed
through intelligent automation. Our service offerings include cloud
readiness assessments, cloud migration services and various
platform-as-a-service solutions.
Desktop
Virtualization. Desktop virtualization is the concept of separating a
personal computer desktop environment from the physical machine through a
client-server computing model. The resulting “virtualized” desktop is stored on
a remote central server, instead of on the local storage of a remote client;
thus, when users work from their remote desktop client, all of the programs,
applications, processes and data used are kept and run centrally, allowing users
to access their desktops on any capable device, such as a traditional personal
computer, notebook computer, smartphone, or thin client.
Information
Security. In January 2010, we launched our information
security practice. Established to meet the data security needs of
both commercial and government sector organizations, we plan to deliver a
full range of IT security management services, emphasizing security processes
and advanced technologies. The new practice group will offer virtualization
security, network perimeter security assessments, network access control
architectures, vulnerability assessments, and Security Information Management
(SIM) readiness assessments.
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Program
Management. Our program managers are subject matter experts
who are skilled in managing complex programs dealing with leading edge
technologies. Our engagements span a broad range of tasks such as
feasibility studies, concept and strategy planning, business process development
and reengineering, and project execution. Our staff has a thorough
understanding of the technical bases for management and therefore provides
clients with expertise connecting technical delivery with sound project
management using earned value management processes. We have provided
program, portfolio and project management, risk management, master scheduling
and acquisition management services to the DHS’s Wireless Management
Office.
Portfolio
Management. We define, implement, and manage portfolios as an
integral part of program management. We have proven experience in
establishing portfolios as an effective strategy to assess the overall
performance of a program through the projects that the program
manages. Using performance measures that are defined for the program,
the project portfolio can be better evaluated. In addition to overall
program performance management, financial performance is supported through
portfolio management by capturing planned and actual investments and their
associated business cases. Through the use of industry standard
software, such as ProSight, we ensure that the originator of the business case
focuses on the accuracy and completeness of program and project information and
that the program management office focuses on program management best
practices.
Project
Management. Managing technology-driven projects is a complex process
requiring skilled personnel to deliver on the actual work, as well as requiring
expert project managers who can plan and execute the work. We have a
proven methodology for project management, which includes standards for Earned
Value Management that can be applied to any project type. We have
created web-based project management environments to integrate the entire
process of delivery with project management standards to optimize
performance. A portal provides a mechanism to engage the entire
stakeholder community in the delivery process and enable team personnel to plan,
perform, measure, and report on delivery. We developed a
comprehensive project management system and have implemented earned value
management-based project management standards for the DHS Wireless Management
Office.
Enterprise
Architecture. Our approach to developing architecture for our clients’ IT
needs begins with the business model. Business drives the need for
solutions, and technology facilitates the solution. By understanding
the business drivers, we establish the architectural framework to build or
extend the computing environment with right sized technology solutions that
maximize business processes while minimizing the costs and risks to the
client. We developed and continue to support the implementation of
business processes for a new operation of DHS where we have successfully
integrated technology into the business layer of the existing architectural
framework.
Software
Development. We follow a systematic approach to developing
software for specific client projects. Whether it is a full systems
development lifecycle or portions of one, we approach our development tasks with
process discipline to ensure tasks are defined, objectives established and
progress measured. We developed a Human Resource PeopleSoft-based
solution for the DHS to manage the entry and exit of personnel. We
developed a software application called SmartForms and have converted standard
paper forms to electronic forms to greatly enhance the simplicity and efficiency
of processing personnel actions. We also created software to automate
routine functions performed under a Network Services contract to enhance and
speed-up productivity, as well as reduce the client’s operating
expenses.
During
2009, we derived approximately 82% of our sales from the U.S. Government
including 42% of our sales from our ASM subcontract. We also have
several subcontracts under which we provided IT services to various programs and
divisions of DHS and other U.S. Government agencies.
Our
Contract and Sales Vehicles
The
acquisition of the following contract vehicles allows us additional
opportunities to bid on new projects.
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Federal Supply Schedule Contract.
In 2003, we were awarded a Federal Supply Schedule Contract by the U.S.
General Services Administration (GSA) for IT consulting services (Schedule
70). In 2008, our Schedule 70 Contract was extended for an additional
five years through December 27, 2013. Having a Schedule 70 allows us
to compete for and secure prime contracts with all executive agencies of the
U.S. Government, as well as other national and international
organizations. Our Schedule 70 contract encompasses 85 different
labor categories for a three year term. During 2007, we had one prime
contract under our Schedule 70 with sales of approximately
$756,000. Beginning in 2008, this contract was revised such that we
are now a subcontractor to a major prime contractor for DHS for these same and
additional services. We have used the Schedule 70 as a basis for
pricing our current and proposed work. We intend to continue using
our Schedule 70 to facilitate the sale of IT consulting services to the U.S.
Government.
Navy’s SeaPort-Enhanced (SeaPort-e)
Program. In June 2006, we were awarded a prime contract under
the Department of the Navy’s SeaPort-Enhanced (SeaPort-e)
program. This contract allows us to compete for and perform service
requirements solicited by various Navy commands, the Marine Corps, other
organizations within the Department of Defense (DoD), non-DoD agencies, and
certain joint agency organizations for work that is integrally related to the
scope and mission of the contract. This work involves professional
services in all phases of naval ship and weapon systems acquisition and
life-cycle support, including research and development support, prototyping,
technology analysis, acquisition logistics, project management support,
modeling, test and evaluation trials, crisis and consequence management, and
engineering support.
VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC).
During 2007, we were approved as a VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC) by
VMware, Inc. a subsidiary of EMC Corporation. VMware is recognized as
the industry leader in virtualization technology. As a VAC, we are
trained and certified to deliver consulting services and solutions leveraging
VMware technology. We are also certified as a VMware Enterprise VIP
Reseller authorized to resell VMware’s full product line. We are
actively working with a number of current and potential clients in that
regard. These certifications are examples of our concerted effort to
grow and expand our virtualization practice. Virtualization involves
the creation, allocation, and management of “virtual machines,” which entails
the virtual representation of hardware by a software system. What
this means is that traditional “physical servers,” which typically run at only
5% to 15% of their capacity, can now be consolidated with the use of specialized
software such as VMware to increase server utilization by a factor of ten to one
or even greater. Reducing the number of physical machines required in
a typical environment provides numerous and obvious benefits, including
equipment cost savings, reduced operational maintenance costs, easier backup,
improved availability, and better security. Due to the substantial energy
savings resulting from reduced infrastructure, virtualization is also a “green”
technology.
Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner. In 2008, we attained Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
status, the highest level of certification available from Microsoft
Corporation. Gold Certified Partners have passed Microsoft’s
stringent requirements and have demonstrated the highest levels of knowledge,
skill and technical ability, as well as the commitment to implement of Microsoft
technologies. We have specifically been certified for Microsoft
Competencies in the areas of advanced infrastructure solutions and unified
communications. Created to help partner firms like Infinite Group
differentiate their solution and service offerings, Microsoft competencies
enable clients to secure a particular type of consulting solution, based on the
firm’s capabilities and expertise with specific Microsoft
technologies. Each Microsoft competency has a unique set of
requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific
skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.
Dell Master Services and Authorized
Reseller Agreements. In November 2009, we entered into master
services relationship and authorized reseller agreements with Dell,
Inc. Under the master services agreement with Dell’s professional
services organization, we can rapidly engage on consulting projects and deliver
service in a streamlined and efficient manner. Our key areas of focus
for our Dell partnership include virtualization services, as well as operational
support for major Dell contracts in the federal and defense
markets. In addition, our authorized reseller status enables us to
deliver Dell’s world-class range of hardware and software solutions to our own
end-user clients and those clients engaged under the Dell master services
agreement.
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Hewlett Packard Supplier Based
Consolidation Program (SBCP). In September 2009, we were accepted into
the Hewlett Packard (HP) Supplier Based Consolidation Program
(SBCP). Under SBCP, we are a member of a select group of suppliers
that are eligible to be awarded tasks by HP nationwide. HP has many
tools and resources to help us generate new sales streams, and improve our
mutual profitability, while at the same time adding unique value for our joint
customers. The program comprises practical tools and services that we
hope will help us in the key areas of marketing and selling our solutions,
optimizing the technology, and collaborating with other organizations within our
industry. The Master Services Agreement covering the SCBP runs for
five years.
Mississippi Server Virtualization
Contract. In September 2009, the State of Mississippi awarded
us a three-year contract to provide server virtualization consulting services to
all State agencies. Under the agreement, we will support the
virtualization projects of each agency to move their servers to a virtualized
environment at the State’s new data center located in Jackson,
Mississippi. The program started with Department of Human
Services. We prepared a “total cost of ownership” analysis which
estimated that virtualizing the department’s 112 servers and migrating them to
the central data center will save an estimated $4 million over five
years.
Navy Enterprise Maintenance Automated
Information System (NEMAIS). We are a member of a team led by
CACI International Inc. that was awarded a $36 million task order by the U.S.
Navy in October 2007 to support its Navy Enterprise Maintenance Automated
Information System (NEMAIS) data center operations. The task order,
awarded under the Seaport II Enhanced contract vehicle (Seaport-e), provides for
one base year and three one-year options. The CACI team will perform
the work at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) site in Norfolk, Virginia and
the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington State. As a result of
the award CACI was able to maintain the same level of support it has been
providing to the Navy for the NEMAIS data center which in turn enhances CACI’s
and our core lines of business in engineering services, network services and
business systems integration. In 2008, we began working with CACI on
a portion of this project under the terms of our subcontract.
Competition
We
compete mainly with other IT professional services firms operating in the
federal, state and local government marketplace. We obtain much of
our business on the basis of proposals submitted in response to requests from
potential and current clients, who typically also receive proposals from other
firms. Many of our proposed services are included with proposals of
large prime contractors, where a specific area for our participation has been
identified based on our expertise and experience. Certain large prime
contractors are required to allocate a portion of their contract to small
businesses and we are able to fill that role. We also face indirect
competition from certain government agencies that perform services for
themselves similar to those we market.
We have
entered into subcontracts with systems integrators holding multi-year,
multi-million dollar contracts with various agencies of the U.S.
Government. In such cases, our competition is mainly with other IT
services companies classified as small business entities by government
standards. For prime contracts with the U.S. Government, we
anticipate that our competition will range from small business set aside
contractors to full and open competition with large firms such as Northrop
Grumman Information Technologies, Science Applications International Corp., EDS
Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Unisys, IBM, Booz Allen Hamilton, SRA
International, Inc., and Serco Services Inc.
Our
competitors in general have substantially greater capital resources, research
and development staffs, manufacturing capabilities, sales and marketing
resources, facilities, and experience than we do.
Because
of the diverse requirements of U.S. Government customers and the highly
competitive nature of large procurements, corporations frequently form teams to
pursue contract opportunities. The same companies listed as competitors will
often team with us or subcontract to us in the pursuit of new
business. We believe that the major competitive factors in our market
are distinctive technical competencies, successful past contract performance,
price of services, reputation for quality and key management with domain
expertise.
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Company Information
Available on the Internet
We
maintain a website at www.IGIus.com. Through
a link to the Investor Relations section of our website, our annual reports on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any
amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
are available, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after we
electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). The content of our website shall not
be deemed part of this report.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2009 we had 93 full-time employees, including 80 in information
technology services, two in executive management, three in finance and
administration, one in employee recruiting, and seven in marketing and
sales. We also had five full-time billable information technology
independent consultants and one full time administrative and business
development consultant who worked for us. We are not subject to any
collective bargaining agreements and we believe that our relations with our
employees are good. We believe that we are currently staffed at an
appropriate level to implement and carry out our business plan for the next 12
months.
Our
ability to develop and market our services, and to establish and maintain a
competitive position in our businesses will depend, in large part, upon our
ability to attract and retain qualified technical, marketing and managerial
personnel, of which there can be no assurance.
General
Information
We were
incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on October 14,
1986. On January 7, 1998, we changed our name from Infinite Machines
Corp. to Infinite Group, Inc. Our principal corporate headquarters
are located at 60 Office Park Way, Pittsford, NY 14534. Our business
is exclusively in the field of IT services.
Item 1A. Risk
Factors
In
addition to the other information provided in our reports, you should consider
the following factors carefully in evaluating our business and
us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us,
which we currently deem immaterial or that are similar to those faced by other
companies in our industry or business in general, such as competitive
conditions, may also impair our business operations. If any of the
following risks occur, our business, financial condition, or results of
operations could be materially adversely affected.
Risks
Related to our Industry
We
depend on prime contracts or subcontracts with the U.S. Government for a
substantial portion of our sales, and our business would be seriously harmed if
the government ceased doing business with us or our prime contractors or
significantly decreased the amount of business it does with us or our prime
contractors.
We
derived approximately 82% and 86% of our sales in 2009 and 2008, respectively,
from U.S. Government contracts as either a prime contractor or a
subcontractor. We expect that we will continue to derive a
substantial portion of our sales for the foreseeable future from work performed
under U.S. Government contracts, as we have in the past, and from new marketing
efforts focused on state and local governments. If we or our prime
contractors were suspended or prohibited from contracting with federal, state or
local governments, or if our reputation or relationship with the federal, state
or local governments were impaired, or if any of the foregoing otherwise ceased
doing business with us or our prime contractors or significantly decreased the
amount of business it does with us or our prime contractors, our business,
prospects, financial condition and operating results would be materially
adversely affected.
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Our
business could be adversely affected by changes in budgetary priorities of the
U.S. Government.
Because
we derive a significant portion of our sales from contracts with the U.S.
Government, we believe that the success and development of our business will
continue to depend on our successful participation in U.S. Government contract
programs. Changes in U.S. Government budgetary priorities could
directly affect our financial performance. A significant decline in
government expenditures, a shift of expenditures away from programs which call
for the types of services that we provide or a change in U.S. Government
contracting policies, could cause U.S. Governmental agencies to reduce their
expenditures under contracts, to exercise their right to terminate contracts at
any time without penalty, not to exercise options to renew contracts or to delay
or not enter into new contracts. Any of those actions could seriously
harm our business, prospects, financial condition or operating
results. Moreover, although our contracts with governmental agencies
often contemplate that our services will be performed over a period of several
years, Congress usually must approve funds for a given program each government
fiscal year and may significantly reduce or eliminate funding for a program.
Significant reductions in these appropriations by Congress could have a material
adverse effect on our business. Additional factors that could have a serious
adverse effect on our U.S. Government contracting business include:
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priorities limiting or delaying U.S. Government spending generally, or by
specific departments or agencies in particular, and changes in fiscal
policies or available funding, including potential governmental
shutdowns;
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in the U.S. Government's use of technology solutions
firms;
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a
decrease in the number of contracts reserved for small businesses, or
small business set asides, which could result in our inability to compete
directly for these prime contracts;
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of the U.S. Government’s use of IT or related professional
services.
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The
Office of Management and Budget process for ensuring government agencies
properly support capital planning initiatives, including information technology
investments, could reduce or delay federal information technology spending and
cause us to lose revenue.
The
Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, supervises spending by federal
agencies, including enforcement of the Government Performance Results Act. This
Act requires, among other things, that federal agencies make an adequate
business justification to support capital planning initiatives, including all
information technology investments. The factors considered by the OMB include,
among others, whether the proposed information technology investment is expected
to achieve an appropriate return on investment, whether related processes are
contemporaneously reviewed, whether inter-operability with existing systems and
the capacity for these systems to share data across government has been
considered, and whether existing off-the-shelf products are being utilized to
the extent possible. If our clients do not adequately justify proposed
information technology investments to the OMB, the OMB may refuse funding for
their new or continuing information technology investments, and we may lose
revenue as a result.
Our
profitability will suffer if we are not able to maintain our pricing and
utilization rates and control our costs.
Our
profit margin, and therefore our profitability, is largely a function of the
rates we charge for our IT Services and the utilization rate, or chargeability,
of our employees. Accordingly, if we are not able to maintain the
rates we charge for our services or an appropriate utilization rate for our
employees, we will not be able to sustain our profit margin and our
profitability will suffer. The rates we charge for our IT Services
are affected by a number of factors, including:
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utilization rates are also affected by a number of factors,
including:
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seasonal
trends, primarily as a result of holidays, vacations, and slowdowns by our
clients, which may have a more significant effect in the fourth
quarter;
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ability to transition employees from completed engagements to new
engagements;
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ability to forecast demand for our services and thereby maintain an
appropriately balanced and sized workforce;
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We have
implemented cost-management programs to manage our costs, including personnel
costs, support and other overhead costs. Some of our costs, like
office rents, are fixed in the short term, which limits our ability to reduce
costs in periods of declining sales. Our current and future
cost-management initiatives may not be sufficient to maintain our margins as our
level of sales varies.
If
we fail to meet our contractual obligations to our clients, our ability to
compete for future work and our financial condition may be adversely
affected.
If we
fail to meet our contractual obligations, we could be subject to legal
liability, which could adversely affect our business, operating results and
financial condition. The provisions we typically include in our
contracts which are designed to limit our exposure to legal claims relating to
our services may not protect us or may not be enforceable under some
circumstances or under the laws of some jurisdictions. It is
possible, because of the nature of our business, that we may be exposed to legal
claims in the future. We have errors and omissions insurance with
coverage limits of $5,000,000 and a deductible payable by us of
$100,000. The policy limits may not be adequate to provide protection
against all potential liabilities. As a consulting firm, we depend to
a large extent on our relationships with our clients and our reputation for
high-quality services to retain and attract clients and employees. As
a result, claims made against us may damage our reputation, which in turn, could
impact our ability to compete for new business.
Unfavorable
government audits could require us to refund payments we have received, to
forego anticipated sales and could subject us to penalties and
sanctions.
The
government agencies we work for generally have the authority to audit and review
our contracts with them and/or our subcontracts with prime
contractors. As part of that process, the government agency reviews
our performance on the contract, our pricing practices, our cost structure and
our compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards. If
the audit agency determines that we have improperly received payment or
reimbursement, we would be required to refund any such amount. If a
government audit uncovers improper or illegal activities by us, we may be
subject to civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including
termination of contracts, forfeitures of profits, suspension of payments, fines
and suspension or disqualification from doing business with the
government. Any such unfavorable determination could adversely impact
our ability to bid for new work which would have a negative impact on our
business.
The
IT services industry is highly competitive, and we may not be able to compete
effectively.
We
operate in a highly competitive industry that includes a large number of
participants. We believe that we currently compete principally with
other IT professional services firms, technology vendors and the internal
information systems groups of our clients. Many of the companies that
provide services in our markets have significantly greater financial, technical
and marketing resources than we do. Our marketplace is experiencing
rapid changes in its competitive landscape. Some of our competitors
have sought access to public and private capital and others have merged or
consolidated with better-capitalized partners. These changes may
create more or larger and better-capitalized competitors with enhanced abilities
to compete for market share generally and our clients specifically, in some
cases, through significant economic incentives to clients to secure
contracts. These competitors may also be better able to compete for
skilled professionals by offering them large compensation
incentives. In addition, one or more of our competitors may develop
and implement methodologies that result in superior productivity and price
reductions without adversely affecting the competitors' profit
margins. In addition, there are relatively few barriers to entry into
our markets and we have faced, and expect to continue to face, competition from
new entrants into our markets. As a result, we may be unable to
continue to compete successfully with our existing or any new
competitors.
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The
failure by Congress to approve budgets on a timely basis for the U.S. Government
agencies we support could delay procurement of our services and solutions and
cause us to lose future revenues.
On an
annual basis, Congress must approve budgets that govern spending by the U.S.
Government agencies that we support. In years when Congress is not
able to complete its budget process before the end of the U.S. Government’s
fiscal year on September 30, Congress typically funds government operations
pursuant to a continuing resolution. A continuing resolution allows
U.S. Government agencies to operate at spending levels approved in the previous
budget cycle. When the U.S. Government operates under a continuing
resolution, it may delay funding we expect to receive from clients on work we
are already performing and will likely result in new initiatives being delayed
or in some cases cancelled.
Our
future success depends on our ability to continue to retain and attract
qualified employees.
We
believe that our future success depends upon our ability to continue to train,
retain, effectively manage and attract highly skilled technical, managerial,
sales and marketing personnel. Employee turnover is generally high in
the IT services industry. If our efforts in these areas are not
successful, our costs may increase, our sales efforts may be hindered, and the
quality of our customer service may suffer. Although we invest
significant resources in recruiting and retaining employees, there is often
significant competition for certain personnel in the IT services
industry. From time to time, we experience difficulties in locating
enough highly qualified candidates in desired geographic locations, or with
required specific expertise.
Our
contracts with the U.S. Government may be terminated or adversely modified prior
to completion, which could adversely affect our business.
U.S.
Government contracts generally contain provisions, and are subject to laws and
regulations, that give the U.S. Government rights and remedies not typically
found in commercial contracts, including provisions permitting the U.S.
Government to:
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our existing contracts;
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potential future income from our existing
contracts;
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some of the terms and conditions in our existing
contracts;
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suspend
or permanently prohibit us from doing business with the U.S. Government or
with any specific government
agency;
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fines and penalties;
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us to criminal prosecution;
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the award of some contracts to protest or challenge by competitors, which
may require the contracting U.S. agency or department to suspend our
performance pending the outcome of the protest or challenge and which may
also require the government to solicit new bids for the contract or result
in the termination, reduction or modification of the awarded
contract;
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work under existing multiple year contracts and related task orders if the
necessary funds are not appropriated by
Congress;
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to exercise an option to extend an existing multiple year contract;
and
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rights in technologies and systems invented, developed or produced by
us.
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The U.S.
Government may terminate a contract with us either "for convenience" (for
instance, due to a change in its perceived needs or its desire to consolidate
work under another contract) or if we default by failing to perform under the
contract. If the U.S. Government terminates a contract with us for
convenience, we generally would be entitled to recover only our incurred or
committed costs, settlement expenses and profit on the work completed prior to
termination. If the U.S. Government terminates a contract with us
based upon our default, we generally would be denied any recovery for
undelivered work, and instead may be liable for excess costs incurred by the
U.S. Government in procuring undelivered items from an alternative source. We
may in the future receive show-cause or cure notices under contracts that, if
not addressed to the U.S. Government's satisfaction, could give the government
the right to terminate those contracts for default or to cease procuring our
services under those contracts.
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Our U.S.
Government contracts typically have terms of one or more base years and one or
more option years. Many of the option periods cover more than half of the
contract's potential term. U.S. Governmental agencies generally have the right
not to exercise options to extend a contract. A decision to terminate
or not to exercise options to extend our existing contracts could have a
material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and
results of operations.
Certain
of our U.S. Government contracts also contain "organizational conflict of
interest" clauses that could limit our ability to compete for certain related
follow-on contracts. For example, when we work on the design of a
particular solution, we may be precluded from competing for the contract to
install that solution. While we actively monitor our contracts to
avoid these conflicts, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to avoid all
organizational conflict of interest issues.
