Item 1. Financial Statements
ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FLINT
TELECOM GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Formerly
Semotus Solutions, Inc.)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
September
30,
2008
March
31,
2008
CURRENT
ASSETS:
(unaudited)
Cash
and cash equivalents
$
83,162
$
222,384
Trade
receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $7,035 at September
30, 2008 and March 31, 2008)
390,711
151,995
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
18,923
24,190
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Total
current assets
492,796
398,569
Goodwill,
net
1,430,141
1,430,141
Long
term note receivable from Stockgroup asset sale (Note 7)
86,106
117,724
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Total
assets
$
2,009,043
$
1,946,434
LIABILITIES
& SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
Accounts
payable
$
123,036
$
129,781
Accrued
payroll
187,976
58,387
Other
accrued liabilities
81,391
13,816
Deferred
revenue
192,277
238,688
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Total
current liabilities
584,680
440,672
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Total
liabilities
584,680
440,672
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SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
Common
stock: $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 authorized, 2,990,982 issued and
outstanding at September 30, 2008, and 50,000,000 authorized, 2,249,164
issued and outstanding at March 31, 2008
29,910
22,492
Additional
paid-in capital
73,082,605
72,867,976
Accumulated
deficit
(71,688,152
)
(71,384,706
)
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Total
shareholders’ equity
1,424,363
1,505,762
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Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
2,009,043
$
1,946,434
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements.
FLINT
TELECOM GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Formerly
Semotus Solutions, Inc.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
Three
Months
September
Ended
30,
Six
Months
September
Ended
30,
2008
2007
2008
2007
Revenues
$
425,680
$
139,803
$
656,415
$
454,134
Cost
of revenues
885
1,753
2,473
22,463
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Gross
profit
424,795
138,050
653,942
431,671
Operating
expenses:
(Exclusive
of stock, option and warrant expense)
Research
and development
89,387
74,690
113,972
117,185
Sales
and marketing
213,975
181,857
422,198
338,858
General
and administrative
246,605
239,602
459,644
458,751
Stock,
option and warrant expense:
Research
and development
853
12,445
4,213
24,812
Sales
and marketing
591
5,097
3,322
10,194
General
and administrative
1,231
16,922
10,512
54,087
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2,675
34,464
18,047
89,093
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Total
operating expenses
552,642
530,613
1,013,861
1,003,887
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Operating
loss
(127,847
)
(392,563
)
(359,919
)
(572,216
)
Other
income (expense)
58,966
3,720,924
56,473
4,044,021
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Net
income (loss)
$
(68,881
)
$
3,328,361
$
(303,446
)
$
3,471,805
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Net
income (loss) per common share:
Basic
$
(0.02
)
$
1.85
$
(0.13
)
$
1.94
Diluted
$
(0.02
)
$
1.69
$
(0.13
)
$
1.77
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Weighted
average shares outstanding:
Basic
2,813,591
1,795,492
2,300,755
1,786,886
Diluted
2,813,591
1,973,345
2,300,755
1,964,739
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See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements.
FLINT
TELCOM GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Formerly
Semotus Solutions, Inc.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
Six
Months
September
Ended
30,
2008
2007
Cash
flows from operating activities:
Net
income (loss)
$
(303,446
)
$
3,471,805
Adjustments
to reconcile loss from continuing operations to net cash used in operating
activities:
Compensation
expense related to stock, stock options and warrants issued for
services
7,472
6,485
FAS123R
expense
10,575
89,093
Amortization
of debt discount and accrued interest on Notes Payable
4,000
101,016
(Gain)
loss on Stockgroup asset sale (Note 7)
--
(350,000
)
(Gain)
loss on Innofone transaction (Note 10)
--
(3,630,000
)
Expired
merger and acquisition fee (Citytalk transaction)
--
100,000
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
Accounts
and other receivables
(222,429
)
217,023
Receivable
from Stockgroup for transitional services (Note 7)
(16,287
)
(41,463
)
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
5,267
8,487
Accounts
payable
(6,745
)
13,536
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
197,164
3,683
Deferred
revenue
(46,411
)
188
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Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(370,840
)
(10,147
)
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
Proceeds
from Stockgroup asset sale (Note 7)
--
150,000
Long
term receivable from Stockgroup asset sale (Note 7)
31,618
41,893
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Net
cash provided by investing activities
31,618
191,893
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
Equipment
loan
--
(717
)
Net
proceeds from Flint note payable
200,000
--
Fractional
shares disbursement from reverse stock split
--
(22
)
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Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
200,000
(739
)
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Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(139,222
)
181,007
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
222,384
305,588
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Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
$
83,162
$
486,595
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements.
