iSign Solutions Inc. - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
___________
FORM
10-K
X Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
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Report Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ___ to ___
Commission File No.
000-19301
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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94-2790442
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 500 Redwood Shores,
California
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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94065
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: 650-802-7888
Securities
registered under Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $0.01 par
value
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Securities Act.
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The aggregate market value of the
voting stock (Common Stock) held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June
30, 2008 was approximately $20,105,160 based on the closing sale price of $0.20
on such date, as reported by the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. The
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on
March 6, 2009 was 130,516,981.
COMMUNICATION
INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
I
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3
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Item
1. Business
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3
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
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8
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Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
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2. Properties
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9
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3. Legal Proceedings
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4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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PART
II
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9
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Item
5. Market For Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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9
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6. Selected Financial Data
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10
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7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition
and
Results of Operations
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7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data
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9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting
and
Financial Disclosure
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9A. Controls and Procedures
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9B. Other Information
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PART
III
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10. Directors and Executive Officers and Corporate
Governance
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11. Executive Compensation
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12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters
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13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director
Independence
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14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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PART
IV
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Item
15. Exhibits
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CIC® and
its logo, Handwriter®, Jot®, iSign®, InkSnap®, InkTools®, RecoEcho®, Sign-On®,
QuickNotes®, Sign-it®, WordComplete®, INKshrINK®, SigCheck®, SignatureOne®,
Ceremony® and The Power To Sign Online® are registered trademarks of the
Company. HRSä,
PenXä,
KnowledgeMatchä, and
Spellerä are
trademarks of the Company. Applications for registration of various trademarks
are pending in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Company intends to
register its trademarks generally in those jurisdictions where significant
marketing of its products will be undertaken in the foreseeable
future.
Note
Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Certain
statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including without
limitation, statements containing the words “believes”, “anticipates”, “hopes”,
“intends”, “expects”, and other words of similar import, constitute “forward
looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from expectations.
Such factors include the following: (1) technological, engineering, quality
control or other circumstances which could delay the sale or shipment of
products; (2) economic, business, market and competitive conditions in the
software industry and technological innovations which could affect the Company’s
business; (3) the Company’s ability to protect its trade secrets or other
proprietary rights, operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of
others or prevent others from infringing on the proprietary rights of the
Company; and (4) general economic and business conditions and the availability
of sufficient financing.
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PART
I
Item 1.
Business
Unless
otherwise stated all amounts in Parts I through Part IV are stated in thousands
(“000s”).
General
Communication
Intelligence Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in October 1986.
Communication Intelligence Corporation and its joint venture (the “Company” or
“CIC”) is a leading supplier of electronic signature solutions for business
process automation in the financial industry as well as the recognized leader in
biometric signature verification. CIC’s products enable companies to achieve
truly paperless workflow in their eBusiness processes with multiple
signature technologies across virtually all applications in SaaS and fully
deployed delivery models. To date, the Company has delivered biometric and
electronic signature solutions to over 400 channel partners
and enterprises worldwide, representing hundreds users,
with over 500 million electronic signatures captured, eliminating the need for
over a billion pieces of paper. These deployments are primarily in the financial
industry and include AEGON/World Financial Group, AGLA, Allstate Insurance
Company, Charles Schwab & Co., Prudential Financial, Inc., Snap-On-Credit,
State Farm Insurance Co., Travelers Indemnity Company, and Wells Fargo
Bank, NA. The Company provides the most comprehensive and scalable electronic
signature solutions based on over 20 years of experience and significant input
from CIC’s valued financial industry client base. The Company is also a leading
supplier of natural input/text entry software for handheld computers and
smartphones. Major customers for natural input software are Palm Inc. and Sony
Ericsson Corp.. CIC sells directly to enterprises and through system
integrators, channel partners and OEMs. The Company is headquartered in Redwood
Shores, California and has a joint venture, Communication Intelligence Computer
Corporation Limited ("CICC"), in Nanjing, China.
Revenue
for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $2,401 compared to $2,145 for the year
ended December 31, 2007 an increase of $256 or 12%. Revenue for 2008 was
primarily attributable to AEGON/World Financial Group, AGLA, Allscripts-Misys,
Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), Charles Schwab & Co., Oracle
Corporation, Palm Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., SnapOn Credit LLC, Sony
Ericsson Corp., Tennessee Valley Authority, Travelers Indemnity Company
(“Travelers”), and Wells Fargo Bank NA.
The
insurance industry is focusing on its eBusiness strategies not only to reduce
transaction costs but to forge closer relationships with their customers and
agents. According to the September 2008 Forrester Research report “North
American Insurance IT Spending in 2008,” 49% of US insurance companies surveyed
indicated that increasing or expanding their online presence and eCommerce
capabilities was a critical or high priority for them. This shift to eBusiness
is a fundamental change for the industry, since insurance is all about producing
documents, whether the paper that document is “printed” on is real or virtual.
Technologies like electronic signature figure prominently in successful
eBusiness strategies, since they accelerate the quote to revenue process while
fostering better customer experiences. Based upon prior large scale
deployments at AEGON/World Financial Group, AGLA, Prudential, State Farm, and
two recent wins with Travelers and Allstate in the last half of 2008, together
with pending orders from other insurance carries, the Company believes CIC is
emerging as the leading and preferred supplier of electronic signature solutions
for property/casualty and life insurance applications.
Regarding
the banking sector, according to the Forrester research entitled
“Industry Essentials: US Retail Banking”, US banks and lenders are challenged
with the need to increase revenue while improving the effectiveness and
efficiency of their processes in the face of increased regulatory and compliance
demands exacerbated by the recent subprime and credit crisis. This crisis is
driving increased regulatory controls and the need to administer the billions of
bailout dollars to settle troubled mortgages and CIC believes this will
accelerate the deployment of electronic signature technology based solutions to
address those challenges. In addition, regional and mid-size banks,
unencumbered by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) related difficulties,
appear to be pursuing automation more actively than in the past.
CIC was
recently named to Forrester Research’s “Hot Companies to Watch in 2009” Report.
The Company is pleased to be recognized for its contribution to automating the
mortgage workout process. Partnering with Computer Sciences Corporation ("CSC")
to integrate our technologies to deliver a "software as a service"
("SaaS")-based electronic signature solution reduces a very lengthy and
painful
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process
involving many parties that can often take several months to less than three
days, alleviating borrower stress along with significant expense reductions.
This product offering reflects the timeliness and benefits of our technology
coupled with our ability to effectively and efficiently integrate our technology
with selected partner offerings to significantly enhance the value of the end
solution.
Currently,
the Company is experiencing what it believes are normal
delays in IT orders consistent with standard procedure as enterprises
enter a new year and budget period. Although the Company sees no significant
indications suggesting that the adverse market conditions impacting our customer
base of financial institutions have resulted in any delays or cancellation of
IT spending that would significantly impact planned automation programs
involving our technology, the elevated review and prioritization purchase
processes have delayed anticipated early 2009 deployments. In
recognition that such delays could result in the short-term need for additional
funds, prior to achievement of cash flow positive operations, we are
investigating alternative financing sources, including investments from selected
strategic partners.
The net
loss attributable to Common Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2008
was $3,727 compared to $3,399 in the prior year. Non-cash charges to interest
expense for deferred financing costs and loan discount amortization related to
the Company’s debt, and accretion of the beneficial conversion feature of the
shares of Series A-1 Preferred contributed $1,220 to that loss representing an
increase of $251 compared to $969 in the prior year. Operating expenses,
including amortization of software development costs, increased approximately
7%, or $307, from $4,338 for the year ended December 31, 2007 to $4,645 for the
year ended December 31, 2008. The increase in operating expense primarily
reflects the increases in amortization of capitalized software development costs
related to product development and enhancements, and increases in direct
engineering costs, charged to cost of sales, related to meeting customer
specific requirements associated with integration of our standard products into
customer systems.
Core
Technologies
The
Company's core technologies are classified into two broad categories:
"transaction and communication enabling technologies" and "natural input
technologies". These technologies include multi-modal electronic signature,
handwritten biometric signature verification, cryptography (Sign-it, iSign, and
SignatureOne) and multilingual handwriting recognition software
(Jot).
Transaction and
Communication Enabling Technologies. The Company's transaction and
communication enabling technologies are designed to provide a cost-effective
means for securing electronic transactions, providing network and device access
control and enabling workflow automation of traditional paper form processing.
The Company believes that these technologies offer more efficient methods for
conducting electronic transactions while providing more functional user
authentication and heightened data security. The Company's transaction and
communication enabling technologies have been fundamental to its development of
software for multi-modal electronic signatures, handwritten biometric signature
verification, and data security.
Natural Input
Technologies. CIC's natural input technologies are designed to allow
users to interact with a computer or handheld device by using an electronic pen
or stylus as the primary input device. CIC's natural input offering includes
multilingual handwriting recognition software for such devices as electronic
organizers, pagers and smart cellular phones that do not have a keyboard. For
such devices, handwriting recognition offers the most viable solutions for
performing text entry and editing.
Products
Key
products include the following:
SignatureOne
Profile Server
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SignatureOne
Profile Server is the server compliment to CIC's Sign-it software, which
enables the real-time capture of electronic and digital signatures in
various application environments. All user enrollment, authentication and
transaction tracking in SignatureOne are based on data from the Sign-it
client software.
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SignatureOne
Ceremony Server
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The
SignatureOne Ceremony Server is a J2EEâ
server product that provides the capability to define and manage an
electronic signature process within a Service Oriented Architecture to be
implemented in an On-Premise Deployed Model or through a Software as a
Service (SaaS) environment. This product enables the use of web services
to facilitate end to end management of multi-party approvals of
documents.
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iSign
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A
suite of application development tools for electronic digitized
signatures, biometric signature verification and cryptography for custom
developed applications and web based development.
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Sign-it
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Multi-modal
electronic signature software for common applications including; Microsoft
Word, Adobe Acrobat, AutoDesk AutoCAD, web based applications using HTML,
XML, & XHTML, and custom applications for .NET, C# and similar
development environments for the enterprise market
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Jot
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Multi-lingual
handwriting recognition software
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Products
and upgrades that were introduced and first shipped in 2008 include the
following:
SignatureOne®
Ceremony® Server v1.0
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® v6.3 for Acrobat®
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® v6.31 for Acrobat®
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® v7.0 for Acrobat®
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® v7.01 for Acrobat®
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® v7.02 for Acrobat®
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Sign-it®
Viewer v2.0 for Acrobat®
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® v7.0 for Word
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SignatureOne®
Profile Server v3.0
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SignatureOne®
Ceremony® Server v1.1
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SignatureOne®
Ceremony® Server v1.11
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SignatureOne®
Ceremony® Server v1.2
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iSign®
v4.311
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® XF v1.3.0.1
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SignatureOne®
Sign-it® XF v1.3.0.2
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Sign-it
Tools v7.0 for Word
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The
SignatureOne Profile Server provides server-based enterprise administration and
authentication of user eSignatures and maintenance of signature transaction logs
for eSigned documents. The SignatureOne architecture implements a common process
and methodology that provides a uniform program interface for multiple signature
methods and multiple capture devices, simplifying enterprise wide integration of
business process automation tasks requiring eSignature.
The
SignatureOne Ceremony Server is a J2EE server product that provides the
capability to define and manage an electronic signature process within a Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA) to be implemented in an On-Premise Deployed Model or
through a Software as a Service (SaaS) environment. This product enables the use
of web services to pass documents and/or packages of documents and related XML
data to a server that facilitates end to end management of multi-party approvals
of documents.
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iSign is
an electronic signature and handwritten signature verification software
developer’s kit for custom applications or Web based processes. It captures and
analyzes the image, speed, stroke sequence and acceleration of a person's
handwritten electronic signature. iSign provides an effective and inexpensive
handwriting security check for immediate authentication. It also stores certain
forensic elements of a signature for use in determining whether a person
actually electronically signed a document. The iSign kit includes software
libraries for industry standard encryption and hashing to protect the sensitive
nature of a user signature and the data captured in association with that
signature. This software toolkit is used internally by the Company as the
underlying technology in its SignatureOne and Sign-it products.
Sign-it
is a family of electronic signature products for recording multi-modal
electronic signatures as they are being captured as well as binding and
verifying electronic signatures within standard consumer applications. These
products combine the strengths of biometrics, and electronic signatures and
cryptography with a patented process to insure legally compliant electronic
signatures to process, transact and create electronic documents that have the
same legal standing as a traditional wet signature on paper in accordance with
the Electronic Signature in National and Global Commerce Act, and other related
legislation and regulations. Organizations wishing to process electronic forms,
requiring varying levels of security, can reduce the need for paper forms by
adding electronic signature technologies to their workflow solution. Currently,
Sign-it is available for MS Word, AutoCAD, Adobe Acrobat, Web based transactions
using common formats like XML, HTML, or XHTML, and custom application
development with .NET, C# or similar development environments.
Jot
software analyzes the individual strokes of characters written with a pen/stylus
and converts these strokes into machine-readable text characters. Jot recognizes
handwritten input and is specifically designed for small devices. Unlike many
recognizers that compete in the market for handheld data input solutions, Jot
offers a user interface that allows for the input of natural upper and lowercase
letters, standard punctuation and European languages without requiring the user
to learn and memorize unique characters or symbols. Jot has been ported to
numerous operating systems, including Palm OS, Windows, Windows Mobile, VT-OS,
UIO, QNX, Linux and OS/9. The standard version of Jot, which is available
through OEM customers, recognizes and supports input of Roman-based Western
European languages.
Copyrights,
Patents and Trademarks
The
Company relies on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade
secrets and contractual provisions to protect its software offerings and
technologies. The Company has a policy of requiring its employees and
contractors to respect proprietary information through written agreements. The
Company also has a policy of requiring prospective business partners to enter
into non-disclosure agreements before disclosure of any of its proprietary
information.
Over the
years, the Company has developed and patented major elements of its software
offerings and technologies. In addition, in October 2000 the Company acquired,
from PenOp, Inc. and its subsidiary, a significant patent portfolio relevant to
the markets in which the Company sells its products. The Company’s patents and
the years in which they each expire are as follows:
Patent
No.
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Expiration
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5544255
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2013
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5647017
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2014
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5818955
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2015
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5933514
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2016
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6064751
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2017
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6091835
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2017
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6212295
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2018
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6381344
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2019
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6487310
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2019
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The
Company believes that these patents provide a competitive advantage in the
electronic signature and biometric signature verification markets. The Company
believes the technologies covered by the patents are unique and allow it to
produce superior products. The Company also believes these patents are broad in
their coverage. The technologies go beyond the simple handwritten signature and
include measuring electronically the manner in which a person signs to ensure
tamper resistance and security of the resultant documents and the use of other
systems for identifying an individual and using that information to close a
transaction. The Company believes that the patents are sufficiently broad in
coverage that products with substantially similar functionality would infringe
its patents. Moreover, because the majority of these patents do not expire for
another four to 10, the Company believes that it has sufficient time to develop
new related technologies, which may be patentable, and to establish CIC as
market leader in these product areas. Accordingly, the Company believes that for
a significant period of time its patents will deter competitors from introducing
competing products without creating substantially different technology or
licensing or infringing its technology.
The
Company has an extensive list of registered and unregistered trademarks and
applications in the United States and other countries. The Company intends to
register its trademarks generally in those jurisdictions where significant
marketing of its products will be undertaken in the foreseeable
future.
Material
Customers
Historically,
the Company’s revenues have been derived from hundreds of customers, however, a
significant percentage of the revenue has been attributable to a limited number
of customers. Two customers accounted for 39% of total revenue for
the year ended December 31, 2008. Allstate Insurance Company
accounted for 19% and Travelers Indemnity Company accounted for 20%. Four
customers accounted for 57% of total revenues in 2007. Access Systems Americas,
Inc. (formerly PalmSource, Inc.) accounted for 24%, Tennessee Valley Authority
accounted for 10%, World Financial Group accounted for 13% and Wells Fargo Bank,
NA accounted for 10%.
Seasonality
of Business
The
Company believes that its products are not subject to seasonal
fluctuations.
Backlog
Backlog
approximates $344 and $431 at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively,
representing advanced payments on product and service maintenance agreements
that are expected to be recognized over the next twelve months.
Competition
The
Company faces competition at different levels. The technology-neutral nature of
the laws and regulations related to what constitutes an “electronic signature”
and CIC’s multi-modal enterprise-wide suite of products causes the
Company to compete with different companies depending upon the specific type of
electronic signature sought by a prospective customer. Our principal competition
for handwritten biometric signatures includes SoftPro, Wondernet, and low-end
tablet vendors. CIC faces additional competition primarily from Silanis and
DocuSign when the application is click-wrap, voice, fingerprint, password, and
basic click sign technology.
Certain
of the Company’s significant competitors in the natural input market segment
include PenPower Group and Advanced Research Technology,
Inc.
The
Company believes that it has a competitive advantage, in part, due to CIC’s
range of product offerings and patent portfolio. There can be no assurance,
however, that competitors, including some with greater financial or other
resources, will not succeed in developing products or technologies that are more
effective, easier to use or less expensive than our products or technologies,
which could render our products or technologies obsolete or
non-competitive.
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Employees
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company employed 23 full-time employees, 22 of which are
in the United States and 1 of which is in China. The Company, as a strategy, has
been focused for years on being at its core “lean and agile” while establishing
long standing strategic relationships that allow the Company to rapidly access
product development and deployment capabilities required to address virtually
any business requirement. The company believes it has scalability to virtually
any business requirement through existing agreements with specialized
development teams (well versed in the area of signature technology and
processes), mid-size vertical market IT services groups (with explicit knowledge
of the intricacies of the financial services industry) and with tier one IT
Services firms with virtually limitless resources available. None of
the Company’s employees are a party to a collective bargaining
agreement. We believe our employee relations are good.
Geographic
Areas
For the
years ended December 31, 2008, and 2007, the Company’s sales in the United
States as a percentage of total sales were 96%, and 92%, respectively. For the
years ended December 31, 2008, and 2007, the Company’s export sales as a
percentage of total revenues were approximately 4% and 8%,
respectively. Foreign sales are based on the countries to which the Company’s
products are shipped. Long lived assets located in the United States
were $4,603 and $4,714 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. There were no long lived assets located in China or elsewhere as
of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Segments
The
Company reports its financial results in one segment.
Available
Information
Our web
site is located at www.cic.com. The information on or accessible through our web
sites is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our Annual Reports on Form
10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments
to such reports are available, free of charge, on our web site as soon as
reasonably practicable after we electronically file with or furnish such
material to the SEC. Further, a copy of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is
located at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained
by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an internet site that
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding our filings at www.sec.gov.