In
addition, U.S. Government contracts are frequently awarded only after formal
competitive bidding processes, which have been and may continue to be
protracted, and typically impose provisions that permit cancellation in the
event that funds are unavailable to the public agency.
The
competitive bidding process presents a number of risks, including the
following:
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expend substantial funds, managerial time and effort to prepare bids and
proposals for contracts that we may not
win;
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may be unable to estimate accurately the resources and cost that will be
required to service any contract we win, which could result in substantial
cost overruns; and
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may encounter expense and delay if our competitors protest or challenge
awards of contracts to us in competitive bidding, and any such protest or
challenge could result in a requirement to resubmit bids on modified
specifications or in the termination, reduction or modification of the
awarded contract.
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may lose money on some contracts if we do not accurately estimate the expenses,
time and resources necessary to satisfy our contractual
obligations.
We enter
into two types of U.S. Government contracts for our services: time-and-materials
and fixed-price. For 2009 and 2008, we derived revenue from such contracts as
follows:
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Each of
these types of contracts, to varying degrees, involves some risk that we could
underestimate our cost of fulfilling the contract, which may reduce the profit
we earn or lead to a financial loss on the contract.
Under
time and materials contracts, we are reimbursed for labor at negotiated hourly
billing rates and for certain expenses. We assume financial risk on
time and material contracts because we assume the risk of performing those
contracts at negotiated hourly rates.
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Under
fixed-price contracts, we perform specific tasks for a fixed
price. Compared to cost-plus contracts, fixed price contracts
generally offer higher margin opportunities, but involve greater financial risk
because we bear the impact of cost overruns and bear the risk of underestimating
the level of effort required to perform the contractual obligations, which could
result in increased costs and expenses.
Our
profits could be adversely affected if our costs under any of these contracts
exceed the assumptions we used in bidding for the contract. Over time, and
particularly if we acquire other businesses, our contract mix may change,
thereby potentially increasing our exposure to these risks.
If
we fail to establish and maintain important relationships with government
entities and agencies, our ability to successfully bid for new business may be
adversely affected.
To
develop new business opportunities, we rely on establishing and maintaining
relationships with various government entities and agencies. We may
be unable to successfully maintain our relationships with government entities
and agencies, and any failure to do so could materially adversely affect our
ability to compete successfully for new business.
Our
business may suffer if our facilities or our employees are unable to obtain or
retain the security clearances or other qualifications needed to perform
services for our clients.
Many of
our U.S. Government contracts require employees and facilities used in specific
engagements to hold security clearances and to clear National Agency Checks and
Defense Security Service checks. Some of our contracts require us to
employ personnel with specified levels of education, work experience and
security clearances. Depending on the level of clearance, security
clearances can be difficult and time-consuming to obtain. If our employees or
our facilities lose or are unable to obtain necessary security clearances or
successfully clear necessary National Agency or Defense Security Service checks,
we may not be able to win new business and our existing clients could terminate
their contracts with us or decide not to renew them, and in each instance our
operating results could be materially adversely affected. During
2007, 2008 and 2009, we worked on projects that required secret or top secret
clearances.
We
must comply with a variety of laws, regulations and procedures and our failure
to comply could harm our operating results.
We must
observe laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration and
performance of U.S. Government contracts which affect how we do business with
our clients and impose added costs on our business. For example, the Federal
Acquisition Regulation and the industrial security regulations of the Department
of Defense and related laws include provisions that:
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our U.S. Government clients to terminate or not renew our contracts if we
come under foreign ownership, control or
influence;
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us to disclose and certify cost and pricing data in connection with
contract negotiations;
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us to prevent unauthorized access to classified information;
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us to comply with laws and regulations intended to promote various social
or economic goals.
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We are
subject to industrial security regulations of the DHS and other U.S. Government
agencies that are designed to safeguard against foreigners' access to classified
information. If we were to come under foreign ownership, control or
influence, we could lose our facility security clearance, which could result in
our U.S. Government customers terminating or deciding not to renew our
contracts, and could impair our ability to obtain new contracts.
In
addition, our employees often must comply with procedures required by the
specific agency for which work is being performed, such as time recordation or
prohibition on removal of materials from a location.
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Our
failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations or procedures, including
U.S. Government procurement regulations and regulations regarding the protection
of classified information, could result in contract termination, loss of
security clearances, suspension or prohibition from contracting with the U.S.
Government, civil fines and damages and criminal prosecution and penalties, any
of which could materially adversely affect our business.
The
U.S. Government may revise its procurement or other practices in a manner
adverse to us.
The U.S.
Government may revise its procurement practices or adopt new contracting rules
and regulations, such as cost accounting standards. It could also adopt new
contracting methods relating to GSA contracts, government-wide contracts, or
adopt new standards for contract awards intended to achieve certain social or
other policy objectives, such as establishing new set-aside programs for small
or minority-owned businesses. In addition, the U.S. Government may face
restrictions from new legislation or regulations, as well as pressure from
government employees and their unions, on the nature and amount of services the
U.S. Government may obtain from private contractors. These changes could impair
our ability to obtain new contracts or contracts under which we currently
perform when those contracts are put up for recompetition bids. Any
new contracting methods could be costly or administratively difficult for us to
implement, and, as a result, could harm our operating results. For example, the
Truthfulness, Responsibility and Accountability in Contracting Act, proposed in
2001, would have limited and severely delayed the U.S. Government's ability to
use private service contractors. Although this proposal was not enacted, it or
similar legislation could be proposed at any time. Any reduction in
the U.S. Government's use of private contractors to provide federal information
technology services could materially adversely impact our business.
Failure
to maintain strong relationships with other government contractors could result
in a decline in our sales.
We
derived all of our sales in 2009 and 2008 from contracts under which we acted as
a subcontractor. Our subcontracts with prime contractors contain many
of the same provisions as the prime contracts and therefore carry many of the
same risks previously identified in these Risk Factors. As a
subcontractor, we often lack control over fulfillment of a contract, and poor
performance on the contract by others could tarnish our reputation, even when we
perform as required. We expect to continue to depend on relationships
with other contractors for a significant portion of our sales in the foreseeable
future. Moreover, our sales and operating results could be materially
adversely affected if any prime contractor chooses to offer services of the type
that we provide or if any prime contractor teams with other companies to
independently provide those services.
Risks
Related to our Business
We
experienced an operating loss in 2009 and net losses in 2009 and
2008.
We
generated an operating loss of approximately $673,000 in 2009 and net losses of
approximately $966,000 in 2009 and $177,000 in 2008. As of December
31, 2009, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $32.2
million. We have maintained our selling expenses for marketing and
selling efforts at approximately $1.7 million and $1.4 million for 2009 and
2008, respectively, which have contributed to our net losses. Until we close new
contracts and earn additional sales or curtail our marketing and selling
efforts, we cannot assure you when we will be profitable on a consistent basis,
or at all.
We
are highly leveraged, which increases our operating deficit and makes it
difficult for us to grow.
At
December 31, 2009, we had current liabilities, including trade payables, of
approximately $5.0 million and long-term liabilities of $1.5
million. We had a working capital deficit of approximately $3.6
million and a current ratio of .28. We may continue to experience
working capital shortages that impair our business operations and growth
strategy if we again experience operating losses or continue to incur net losses
and as a result, our business, operations and financial condition will be
materially adversely affected.
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We have significant liabilities
related to the O&W pension plan.
As of
December 31, 2004, we sold or closed all of our prior businesses. The
following discussion of the Osley & Whitney, Inc. (O&W) defined benefit
pension plan (O&W Plan) relates to the business that was closed and sold and
its current effect on our operations and financial position. Prior to
December 30, 2002, we owned 100% of the common stock of O&W. On
December 30, 2002, we sold 100% of the O&W common stock to a third party,
but continued to act as the sponsor of the O&W Plan. Although we
continued to act as the sponsor of the O&W Plan after the sale, during 2007
management determined that it had no legal obligation to do so.
At
December 31, 2009, the O&W Plan had an accrued pension obligation liability
of $3,696,640 and an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $2,805,040 which we
recorded as a reduction of stockholders’ deficiency. We have accrued
amounts related to excise taxes on unfunded contributions for 2003, 2004 and
2005 of approximately $445,000 at December 31, 2009 and potentially could incur
additional excise taxes of 10% and additional excise taxes of 100% of required
plan contributions for each year that contributions were not made.
If it is
determined by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) that we are the O&W
Plan sponsor, we may be required to contribute amounts for the O&W Plan
years 2003 through 2009 and in future years to fund the
deficiency. We did not make a contribution in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,
or 2009. During 2005, we did not make all required
contributions. We do not have the funds available to make
required contributions which currently approximate $2.2 million.
In
October 2009, we received a report from the Treasury that stated that the
Treasury staff disagreed with our position and as a result, we are responsible
for excise taxes attributed to the funding deficiency of $1,836,359 for the
years 2002 through 2007 which funding deficiency can only be corrected by
contributing $1,836,359 to the O&W Plan. The report also states
that proposed 10% excise taxes of $348,500, penalties for late payment of excise
taxes of approximately $1,200,000, and 100% excise taxes of approximately
$3,500,000 related to the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 may be
imposed. Penalties for late payment may be removed if we provide
reasonable cause for not paying the excise taxes and the Treasury concurs with
our position. We and our legal counsel disagree with significant
aspects of both the factual findings and legal conclusions set forth in the
Treasury’s report and, in accordance with Treasury procedures, have responded
with a detailed analysis of our opposition to their findings. We will
diligently pursue all appropriate steps to perfect our appeal rights and attempt
to prevail on the merits of our position, which will include filing a protest,
requesting an appeals conference, and, if needed, petitioning the tax court and
advocating our position in that forum.
On April
29, 2009, acting for the O&W Plan, we sent the O&W Plan participants a
notice of intent to terminate the O&W Plan in a distress termination with a
proposed termination date of June 30, 2009. We also provided
additional documentation regarding our status and the status of the O&W
Plan. The termination of the O&W Plan is subject to approval by
the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC). We have provided
information to the PBGC which our management believes satisfies the requirements
of the PBGC. The PBGC has neither acted on the information that we
provided nor requested additional information.
During
2006, the PBGC placed a lien on all of our assets to secure the contributions
due to the O&W Plan. This lien is subordinate to liens that
secure accounts receivable financing and certain notes payable.
There is
no assurance, that our current resources or cash flow from operations will be
adequate to fund the liabilities under the O&W Plan if the Treasury does not
concur with our position or that we will be successful in raising additional
working capital when necessary. Our failure to raise necessary
working capital could force us to curtail operations, which would have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of
operations.
We
have been dependent on a limited number of high net worth individuals to fund
our working capital needs.
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From 2003
through 2009, we received approximately $2.9 million in a combination of equity,
debt conversion and debt transactions from a limited number of high net worth
investors. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to
continue to raise additional capital from this group of investors, or that we
will be able to secure funding from additional sources. Certain debt
holders have agreed to extensions of the maturity dates of their
note.
We have
principal maturities of $470,000 through January 1, 2011 for investor notes
payable, current notes payable to related parties of $154,000, and current
maturities of long-term obligations of $32,243. We cannot provide
assurance that we will be able to obtain further extensions of maturity dates or
that we will be able to repay or otherwise refinance the notes at their
scheduled maturities.
We
may require additional financing in the future, which may not be available on
acceptable terms.
We may
require additional funds for working capital and general corporate
purposes. We cannot provide assurance that adequate additional
financing will be available or, if available, will be offered on acceptable
terms.
Moreover,
our IT Services billings generate accounts receivable that are generally paid
within 30 to 60 days from the invoice date. The cost of those sales
generally consists of employee salaries and benefits that we must pay prior to
our receipt of the accounts receivable to which these costs
relate. We therefore need sufficient cash resources to cover such
employee-related costs which, in many cases, require us to borrow funds on
disadvantageous terms.
We have
secured an accounts receivable financing line of credit from an independent
finance organization institution that allows us to sell selected accounts
receivable invoices to the financial institution with full recourse against us
in the amount of $2 million, including a sublimit for one major client of $1.5
million. This provides us with the cash needed to finance certain
costs and expenses. At December 31, 2009, we had financing
availability, based on eligible accounts receivable, of $184,000 under this
line. We pay fees based on the length of time that the invoice
remains unpaid. As we grow, additional working capital may be
required to support this difference in the timing of cash receipts versus
payroll disbursements. Moreover, our accounts receivable financing
lender may decide to cease subsequent advances at any time in its discretion,
upon our failure to meet certain contractual requirements or upon the occurrence
of certain events or contingencies that are out of our control. In
such event, our short-term cash requirements would exceed available cash on hand
resulting in material adverse consequences to our business.
Finally,
any additional equity financing and conversions by the holders of existing notes
payable to common stock will be dilutive to stockholders. Debt
financings, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that further limit
our ability to make decisions that we believe will be in our best
interests. In the event we cannot obtain additional financing on
terms acceptable to us when required, our operations will be materially
adversely affected and we may have to cease or substantially reduce
operations.
Recent
events affecting the credit markets may restrict our ability to access
additional financing.
Over the
last several years, the U.S. and worldwide capital and credit markets have
experienced significant price volatility, dislocations and liquidity
disruptions, which have caused market prices of many stocks to fluctuate
substantially and the spreads on prospective debt financings to widen
considerably. These circumstances have materially impacted liquidity
in the financial markets, making terms for certain financings less attractive,
and in some cases have resulted in the unavailability of
financing. Continued uncertainty in the capital and credit markets
may negatively impact our business, including our ability to access additional
financing at reasonable terms, which may negatively affect our ability to make
future acquisitions or expand our business. A prolonged downturn in
the financial markets may cause us to seek alternative sources of potentially
less attractive financing, and may require us to adjust our business plan
accordingly. These events also may make it more difficult or costly
for us to raise capital through the issuance of our equity
securities. The disruptions in the financial markets may have a
material adverse effect on the market value of our common stock and other
adverse effects on our business.
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If
we do not successfully integrate the businesses that we acquire, our results of
operations could be adversely affected.
We may
grow our business by acquiring companies and businesses that we feel have
synergy and will complement our business plan. We regularly evaluate
potential business combinations and pursue attractive
transactions. We may be unable to profitably manage businesses that
we may acquire or we may fail to integrate them successfully without incurring
substantial expenses, delays or other problems that could negatively impact our
results of operations.
Acquisitions
involve additional risks, including:
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in integration of the acquired
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acquired;
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of unanticipated legal or other financial
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significantly leveraged as a result of debt incurred to finance
acquisitions;
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unanticipated
operating, accounting or management difficulties in connection with the
acquired entities;
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costs
of our personnel’s time, travel, legal services and accounting services in
connection with a proposed acquisition; that may not be
recovered;
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impairment
charges for acquired intangible assets, including goodwill that decline in
value; and
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dilution
to our earnings per share as a result of issuing shares of our stock to
finance acquisitions.
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Also,
client dissatisfaction or performance problems with an acquired firm could
materially and adversely affect our reputation as a whole. Further,
the acquired businesses may not achieve the sales and earnings we
anticipated. We will continue to evaluate from time to time, on a
selective basis, other strategic acquisitions if we believe they will help us
obtain well-trained, high-quality employees, new product or service offerings,
additional industry expertise, a broader client base or an expanded geographic
presence. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in
identifying candidates or consummating acquisitions on terms that are acceptable
or favorable to us. In addition, there can be no assurance that
financing for acquisitions will be available on terms that are acceptable or
favorable. We may issue shares of our common stock as part of the
purchase price for some or all of these acquisitions. Future
issuances of our common stock in connection with acquisitions may dilute our
earnings per share.
If
we fail to adequately manage the size of our business, it could have a severe
negative impact on our financial results or stock price.
Our
management believes that in order to be successful we must appropriately manage
the size of our business. This may mean reducing costs and overhead in certain
economic periods, and selectively growing in periods of economic
expansion. In addition, we will be required to implement operational,
financial and management information procedures and controls that are efficient
and appropriate for the size and scope of our operations. The management skills
and systems currently in place may not be adequate and we may not be able to
manage any significant reductions or growth effectively.
We
may have difficulties in managing our growth.
Our
future growth depends, in part, on our ability to implement and expand our
financial control systems and to expand, train and manage our employee base and
provide support to an expanded customer base. If we cannot manage
growth effectively, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations, business and financial condition. In addition,
acquisitions and expansion involve substantial infrastructure costs and working
capital. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to
integrate acquisitions, if any, and expansions
efficiently. Similarly, we cannot provide assurance that we will
continue to expand or that any expansion will enhance our
profitability. If we do not achieve sufficient sales growth to offset
increased expenses associated with our expansion, our results will be adversely
affected.
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We
depend on the continued services of our key personnel.
Our
future success depends, in part, on the continuing efforts of our senior
executive officers, Michael S. Smith, James Villa, James D. Frost, and William
S. Hogan. The loss of any of these key employees may materially
adversely affect our business.
We
may lose revenue and our cash flow and profitability could be negatively
affected if expenditures are incurred prior to final receipt of a contract or
contract funding modification.
We
provide professional services and sometimes procure materials on behalf of our
government clients under various contract arrangements. From time to time, in
order to ensure that we satisfy our clients’ delivery requirements and
schedules, we may elect to initiate procurements or provide services in advance
of receiving formal contractual authorization from the government client or a
prime contractor. If our government or prime contractor requirements should
change or the government directs the anticipated procurement to a contractor
other than us, or if the materials become obsolete or require modification
before we are under contract for the procurement, our investment might be at
risk. If we do not receive the required funding, our cost of services incurred
in excess of contractual funding may not be recoverable. This could reduce
anticipated revenue or result in a loss, negatively affecting our cash flow and
profitability.
Our
employees or subcontractors may engage in misconduct or other improper
activities, which could cause us to lose contracts.
While we
have ethics and compliance programs in place, we are exposed to the risk that
employee fraud or other misconduct could occur. We enter into
arrangements with prime contractors and joint venture partners to bid on and
execute particular contracts or programs; as a result, we are exposed to the
risk that fraud or other misconduct or improper activities by such persons may
occur. Misconduct by employees, prime contractors or joint venture
partners could include intentional failures to comply with federal laws
including; U.S. Government procurement regulations; proper handling of sensitive
or classified information; compliance with the terms of our contracts that we
receive; falsifying time records or failures to disclose unauthorized or
unsuccessful activities to us. These actions could lead to civil,
criminal, and/or administrative penalties (including fines, imprisonment,
suspension and/or bars from performing U.S. Government contracts) and harm our
reputation. The precautions we take to prevent and detect such
activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or
losses, and such misconduct by employees, prime contractors or joint venture
partners could result in serious civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or
harm to our reputation, which could cause us to lose contracts or cause a
reduction in revenue.
Risks
Related to our Common Stock
Five
related party stockholders own a significant portion of our stock and may delay
or prevent a change in control or adversely affect the stock price through sales
in the open market.
As of
February 26, 2010, five related party individuals or their affiliates owned
approximately 14.1%, 5.1%, 3.9%, 1.9%, and 1.0%, respectively, (26.0%
in the aggregate) of our outstanding common stock (excluding stock options,
warrants and convertible notes).
Two convertible
notes payable holders have the right to convert notes payable and accrued
interest into shares of common stock at $.05 per share. One holder
has the right to convert notes payable at $.16 per share. If these
parties converted all of the principal and accrued interest into common stock,
these three individuals, including their current holdings, would own
approximately 22.6%, 14.3% and 4.2%, respectively, of our then outstanding
common stock. However, such notes may not be converted if such
conversion would result in a change in control which would limit the use of our
net operating loss carryforwards.
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We
estimate at February 26, 2010, that substantially all convertible notes payable
and accrued interest due to all related parties could be converted to shares of
common stock, (representing 35.6% of the then outstanding common stock) without
affecting a change of control that would limit the use of our net operating loss
carryforwards. If these related party holders converted all of their
notes payable and accrued interest into shares of common stock, then five
related party individuals or their affiliates would own approximately 51.2% in
the aggregate of our then outstanding common stock (excluding stock options and
warrants).
The
concentration of large percentages of ownership by a single stockholder may
delay or prevent a change in control. Additionally, the sale of a
significant number of our shares in the open market by a single stockholder or
otherwise could adversely affect our stock price.
The
price of our common stock may be adversely affected by the possible issuance of
shares as a result of the conversion of notes payable and exercise of
outstanding warrants and options.
Three
third party note holders have the right to convert $150,000 of principal into
shares of common stock at $.05 per share. One third party note holder
has the right to convert $175,000 of principal into shares of common stock at
$.25 per share. If all of these third party holders converted all of
the principal into common shares, these four holders would own 3,700,000 shares
of our common stock or approximately 12.6 % of our then outstanding common
stock.
At
December 31, 2009, we had outstanding 25,661,883 shares of our common stock,
4,625,167 exercisable stock options issued under the terms of our plans, 197,500
exercisable warrants for common stock, and convertible notes and convertible
accrued interest payable, including notes to related parties and others as
stated above, which are convertible into 17,804,092 shares of our common stock
which total 22,626,759 common shares.
The sale
of substantial number of shares of our common stock could adversely impact its
price. The sale or the availability for sale of a large number of
shares of our common stock in the public market could cause the price of our
common stock to decline.
Our
stock price is volatile and could be further affected by events not within our
control.
The
trading price of our common stock has been volatile and will continue to be
subject to:
•
volatility in the trading markets generally;
•
significant fluctuations in our quarterly operating results;
•
announcements regarding our business or the business of our
competitors;
• changes
in prices of our or our competitors' products and services;
• changes
in product mix; and
• changes
in sales and sales growth rates for us as a whole or for geographic areas, and
other events or factors.
Statements
or changes in opinions, ratings or earnings estimates made by brokerage firms or
industry analysts relating to the markets in which we operate or expect to
operate could also have an adverse effect on the market price of our common
stock. In addition, the stock market as a whole has from time to time
experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations which have particularly
affected the market price for the securities of many small cap companies and
which often have been unrelated to the operating performance of these
companies. Finally, the market on which our stock trades may have a
significant impact on the price and liquidity of our shares.
During
2009, the market price for our common stock varied between a low of $.13 in
February 2009 and a high of $.64 in October 2009. This volatility may
affect the price at which a stockholder could sell its shares of common stock,
and the sale of substantial amounts of our common stock could adversely affect
the price of our common stock. Our stock price is likely to continue
to be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in
response to market and other factors, including variations in our quarterly
operating results; and announcement by us or our competitors of significant
acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital
commitments.
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Our common stock is currently traded
on the OTC Bulletin Board. Because there is a limited public market for
our common stock, a stockholder may not be able to sell shares when it
wants. We
cannot assure you that an active trading market for our common stock will ever
develop.