FLINT TELECOM GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Formerly
Semotus Solutions, Inc.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
(unaudited)
Six
Months
September
Ended
30,
2008
2007
SUPPLEMENTAL
CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:
Cash
paid for interest
$
--
$
351
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Cash
paid for income taxes
$
--
$
256
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SUPPLEMENTAL
SCHEDULE OF NONCASH ACTIVITIES:
Deferred
tax asset related to stock option grants
$
--
$
4,686
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Long
term receivable from Stockgroup asset sale (Note 7)
$
--
$
200,000
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Investment
in Innofone (Note 10)
$
--
$
3,630,000
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Common
stock issued upon conversion of notes payable and accrued interest (Note
6)
$
204,000
$
240,000
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See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
FLINT
TELECOM GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Formerly
Semotus Solutions, Inc.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1.
FORMATION AND BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY:
Flint
Telecom Group, Inc. (“We” or “Our”), changed our name from Semotus® Solutions,
Inc. as of October 3, 2008. From January 11, 2001 to October 2, 2008
we were named Semotus Solutions, Inc., and from August 5, 1999 to January 10,
2001 we were named Datalink.net, Inc. We were originally named Datalink Systems
Corporation, and we were formed under the laws of the State of Nevada on June
18, 1996. On June 27, 1996, we went public through an acquisition of a public
corporation, Datalink Communications Corporation ("DCC"), which was previously
Lord Abbott, Inc., a Colorado corporation formed in 1986. In the June 27, 1996
acquisition of DCC, we issued 3,293,064 shares of our $0.01 par value Common
Stock to the holders of 100% of the outstanding Common Stock of DCC, and DCC
became our wholly owned subsidiary. As a part of the transaction, we acquired a
Canadian corporation, DSC Datalink Systems Corporation, incorporated in
Vancouver, British Columbia, which changed its name to Semotus Systems
Corporation.
On
October 1, 2008, we acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of
Flint Telecom, Inc. (“FTI”) in exchange for 28,460,094 shares of our restricted
common stock pursuant to a definitive Contribution Agreement dated April 23,
2008. FTI is a technology and services company that provides turnkey
telecom services to the global telecom and media industry. Its assets are mainly
comprised of telecom products that blend both proprietary software and industry
leading technologies to create a converged voice and data network based on SIP
protocol, the emerging technical standard for the future of
telephony. This is also known as Digital Phone Service or Voice over
IP (VoIP). FTI generates its income by licensing its technology to
niche partner companies who themselves then provide next-generation telecom
services to their customers in both residential and business markets. FTI
partners with organizations such as internet service providers (ISPs), rural
telecoms and cable companies, PBX system vendors and other niche telecom
operators that benefit from offering additional telecom services to their
existing customers. FTI enables its partners to quickly establish a reliable,
feature rich and cost effective phone service for zero capital investment on
behalf of its partner.
The
Semotus business division is a leading provider of enterprise application
software connecting individuals wirelessly to critical business systems, urgent
information and key processes. We help mobile employees make better and faster
decisions, increase customer satisfaction, and improve efficiencies in business
processes for shorter sales and service cycles. Our wireless software
products and professional services are all included in the HipLink family of
software, which provide immediate mobile access and control of business-critical
software applications, databases, networks and servers. In the year ended March
31, 2008 we substantially scaled back the operations of Clickmarks and sold our
Global Market Pro wireless financial data software and services to Stockgroup
Systems Ltd. In the year ended March 31, 2007, we closed the
operations of Expand Beyond and transferred our research and development
activities from Vancouver, Canada to Pakistan.