Note
Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Certain
statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including without
limitation, statements containing the words “believes”, “anticipates”, “hopes”,
“intends”, “expects”, and other words of similar import, constitute “forward
looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from expectations.
Such factors include the following: (1) technological, engineering, quality
control or other circumstances which could delay the sale or shipment of
products; (2) economic, business, market and competitive conditions in the
software industry and technological innovations which could affect the Company’s
business; (3) the Company’s ability to protect its trade secrets or other
proprietary rights, operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of
others or prevent others from infringing on the proprietary rights of the
Company; and (4) general economic and business conditions and the availability
of sufficient financing.
Item
1A Risk Factors
Not
applicable.
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Item
1B. Unresolved Staff
Comments
None
Item
2. Properties
The
Company leases its principal facilities, consisting of approximately 9,600
square feet, in Redwood Shores, California, pursuant to a lease that expires in
2011. The Company’s China-based joint venture leases approximately 392 square
feet in Nanjing, China. The Company believes that its current facilities are
suitable for our current needs.
Item
3. Legal
Proceedings
None
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of
Security Holders
None
PART
II
Item
5.
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Market for Registrant's Common
Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
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Market
Information
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The
Company’s Common Stock is listed on the Over the Counter Bulletin
Board under the trading symbol CICI.OB. Prior to March 14, 2003 it was
listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (formerly known as the SmallCap Market)
under the symbol CICI. The following table sets forth the high and low sale
prices of the Common Stock for the periods noted.
Sale
Price
Per Share
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Year
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Period
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High
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Low
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2007
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First
Quarter
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$ | 0.32 | $ | 0.20 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | 0.27 | $ | 0.13 | |||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | 0.28 | $ | 0.15 | |||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 0.42 | $ | 0.20 | |||||
2008
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First
Quarter
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$ | 0.27 | $ | 0.13 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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$ | 0.27 | $ | 0.13 | |||||
Third
Quarter
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$ | 0.23 | $ | 0.10 | |||||
Fourth
Quarter
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$ | 0.16 | $ | 0.05 |
Holders
As of
March 3, 2009 there were approximately 931 holders of record of our Common
Stock.
Dividends
To date,
the Company has not paid any dividends on its Common Stock and does not
anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future. The declaration and
payment of dividends on the Common Stock is at the discretion of the Board of
Directors and will depend on, among other things, the Company's operating
results, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions or
such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem relevant.
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
All
securities sold during 2008 by the Company were either previously reported on
quarterly reports on Form 10-Qs filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or sold pursuant to registration statements filed under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
The
information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K is incorporated by
reference to Note 5 (“Stockholders Equity”) of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2008, included on page F-20
on this report on Form 10-K.
Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
None
Item
6. Selected Financial
Data
Not
applicable.
Item
7. Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our
financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
The following discussion relating to projected growth and future results and
events constitutes forward-looking statements. Actual results in future periods
may differ materially from the forward-looking statements due to a number of
risks and uncertainties. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements. Except as otherwise required under applicable law,
we disclaim any obligation to revise or update forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect
the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
Unless
otherwise stated herein, all figures in this Item 7, other than price per share
data, are stated in thousands (“000s”).
Overview
and Recent Developments
The
Company is a leading supplier of electronic signature solutions for business
process automation in the financial industry and is the recognized leader in
biometric signature verification technology. Our products enable companies to
achieve truly paperless workflow in their eBusiness processes with multiple
signature technologies across virtually all applications in SaaS and fully
deployed delivery models.
The
Company was incorporated in Delaware in October 1986. Except for the year ended
December 31, 2004, in each year since its inception the Company has incurred
losses. For the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, net losses aggregated
approximately $10,412 and at December 31, 2008, the Company's accumulated
deficit was approximately $95,000.
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, total revenues were $2,401, an increase of $256,
or 12%, compared to total revenues of $2,145 in the corresponding prior
year.
The loss
from operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 increased $51 to $2,244,
compared with a loss from operations of $2,193 in the prior year
period. This increase, is primarily attributed to the net effect of
higher recorded revenues, offset by a $539 increase in cost of sales to $1,064
in the current period compared to $525 in the
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prior
year period. The increase in cost of sales is due to increased amortization of
previously capitalized software development costs related to product
developments and enhancements and increases in direct engineering costs, charged
to cost of sales, related to meeting customer specific requirements
associated with the integration of our standard products into customer
systems.
The
Company continues to experience demand for its electronic signature technology
across the financial industry despite the turmoil and volatility in the
financial markets.
The
insurance industry is focusing on its eBusiness strategies not only to
reduce transaction costs but to forge closer relationships with their customers
and agents. According to the September 2008 Forrester Research report “North
American Insurance IT Spending in 2008,” 49% of US insurance companies surveyed
indicated that increasing or expanding their online presence and eCommerce
capabilities was a critical or high priority for them. This shift to eBusiness
is a fundamental change for the industry, since insurance is all about producing
documents, whether the paper that document is “printed” on is real or virtual.
Technologies like electronic signature figure prominently in successful
eBusiness strategies, since they accelerate the quote to revenue process while
fostering better customer experiences. Based upon prior large scale
deployments at AEGON/World Financial Group, AGLA, Prudential, State Farm, and
two recent wins with Travelers and Allstate in the last half of 2008, together
with pending orders from other insurance carries, the Company believes CIC is
emerging as the leading and preferred supplier of electronic signature solutions
for property/casualty and life insurance applications.
In the
banking sector, according to the Forrester Research entitled “Industry
Essentials: US Retail Banking”, US. banks and lenders are challenged with the
need to increase revenue while improving the effectiveness and efficiency of
their processes in the face of increased regulatory and compliance demands
exacerbated by the recent sub prime debt and credit crisis. This crisis is
driving increased regulatory controls and the need to administer the billions of
bailout dollars to settle troubled mortgages and CIC believes this will
accelerate the deployment of electronic signature technology-based solutions to
address those challenges. In addition, regional and mid-size banks,
unencumbered by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) related difficulties;
appear to be pursuing automation more actively than in the past. The Company’s
joint solution with Computer Science Corporation (CSC) which automates the
mortgage workout process, introduced in late 2008 with a webinar featuring
Forrester Research, CSC and CIC, focused on the benefits of CSC’s EarlyResoltion
platform with the added benefits of CIC’s electronic signature technology and
has generated encouraging interest and anticipated 2009 revenue from the larger
banks/mortgage companies.
So
although the turmoil and volatility in the financial markets has resulted in
higher level review purchase processes which have delayed IT purchases beyond
the historic first quarter purchase delays associated with a New Year and budget
process, it seems increasingly apparent that financial
institutions recognize that CIC’s technology addresses
those institutions needs for both revenue growth and expense reduction and we
anticipate that the financial crises may well accelerate the adoption of
electronic signature solutions in the overall financial industry and the Company
believes 2009 revenue will exceed 2008.
In June
2008, the Company closed a financing transaction under which it raised capital
through the issuance of secured indebtedness and equity and restructured a
portion of the Company’s existing debt. In connection with the transaction, the
Company borrowed an aggregate of $3,000 and refinanced $638 of existing
indebtedness and accrued interest on the Company’s existing indebtedness. In
partial consideration for the respective loans made as described above, the
Company issued to each creditor a warrant to purchase up to the number of shares
of its Common Stock obtained by dividing the amount of such creditor’s loan by
0.14. A total of 25,982 shares of our Common Stock may be issued upon
exercise of the warrants at an exercise price of $0.14 per share. The
issuance of the warrants was exempt from registration under Sections 4(2) and
4(6) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated
thereunder.
In June
2008, in connection with the closing of the financing transaction, the Company
also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement and a Registration Rights
Agreement. Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, in exchange for the
cancellation of $995 in principal and $45 of interest accrued on our existing
debt, the Company issued to the holders of such debt an aggregate of 1,040
shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
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(“Series
A Preferred”). The issuance and sale of such shares was exempt from
registration under Sections 4(2) and 4(6) of the Securities Act and
Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The shares
of Series A Preferred were subsequently cancelled and exchanged for an
equivalent number of shares of Series A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
(“Series A-1 Preferred”). The outstanding shares of Series A-1
Preferred carry an 8% annual dividend, payable quarterly in arrears in cash or
in additional shares of Series A-1 Preferred, have a liquidation preference over
Common Stock of $1.00 per share, and, subject to further adjustment as provided
in the Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series
A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, are presently convertible into
shares of Common Stock at a ratio of one share of Series A-1 Preferred for
7.1429 shares of Common Stock.
New
Accounting Pronouncements
See Note
1, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Part IV, Item 15 of
this report on Form 10-K.
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the
amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the
accompanying notes. The amounts of assets and liabilities reported in its
balance sheets and the amounts of revenues and expenses reported for each period
presented are affected by these estimates and assumptions that are used for, but
not limited to, revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, intangible
asset impairments, fair value of financial instruments, software development
costs, research and development costs, foreign currency translation and net
operating loss carryforwards. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The following critical accounting policies are significantly affected by
judgments, assumptions and estimates used by the Company’s management in the
preparation of the consolidated financial statements.
Revenue: Revenue is
recognized when earned in accordance with applicable accounting standards,
including AICPA Statement of Position ("SOP") No. 97-2, “Software Revenue
Recognition”, as amended, Staff Accounting Bulletin 104, “Revenue Recognition” ("SAB
104"), and the interpretive guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission and EITF issue number 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements
with Multiple Elements”, of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force. The
Company recognizes revenues from sales of software products upon shipment,
provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, collection is
determined to be probable, all non-recurring engineering work necessary to
enable the Company's product to function within the customer's application has
been completed and the Company's product has been delivered according to
specifications. Revenue from service subscriptions is recognized as costs are
incurred or over the service period which-ever is longer.
Software
license agreements may contain multiple elements, including upgrades and
enhancements, products deliverable on a when and if available basis and post
contract support. Revenue from software license agreements is recognized upon
delivery of the software, provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement
exists, collection is determined to be probable, all nonrecurring engineering
work necessary to enable the Company's products to function within the
customer's application has been completed, and the Company has delivered its
product according to specifications.
Maintenance
revenue is recorded for post-contract support and upgrades or enhancements,
which is paid for in addition to license fees, and is recognized as costs are
incurred or over the support period whichever is longer. For undelivered
elements where objective and reliable evidence of fair value does not exist,
revenue is deferred and subsequently recognized when delivery has occurred and
when fair value has been determined.
The
allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the Company’s assessment of the
collectability of specific customer accounts and an assessment of international,
political and economic risk as well as the aging of the accounts receivable. If
there is a change in actual defaults from the Company’s historical experience,
the Company’s
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estimates
of recoverability of amounts due could be affected and the Company would adjust
the allowance accordingly.
Long-lived assets: The
Company performs intangible asset impairment analyses in accordance with the
guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets” ("SFAS No. 142") and Financial Accounting Standard No. 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” ("SFAS No. 144"). The Company uses SFAS
144 in response to changes in industry and market conditions that affect its
patents, the Company then determines if an impairment of its assets has
occurred. The Company reassesses the lives of its patents and tests for
impairment at least annually in order to determine whether the book value
exceeds the fair value for each patent. Fair value is determined by estimating
future cash flows from the products that are and will be protected by the
patents and considering the following additional factors:
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whether
there are legal, regulatory or contractual provisions known to the Company
that limit the useful life of any patent to less than the assigned useful
life;
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whether
the Company needs to incur material costs or make modifications in order
for it to continue to be able to realize the protection afforded by the
patents;
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whether
any effects of obsolescence or significant competitive pressure on the
Company’s current or future products are expected to reduce the
anticipated cash flow from the products covered by the
patents;
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whether
demand for products utilizing the patented technology will diminish,
remain stable or increase; and
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whether
the current markets for the products based on the patented technology will
remain constant or will change over the useful lives assigned to the
patents.
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The
Company obtained an independent valuation from Strategic Equity Group of the
carrying value of its patents as of December 31, 2005. The Company
believes that the biometric market potential identified in current year market
research has improved over the data used to validate the carrying value of the
Company’s patents at the end of 2005. Management updated this
analysis at December 31, 2008 and believes that that no impairment of the
carrying value of the patents exists at December 31, 2008.
Customer Base: To date, the
Company's eSignature revenues have been derived primarily from financial service
industry end-users and from resellers and channel partners serving the financial
service industry primarily in North America, the ASEAN Region including China
(PRC), and Europe. Natural Input (text entry) revenues have been
derived primarily from hand held computer and smart phone manufacturers (OEMs)
primarily in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The Company
performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and does not require
collateral. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit
losses. Historically, such losses have been within management's
expectations.
Software Development Costs:
Software development costs are accounted for in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 86, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed" ("SFAS 86"). Under
SFAS 86, capitalization of software development costs begins upon the
establishment of technological feasibility, subject to net realizable value
considerations. The costs capitalized include the coding and testing of the
product after technological feasibility has been established and ends upon the
release of the product. The annual amortization is the greater of (a) the
straight-line amortization over the estimated useful life not to exceed three
years or (b) the amount based on the ratio of current revenues to anticipated
future revenues. The Company capitalized software development costs of $813, and
$788 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
Research and Development
Costs: Research and development costs are charged to expense
as incurred.
Net Operating Loss
Carryforwards: Utilization of the Company's net operating losses may be
subject to an annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations provided
by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. As a result,
a portion of the Company's net operating loss carryforwards may not
be
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available
to offset future taxable income. The Company has provided a full valuation
allowance for deferred tax assets at December 31, 2008 of approximately $27
million based upon the Company's history of losses.
Segments: The Company reports
its financial results in one segment.
Results
of Operations – Years Ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
Revenues
Total
revenue for the year ended December 31, 2008 of $2,401 increased $256, or 11%,
compared to revenues of $2,145 in the prior year. Product revenue reflects an
increase of $492, or 54%, in eSignature revenues and a decrease of $254, or 30%,
in natural input revenues compared to the prior year. The increase in
revenues is primarily due to the relative size of orders between the comparable
years offset by lower reported royalties from a major natural input/Jot
customer. Maintenance revenue of $715 increased 2%, or $18, for year ended
December 31, 2008 compared to $697 in the prior year period. The increase was
primarily due to new maintenance contracts associated with new product revenues
and renewal of maintenance contracts from ongoing customers.
The
September 2008 Forrester Research report “North American Insurance IT Spending
in 2008,” indicates 49% of U.S. insurance companies surveyed indicated that
increasing or expanding their online presence and eCommerce capabilities was a
critical or high priority for them. Based upon our prior large scale deployments
at AEGON/World Financial Group, AGLA, Prudential, State Farm, and two recent
wins with Allstate and Travelers in the last half of 2008, together with pending
orders from other insurance carriers, we believe CIC is emerging as the leading
and preferred supplier of electronic signature solutions for property/casualty
and life insurance applications.
In
addition, we believe U.S. banks and lenders are challenged with the need to
increase revenue while improving the effectiveness and efficiency of their
processes in the face of increased regulatory and compliance demands exacerbated
by the recent subprime debt and credit crisis. This crisis is driving increased
regulatory controls and the need to administer the billions of bailout dollars
to settle troubled mortgages and we believe this will accelerate the deployment
of electronic signature technology based solutions to address those
challenges. Furthermore, regional and mid-size banks, unencumbered by TARP
related difficulties, appear to be pursuing automation more actively than in the
past.
Despite
an extremely difficult economic environment, revenue of $1.6 million for the
last half of 2008 was up 33% over the last half of 2007, which the Company
believes reflects the sustained level of sales related activity we are
experiencing going into 2009. We are encouraged by the increasing awareness and
understanding of the benefits associated with our technology and a heightened
sense by financial institutions that they need to automate to
survive.
Currently,
we are experiencing what the Company believes are normal delays in IT
orders consistent with standard procedure as enterprises enter a new
year and budget period. Although the Company sees no significant
indications suggesting that the adverse market conditions
impacting financial institutions have resulted in delays
or cancellation of IT expenditures that would significantly impact expenditures
involving CIC technology, there can be no assurance that this will not
occur.
Cost
of Sales
Cost of
sales of $1,064 increased 102%, or $539, for the twelve months ended December
31, 2008, compared to $525 in the prior year. The increase is primarily due to
an increase of $394, or 338%, to $450 of direct engineering costs, related to
meeting customer specific requirements associated with integration of our
standard products into customer systems, compared to $56 in the prior
year. In addition amortization of new and previously capitalized
software development costs associated with the Company’s product and maintenance
revenues increased $169, or 50%, to $504 compared to $335 in the prior year.
Cost of sales is expected to increase near term as the Company closes additional
contracts and capitalized engineering software development costs for new
products are completed and amortization begins.
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Operating
Expenses
Research
and Development Expenses
Research
and development expenses decreased approximately 58%, or $278, to $198 for the
year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $476 in the prior
year. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries
and related costs, outside engineering as required, maintenance items, and
allocated facilities expenses. The most significant factor
contributing to the $278 decrease in expenses was the transfer of $454 in direct
engineering expenses associated with the contract revenues to cost of sales. In
addition salaries and related expenses increased 13% compared to the prior year
due to the addition of one engineer. The stock based compensation expense
increased 105%, or $19, for the year ended December 31, 2008. The increase was
due to options issued in July of 2008 and vesting in the current year period.
Total expenses, before capitalization of software development costs and other
allocations was $1,712 for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $1,507
in the prior year. Research and development expenses before
capitalization of software development costs, as well as the amounts to be
capitalized on future product development are expected to remain consistent with
the 2008 amount in the near term.
Sales
and Marketing Expenses
Sales and
marketing expenses increased 6%, or $77, to $1,353 for the twelve months
ended December 31, 2008, compared to $1,276 in the prior year. The increase was
primarily attributable to an increase in attendance at health care and insurance
industry summits, and increased engineering sales support associated with
increased proposal activities. These increases were off set by a
decrease in salary and related expense, including stock based compensation,
resulting from the reduction of the sales and marketing staff by two. The
Company expects sales and marketing expenses to increase in the near term
as sales related activities increase.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008
decreased 1%, or $31, to $2,030 from $2,061 in the prior year. The decrease is
primarily due to a reduction of $95 in the Company’s doubtful accounts expense
compared to the prior year due to the collection in the current year of
previously reserved accounts and the net effect of the following items. Salaries
and related expense were consistent with the prior year. Stock based
compensation, excluding director options, increased $62, or 476%, from $13 in
the prior year to $76 due to options issued in July of 2008. Other
general and administrative expenses have for the most part remained relatively
consistent when compared to the prior year. The Company anticipates that this
trend in general and administrative expense will remain consistent over the near
term.