There is
limited trading in our common stock and we cannot assure you that an active
public market for our common stock will ever develop. The lack of an
active public trading market means that a stockholder may not be able to sell
their shares of common stock when it wants, thereby increasing its market
risk. Until our common stock is listed on an exchange, we expect that the
shares will continue to be listed on the OTC Bulletin Board. However, an
investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations regarding the
common stock’s market value. In addition, if we failed to meet the
criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would be imposed by
law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established
customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may
deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling our common stock, which may
further affect the shares liquidity. Moreover our ability to obtain future
financing may be adversely affected by the consequences of our common stock
trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board.
Our
sales, operating results and profitability will vary from quarter to quarter and
other factors may result in increased volatility of our share
price.
Our
quarterly sales, operating results and profitability have varied in the past and
are likely to vary significantly from quarter to quarter, making them difficult
to predict. This may lead to volatility in our share price. The
changes in the market price of our common stock may also be for reasons
unrelated to our operating performance. Some other factors that may
cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially
include:
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the
failure to be awarded a significant contract on which we have
bid;
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the
termination by a client of a material
contract;
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announcement
of new services by us or our
competitors;
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announcement
of acquisitions or other significant transactions by us or our
competitors;
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sales
of common stock by IGI or existing stockholders, or the perception that
such sales may occur;
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adverse
judgments or settlements obligating us to pay
liabilities;
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unforeseen
legal expenses, including litigation
costs;
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changes
in the value of the defined pension plan assets, required cash
contributions and related pension expense as well as the impact of
regulatory oversight of pension plans in
general;
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changes
in management;
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general
economic conditions and overall stock market
volatility;
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changes
in or the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the
U.S.;
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reduced
demand for services caused, for example, by
competitors;
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changes
in the mix of services we or our distributors
sell;
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cancellations,
delays or contract amendments by government agency
customers;
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expenses
related to acquisitions or mergers;
and
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impairment
charges arising out of our assessments of goodwill and
intangibles.
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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff
Comments
None.
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Item
2. Properties
The table
below lists our facility locations and square feet owned or
leased. The lease for our Pittsford, New York headquarters includes
an escalation provision for property taxes and two three-year renewal options
with annual rent escalating at 3.5% for each three year period. Our
business development office in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area is located
in Vienna, Virginia. Under the lease for this office, utilities are
included in the rent and we are responsible for any increases in operating expenses and
property taxes.
At
December 31, 2009
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Owned
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Square
Feet Leased
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Annual Rent
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Termination Date
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Colorado
Springs, Colorado
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September
30, 2011
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Pittsford,
New York
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April
30, 2012
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Vienna,
Virginia
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- | 2,930 | $ | 91,442 |
August
31, 2011
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We
believe all properties are in good operating condition. We do not own
or intend to invest in any real property and currently have no policy with
respect to investments or interests in real estate, real estate mortgage loans
or securities of, or interests in, persons primarily engaged in real estate
activities.
Item 3. Legal
Proceedings
We are
not presently involved in any material legal proceedings.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
None.
Part
II
Item 5. Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
of Equity Securities
Our
common stock trades on NASDAQ’s Over the Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) under
the symbol IMCI.OB. The following table sets forth, for the periods
indicated, the high and low closing bid quotations per share for our common
stock for each quarter within the last two fiscal years, as reported by the
OTCBB. Quotations represent interdealer prices without an adjustment
for retail markups, markdowns or commissions and may not represent actual
transactions:
Bid
Prices
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Year
Ended December 31, 2009
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Low
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First
Quarter
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$ | .40 | $ | .13 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | .40 | $ | .14 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | .52 | $ | .28 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | .64 | $ | .17 | ||||
Year
Ended December 31, 2008
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Low
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First
Quarter
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$ | .85 | $ | .55 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | .80 | $ | .45 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | .81 | $ | .45 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | .50 | $ | .18 |
At
December 31, 2009, we had approximately 1,100 beneficial
stockholders.
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Dividend
Policy
We have
never declared or paid a cash dividend on our common stock. It has
been the policy of our board of directors (the “Board”) to retain all available
funds to finance the development and growth of our business. The
payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our earnings and
financial requirements and other factors deemed relevant by our
Board.
Item 6. Selected
Consolidated Financial Data
As a
smaller reporting company we are not required to provide the information
required by this Item.
Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
Cautionary
statement identifying important factors that could cause our actual results to
differ from those projected in forward looking statements.
Readers
of this report are advised that this document contains both statements of
historical facts and forward looking statements. Forward looking
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward looking
statements. Examples of forward looking statements include, but are
not limited to (i) projections of sales, income or loss, earnings per share,
capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure, and other financial items,
(ii) statements of our plans and objectives with respect to business
transactions and enhancement of stockholder value, (iii) statements of future
economic performance, and (iv) statements of assumptions underlying other
statements and statements about our business prospects.
This
report also identifies important factors, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those indicated by the forward looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include the factors
discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning at page 8 of this
report.
The
following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our financial
statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this
report.
Overview
The
following discussion relates to the businesses that were sold or closed and the
current effect on our operations and financial position.
Osley
& Whitney, Inc. Retirement Plan
As of
December 31, 2004, we sold or closed all of our prior businesses. The
following discussion of the O&W Plan relates to the business that was closed
and sold and its current effect on our operations and financial
position. Prior to December 30, 2002, we owned 100% of the common
stock of Osley & Whitney, Inc. (O&W). On December 30, 2002,
we sold 100% of the O&W common stock to a third party, but continued to act
as the sponsor of the O&W Plan. Although we continued to act as
the sponsor of the O&W Plan after the sale, during 2007 management
determined that it had no legal obligation to do so.
During
2007, we submitted information to the Treasury advocating that we had no legal
obligation to act as the sponsor of the O&W Plan to ascertain whether the
Treasury concurred or disagreed with this position. We subsequently
provided responses to Treasury inquiries related to this
determination. In October 2009, we received a report from the
Treasury that stated that the Treasury staff disagreed with our position and as
a result, we are responsible for excise taxes attributed to the funding
deficiency of $1,836,359 for the years 2003 through 2007 which funding
deficiency can only be corrected by our contributing $1,836,359 to the O&W
Plan. The report also states that proposed 10% excise taxes of
$348,500, penalties for late payment of excise taxes of approximately
$1,200,000, and 100% excise taxes of approximately $3,500,000 related to the
years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 may be imposed. Penalties for
late payment may be removed if we provide reasonable cause for not paying the
excise taxes and the Treasury concurs with our position. We and our
outside legal counsel disagree with significant aspects of both the factual
findings and legal conclusions set forth in the report and, in accordance with
Treasury procedures, we will respond with a detailed analysis of our opposition
to their findings. We will diligently pursue all appropriate steps to
perfect our appeal rights and attempt to prevail on the merits of our
position, which will include filing a protest, requesting an appeals conference,
and, if needed, petitioning the tax court and advocating our position in that
forum.
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If we do
not ultimately prevail, we will become obligated for O&W Plan contributions
of approximately $2,200,000 as of December 31, 2009 and 10% excise taxes on
accumulated unfunded O&W Plan contributions for the Plan years ended
December 31, 2006 and 2007 of approximately $348,500, as stated above, and
potentially additional 10% excise taxes of approximately $220,000 for the plan
year ended December 31, 2008, which have not been accrued based upon
our determination that we have no legal obligation to act as the O&W Plan
sponsor and our belief that the likelihood is not probable that we will be
required to pay these excise taxes. Further, if we do not ultimately
prevail, we may be required to pay interest on these excise taxes and
potentially incur penalties for late payment of excise taxes and additional
excise taxes up to 100% of each year’s required funding
deficiency. We have accrued amounts related to excise taxes,
penalties and interest on unfunded contributions for 2003, 2004 and 2005 of
approximately $445,000 as of December 31, 2009 ($420,000 at December 31,
2008). No excise taxes, penalties or interest for 2006, 2007, 2008,
and 2009 have been accrued at December 31, 2009 and 2008.
During
2006, the PBGC placed a lien on all of our assets to secure the contributions
due to the O&W Plan. This lien is subordinate to liens that
secure accounts receivable financing and certain notes payable.
On April
29, 2009, acting for the O&W Plan, we sent the O&W Plan participants a
notice of intent to terminate the plan in a distress termination with a proposed
termination date of June 30, 2009. We also provided additional
documentation regarding our status and the status of the O&W
Plan. The termination of the O&W Plan is subject to approval by
the PBGC. We provided information to the PBGC which management
believes satisfies the requirements of the PBGC. The PBGC has neither
acted on the information provided to them nor requested additional
information.
Net
periodic pension cost recorded in the accompanying statements of operations
includes the following components of expense (benefit) for the periods
presented.
Year ended December
31,
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2009
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2008
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Interest
cost
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$ | 316,485 | $ | 309,982 | ||||
Expected
return on plan assets
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(168,461 | ) | (281,127 | ) | ||||
Expected
expenses
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71,000 | 31,000 | ||||||
Actuarial
loss
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149,373 | 93,872 | ||||||
Net
periodic pension cost
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$ | 368,397 | $ | 153,727 |
The
increase in net periodic pension cost of approximately $214,000 was due in part
to an approximate 25% loss in the market value of O&W Plan investment
securities during 2008 resulting from adverse market
conditions. Overall market conditions have had a significant impact
on the market value of O&W Plan assets and pension costs. The
O&W Plan actuary’s estimate of periodic pension costs is approximately
$311,000 for 2010 which is a decrease of approximately $57,000 from
2009.
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At
December 31, 2009, the O&W Plan had an accrued pension obligation liability
of $3,696,640, which includes excise taxes, penalties and interest of
approximately $445,000 as discussed above, and an accumulated other
comprehensive loss of $2,805,040 which we have recorded as a reduction of
stockholders’ equity. The market value of O&W Plan assets
decreased from $2,150,094 at December 31, 2008 to $2,004,117 at December 31,
2009. The decrease was comprised of investment gains of $306,398,
benefit payments of $447,552 and expenses of $4,823. The projected
benefit obligation decreased during 2009 by $189,799 to $5,095,732 at December
31, 2009 as a result of benefits paid of $447,552 and actuarial gains of
$190,966 which were offset by interest cost of $316,485, and changes in
actuarial assumptions of $132,234.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At
December 31, 2009, we had cash of $196,711 available for our working capital
needs and planned capital asset expenditures. Our primary liquidity
needs are the financing of working capital and capital
expenditures. Our primary source of liquidity is cash provided by
operations and our factoring line of credit. At December 31, 2009, we
had approximately $184,000 of availability under this line. During
the year ended December 31, 2009, cash provided by operating activities was
$81,118.
At
December 31, 2009, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $3.6
million and a current ratio of .28. Our objective is to improve our
working capital position from profitable operations. The O&W Plan
current liabilities have a significant impact on our working
capital. Without the current liabilities of the O&W Plan of
approximately $3.0 million, working capital deficit would have been
approximately $636,000. If we continue to incur operating
losses and net losses, we may continue to experience working capital shortages
that impair our business operations and growth strategy. Based on
current level of operations, we have sufficient cash flow and short-term
financing sources, through sales with recourse of accounts receivable and short
term borrowings from third and related parties to fund our payroll, accounts
payable and current maturities of third party notes payable on a timely
basis.
During
2009 and 2008, we financed our business activities through the issuance of notes
payable to third parties, related parties and financing through sales with
recourse of our accounts receivable. In June 2008, we received
$200,000 through a working capital loan from a third party, which balance was
reduced to $175,000 during to 2009 and matures on January 1, 2011. We have used our common
stock and common stock options and warrants to provide compensation to certain
employees and consultants and to fund liabilities.
We
believe the capital resources available to us under our factoring line of credit
and cash from our operations are adequate to fund our ongoing operations and to
support the internal growth we expect to achieve for at least the next 12
months. However, if we experience significant growth in our sales or
incur substantial operating losses, we believe that this may require us to
increase our financing line or obtain additional working capital from other
sources to support our sales growth. We anticipate financing our
external growth from acquisitions and our longer-term internal growth through
one or more of the following sources: cash from operations; additional
borrowing; issuance of equity; use of our existing revolving credit facility; or
a refinancing of our credit facilities.
The
following table sets forth our sources and uses of cash for the years
presented.
Year ended December 31,
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2009
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2008
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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$ | 81,188 | $ | 112,101 | ||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
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(10,677 | ) | (23,304 | ) | ||||
Net
cash (used) provided by financing activities
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(27,136 | ) | 36,258 | |||||
Net
increase in cash
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$ | 43,375 | $ | 125,055 |
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Cash
Flows Provided by Operating Activities
During
2009, cash provided by operations was $81,188 compared with cash provided by
operations of $112,101 for 2008. Our operating cash flow is primarily
affected by the overall profitability of our contracts, our ability to invoice
and collect from our clients in a timely manner, and our ability to manage our
vendor payments. We bill our clients weekly or monthly after services are
performed, depending on the contract terms. The decrease in cash provided by
operations of $30,913 in 2009 was primarily due to a decrease in operating
income of $799,145 in 2009. Our accounts receivable used cash with an
increase of $114,466 principally due to the growth of sales in
2009. Though sales increased approximately $1,454,000, our gross
profit remained relatively static principally due to our contract mix and
billable personnel use. Our increase in total liabilities provided
cash flows from operating activities consisting of increases in accrued pension
obligations of $521,049, accounts payable of $357,803 and accrued expenses of
$128,170.
Cash
Flows Used by Investing Activities
Cash used
by investing activities for 2009 was $10,677 compared with $23,304 for
2008. Cash used in investing activities was primarily for capital
expenditures for computer hardware and software. We expect to
continue to invest in computer hardware and software to update our technology to
support the growth of our business. In early 2010, we acquired
technology equipment and software of approximately $30,000 to demonstrate
virtualization solutions for potential clients with the objective of growing our
sales. We do not have plans for other significant capital
expenditures in the near future.
Cash
Flows (Used) Provided by Financing Activities
Cash used
by financing activities was $27,136 for 2009 due to net principal payments over
borrowings of notes payable of $28,886 offset by $1,750 from the exercise of an
option for common stock. In comparison, for 2008, cash provided by
financing activities was $36,258 due a new working capital loan of $200,000 and
the exercise of stock options of $16,667, which were offset by principal payment
of notes payable of $180,409. We anticipate that we will use
approximately $32,300 through the next twelve months for funding contractual
requirements of current maturities of long-term debt
obligations. Current maturities of notes payable to third and related
parties amount to $449,000 as of December 31, 2009. We believe we
will be able to extend the maturity date for a substantial portion of the
related party current maturities.
Credit
Agreement
We have
secured an accounts receivable financing line of credit from an independent
finance organization institution that allows us to sell selected accounts
receivable invoices to the financial institution with full recourse against us
in the amount of $2 million, including a sublimit for one major client of $1.5
million. This provides us with the cash needed to finance certain
costs and expenses. At December 31, 2009, we had financing
availability, based on eligible accounts receivable, of $184,000 under this
line. We pay fees based on the length of time that the invoice
remains unpaid.
IT
Consulting Services
In June
2006, we were awarded a prime contract under the Department of the Navy’s
SeaPort-Enhanced (SeaPort-e) program. This contract allows us to
compete for and perform service requirements solicited by various Navy commands,
the Marine Corps, other organizations within the Department of Defense (DoD),
non-DoD agencies, and certain joint agency organizations for work that is
integrally related to the scope and mission of the contract. This
work involves professional services in all phases of naval ship and weapon
systems acquisition and life-cycle support, including research and development
support, prototyping, technology analysis, acquisition logistics, project
management support, modeling, test and evaluation trials, crisis and consequence
management, and engineering support. (The NEMAIS Data Center contract
referenced above was procured using the SeaPort-e contract vehicle of the prime
contractor.)
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In 2008,
we attained Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, the highest level of
certification available from Microsoft Corporation. Gold Certified Partners have
passed Microsoft’s stringent requirements and have demonstrated the highest
levels of knowledge, skill and technical ability, as well as the commitment to
implement of Microsoft technologies. We have specifically been
certified for Microsoft competencies in the areas of advanced infrastructure
solutions and unified communications. Created to help partner firms
like us differentiate their solution and service offerings, Microsoft
competencies enable clients to secure a particular type of consulting solution,
based on the firm’s capabilities and expertise with specific Microsoft
technologies. Each Microsoft competency has a unique set of requirements and
benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services
that partners bring to the technology industry. Acceptance by
Microsoft as a certified partner is a significant achievement and is only
granted to companies with a skilled and experienced Microsoft certified team and
a demonstrated track record of performance using Microsoft tools in delivery of
information technology services. By being a Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner, we will receive a rich set of benefits including access to new business
relationships, joint marketing campaigns, early access to training, and support
for Microsoft tools and solutions. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
status enables us to be out front with emerging Microsoft solutions to better
serve our client base. Moreover, virtualization is emerging as a
significant growth area for us and being a Gold Certified Partner will help us
to stay abreast of Microsoft's advances in this market.
We are a
VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC) as approved by VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), a
subsidiary of EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC). VMware is recognized as an
industry leader in virtualization technology. As a VAC, we are
trained and certified to deliver consulting services and solutions leveraging
VMware technology. We are also certified as a VMware Enterprise VIP
Reseller authorized to resell VMware’s full product line. These
certifications are examples of our concerted effort to grow and expand our
server virtualization practice. Server virtualization involves the
creation, allocation, and management of “virtual machines,” which entails the
virtual representation of hardware by a software system. What this means is that
traditional “physical servers,” which typically run at only 5% to 15% of their
capacity, can now be consolidated with the use of specialized software such as
VMware to increase server utilization by a factor of ten to one or even
greater. Reducing the number of physical machines required in a
typical environment provides numerous and obvious benefits, including equipment
easier backup, improved availability, and better security. We have completed
various virtualization projects during 2009 and 2008 and are continuing to focus
on increasing our sales in this area of our business. Our
clients have experienced an approximate ten to one reduction in physical to
virtual servers and as a result have benefited substantially in power, cooling,
and space savings. Due to the substantial
energy savings resulting from reduced infrastructure, virtualization is also a
“green” technology.
In
September 2009, we were accepted into the Hewlett Packard Developer and
Solutions Partner Program (DSPP). DSPP provides us with a mechanism
to work with HP and our joint customers and prospects to provide solutions and
services that complement HP's broad portfolio of products and
services. HP has many tools and resources to help us generate new
revenue streams, and improve our mutual profitability, while at the same time
adding unique value for our joint customers. The program comprises
practical tools and services that we hope will help us in the key areas of
marketing and selling our solutions, optimizing the technology, and
collaborating with other organizations within our industry. During
2009, we began to generate sales based on this program.
In
November 2009, we entered into master services relationship and authorized
reseller agreements with Dell, Inc. Under the master services
agreement with Dell’s professional services organization, we can rapidly engage
on consulting projects and deliver service in a streamlined and efficient
manner. Our key areas of focus for our Dell partnership include
virtualization services, as well as operational support for major Dell contracts
in the federal and defense markets. In addition, our authorized
reseller status enables us to deliver Dell’s world-class range of hardware and
software solutions to our own end-user clients and those clients engaged under
the Dell master services agreement.
The
acquisition of these contract vehicles allows us additional opportunities to bid
on new projects.
Although
our future prospects appear promising, the lengthy government financing and
procurement processes may result in continuing operating losses until sales
increase to support our infrastructure.
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In the
future, we may issue additional debt or equity securities to satisfy our cash
needs. Any debt incurred or issued may be secured or unsecured, at a
fixed or variable interest rates and may contain other terms and conditions that
our Board deems prudent. Any sales of equity securities may be at or
below current market prices. We cannot assure you that we will be
successful in generating sufficient capital to adequately fund our working
capital needs.
Future
Trends
The
current recessionary economy that we experienced in 2009 and continue to
experience in 2010, especially in the United States, may impact certain portions
of our business and our growth opportunities as certain projects are deferred
pending funding or improved economic conditions. However, one of our
major sources of revenue is from ongoing data center support which is critical
to the operation of clients and is not solely dependent upon current economic
factors. Our focus areas include virtualization and data center
projects which are based on a client’s need to upgrade or centralize its data
centers and such projects provide a rate of return that justifies these
projects. We believe that our formal relationships with Microsoft,
Hewlett Packard, VMware, Dell, and others provide us with a competitive
advantage versus those companies that do not have such qualifications and bid
against us on certain projects.
During
2009, the United States and worldwide capital and credit markets experienced
significant price volatility, dislocations and liquidity disruptions, which have
caused market prices of many stocks to fluctuate substantially and the spreads
on prospective debt financings to widen considerably. These
circumstances have materially impacted liquidity in the financial markets,
making terms for certain financings less attractive, and in some cases have
resulted in the unavailability of financing. Continued uncertainty in
the capital and credit markets may negatively impact our business, including our
ability to access additional financing at reasonable terms, which may negatively
affect our ability to make future acquisitions or expansions of our
business. A prolonged downturn in the financial markets may cause us
to seek alternative sources of potentially less attractive financing, and may
require us to adjust our business plan accordingly. These events also
may make it more difficult or costly for us to raise capital through the
issuance of our equity securities. The disruptions in the financial markets may
have a material adverse effect on the market value of our common stock and other
adverse effects on our business.
We
believe that our operations, as currently structured, together with our current
financial resources, will result in improved financial performance in future
years. We have financed our business activities through the issuance
of notes payable to third parties, including related parties, exercises of stock
options, and financing through sales with recourse of our accounts
receivable. We have used warrants for common stock to provide
compensation to certain consultants.
There is
no assurance, that our current resources will be adequate to fund the
liabilities for the O&W retirement plan or our current operations and
business expansion or that we will be successful in raising additional working
capital through operations or debt financing. Our failure to raise
necessary working capital could force us to curtail operations, which would have
a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of
operations.
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Results
of Operations
Comparison
of the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
The
following table compares our statements of operations data for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008.
Year
Ended December 31,
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vs. 2008
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% of
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% of
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of
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Increase
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2009
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Sales
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2008
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Sales
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Change
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(Decrease)
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Sales
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$ | 11,373,363 | 100.0 | % | $ | 9,918,896 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,454,467 | 14.7 | % | ||||||||||||
Cost
of services
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8,560,580 | 75.3 | 7,071,415 | 71.3 | 1,489,165 | 21.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
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2,812,783 | 24.7 | 2,847,481 | 28.7 | (34,698 | ) | (1.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative
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1,225,190 | 10.8 | 1,077,454 | 10.9 | 147,736 | 13.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Defined
benefit pension plan
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572,034 | 5.0 | 234,457 | 2.4 | 337,577 | 144.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Selling
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1,688,503 | 14.9 | 1,409,369 | 14.2 | 279,134 | 19.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
costs and expenses
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3,485,727 | 30.6 | 2,721,280 | 27.4 | 764,447 | 28.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating
(loss) income
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(672,944 | ) | (5.9 | ) | 126,201 | 1.3 | (799,145 | ) | (633.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(288,895 | ) | (2.5 | ) | (302,401 | ) | (3.0 | ) | 13,506 | (4.5 | ) | |||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
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(4,000 | ) | (.0 | ) | (615 | ) | (3,385 | ) | 550.4 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss
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$ | (965,839 | ) | (8.5 | )% | $ | (176,815 | ) | (1.8 | )% | $ | (789,024 | ) | 446.2 | % | |||||||||
Net
loss per share - basic and diluted
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$ | (.04 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.03 | ) |
Sales
Sales for
2009 were $11,373,363, an increase of $1,454,467 or 14.7% as compared to sales
for 2008 of $9,918,896. Most of the sales increase in 2009 was a
result of sales from new projects principally virtualization projects for
various government and commercial clients. The other areas of our
business grew slightly or contracted slightly during 2009. We use
virtualization software provided by third party vendors such as VMware, to
enable our clients to run multiple operating systems on one physical machine and
therefore a broader, richer set of business applications. We are
actively pursuing opportunities to develop additional sales from new and
existing target markets.