2.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
Flint Telecom Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The condensed consolidated
balance sheet as of September 30, 2008, the condensed consolidated statements of
operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, and
the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 have been prepared by us, without audit and in
accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-K. In the opinion
of our management, all adjustments (including normal recurring accruals)
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating
results for the three and six months ended September 30, 2008 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending
March 31, 2009. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included
in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. We believe that the
disclosures provided are adequate to make the information presented not
misleading. These consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes
included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended March 31,
2008.
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include the
accounts of Flint Telecom, Inc. (“FTI”) because the acquisition transaction in
which we purchased substantially all of FTI’s assets and liabilities closed on
October 1, 2008, subsequent to the closing of our second fiscal
quarter. FTI’s accounts will be combined with our accounts and filed
in an amendment to SEC Form 8-K, which we expect to file by no later than
December 16, 2008. The acquisition will be accounted for as
a reverse merger with the acquiring entity for accounting purposes being
FTI.
The
preparation of condensed consolidated 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 dates of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The
condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Flint
Telecom Group, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiary, Clickmarks. All significant
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Our
management believes, after discontinuing all operations that were unprofitable,
that the remaining continuing operations are sustainable and that we will have
enough cash to maintain our operations over the next twelve months. Although
those operations range from slightly cash positive to cash negative on a monthly
basis, the overall trend toward positive cash flow is continuing. Further, with
the closing of the acquisition transaction with FTI, our operations will be
augmented in the current fiscal year. However, our continued operation is still
dependent on increasing sales and achieving profitability and/or obtaining
sufficient long-term financing.
3. RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June
2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109” (FIN 48). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and
measurement attribute for financial statement recognition and measurement of a
tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, and also provides
guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in
interim periods, disclosure, and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2006. We do not believe that the
adoption of FIN 48 currently has a material impact on our financial
statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements (SFAS 157). The standard provides guidance for using fair
value to measure assets and liabilities. The standard also responds to
investors’ requests for expanded information about the extent to which companies
measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure
fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. The standard
applies whenever other standards require or permit assets or liabilities to be
measured at fair value. The standard does not expand the use of fair value in
any new circumstances. SFAS 157 must be adopted prospectively as of the
beginning of the year it is initially applied. SFAS 157 is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We do not believe that the
adoption of SFAS 157 currently has a material impact on our financial
statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business
Combinations” (SFAS 141R) which replaces SFAS No. 141. SFAS 141R retains the
purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, but requires a number of
changes, including changes in the way assets and liabilities are recognized in
the purchase accounting. It also changes the recognition of assets acquired and
liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, requires the capitalization of
in-process research and development at fair value, and requires the expensing of
acquisition-related costs as incurred. SFAS 141R is effective for us beginning
January 1, 2009 and will apply prospectively to business combinations completed
on or after that date. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS 141R to have a
material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB 51” (SFAS 160) which
changes the accounting and reporting for minority interests. Minority interests
will be recharacterized as noncontrolling interests and will be reported as a
component of equity separate from the parent’s equity, and purchases or sales of
equity interests that do not result in a change in control will be accounted for
as equity transactions. In addition, net income attributable to the
noncontrolling interest will be included in consolidated net income on the face
of the income statement and, upon a loss of control, the interest sold, as well
as any interest retained, will be recorded at fair value with any gain or loss
recognized in earnings. SFAS No. 160 is effective for us beginning January
1, 2009 and will apply prospectively, except for the presentation and disclosure
requirements, which will apply retrospectively. We do not expect the adoption of
SFAS 160 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
4. STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION
On April
1, 2006, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.