Interest
Income and Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest
income and other income (expense), net, increased $98 to income of $72, compared
to an expense of $26 in the prior year. The increase is due to the increase in
cash balances during most of the current year, and cash payments received for
interest on aged accounts receivable. There was no disposal of fixed assets and
inventory by the joint venture as had occurred in the prior year.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense related party increased $108 to $243 for the year ended December 31,
2008, compared to $135 in the prior year. The increase was due to the financing
in June of 2008. Interest expense-other for the year ended December 31, 2008
decreased 63%, or $94, to $45, compared to $149 in the prior year
period. The decrease was primarily due to the June financings
mentioned above. See Notes 3 and 4 in the Consolidated Financial
Statements of this report on Form 10-K.
Amortization
of loan discount, related party, which includes warrant and beneficial
conversion feature costs associated with the Company’s debt, deferred financing
costs associated with the notes and warrant purchase agreements, dividends on
the shares of Series A-1 Preferred and beneficial conversion feature increased
228%, or
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$698, to
$1,003 for the year ended December 31, 2008, compared to $305 in the prior year
period. The increase was primarily due to the June 2008
financing.
Amortization
of loan discount and deferred financing-other, which includes warrant,
beneficial conversion feature and deferred financing costs, associated with the
notes and warrant purchase agreements, decreased 67%, or $447, for the year
ended December 31, 2008 compared to $664 in the prior year period. The decrease
was due to the decrease in borrowings from other than related parties during the
year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the prior year. See Note 3 and 4 in the
Consolidated Financial Statements of this report on Form 10-K.
The
Company will amortize an additional $878 of warrant cost and $301 in deferred
financing costs related to the note and warrant purchase agreements entered into
June 2008 to interest expense through June 2010.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Cash and
cash equivalents at December 31, 2008 totaled $929, compared to cash and cash
equivalents of $1,144 at December 31, 2007. This decrease is primarily
attributable to $1,774 used in operating activities and $840 used in investing
activities. These amounts were offset by $2,398 provided by financing
activities.
The cash
used by operations was primarily attributable to a net loss of $3,309. Other net
changes in operating assets and liabilities accounted for uses of
$425. The cash used in operations was offset by depreciation and
amortization of $951, amortization of the loan discount, deferred financing and
warrant costs of $848, and stock based employee compensation of
$161.
The cash
used in investing activities of $840 was primarily due to the capitalized
software development costs of $813 and the acquisition of office and computer
equipment of $27.
Proceeds
from financing activities consisted primarily of $2,575 in net proceeds from the
issuance of long-term debt and $125 in proceeds from short term debt with an
employee of the Company (see “Financing” below). The proceeds from the
issuance of short-term notes and long term debt were offset by the payment of
$302 related to the debt.
Accounts
receivable increased 55%, or $248, to $700 at December 31, 2008, compared to
$452 at December 31, 2007. Accounts receivable at December 31, 2008 and 2007 are
net of $104 and $117, respectively, in reserves provided for potentially
uncollectible accounts. Sales in the Company’s fourth quarter of 2008 were 5%
higher than 2007. The Company expects that there will be fluctuations in
accounts receivable in the foreseeable future due to volumes and timing of
revenues from quarter to quarter.
The
deferred financing costs increased by $425 associated with the June 2008
financing. Deferred financing costs expensed amounted to $124 through December
31, 2008. The remaining $301 will be charged to operations through
June 2010 (see “Financing” below).
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets decreased 40%, or $55, to $80 at December 31,
2008 compared to $135 at December 31, 2007. The decrease is primarily
due the timing of the billings of annual maintenance and other prepaid
contracts. Prepaid expenses generally fluctuate due to the timing of annual
insurance premiums and maintenance and support fees, which are prepaid in
December and June of each year.
Accounts
payable decreased 32%, or $43, primarily due to reductions in liabilities
associated with prepaid dues and fees for programs that occur in the first part
of the year.
Other
current liabilities, which include deferred revenue of $343 and notes of $60,
becoming due in October, of 2009, were $1,100 at December 31, 2008, compared to
$2,598 at December 31, 2007, a net increase of $1,498. Deferred revenue
decreased $88, to $343, at December 31, 2008, compared to $431 at December 31,
2007. The decrease in current liabilities is due to primarily to the
refinancing of the related party notes as part of the June 2008 financing (see
Financing below).
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Financing
Transactions
Note
Financings
On June
5, 2008, the Company effected a financing transaction under which the Company
raised capital through the issuance of new secured indebtedness and equity, and
restructured a portion of the Company’s existing short-term debt (collectively,
the “Financing Transaction”). Certain parties to the Financing Transactions
(Phoenix Venture Fund LLC and Michael Engmann) had a pre-existing relationship
with the Company and, with respect to such parties, the Financing Transaction
may be considered a related party transaction.
Under the
Financing Transaction, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”) and a Pledge and Security Agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”), each
dated as of June 5, 2008, with Phoenix Venture Fund LLC (“Phoenix”), Michael
Engmann and an unrelated creditor (collectively with Phoenix, the “Creditors,”
and each individually a “Creditor”). Under the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the Company received an aggregate of $3,000 and refinanced $638 of
existing indebtedness and accrued interest on that indebtedness (individually, a
“Loan” and collectively, the “Loans”). The Loans, which are
represented by secured promissory notes (each a “Note” and collectively, the
“Notes”), bear interest at eight percent (8%) per annum which, at the option of
the Company, may be paid in cash or in kind and mature June 5,
2010. The Company used a portion of the proceeds from the Loans to
pay the Company’s existing indebtedness and accrued interest on that
indebtedness that was not exchanged for preferred stock as described below, and
may use the remaining proceeds for working capital and general corporate
purposes, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and to pay fees and
expenses in connection with the Financing Transaction, which were approximately
$475. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds of the Loans were used
to repay a short term loan from a Company employee in the amount of $125, plus
accrued interest, that was made prior to and in anticipation of the closing of
the Financing Transaction. Under the terms of the Pledge Agreement,
the Company and its subsidiary, CIC Acquisition Corp., granted the Creditors a
first priority security interest in and a lien upon all of the assets of the
Company and CIC Acquisition Corp.
Under the
terms of the Credit Agreement and in partial consideration for the Creditors’
respective Loans made pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement as described
above, the Company issued to each Creditor a warrant to purchase up to the
number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock obtained by dividing the amount
of such Creditor’s Loan by 0.14 (each a “Warrant” and collectively, the
‘Warrants”). A total of 25,982 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
may be issued upon exercise of the Warrants. The Warrants are
exercisable beginning June 30, 2008 until their expiration on June 30, 2011. The
Warrants have an exercise price of fourteen cents ($0.14) per share. Additional
Warrants may be issued if the Company exercises its option to make interest
payments on the Loans in kind. The Company ascribed the relative fair
value of $1,231 to the warrants, which is recorded as a discount to “Long-term
debt” in the balance sheet. The fair value of the warrants was
estimated on the commitment date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the
following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2.73%; expected life of 3
years; expected volatility of 82.3%; and expected dividend yield of
0%.
In
connection with the closing of the Financing Transaction, the Company also
entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a
Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) each dated
as of June 5, 2008, (See Note 4 in Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements).
The offer
and sale of the Warrants and shares of Series A-1 Preferred Shares as detailed
above, including the Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion thereof,
was made in reliance upon exemptions from registration afforded by Sections 4(2)
and 4(6) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D, as promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and under
exemptions from registration available under applicable state securities
laws.
In 2006
and 2007, the Company entered into long-term financing agreements with Michael
Engmann, a stockholder of the Company owning approximately 7% of the Company’s
then outstanding shares of Common Stock, and with unrelated third parties. The
cash received from the financing agreements aggregated $1,720. Each financing
included a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and a Registration Rights
Agreement. The notes bore interest at a
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rate of
15% per annum, payable quarterly in cash. The proceeds from these
financings were used for working capital purposes. As part of the 2006 and 2007
financings the Company issued 10,012 warrants, 3,168 warrants with an exercise
price of $0.25, and 6,585 warrants with an exercise price of $0.51. The fair
value ascribed to the warrants issued in connection with the financings created
a debt discount that was amortized to interest expense over the life of the
respective loans. All of the shares underlying the warrants discussed above were
registered with the Company’s Form S-1/A, which was declared effective December
28, 2007. See Note 4 in Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
A portion
of the above referenced debt held by Michael Engmann, including accrued and
unpaid interest through May 31, 2008, was exchanged for Series A-1 Preferred
(See Note 3 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included with this
report on Form 10-K ). The remainder of the debt held by Michael Engmann, and
part of the debt held by certain third parties, including accrued and unpaid
interest through May 31, 2008, was refinanced pursuant to the Credit Agreement
(See Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included with this report on Form 10-K). The related Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreements were terminated in connection with the June 2008 Financing
Transactions. The warrants to acquire 10,012 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock issued as part of the above reference financings remain
outstanding. These warrants are exercisable until June 30, 2010. The
remaining $125 debt plus accrued but unpaid interest was paid on September 30,
2008.
The
warrants to purchase 4,850 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued under the
2004 Purchase Agreement expire on October 28, 2009. The Company may call the
warrants if the Company’s Common Stock trades at $1.00 or above for 20
consecutive trading days after the date that is 20 days following the
effectiveness of a registration statement providing for the resale of the shares
issued upon exercise of the warrants. The placement agent in connection with
this financing will be paid approximately $28 in the aggregate if all of the
investor warrants are exercised. The Company will receive additional
proceeds of approximately $1,845 if all of the investor warrants are
exercised.
Interest
expense associated with the Company’s short and long-term debt for the year
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $1,137 and $1,253, respectively, of which
$973 and $440 was related party expense. Amortization of debt discount and
deferred financing costs included in interest expense for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $849 and $969, respectively, of which $730 and
$305 was related party expense.
The
Company accrued $47 in dividends related to the preferred shares issued as part
of the June 2008 financing. At December 31, 2008 approximately $19 of
the accrued dividends are payable.
August
2007 Private Placement
On August
24, 2007, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase and Registration Rights
Agreement (the “August 2007 Purchase Agreement”) with Phoenix Venture Fund LLC
(the “Purchaser”). On September 14, 2007, the transactions closed and the
Company issued to the Purchaser 21,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the
“Shares”) at a price per share of approximately $0.14, for an aggregate purchase
price of $3,000. An advisory fee of $250 was paid to the managing member of the
Purchaser for services rendered in connection with the sale of the Shares and
$61 to the Purchaser’s legal counsel for services associated with the financing
transactions. In addition the Company paid $87 in professional fees
associated with the sale of the shares. The Company used the proceeds of the
sale of the Shares for payment of outstanding indebtedness and additional
working capital. The Company was permitted under the terms of the Purchase
Agreement to use up to $1,400 of the net proceeds to repay outstanding
indebtedness. Under the August 2007 Purchase Agreement, so long as the Purchaser
holds shares of Common Stock of the Company representing at least fifty-percent
of the Shares purchased pursuant to the August 2007 Purchase Agreement and at
least five-percent of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, the
managing
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member of
the Purchaser is entitled to a right of first offer to exclusively provide debt
or equity financing to the Company prior to the Company’s pursuing debt or
equity financing from another party, subject to certain conditions and
exclusions. Additionally, provided the Purchaser meets the foregoing ownership
requirements, the managing member of the Purchaser is permitted to designate up
to two non-voting observers to attend meetings of the Company’s board of
directors and, for a period of twenty-four months following the date a
registration statement pertaining to the Shares is first declared effective by
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the Company is
prohibited from selling or otherwise disposing of material properties, assets or
rights of the Company without the consent of the managing member of the
Purchaser.
The
Company was obligated under the Purchase Agreement to use its best efforts to
prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement covering the
resale of the securities sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The
registration statement provides for the offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company filed the
registration statement on November 15, 2007, and an amended registration
statement on December 20, 2007. The revised registration statement was declared
effective on December 28, 2007. The Company must also use its best efforts to
keep the registration statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until the earlier of the date that all shares purchased under the Purchase
Agreement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144(k). The Company
was obligated to pay the costs and expenses of such registration, which were
$147.
The
August 2007 Purchase Agreement provides for certain registration rights whereby
the Company could be required to make liquidated damages payments if a
registration statement is not filed or declared effective by the SEC within a
specified timeframe and if after being declared effect the registration
statement is not kept effective. The Company filed the registration statement
within the required timeframe and it is currently effective. Should
the Company fail to keep the registration statement effective, it will upon that
event and each thirty days thereafter until the registration statement is again
effective, be subject to making payments to the Purchaser in an amount equal to
one and a half percent (1.5%) of the greater of: (i) the weighted average market
price of the Shares during such 30-day period, or (ii) the market price of the
Shares five (5) days after the closing (the “Closing Market Price”), until the
registration statement is again declared effective, or as to any Shares, until
such Shares can be sold in a single transaction pursuant to SEC Rule144;
provided, however, that the liquidated damages amount under this provision shall
be paid in cash and the total amount of payments shall not exceed, when
aggregated with all such payments, ten percent (10%) of the Closing Market
Price. The Company has not recorded a liability in connection with the
liquidated damages provisions of the August 2007 Purchase Agreement because it
believes that it is not probable that an event will occur which will trigger a
liquidated damages payment under the agreement.
Contractual
Obligations
The
Company had the following material commitments as of December 31,
2008:
Payments
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contractual
obligations
|
Total
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Thereafter
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term
debt related party (1)
|
$ | 65 | $ | 65 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||||||||||
Long-term
debt related party (2)
|
3,638 | – | 3,638 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
lease commitments (3)
|
792 | 272 | 280 | 240 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
contractual cash obligations
|
$ | 4,495 | $ | 337 | $ | 3,918 | $ | 240 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – |
1.
|
Short-term
debt reported on the balance sheet is net of approximately $5 in discounts
representing the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the
Company’s debt financings.
|
2.
|
Long-term
debt related party reported on the balance sheet is net of approximately
$873 in discounts representing the fair value of warrants issued to the
debt holders.
|
3.
|
The
operating lease commenced on November 1, 2002. The lease was renegotiated
in December 2005 and extended for an additional 60 months. The base rent
will increase approximately 3% per annum over the term of the lease, which
expires on October 31, 2011.
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As of
December 31, 2008, the Company leased facilities in the United States and China
totaling approximately 10,100 square feet. The Company’s rental expense for the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was approximately $279, and $333,
respectively. In December 2005 the Company extended its existing lease in
Redwood Shores an additional 60 months. In addition to the base rent in the
United States, the Company pays a percentage of the increase, if any, in
operating cost incurred by the landlord in such year over the operating expenses
incurred by the landlord in the base year. The Company believes the
leased offices in the United States and China will be adequate for the Company’s
needs over the term of the leases.
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company's principal source of liquidity was its cash and
cash equivalents of $929. With the exception of 2004, in each year
since the Company’s inception the Company has incurred losses. Currently, the
Company is experiencing what it believes are normal delays
in IT orders consistent with standard procedure as enterprises enter
a new year and budget period. Although the Company sees no significant
indications suggesting that the adverse market conditions impacting our customer
base of financial institutions have resulted in delays or cancellation of IT
expenditures that would significantly impact planned automation programs
involving our technology, the elevated review and prioritization purchase
processes have delayed anticipated early 2009 deployments. In
recognition that such delays could result in the short-term need for additional
funds, prior to achievement of cash flow positive operations, the Company is
investigating various alternative financing sources, including investments from
selected strategic partners.
However,
there can be no assurance that additional funds will be available when needed
or, if available, will be on favorable terms or in the amounts the Company may
require. If adequate funds are not available when needed, the Company may be
required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its marketing and
development efforts or other operations, which could have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business, results of operations and prospects. In
addition, as a result of the 2008 financing transaction, the holders of the
Company’s debt that matures in 2011 hold a first position security interest in
all of the assets. As a result of this uncertainty, our auditors have
expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
concern.
Interest Rate Risk. The
Company has an investment portfolio of fixed income securities that are
classified as cash equivalents. These securities, like all fixed income
instruments, are subject to interest rate risk and will fall in value if the
market interest rates increase. The Company attempts to limit this exposure by
investing primarily in short-term securities. The Company did not enter into any
short-term security investments during the twelve months ended December 31,
2008.
Foreign Currency Risk. The
Company operates a joint venture in China and from time to time makes certain
capital equipment or other purchases denominated in foreign currencies. As a
result, the Company's cash flows and earnings are exposed to fluctuations in
interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company attempts to
limit these exposures through operational strategies and generally has not
hedged currency exposures.
Future Results and Stock Price
Risk. The Company's stock price may be subject to significant volatility.
The public stock markets have experienced significant volatility in stock prices
in recent years. The stock prices of technology companies have experienced
particularly high volatility, including, at times, severe price changes that are
unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of such companies.
The trading price of the Company's Common Stock could be subject to wide
fluctuations in response to, among other factors, quarter-to-quarter variations
in operating results, announcements of technological innovations or new products
by the Company or its competitors, announcements of new strategic relationships
by the Company or its competitors, general conditions in the computer industry
or the global economy generally, or market volatility unrelated to the Company's
business and operating results.
Item
8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The
Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December
31, 2008 and 2007, and for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 2008 begin on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and are
incorporated into this item by reference.
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Item
9. Changes in and
Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosures
None
Item 9A. Controls and
Procedures
Disclosure
Controls
Under the
supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company
has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure
controls and procedures pursuant to applicable rules under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of December 31, 2008. Based on that
evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
The
Company does not expect that its disclosure controls and procedures will prevent
all error and all fraud. A control procedure, no matter how well conceived and
operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the
objectives of the control procedures are met. Because of the inherent
limitations in all control procedures, no evaluation of controls can provide
absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any,
within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the
realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns
can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be
circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more
people, or by management override of the control. The Company considered these
limitations during the development of its disclosure controls and procedures,
and will continually reevaluate them to ensure they provide reasonable assurance
that such controls and procedures are effective.
Internal
Controls and Procedures
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) which are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the time specified in the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to our management including our CEO and our CFO, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company
has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its internal
controls and procedures pursuant to applicable rules under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In making this assessment, the
Company’s management used the criteria established in “Internal Control,
Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee Sponsoring Organization of the
Treadway Commission (COSO). As of December 31, 2008, and based on that
evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
have concluded that the internal controls and procedures are
effective.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s
report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
There are
inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, even an effective system of internal control
over financial reporting can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to
financial statement preparation and presentation in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our internal
controls over financial reporting are subject to
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various
inherent limitations, including cost limitations, judgments used in decision
making, assumptions about the likelihood of future events, the soundness of our
systems, the possibility of human error and the risk of fraud. Moreover,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to
the risk that controls may be inadequate because of changes in conditions and
the risk that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may
deteriorate over time.