In
September 2009, we announced the launch of Cloud-CastSM,
a new division focused on the growing demand for cloud computing and
virtualization services and solutions in the government and commercial
markets. Cloud-Cast’s initial offering is the Cloud-Cast Readiness
AssessmentSM,
which analyzes the business case for proposed cloud computing
implementations. Cloud-Cast’s complete service offerings include
solutions for applications, desktops and servers, as well as migration and
management services. Additionally, we expect that Cloud-CastSM
may develop proprietary software solutions, with an emphasis on dynamic
allocation of cloud computing resources. Cloud-Cast’s partners
include Amazon Web Services, Citrix, InstallFree, Microsoft and
VMware. We expect sales in future periods from our Cloud-CastSM
division.
We have
focused our efforts toward increasing sales in the virtualization arena
including server, desktop and cloud virtualization applications. Our
director of virtualization services is recognized as one of the nation’s
foremost technical experts who is consistently sought for speaking engagements
at significant events and by the major industry trade journals. As
virtualization sales increased during 2009, we added new information technology
services employees to our virtualization practice. In early 2010, we
acquired technology equipment and software to demonstrate virtualization
solutions for potential clients with the objective of growing our
sales.
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In June
2009, we submitted a proposal for state and local government business projects
within the Gulf Coast region and, in October 2009, we executed our first master
contract with the State of Mississippi to deliver virtualization services to
state agencies over a three year period as part of the State of Mississippi’s
larger strategy to streamline government operations and to address issues of IT
modernization. In September 2009, we submitted a proposal to the
State of Mississippi related to Microsoft’s Stimulus360 consulting services, our
proposal was accepted in October 2009 and our contract was executed in November
2009. During 2009, we started new projects for the State of
Mississippi, which generated sales of approximately
$110,000. Additional sales from these projects are expected during
2010. We continue to use one consultant and one employee on a part
time basis to focus on business development in the Gulf Coast
region.
We are
also channeling energies towards forming alliances with large systems
integrators, who are mandated by federal policy to direct defined percentages of
their work to companies like ours which are small business
subcontractors. In addition, we are currently working on proposals
for contract awards that we believe will enhance our position as a government
contractor.
We have
several contract vehicles that enable us to deliver a broad range of our
services and solutions to the U.S. Government. The acquisition of
these contract vehicles allows us additional opportunities to bid on new
projects. Although we believe our future prospects are robust, the
lengthy government financing and procurement processes may result in continuing
operating losses until sales increase to support our
infrastructure.
Cost
of Services and Gross Profit
Cost of
services represents the cost of employee services related to the IT Services
Group. Cost of services for the year ended December 31, 2009 was
$8,560,580 or 75.3% of sales as compared to $7,071,415 or 71.3% of sales for
2008. Gross profit remained relatively unchanged at $2,812,783 for
2009 compared to $2,847,481 for 2008. The decrease in the gross
profit percent to 24.7% of sales for 2009 compared to 28.7% for 2008 is due to
increased sales volume which was offset by a change in the mix of our contracts
as a result of completing higher margin projects in 2008 and adding new lower
margin projects in 2009. We also experienced a decrease in personnel
utilization rates when certain project commencement dates were
deferred.
In
certain cases, we submitted bids on new work with lower gross profit margins to
generate opportunities for long-term, larger volume contracts and more stable
sales and to build our portfolio of successfully completed projects that can be
referenced as we bid on new projects.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses include corporate overhead such as compensation and
benefits for administrative and finance personnel, rent, insurance, professional
fees, travel, and office expenses. General and administrative
expenses for 2009 were $1,225,190 which was an increase of $147,736 or 13.7% as
compared to $1,077,454 for 2008. As a percentage of sales,
general and administrative expense was 10.8% for 2009 and 10.9% for
2008.
The
increase in general and administrative expenses was due to an increase in
consulting fees, an increase in variable incentive compensation paid to our
recruiter as we hired more employees, the addition of an employee to support
various functions as a direct result of our increased sales volume and number of
projects, and cost of living adjustments related to salaries and health care
insurance premiums.
We
anticipate that general and administrative expenses will increase as we continue
to grow our business and incur travel and other expenses associated with
recruiting additional personnel and managing a larger
business. However, we expect that general and administrative
expenses will remain relatively stable as a percentage of sales as our sales
increase.
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Defined
Benefit Pension Plan Expenses
Defined
benefit pension plan expenses include expenses (including pension expense,
professional services, and interest costs) associated with the O&W Plan of
$572,034 for 2009 and $234,457 for 2008, an increase of
$337,577. Included in these amounts are periodic pension costs of
approximately $368,000 for 2009 and $154,000 for 2008. The increase
of approximately $214,000 was principally due to an approximate 25% loss in the
market value of O&W Plan investment securities during 2008 resulting from
adverse market conditions. Overall market conditions have had a
significant impact on the market value of Plan assets and pension
costs. The O&W Plan actuary’s estimate of periodic pension costs
is approximately $311,000 for 2010 which is a decrease of approximately $57,000
from 2009.
During
2009, we incurred legal and professional fees of approximately $85,000 versus
approximately $5,800 in 2008, in connection with advocating our legal position
with the appropriate regulatory authorities and taking steps toward terminating
the O&W Plan.
We
continue to accrue interest and fees on unpaid excise taxes and unfunded
contributions for plan years 2003, 2004 and 2005, which were approximately
$118,000 for 2009 and $75,000 for 2008.
Selling Expenses
In 2009,
we incurred selling expenses of $1,688,503 as compared to $1,409,369 in 2008, an
increase of $279,134 or 19.8%. The increase for 2009 is principally
due to the addition of sales and business development personnel and consultant
fees since the second half of 2008 to develop more new sales opportunities and
to prepare proposals for new projects.
Operating
(Loss) Income
In 2009,
our operating loss was $(672,944) compared to operating income of $126,201 for
2008, a change of $(799,145). Although we had an increase in sales of
$1,454,467, it was offset by increases in our cost of services of $1,489,165 and
our gross profit remained relatively unchanged at $2,812,783 for 2009 versus
$2,847,481 for 2008. As discussed above, our operating expense grew
by $764,447 during 2009.
Included
in the above results are non-cash expenses consisting of stock-based
compensation expense of $140,096 and $205,686 for 2009 and 2008, respectively
and net (credits) expense of $(2,169) and $44,143 for warrants and common stock
issued to consultants for 2009 and 2008, respectively. In addition,
our depreciation expense was $31,116 for 2009 and $35,264 for
2008. These non-cash expenses total $169,043 and $285,093 for 2009
and 2008, respectively.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense includes interest on indebtedness and fees for financing accounts
receivable invoices. Interest expense was $288,895 for 2009 compared
to $302,401 for 2008, a decrease of $13,506 or 4.5%.
Related
party interest expense decreased by $40,804 for 2009 as compared to 2008 due to
lower average principal balances on related party notes in 2009 and a reduction
in the contractual interest rate on these notes payable from 8.5% for 2008 to
6.0% for 2009. A related party sold $150,000 of notes payable to
third parties in October 2009 which resulted in subsequent interest expense
being recorded as other interest expense.
Other
interest expense increased by $27,298 for 2009 as compared to
2008. Our fees for financing accounts receivable were reduced
beginning in June 2009, thus reducing our financing rates, however our length of
term and volume of accounts receivable financings increased during
2009. We also incurred additional interest expense in 2009 as
compared to 2008 due to $200,000 of new indebtedness that we incurred in June
2008 which was used for working capital purposes; the balance of this
indebtedness was reduced to $175,000 as of December 31,
2009. Notes payable to third parties increase by $150,000
beginning in October 2009 as discussed above.
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Income
Taxes
Income
tax expense was $4,000 and $615 for 2009 and 2008, respectively, consisting of
state taxes.
Net
Loss
In 2009,
our net loss was $(965,839) or $(.04) per share compared to a net loss of
$(176,815) or $(.01) per share for 2008, a change of $(789,024).
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
There are
several accounting policies that we believe are significant to the presentation
of our consolidated financial statements. These policies require
management to make complex or subjective judgments about matters that are
inherently uncertain. Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements
presents a summary of significant accounting policies. The most
critical accounting policies follow.
Revenue
Recognition
Our
revenues are generated under both time and material and fixed price consulting
agreements. Consulting revenue is recognized when the associated costs are
incurred, which coincides with the consulting services being provided.
Time and materials service agreements are based on hours worked and are billed
at agreed upon hourly rates for the respective position plus other billable
direct costs. Fixed price service agreements are based on a fixed amount
of periodic billings for recurring services of a similar nature performed
according to the contractual arrangements with clients. Under both types
of agreements, the delivery of services occurs when an employee works on a
specific project or assignment as stated in the contract or purchase
order. Based on historical experience, we believe that collection is
reasonably assured.
Client
deposits received in advance are recorded as liabilities until associated
services are completed. During 2008, sales to one client, including
sales under subcontracts for services to several entities, accounted for 69.5%
of total sales (77.5% - 2008) and 86.8% of accounts receivable (70.3% - 2008) at
December 31, 2009.
Accounts
Receivable Provisions
As part
of the financial reporting process, management estimates and establishes
reserves for potential credit losses relating to the collection of certain
receivables. This analysis involves a degree of judgment regarding
customers’ ability and willingness to satisfy its obligations to
us. These estimates are based on past history with customers and
current circumstances. Management’s estimates of doubtful accounts
historically have been within reasonable limits of actual bad
debts. Management’s failure to identify all factors involved in
determining the collectibility of an account receivable could result in bad
debts in excess of reserves established.
Deferred
Tax Asset Valuation and Income Taxes
Management
calculates the future tax benefit relating to certain tax timing differences and
available net operating losses and credits available to offset future taxable
income. This deferred tax asset is then reduced by a valuation
allowance if management believes it is more likely than not that all or some
portion of the asset will not be realized. This estimate is based on
historical profitability results, expected future performance and the expiration
of certain tax attributes which give rise to the deferred tax
asset. As of the balance sheet date, a reserve has been established
for the entire amount of the deferred tax asset. In the event, we
generate future taxable income we will be able to utilize the net operating loss
carry forwards subject to any utilization limitations. This will
result in the realization of the deferred tax asset, which has been fully
reserved. As a result, we would have to revise estimates of future
profitability and determine if its valuation reserve requires downward
adjustment.
At
December 31, 2009 we had federal net operating loss (NOL) carry forwards of
approximately $22.5 million that expire in years 2014 through
2029. Our ability to utilize the federal NOL carry forwards may be
impaired if we continue to incur operating losses and may be limited by the
change of control provisions if we issue substantial numbers of new shares or
stock options.
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Our
adoption of FASB ASC 740 (formerly FIN 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes”), did not have a material impact on our results of operations and
financial position, and therefore, we did not have any adjustments at the time
of adoption to our beginning balance of accumulated deficit. In
addition, we did not have any material unrecognized tax benefit at December 31,
2009. We recognize interest accrued and penalties related to
unrecognized tax benefits in tax expense. During the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, we recognized no interest and
penalties. We periodically review tax positions taken to determine if
any uncertainty exists related to those tax positions.
Defined
Benefit Plan Assumptions
We
recognize the funded status of the defined benefit postretirement plan in our
balance sheet and recognize changes in that funded status in comprehensive
income according to FASB ASC 715 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans”). The implementation of this Statement
did not have a significant impact on our financial statements.
We have
acted as sponsor of a defined benefit plan, under which participants earned a
retirement benefit based upon a formula set forth in the O&W
Plan. We record income or expense related to the O&W Plan using
actuarially determined amounts that are calculated under the provisions of FASB
ASC 715. Key assumptions used in the actuarial valuations include the
discount rate and the anticipated rate of return on O&W Plan
assets. These rates are based on market interest rates and historical
returns on O&W Plan assets, and therefore fluctuations in market interest
rates and returns could impact the amount of pension income or expense recorded
for the O&W Plan. Despite our belief that these estimates are
reasonable for these key actuarial assumptions, future actual results will
likely differ from our estimates, and these differences could materially affect
our future financial statements either unfavorably or favorably.
The
discount rate enables a company to state expected future cash flows at a present
value on the measurement date. We have little latitude in selecting
this rate since it is based on the yield on high-quality fixed income
investments at the measurement date. A lower discount rate increases
the present value of benefit obligations and increases pension
expense.
To
determine the expected long-term rate of return on pension plan assets,
management considers a variety of factors including historical returns and asset
class return expectations based on the O&W Plan's current asset
allocation.
As
discussed in more detail above in the section entitled “Osley & Whitney,
Inc. Retirement Plan”, although we have acted as the sponsor of the O&W Plan
since we acquired O&W, in 2007 it was determined that we may not have had,
or currently have, a legal obligation to do so from December 30, 2002 when we
sold all of the common stock of O&W to a third party. We are
presently advocating this position with the appropriate regulatory authorities
to ascertain whether they concur or disagree with this
determination. If our current efforts do not result in a
concurrence with our position, we intend to pursue all further available avenues
to prevail our position. Depending upon the ultimate outcome
regarding our obligations as sponsor of the O&W Plan, adjustments to our
financial statements may be necessary.
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
We
evaluate at each balance sheet date the continued appropriateness of the
carrying value of our long-lived assets including our long-term receivables and
property, plant and equipment in accordance with FASB ASC 360 (formerly
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144), “Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. We review long-lived assets
for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of any such assets may not be recoverable. If
indicators of impairment are present, management would evaluate the undiscounted
cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets compared to the carrying
amount of those items. The net carrying value of assets not
recoverable is reduced to fair value. We consider continued operating losses, or
significant and long-term changes in business conditions, to be the primary
indicators of potential impairment. In measuring impairment, we look
to quoted market prices, if available, or the best information available in the
circumstances.
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Stock
Option Awards
Effective
January 1, 2006, we adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 718 (formerly Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment”) using the
modified prospective transition method. For further detail, see note
8 to the consolidated financial statements. We recognize compensation
expense related to stock based payments over the requisite service period based
on the grant date fair value of the awards. We use the Black-Scholes
option pricing model to determine the estimated fair value of the
awards.
The
compensation cost that has been charged against income for options granted to
employees under the plans was $140,096 and $205,686 for 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The impact of this expense was to increase basic and
diluted net loss per share from ($.03) to ($.04) and from $(.00) to $(.01) for
2009 and 2008, respectively. The adoption of FASB ASC 505 did not
have an impact on cash flows from operating or financing
activities. For stock options issued as non-ISO’s, a tax deduction is
not allowed for income tax purposes until the options are
exercised. The amount of this deduction will be the difference
between the fair value of our common stock and the exercise price at the date of
exercise. Accordingly, there is a deferred tax asset recorded for the
tax effect of the financial statement expense recorded. The tax
effect of the income tax deduction in excess of the financial statement expense
will be recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. Due to
the uncertainty of the our ability to generate sufficient taxable income in the
future to utilize the tax benefits of the options granted, we have recorded a
valuation allowance to reduce its gross deferred tax asset to
zero. As a result, for 2009 and 2008, there is no income tax expense
impact from recording the fair value of options granted. No tax
deduction is allowed for stock options issued as ISO’s.
We used
volatility of 50% when computing the value of stock options and warrants through
September 30, 2008 and we used volatility of 75% thereafter. This is based on
volatility data used by other companies in our industry and a more recent
increase in overall market volatility. The expected life of the options was
assumed to be the ten year contractual term for options granted through
September 30, 2008. For options issued after September 30, 2008 the
term is assumed to be 5.75 years using the simplified method for plain vanilla
options as stated in FASB ASC 718-10-S99 (formerly SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin
No. 110) to improve the accuracy of this assumption while simplifying record
keeping requirements until more detailed information about exercise behavior is
available. The expected dividend yield is zero
percent. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life
of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of
grant and ranged from 2.09% to 2.80% for 2009 and 1.7% to 4.1% for
2008.
We
recorded expense for options, warrants and common stock issued to employees and
independent service providers for the periods presented as follows.
Year ended December 31,
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2009
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2008
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Employee
stock options
|
$ | 140,096 | $ | 205,686 | ||||
Consultants
- common stock warrants
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(2,169 | ) | 31,643 | |||||
Consultant
- common stock
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- | 12,500 | ||||||
Total
expense
|
$ | 137,927 | $ | 249,829 |
Equity
Instruments Issued to Consultants and Vendors in Exchange for Goods and
Services
Our
accounting policy for equity instruments issued to consultants and vendors in
exchange for goods and services follows the provisions of FASB ASC 718 (EITF
96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than
Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” and
formerly EITF 00-18, “Accounting Recognition for Certain Transactions Involving
Equity Instruments Granted to Other Than Employees”). The measurement
date for the fair value award of the equity instruments issued is determined at
the earlier of (i) the date at which a commitment for performance by the
consultant or vendor is reached or (ii) the date at which the consultant or
vendor’s performance is complete. We use the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the awards. The
fair value of the equity instrument is recognized over the term of the
consulting agreement. We periodically evaluate the likelihood of
reaching the performance requirements and recognize consulting expense over the
expected term associated with these performance based awards once it is probable
the consultants will achieve their performance criteria and the awards will
become vested.
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Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(Codification) - The Codification is the source of authoritative U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be
applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases
of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of
authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants including us. On the effective
date of this Statement, the Codification superseded all then-existing non-SEC
accounting and reporting standards. All other nongrandfathered
non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification is
nonauthoritative. Since the Codification was effective for financial
statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15,
2009, we revised our references to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
to refer to the Codification as our source for GAAP.
Subsequent Events -
Codification Topic 855 establishes the principles and requirements for
evaluating and reporting subsequent events, including the period subject to
evaluation for subsequent events, the circumstances requiring recognition of
subsequent events in the financial statements, and the required
disclosures. This section of the Codification was effective for
interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, which was June 30, 2009
for us.
In
December 2008, the FASB issued an amendment to the Codification as Topic
715, Employers’ Disclosures about
Postretirement Benefit
Plan Assets. This amends the
disclosure requirements for employer’s disclosure of plan assets for defined
benefit pensions and other postretirement plans. The objective of
this amendment is to provide users of financial statements with an understanding
of how investment allocation decisions are made, the major categories of plan
assets held by the plans, the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure
the fair value of plan assets, significant concentration of risk within the plan
assets, and for fair value measurements determined using significant
unobservable inputs a reconciliation of changes between the beginning and ending
balances. It is effective for fiscal years ending after
December 15, 2009 and was adopted in the current year.
Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements - The objective of ASU 2009-13 is to address the accounting
for multiple-deliverable arrangements to enable vendors to account for products
or services (deliverables) separately rather than as a combined
unit. In addition, this update provides principles and application
guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the arrangement should be
separated, and the consideration allocated; requires an entity to allocate
revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of deliverables if a
vendor does not have vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence
of selling price; and eliminates the use of the residual method and requires an
entity to allocate revenue using the relative selling price
method. ASU 2009-13 will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year
beginning January 1, 2011. The Company does not anticipate any
material impact on its financial statements upon adoption.
Revenue Arrangements That Include
Software Elements - The objective of ASU 2009-14 is to address revenue
arrangements that include software elements. The amendments in this
ASU change the accounting model for revenue arrangements that include both
tangible products and software elements. ASU 2009-13 is effective
prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in
fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company does
not anticipate any material impact on its financial statements upon
adoption.
Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements - The objective of ASU 2010-06 is to address improving
disclosures about fair value measurements. This ASU affects all
entities that are required to make disclosures about recurring and nonrecurring
fair value measurements under FASB ASC Topic 820, originally issued as FASB
Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. The ASU requires certain
new disclosures and clarifies two existing disclosure
requirements. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing
disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning
after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales,
issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its
financial statements upon adoption.
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Management
does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective
accounting standard if currently adopted would have a material effect on the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
As a
smaller reporting company we are not required to provide the information
required by this Item.
Item 8. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
The
response to this item is submitted as a separate section of this report
beginning on page F-1.
Item 9. Changes
in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
None.
Item
9A(T). Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our
management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief
financial officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) Rules 13a-15(e) and 15-d-15(e)) as of the end of
the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based upon
that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer
concluded that as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures
are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the
reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our
management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer,
as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Our
management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer,
does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal
controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. Our disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of
achieving their objectives, and our chief executive officer and chief financial
officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at
that reasonable assurance level. Further, the design of a control
system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the
benefits of controls must be considered relative to their
costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no
evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues
and instances of fraud, if any, within Infinite Group have been
detected.
(b)
Management's Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the
Exchange Act). Our management assessed the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009. In
making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework. Our management has concluded that, as
of December 31, 2009, our internal control over financial reporting was
effective based on these criteria.
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This
annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public
accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by our
registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that
permit us to provide only management's report in this annual
report.
(c) Changes in
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the period covered by this Annual Report that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Item 9B. Other
Information
Appointment
of Certain Officers
On
February 25, 2010, our Board elected James Villa, a director, President of
Infinite Group, Inc. He was formerly a consultant to the
Company. As our president, Mr. Villa reports to the Chief Executive
Officer and will be serving at the pleasure of our Board. Mr. Villa
will be entitled to receive base employee compensation of $180,000 annually,
additional performance based compensation as approved by our compensation
committee, a discretionary matching contribution to our retirement plan and
group health care and group life insurance benefits according to our standard
policies.
Part
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate
Governance
Set forth
below are the names, ages and positions of our executive officers and directors
at December 31, 2009.
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Affiliated
Since
|
|||
Donald
Upson
|
54
|
Chairman
|
2009
|
|||
Michael
S. Smith
|
55
|
Director
and Chief Executive Officer
|
1995
|
|||
Allan
M. Robbins (1)
|
60
|
Director
|
2003
|
|||
James
Villa (1)
|
52
|
Director
and President
|
2003
|
|||
James
D. Frost
|
61
|
Chief
Technology Officer
|
2003
|
|||
William
S. Hogan
|
49
|
Chief
Operations Officer
|
2004
|
|||
James
Witzel
|
56
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2004
|
|||
Deanna
Wohlschlegel
|
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|
Secretary,
Controller and Facility Clearance Officer
|
2003
|
__________________________
(1) Member
of the audit and compensation committees.