123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment,” requiring us to recognize expense
related to the fair value of its employee stock option awards. We recognize the
cost of all share-based awards on a straight line vesting basis over the vesting
period of the award. Total stock compensation expense recognized by us during
the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $2,675 and $34,464; total
stock compensation expense recognized by us during the six months ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $18,047 and $89,093, respectively.
We have
estimated the fair value of our option awards granted after April 1, 2006 using
the Black-Scholes option valuation model that uses the assumptions noted in the
following table. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of
our stock. We use actual data to estimate option exercises, forfeitures and
cancellations within the valuation model. The expected term of options granted
represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be
outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the
option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of
grant.
Fiscal
Year Ended
Black-Scholes -Based Option Valuation
Assumptions
2009
2008
Fair
value of options granted during the period
$
0.26
$ 0.148
Expected
term (in years)
2.5
– 7.0 years
2.0
– 7.0 years
Expected
volatility
99.7%
- 105.9%
91.9%
- 107.1%
Weighted
average volatility
100.34%
103.34%
Expected
dividend yield
--
--
Risk-free
rate
3.10%
11.25%
The
following table summarizes the stock option transactions for the quarter ended
September 30, 2008 based upon a closing stock price of $0.55 per share as of
September 30, 2008:
Stock
Options
Shares
(#)
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price ($)
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
Weighted
Average Grant Date Fair Value ($)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value ($)
Outstanding
at July 1, 2008
1,134,863
0.82
--
0.47
--
Granted
--
--
--
--
--
Exercised
--
--
--
--
--
Forfeited
--
--
--
--
--
Expired
4,671
10.23
--
8.30
--
Outstanding
at September 30, 2008
1,130,192
0.78
5.35
0.44
261,950
Exercisable
at September 30, 2008
1,019,824
0.80
4.91
0.44
234,750
The
aggregate intrinsic value of options is calculated as the difference between the
exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of our common
stock for the shares that had exercise prices that were lower than the $0.55
market price of our common stock at September 30, 2008.
No
options were exercised during the three months ended September 30,
2008.
5.
EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS) DISCLOSURES
In
accordance with SFAS No. 128 "Earnings per Share" (EPS), we report Basic and
Diluted EPS as follows: Basic EPS is computed as net income (loss) divided by
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted
EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable
through stock options, warrants and other convertible securities. Common
equivalent shares are excluded from the computation of net loss per share if
their effect is anti-dilutive.
For the
three and six months ended September 30, 2008, 1,334,456 potential shares were
not included in the shares used to calculate diluted EPS due to the fact that no
potential shares currently have the effect of being dilutive.
For the
three and six months ended September 30, 2007, 177,853 potential shares were
included in the shares used to calculate diluted EPS, as their effect is
dilutive, and 527,437 potential shares were not included in the shares used to
calculate diluted EPS, as their effect is not dilutive due to the fact that the
exercise prices of all of our options and warrants are greater than the average
market price of our stock over the three and six month periods ended September
30, 2007.
6. CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTES: ISSUANCE AND CONVERSION
We signed
an investment agreement dated April 23, 2008 with Flint Telecom Limited (the
“Flint Parent”), relating to an investment of $200,000 into us (the “Investment
Agreement”). The investment was taken in the form of a convertible
promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was converted in full on July 22, 2008 by
Flint Parent, which included the entire outstanding principal amount of $200,000
and all accrued interest up to and including July 22, 2008 which came to a
total of $204,000, into 741,818 restricted shares of our common stock at a
conversion price of $0.275 per share, comprised of 727,273 shares for the
principal of $200,000 and 14,545 shares for the accrued interest of
$4,000.
We
entered into an investment agreement on November 13, 2006 with an individual
investor, Richard Sullivan, Citytalk’s Chairman and CEO, under which he invested
$225,000 into us in the form of a convertible promissory note (the “Convertible
Promissory Note”) which was converted in full by Mr. Sullivan on September 13,
2007 into 120,000 shares of our restricted common stock at a
conversion price of two dollars ($2.00) per share, comprised of 112,500 shares
for the principal of $225,000 and 7,500 shares for the accrued interest of
$15,000. $51,702 in unamortized discount was written off at the time of
conversion.