There
have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the
Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other
Information
None.
PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive
Officers and Corporate Governance
Directors
The following table sets forth certain
information concerning the Directors:
Name
|
Age
|
Year
First Elected
or Appointed
|
Guido
D. DiGregorio (5)
|
70
|
1997
|
Garry
Meyer (5)
|
59
|
2007
|
Louis
P. Panetta (1), (2), (3), (4) (5)
|
59
|
2000
|
Chien-Bor
Sung (1), (2), (3), (4)
|
84
|
1986
|
David
E. Welch (1), (4), (3)
|
62
|
2004
|
1. Member of
the Audit Committee (Chairman David E. Welch)
2. Member of
the Finance Committee (Chairman Chien-Bor. Sung)
3. Member of
the Compensation Committee (Chairman Louis P. Panetta)
4. Member of
the Nominating Committee (Chairman Chien-Bor Sung)
5. Member of
the Best Practices Committee (Chair Garry Meyer)
The
business experience of each of the directors for at least the past five years
includes the following:
Guido
D. DiGregorio was elected
Chairman of the Board in February 2002, Chief Executive Officer in June 1999 and
President & Chief Operating Officer in November 1997. Mr. DiGregorio
began his career with General Electric, from 1966 to 1986, where after
successive promotions in product development, sales, strategic marketing and
venture management assignments, he rose to the position of General Manager of an
industrial automation business. Prior to joining CIC, Mr. DiGregorio was
recruited as CEO of several companies to position those businesses for sustained
sales and earnings growth. Those companies include Exide Electronics, Maxitron
Corp., Proxim and Display Technologies Inc.
Garry S. Meyer was elected a
director in November 2007. Dr. Meyer has more than 25 years of experience in the
financial services industry, and is currently a Principal of GSMeyer &
Associates LLC, a private equity and technology consulting firm. From 2006 to
2007, he was the Chief Information Officer of Agency and Personal Markets at
Liberty Mutual Insurance. From 1998 to 2006, Dr. Meyer was Senior Vice President
& Global IT Quality Leader for General Electric. At General Electric he
developed and implemented a strategy of core technology platforms and methods to
enable leverage in multiple businesses and was a key contributor to LEAN Six
Sigma new product introductions and best practice processes. Previously, Dr.
Meyer was Managing Director, Trusted Services at SafeNet, Vice President at
Marsh & McLennan, Principal & CIO at Smart Card International, Inc.,
Director, Information Technology at Citicorp
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POS
Information Services, Inc., and Vice President, Management Information System at
Standard & Poor’s. Dr. Meyer holds a M.S. in electrical engineering and
computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), a B.S.
and Ph.D. from the State University of New York, and is certified in Six
Sigma.
Louis P. Panetta was elected
a director of the Company in October 2000. Mr. Panetta is currently the
principal of Louis Panetta Consulting, a management consulting firm, and also
teaches at the school of business at California State University,
Monterey Bay. He served as Vice President-Client Services for Valley Oak
Systems from September 2003 to December 2003. From November 2001 to September
2003 Mr. Panetta was a member of the Board of Directors of Active Link. He was
Vice President of Marketing and Investor Relations with Mobility Concepts, Inc.
(a wireless Systems Integrator), a subsidiary of Active Link Communications from
February 2001 to April 2003. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of
PortableLife.com (eCommerce products provider) from September 1999 to October
2000 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Fujitsu Personal Systems (a
computer manufacturer) from December 1992 to September 1999. From 1995 to 1999,
Mr. Panetta served on the Board of Directors of Fujitsu Personal Systems. Mr.
Panetta’s prior positions include Vice President-Sales for Novell, Inc. (the
leading supplier of LAN network software) and Director-Product Marketing for
Grid Systems (a leading supplier of Laptop & Pen Based
Computers).
C.B. Sung was elected a
director of the Company in 1986. Mr. Sung has been the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Unison Group, Inc. (a multi-national corporation
involved in manufacturing, computer systems, international investment and trade)
since 1986 and Unison Pacific Corporation since 1979. Unison Group manages
investment funds specializing in China-related businesses and is a pioneer in
investing in China. Mr. Sung’s background includes over twenty years in various
US high technology operating assignments during which time he rose to the
position of Corporate Vice President-Engineering & Development for the
Bendix Corporation. Mr. Sung was recently acknowledged and honored for his
contributions by his native China (PRC) with a documentary produced by China’s
National TV focusing on his life and career as an entrepreneurial scholar,
successful US high technology executive and for his pioneering and continuing
work in fostering capital investment and economic growth between the US and
China.
David E. Welch was elected a
director in March 2004 and serves as the financial expert on the Audit
Committee. From July 2002 to present Mr. Welch has been the principal
of David E. Welch Consulting, a financial consulting firm, Mr. Welch has also
been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Millennium
Corporation, Inc., a provider of satellite based asset tracking and reporting
equipment, from April 2004 to present. Mr. Welch was Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Active Link Communications, a manufacturer of
telecommunications equipment, from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Welch has held
positions as Director of Management Information Systems and Chief Information
Officer with Micromedex, Inc. and Language Management International from 1995
through 1998. Mr. Welch is a member of the Board of Directors of
PepperBall Technologies, Inc. and AspenBio Pharma, Inc. Mr. Welch is
a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Colorado.
Executive
Officers
The
following table sets forth the name and age of each executive officer of the
Company, or named executive officers, and all positions and offices of the
Company presently held by each of them.
Name
|
Age
|
Positions Currently Held
|
||
Guido
D. DiGregorio
|
70
|
Chairman
of the Board,
Chief
Executive Officer and President
|
||
Francis
V. Dane
|
57
|
Chief
Legal Officer,
Secretary
and Chief Financial Officer
|
||
Russel
L. Davis
|
44
|
Chief
Technology Officer & Vice President, Product
Development
|
The
business experience of each of the executive officers for at least the past five
years includes the following:
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Guido D. DiGregorio – see
above under the heading “Directors and Executive Officers of the Company –
Directors.”
Francis V. Dane was appointed
the Company's Secretary in February of 2002, its Chief Financial Officer in
October 2001, and its Human Resources Executive in September 1998, and he
assumed the position of Chief Legal Officer in December of 1997. From
1991 to 1997 he served as a Vice President and Secretary of the Company, and
from 1988 to 1992 as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Since
July of 2000, Mr. Dane has also been the Secretary and Treasurer
of Genyous Biomed International Inc. (including its predecessors and
affiliates) a company in the biopharmaceutical field focused on the development
of medical products and services for the prevention, detection and treatment of
chronic illnesses such as cancer. From October 2000 to April 2004,
Mr. Dane served as a director of Perceptronix Medical, Inc. and SpectraVu
Medical Inc., two companies focused on developing improved methods for the early
detection of cancer. From October 2000 to June 2003 Mr. Dane was a director of
CPC Cancer Prevention Centers Inc., a company focused on developing a
comprehensive cancer prevention program based upon the detection of early stage,
non-invasive cancer. Prior to this Mr. Dane spent over a decade with
PricewaterhouseCoopers, his last position was that of Senior Manager,
Entrepreneurial Services Division. Mr. Dane is a member of the State
Bar of California and has earned a CPA certificate from the states of
Connecticut and California.
Russel L. Davis rejoined the
Company as Chief Product Officer in August of 2005 and now serves as its Chief
Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Development. He
served as CTO of SiVault Systems, from November of 2004 to August of
2005. Mr. Davis originally joined CIC in May of 1997 and was
appointed Vice President of Product Development & Support in October of
1998. Prior to this, Mr. Davis served in a number of technical management roles
including; Director of Service for Everex Systems, Inc., a Silicon Valley based
PC manufacturer and member of the Formosa Plastics Group, managing regional
field engineering operations for Centel Information Systems, which was acquired
by Sprint. He also served in the United States Navy supervising shipboard
Electronic Warfare operations.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), requires the Company's officers, directors and persons who own more than
ten percent of a registered class of the Company's equity securities to file
certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
regarding ownership of, and transactions in, the Company's securities. These
officers, directors and stockholders are also required by SEC rules to furnish
the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that are filed with
the SEC. Based solely on a review of copies of such forms received by the
Company and written representations received by the Company from certain
reporting persons, the Company believes that for the year ended December 31,
2008 all Section 16(a) reports required to be filed by the Company's executive
officers, directors and 10% stockholders were filed on a timely
basis.
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have
adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics, referred to as our Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics, which applies to all of our directors, officers,
and employees, including our principal executive officer, our principal
financial and accounting officer, and our Chief product officer. A copy of the
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on the Company’s web site, at
www.cic.com.
Audit
Committee Financial Expert
Mr. Welch
serves as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Each member of the Audit
Committee is independent as defined under the applicable rules and regulations
of the SEC and the director independence standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market
(“NASDAQ”), as currently in effect.
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Item
11. Executive
Compensation
Summary
Compensation Table (in dollars)
Name
and
Principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
(3)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Change
in
Pension
Value
And
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
Guido
DiGregorio
President
& CEO
|
2008
2007
|
285,000(1)
200,000(1)
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
40,200
−
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
10,055
9,486
|
335,255
209,486
|
Frank
Dane
CLO
& CFO
|
2008
2007
|
160,000
160,000
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
20,100
1,875
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
180,100
161,875
|
Russel
Davis
CTO
|
2008
2007
|
165,000
165,000
|
25,000(2)
−
|
−
−
|
30,150
−
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
−
−
|
220,150
165,000
|
1.
|
Mr.
DiGregorio 2008 salary includes $85,000, paid in March 2008 that he
voluntarily deferred from his 2007 salary. Mr. DiGregorio has
deferred receipt of his 2008 deferred salary, payable in March 2009,
intending to receive such payment when the company achieves quarterly cash
flow positive operations. In addition, $85,000 of his 2009 salary is being
voluntary deferred to March of
2010.
|
2.
|
Bonus
payment for leading the design and development effort and delivery ahead
of scheduled of the SignatureOne Ceremony Server product which was the
basis for closing 2 orders with top-tier insurance companies which
contributed over $1,000,000 to last half of 2008
revenue.
|
3.
|
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based
Payment” Share-based compensation expense is based on the estimated grant
date fair value of the portion of share-based payment awards that are
ultimately expected to vest during the period. The grant date
fair value of stock-based awards to officers, employees and directors is
calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Mr. DiGregorio
has 2,181,818 options that are vested and exercisable within sixty days of
December 31, 2008. Mr. Dane has 559,852 options that are vested
and exercisable within sixty days of December 31, 2008. Mr. Davis has
673,863 options that are vested and exercisable within sixty days of
December 31, 2007. In accordance with applicable regulations, the value of
such options does not reflect an estimate for features related to
service-based vesting used by the Company for financial statement
purposes. See footnote 6 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included with this report on Form
10-K.
|
There are no employment agreements with
any named executives, either written or oral. All employment is at
will.
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Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal 2008 Year End
The following table summarizes the
outstanding equity award holdings held by our named executive
officers.
Name
and
Principal
Position
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($) (4)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
(5)
|
|
Guido
DiGregorio, President
& CEO (1)
|
190,909
250,000
425,000
1,275,000
|
409,091
−
−
−
|
$0.15
$0.79
$0.39
$0.75
|
2015
2009
2012
2012
|
|
Frank
Dane, CLO & CFO
(2)
|
95,454
100,000
100,000
100,000
35,985
107,958
|
204,546
−
−
−
−
−
|
$0.15
$0.79
$0.33
$0.55
$0.39
$0.75
|
2015
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012
|
|
Russel
Davis, CTO
(3)
|
143,181
125,000
375,000
|
306,819
−
−
|
$0.15
$0.57
$0.75
|
2015
2012
2012
|
(1) Mr.
DiGregorio’s options vest as follows: 600,000 options will vest pro rata
quarterly over three years, 250,000 options vested pro rata quarterly over three
years; 425,000 options vested on the date of grant; and 1,275,000 options vested
on the date of grant.
(2) Mr.
Dane’s options vest as follows: 300,000 options will vest pro rata quarterly
over three years, 100,000 options vested pro rata quarterly over three years;
100,000 options vested pro rata quarterly over three years; 100,000 options
vested pro rata quarterly over three years; 35,985 options vested on the date of
grant; and 107,958 options vested on the date of grant.
(3) Mr.
Davis’s options vest as follows: 112,500 options vested on the date of grant and
337,500 options will vest pro rata quarterly over three years, 125,000 options
vested on the date of grant; and 375,000 options vested on the date of
grant.
(4) Mr.
DiGregorio holds options to acquire 250,000 shares granted under the 1999 Option
Plan and options to acquire 1,700,000 shares under Individual Plans. Mr. Dane
holds 300,000 options to acquire shares granted under the 1999 Option Plan and
options to acquire 143,943 shares granted under Individual Plans. Mr.
Davis holds options to acquire 500,000 shares granted under the 1999 Option
Plan.
(5) All
options granted will expire seven years from the date of grant, subject to
continuous employment with the Company.
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested
In 2008,
no stock options were exercised and 95,454 and 143,181 and 190,909 options to
purchase stock granted to Mr. Dane, Mr. Davis and Mr. DiGregorio, respectively,
vested during the period. The Company does not grant or issue
restricted stock or other equity-based incentives.
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Director
Compensation
For their
services as directors of the Company, all non-employee directors receive a fee
of $1,000 for each board of directors meeting attended and all directors are
reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with
attending such meetings. First time directors receive options to acquire 50,000
shares of the Company’s Common Stock upon joining the board and options to
acquire 25,000 shares each time they are elected to the board
thereafter. The exercise prices of all options granted to directors
are equal to the market closing price on the date of grant, vest immediately and
have a seven year life.
In June
2008, Garry Meyer, Louis Panetta, C. B. Sung and David Welch were each granted
immediately exercisable non-qualified options to purchase 25,000 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share (the then current market
price of the Company’s stock), which options expire on June 30,
2015.
The
following table sets forth a summary of the compensation paid to our directors
during 2008.
Name
|
Fees
Earned
Or
Paid in
Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Change
in Pension
Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
Garry
Meyer (1)
|
$ 2,000
|
$ −
|
$ 3,995
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$5,995
|
Louis
P. Panetta (2)
|
$ 2,000
|
$ −
|
$ 3,995
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$5,995
|
C.
B. Sung (3)
|
$ 2,000
|
$ −
|
$ 3,995
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$5,995
|
David
E. Welch (4)
|
$ 2,000
|
$ −
|
$ 3,995
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$ −
|
$5,995
|
|
1. Mr.
Meyer holds options to acquire 75,000 shares of stock at December 31,
2008, all of which were vested.
|
|
2. Mr.
Panetta holds options to acquire 225,000 shares of stock at December 31,
2008, all of which were vested.
|
|
3. Mr.
Sung holds options to acquire 210,000 shares of stock at December 31,
2008, all of which were vested.
|
|
4. Mr.
Welch holds options to acquire 175,000 shares of stock at December 31,
2008, all of which were vested.
|
Item
12. Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters
The
following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership
of (i) any person known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any
class of voting securities of the Company, (ii) each director and director
nominee of the Company, (iii) each of the current executive officers of the
Company named in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading "Executive
Compensation" and (iv) all directors and executive officers of the Company
as a group. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table (i)
each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares
attributable to such person and (ii) each person’s address is c/o Communication
Intelligence Corporation, 275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 500, Redwood Shores,
California 94065-1413.
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Common
Stock
|
|||
Name of Beneficial Owner
|
Number
of Shares**
|
Percent
of Class**
|
|
Guido
DiGregorio (1)
|
2,325,718
|
1.78%
|
|
C.
B. Sung (2)
|
1,844,420
|
1.41%
|
|
Louis
P. Panetta
(3)
|
225,000
|
*
|
|
David
E. Welch, (4)
|
175,000
|
*
|
|
Garry
Meyer (5)
|
75,000
|
*
|
|
Francis
V. Dane (6)
|
560,064
|
*
|
|
Russel
L. Davis (7)
|
673,863
|
*
|
|
All
directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)
|
5,879,065
|
4.50%
|
|
5%
Shareholders
|
|||
Phoenix
Venture Fund LLC (8)
|
41,714,286
|
31.96%
|
|
Michael
W. Engmann (9)
|
14,611,241
|
11.19%
|
___________
* Less
than 1%.
** Shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned and the respective percentages of beneficial
ownership of Common Stock assumes the exercise or conversion of all options,
warrants and other securities convertible into Common Stock beneficially owned
by such person or entity currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of
the date hereof. Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of stock options and
warrants exercisable within 60 days, or securities convertible into Common Stock
within 60 days are deemed outstanding and held by the holder of such shares of
Common Stock, options, warrants, or other convertible securities for computing
the percentage of outstanding Common Stock beneficially owned by such person,
but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of outstanding
Common Stock beneficially owned by any other person. The percentage of
beneficial ownership of Common Stock beneficially owned is based on 130,516,981
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 6, 2009.
(1)
|
Represents
(a) 143,900 shares held by Mr. DiGregorio and (b) 2,181,818 shares
issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days
hereof.
|
(2)
|
Includes
(a) 1,631,051 shares held by the Sung Family Trust, of which Mr. Sung
is a trustee, (b) 3,369 shares held by the Sung-Kwok Foundation, of which
Mr. Sung is the Chairman, and (c) 210,000 shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of stock options, exercisable within 60 days
hereof. Mr. Sung may be deemed to beneficially own the shares
held by the Sung Family Trust and the Sung-Kwok
Foundation.
|
(3)
|
Represents
225,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options exercisable within 60
days hereof.
|
(4)
|
Represents
175,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable
within 60 days hereof.
|
(5)
|
Represents
75,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options exercisable
within 60 days hereof.
|
(6)
|
Represents
(a) 212 shares held by Mr. Dane and (b) 559,852 shares issuable upon the
exercise of stock options exercisable within 60 days
hereof.
|
(7)
|
Represents
673,863 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options within 60 days
hereof.
|
(8)
|
Represents
(a) 21,500,000 shares held by SG Phoenix Ventures LLC and (b) 20,214,286
shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants. SG Phoenix Ventures LLC is
the Managing Member of Phoenix Venture Fund LLC (the “Phoenix Fund”), with
the power to vote and dispose of the shares of Common Stock held by the
Phoenix Fund. Accordingly, SG Phoenix Ventures LLC may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of such shares. Andrea Goren is the co-manager of SG
Phoenix Ventures LLC, has the shared power to vote and dispose of the
shares of Common Stock held by the Phoenix Fund and, as such, may be
deemed to be the beneficial owner of the common shares owned by the
Phoenix Fund. Philip Sassower is the co-manager of SG Phoenix
Ventures
|
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LLC, has
the shared power to vote and dispose of the shares of Common Stock held by the
Phoenix Fund and, as such, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the
common shares owned by the Phoenix Fund. SG Phoenix Ventures LLC, Mr. Goren and
Mr. Sassower each disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares owned by the
Phoenix Fund, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests
therein. The address of such stockholder is 110 East 59th Street, Suite 1901,
New York, NY 10022.