Each
director is elected for a period of one year and serves until his successor is
duly elected and qualified. Officers are elected by and serve at the
will of our Board.
Background
The
principal occupation of each of our directors and executive officers for at
least the past five years is as follows:
Donald Upson became a director
in October 2009 and was appointed chairman by the Board in January
2010. He currently is the principal partner at ICG Government, a
government technology and management consulting practice. Prior to
joining ICG Government, from 1998 to 2002, Mr. Upson served as the State of
Virginia’s first Secretary of Technology, combining the State’s chief
information officer, economic development and research roles. Mr.
Upson, since January 2007, also serves on the board of director of Lattice
Incorporated (OTCBB:LTTC), a provider of information and communications
technology solutions to the government and commercial markets. He is a graduate of
California State University, Chico and was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate in Humane Letters from Marymount University, and has also
completed graduate work in public administration at
George Washington University.
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Michael S. Smith, our chief
executive officer and a director, became a director in 1995 and assumed the
positions of chairman, president, chief executive officer and chief financial
officer in January 2003. He relinquished the position of president to
Mr. James Villa in February 2010, the position of chairman to Mr. Donald Upson
in January 2010 and the position of chief financial officer to Mr. James Witzel
in May 2008. Mr. Smith has an extensive background in business
formation and finance, executive management, investment banking and securities
law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a J.D.
degree from Cornell University School of Law.
Dr. Allan M. Robbins became a
director in April 2003 and is a member of the audit and compensation
committees. Dr. Robbins is the Medical Director and Chief Surgeon at
Robbins Eye Associates and Robbins Laser Site in Rochester, New
York. He has also served as the CEO of the Genesee Valley Eye
Institute. Dr. Robbins is a board-certified ophthalmologist and
completed his fellowship training at the University of Rochester. Dr. Robbins
has been recognized and received the AMA Commendation for Continuing Medical
Education as well as the Americas Top Ophthalmologists 2002-2003 Award from the
Consumers Research Council of America. Dr. Robbins is a member of the
New York State Medical Society, New York State Ophthalmologist Society, American
Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, International Society of
Refractive Surgery (ISRS), and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery (ASCRS). Dr. Robbins was on the Scientific Advisory Council for Phoenix
Laser and a principal clinical investigator for the VISX laser during the FDA
clinical trials.
James Villa became a director
on July 1, 2008 and is chairman of the audit and compensation
committees. Mr. Villa was appointed President by our Board on
February 25, 2010. Since 2000, Mr. Villa has been the President of
Intelligent Consulting Corporation (“ICC”). ICC provides business
consulting services to public and privately held middle market companies and has
provided consulting services to us since January 2003.
James D. Frost has been our
chief technology officer since 2003 and our chief operations officer from 2006
to 2009. Mr. Frost is a Professional Engineer possessing over 25
years of experience at senior and executive levels in information technology,
engineering, and environmental business units. Prior to joining us,
Mr. Frost was the practice director for Ciber, Inc. where he was responsible for
managing the technical IT practice for the federal systems division and the
commercial division for the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Frost also led
the business process re-engineering and start-up operations for multiple small
business enterprises. He has served as the operations manager for ABB
Environmental Services, and the deputy program manager and section head at Lee
Wan & Associates in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mr. Frost has also
served 20 years in the United States Navy as a Navy Civil Engineer Corps
Officer.
William S. Hogan was appointed
as our vice president of operations in May 2008. Mr. Hogan joined us
in July 2004 as practice director and has provided IT consulting services
including building and leading the implementation, integration and support of
high technology solutions for our major client. Previously, Mr. Hogan
was employed with Hewlett Packard, Inc. since 1997 and was North American
operations manager for messaging services from 2001 until joining
us.
James Witzel was appointed as
our chief financial officer in May 2008. Mr. Witzel joined us in
October 2004 as finance manager reporting to our then chief financial officer
and assisted him with accounting, financial reporting, financial analyses, and
various special projects. Prior to joining us, Mr. Witzel was a
consultant providing accounting and management consulting services to a variety
of privately held middle market companies. He has over 30 years of
experience in accounting, financial reporting, and management. He has
a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from
the University of Rochester.
Deanna Wohlschlegel has been
our corporate secretary and controller since May 2003. During 2007,
Ms. Wohlschlegel was appointed to the position of security officer and director
of human resources. In August 2008, she was appointed to the
position of facilities clearance officer. She has an Associate’s
degree in Accounting from Finger Lakes Community College.
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Committees
of the Board of Directors
Our Board
has an audit committee and a compensation committee. The audit committee reviews
the scope and results of the audit and other services provided by our
independent accountants and our internal controls. The compensation committee is
responsible for the approval of compensation arrangements for our officers and
the review of our compensation plans and policies. Each committee is
comprised of Messrs. Villa and Robbins.
Audit
Committee Financial Expert
Our audit
committee is comprised of James Villa, as chairman, and Allan
Robbins. The Board has determined that Mr. Villa qualifies as our
“audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of
Regulation S-K. Neither Mr. Villa nor Dr. Robbins is independent for
audit committee purposes under the definition contained in Section 10A(m)(3) of
the Exchange Act.
Code
of Ethics
We have
adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer,
principal financial officer and other persons performing similar functions, as
well as all of our other employees and directors. This code of ethics is posted
on our website at www.IGIus.com.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers and directors, and persons who
own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to
file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the
SEC. Officers, directors and greater than ten-percent stockholders
are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a)
forms they file. Based solely on review of the copies of such forms
furnished to us, or written representations that no Forms 5 were required, we
believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our officers
and directors were complied with for the year ended December 31,
2009. With respect to any of our former directors, officers, and
greater than ten-percent stockholders, we have no knowledge of any known failure
to comply with the filing requirements of Section 16(a).
Item
11. Executive Compensation
The
Summary Compensation Table below includes, for each of the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, individual compensation for services to Infinite Group paid
to: (1) the chief executive officer, and (2) up to two other most highly paid
executive officers of Infinite Group in 2009 and 2008 whose salary and bonus
exceeded $100,000 (together, the “Named Executives”).
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
Option
Awards (2)
|
All
Other
Compensation (1)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||
Michael S.
Smith
|
2009
|
$ | 179,783 | $ | - | $ | 3,995 | $ | 7,226 | $ | 191,004 | |||||||||||||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
2008
|
$ | 179,383 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,622 | $ | 182,005 | |||||||||||||
James
D. Frost
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief
Technology Officer
|
2009
|
$ | 225,000 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 6,732 | $ | 231,732 | |||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 225,000 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 6,732 | $ | 231,732 | ||||||||||||||
William S. Hogan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief
Operations Officer (3)
|
2009
|
$ | 213,703 | $ | - | $ | 21,883 | $ | 6,681 | $ | 242,267 | |||||||||||||
2008
|
$ | 192,896 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 33,244 | $ | 6,807 | $ | 257,947 |
_________________
(1)
|
Reflects
life insurance premiums paid by Infinite Group, Inc. and Company-matching
contributions under the Simple IRA
Plan.
|
(2)
|
Reflects
the value of stock options that was charged to income as reported in our
financial statements and calculated using the provisions of FASB ASC 718
“Share-based Payments.”
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Hogan became our chief operations officer on May 12,
2008.
|
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Stock
Options
The
following table provides information with respect to the value of all
unexercised options previously awarded to our Named Executives. There
were no unvested stock awards at December 31, 2009.
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options
Exercisable
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise Price
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
|||||||||
Michael
S. Smith
|
5,000 | $ | 1.50 |
12/31/2010
|
|||||||||
5,000 | $ | 2.53 |
12/31/2011
|
||||||||||
5,000 | $ | .14 |
12/31/2012
|
||||||||||
500,000 | $ | .05 |
5/5/2013
|
||||||||||
500,000 | $ | .25 |
3/9/2015
|
||||||||||
41,667 | 83,333 | $ | .16 |
2/4/2019
|
|||||||||
James
D. Frost
|
500,000 | $ | .05 |
5/5/2013
|
|||||||||
500,000 | $ | .09 |
3/8/2015
|
||||||||||
500,000 | $ | .25 |
3/8/2015
|
||||||||||
William
S. Hogan
|
20,000 | $ | .12 |
7/5/2014
|
|||||||||
15,000 | $ | .20 |
6/16/2015
|
||||||||||
2,000 | $ | .33 |
11/13/2015
|
||||||||||
65,000 | $ | .25 |
12/31/2015
|
||||||||||
25,000 | $ | .50 |
3/8/2017
|
||||||||||
173,000 | $ | .51 |
8/23/2017
|
||||||||||
33,333 | 16,667 | $ | .67 |
7/27/2018
|
|||||||||
- | 75,000 | $ | .16 |
2/4/2019
|
|||||||||
Employment
Agreements
In 2003,
we entered into employment agreements with Messrs. Smith and Frost with terms of
five years through May 2008. As of December 31, 2009, these
agreements have been extended through May 2010 at which time they will
expire. These agreements are essentially identical and provide for
annual base compensation of $150,000. In addition, in accordance with
each agreement we have issued 500,000 shares of our common stock with a value of
$25,000 as of the date of issuance and 500,000 employee stock options
exercisable at $.05 per share. The agreements provide for severance
payments of 12 months and 24 months, respectively, of salary in the event of
termination for certain reasons. Each agreement also provides for
incentive compensation, termination benefits in the event of death, disability
and termination for other than cause, and a covenant against
competition.
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Compensation
of Directors
The
following table provides compensation information for the year ended December
31, 2009 for each of the non-employee members of our Board. We do not
pay any directors’ fees. Directors are reimbursed for the costs
relating to attending Board and committee meetings.
Name
|
Year
|
Option Awards (1)
|
All Other Compensation (2)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Allan
M. Robbins
|
2009
|
$ | 1,645 | $ | - | $ | 1,645 | |||||||||
James
Villa
|
2009
|
$ | - | $ | 175,700 | $ | 175,700 | |||||||||
Donald
Upson
|
2009
|
$ | - | $ | 67,200 | $ | 67,200 |
_________________
(1)
|
Reflects the value of the stock
option that was charged to income as reported on our financial statements
and calculated using the provisions of FASB ASC 718, “Share-based
Payments.” See the section titled “Stock Option Awards”
in this report regarding assumptions underlying valuation of equity
awards. At December 31, 2009, the aggregate number of option
awards outstanding for Dr. Allan M. Robbins was 87,500 options of which
all were vested.
|
|
(2)
|
Reflects
consulting fees to each director’s consulting firm where the director is a
major principal in their consulting firm and the director provided
services to us.
|
Item 12. Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our
common stock, our only class of voting securities, as of February 26, 2010
by:
|
·
|
each
person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our
outstanding shares;
|
|
·
|
each
of our directors;
|
|
·
|
each
Named Executive named in the Summary Compensation Table
above;
|
|
·
|
all
of our directors and executive officers as a
group.
|
Except as
otherwise indicated, the persons listed below have sole voting and investment
power with respect to all shares of common stock owned by them. All
information with respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished to us by the
respective stockholder. The address of record of each individual
listed in this table, except if set forth below, is c/o Infinite Group, Inc., 60
Office Park Way, Pittsford, New York 14534.
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Name of Beneficial Owner
(1)
|
Shares
of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
(2)
|
Percentage
of Ownership
|
||||||
Michael
S. Smith
|
1,316,667 | (4) | 4.9 | % | ||||
Allan
M. Robbins
|
9,037,915 | (5) | 26.8 | % | ||||
James
Villa
|
5,659,988 | (6) | 18.1 | % | ||||
James
D. Frost
|
1,990,000 | (7) | 7.3 | % | ||||
William
S. Hogan
|
402,083 | (8) | 1.5 | % | ||||
Donald
Upson
|
- | - | % | |||||
All
Directors and Officers (8 persons) as a group
|
18,919,438 | (3) | 44.3 | % | ||||
5%
Stockholders:
|
||||||||
Paul
J. Delmore
One
America Place
600
West Broadway, 28th Floor
San
Diego, CA 92101
|
3,617,000 | (9) | 14.1 | % | ||||
David
N. Slavny Family Trust
20
Cobble Creek Road
Victor,
NY 14564
|
2,248,250 | (10) | 8.5 | % |
(1)
|
Pursuant
to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, shares of common
stock include shares for which the individual, directly or indirectly, has
voting or shares voting or disposition power, whether or not they are held
for the individual’s benefit, and shares which an individual or group has
a right to acquire within 60 days from February 26, 2010 pursuant to the
exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion of securities are
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percent of
ownership of such individual or group, but are not deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any
other person shown in the table. On February 26, 2010, we had
25,661,883 shares of common stock
outstanding.
|
(2)
|
Assumes
that all currently exercisable options or warrants or convertible notes
owned by the individual have been
exercised.
|
(3)
|
Assumes
that all currently exercisable options or warrants owned by members of the
group have been exercised and includes options granted to all of our
executive officers whose beneficial ownership percentages are less than
1%.
|
(4)
|
Includes
1,056,667 shares subject to currently exercisable options and 240,000
common shares held by Mr. Smith’s spouse and son for which Mr. Smith
disclaims beneficial ownership.
|
(5)
|
Includes
7,950,415 shares, which are issuable upon the conversion of the notes
including principal in the amount of $264,000 and accrued interest in the
amount of $133,520 through February 26, 2010; and 87,500 shares subject to
currently exercisable options.
|
(6)
|
Includes
5,659,988 shares, which are issuable upon the conversion of notes
including principal in the amount of $228,324 and accrued interest in the
amount of $54,674 through February 26,
2010.
|
(7)
|
Includes
1,500,000 shares subject to currently exercisable
options.
|
(8)
|
Includes
358,333 shares subject to currently exercisable
options.
|
(9)
|
Includes
3,610,000 shares owned of record by Upstate Holding Group, LLC, an entity
wholly-owned by Mr. Delmore.
|
(10)
|
Includes
939,500 held by the David N. Slavny Family Trust, 365,000 common shares
held by David N. Slavny, our director of business development, 575,000
shares subject to currently exercisable options granted to Mr. Slavny, and
368,750 shares which are issuable upon the conversion of notes payable to
David N. and Leah Slavny in the principal amount of
$59,000.
|
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Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
We have
stock option plans, which were adopted by our Board and approved by our
stockholders, covering an aggregate of 9,188,833 unexercised shares of our
common stock at December 31, 2009, consisting of both incentive stock options
within the meaning of Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the Code) and non-qualified options. As of December 31,
2009, 344,833 options to purchase shares remain unissued under the 2005 plan and
no options are available to issue under the terms of the other prior
plans. On February 3, 2009, our Board approved the 2009 stock option
plan (2009 plan), which authorizes options to purchase up to an aggregate of
4,000,000 common shares. Options issued to date are non-qualified
options since the 2009 Plan has not been approved by
stockholders. The option plans are intended to qualify under Rule
16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). As of December 31, 2009, 3,330,000 options to purchase
shares remain unissued under the 2009 plan. Incentive stock options
are issuable only to our employees, while non-qualified options may be issued to
non-employees, consultants, and others, as well as to employees.
The
option plans are administered by the our compensation committee, which
determines those individuals who shall receive options, the time period during
which the options may be partially or fully exercised, the number of shares of
common stock that may be purchased under each option, and the option
price.
The per
share exercise price of an incentive or non-qualified stock option may not be
less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date the option is
granted. The aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date
the option is granted) of the shares of common stock for which incentive stock
options are first exercisable by any individual during any calendar year may not
exceed $100,000. No person who owns, directly or indirectly, at the
time of the granting of an incentive stock option to him or her, more than 10%
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of Infinite Group
shall be eligible to receive any incentive stock option under the option plans
unless the option price is at least 110% of the fair market value of our common
stock subject to the option, determined on the date of
grant. Non-qualified options are not subject to this
limitation.
An
optionee may not transfer an incentive stock option, other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of an optionee, the
option will be exercisable only by him or her. In the event of termination of
employment other than by death
or disability, the optionee will have thirty (30)
days after such termination during which
to exercise the option. Upon
termination of employment of an optionee by reason of death or permanent total
disability, the option remains exercisable for one year thereafter to the extent
it was exercisable on the date of such termination. No similar
limitation applies to non-qualified options.
We have
granted options to Dr. Robbins as follows: in April 2003, we granted 7,500
non-qualified options with an exercise price of $.10; in March 2005, we granted
50,000 non-qualified options with an exercise price of $.10; in February 2006,
we granted 5,000 options with an exercise price of $.33; and in August 2007 we
granted 25,000 options with an exercise price of $.51. As of February
27, 2010, we have granted 87,500 options to Dr. Robbins, of which all are
exercisable. In addition, we have granted 1,140,000 options to our
CEO, who is also a member of our Board, as stated above under Stock Options, of
which 1,056,667 are exercisable at February 26, 2010.
Options
under the option plans must be granted within 10 years from the effective date
of each respective plan. Incentive stock options granted under the
plan cannot be exercised more than 10 years from the date of grant, except that
incentive stock options issued to greater than 10% stockholders are limited to
four-year terms. All options granted under the plans provide for the
payment of the exercise price in cash or by delivery of shares of common stock
already owned by the optionee having a fair market value equal to the exercise
price of the options being exercised, or by a combination of such methods of
payment. Therefore, an optionee may be able to tender shares of common stock to
purchase additional shares of common stock and may theoretically exercise all of
his stock options without making any additional cash investment.
Any
unexercised options that expire or that terminate upon an optionee's ceasing to
be affiliated with Infinite Group become available once again for
issuance.
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The
following table summarizes as of December 31, 2009 the (i) options granted under
our plans and (ii) all other securities subject to contracts, options, warrants
and rights or authorized for future issuance outside our plans. The
shares covered by outstanding options or authorized for future issuance are
subject to adjustment for changes in capitalization stock splits, stock
dividends and similar events.
Equity
Compensation Plan Table
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Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants
and rights
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Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
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Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Equity
compensation plans previously approved by security holders
(1)
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4,844,000 | $ | .27 | 344,833 | ||||||||
2009
stock option plan that has not been approved by security holders
(2)
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670,000 | $ | .18 | 3,330,000 | ||||||||
Warrants
granted to service providers (3)
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547,500 | $ | .37 | - | ||||||||
Total
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6,061,500 | $ | .27 | 3,674,833 |
(1)
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Consists
of grants under our 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2005 Stock Option
Plans of which 4,518,500 are exercisable at December 31,
2009.
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(2)
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Consists
of grants under our 2009 Plan of which 106,667 are exercisable at December
31, 2009.
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(3)
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Consists
of (i) warrants to purchase 320,000 and 50,000 shares of common stock
issued to two consultants which are exercisable at $.30 and $.35 per
share, respectively, expire in 2011 and of which 300,000 shares are only
exercisable if we realize certain sales as a result of each consultant’s
efforts on our behalf; (ii) warrants to purchase 77,500 shares of common
stock issued to an investment banking group for services during 2006,
which are exercisable at $.50 per share and expire in 2010; and (iii)
warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock issued during 2007 to
a consultant for services to assist us with business development through
April 4, 2008, which are exercisable at $.50 per share and expire in
2012. Warrants for 197,500 shares are exercisable at December
31, 2009.
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Item 13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
Intelligent
Consulting, LLC
James
Villa, a member of our Board and effective February 25, 2009, our President, is
the sole member of Intelligent Consulting Corporation (“ICC”), a consulting firm
which provides consulting services to us. We have contracted with ICC
on a month to month basis since 2003. The consulting services
provided by ICC have included developing new business strategies that led to our
disposal of all of our former businesses and to implementing our current
business plans; developing and implementing improvements to our technology
infrastructure; business development activities, and specific projects as
directed by our President to assist us in developing and implementing our
business plans and other corporate matters. During the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, we paid ICC $175,700 and $129,000, respectively, for
services its personnel provided. The compensation was revised to
$15,000 per month effective February 2009.
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Northwest
Hampton Holdings, LLC, James Villa and Dr. Allan M. Robbins
We are
obligated under various convertible notes payable to Northwest Hampton Holdings,
LLC and James Villa. The sole member of Northwest Hampton Holdings,
LLC is James Villa, an individual, who is a member of our Board and effective
February 25, 2010 became our President. At December 31, 2009, we were
obligated to Northwest Hampton Holdings, LLC under the terms of convertible
notes payable and accrued interest at 6.0%. The terms of the notes
were revised and the maturity dates were extended to January 1, 2016 with
principal and accrued interest convertible, at the option of the note holder,
into shares of common stock at $.05 per share. During 2009 and
2008, $25,000 and $60,938, respectively, of the principal and accrued interest
of the notes were converted by the holder into 500,000 and 1,218,750 shares of
common stock. During 2009 and 2008, the holder sold $150,000 and
$15,000, respectively, of the notes to other parties. At December 31,
2009, the balance of Northwest Hampton Holdings, LLC’s notes was $281,094
including accrued interest and is convertible into 5,621,885 common
shares. The note payable to James Villa had a balance of $25,000 as
of December 31, 2009 and is not convertible.
At
December 31, 2009, we were obligated to Dr. Allan M. Robbins, a member of our
Board, under convertible notes payable of $264,000 and accrued interest at 6.0%.
The terms of the notes were modified and the maturity dates were extended to
January 1, 2016 with principal and accrued interest convertible into shares of
common stock at $.05 per share. At December 31, 2009, the balance of
these notes was $395,047 including accrued interest and is convertible into
7,900,942 common shares.
The
interest rates for the aforementioned notes payable will be adjusted annually,
on January 1st of
each year, to a rate equal to the prime rate in effect on December 31st of the
immediately preceding year, plus one and one quarter percent, and in no event,
shall the interest rate be less than 6% per annum. We executed
collateral security agreements with the note holders providing for a security
interest in all our assets.
Generally,
upon notice, prior to the note maturity date, we can prepay all or a portion of
the outstanding note principal; provided, however, at no time can we prepay an
amount that would result in a change of control and limit the use of our net
operating loss carryforwards if the same amount were converted by the note
holder.
The notes
are convertible into shares of common stock subject to the following
limitations. The notes are not convertible to the extent that shares
of common stock issuable upon the proposed conversion would result in a change
in control which would limit the use of our net operating loss carryforwards;
provided, however, if we close a transaction with another third party or parties
that results in a change of control which will limit the use of our net
operating loss carryforwards, then the foregoing limitation shall
lapse.
Prior to
any conversion, each note holder holding a note which is then convertible into
5% or more of our common stock shall be entitled to participate, on a pari passu
basis, with the requesting note holder and upon any such participation the
requesting note holder shall proportionately adjust his conversion request such
that, in the aggregate, a change of control, which will limit the use of our net
operating loss carryforwards, does not occur.
During
2009 and 2006, we entered into demand note agreements with Dr. Allan Robbins, a
member of our Board, totaling $50,000 and $105,000 with interest at 10% and 18%,
respectively. The balance of these notes at December 31, 2009 was
$30,000 and $40,000.