7.
STOCKGROUP ASSET SALE
We
entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement and Transition Services
Agreement on May 8, 2007 with Stockgroup Systems, Ltd. (“Stockgroup”), relating
to the sale of our wireless financial information assets (the
“Agreement”). As part of the Agreement, we agreed to sell our
financial data wireless distribution technology and intellectual property, and
the related wireless financial data services, including the Global Market Pro
family of software and services. The purchase price for this asset
sale consists of up to $350,000; $150,000 was paid on the closing date, May 9,
2007, and the remaining $200,000 is be paid through a monthly revenue share of
30%, until $200,000 has been paid to us or two years have passed from the date
of Closing or gross revenue falls below $15,000 per month, whichever occurs
first. In accordance with the Transition Services Agreement, we
continue to provide certain transition services to
Stockgroup,
including certain accounting, administrative and technical services related to
the financial data products. As of September 30, 2008, Stockgroup
owed us a total of $131,370, comprising the unpaid balance of $86,106 from the
original $200,000 purchase price, and $45,264 for transitional services provided
by us to date.
8. INCREASE
IN TOTAL AUTHORIZED COMMON SHARES
Effective
September 30, 2008, a s a result of the closing of the
acquisition transaction with FTI and as
app roved by our shareholders at
our annual meeting held September 17, 2008,
we filed an amendment to our articles of incorporation increasing our total
authorized shares of common stock from
50,000,000 to 100,000,000 .
9. CONCENTRATIONS
OF CREDIT RISK:
One
customer accounted for a total of 65% of our revenue during the three months
ended September 30, 2008 and 42% of our revenue during the six months ended
September 30, 2008. One customer accounted for 82% of our accounts
receivable at September 30, 2008.
There was
no material concentration of revenue during the three months ended September 30,
2007. However, two customers accounted for a total of 37% of our
revenue in the six months ended September 30, 2007, representing 22% and 15%,
respectively. Four customers accounted for 46% of our accounts receivable at
September 30, 2007.
10.
INNOFONE TRANSACTION
On July 23, 2007, we entered into a Software
License Agreement and Stock Issuance and Registration Rights Agreement with
Innofone.com Incorporated (“Innofone”), relating to a royalty free license of
our HipLinkXS and Clickmarks software applications (the
“Agreement”). The consideration for this software license consisted
of $3.75 million worth of Innofone’s restricted common stock at a price we
calculated as $0.19 per share, which equals 19,736,842 shares, with demand and
piggyback registration rights. We also granted Innofone an option to
buy certain assets, including the Hiplinkxs and Clickmarks software application
products, the complete terms and conditions of which were not fully defined or
agreed upon (“Asset Sale”). At a minimum, this Asset Sale would require a
payment by Innofone of $250,000 and a convertible note due from Innofone in
favor of us for $500,000. Additionally, there was a post-closing purchase price
adjustment on the Innofone stock, should the stock fall below $3.75 million in
aggregate value, in order for Stockgroup to retain its option to purchase
certain assets of Semotus.
Pursuant
to the post-closing purchase price adjustment provision in the Agreement,
Innofone issued to us 26,888,158 additional shares of Innofone restricted common
stock during the second quarter ended September 30, 2007, for a total of
46,625,000 shares of Innofone’s restricted common stock. As of
September 30, 2007 we owned approximately 35% of Innofone, and, accordingly, the
investment was accounted for on the equity method. Innofone is
currently delinquent in its SEC filings and working with its auditors to find a
cost effective way to become current. Innofone’s last quarterly
report was filed with the SEC on May 21, 2007 for the three and nine months
ended March 31, 2007, in which it reported total assets of $53,523,822, total
liabilities of $39,256,222 and a net loss for the three and nine months ended
March 31, 2007 of $17,156,434 and $33,601,375, respectively. Since September 30,
2007, Innofone’s common stock has declined.