(9)
|
Represents
(a) 10,575,527 warrants beneficially owned by Mr. Engmann, of which
1,187,962 are held by MDNH Partners, L.P. and 1,659,200 are held by KENDU
Partners Company of which Mr. Engmann is a partner and (b) 4,750,000
shares issuable upon the conversion of shares of Series A-1 Preferred
beneficially owned by Mr. Engmann, of which 1,138,393 are issuable to MDNH
Partners, L.P. and 2,248,571 are issuable to KENDU Partners Company of
which Mr. Engmann is a partner. Mr. Engmann was issued warrants to
purchase 2,333,250 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $0.51 per
share, warrants to purchase 1,979,936 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
at $0.25 per share and warrants to purchase 3,415,179 shares of
the Company’s Common Stock at $0.14 per share. MDNH Partners, L.P. was
issued warrants to purchase 1,659,200 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
at $0.51 per share, and MDNH Partners, L.P. was issued warrants to
purchase 1,187,962 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $0.25 per
share. Such warrants were issued in connection with notes issued in 2006
and 2007. In addition, Mr. Engmann, MDNH Partners, L.P. and KENDU Partners
Company converted a portion of outstanding indebtedness and interest
accrued thereon into shares of Series A-1 Preferred in connection with the
Company’s June 2008 financing transaction. Each share of Series
A-1 Preferred held by Mr. Engmann, MDNH Partners, L.P. and KENDU Partners
Company is presently convertible into 7.1429 shares of Common Stock. Mr.
Engmann has 65,250 shares of Series A-1 Preferred that can be converted
into 466,071 shares of Common Stock. MDNH Partners, L.P. refinanced their
existing debt and unpaid interest into 159,375 shares of Series A-1
Preferred that are convertible into 1,138,393 common shares at $0.14 per
share. KENDU Partners, Company refinanced their existing debt and unpaid
interest into 340,000 shares of Series A-1 Preferred that are convertible
into 2,428,571 common shares at $0.14 per share Mr. Engmann’s
address is 220 Bush Street, No. 660, San Francisco, CA 94104. (See note 5
to the Consolidated Financial
Statements)
|
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
The
following table provides information as of December 31, 2008, regarding our
compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which
equity securities are authorized for issuance:
Number
of Securities To Be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants
and Rights
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price Of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
|
Number
of Securities Remaining Available For Future Issuance Under Equity
Compensation Plans
|
|
Equity
Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders
|
|||
1999
Stock Option Plan
|
3,543
|
$ 0.54
|
72
|
Equity
Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security Holders
|
4,065
|
$ 0.42
|
−
|
Total:
|
7,608
|
$ 0.48
|
72
|
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Item
13. Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Procedures
for Approval of Related Person Transactions
In
accordance with our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, we submit all proposed
transactions involving our officers and directors and related parties, and other
transactions involving conflicts of interest, to the Board of Directors or the
Audit Committee for approval. Each of the related party transactions listed
below that were submitted to our board were approved by a disinterested majority
of our Board of Directors after full disclosure of the interest of the related
party in the transaction.
Director
Independence
The Board
of Directors has determined that Messrs. Panetta, Sung, Welch, and Meyer are
“independent,” as defined under and required by the federal securities laws and
the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Related
Party Transactions
SG Phoenix
LLC is the beneficial owner of approximately 32% of the Company’s common stock.
Michael W. Engmann, together with his affiliates, is the beneficial owner of
approximately 11% of the Company’s common stock.
On June
5, 2008, the Company effected a financing transaction under which the Company
raised capital through the issuance of new secured indebtedness and equity, and
restructured a portion of the Company’s existing short-term debt (collectively,
the “Financing Transaction”). Certain parties to the Financing Transactions
(Phoenix Venture Fund LLC and Michael Engmann) had a pre-existing relationship
with the Company and with respect to such parties the Financing Transaction may
be considered a related party transaction.
Under the
Financing Transaction, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”) and a Pledge and Security Agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”), each
dated as of June 5, 2008, with Phoenix Venture Fund LLC (“Phoenix”), Michael
Engmann and Ronald Goodman (collectively with Phoenix, the “Creditors,” and each
individually a “Creditor”). Under the terms of the Credit Agreement,
the Company received an aggregate of $3,000 and refinanced $638 of existing
indebtedness and accrued interest on that indebtedness (individually, a “Loan”
and collectively, the “Loans”). The Loans, which are represented by
secured promissory notes (each a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”), bear
interest at eight percent (8%) per annum which, at the option of the Company,
may be paid in cash or in kind and mature June 5, 2010. The Company
used a portion of the proceeds from the Loans to pay the Company’s existing
indebtedness and accrued interest on that indebtedness that was not exchanged
for preferred stock as described below, and may use the remaining proceeds for
working capital and general corporate purposes, in each case in the ordinary
course of business; and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the
Financing Transaction, which were approximately $475. Additionally, a
portion of the proceeds of the Loans were used to repay a short term loan from a
Company employee in the amount of $125, plus accrued interest, that was made
prior to and in anticipation of the closing of the Financing
Transaction. Under the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Company and
its subsidiary, CIC Acquisition Corp., granted the Creditors a first priority
security interest in and lien upon all of the assets of the Company and CIC
Acquisition Corp.
Under the
terms of the Credit Agreement and in partial consideration for the Creditors’
respective Loans made pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement as described
above, the Company issued to each Creditor a warrant to purchase up to the
number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock obtained by dividing the amount
of such Creditor’s Loan by 0.14 (each a “Warrant” and collectively, the
‘Warrants”). A total of 25,982 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
may be issued upon exercise of the Warrants. The Warrants are
exercisable beginning June 30, 2008 until their expiration on June 30, 2011. The
Warrants have an exercise price of fourteen cents ($0.14) per share. Additional
Warrants may be issued if the Company exercises its option to make interest
payments on the Loans in kind. The Company ascribed the relative fair
value of $1,231 to the warrants, which is recorded as a discount to “Long-term
debt” in the balance sheet. The fair value of the warrants was
estimated on the commitment date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the
following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2.73%; expected life of 3
years; expected volatility of 82.3%; and expected dividend yield of
0%.
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In
connection with the closing of the Financing Transaction, the Company also
entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a
Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) each dated
as of June 5, 2008, (See Note 5). Under the Purchase Agreement, in
exchange for the cancellation of $995 in principal and $45 of interest accrued
thereon of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness and interest accrued thereon,
the Company issued to the holders of such debt an aggregate of 1,040 shares of
the Company’s Series A-1 Preferred. Mr. Engmann and entities
controlled by Mr. Engmann cancelled an aggregate of $720 in principal and $45 of
interest accrued thereon, and, accordingly, the Company issued an aggregate of
765 shares of the Company’s Series A-1 Preferred to Mr. Engmann and entities
controlled by Mr. Engmann. These shares of Series A-1 Preferred carry
an eight percent (8%) annual dividend, payable quarterly in arrears in cash or
in additional shares of Series A-1 Preferred, had a liquidation preference over
Common Stock of one dollar ($1.00) per share, and are convertible into shares of
Common Stock at a ratio of one share of Series A-1 Preferred for 7.1429 shares
of Common Stock. Series A-1 Preferred may vote on matters put to the
Company’s stockholders on an as-converted-to-Common-Stock
basis. Subject to further adjustment as provided in the Certificate
of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series A-1 Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock, shares of Series A-1 Preferred are presently
convertible into shares of Common Stock at a ratio of one share of Series A-1
Preferred for 7.1429 shares of Common Stock. If all shares of Series
A-1 Preferred were converted into Common Stock at the above conversion ratio,
the Company would issue 7,429 shares of Common Stock. As of December
31, 2008, holders of Series A-1 Preferred have converted an aggregate of 184
shares of Series A-1 Preferred into 1,317 shares of Common Stock. As
of December 31, 2008, Mr. Engmann and entities controlled by Mr. Engmann have
converted an aggregate of 109 shares of Series A-1 Preferred into 781 shares of
Common Stock.
The
issuance of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock resulted in a beneficial
conversion feature of $371, of which $273 is attributable to Michael Engmann and
$98 to the other creditors. The beneficial conversion feature was
recorded as a charge to loss applicable to holders of Common Stock for the
quarter ended June 30, 2008. The Company has accrued dividends on the shares of
Series A-1 Preferred of $47. As of December 31, 2008, $29 of the
accrued dividends have been paid in cash. As of December 31, 2008,
Mr. Engmann and entities controlled by Mr. Engmann have been paid $19 in accrued
dividends.
Under the
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company was obligated to prepare
and file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act covering
the resale of the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the shares of
Series A-1 Preferred Stock and exercise of the Warrants as described
above. The Company must also use its reasonable best efforts to keep
the registration statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the earlier of the date that is two years after its Effective Date or until the
date that all shares purchased under the Purchase Agreement have been sold or
can be sold publicly under Rule 144. The Registration Rights
Agreement provided for certain registration rights whereby the Company would
have incurred penalties if a registration statement was not filed or declared
effective by the SEC on a timely basis. The Company filed the required
registration statement on August 18, 2008, which was declared effective on
October 10, 2008. The Company was obligated to pay the costs and expenses of
such registration.
On
January 9, 2008, the Company entered into the Company’s standard form of
Consulting Agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) with GSMeyer & Associates
LLC (the “Consultant Entity”), an entity of which Garry Meyer, a director of the
Company, is a principal. Mr. Meyer owns 50% of the Consultant Entity’s
outstanding equity, and Mr. Meyer’s spouse owns the other 50% of the Consultant
Entity’s outstanding equity. Mr. Meyer and his spouse share in the profits of
the Consultant Entity in accordance with their ownership percentages. Under the
terms of the Consulting Agreement, the Consultant Entity is authorized to market
the Company’s products as an independent contractor of the Company. The
Consultant Entity is paid commissions equal to seven percent (7%) of the license
fees, professional service fees and of first year maintenance fees on sales
closed with State Street Bank, and ING (of Eastern Europe), subject to the
Company having received payment of such fees from such customers prior to the
payment of the above described commissions. The Consultant Entity is also
entitled to reimbursement of reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in the performance of its obligations under the Consulting Agreement,
provided that the Consultant Entity provides receipts and obtains prior approval
from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for such expenses. Either the Company
or the Consultant Entity may terminate the Consulting Agreement at any time upon
thirty days’ written notice to the other party.
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In August
2006, the Company entered into the August 2006 Purchase Agreement to which Mr.
Engmann was a party. The Company secured the right to borrow up to $600 under
the August 2006 Purchase Agreement. In November 2006 the Company
borrowed the full amount of $600, of which $450 pertains to Mr. Engmann and the
remaining $150 to an unrelated third party. The Company issued warrants to
purchase 3,111 of the Company’s Common Stock related to the August 2006 Purchase
Agreement. The notes were due May 17, 2008 and bore interest at the
rate of 15% per annum payable quarterly in cash. The warrants have a term of
three years beginning June 30, 2007 and an exercise price of $0.51.
In
February 2007, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement
(the “February 2007 Purchase Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement
(the “February 2007 Registration Rights Agreement”), each dated as of February
5, 2007, with the Affiliated Stockholder where defined. The Company
secured the right to borrow up to six hundred thousand dollars ($600). On March
15, 2007 the Company and the Affiliated Stockholder amended the February 2007
Purchase Agreement to increase the maximum amount of borrowing from $600, to
$1,000. The terms of the February 2007 Purchase Agreement and 2006 Purchase
Agreement are identical with the exception that the maximum number of warrants
that may be issued under the February 2007 Purchase Agreement is 5,185 rather
than 3,111. On March 30, 2007, and April 1, 2007 the Company borrowed $670 and
$50 under the February 2007 Purchase Agreement of which $320 pertained to Mr.
Engmann and the remaining $400 from unrelated third parties. The
proceeds were used for working capital purposes. The warrants have a three year
life, became exercisable on June 30, 2007, and have an exercise price of
$0.51. The warrants included piggyback registration rights for the
underlying shares to participate in any future registrations of the Company’s
Common Stock. The shares were registered with the Company’s Form
S-1/A which was declared effective December 28, 2007.
On June
15, 2007, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the
“June 2007 Purchase Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement (the “June
2007 Registration Rights Agreement”), each dated as of June 15, 2007. The
Company secured the right to borrow up to $1,000. The June 2007
Purchase Agreement required the Company to draw $400 of the funds upon
signing. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had borrowed $400 under
this facility, all pertaining to Mr. Engmann, and the option to borrow the
remaining $600 lapsed as of that date. The Company used the proceeds of the
financing for working capital purposes. The note bore interest at the
rate of 15% per annum payable quarterly in cash. The Company issued 3,168
warrants to purchase shares of its Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.25.
The warrants have a three year life and included piggyback registration rights
for the underlying shares to participate in any future registrations of the
Company’s Common Stock. The shares were registered with the Company’s
Form S-1/A which was declared effective December 28, 2007.
The
Company paid approximately $78 and $74 in interest to SG Phoenix LLC and Mr.
Engmann, respectively, as of December 31, 2008 related to the above Notes. (See
Note 3 and 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-17 for
additional details.)
Item
14. Principal Accounting Fees
and Services
The
aggregate fees billed and expected to be billed for professional services by GHP
Horwath, P.C. for 2008 are approximately $136 and in 2007 were $169 for the
following services for fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2008:
Audit
Fees: GHP Horwath, P.C. fees in connection with the year end audit
for 2007 were approximately $134. Fees in connection with the 2008 quarterly
reviews and the 2008 year end audit and consent procedures are expected to be
$123 which represents approximately 82% of the aggregate fees billed and
expected to be billed by GHP Horwath, P.C.
Audit-Related
Fees. GHP Horwath, P.C. fees for assurance and related work in fiscal
year 2008 was approximately $16 and represented approximately 10% of the
aggregate fees billed in 2008. GHP Horwath, P.C. did not have any such fees in
2007.
Tax fees:
GHP Horwath, P.C. fees in connection with the Company’s 2007 federal and state
tax returns was $9. Fees in connection with the Company’s 2008 federal and state
tax returns are expected to be approximately $10. The fees represent
6% of the aggregate fees.
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Financial
Information Systems Design and Implementation Fees or any other fees not
discussed above.: GHP Horwath, P.C. did not bill the Company for any
fees in fiscal year 2007 and 2008 for financial information systems design and
implementation services or any other fees not discussed above..
Pre-Approval
Policies. It is the policy of the Company not to enter into any agreement with
its auditors to provide any non-audit services unless (a) the agreement is
approved in advance by the Audit Committee or (b) (i) the aggregate amount of
all such non-audit services constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount the
Company pays to the auditors during the fiscal year in which such services are
rendered, (ii) such services were not recognized by the Company as constituting
non-audit services at the time of the engagement of the non-audit services and
(iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee
and prior to the completion of the audit are approved by the Audit Committee or
by one or more members of the Audit Committee who are members of the board of
directors to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will not approve any agreement
in advance for non-audit services unless (x) the procedures and policies are
detailed in advance as to such services, (y) the Audit Committee is informed of
such services prior to commencement and (z) such policies and procedures do not
constitute delegation of the Audit Committee’s responsibilities to management
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Audit
Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services has
impaired the independence of GHP Horwath, P. C. and has concluded that GHP
Horwath, P.C. is independent under applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules and
regulations.
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
Index
to Financial Statements
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Report
of GHP Horwath, P.C., Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
|
F-1
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2008 and 2007
|
F-2
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007
|
F-4
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007
|
F-5
|
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-7
|
(2)
Financial Statement Schedules
None
(3) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
|
Document
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-19301).
|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (authorizing
the reclassification of the Class A Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock into one class of Common Stock) filed with the Delaware
Secretary of State on November 1, 1991, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3 to Amendment 1 on Form 8 to the
Company's Form 8-A (File No.