During
2009, we entered into a demand note agreement with Mr. James Villa, a member of
our Board and effective February 25, 2010, our President, for $50,000 with
interest at 12%. The balance of this note at December 31, 2009 was
$25,000.
David
N. Slavny Family Trust
During
2005, we issued various notes to the individuals that control the David N.
Slavny Family Trust, which is a stockholder. The notes were
consolidated into one note of $185,000 with interest at 12% per annum and
further modified during 2008 such that the notes bear interest at 11% and
principal matures on July 1, 2010. The notes are secured by all of
our assets. At December 31, 2008, the notes had a balance of
$109,000. Subsequent to December 31, 2008, the note balance was
reduced to $59,000 and on February 6, 2009 the note was further modified such
that principal and interest are convertible to common stock at $.16 per share,
which was the closing price of our common stock on the date of the
modification. At February 26, 2010, the balance of this note was
$59,000 and is convertible into 368,750 common shares.
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Director
Independence
Our Board
has determined that Mr. Robbins is “independent” in accordance with the NASDAQ’s
independence standards. Our audit and compensation committees consist
of Messrs. Villa and Robbins, of which only Mr. Robbins is sufficiently
independent for compensation committee purposes under NASDAQ’s standards and
neither of them is sufficiently independent for audit committee purposes under
NASDAQ’s standards by virtue of their respective beneficial ownership of our
common stock.
Item 14. Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
The
aggregate fees billed by our principal accounting firm, Freed Maxick &
Battaglia, CPAs, PC, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 are as
follows:
2009
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2008
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|||||||
Audit
fees
|
$ | 77,703 | $ | 89,685 | ||||
Audit
related fees
|
- | 1,855 | ||||||
Total
audit and audit related fees
|
$ | 77,703 | $ | 91,540 |
Audit
fees for 2009 and 2008 were for professional services rendered for the audits of
our annual consolidated financial statements, reviews of the financial
statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
There
were no tax or other non-audit related services provided by the independent
accountants for 2009 and 2008.
As a
matter of policy, each permitted non-audit service is pre-approved by the audit
committee or the audit committee’s chairman pursuant to delegated authority by
the audit committee, other than de minimus non-audit services for which the
pre-approval requirements are waived in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the SEC.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies
and Procedures
The audit
committee charter provides that the audit committee will pre-approve audit
services and non-audit services to be provided by our independent auditors
before the accountant is engaged to render these services. The audit committee
may consult with management in the decision-making process, but may not delegate
this authority to management. The audit committee may delegate its authority to
pre-approve services to one or more committee members, provided that the
designees present the pre-approvals to the full committee at the next
committee meeting.
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Part IV
Item
15. Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
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The following
documents are filed as part of this report:
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(1) Financial Statements – See the Index to the consolidated financial statements on page F-1. |
(b) Exhibits:
Exhibit
No. Description
3.1 Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (1)
3.2
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated January 7, 1998.
(3)
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated February 16, 1999.
(4)
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3.4
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Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated February 28, 2006.
(5)
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3.5
|
By-Laws
of the Company. (1)
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4.1
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Specimen
Stock Certificate. (1)
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10.1
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**Form
of Stock Option Plan. (2)
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10.2
|
Form
of Stock Option Agreement. (1)
|
10.3
|
**Employment
Agreement between Michael Smith and the Company dated May 5, 2003.
(5)
|
10.4
|
**Employment
Agreement between James Frost and the Company dated May 12, 2003.
(5)
|
10.5
|
License
Agreement between Ultra-Scan Corporation and the Company dated June 11,
2003. (5)
|
10.6
|
Promissory
Note dated August 13, 2003 in favor of Carle C. Conway.
(5)
|
10.7
|
Promissory
Note dated January 16, 2004 in favor of Carle C. Conway.
(5)
|
10.8
|
Promissory
Note dated March 11, 2004 in favor of Carle C. Conway.
(5)
|
10.9
|
Promissory
Note dated December 31, 2003 in favor of Northwest Hampton Holdings, LLC.
(5)
|
10.14
|
Modification
Agreement No. 3 to Promissory Notes between Northwest Hampton Holdings,
LLC and the Company dated October 1, 2005.
(5)
|
10.15
|
Modification
Agreement No. 3 to Promissory Notes between Allan Robbins and the Company
dated October 1, 2005. (5)
|
10.16
|
Modification
agreement to promissory notes between the Company and Carle C. Conway
dated December 31, 2005. (5)
|
10.17
|
Promissory
note dated December 31, 2005 in favor of David N. Slavny and Leah A.
Slavny.(7)
|
10.18
|
Collateral
security agreement between the Company and David N. Slavny and Leah A.
Slavny dated December 31, 2005. (5)
|
10.19
|
Modification
Agreement to Promissory Note between Northwest Hampton Holdings, LLC and
the Company dated December 6, 2005.
(5)
|
10.20
|
Collateral
security agreement between the Company and Northwest Hampton Holdings, LLC
dated February 15, 2006. (5)
|
10.21
|
Collateral
security agreement between the Company and Allan Robbins dated February
15, 2006. (5)
|
10.22
|
Purchase
and sale agreement between the Company and Amerisource Funding, Inc. dated
May 21, 2004. (6)
|
10.23
|
Account
modification agreement between the Company and Amerisource Funding, Inc.
dated August 5, 2005. (6)
|
10.24
|
Promissory
note dated June 13, 2008 in favor of Dan Cappa.
(7)
|
10.25
|
Modification
agreement to promissory notes between the Company and David N. Slavny and
Leah A. Slavny dated February 6, 2009.
(7)
|
10.26
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**The
2009 Stock Option Plan. (7)
|
10.27
|
Promissory
Note between Northwest Hampton Holdings, LLC and the Company dated
September 30, 2009.*
|
10.28
|
Modification
agreement to promissory notes between the Company and Carle C. Conway
dated December 31, 2009. *
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10.29
|
Modification
agreement to promissory note between the Company and Dan Cappa dated
December 31, 2009. *
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14.1
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Code
of Ethics. (5)
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant. (5)
|
23.1
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Consent
of Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs, PC, independent registered public
accounting firm*
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31.1
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Chief
Executive Officer Certification pursuant to section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
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31.2
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Chief
Financial Officer Certification pursuant to section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
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32.1
|
Chief
Executive Officer Certification pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
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32.2
|
Chief
Financial Officer Certification pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
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_______________________
*Filed as
an exhibit hereto.
**Management
contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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(1)
|
Previously
filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File #33-61856). This Exhibit is incorporated herein by
reference.
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(2)
|
Incorporated
by reference to 1993 Preliminary Proxy
Statement.
|
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(3)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1997.
|
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(4)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.
|
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(5)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006.
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(6)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007.
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(7)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008.
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(c)
|
Information
required by schedules called for under Regulation S-X is either not
applicable or is included in the financial statements or notes
thereto.
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act the registrant caused
this report to be signed on February 26, 2010 on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
Infinite Group, Inc. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Michael S. Smith | |
Michael S. Smith, Chief Executive Officer | |||
In
accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
/s/
Donald Upson
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Donald
Upson
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Chairman
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February
26, 2010
|
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/s/
Michael S. Smith
|
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Michael
S. Smith
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Chief
Executive Officer
|
||||
(principal
executive officer)
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February
26, 2010
|
||||
/s/ James Villa | |||||
James
Villa
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President
and Director
|
February
26, 2010
|
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/s/
James Witzel
|
|||||
James
Witzel
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
February
26, 2010
|
|||
(principal
financial and accounting officer)
|
|||||
/s/
Allan M. Robbins
|
|||||
Allan
M. Robbins
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Director
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February
26,
2010
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CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
DECEMBER
31, 2009
with
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
CONTENTS
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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1
|
|
Consolidated
Financial Statements:
|
||
Balance
Sheets
|
2
|
|
Statements
of Operations
|
3
|
|
Statements
of Stockholders' Deficiency
|
4
|
|
Statements
of Cash Flows
|
5
|
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
6 -
30
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of
Directors and Stockholders
Infinite
Group, Inc.:
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Infinite Group, Inc. as
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' deficiency, and cash flows for the years then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The
Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included
consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no
such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Infinite Group, Inc. as of
December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the consolidated results of its operations and
its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ FREED
MAXICK & BATTAGLIA, CPAs, PC
Buffalo,
New York
February
26, 2010
1
INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
December
31,
|
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ASSETS
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Current
assets:
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 196,711 | $ | 153,336 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowances of $70,000
|
||||||||
($35,000
- 2008)
|
1,118,580 | 1,004,114 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
56,622 | 47,379 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
1,371,913 | 1,204,829 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
58,777 | 69,750 | ||||||
Deposits
and other assets
|
21,544 | 15,515 | ||||||
$ | 1,452,234 | $ | 1,290,094 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ | 686,457 | $ | 328,654 | ||||
Accrued
payroll
|
388,131 | 304,819 | ||||||
Accrued
interest payable
|
275,563 | 280,547 | ||||||
Accrued
retirement and pension
|
3,078,361 | 2,367,312 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses - other
|
61,632 | 62,516 | ||||||
Current
maturities of long-term obligations-bank
|
32,243 | 7,426 | ||||||
Notes
payable
|
295,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
Notes
payable-related parties
|
154,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
4,971,387 | 3,421,274 | ||||||
Long-term
obligations:
|
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Notes
payable:
|
||||||||
Banks
and other
|
334,029 | 504,266 | ||||||
Related
parties
|
501,324 | 734,624 | ||||||
Accrued
pension obligation
|
735,012 | 1,337,231 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
6,541,752 | 5,997,395 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Notes 10 and 11)
|
||||||||
Stockholders'
deficiency:
|
||||||||
Common
stock, $.001 par value, 60,000,000 shares
|
||||||||
authorized;
25,661,883 (24,969,078 - 2008) shares
|
||||||||
issued
and outstanding
|
25,661 | 24,969 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
29,870,506 | 29,699,795 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(32,180,645 | ) | (31,214,806 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(2,805,040 | ) | (3,217,259 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ deficiency
|
(5,089,518 | ) | (4,707,301 | ) | ||||
$ | 1,452,234 | $ | 1,290,094 |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
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INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
Years
Ended
|
||||||||
December
31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Sales
|
$ | 11,373,363 | $ | 9,918,896 | ||||
Cost
of services
|
8,560,580 | 7,071,415 | ||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,812,783 | 2,847,481 | ||||||
Costs
and expenses:
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General and
administrative
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1,225,190 | 1,077,454 | ||||||
Defined benefit pension
plan
|
572,034 | 234,457 | ||||||
Selling
|
1,688,503 | 1,409,369 | ||||||
Total costs and
expenses
|
3,485,727 | 2,721,280 | ||||||
Operating
(loss) income
|
(672,944 | ) | 126,201 | |||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||
Related
parties
|
(51,464 | ) | (92,268 | ) | ||||
Other
|
(237,431 | ) | (210,133 | ) | ||||
Total interest
expense
|
(288,895 | ) | (302,401 | ) | ||||
Loss
before income tax expense
|
(961,839 | ) | (176,200 | ) | ||||
Income
tax expense
|
4,000 | 615 | ||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (965,839 | ) | $ | (176,815 | ) | ||
Net
loss per share – basic and diluted
|
$ | (.04 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | ||
Weighted
average shares outstanding – basic and diluted
|
25,465,756 | 24,500,164 |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
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GROUP, INC.
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIENCY
|
Years Ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
Stock
|
Paid-in
|
Accumulated
|
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Income
(Loss)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2007
|
23,614,965 | $ | 23,615 | $ | 29,386,215 | $ | (31,037,991 | ) | $ | (2,227,689 | ) | $ | (3,855,850 | ) | ||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock in
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
connection
with the exercise
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
of
stock option
|
66,667 | 67 | 16,600 | - | - | 16,667 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
payable and accrued
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
interest
- related party
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
converted
to common stock
|
1,218,750 | 1,218 | 59,720 | - | - | 60,938 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stock
warrants expense for
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
consulting
services
|
- | - | 31,643 | - | - | 31,643 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cashless
exercise of common
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
stock
warrants
|
68,696 | 69 | (69 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
- | - | 205,686 | - | - | 205,686 | ||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | (176,815 | ) | - | (176,815 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive loss:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retirement
benefit adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | (989,570 | ) | (989,570 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive loss
|
_
|
(1,166,385 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2008
|
24,969,078 | $ | 24,969 | $ | 29,699,795 | $ | (31,214,806 | ) | $ | (3,217,259 | ) | $ | (4,707,301 | ) | ||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock in
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
connection
with the exercise
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
of
stock option
|
25,000 | 25 | 1,725 | - | - | 1,750 | ||||||||||||||||||
Accrued
interest- related party
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
converted
to common stock
|
500,000 | 500 | 24,500 | - | - | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
payable and accrued
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
interest
- other converted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to
common stock
|
134,540 | 134 | 6,592 | - | - | 6,726 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cashless
exercise of common
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
stock
warrants
|
33,265 | 33 | (33 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
- | - | 137,927 | - | - | 137,927 | ||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | (965,839 | ) | - | (965,839 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retirement
benefit adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | 412,219 | 412,219 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive loss
|
_
|
(553,620 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2009
|
25,661,883 | $ | 25,661 | $ | 29,870,506 | $ | (32,180,645 | ) | $ | (2,805,040 | ) | $ | (5,089,518 | ) |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
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GROUP, INC.
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS
|
Years
Ended
|
||||||||
December
31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (965,839 | ) | $ | (176,815 | ) | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash
|
||||||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
137,927 | 249,829 | ||||||
Depreciation
|
31,116 | 35,264 | ||||||
(Increase)
decrease in assets:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(114,466 | ) | (334,507 | ) | ||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
(14,572 | ) | (498 | ) | ||||
Deposits
|
- | 4,008 | ||||||
Increase
in liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
357,803 | 29,135 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
128,170 | 80,639 | ||||||
Accrued
pension obligations
|
521,049 | 225,046 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating
activities
|
81,188 | 112,101 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
(10,677 | ) | (23,304 | ) | ||||
Net cash used by investing
activities
|
(10,677 | ) | (23,304 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
Repayments
of bank notes payable
|
(158,886 | ) | (4,077 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from note payable – other
|
125,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
Proceeds
from notes payable – related parties
|
126,151 | - | ||||||
Repayments
of notes payable – related parties
|
(121,151 | ) | (176,332 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from issuances of common stock
|
1,750 | 16,667 | ||||||
Net
cash (used) provided by financing activities
|
(27,136 | ) | 36,258 | |||||
Net
increase in cash
|
43,375 | 125,055 | ||||||
Cash
- beginning of year
|
153,336 | 28,281 | ||||||
Cash
- end of year
|
$ | 196,711 | $ | 153,336 | ||||
Supplemental
cash flow disclosures:
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for:
|
||||||||
Interest
|
$ | 238,671 | $ | 249,667 | ||||
Income
taxes
|
$ | 4,000 | $ | 615 |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
5
INFINITE
GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
1. - PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND BUSINESS
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements
of Infinite Group, Inc. (IGI), and each of its wholly owned
subsidiaries. Each subsidiary was inactive during the years presented
in these financial statements. All significant intercompany accounts
and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The inactive
subsidiaries are Infinite Photonics, Inc. (IP), Laser Fare, Inc. (LF), and LF’s
wholly-owned subsidiary, Mound Laser and Photonics Center, Inc. (MLPC); Express
Tool, Inc. (ET); Materials and Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (MMT); Express
Pattern (EP) and MetaTek, Inc. (MT) (collectively "the Company").
The
Company operates in one segment, the field of IT consulting services, with all
operations based in the United States. There were no sales from
customers in foreign countries during 2009 and 2008 and all assets are located
in the United States. Certain projects required employees to travel
overseas during 2009 and 2008.
NOTE
2. - MANAGEMENT PLANS
Although
the Company reported net losses in 2009 and 2008 and a stockholders’ deficit at
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s sales have grown. The
Company’s business strategy is summarized as follows.
Business
Strategy
The
Company operates in the field of information technology (IT) consulting and
integration. The Company is a provider of IT services to federal, state and
local government and commercial clients. Its expertise includes
managing leading edge operations and implementing complex programs in advanced
server management, virtualization services including server, desktop,
application, and storage virtualization, cloud computing, wireless technology,
human capital services, business and technology integration, and enterprise
architecture. It focuses on aligning business processes with
technology for delivery of solutions meeting its clients’ exact needs and
providing expert management services to the lifecycle of technology-based
projects.
The
Company has entered into a subcontract agreement with a large computer equipment
manufacturer pursuant to which it is engaged in a server management and service
program with an establishment of the U.S. government. The prime contract extends
through 2011 and the Company’s subcontract agreement with the prime contractor
is renewable annually.
The
Company has been awarded a Federal Supply Schedule Contract by the U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA). In 2008, the Company received a
five-year extension of the GSA Contract. Having a GSA Contract allows
the Company to compete for and secure prime contracts with all executive
agencies of the U.S. Government as well as other national and international
organizations. The GSA Schedule was revised in May 2006 to include
new positions and a pricing schedule that that now extends through December 27,
2013.
The
Company has established several areas of specific focus with the objective of
increasing its sales, which include the following:
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GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
2. - MANAGEMENT PLANS – CONTINUED
Federal Government Sector -
The Company maintains a business development office in the Washington,
D.C. area to identify and respond to new sales opportunities within the federal
government market. The Company continues to focus on providing
quality services and seeking other business opportunities. The
Company has also focused on increasing U.S. government sales by developing
teaming agreements with major systems integrators and has established several
such agreements. The Company, through its prime contractor teaming
partners, has submitted and continues to submit proposals for new
projects. Awards from certain proposals are anticipated in the future
although the government financing and procurement processes are
lengthy.
State and Local Government Sector
- The Company has focused its development efforts in the Gulf Coast area
of the U.S. which is undergoing a major rebuilding of its state and local
government technology infrastructure as a result of damage and destruction from
major hurricanes. The Company has established itself as a preferred vendor in
the State of Mississippi in connection with certain specialized technology
offerings. Various opportunities have been identified in the State of
Mississippi and the Company began to record sales from two projects during
2009.
Virtualization Projects - The
Company has hired and trained specialists that architect, design and upgrade
computer systems using the latest technologies that allow for more efficient use
of existing infrastructure, which the Company refers to as virtualization
projects. The Company’s staff has successfully completed significant
virtualization projects for a major establishment of the U.S. government
operating one of the largest wide area networks in the United
States. The Company is using this experience and skill set to develop
new business opportunities with governmental, not-for-profit and commercial
organizations. For instance, the Company has secured a contract to
design, plan and build a virtualization effort for one of the constituent
agencies of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and has completed various
shorter duration projects during 2009.
As part
of the Company’s strategy of staying on the leading edge of complex virtualized
solutions, Company offerings include a comprehensive list of cloud
computing-related services. Cloud computing is defined as leveraging
internet-based resources to deliver services and processing power. By
using cloud computing, organizations can respond dynamically to business
demands, allaying the need to have extraneous systems on standby in anticipation
of such peaks. Cloud computing can involve both on-premise clouds and
off-premise clouds. On-premise clouds involve an organization
designing and implementing a large processing and storage fabric within its
own data center. Off-premise clouds involve using a third-party cloud
service provider to host the needs of an organization. In both cases
the underlying solution typically involves a virtualized infrastructure managed
through intelligent automation. The Company’s service offerings
include cloud readiness assessments, cloud migration services and various
platform-as-a-service solutions.
Existing Clients - The Company
continues to devote resources to serve its existing client base. It
has account managers that are focused on serving the existing needs of clients
as well as seeking opportunities for which it can provide cost effective
solutions. The Company has experienced growth from existing clients
resulting from their satisfaction with the quality of the Company’s
services.
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GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
3. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounts Receivable - Credit is granted to
substantially all customers throughout the United States. The Company
carries its accounts receivable at invoice amount, less an allowance for
doubtful accounts. On a periodic basis, the Company evaluates its
accounts receivable and establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts, based on
a history of past write-offs and collections and current credit
conditions. The Company’s policy is to not accrue interest on past
due receivables.
Management
has determined that an allowance of approximately $70,000 for doubtful accounts
is necessary at December 31, 2009 ($35,000 - 2008).
Concentration of Credit
Risk - Financial instruments that
potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash
accounts in financial institutions. The cash accounts occasionally
exceed the federally insured deposit amount; however, management does not
anticipate nonperformance by financial institutions. Management
reviews the financial viability of these institutions on a periodic
basis.
Sale of Certain Accounts
Receivable - The Company has available a
financing line with a financial institution (the Purchaser). In
connection with this line of credit the Company adopted FASB ASC 860 (formerly
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 140), “Accounting for Transfers and
Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities”. FASB ASC 860 provides consistent standards for
distinguishing transfers of financial assets that are sales from transfers that
are secured borrowings. The Company has a factoring line with the
Purchaser which enables the Company to sell selected accounts receivable
invoices to the Purchaser with full recourse against the
Company. These transactions qualify for a sale of assets since (1)
the Company has transferred all of its right, title and interest in the selected
accounts receivable invoices to the financial institution, (2) the Purchaser may
pledge, sell or transfer the selected accounts receivable invoices, and (3) the
Company has no effective control over the selected accounts receivable invoices
since it is not entitled to or obligated to repurchase or redeem the invoices
before their maturity and it does not have the ability to unilaterally cause the
Purchaser to return the invoices. Under FASB ASC 860, after a transfer of
financial assets, an entity recognizes the financial and servicing assets it
controls and the liabilities it has incurred, derecognizes financial assets when
control has been surrendered, and derecognizes liabilities when
extinguished.
Pursuant
to the provisions of FASB ASC 860, the Company reflects the transactions as a
sale of assets and establishes an accounts receivable from the Purchaser for the
retained amount less the costs of the transaction and less any anticipated
future loss in the value of the retained asset. The retained amount
is generally equal to 20% of the total accounts receivable invoice sold to the
Purchaser. During 2009, the Company increased its accounts receivable financing
line from $800,000 to $2,000,000 including a sublimit for one major client of
$1,500,000. The fee schedule was also revised. The fee for
the first 30 days is 1% (previously 1.5%) and additional fees are charged
against the average daily balance of net outstanding funds at the prime rate,
which was 3.25% per annum as of December 31, 2009 (previously fees were charged
at one half of one percent for each ten day period or portion
thereof). The estimated future loss reserve for each receivable
included in the estimated value of the retained asset is based on the payment
history of the accounts receivable customer and is included in the allowance for
doubtful accounts, if any. As collateral, the Company granted the
Purchaser a first priority interest in accounts receivable and a blanket lien,
which may be junior to other creditors, on all other assets.
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GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
3. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – CONTINUED
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold approximately $7,570,000
($6,290,000 - 2008) of its accounts receivable to the Purchaser. As
of December 31, 2009, $728,050 ($347,343 - 2008) of these receivables remained
outstanding. After deducting estimated fees and advances from the
Purchaser, the net receivable from the Purchaser amounted to $135,345 at
December 31, 2009 ($63,687 - 2008), and is included in accounts receivable in
the accompanying balance sheets as of that date.