We
initially generated $3.75 million of other income from the sale of a software
license to Innofone. However, due to the continuing operating losses and the
uncertainty of Innofone’s business, as of March 31, 2008, Semotus reduced the
value of its investment to $0 and thereby recorded a $366,250 loss for the
fourth quarter and a $3,730,000 loss for the year ended March 31,
2008.
As of the
contractual deadline of October 22, 2007, Innofone had not paid us $250,000, and
therefore its option to buy certain assets expired. Innofone’s right
of first refusal to merge with us has also therefore expired. On April 30, 2008
we entered into a Termination Agreement with Innofone, whereby we returned all
of the shares of Innofone common stock received under the License Agreement in
exchange for the complete termination of the software license granted to
Innofone thereunder.
11.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
October 1, 2008, we acquired substantially
all of the assets and liabilities of Flint Telecom, Inc. (“FTI”) in exchange for
28,460,094 shares of our restricted common stock pursuant to a definitive
Contribution Agreement dated April 23, 2008
among Semotus, FTI and Flint Telecom
Limited (“FTI Parent”) (the “Contribution Agreement”). FTI is a technology
and services company that provides “turnkey’ telecom services to the global
telecom and media industry. Its assets are mainly comprised of telecom products
that blend both
proprietary software and industry leading technologies
to create a converged voice and data network based on SIP protocol, the emerging
technical standard for the future of telephony. This is also known as Digital
Phone Service or Voice over IP (VoIP).
As part
of the closing of the transaction and in addition
to the issuance of the common stock noted above , we assumed all of FTI’s obligations under its convertible promissory
notes (the “Notes”) . A portion of the
Notes, totaling approximately $4,000,000 in outstanding principal plus accrued
interest to date, are co nvertible into
shares of our common stock at
any time and from time to time prior to December 31, 2008 at a conversion price
of $0.275 per share, and the remaining Notes, totaling approximately $2,000,000
in outstanding principal plus accrued interest to date, are co nvertible into shares of our common stock at any time and from time to time prior to
July 1, 2009 at a conversion price of $0.50 per share. Assuming
conversion by each of the holders of such Notes, such conversion will
result in the issuance of approximately 18,500,000 additional shares of our restricted common shares . As part of the closing of the
transaction , we also assumed all of
FTI’s obligations under outstanding
warrants exercisable at $0.50 per share for a three year term which , assuming exercise by each of the holders of such
warrants, will result in the issuance of approximately 6,850,000
additional shares of our restricted common shares. The foregoing description of the Notes and
warrants are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the
Notes and Warrants, which are attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to our SEC Form
8-K filed on October 7, 2008, and are incorporated herein by reference.
As part
of the closing of the transaction, we entered into
an amended and restated employment agreement with Mr. LaPine , effectuating the
following: (i) Mr. LaPine’s title changed from Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer to Chairman; (ii) Mr. LaPine’s job description changed such that he is now required to perform only
those services commensurate with his position as Chairman, maintaining
our public listing and SEC compliance and managing the day-to-day operations
relating to the Semotus Business (as defined in
the Contribution Agreement) ; (iii) Mr. LaPine was issued 3,508,000 shares of restricted common
stock (evidencing an approximate 5% ownership on a fully-diluted basis taking
into account the r estricted shares issued to FTI at the closing of the transaction , the unvested shares
issued to other key employees and executive officers as described below , the shares underlying the Notes and warrants and any shares outstanding
or available for issuance under our existing stock option plans). Mr. LaPine
also has the right to purchase (at any time
within the three-year period commencing on the date of closing ) or, in the event our Board should determine to dispose of the Semotus
Business unit prior to the end of such three-year period, a right of first
refusal with respect thereto, in exchange for (1) the shares issued to him in
accordance with his new employment agreement (as
contemplated by the Contribution Agreement ) or (2) the fair market value of the Semotus
Business at the time Mr. LaPine exercises his right to purchase (payable in cash
or in shares of our common stock issued to Mr. LaPine thereunder ), whichever is less. The foregoing
description of Mr. LaPine’s Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to our SEC Form 8-K filed on October 8, 2008, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Additionally,
as part of the closing of the transaction, the entire FTI management team and
employees have become employees . As a hiring and retention incentive,
in lieu of issuing stock options under our existing stock option plan, our Board has approved the issuance o f up to 8,410,000 shares of restricted common stock to
certain key employees and executive officers,
which is subject to vesting over a period of four years such that 25% of
the shares vest at the employees’ first annual anniversary and 6.25% of the
shares vest quarterly thereafter so that 100% shall be fully vested at the end
of four years.