000-19301).
|
33
Exhibit
Number
|
Document
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State June 12, 1998,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s 1998
Form 10-K filed on April 6, 1999.
|
3.4
|
By-laws
of the Company adopted on October 6, 1986, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 10 (File No. 000-19301).
|
3.5
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State January 24, 2001,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S/1 filed on December 28,
2007.
|
3.6
|
Certificate
of Elimination of the Company’s Certificate of Designation of the Series A
Preferred Stock filed with the Delaware Secretary of State August 17,
2001, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S/1 filed on December 28,
2007.
|
3.7
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State August 17, 2007,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S/1 filed on December 28,
2007.
|
3.8
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State on May 18, 1995, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed on August 14, 2008.
|
3.9
|
Certificate
of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on
June 4, 2008, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.23 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
2008.
|
3.10
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 30, 2008,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2008.
|
*3.11
|
Certificate
of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series A-1
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Delaware Secretary
of State on October 30, 2008.
|
*3.12
|
Certificate
of Elimination of the Company’s Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred
Stock filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 30,
2008.
|
†4.10
|
1999
Stock Option Plan, as amended, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.2 to the Company's Form S-8 filed on September 19,
2008.
|
4.11
|
Form
of Convertible Promissory Note issued by the Company, incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on
November 3, 2004.
|
4.12
|
Form
of Warrant issued by the Company, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on November 3,
2004.
|
4.13
|
Form
of Promissory Note issued by the Company, incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.36 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on August 12,
2006.
|
4.14
|
Form
of Warrant issued by the Company, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.37 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on August 12,
2006.
|
4.15
|
Form
of Promissory Note issued by the Company, incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.36 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on February 9,
2007.
|
4.16
|
Form
of Warrant issued by the Company, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.37 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on February 9,
2007.
|
4.17
|
Form
of Promissory Note issued by the Company, incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.36 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on June 20,
2007.
|
4.18
|
Form
of Warrant issued the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.37 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on June 20, 2007.
|
4.19
|
Form
of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Company, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2008.
|
34
Exhibit
Number
|
Document
|
4.20
|
Form
of Additional Common Stock Purchase Warrant, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.20 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed on August 14, 2008.
|
4.21
|
Form
of Secured Promissory Note issued by the Company dated June 5, 2008,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.21 to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2008.
|
4.22
|
Form
of Additional Secured Promissory Note, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.22 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
August 14, 2008.
|
*4.23
|
Certificate
of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of the Series A-1
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Delaware Secretary
of State on October 30, 2008.
|
††10.19
|
Software
Development and License Agreement dated December 4, 1998 between Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB and the Company incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.26 of the Company's 1998 Form 10-K (File
No. 0-19301).
|
10.24
|
Form
of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated October 28, 2004, by and
among the Company and the Purchasers identified therein, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on
November 3, 2004.
|
10.25
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement dated October 28, 2004, by and among the
Company and the parties identified therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on
November 3, 2004.
|
10.26
|
Form
of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated August 10, 2006, by and among
the Company and the Purchasers identified therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on August 12,
2006.
|
10.27
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement dated August 10, 2006, by and among the
Company and the parties identified therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on August 12,
2006.
|
†††10.28
|
Amendment
dated May 31, 2005 to the License agreement dated December 22, 2000
between the Company and eCom Asia Pacific, Ltd., incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.26 of the Company’s Form 10-K/A filed on
September 15, 2005.
|
†††
10.29
|
License
agreement dated June 2, 2005 between the Company and SnapOn Credit LLC,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Company’s Form
10-K/A filed on September 15, 2005.
|
†10.30
|
Amendment
to employment agreement with Guido DiGregorio, incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's Form 8-K filed on September 21,
2005.
|
†10.31
|
Amendment
to employment agreement with Francis V. Dane, incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's Form 8-K filed on September 21,
2005.
|
†10.32
|
Form
of stock option agreement dated August 31, 2005 with Russel L. Davis,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Company’s Form 10-K/A
filed on September 15, 2006.
|
†10.33
|
Form
of stock option agreement dated December 19, 2005 with Guido DiGregorio,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Company’s Form
10-K/A filed on September 15, 2006.
|
†10.34
|
Form
of stock option agreement dated August 31, 2005 with Francis V. Dane,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Company’s Form 10-K/A
filed on September 15, 2006.
|
†10.35
|
Form
of stock option agreement dated August 31, 2005 with C. B. Sung,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Company’s Form 10-K/A
filed on September 15, 2006.
|
10.36
|
Form
of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated February 5, 2007, by and
among the Company and the Purchasers identified therein, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on
February 5, 2007.
|
10.37
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement dated February 5, 2007, by and among the
Company and the parties identified therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on February 5,
2007.
|
10.38
|
Amendment
to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated February 5, 2007, by and
among the Company and the parties identified therein, incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on March 15,
2007.
|
35
Exhibit
Number
|
Document
|
10.39
|
Form
of Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated June 15, 2007, by and among
the Company and the Purchasers identified therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on June 15,
2007.
|
10.40
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement dated June 15, 2007, by and among the
Company and the parties identified therein, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on June 15,
2007.
|
10.41
|
Form
of Securities Purchase and Registration Rights Agreement dated August 24,
2007, by and among the Company and Phoenix Venture Fund LLC, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on
August 27, 2007.
|
†10.42
|
Consulting
Agreement dated January 9, 2008 between the Company and GS Meyer &
Associates LLC - Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 12,
2007.
|
10.43
|
Credit
Agreement dated June 5, 2008, by and among the Company and the Lenders
Party Hereto and SG Phoenix as Collateral Agent, incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed on August 14, 2008.
|
10.44
|
Pledge
and Security Agreement dated June 5, 2008, by and among the Company and
the parties identified therein, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
August 14, 2008.
|
10.44
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement dated June 5, 2008, by and among the Company and the
parties identified therein, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.43 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
2008.
|
10.45
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated June 5, 2008, by and among the Company and the
parties identified therein, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.44 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
2008.
|
14.1
|
Code
of Ethics, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2004.
|
*21.1
|
Schedule
of Subsidiaries.
|
*23.1
|
Consent
of GHP Horwath, P.C., Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.
|
*31.1
|
Certification
of Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
*31.2
|
Certificate
of Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
*32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 USC Section 1750, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
*32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 USC Section 1750, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
*
|
Filed
herewith.
|
†
|
Indicates
management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
|
††
|
Confidential
treatment of certain portions of this exhibit have been requested from the
SEC pursuant to a request for confidentiality dated March 30, 1999, filed
pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934.
|
†††
|
Confidential
treatment of certain portions of this exhibit have been requested from the
SEC pursuant to a request for confidentiality dated March 30, 2006 filed
pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934.
|
|
(b)
Exhibits
|
The
exhibits listed under Item 15(a)(3) hereof are filed as part of this Form 10-K
other than Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2, which shall be deemed furnished.
|
(c)
Financial Statements
Schedules
|
All financial
statement schedules are omitted because the information is inapplicable or
presented in the notes to the financial statements.
36
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned; thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redwood Shores, State
of California, on March 10, 2009.
Communication
Intelligence Corp.
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Francis V. Dane
Francis
V. Dane
(Principal
Financial Officer and Officer Duly Authorized to Sign on Behalf of the
Registrant)
|
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of Registrant and in the capacities indicated on
March 10, 2009.
Signature
|
Title
|
/s/ Guido DiGregorio
Guido
DiGregorio
|
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
/s/ Francis V. Dane
Francis
V. Dane
|
Chief
Legal Officer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
/s/ Garry Meyer
Garry
Meyer
|
Director
|
/s/ Louis P. Panetta
Louis
P. Panetta
|
Director
|
/s/ Chien-Bor Sung
Chien-Bor
Sung
|
Director
|
/s/ David Welch
David
Welch
|
Director
|
37
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of
Directors and Stockholders
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Communication
Intelligence Corporation and its subsidiary (“the Company”) as of December 31,
2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period
ended December 31, 2008. These consolidated financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these consolidated 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the consolidated financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by the management, as well as
evaluating the overall consolidated 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 Communication Intelligence
Corporation and its subsidiary as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period
ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1
to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s significant recurring
operating losses and accumulated deficit raise substantial doubt about its
ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard
to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the
outcome of this uncertainty.
/S/ GHP
Horwath, P.C.
Denver,
Colorado
March 10,
2009
F-1
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
(In
thousands, except par value amounts)
December
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Current
assets:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$ | 929 | $ | 1,144 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net of
allowances of $104 and $117 at December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively
|
700 | 452 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets
|
80 | 135 | ||||||
Total current
assets
|
1,709 | 1,731 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
48 | 77 | ||||||
Patents
|
3,149 | 3,528 | ||||||
Capitalized
software development costs
|
1,406 | 1,109 | ||||||
Deferred
financing costs (Note 3)
|
301 | − | ||||||
Other
assets
|
30 | 30 | ||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 6,643 | $ | 6,475 | ||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||||
Short-term debt –net of discount
of $5 at December 31, 2008 and $350 at December 31, 2007
|
$ | 60 | $ | 1,370 | ||||
Accounts payable
|
92 | 135 | ||||||
Accrued
compensation
|
369 | 364 | ||||||
Other accrued
liabilities
|
236 | 298 | ||||||
Deferred revenue
|
343 | 431 | ||||||
Total current
liabilities
|
1,100 | 2,598 | ||||||
Long-term
debt –net of discount of $873, including related party debt of
$2,644, net of discount of $834 (Note 4)
|
2,765 | − | ||||||
Long-
term debt – other, net of discount of $21 at December 31, 2007 (Note
3)
|
– | 96 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 6)
|
||||||||
Total Liabilities | 3,865 | 2,694 | ||||||
Stockholders'
equity:
|
||||||||
Preferred stock, $.01 par value;
10,000 shares authorized; 856 outstanding at December 31, 2008 and 0 at
December 31, 2007, respectively; $883 liquidation
preference
|
856 | – | ||||||
Common Stock, $.01 par value;
225,000 shares authorized; 130,374 and 130,307 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively
|
1,304 | 1,291 | ||||||
Additional paid-in
capital
|
95,174 | 93,785 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(94,569 | ) | (91,260 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss)
|
13 | (35 | ) | |||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
2,778 | 3,781 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$ | 6,643 | $ | 6,475 | ||||
The
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements
F-2
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(In
thousands, except per share amounts)
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||
Product
|
$ | 1,686 | $ | 1,448 | ||||
Maintenance
|
715 | 697 | ||||||
2,401 | 2,145 | |||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
|
||||||||
Cost of sales:
|
||||||||
Product
|
895 | 367 | ||||||
Maintenance
|
169 | 158 | ||||||
Research and
development
|
198 | 476 | ||||||
Sales and
marketing
|
1,353 | 1,276 | ||||||
General and
administrative
|
2,030 | 2,061 | ||||||
4,645 | 4,338 | |||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(2,244 | ) | (2,193 | ) | ||||
Interest
income and other income (expense), net
|
72 | (26 | ) | |||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||
Related
party (Note 4)
|
(243 | ) | (135 | ) | ||||
Other
(Note 3)
|
(45 | ) | (149 | ) | ||||
Amortization
of debt discount and deferred financing cost:
|
||||||||
Related
party (Note 4)
|
(730 | ) | (305 | ) | ||||
Other
(Note 3)
|
(119 | ) | (664 | ) | ||||
Minority
interest
|
− | 73 | ||||||
Net
loss
|
(3,309 | ) | (3,399 | ) | ||||
Accretion
of beneficial conversion feature, Preferred shares (Note
7):
|
||||||||
Related
party
|
(273 | ) | − | |||||
Other
|
(98 | ) | − | |||||
Preferred
stock dividends:
|
||||||||
Related
party
|
(34 | ) | − | |||||
Other
|
(13 | ) | − | |||||
Net
loss attributable to common stockholders
|
$ | (3,727 | ) | $ | (3,399 | ) | ||
Basic
and diluted loss per common share
|
$ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
129,247 | 113,960 | ||||||
The
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements
F-3
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
(In
thousands except per share amounts)
Preferred
Shares
Outstanding
|
Preferred
Shares
|
Common
Shares
Outstanding
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances
as of December 31, 2006
|
− | $ | − | 107,557 | $ | 1,076 | $ | 90,497 | $ | (87,861 | ) | $ | (128 | ) | $ | 3,584 | ||||||||||||||||
Stock
based employee compensation
|
130 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair
value of warrants issued in connection with
short-term
debt
|
546 | 546 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair
value of warrants issued in connection with long-term
debt
|
23 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
to the fair value of beneficial conversion feature associated with the
convertible notes (Note 5)
|
202 | 202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Common Stock at approximately $0.14 per share net of related costs of
$398
|
21,500 | 215 | 2,387 | 2,602 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(3,399 | ) | (3,399 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
93 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive loss
|
(3,306 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of September 30, 2007
|
− | − | 129,057 | 1,291 | 93,785 | (91,260 | ) | (35 | ) | 3,781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based employee compensation
|
161 | 161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair
value of warrants issued in connection with Long-term
debt
|
1,231 | 1,231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of Short-term notes into Preferred Shares, net of expenses of
$127
|
1,040 | 1,040 | (127 | ) | 913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beneficial
Conversion Feature associated with the Preferred Shares
|
371 | 371 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
of preferred shares into Common Stock
|
(184 | ) | (184 | ) | 1,317 | 13 | 171 | − | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(3,309 | ) | (3,309 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation
adjustment
|
48 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive loss | (3,261 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accretion
of beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock
|
(371 | ) | (371 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred
share dividends
|
(47 | ) | (47 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2008
|
856 | $ | 856 | 130,374 | $ | 1,304 | $ | 95,174 | $ | (94,569 | ) | $ | 13 | $ | 2,778 |
The
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements
F-4
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(In
thousands)
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (3,309 | ) | $ | (3,399 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss
to net cash
used
for operating
activities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization
|
951 | 857 | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount and
deferred financing costs
|
848 | 969 | ||||||
Loss on disposal of property and
equipment
|
- | 3 | ||||||
Stock based employee
compensation
|
161 | 130 | ||||||
Minority
interest
|
- | (73 | ) | |||||
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable,
net
|
(248 | ) | 35 | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
55 | (30 | ) | |||||
Accounts
payable
|
(43 | ) | 63 | |||||
Accrued
compensation
|
5 | 128 | ||||||
Other accrued
liabilities
|
(106 | ) | 29 | |||||
Deferred
revenue
|
(88 | ) | 27 | |||||
Net cash used for
operating activities
|
(1,774 | ) | (1,261 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of property and
equipment
|
(27 | ) | (26 | ) | ||||
Capitalized software development
costs
|
(813 | ) | (788 | ) | ||||
Net cash used for investing
activities
|
(840 | ) | (814 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
Deferred financing
costs
|
(425 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds from issuance of
short-term
debt
|
125 | - | ||||||
Proceeds from the sale of common
stock, net of expenses
|
- | 2,602 | ||||||
Proceeds from issuance of
long-term
debt
|
3,000 | 1,120 | ||||||
Principal payments on
debt
|
(302 | ) | (1,265 | ) | ||||
Principal payments on capital
lease obligations
|
- | (5 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by financing
activities
|
2,398 | 2,452 | ||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on
cash
|
1 | 40 | ||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(215 | ) | 417 | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
1,144 | 727 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of
period
|
$ | 929 | $ | 1,144 |
The
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements
F-5
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(In
thousands)
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
December
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Interest paid
|
$ | 226 | $ | 244 | ||||
Schedule
of non-cash transactions:
|
||||||||
Short-term
notes and accrued interest exchanged for convertible preferred
stock
|
$ | 1,040 | $ | – | ||||
Short
term notes and accrued interest exchanged for long term
notes
|
$ | 638 | $ | – | ||||
Accretion
of beneficial conversion feature on convertible preferred
shares
|
$ | 371 | $ | – | ||||
Fair
value of warrants issued to the investors in connection with long –term
debt
|
$ | – | $ | 23 | ||||
Fair
value of warrants issued to the investors in connection with long –term
debt
|
$ | – | $ | 546 | ||||
Fair
value of the adjustment to the beneficial conversion feature associated
with the convertible notes
|
$ | – | $ | 202 |
The
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements
F-6
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(In
thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
The
Company:
Communication
Intelligence Corporation and its joint venture (the "Company" or "CIC") develops
and markets electronic signature solutions for business process automation and
biometric signature verification. The Company also develops and markets natural
input/text entry software for handheld computers and smart phones.
The
Company's research and development activities have given rise to numerous
technologies and products. The Company's core technologies are classified into
two broad categories: "transaction and communication enabling technologies" and
"natural input technologies”. CIC's transaction and communication enabling
technologies provide a means for protecting electronic transactions and
documents. CIC has developed products for dynamic signature verification,
electronic signatures and encryption and a suite of development tools and
applications which the Company believes could increase the functionality of its
core products and facilitate their integration into original equipment
manufacturers' ("OEM") hardware products and computer systems and networks.
CIC's natural input technologies are designed to allow users to interact with a
computer or handheld device through the use of an electronic pen or “stylus”.
Such products include the Company's SignatureOne®, Ceremony® Server,
SignatureOne Profile Server, Sign-it®, and iSign®, biometric and electronic
signature products, and multi-lingual Jot® handwriting recognition
system.
The
Company’s 90% owned joint venture, Communication Intelligence Computer
Corporation, in China (the "Joint Venture"), has licensed eCom Asia Pacific Pty
Ltd (“eCom”) as its master reseller for CIC products to end users and resellers
with the authority and responsibility to create optimal distribution channels
within the People’s Republic of China.
Going
concern:
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. Except for 2004, the Company has
incurred significant losses since its inception and, at December 31, 2008, the
Company’s accumulated deficit was approximately $95,000. These factors raise
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. The Company has primarily funded these losses through the
sale of debt and equity securities.
In
September 2007, the Company closed a Securities Purchase and Registration Rights
Agreement aggregating $2,602, net of expenses, the proceeds of which were used
for payment of outstanding indebtedness of $1,265 plus accrued interest thereon
and working capital purposes. In June 2008, the Company raised $2,548 through a
debt and equity financing and converted short-term notes payable to equity (see
Notes 3 and 4). The Company believes that the current pipeline and its
growth rate has the sales potential for achieving and sustaining
profitability.
There can
be no assurance that the Company will have adequate capital resources to fund
planned operations or that any additional funds will be available to the Company
when needed, or if available, will be available on favorable terms or in amounts
required by the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital
resources to fund operations, it may be required to delay, scale back or
eliminate some or all of its operations, which may have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business, results of operations and ability to operate
as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
F-7
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Basis
of consolidation:
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and
include the accounts of Communication Intelligence Corporation and its 90% owned
Joint Venture in the People's Republic of China. All inter-company accounts and
transactions have been eliminated. All amounts shown in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements are in thousands of dollars
except per share amounts.
Use
of estimates:
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles 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 consolidated financial
statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these
estimates.
Fair
value of financial instruments:
The
carrying amounts of the Company's financial instruments, including cash and cash
equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, short-term debt and
long-term debt approximate fair value due to their relatively short
maturities.
Cash
and cash equivalents:
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities at the date of
purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
The Company's cash and cash
equivalents, at December 31, consisted of the following:
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Cash
in bank
|
$ | 127 | $ | 89 | ||||
Money
market funds
|
802 | 1,055 | ||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$ | 929 | $ | 1,144 |
Concentrations
of credit risk:
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations
of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, and accounts
receivable. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents with various
financial institutions. This diversification of risk is consistent with Company
policy to maintain liquidity, and mitigate risk of loss as to principal. At
December 31, 2008, the Joint Venture had approximately $1 in cash accounts held
by a financial institution in the People's Republic of China.
To date,
accounts receivable have been derived principally from revenues earned from end
users, manufacturers, and distributors of computer products in North America and
the Pacific Rim. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its
customers, and does not require collateral. The Company maintains reserves for
potential credit losses; historically, such losses have been within management's
expectations.
F-8
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Concentrations
of credit risk (continued):
The
allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the Company’s assessment of the
collectability of specific customer accounts and an assessment of international,
political and economic risk as well as the aging of the accounts receivable. If
there is a change in actual defaults from the Company’s historical experience,
the Company’s estimates of recoverability of amounts due could be affected and
the Company will adjust the allowance accordingly.
Deferred
financing costs:
Deferred
financing costs include costs paid in cash, such as professional fees and
commissions. The costs are amortized to interest expense over the
life of the notes or upon early payment using the effective interest
method. The costs amortized to interest expense amounted to $124 and
$75, for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Property
and equipment, net:
Property
and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets,
ranging from three to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over
their estimated useful lives, not to exceed the term of the related lease. The
cost of additions and improvements is capitalized, while maintenance and repairs
are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation expense was $66 and
$78 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The Chinese
Joint Venture disposed of certain assets at net book value of $3 in
2007.