There
were no gains or losses on the sale of the accounts receivable because all were
collected. The cost associated with the fees totaled approximately
$173,800 for the year ended December 31, 2009 ($159,000 -
2008). These fees are classified on the statements of operations as
interest expense.
Property and Equipment - Property and equipment are
recorded at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful lives for
financial statement purposes. The cost of improvements to leased properties is
amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the life of the
improvement. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as
incurred while improvements are capitalized.
Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets - The Company adopted the
provisions of FASB ASC 360 (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 144), “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived
Assets”. This standard specifies, among other things, that long-lived
assets are to be reviewed for potential impairment whenever events or
circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be
recoverable. The Company determined that there was no impairment of
long-lived assets during 2009 and 2008.
Revenue Recognition - The Company’s revenues are
generated under both time and material and fixed price consulting
agreements. Consulting revenue is recognized when the associated costs are
incurred, which coincides with the consulting services being provided.
Time and materials service agreements are based on hours worked and are billed
at agreed upon hourly rates for the respective position plus other billable
direct costs. Fixed price service agreements are based on a fixed amount
of periodic billings for recurring services of a similar nature performed
according to the contractual arrangements with clients. Under both types
of agreements, the delivery of services occurs when an employee works on a
specific project or assignment as stated in the contract or purchase
order. Based on historical experience, the Company believes that
collection is reasonably assured.
During
2009, sales to one client, including sales under subcontracts for services to
several entities, accounted for 69.4% of total sales (77.5% - 2008) and 86.8% of
accounts receivable (70.3% - 2008) at December 31, 2009.
Equity Instruments - For equity instruments issued to consultants and vendors in
exchange for goods and services the Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC
718 (formerly EITF 96-18), “Accounting for Equity Instruments That are Issued to
Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or
Services” and FASB ASC 718 (formerly EITF 00-18), “Accounting Recognition for
Certain Transactions Involving Equity Instruments Granted to Other Than
Employees.” The measurement date for the fair value of the equity
instruments issued is determined at the earlier of (i) the date at which a
commitment for performance by the consultant or vendor is reached or
(ii) the date at which the consultant or vendor’s performance is
complete. In the case of equity instruments issued to consultants,
the fair value of the equity instrument is recognized over the term of the
consulting agreement.
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GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
3. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – CONTINUED
Stock Options - The Company
recognizes compensation expense related to stock based payments over the
requisite service period based on the grant date fair value of the
awards. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to
determine the estimated fair value of the awards.
Income Taxes - The Company and
its wholly owned subsidiaries file consolidated federal income tax
returns. The Company accounts for income tax expense in accordance
with FASB ASC 740 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109)
“Accounting for Income Taxes.” Deferred taxes are provided on an
asset and liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for
deductible temporary differences, operating loss and tax credit carryforwards
and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary
differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax
bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when,
in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or
all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and
rates on the date of enactment.
The
Company’s adoption of FASB ASC 740 (formerly FIN 48) did not have a material
impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial position, and
therefore, the Company did not have any adjustments to the January 1, 2008
beginning balance of accumulated deficit. The Company reviews tax
positions taken to determine if it is more likely than not that the position
would be sustained upon examination resulting in an uncertain tax
position. The Company did not have any material unrecognized tax
benefit at December 31, 2009. The Company recognizes interest accrued
and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in tax
expense. During the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the
Company recognized no interest and penalties.
The
Company files U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in various
states. The tax years 2003 through 2009 remain open to examination by
the taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.
Earnings Per Share - Basic net
income (loss) per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the periods presented. Diluted income (loss) per
share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, as
well as dilutive potential common shares which, in the Company’s case, comprise
shares issuable under convertible notes payable, stock options and stock
warrants. The treasury stock method is used to calculate dilutive
shares, which reduces the gross number of dilutive shares by the number of
shares purchasable from the proceeds of the options and warrants assumed to be
exercise. In a loss year, the calculation for basic and diluted
earnings per share is considered to be the same, as the impact of potential
common shares is anti-dilutive.
If the
Company had generated earnings during the year ended December 31, 2009,
19,205,357 (19,913,451 - 2008) common stock equivalent shares would have been
added to the weighted average shares outstanding. These additional
shares represent the assumed exercise of common stock options, warrants and
convertible notes payable whose exercise price is less than the average of the
Company’s stock price during the period.
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GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
3. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – CONTINUED
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, convertible debt, options and warrants
to purchase 23,165,592 and 22,592,977 shares, respectively, of common stock that
could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future were excluded
from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share because their
inclusion would have been anti-dilutive due to the Company’s losses in the
respective years.
Use of Estimates - The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments - The
carrying amounts of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable and accrued
expenses are reasonable estimates of their fair value due to their short
maturity. Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the
Company for loans similar to its term debt and notes payable, the fair value
approximates its carrying amount.
Defined Benefit Pension Plan -
The Company recognizes the funded status of the defined benefit postretirement
plan in its balance sheet and recognizes changes in that funded status in
comprehensive income according to FASB ASC 715 (formerly Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 158), “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.” The
implementation of this Statement did not have a significant impact on the
Company’s financial statements.
Comprehensive Income - The Company accounts for
comprehensive income under FASB ASC 220 (formerly Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 130), “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” which
establishes standards for reporting and measuring of all changes in equity that
result from transactions, other events and circumstances from non-owner
sources. The Company reported the retirement benefit adjustment as a
component of comprehensive loss in the statement of stockholders’ deficiency for
the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
Fair Value Measurements - Fair value measurements
apply to the Osley & Whitney, Inc. Retirement Plan (the Plan) assets and
liabilities.
Valuation
Hierarchy – The Plan assets and liabilities which are measured at fair
value and are classified using the following hierarchy, which is based upon the
transparency of inputs to the valuation as of the measurement
date.
•
|
Level 1 -
Valuation is based upon quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or
liabilities in active markets.
|
|
•
|
Level 2 -
Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities
in active markets, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or
liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term
of the financial instrument.
|
|
•
|
Level 3 -
Valuation is based upon other unobservable inputs that are significant to
the fair value measurement.
|
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GROUP, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES – CONTINUED
The
classification of fair value measurements within the hierarchy is based upon the
lowest level of input that is significant to the
measurement. Valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities
measured at fair value are as follows.
Investments
- Where quoted prices are available in an active market, investments are
classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Level 1
securities include highly liquid government bonds, certain mortgage products and
exchange-traded equities. If quoted market prices are not available, fair
values are estimated using quoted prices of securities with similar
characteristics or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the
security, and would be classified within Level 2 of the valuation
hierarchy. In certain cases where there is limited activity or less
transparency around inputs to the valuation, securities would be classified
within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.
Reclassifications - The Company reclassified
certain prior year amounts to conform to the current year’s
presentation.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(Codification) - The Codification is the source of authoritative U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be
applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases
of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of
authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants including the Company. On the
effective date of this Statement, the Codification superseded all then-existing
non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other
nongrandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification
is nonauthoritative. Since the Codification was effective for
financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after
September 15, 2009, the Company revised its references to Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards to refer to the Codification as its source for
GAAP.
Subsequent Events - FASB ASC
Topic 855 establishes the principles and requirements for evaluating and
reporting subsequent events, including the period subject to evaluation for
subsequent events, the circumstances requiring recognition of subsequent events
in the financial statements, and the required disclosures. This
section of the Codification was effective for interim and annual periods ending
after June 15, 2009, which was June 30, 2009 for the Company.
Employers’ Disclosures about
Postretirement Benefit
Plan Assets - In December 2008, the FASB issued an amendment to the
FASB ASC Topic 715. This amends the
disclosure requirements for employer’s disclosure of plan assets for defined
benefit pensions and other postretirement plans. The objective of
this amendment is to provide users of financial statements with an understanding
of how investment allocation decisions are made, the major categories of plan
assets held by the plans, the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure
the fair value of plan assets, significant concentration of risk within the plan
assets, and for fair value measurements determined using significant
unobservable inputs, a reconciliation of changes between the beginning and
ending balances. It is effective for fiscal years ending after
December 15, 2009 which the Company adopted in 2009 (see Note
10).
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3. - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES – CONTINUED
Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements - The
objective of ASU 2009-13 is to address the accounting for
multiple-deliverable arrangements to enable vendors to account for products or
services (deliverables) separately rather than as a combined unit. In
addition, this update provides principles and application guidance on whether
multiple deliverables exist, how the arrangement should be separated, and the
consideration allocated; requires an entity to allocate revenue in an
arrangement using estimated selling prices of deliverables if a vendor does not
have vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence of selling
price; and eliminates the use of the residual method and requires an entity to
allocate revenue using the relative selling price method. ASU 2009-13
will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1,
2011. The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its
financial statements upon adoption.
Revenue Arrangements That Include
Software Elements - The objective of ASU 2009-14 is to address revenue
arrangements that include software elements. The amendments in this
ASU change the accounting model for revenue arrangements that include both
tangible products and software elements. ASU 2009-13 is effective
prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in
fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company does
not anticipate any material impact on its financial statements upon
adoption.
Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements - The
objective of ASU 2010-06 is to address improving disclosures about fair value
measurements. This ASU affects all entities that are required to make
disclosures about recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements under FASB
ASC Topic 820, originally issued as FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. The ASU requires certain new disclosures and clarifies
two existing disclosure requirements. The new disclosures and
clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures
about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of
activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim
periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not anticipate
any material impact on its financial statements upon adoption.
Management
does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective
accounting standard if currently adopted would have a material effect on the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
NOTE
4. - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property
and equipment consists of:
Depreciable
|
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Lives
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
Software
|
3 |
to
|
5
years
|
$ | 22,605 | $ | 37,594 | |||||||
Machinery
and equipment
|
3 |
to
|
10
years
|
155,345 | 135,201 | |||||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
5 |
to
|
7
years
|
10,892 | 10,892 | |||||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
3
years
|
3,286 | 3,286 | |||||||||||
192,128 | 186,973 | |||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(133,351 | ) | (117,223 | ) | ||||||||||
$ | 58,777 | $ | 69,750 |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 5.
- NOTES PAYABLE – CURRENT
Notes payable consist of:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Demand
note payable, 10%, unsecured
|
$ | 30,000 | $ | 30,000 | ||||
Note
payable, 12%, due December 31, 2010
|
265,000 | - | ||||||
$ | 295,000 | $ | 30,000 | |||||
Note payable, 12%, due December 31,
2010 - During the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company
issued secured notes payable aggregating $265,000. All of these
borrowings bear interest at 12% and are due, as modified, on December 31,
2010. The notes are secured by a first lien on accounts receivable
that are not otherwise used by the Company as collateral for other borrowings
and by a second lien on all other accounts receivable. Amounts
outstanding at December 31, 2009 amounted to $265,000 ($265,000 – 2008, which is
included with long-term notes payable).
Notes
payable - related parties consist of:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Demand
note payable to director, 18%, unsecured
|
$ | 40,000 | $ | 40,000 | ||||
Convertible
note payable, 11%, due July 1, 2010
|
59,000 | - | ||||||
Demand
note payable to director, 10%, unsecured
|
30,000 | - | ||||||
Demand
note payable to director, 12%, unsecured
|
25,000 | - | ||||||
$ | 154,000 | $ | 40,000 |
Convertible note payable, 11%, due
July 1, 2010 - During 2005, the Company issued various notes to a
stockholder, who is currently an employee. Subsequently, the notes
were consolidated into one note for $185,000 with interest payable monthly at
12%. The consolidated note was further modified during 2008 such that
the note bears interest at 11% and principal matures on July 1,
2010. The note is secured by all of the assets of the
Company. During 2009, the note balance was repaid from $109,000 to
$59,000 and the note was further modified such that principal and interest are
convertible to common stock at $.16 per share, which was the closing price of
the Company’s common stock on the date of the modification. At
December 31, 2009, the note had a balance of $59,000 ($109,000 – 2008, which is
included with long-term notes payable-related parties).
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NOTES
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NOTE
6. - LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS
Term
notes payable - banks and other consist of:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Term
notes payable - banks
|
$ | 41,272 | $ | 40,692 | ||||
Term
note payable,12%, due January 1, 2011
|
175,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
Convertible
notes payable, 6%, due January 1, 2016
|
150,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
Note
payable, 12%, due December 31, 2010
|
- | 265,000 | ||||||
366,272 | 511,692 | |||||||
Less
current maturities
|
32,243 | 7,426 | ||||||
$ | 334,029 | $ | 504,266 |
Term notes payable - banks -
The Company entered into a loan agreement during 2007 for the financing of a
vehicle. The loan has a balance of $25,295 at December 31,
2009, ($29,706 – 2008), bears interest at 7.9% and is due in aggregate monthly
installments of approximately $550 through October 26, 2010 at which time the
remaining principal balance of $21,751 is due.
The
Company entered into capital lease agreements during 2009 and 2008 for the
financing of office equipment. The loans have a balance of $15,977 at
December 31, 2009, ($10,987 – 2008) bear interest at rates ranging from 17.3% to
18.5% and are due in monthly installments of approximately $400 through December
2011 and approximately $370 through January 2012.
Term note payable, 12%, due January
1, 2011 - The Company entered into a secured loan agreement during 2008
for working capital. The loan bears interest at 12%, which is
payable monthly, and had a balance of $200,000 at December 31, 2008 and a
maturity date of June 2, 2010. During 2009, principal was paid down
to $50,000. Prior to year end, an additional $125,000 of proceeds
were added to the note and the note was modified for its conversion into common
shares at $.25 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common
stock on the date of the modification, with a maturity date of January 1,
2011.
Convertible notes payable, 6%, due
January 1, 2016 - At December 31, 2009, the Company was
obligated to unrelated parties for $150,000 ($6,000 - 2008) at the same terms as
stated below under Convertible Notes Payable - Related Parties except that the
interest rate is fixed at 6%. During 2009, a note for $6,000 and
accrued interest payable was converted to common shares.
Note payable, 12%, due December 31,
2010 – See Note 5 notes payable-current.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
6. - LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS – CONTINUED
Term
notes payable - related
parties consist of:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Convertible
notes payable, 6%, due January 1, 2016
|
$ | 501,324 | 625,624 | |||||
Note
payable, 11%, due July 1, 2010
|
- | 109,000 | ||||||
$ | 501,324 | 734,624 |
Convertible notes payable,
6%, due January 1, 2016 – The Company has various
notes payable to related parties which mature on January 1, 2016 with principal
and accrued interest convertible, except for interest on one note for $25,000
which is not convertible, at the option of the holder into shares of common
stock at $.05 per share. The notes bear interest at 6.0% at December
31, 2009 (6.0% - 2008). The interest rate will be adjusted annually,
on January 1st of each
year, to a rate equal to the prime rate in effect on December 31st of the
immediately preceding year, plus one and one quarter percent, and in no event,
shall the interest rate be less than 6% per annum, except that one note for
$25,000 has a fixed interest rate of 6%.
During
2009, one holder converted $25,000 of the principal of a note into 500,000
shares of common stock and during 2008, such holder converted $60,938 of
principal and accrued interest into 1,218,750 shares of common
stock. During 2008, the holder of one note sold $6,000 of the notes
to an unrelated party, which is included above in Term Notes Payable at December
31, 2008 and also sold $9,000 to an officer of the Company, which is included
herein. During 2009, the holder of one note sold $150,000 of
the note to unrelated parties, which are included above in Notes Payable - Banks
and Other.
The
Company executed collateral security agreements with the note holders providing
for a security interest in all of the Company’s assets. Generally,
upon notice, prior to the note maturity date, the Company can prepay all or a
portion of the outstanding notes.
The Notes
are convertible into shares of common stock subject to the following
limitations. The Notes are not convertible to the extent that shares
of common stock issuable upon the proposed conversion would result in a change
in control of the Company which would limit the use of its net operating loss
carryforwards; provided, however, if the Company closes a transaction with
another third party or parties that results in a change of control which will
limit the use of its net operating loss carryforwards, then the foregoing
limitation shall lapse.
Prior to
any conversion by a requesting note holder, each note holder holding a note
which is then convertible into 5% or more of the Company’s common stock shall be
entitled to participate on a pari passu basis with the requesting note holder
and upon any such participation the requesting note holder shall proportionately
adjust his conversion request such that, in the aggregate, a change of control,
which will limit the use of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards, does
not occur.
Note payable, 11%, due July 1, 2010 –
See Note 5 notes payable - related parties.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
7. - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
Preferred Stock - The Company’s certificate
of incorporation authorizes its board of directors to issue up to 1,000,000
shares of preferred stock. The stock is issuable in series that may vary as to
certain rights and preferences, as determined upon issuance, and has a par value
of $.01 per share. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008 there were no preferred
shares issued or outstanding.
Common Stock – During the year
ended December 31, 2009, the following common stock transactions took
place:
·
|
The
Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock upon exercise of employee
stock options and receipt of the exercise price of $.07 per share or
$1,750.
|
·
|
The
Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of $25,000
of principal of notes payable to a related
party.
|
·
|
The
Company issued 134,540 shares of common stock upon conversion of $6,726 of
principal and accrued interest payable to a third
party.
|
·
|
The
Company issued 33,265 shares of common stock upon exercise of warrants for
80,000 common shares on a cashless
basis.
|
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the following common stock transactions took
place:
·
|
The
Company issued 66,667 shares of common stock upon exercise of employee
stock options and receipt of the exercise price of $.25 per share or
$16,667.
|
·
|
The
Company issued 1,218,750 shares of common stock upon conversion of $60,938
of principal and accrued interest of notes payable to related
parties.
|
·
|
The
Company issued 68,696 shares of common stock upon exercise of warrants for
122,500 common shares on a cashless
basis.
|
Warrants - During
2006, the Company engaged the services of an investment banking group on a
non-exclusive basis to provide advice concerning financial planning, corporate
organization and structure, business combinations, and related
services. The Company issued a warrant to acquire 100,000 shares of
common stock exercisable at $.50 per share, which vested on January 1, 2006, and
expires on December 31, 2010. The warrant value amounting to $16,770 was
determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and was recognized as
expense during 2006.
On March 3, 2006, the Company engaged
the services of a consultant, an accredited investor, and issued the consultant
a warrant to acquire 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, exercisable
at $.30 per share which expires on March 2, 2011. The warrant vests
in increments of 100,000 common shares as the Company realizes aggregate sales
of $200,000, $1,200,000, $2,200,000, $3,200,000, and $4,200,000 from the
consultant’s efforts on the Company’s behalf. During the year
ended December 31, 2007, the consultant vested in 100,000 shares as a result of
achieving the first performance measure and the Company valued the warrant using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model and recognized $37,799 of consulting
expense. On August 1, 2008, the terms the warrant were modified such
that the second performance criterion of sales of $1,200,000 was eliminated and
100,000 shares vest on a periodic schedule through July 1,
2009. During the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, 60,000 and
40,000 shares vested, respectively, and the Company recorded net expense of
$(2,169) and $25,548, respectively, associated with such
modification. The Company anticipates that the likelihood of the
consultant meeting the remaining performance criteria is remote and accordingly
has not recorded any consulting expense related to the remaining 300,000 shares
under the warrant. During 2009, the Company issued 33,265 shares of
common stock upon the consultant’s exercise of warrants for 80,000 common shares
on a cashless basis.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7. - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY –
CONTINUED
On May 1,
2006, the Company engaged the services of a consultant, an accredited investor,
and issued the consultant a warrant to acquire 50,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock, exercisable at $.35 per share which expires on April 30,
2016. The warrant is only exercisable if the Company realizes sales
of $500,000 or more as a result of the consultant’s efforts on the Company’s
behalf. As of December 31, 2009, the consultant had not generated any
sales for the Company and as a result the Company has not recorded any
compensation expense. The Company anticipates that the likelihood of
the consultant meeting the performance criterion is remote.
On April 5, 2007, the Company engaged
the services of a consultant, an accredited investor, to assist it with business
development for a term of one year through April 4, 2008 and issued it a warrant
to acquire 100,000 shares of its common stock, exercisable at $.50 per share,
which expires on April 4, 2012. The fair value of the warrant
amounted to $24,380 using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the consultant vested
in 100,000 shares. The Company recognized consulting expense over the
term of service, of which $6,095 was recognized during the year ended December
31, 2008.
The total
compensation cost that has been (credited) charged against income for the above
warrants was $(2,169) and $31,643 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008, respectively.
The
following is a summary of warrant activity for the years ended December 31, 2008
and 2009:
Number
of Warrants Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Remaining
Contractual Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
750,000 | $ | .36 | |||||||||||||
Exercised
during 2008
|
(122,500 | ) | $ | .34 | ||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
627,500 | $ | .36 | |||||||||||||
Exercised
during 2009
|
(80,000 | ) | $ | .30 | ||||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2009
|
547,500 | $ | .37 |
1.4
years
|
$ | - | ||||||||||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2009
|
197,500 | $ | .48 |
1.7
years
|
$ | - |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7. - STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY –
CONTINUED
A summary
of the status of nonvested warrant activity for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008 follows:
Nonvested Shares
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Fair
Value
at Grant Date
|
||||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2007
|
450,000 | $ | .22 | |||||
Vested
|
(40,000 | ) | $ | .23 | ||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2008
|
410,000 | $ | .22 | |||||
Vested
|
(60,000 | ) | $ | .23 | ||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2009
|
350,000 | $ | .22 |
NOTE
8. - STOCK OPTION PLANS
The
Company’s board of directors and stockholders have approved stock option plans
adopted in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2005, which have
authority to grant options to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,188,833 common
shares at December 31, 2009 (5,223,833 - 2008). No further grants may
be made from the 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999
plans. As of December 31, 2009, 344,833 options to purchase
shares remain unissued under the 2005 plan. Such options may be
designated at the time of grant as either incentive stock options or
nonqualified stock options.
On
February 3, 2009, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2009 stock
option plan, which grants options to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,000,000
common shares. As of December 31, 2009, 3,330,000 options to
purchase shares remain unissued under the 2009 plan. Options issued
to date are nonqualified since the Company has decided not to seek stockholder
approval of the 2009 Plan.
The
compensation cost that has been charged against income for options granted to
employees under the plans was $140,096 and $205,686 for the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The impact of this expense was to
increase basic and diluted net loss per share from $(.03) to $(.04) for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and from $(.00) to $(.01) for the year ended December
31, 2008.
The fair
value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following
assumptions.