Therefore,
on a fully diluted basis, taking into consideration (i) our outstanding stock , on the date of the closing, (ii) the stock
issuance to Mr. LaPine under his new employment agreement, (iii) the stock we intend to
issue to other key employees and executive officers as described above,
(iv) the aggregate number of shares underlying the
Notes we have assumed, (v) the aggregate number of shares underlying the
F TI warrants we assumed and (vi) the aggregate number of shares
underlying our outstanding stock options, and our outstanding warrants, we have an
aggregate of approximately 70,000,000 shares outstanding . As a result of the transaction and effective as of the closing, our existing shareholders now own approximately 3%, Mr. LaPine now owns approximately 5% and FTI and its
investors now own approximately 92% of the
outstanding shares on a fully-diluted
basis .
Effective
as of October 1, 2008, we appointed Vincent Browne as our new Chief Executive
Officer. Anthony LaPine also resigned from
his former position as Chief Executive
Officer but will remain our Chairman of the Board. Mark Williams and
Laurence Murray each resigned from the
Board of Directors and the vac ancies created by their resignations were filled by
Flint ’ s designees, Vincent Browne and Michael
Butler . Neither Mr. Browne nor Mr.
Butler qualify as “ independent” directors, as that term is defined by the NASDAQ Stock
Market and the SEC, and neither wil l be
serving on any Board Committees.
In
addition, and also effective October 1, 2008, Pamela LaPine resigned from her
position as President, but will remain an executive of the Company as President
of Semotus, which has become a business division of the Company. We
also appointed Christopher Knight as Chief Technology Officer effective as of
October 1, 2008; Mr. Knight has subsequently been let go, without cause,
effective as of November 1, 2008.
The
following are descriptions of the business experience of each of Messrs. Browne and Butler for at least the past
five years:
Vincent Browne , age 40 . Mr. Browne founded Flint
Telecom, Ltd, Flint Telecom, Inc.’s parent company, in December of 2004 and
Flint Telecom, Inc. was incorporated in July of 2005. Mr. Browne has over 15
years experience in the ICT sector. Prior to joining Flint, Mr. Browne founded
Prime Carrier Limited (PCL) in 2000 and was its CEO. PCL provides advanced Least
Cost Routing software and systems to international telecom companies
across the globe. During his time as founding CEO at PCL, he raised over $18m in
various funding rounds and successfully negotiated several multi-million dollar
contracts with international customers. Prior to that, Mr. Browne held senior
management positions with Siemens in Ireland and with Esat BT. Mr. Browne holds
a BComm degree from University College Dublin.
Michael Butler , age 53 . Mr. Butler became Flint
Telecom, Inc.’s Executive Vice President of Investor Relations in October of
2008. Prior to that, he was Flint’s Finance Director since February of 2006. Mr. Butler has over 30 years
experience in Accountancy and Insolvency practices in Ireland. Most recently as
Managing Partner with Butler & Co, which he built to become one of the
leading insolvency practices in Ireland. Mr. Butler is a prolific investor in
early stage technology and internet companies, most notably Coretime.com which
was sold to Sage, and Hostelworld.com, the World’s leading hostel booking
engine. Mr. Butler has a BComm from University College Dublin and is a Member of
the Irish Institute of Credit Managers.