Property
and equipment, net at December 31, consists of the following:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Machinery
and equipment
|
$ | 1,202 | $ | 1,179 | ||||
Office
furniture and fixtures
|
435 | 435 | ||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
90 | 90 | ||||||
Purchased
software
|
323 | 319 | ||||||
2,050 | 2,023 | |||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(2,002 | ) | (1,946 | ) | ||||
$ | 48 | $ | 77 | |||||
Patents:
The
nature of the underlying technology of each material patent is as
follows:
·
|
Patent
numbers 5544255, 5647017, 5818955 and 6064751 involve (a) the electronic
capture of a handwritten signature utilizing an electronic tablet device
on a standard computer system within an electronic document, (b) the
verification of the identity of the person providing the electronic
signature through comparison of stored signature measurements, and (c) a
system to determine whether an electronic document has been modified after
signature.
|
F-9
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Patents
(continued):
·
|
Patent
number 6091835 involves all of the foregoing and the recording of the
electronic execution of a document regardless of whether execution occurs
through a handwritten signature, voice pattern, fingerprint or other
identifiable means.
|
·
|
Patent
numbers 5933514, 6212295, 6381344, and 6487310 involve methods and
processes related to handwriting recognition developed by the Company over
the years. Legal fees associated with these patents were
immaterial and expensed as the fees were
incurred.
|
Patents,
net consists of the following at December 31:
Expiration
|
Estimated Original
Life
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||
Patent
(Various)
|
Various
|
5 | $ | 9 | $ | 9 | |||||||||
Patent
(Various)
|
Various
|
7 | 476 | 476 | |||||||||||
5544255 |
2013
|
13 | 93 | 93 | |||||||||||
5647017 |
2014
|
14 | 187 | 187 | |||||||||||
5818955 |
2015
|
15 | 373 | 373 | |||||||||||
6064751 |
2017
|
17 | 1,213 | 1,213 | |||||||||||
6091835 |
2017
|
17 | 4,394 | 4,394 | |||||||||||
6,745 | 6,745 | ||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated amortization
|
(3,596 | ) | (3,217 | ) | |||||||||||
$ | 3,149 | $ | 3,528 | ||||||||||||
Patents
are stated at cost less accumulated amortization that, in management’s opinion,
does not exceed fair value. Amortization is computed using the straight-line
method over the estimated lives of the related assets, ranging from five to
seventeen years. Amortization expense was $379 and $378 for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Amortization expense is
estimated to be $379 for each of the five years through December 31,
2013. The estimated remaining weighted average useful lives of the
patents are 8 years. The patents identified as "various" are
technically narrow or dated patents that the Company believes the expiration of
which will not be material to its operations. At December 31, 2008,
the net carrying value of those patents is $0.
The
useful lives assigned to the patents are based upon the following assumptions
and conclusions:
·
|
The
estimated cash flow from products based upon each patent are expected to
exceed the value assigned to each
patent;
|
·
|
There
are no legal, regulatory or contractual provisions known to the Company
that limit the useful life of each patent to less than the assigned useful
life;
|
·
|
No
additional material costs need to be incurred or modifications made in
order for the Company to continue to be able to realize the protection
afforded by the patents; and
|
·
|
The
Company, does not foresee any effects of obsolescence or significant
competitive pressure on its current or future products, anticipates
increasing demand for products utilizing the patented technology, and
believes that the current markets for its products based on the patented
technology will remain constant or will grow over the useful lives
assigned to the patents because of a legal, regulatory and business
environment encouraging the use of electronic
signatures.
|
F-10
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Patents
(continued):
The
Company performs intangible asset impairment analyses at least annually in
accordance with the guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
142, “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets” ("SFAS 142") and Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144, “Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” ("SFAS 144"). The
Company uses SFAS 144 in response to changes in industry and market conditions
that affects its patents; the Company then determines if an impairment of its
assets has occurred. The Company reassesses the lives of its patents and tests
for impairment at least annually in order to determine whether the book value of
each patent exceeds the fair value of each patent. Fair value is determined by
estimating future cash flows from the products that are and will be protected by
the patents and considering the additional factors listed in Critical Accounting
Policies in Item 7 of this Form 10-K.
Long-lived
assets:
The
Company evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets at least annually
or whenever circumstances or events indicate such assets might be impaired. The
Company would recognize an impairment charge in the event the net book value of
such assets exceeded the future undiscounted cash flows attributable to such
assets. No such impairment charges have been recorded in the two years ended
December 31, 2008.
Software
development costs:
Software
development costs are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 86, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed" ("SFAS 86"). Under
SFAS 86, capitalization of software development costs begins upon the
establishment of technological feasibility, subject to net realizable value
considerations. The costs capitalized include the coding and testing of the
product after the technological feasibility has been established and ends upon
the release of the product. The annual amortization is the greater of (a) the
straight-line amortization over the estimated useful life not to exceed three
years or (b) the amount based on the ratio of current revenues to anticipated
future revenues. The Company performs periodic impairment reviews to ensure that
unamortized deferred development costs remain recoverable from the projected
future net cash flows that they are expected to generate.
The
capitalized costs are amortized to cost of sales. At December 31, 2008, and 2007
the Company had capitalized approximately $813, and $788 of software development
costs, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software development costs for
the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $504 and $335,
respectively.
Other
current liabilities:
The
Company records liabilities based on reasonable estimates for expenses, or
payables that are known but some amounts must be estimated such as deposits,
taxes, rents and services. The estimates are for current liabilities
that should be extinguished within one year.
The
Company had the following other accrued liabilities at December 31:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Accrued
professional services
|
$ | 110 | $ | 134 | ||||
Rents
|
47 | 43 | ||||||
Interest
|
75 | 66 | ||||||
Other
|
4 | 55 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 236 | $ | 298 |
F-11
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Other
current liabilities (continued):
Material
commitments:
The
Company had the following commitments at December 31, 2008:
Payments
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contractual
obligations
|
Total
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Thereafter
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term
debt related party (1)
|
$ | 65 | $ | 65 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||||||||||
Long-term
debt related party (2)
|
3,638 | – | 3,638 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
lease commitments (3)
|
792 | 272 | 280 | 240 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
contractual cash obligations
|
$ | 4,495 | $ | 337 | $ | 3,918 | $ | 240 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – |
1.
|
Short-term
debt reported on the balance sheet is net of approximately $5 in discounts
representing the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the
Company’s debt financings.
|
2.
|
Long-term
debt related party reported on the balance sheet is net of approximately
$873 in discounts representing the fair value of warrants issued to the
debt holders.
|
3.
|
The
operating lease commenced on November 1, 2002. The lease was renegotiated
in December 2005 and extended for an additional 60 months. The base rent
will increase approximately 3% per annum over the term of the lease, which
expires on October 31, 2011.
|
Revenue
recognition:
Revenue
is recognized when earned in accordance with applicable accounting standards,
including AICPA Statement of Position ("SOP") No. 97-2, “Software Revenue
Recognition”, as amended, Staff Accounting Bulletin 104, “Revenue Recognition” ("SAB
104"), and the interpretive guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission and EITF issue number 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements
with Multiple Elements”, of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force. The
Company recognizes revenues from sales of software products upon shipment,
provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, collection is
determined to be probable, all non-recurring engineering work necessary to
enable the Company's product to function within the customer's application has
been completed and the Company's product has been delivered according to
specifications. Revenue from service subscriptions is recognized as costs are
incurred or over the service period which-ever is longer. Software license
agreements may contain multiple elements, including upgrades and enhancements,
products deliverable on a when and if available basis and post contract support.
Revenue from software license agreements is recognized upon
delivery of the software, provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement
exists, collection is determined to be probable, all nonrecurring engineering
work necessary to enable the Company's products to function within the
customer's application has been completed, and the Company has delivered its
product according to specifications.
Maintenance
revenue is recorded for post contract support and upgrades or enhancements,
which is paid for in addition to license fees, and is recognized as costs are
incurred or over the support period whichever is longer. For undelivered
elements where objective and reliable evidence of fair value does not exist,
revenue is deferred and subsequently recognized when delivery has occurred and
when fair value has been determined.
For the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company’s sales in the United States
as a percentage of total sales were 96% and 92%, respectively. For the years
ended December 31, 2008, and 2007, the Company’s export sales as a percentage of
total revenues were approximately 4% and 8%, respectively. Foreign sales are
determined based on the countries to which the Company’s products are
shipped.
F-12
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Major
customers:
Two
customers accounted for 39% of total revenue for the year ended December 31,
2008. Allstate Insurance Company accounted for 19% and Travelers
Indemnity Company accounted for 20%. For the year ended December 31, 2007, four
customers accounted for 57% of total revenues. Access Systems Americas, Inc.
(formerly PalmSource, Inc.) accounted for 24%, Tennessee Valley Authority
accounted for 10%, World Financial Group accounted for 13%, and Wells Fargo
Bank, NA accounted for 10%.
Four
customers accounted for 82% of accounts receivable at December 31,
2008. Allstate Insurance Company accounted for 37%, SHI Inc.
accounted for 18%, Travelers Indemnity Company accounted for 15% and eCom Asia
Pacific, Ltd accounted for 12%. Four customers accounted for 92% of accounts
receivable at December 31, 2007. eCom Asia Pacific, Ltd accounted for
22%, Access Systems Americas, Inc, (formerly PalmSource) accounted for 28%, Sony
Ericsson accounted for 10% and Tennessee Valley Authority accounted for
32%.
Research
and development:
Research
and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.
Marketing:
The
Company expenses advertising (marketing) costs as incurred. These expenses are
outbound marketing expenses associated with participation in industry events,
related sales collateral and email campaigns aimed at generating customer
participation in webinars. The expense for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007 was $180 and $100, respectively.
Net
(loss) income per share:
The
Company calculates net (loss) income per share under the provisions of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” (“SFAS
128”). SFAS 128 requires the disclosure of both basic net income (loss) per
share, which is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding, and
diluted income (loss) per share, which is based on the weighted average number
of shares and dilutive potential shares outstanding.
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, 7,608 shares of Common Stock subject to
outstanding options and 41,131 shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants
were excluded from the calculation of dilutive earnings per share because the
exercise of such options and warrants would be anti-dilutive.
For the
year ended December 31, 2007, 6,036 shares of Common Stock subject to
outstanding options and 15,149 shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants
were excluded from the calculation of dilutive earnings per share because the
exercise of such options and warrants would be anti-dilutive.
Foreign
currency translation:
The
Company considers the functional currency of the Joint Venture to be the local
currency and, accordingly, gains and losses from the translation of the local
foreign currency financial statements are included as a component of
"accumulated other comprehensive loss" in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets. Foreign currency assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars
at the end-of-period exchange rates except for long-term assets and liabilities,
which are translated at historical exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are
translated at the average exchange rates in effect during each period except for
those expenses related to balance sheet amounts which are translated at
historical exchange rates.
F-13
Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
Net
foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in "Interest income
and other income (expense), net" in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses in 2008 and 2007 were
insignificant.
Comprehensive
income:
Financial
Accounting Standards No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive
Income” (“SFAS 130”), requires that all items recognized under accounting
standards as components of comprehensive earnings be reported in an annual
statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other annual financial
statements. SFAS 130 also requires that an entity classify items as other
comprehensive earnings by their nature in an annual financial
statement.
Income
taxes:
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected tax consequences of
temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their
financial statement reported amounts and for tax loss and credit carryforwards.
A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets when it is
determined to be more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be
realized.
The
Company adopted the provisions of Financial Standards Accounting Board
Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 ("FIN 48"), on January 1, 2007. There
were no unrecognized tax benefits and, accordingly, there has been no effect on
the Company's financial condition or results of operations as a result of
implementing FIN 48.
The
Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various
state and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S.
federal tax examinations for years before 2003, and state tax examinations for
years before 2002. Management does not believe there will be any
material changes in our unrecognized tax positions over the next 12
months.
The
Company's policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any
unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of the date
of adoption of FIN 48, there was no accrued interest or penalties associated
with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized
during the twelve month period ended December 31, 2008.
Recent
pronouncements:
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (R), “Business Combinations”, which
becomes effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15,
2008. The standard changes the accounting for business combinations,
including the measurement of acquirer shares issued in consideration for a
business combination, the recognition of contingent consideration, the
accounting for pre-acquisition gain and loss contingencies, the recognition of
capitalized in-process research and development, the accounting for
acquisition-related restructuring cost accruals, the treatment of acquisition
related transaction costs, and the recognition of changes in the acquirer’s
income tax valuation allowance. SFAS 141(R) became effective for the
Company on January 1, 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption
of this statement to have a material impact on its financial
statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51.” The
standard changes the accounting for non-controlling (minority) interests in
consolidated financial statements, including the requirements to classify
non-controlling interests as a component of consolidated stockholders’ equity,
and the elimination of :minority interest” accounting in results of operations
with earnings attributable to non-controlling interests reported a part of
consolidated earnings. Purchases ad sales of minority interests will
be reported in equity similar to treasury stock transactions. SFAS
160 is effective for the first annual reporting period beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. Thus, SFAS 160 became effective for the Company on
January 1, 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption of this
statement to have a material impact on its consolidated financial
statements.
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Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
1.
Nature of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies (continued)
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB
Statement No. 115.” SFAS No. 159 provides companies with an option to
report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. The
standard establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to
facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement
attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAG No. 159
was effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The
Company did not elect to report any of its financial assets or liabilities at
fair value, and as a result, the adoption of SFAS 159 had no material impact on
its financial position and results of operations.
Recent
pronouncements(continued):
Effective
January 1, 2008, the Company partially adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements”. This statement defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principals,
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. As permitted
by FSP FAS 157-2, the Company elected to defer the adoption of the nonrecurring
fair value measurement disclosure of nonfinancial assets and
liabilities. The partial adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a
material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial
position.
To
increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, SFAS No. 157
establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation
techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:
Level
1—quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical asset or
liabilities;
Level
2—observable inputs other than Level I, quoted prices for similar assets or
liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and
liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose
inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable;
and
Level
3—assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are
unobservable.
Observable
inputs are based on market data obtained from independent sources, while
unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market
assumptions. Unobservable inputs require significant management
judgment or estimation. In some cases, the inputs used to measure an
asset or liability may fall into different levels of the fair value
hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is required
to be classified using the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair
value measurement. Such determination requires significant management
judgment.
There
were no financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value as of December
31, 2008 with the exception of cash which is measured using level
1 inputs. There were no changes in the Company’s valuation
techniques used to measure fair value on a recurring basis as a result of
partially adopting SFAS 157.
2.
Chinese Joint Venture:
The
Company currently owns 90% of a joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) with the
Jiangsu Hongtu Electronics Group, a provincial agency of the People's Republic
of China (the "Agency"). In June 1998, the registered capital of the Joint
Venture was reduced from $10,000 to $2,550. As of December 31, 2005, the Company
had contributed an aggregate of $1,800 in cash to the Joint Venture and provided
it with non-exclusive licenses to technologies and certain distribution rights
and the Agency had contributed certain land use rights. Following the reduction
in registered capital of the Joint Venture, neither the Company nor the Agency
is required to make further contributions to the Joint Venture. Prior to the
reduction in the amount of registered capital, the Joint Venture was subject to
the annual licensing requirements of the Chinese government. Concurrent with the
reduction in registered capital, the Joint Venture's business license has been
renewed through October 18, 2043.
Revenues
from the Joint Venture were $0 and $39 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively. There were no long lived assets as of December
31, 2008 and 2007.
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Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
3.
Short-term debt:
Short-term
debt as of December 31, 2008 consists of a principal balance of $65, net of a
remaining debt discount of $5 (recorded as long-term debt as of December 31,
2007 in the amount of $117, net of debt discount of $21). The note agreement,
originally entered into in 2004, was modified in October 2007. The modification
extended the maturity of the note through October 2009 and terminated the
conversion feature of the note. In addition, the note holder received warrants
to purchase two shares per one dollar of principal outstanding (234 warrants
exercisable at the 20 day volume weighted average price of the Company’s Common
Stock ending October 25, 2007 ($ 0.29)). Holders of additional principal
outstanding at the modification date of October 2007 in the amount of $1,265,
did not except the modification terms and were repaid the outstanding principal
and interest thereon on October 26, 2007.
Short-term
debt as of December 31, 2007 consisted of a principal balance of $1,720, net of
a remaining debt discount of $350. The outstanding debt included $1,170, net of
a remaining debt discount of $247, due to a related party. The debt originated
from three financing arrangements. One in November 2006, the second in March and
April of 2007 and the third financing occurred in June 2007.
In
November 2006, the Company borrowed $600, of which $450 was borrowed from
Michael Engmann and the remaining $150 from an unrelated third
party. The notes were due in May 2008, incurred interest at 15% and
included warrants to purchase 3,111 shares of Common Stock (exercisable for
three years commencing June 2007 with an exercise price of $0.51). The Company
ascribed a fair value of $336 to warrants, which was recorded as a debt discount
in the balance sheet. The fair value ascribed to the warrants was estimated on
the commitment date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following
assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.68%; expected life of 3 years;
expected volatility of 54%; and expected dividend yield of 0%.
In June
2008, the $600 principal balance and unpaid interest thereon related to the
November 2006 debt financing was exchanged and refinanced pursuant to the Credit
Agreement (see Note 4).
In March
and April 2007, the Company borrowed $720, of which $320 was borrowed from
Michael Engmann and the remaining $400 from unrelated third parties. The notes
were due in August 2008, incurred interest at 15%, and included warrants to
purchase 3,474 shares of Common Stock (exercisable for three years commencing
June 2007 with an exercise price of $0.51). The Company ascribed a
fair value of $359 to the warrants, which was recorded as a debt discount in the
balance sheet. The fair value ascribed to the warrants was estimated
on the commitment date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following
assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.68%; expected life of 3 years;
expected volatility of 45%; and expected dividend yield of 0%.
In June
2007, the Company borrowed $400 under a financing agreement with Michael
Engmann. The notes were due in December 2008, incurred interest at
15%, and included warrants to purchase 3,168 shares of Common Stock (exercisable
for three years commencing June 2007 with an exercise price of $0.25). The
Company ascribed a fair value of $187 to the warrants, which was recorded as a
debt discount in the balance sheet. The fair value ascribed to the warrants was
estimated on the commitment date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the
following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.90%; expected life of 3
years; expected volatility of 69%; and expected dividend yield of
0%.