Volatility is based on data used by
other companies in the IT services industry and a more recent increase in
overall market volatility of companies in the IT services
industry. The expected life of the options was assumed to be the ten
year contractual term for options granted through September 30,
2008. For options granted after September 30, 2008 the term is
assumed to be 5.75 years using the simplified method for plain vanilla options
as stated in FASB ASC 718-10-S99 to improve the accuracy of this assumption
while simplifying record keeping requirements until more detailed information
about the Company’s exercise behavior is available. The risk-free rate for the
life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the
time of grant. The following assumptions were used for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
8. - STOCK OPTION PLANS – CONTINUED
2009
|
2008
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
2.09%
- 2.80%
|
1.7% -
4.1%
|
||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0%
|
0%
|
||
Expected
stock price volatility
|
75%
|
50% -
75%
|
||
Expected
life of options
|
5.75
years
|
5.75
- 10 years
|
The
Company recorded expense for options, warrants and common stock issued to
employees and independent service providers for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008 as follows:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Employee
stock options
|
$ | 140,096 | $ | 205,686 | ||||
Consultants
- common stock warrants
|
(2,169 | ) | 31,643 | |||||
Consultant
- common stock
|
- | 12,500 | ||||||
Total
expense
|
$ | 137,927 | $ | 249,829 |
Stock Option Plans - The
Company grants stock options to its key employees and independent service
providers as it deems appropriate. Qualified options are exercisable
as long as the optionee continues to be an employee of the Company and for
thirty days subsequent to employee termination.
The
following is a summary of stock option activity, including qualified and
non-qualified options for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008:
Number
of Options Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Remaining
Contractual Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
4,914,500 | $ | .27 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
684,000 | $ | .53 | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
(66,667 | ) | $ | .25 | |||||||||
Expired
|
(680,333 | ) | $ | .45 | |||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
4,851,500 | $ | .28 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
902,500 | $ | .19 | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
(25,000 | ) | $ | .07 | |||||||||
Expired
|
(237,500 | ) | $ | .51 | |||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2009
|
5.491,500 | $ | .26 |
6.1
years
|
$ | 376,047 | |||||||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2009
|
4,625,167 | $ | .26 |
5.6
years
|
$ | 327,616 |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
8. - STOCK OPTION PLANS – CONTINUED
A summary
of the status of nonvested stock options for the years ended December 31, 2009
and 2008 follows:
Nonvested Shares
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Fair
Value
at Grant Date
|
||||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2007
|
662,333 | $ | .30 | |||||
Granted
|
684,000 | $ | .34 | |||||
Vested
|
(655,334 | ) | $ | .32 | ||||
Forfeited
|
(67,666 | ) | $ | .29 | ||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2008
|
623,333 | $ | .33 | |||||
Granted
|
902,500 | $ | .12 | |||||
Vested
|
(511,167 | ) | $ | .26 | ||||
Forfeited
|
(148,333 | ) | $ | .32 | ||||
Nonvested
at December 31, 2009
|
866,333 | $ | .15 |
At
December 31, 2009, there was approximately $91,000 of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to outstanding non-vested options. This
cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of
approximately one year. The total fair value of shares vested during
the year ended December 31, 2009 was approximately $134,000.
The
weighted average fair value of options granted was $.12 and $.34 per share for
each of the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The
exercise price for all options granted equaled or exceeded the market value of
the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.
Directors’
Stock Option Plan - In
April 1993, the Company’s board of directors and stockholders adopted a
non-discretionary outside directors' stock option plan that provides for the
grant to non-employee directors of non-qualified stock options to purchase up to
50,000 shares of common stock. No new options are issuable under the
terms of this plan. During 2009 and 2008, 10,000 and 8,000 options
expired, respectively. At December 31, 2009, there were 22,500
(32,500 - 2008) options outstanding to directors under this plan, all of which
are exercisable. These options are exercisable at prices ranging from
$.10 to $2.53 per share with a weighted average exercise price of $.96 per
share. The options expire at various dates from 2010 to
2013.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
9. - INCOME TAXES
The
components of income tax expense (benefit) follows:
December
31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Current
- State
|
$ | 4,000 | $ | 615 | ||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||
Federal
|
(281,000 | ) | (363,000 | ) | ||||
State
|
(82,000 | ) | (105,000 | ) | ||||
(363,000 | ) | (468,000 | ) | |||||
Change
in valuation allowance
|
363,000 | 468,000 | ||||||
$ | 4,000 | $ | 615 |
At
December 31, 2009 the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of
approximately $22,500,000 and various state net operating loss carryforwards of
approximately $16,500,000, which expire from 2014 through
2029. Utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards may be
subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change
limitations provided by the Internal Revenues Code and similar state
provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of the
net operating loss carryforwards before utilization. The Company may
be unable to use certain of its state tax net operating loss carryforwards since
it presently does not operate in certain states in which it has state net
operating loss carryforwards.
At
December 31, 2009, a net deferred tax asset, representing the future benefit
attributed primarily to the available net operating loss carryforwards and
defined pension plan expenses, in the amount of approximately $10,432,000, had
been fully offset by a valuation allowance because management believes that the
regulatory limitations on utilization of the operating losses, its position
regarding sponsorship of the defined benefit retirement plan and concerns over
achieving profitable operations diminish the Company's ability to demonstrate
that it is more likely than not that these future benefits will be realized
before they expire.
The
following is a summary of the Company's temporary differences and carryforwards
which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$ | 8,541,000 | $ | 8,408,000 | ||||
Defined
benefit pension liability
|
1,477,000 | 1,447,000 | ||||||
Property
and equipment
|
24,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
Reserves
and accrued expenses payable
|
390,000 | 367,000 | ||||||
Gross
deferred tax asset
|
10,432,000 | 10,234,000 | ||||||
Deferred
tax asset valuation allowance
|
(10,432,000 | ) | (10,234,000 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$ | - | $ | - |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
9. - INCOME TAXES – CONTINUED
The
differences between the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate and the effective
income tax rate in the accompanying consolidated statements of income are as
follows.
December 31,
|
|||
2009
|
2008
|
||
Statutory
U.S. federal tax rate
|
34.0%
|
34.0%
|
|
State
income taxes, net of federal
|
5.3
|
39.1
|
|
Incentive
stock option expense
|
(3.5)
|
(38.7)
|
|
Other
permanent non-deductible items
|
(.5)
|
(3.8)
|
|
Change
in valuation allowance
|
(37.7)
|
(265.6)
|
|
Net operating loss carry forward adjustment |
2.0
|
234.7
|
|
Effective
income tax rate
|
(.4)%
|
(.3)%
|
NOTE
10. - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND PENSION PLANS
Retirement Plan - The Company offers a simple
IRA plan as a retirement plan for eligible employees. Employees are
eligible to participate in the plan if they earn at least $5,000 of compensation
from the Company during the year. Eligible employees may contribute a
percentage of their compensation up to a maximum of $10,500 for 2009 and
2008. The Company can elect to make a discretionary contribution to
the Plan. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 the Company
elected to make a matching contribution equal to the employee’s contribution up
to a limit of 3% of the employee’s compensation for the year. The
Company match for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $70,943 ($52,248 –
2008).
Defined Benefit Plan - The Company has acted as
sponsor for a contributory defined benefit pension plan, the Osley &
Whitney, Inc. Retirement Plan (the Plan), that covered all salaried and hourly
employees at Osley & Whitney, Inc. (O&W) that were scheduled to work at
least 1,000 hours per year. During the year ended December 31, 2001,
the Company discontinued the operations of O&W and on December 30, 2002 sold
all of the common stock of O&W to a third party but continued to act as
sponsor for the plan. The termination of the employees’ services
earlier than expected resulted in a plan curtailment, accounted for in
accordance with former Statement of Financial Standards Statement 88 in
2001. No future benefits will be earned by plan
participants. As a result, the accumulated benefit obligation (the
actuarial present value using the current salary level of the benefits earned to
date by the Plan participant) and projected benefit obligation (the actuarial
present value using the salary level at retirement age of the benefits earned to
date by the Plan participant) are the same amount. The Plan remains
in existence and continues to pay benefits as participants qualify and receive
contributions.
The
Company recognizes interest, penalties, and professional fees related to the
defined benefit pension plan in defined benefit plan expense if they are
associated with the Plan. As of December 31, 2009, the Company has
accrued approximately $445,000 ($420,000 – 2008) of excise taxes and interest
associated with the unfunded contributions to the Plan through the Plan year
ended December 31, 2005.
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NOTES
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NOTE
10. - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Prior to December 30, 2002, the
Company owned 100% of the common stock of O&W. On December 30,
2002, the Company sold 100% of the O&W common stock to a third party, but
continued to act as the sponsor of the Plan. Although the Company
continued to act as the sponsor of the Plan after the sale, during 2007
management determined that it had no legal obligation to do so.
During
2007, the Company submitted information to the Department of Treasury (Treasury)
advocating that it had no legal obligation to act as the sponsor of the Plan to
ascertain whether the Treasury concurred or disagreed with this
position. The Company subsequently provided responses to Treasury
inquiries related to this determination. In October 2009, the Company
received a report from the Treasury that stated that the Treasury staff
disagreed with the Company’s position and as a result, the Company is
responsible for excise taxes attributed to the funding deficiency of $1,836,359
for the years 2003 through 2007 which funding deficiency can only be corrected
by contributing $1,836,359 to the Plan. The report also states that
proposed 10% excise taxes of $348,500, penalties for late payment of excise
taxes of approximately $1,200,000, and 100% excise taxes of approximately $3.5
million related to the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 may be
imposed. Penalties for late payment may be removed if the Company
provides reasonable cause for not paying the excise taxes and the Treasury
concurs with the Company’s position. The Company and its outside
legal counsel disagree with significant aspects of both the factual findings and
legal conclusions set forth in the report and, in accordance with Treasury
procedures, have responded with a detailed analysis of its opposition to their
findings. The Company plans to diligently pursue all appropriate
steps to perfect its appeal rights and attempt to prevail on the merits of its
position, which will include filing a protest, requesting an appeals conference,
and, if needed, petitioning the tax court and advocating its position in that
forum.
If the
Company does not ultimately prevail, it will become obligated for Plan
contributions of approximately $2.2 million as of December 31 2009 and 10%
excise taxes on accumulated unfunded Plan contributions for the Plan years ended
December 31, 2006 and 2007 of approximately $348,500, as stated above, and
potentially additional 10% excise taxes of approximately $220,000 for the year
ended December 31, 2008, which have not been accrued based upon the Company’s
determination that it has no legal obligation to act as the Plan sponsor and the
Company’s belief that the likelihood is not probable that it will be required to
pay these excise taxes. Further, if the Company does not ultimately
prevail, it may be required to pay interest on these excise taxes and
potentially incur penalties for late payment of excise taxes and additional
excise taxes up to 100% of each year’s required funding
deficiency. The Company has accrued amounts related to excise taxes,
including late fees and interest, on unfunded contributions for 2003, 2004 and
2005 of approximately $445,000 as of December 31, 2009 ($420,000 at December 31,
2008). No excise taxes, late fees or interest for 2006, 2007, 2008,
and 2009 has been accrued at December 31, 2009 and 2008. The Company
does not have the funds available to make required contributions which
approximate $2.2 million and does not intend to make any contributions to the
O&W Plan during 2010.
During
2006, the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) placed a lien on all of
the Company’s assets to secure the contributions due to the
Plan. This lien is subordinate to liens that secure accounts
receivable financing and certain notes payable.
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NOTES
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NOTE
10. - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
On April
29, 2009, acting for the Plan, the Company sent the Plan participants a notice
of intent to terminate the Plan in a distress termination with a proposed
termination date of June 30, 2009. The Company also provided
additional documentation regarding the Company’s status and the status of the
Plan. The termination of the Plan is subject to approval by the
PBGC. The Company has provided information to the PBGC which Company
management believes satisfies the requirements of the PBGC. As of
February 25, 2010, the PBGC has neither acted on the information that the
Company provided nor requested additional information.
At
December 31, 2009, the O&W Plan had an accrued pension obligation liability
of $3,696,640 ($3,622,122 - 2008), which includes the underfunded amount plus
interest on past due payments and excise taxes including penalties and interest
of approximately $445,000 as discussed above. Accumulated other
comprehensive loss of $2,805,040 ($3,217,259 - 2008) has been recorded as a
reduction of stockholders’ equity.
The
measurement date used to determine the pension measurements for the pension plan
is December 31, 2009. Net periodic pension cost recorded in the
accompanying statements of operations includes the following components of
expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Interest
cost
|
$ | 316,485 | $ | 309,982 | ||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(168,461 | ) | (281,127 | ) | ||||
Service
cost
|
71,000 | 31,000 | ||||||
Actuarial
loss
|
149,373 | 93,872 | ||||||
Net
periodic pension cost
|
$ | 368,397 | $ | 153,727 |
The following sets forth the funded
status of the Plan and the amounts shown in the accompanying balance
sheets:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Projected
benefit obligation:
|
||||||||
Benefit
obligation at beginning of year
|
$ | 5,285,531 | $ | 5,379,889 | ||||
Interest
cost
|
316,485 | 309,982 | ||||||
Change
in discount rate assumption
|
121,716 | - | ||||||
Change
in mortality assumption
|
10,518 | - | ||||||
Actuarial
loss (gain)
|
(190,966 | ) | 43,924 | |||||
Benefits
paid
|
(447,552 | ) | (448,264 | ) | ||||
Projected
benefit obligation at end of year
|
$ | 5,095,732 | $ | 5,285,531 | ||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Plan
assets at fair value:
|
||||||||
Fair
value of plan assets at beginning of year
|
$ | 2,150,094 | $ | 3,387,749 | ||||
Actual
return of plan assets
|
372,575 | (718,779 | ) | |||||
Benefits
paid
|
(518,552 | ) | (448,264 | ) | ||||
Expenses
paid
|
- | (70,612 | ) | |||||
Fair
value of plan assets at end of year
|
$ | 2,004,117 | $ | 2,150,094 | ||||
Funded
status (deficit)
|
$ | (3,091,615 | ) | $ | (3,135,437 | ) | ||
Unrecognized
actuarial loss
|
(2,805,040 | ) | (3,217,259 | ) | ||||
(5,896,655 | ) | (6,352,696 | ) | |||||
Amounts
recognized in accumulated other
|
||||||||
comprehensive
loss
|
2,805,040 | 3,217,259 | ||||||
Accrued
pension cost
|
$ | (3,091,615) | $ | (3,135,437) |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 10. - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND
PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Amounts recognized in the consolidated
balance sheet consist of:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities
|
$ | (2,356,603 | ) | $ | (1,798,206 | ) | ||
Noncurrent
liabilities
|
(735,012 | ) | (1,337,231 | ) | ||||
$ | (3,091,615 | ) | $ | (3,135,437 | ) |
The Plan
actuary has estimated net periodic pension cost for the year ending December 31,
2010 of $311,061, which includes amounts to be recognized in accumulated other
comprehensive loss of $127,526.
The benefits expected to be paid in
each of the next five fiscal years, and in aggregate for the five fiscal years
thereafter are as follows:
2010
|
$ | 439,356 | ||
2011
|
$ | 433,800 | ||
2012
|
$ | 427,700 | ||
2013
|
$ | 433,000 | ||
2014
|
$ | 431,900 | ||
2015
–
2019
|
$ | 1,997,400 |
The major
actuarial assumptions used in the calculation of the pension obligation
follow:
2009
|
2008
|
|||
Discount
rate
|
5.95%
|
6.25%
|
||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
8.90%
|
8.90%
|
||
Rate
of increase in compensation
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
The
expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets assumption is determined from
the Plan’s asset allocation using historical returns over the past several years
and the Plan’s investment philosophy. The discount rate assumption is
based on published pension liability indices and reflects the current interest
rate environment.
The
investment strategy is to manage the assets of the Plan to generate sufficient
returns to meet the long-term liabilities while maintaining adequate liquidity
to pay current benefits. This strategy is implemented by holding equity
investments while investing a portion of the assets in fixed income debt
securities to match the long-term nature of the liabilities. An
independent fee based investment management company makes all investment
decisions subject to the Plan’s investment strategy. The assets are
held by a separate trust company as custodian for the Plan. For
equity investments, the manager implements its defined process that focuses on
the merits of individual companies allowing it to find opportunities across the
globe. The process includes identifying industry sector groups that
meet the investment strategy, profiling investment alternatives, establishing
buy and sell targets based on strategy and strict pricing disciplines, and
accepting only those investments that meet the strategy, pricing and Plan
objectives. Investments are monitored on an ongoing basis to assure
they continue to meet the strategy, pricing and Plan objectives.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
10. - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
The
Company's weighted-average asset allocations for its defined benefit pension
plan at December 31, 2009 and 2008, by asset category, are as
follows:
Asset Category
|
Target %
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||
Domestic
equity securities
|
45 | % | 48 | % | ||||||||
International
equity securities
|
12 | % | 13 | % | ||||||||
Equity
securities
|
60 | % | 57 | % | 61 | % | ||||||
Interest
bearing debt securities
|
40 | % | 43 | % | 39 | % | ||||||
Total
|
100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
Assets in
the trust fund are held for the sole benefit of participating former employees
and retirees. They are comprised of the following securities as of
December 31, 2009, which are level 1 and level 2 investments. Small
cap equities consist of 500,000 common shares of the Company at December 31,
2009.
The fair
values of the pension plan assets at December 31, 2009, by asset category
are as follows:
Total
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
||||||||||
U.S.
equity securities:
|
||||||||||||
U.S.
large cap
|
$ | 571,890 | $ | 571,890 | $ | - | ||||||
Mid
cap
|
124,950 | 124,950 | - | |||||||||
Small
cap
|
38,571 | 38,571 | - | |||||||||
U.S.
equity mutual funds:
|
||||||||||||
Financial
services
|
28,025 | 28,025 | - | |||||||||
Life
sciences
|
91,952 | 91,952 | - | |||||||||
Real
estate
|
18,965 | 18,965 | ||||||||||
Small
cap
|
38,571 | 38,571 | - | |||||||||
Technology
|
32,648 | 32,648 | - | |||||||||
907,001 | 907,001 | - | ||||||||||
International
equity securities:
|
||||||||||||
International
large cap
|
128,851 | 128,851 | - | |||||||||
International
equity mutual funds
|
117,340 | 117,340 | - | |||||||||
246,191 | 246,191 | - | ||||||||||
Fixed
income securities:
|
||||||||||||
U.S.
Government money market funds
|
89,808 | 89,808 | - | |||||||||
U.S.
Treasury bonds and notes
|
182,119 | - | 182,119 | |||||||||
Corporate
bonds of U.S. financial services
|
||||||||||||
corporations
guaranteed by the FDIC
|
114,253 | - | 114,253 | |||||||||
Fixed
income mutual funds
|
464,745 | 464,745 | - | |||||||||
850,925 | 554,553 | 296,372 | ||||||||||
Total
investment securities
|
$ | 2,004,117 | $ | 1,707,745 | $ | 296,372 |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
10. - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
The
classification of fair value measurements within the hierarchy is based upon the
lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement. Valuation
methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as
follows:
Cash and Short Term
Securities: Cash and cash equivalents are valued at the
closing price on the active market based on exchange rate to United States
dollar.
Equity Securities - Common and preferred
stock are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the
individual securities are traded. Common/collective trusts are valued at the net
asset value of units held at year end, as determined by a pricing vendor or the
fund family. Mutual funds are valued at the net asset value of shares held at
year end, as determined by the closing price reported on the active market on
which the individual securities are traded, or pricing vendor or fund family if
an active market is not available. Private equity funds are priced based on
valuations using the partnership’s available financial statements coinciding
with the Company’s year end.
Fixed Income Securities - Corporate and
government bonds are valued at the closing price reported on the active market
on which the individual securities are traded, or based on institutional bid
evaluations using proprietary models, if an active market is not available.
Common/collective trusts are valued at the net asset value of units held at year
end, as determined by a pricing vendor or the fund family. Mutual funds are
valued at the net asset value of shares held at year end, as determined by the
closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities
are traded, or pricing vendor or fund family if an active market is not
available.
The
methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be
indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values.
Furthermore, while the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate
and consistent with other market participants, the use of different
methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial
instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting
date.
NOTE
11. - COMMITMENTS
Lease Commitments - The
Company leases its headquarters, branch office facilities and a vehicle under
operating lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2011 and
2012. Rent expense under operating leases for the year ended December
31, 2009 was approximately $126,000 ($122,000 - 2008).
Following
is the approximate future minimum payments required under these
leases:
2010
|
$ | 148,800 | ||
2011
|
113,500 | |||
2012
|
9,600 | |||
$ | 271,900 |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
12. - RELATED PARTY CONSULTING AGREEMENT
Employment Contracts - The
Company has employment agreements with two of its executives with terms expiring
in May 2010. The agreements provide for severance payments of 12 months and 24
months, respectively, of salary in the event of termination for certain
causes. As of December 31, 2009, the minimum annual severance
payments under these employment agreements are, in the aggregate, approximately
$571,000.
The
Company has contracted with Intelligent Consulting Corporation (ICC) on a
month-to-month basis to provide consulting services relating to business
development services for the Company and other general corporate
matters. The Company paid ICC $175,700 during the year ended December
31, 2009 ($129,000 - 2008). The compensation was revised to $15,000
per month effective February 2009. The principal of ICC became a
member of the Company’s board of directors during 2008 and is a principal of an
entity that holds certain of the Company’s
convertible notes payable. The principal of
ICC became the President of the Company and an employee effective February 25,
2010.
On
October 2, 2009, the board of directors of the Company appointed Donald Upson to
the board, filling an existing vacancy. Since June 2009, Mr. Upson,
through his consulting firm, has been providing consulting services on a
month-to-month basis to the Company at the rate of $9,600 per month or $67,200
for 2009.
NOTE
13. - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Purchase
of equipment through long-term obligations
|
$ | 9,466 | $ | 10,987 | ||||
Conversion
of convertible accrued interest payable due
|
||||||||
to
a related party into 500,000 shares of common stock
|
$ | 25,000 | $ | - | ||||
Conversion
of notes payable and accrued interest due
|
||||||||
to
third party into 134,540 shares of common stock
|
$ | 6,726 | $ | - | ||||
Refinance
of accrued interest payable due to a related
|
||||||||
party
to a convertible note payable-related party
|
$ | 25,000 | $ | - | ||||
Transfer
of related party notes payable to notes
|
||||||||
payable
other
|
$ | 150,000 | $ | 6,000 | ||||
Conversion
of notes payable and accrued interest due
|
||||||||
to
a related party into 1,218,750 shares of common stock
|
$ | - | $ | 60,938 |
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
14. - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent to year end and through
February 26, 2010, the Company issued 446,000 stock options to various employees
according to the terms of its stock option plans.
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events for recognition and disclosure in the
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2009. Events are evaluated based on whether they represent
information existing as of December 31, 2009, which require recognition in the
unaudited consolidated financial statements or new events occurring after
December 31, 2009, which do not require recognition, but require disclosure if
the event is significant to the unaudited consolidated financial
statements. These financial statements have not been
updated for events occurring after February 26, 2010, which is the date these
financial statements were available to be issued.
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