Pursuant to the terms of their employment: (i) Mr.
Browne will receive salary in the amount of $180,000 per year, which shall
immediately increase to $240,000 when the Company achie ves sustainable profitability for one quarter, and
2,500,000 shares of restricted common stock as described above; and ( ii) Mr. Butler
will receive salary in the amount of $180,000 per year and 1,500,000 shares of
restricted common stock as described above . Each will be entitled to participate in
other employee benefit plans to the same extent provided to other executive
officers. The foregoing description of the terms of employment of Messrs.
Browne and Butler are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text
of Mr. Browne’s Employment Agreement and Mr. Butler’s offer letter, which are
attached as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.4 to our SEC Form 8-K filed on October 7,
2008.
In addition and in connection with the
closing of the acquisition transaction
w ith FTI, we assumed the foll owing indebtedness owed by FTI : (i) € 1,475,000 in convertible notes owed to Mr. Butler; (ii)
$875,000 in convertible notes owed to Mr. Butler and his family members and
affilites; and (iii) $238,9 72 in
indebtedness owed by FTI to FTI ’ s Parent
Company, which is controlled by Mr. Browne
and Mr. Butler.
Finally,
effective October 3, 2008, as part of the acquisition transaction with FTI and
as approved by our shareholders at our annual shareholders meeting held on
September 17, 2008, we filed an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation,
changing our corporate name from Semotus Solutions, Inc. to Flint Telecom Group,
Inc.
As a result of the closing of the acquisition transaction with FTI, FTI owns approximately 92 % of our common stock on a fully
diluted basis. FTI also replaced
two of our former directors with two individuals designated by it. From and
after the closing and until the first to occur of (i) the Flint Business (as
defined in the Contribution Agreement) shall have ge nerated positive cash flow or (ii) the Flint Business
shall have obtained at least $3,000,000 in additional financing (the events
described in clause (i) and (ii) hereof each being referred to as a
“ Board Change Trigger Event” ), the board of directors wil l be comprised of
four directors, two of whom shall be designated by Flint Telecom, Ltd.
(“ FTI
Parent” ) (initially Vincent Browne and
Michael Butler) and two of whom shall be incumbent directors of Semotus
(initially Anthony LaPine and Robert Lanz). From a nd after the occurrence of a Board C hange Trigger Event, our board of directors shall take such actions as may be
necessary to increase the size of
our board of directors to six directors,
with the vacancies created by such board
increase to be filled by i ndividuals
designated by FTI Parent.
On
October 30, 2008, we let go of Christopher Knight, the Chief Information Officer
of the Company, without cause, effective November 1, 2008. In
connection with Mr. Knight’s separation, we entered into a Separation Agreement
with Mr. Knight (the “Separation Agreement”), effective November 6,
2008. Under the Separation Agreement, Mr. Knight has agreed to
provide such services as may be
requested
from time to time by us until November 30, 2008. The Separation
Agreement provides that Mr. Knight will be paid an aggregate of approximately
$124,600 in cash and $550,000 worth of shares of restricted common stock,
consisting of:
·
his
regular base salary through November 30, 2008, or approximately
$20,000;
·
continued
residence at the corporate apartment for two additional months (November
and December) at the Company’s expense, or approximately
$14,600;
·
payment
for past wages owed, or approximately
$40,000;
·
reimbursement
for approved expenses in an amount that has yet to be determined, and
which amount shall not exceed
$50,000;
·
severance
pay in the form of acceleration of a portion of his unvested restricted
stock, as follows: 150,000 shares vest as of November 6, 2008, and 212,500
vest quarterly thereafter for a period of 12 months, for a total of
1,000,000 shares of restricted common stock. The closing price
of our common stock on November 6, 2008 was $0.55 per share, and therefore
the total fair market value of these shares as of November 6, 2008 was
$550,000.
The above
summary of the Separation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Separation Agreement, a copy of
which is filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K that we filed on November 10,
2008.
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