In June
2008, outstanding principal balances of $995 plus accrued and unpaid interest of
$45 relating to the 2007 financing arrangements, were exchanged for Series
A-1 Preferred Shares (the “Preferred Shares”) (see Note 5). The remaining $125
of outstanding principal and unpaid interest thereon related to the 2007
financings were repaid in September 2008.
The
warrants to acquire 9,653 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued as part of
the above referenced financings remain outstanding. These warrants are
exercisable until June 2010. All of the shares underlying the warrants discussed
above were registered with the Company’s Form S-1/A, which was declared
effective December 28, 2007.
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Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
4.
Long-term debt:
On June
5, 2008, the Company effected a financing transaction under which the Company
raised capital through the issuance of new secured indebtedness and equity, and
restructured a portion of the Company’s existing short-term debt (collectively,
the “Financing Transaction”). Certain parties to the Financing Transactions
(Phoenix Venture Fund LLC and Michael Engmann) had a pre-existing relationship
with the Company and, with respect to such parties, the Financing Transaction
may be considered a related party transaction.
Under the
Financing Transaction, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”) and a Pledge and Security Agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”), each
dated as of June 5, 2008, with Phoenix Venture Fund LLC (“Phoenix”), Michael
Engmann and Ronald Goodman (collectively with Phoenix, the “Creditors,” and each
individually a “Creditor”). Under the terms of the Credit Agreement,
the Company received an aggregate of $3,000 and refinanced $638 of existing
indebtedness and accrued interest on that indebtedness (individually, a “Loan”
and collectively, the “Loans”). The Loans, which are represented by
secured promissory notes (each a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”), bear
interest at eight percent (8%) per annum which, at the option of the Company,
may be paid in cash or in kind and mature June 5, 2010. The Company
used a portion of the proceeds from the
Loans to pay the Company’s existing indebtedness and accrued interest on that
indebtedness that was not exchanged for preferred stock as described below, and
may use the remaining proceeds for working capital and general corporate
purposes, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and to pay fees and
expenses in connection with the Financing Transaction, which were approximately
$452. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds of the Loans were used to repay a
short term loan from a Company employee in the amount of $125, plus accrued
interest, that was made prior to and in anticipation of the closing of the
Financing Transaction. Under the terms of the Pledge Agreement, the
Company and its subsidiary, CIC Acquisition Corp., granted the Creditors a first
priority security interest in and lien upon all of the assets of the Company and
CIC Acquisition Corp.
Under the
terms of the Credit Agreement and in partial consideration for the Creditors’
respective Loans made pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement as described
above, the Company issued to each Creditor a warrant to purchase up to the
number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock obtained by dividing the amount
of such Creditor’s Loan by 0.14 (each a “Warrant” and collectively, the
‘Warrants”). A total of 25,982 shares of the Company’s Common Stock
may be issued upon exercise of the Warrants. The Warrants are
exercisable beginning June 30, 2008 until their expiration on June 30, 2011. The
Warrants have an exercise price of fourteen cents ($0.14) per share. Additional
Warrants may be issued if the Company exercises its option to make interest
payments on the Loans in kind. The Company ascribed the relative fair
value of $1,231 to the warrants, which is recorded as a discount to “Long-term
debt” in the balance sheet. The fair value of the warrants was
estimated on the commitment date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the
following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2.73%; expected life of 3
years; expected volatility of 82.3%; and expected dividend yield of
0%.
In
connection with the closing of the Financing Transaction, the Company also
entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a
Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) each dated
as of June 5, 2008, (See Note 7).
The offer
and sale of the Warrants and Preferred Shares as detailed above, including the
Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion thereof, was made in reliance
upon exemptions from registration afforded by Section 4(2) and 4(6) of the
Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D, as promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and under exemptions from
registration available under applicable state securities laws.
Interest
expense associated with the Company’s short and long-term debt for the year
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $1,137 and $1,253, respectively, of which
$973 and $440 was related party expense. Amortization of debt discount and
deferred financing costs included in interest expense for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $849 and $969, respectively, of which $730 and
$305 was related party expense.
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Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
5.
Stockholders' equity:
Common
stock options:
The
Company has one stock-based employee compensation plan, (the "1999 Option Plan")
and also grants options to employees, directors and consultants outside of the
1999 Option Plan under Individual Plans.
In April
1999, the Company adopted and in June 1999, the shareholders approved the 1999
Option Plan. Incentive and non-qualified options under the 1999 Option Plan may
be granted to employees, officers, and consultants of the Company. There are
4,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 1999 Option Plan.
The options have a seven year life and generally vest quarterly over three
years. At December 31, 2008, there were 275 shares available for future grants.
As of December 31, 2008, 3,544 plan options were outstanding and 3,263 plan
options were exercisable with a weighted average exercise price of $0.57 per
share.
The
Company has issued options under Individual Plans to its employees and
directors. The Individual Plan options generally vest over four years or pro
rata quarterly over three years. Non-plan options are generally exercisable over
a period not to exceed seven years. As of December 31, 2008, 4,064 non-plan
options were outstanding and 2,780 non-plan options were exercisable with a
weighted average exercise price of $0.55 per share.
Share-based
payment:
The
Company accounts for stock based compensation in accordance with SFAS No.
123(R), “Share-Based Payment”. SFAS No. 123(R) requires the recognition of the
cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instrument
in the financial statements and is measured based on the grant date fair value
of the award. The Company also applies the guidance from Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 107 (SAB 107) in its application of SFAS 123(R).
Share-based
compensation expense is based on the estimated
grant date fair value of the
portion of share-based payment awards that are ultimately
expected to vest during the period. The grant date fair
value of stock-based awards to employees and directors is calculated using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model. SFAS No. 123(R)
requires forfeitures
of share-based payment awards to be estimated at the time of grant and
revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from
those estimates. The estimated
average forfeiture rates for the year ended December 31, 2008,
was
approximately 23.42%.
SFAS No.
123(R) requires the cash flows from tax benefits for deductions in excess of the
compensation costs recognized for share-based payment awards to be classified as
financing cash flows. Due to the Company’s loss position,
there were no such tax benefits during the year ended December 31,
2008.
Valuation
and Expense Information under SFAS No. 123(R):
The
weighted-average fair value of stock-based compensation is based on the single
option valuation approach. Forfeitures are estimated and it is
assumed no dividends will be declared. The estimated fair value of
stock-based compensation awards to employees is amortized using the accrual
method over the vesting period of the options. The fair value calculations are
based on the following assumptions:
Year
Ended
December
31, 2008
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2007
|
||
Risk
free interest rate
|
2.64%
- 5.11%
|
3.32%
- 5.11%
|
|
Expected
life (years)
|
3.58
– 6.88
|
3.21
– 3.77
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
91.99%
- 99.98%
|
93.68%
- 98.25%
|
|
Expected
dividends
|
None
|
None
|
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Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
5.
Stockholders' equity (continued):
Share-based
payment (continued):
The
following table summarizes the allocation of stock-based compensation expense
related to stock option grants under SFAS No. 123(R) for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007. There were no stock option exercises during the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
Year
Ended
December
31, 2008
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Research
and development
|
$ | 37 | $ | 18 | ||||
Sales
and marketing
|
33 | 66 | ||||||
General
and administrative
|
75 | 13 | ||||||
Director
options
|
16 | 33 | ||||||
Stock-based
compensation expense included in operating expenses
|
$ | 161 | $ | 130 |
The
summary activity under the Company’s 1999 Option Plan and Individual Plans is as
follows:
December
31, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at beginning of period
|
6,036 | $ | 0.59 | 5,893 | $ | 0.69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Granted
|
1,975 | $ | 0.15 | 870 | $ | 0.21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
− | $ | 0.00 | − | $ | 000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(403 | ) | $ | 0.47 | (727 | ) | $ | 0.98 | ||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at period end
|
7,608 | $ | 0.48 | 4.4 | 6,036 | $ | 0.59 | 4.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Options
vested and exercisable at period end
|
6,043 | $ | 0.56 | 3.9 | 5,364 | $ | 0.62 | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
average grant-date fair value of options granted during the
period
|
$ | 0.10 | $ | 0.14 |
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Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
5.
Stockholders' equity (continued):
Share-based
payment (continued):
The
following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable
options as of December 31, 2008:
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Range
of Exercise Prices
|
Options
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life(in years)
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
Number
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||||||||||
$
|
0.00 – $0.50 | 4,179 | 5.3 | $ | 0.24 | 2,614 | $ | 0.29 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 0.51 – $1.00 | 3,341 | 3.3 | $ | 0.73 | 3,341 | $ | 0.73 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1.01 – $2.00 | 73 | 3.2 | $ | 1.66 | 73 | $ | 1.66 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2.01 – $2.99 | − | 0.0 | $ | 0.00 | − | $ | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3.00 – $7.50 | 15 | 1.5 | $ | 3.56 | 15 | $ | 3.56 | ||||||||||||||
7,608 | 6,043 |
A summary
of the status of the Company’s nonvested shares as of December 31, 2008 is as
follows:
Nonvested
Shares
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair
Value
|
||||||
Nonvested
at January 1, 2007
|
672 | $ | 0.22 | |||||
Granted
|
1,975 | $ | 0.10 | |||||
Forfeited
|
(403 | ) | $ | 0.12 | ||||
Vested
|
(679 | ) | $ | 0.16 | ||||
Nonvested
|
1,565 | $ | 0.30 |
As of
December 31, 2008, there was $105 of total unrecognized compensation cost
related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements. The
unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted
average period of 2.7 years.
The
Company expects to make additional option grants in future years. The options
issued to employees and directors will be subject to the provisions of FASB
Statement 123(R), which may have a material impact on the Company’s financial
operations.
As of
December 31, 2008, 7,608 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance
upon exercise of outstanding options.
Warrants:
At
December 31, 2008, 41,131 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon
exercise of outstanding warrants.
Preferred
Shares:
In
connection with the closing of the June 2008 Financing Transaction (see Note 4,
Long-term debt), the Company also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”) each dated as of June 5, 2008. Under
the Purchase Agreement, in exchange for the cancellation of $995 in principal
amount and $45 of interest accrued thereon of the Company’s then outstanding
aggregate balance of $2,071 in existing debt and interest accrued thereon
through May 31, 2008, the Company issued to the holders of such debt an
aggregate of 1,040 Preferred Shares.
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Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
5.
Stockholders' equity (continued):
Preferred
Shares (continued):
The
Preferred Shares carry an eight percent (8%) annual dividend, payable quarterly
in arrears in cash or in additional Preferred Shares, have a liquidation
preference over Common Stock of one dollar ($1.00) per share, and are
convertible into shares of Common Stock at a ratio of one Preferred Share for
7.1429 shares of Common Stock. The Preferred Shares may vote on matters put to
the Company’s stockholders on an as-converted-to-Common-Stock basis. Subject to
further adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designations, Powers,
Preferences and Rights of the Preferred Shares, shares of Preferred are
presently convertible into shares of Common Stock at a ratio of one share of
Preferred for 7.1429 shares of Common Stock. If all shares of Series A-1
Preferred were converted into Common Stock at the above conversion ratio, the
Company would issue 7,429 shares of Common Stock. As of December 31, 2008,
holders of Preferred Shares have converted an aggregate of 184 shares of
Preferred Shares into 1,317 shares of Common Stock. The preferred stock
transaction resulted in a beneficial conversion feature of $371, of which $273
is attributable to Michael Engmann and $98 to the other creditors. The
beneficial conversion feature was recorded as a charge to loss applicable to
holders of Common Stock for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. The Company has
accrued dividends on the shares of Series A-1 Preferred of $47. As of December
31, 2008, $29 of the accrued dividends have been paid in cash.
Under the
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company was obligated to prepare
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act”) covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock and exercise of the Warrants as
described above. The Company must also use its reasonable best efforts to keep
the registration statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the earlier of the date that is two years after its Effective Date or until the
date that all shares purchased under the Purchase Agreement have been sold or
can be sold publicly under Rule 144. The Registration Rights Agreement provided
for certain registration rights whereby the Company would have incurred
penalties if a registration statement was not filed or declared effective by the
SEC on a timely basis. The Company filed the required registration statement on
August 18, 2008, which was declared effective on October 10, 2008. The Company
was obligated to pay the costs and expenses of such registration.
In
December 2008, three preferred shareholders converted an aggregate of 184
preferred shares into 1,317 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock.
Private
placement of Common Stock:
On August
24, 2007, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase and Registration Rights
Agreement (the “August 2007 Purchase Agreement”) with Phoenix Venture Fund LLC
(the “Purchaser”). On September 14, 2007, the transactions closed and the
Company issued to the Purchaser 21,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the
“Shares”) at a price per share of approximately $0.14, for an aggregate purchase
price of $3,000. An advisory fee of $250 was paid to the managing member of the
Purchaser for services rendered in connection with the sale of the Shares and
$61 to the Purchaser’s legal counsel for services associated with the financing
transactions. In addition the Company paid $87 in professional fees
associated with the sale of the shares. The Company expects to use the proceeds
of the sale of the Shares for payment of outstanding indebtedness and additional
working capital. The Company was permitted under the terms of the Purchase
Agreement to use up to $1,400 of the net proceeds to repay outstanding
indebtedness. Under the August 2007 Purchase Agreement, so long as the Purchaser
holds shares of Common Stock of the Company representing at least fifty-percent
of the Shares purchased pursuant to the August 2007 Purchase Agreement and at
least five-percent of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, the managing
member of the Purchaser is entitled to a right of first offer to exclusively
provide debt or equity financing to the Company prior to the Company’s pursuing
debt or equity financing from another party, subject to certain conditions and
exclusions. Additionally, provided the Purchaser meets the foregoing ownership
requirements, the managing member of the Purchaser is permitted to designate up
to two non-voting observers to attend meetings of the Company’s board of
directors and, for a period of twenty-four months following the date a
registration statement
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Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
5.
Stockholders' equity (continued):
Private
placement of Common Stock (continued):
pertaining
to the Shares is first declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”), the Company is prohibited from selling or
otherwise disposing of material properties, assets or rights of the Company
without the consent of the managing member of the Purchaser.
The
Company was obligated under the Purchase Agreement to use its best efforts to
prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement covering the
resale of the securities sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The
registration statement will provide for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”). The Company filed the registration statement on November 15,
2007, and the registration statement was declared effective on December 28,
2007. The Company must use its best efforts to keep the registration statement
continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of the date
that all shares purchased under the Purchase Agreement have been sold or can be
sold publicly under Rule 144(k). The Company was obligated to pay the costs and
expenses of such registration, which were approximately $147.
The
August 2007 Purchase Agreement provides for certain registration rights whereby
the Company could be required to make liquidated damages payments if a
registration statement is not filed or declared effective by the SEC within a
specified timeframe and if after being declared effective the registration
statement is not kept effective. The Company filed the registration statement
within the required timeframe and it is currently effective. Should
the Company fail to keep the registration statement effective, it will upon that
event and each thirty days thereafter until the registration statement is again
effective, be subject to making payments to the Purchaser in an amount equal to
one and a half percent (1.5%) of the greater of: (i) the weighted average market
price of the Shares during such 30-day period, or (ii) the market price of the
Shares five (5) days after the closing (the “Closing Market Price”), until the
registration statement is again declared effective, or as to any Shares, until
such Shares can be sold in a single transaction pursuant to SEC Rule144;
provided, however, that the liquidated damages amount under this provision shall
be paid in cash and the total amount of payments shall not exceed, when
aggregated with all such payments, ten percent (10%) of the Closing Market
Price. The Company has not recorded a liability in connection with the
liquidated damages provisions of the August 2007 Purchase Agreement because it
believes that it is not probable that an event will occur which will trigger a
liquidated damages payment under the agreement.
6.
Commitments:
Lease
commitments:
The
Company currently leases its principal facilities (the "Principal Offices) in
Redwood Shores, California, pursuant to a sublease that expires in 2011. The
Joint Venture leases space on a month to month basis in Nanjing, China. In
addition to monthly rent, the U.S. facilities are subject to additional rental
payments for utilities and other costs above the base amount. Facilities rent
expense was approximately $260, and $333, in 2008 and 2007, respectively. (See
Note 1, Material Commitments).
7.
Income taxes:
As of
December 31, 2008, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards
available to reduce taxable income of approximately $67,485. The net
operating loss carryforwards expire between 2009 and 2027. The Company also had
federal research and investment tax credit carryforwards of approximately $315
that expire at various dates through 2012. The Company also had state net
operating loss carryforwards available to reduce taxable income of approximately
$22,818. The net operating loss carryforwards expire between 2010 through
2020.
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Communication
Intelligence Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
(In thousands)
7.
Income taxes (continued):
Deferred tax assets and liabilities at
December 31, consist of the following:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$ | 24,959 | $ | 25,572 | ||||
Credit
carryforwards
|
315 | 315 | ||||||
Deferred
income
|
117 | 172 | ||||||
Other,
net
|
170 | 317 | ||||||
Total
deferred tax assets
|
25,561 | 26,376 | ||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(25,561 | ) | (26,376 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
$ | - | $ | - |
Income
tax (benefit) differs from the expected statutory rate as follows:
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Expected
federal income tax benefit
|
$ | (1,267 | ) | $ | (1,157 | ) | ||
State
income tax benefit
|
(330 | ) | (204 | ) | ||||
Expired
net operating loss
|
1,911 | 1,512 | ||||||
Change
in valuation allowance and other
|
(314 | ) | (151 | ) | ||||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
$ | – | $ | – |
A full
valuation allowance has been established for the Company's net deferred tax
assets since the realization of such assets through the generation of future
taxable income is uncertain.
Under the
Tax Reform Act of 1986, the amounts of, and the benefit from, net operating
losses and tax credit carryforwards may be impaired or limited in certain
circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, a cumulative
stock ownership change of greater than 50%, as defined, over a three-year
period. During 1997, the Company experienced stock ownership changes which could
limit the utilization of its net operating loss and research and investment tax
credit carryforwards in future periods. In addition, a study of recent
transactions has not been performed to determine whether any further limitations
might apply.
8.
Employee benefit plans:
The
Company sponsors a 401(k) defined contribution plan covering all employees
meeting certain eligibility requirements. Contributions made by the Company are
determined annually by the Board of Directors. To date, the Company has made no
contributions to this plan.
9.
Subsequent event:
On
January 27, 2009 a preferred shareholder converted 20 preferred shares into 143
shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
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