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Our critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the
−Removed: portrayal of our financial condition and results of operation, and require our
+Added: portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations, and require our
management's significant judgments and estimates and such consistent application
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As a result of the centralization and consolidation implementation, the net loss
−Removed: declined to $1,229,151 from $2,676,913 and to $0.07 per share from $0.16 per
−Removed: share in the three months ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001 and the net loss
+Added: declined to $571,944 from $1,970,399 and to $0.03 per share from $0.11 per share
+Added: in the three months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001 and the net loss
declined to $2,835,651 from $8,577,130 and to $0.16 per share from $0.51 per
−Removed: share in the six months ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001.
+Added: share in the nine months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001.
Likewise, the
−Removed: overall cash decline was reduced to $1,296,884 from $2,010,360 in the six months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001.
−Removed: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
+Added: overall cash decline was reduced to $1,598,836 from $2,758,876 in the nine
+Added: months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001.
+Added: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2002 AND 2001
−Removed: Revenues for the three months and six months ended September 30, 2002 were
+Added: Revenues for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2002 were
$875,169 and $2,648,190, respectively, as compared to $935,975 and $3,459,101,
−Removed: respectively, for the three and six months ended September 30, 2001.
+Added: respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2001.
Given the continued decline in economic activity and weakened capital and
consumer spending for technology products and services, Semotus experienced a
−Removed: decline in revenues of 34% and 30% respectively in the three months and six
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001.
+Added: decline in revenues of 6% and 23% respectively in the three months and nine
+Added: months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001.
All segments of the Company's
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Wireless Services
−Removed: The 22% and 7 % decline in revenues in the three and six months ended September
+Added: The 2% and 5% decline in revenues in the three and nine months ended December
31, 2002 respectively, versus 2001 result from the continued decline in
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Global Market Pro and Equity Market Pro, have experienced a longer sale cycle,
−Removed: which has delayed and postponed their purchases...
+Added: which has delayed and postponed their revenues.
Enterprise and Commerce Sales
−Removed: The 54% and 22% decline in revenues in the three month and six month periods
−Removed: ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001, respectively is primarily due to the
+Added: The 2% and 17% decline in revenues in the three month and nine month periods
+Added: ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001, respectively is primarily due to the
initial implementation of a customer loyalty software contract at WizShop in the
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Professional and Related Services
−Removed: Revenues were essentially the same in the three months ended September 30, 2002
−Removed: versus 2001 and declined 87% in the six months ended September 30, 2002 versus
−Removed: 2001 due largely to the reduction in new professional service contracts at
−Removed: Simkin and also directly the result of the sale of Simkin's Kinetidex 2.0
−Removed: product in June 2001 for which certain services were performed.
−Removed: Wares on the Web subsidiary was closed in August 2002 and since then has
+Added: Revenues declined 34% and 85% in the three and nine months ended December 31,
+Added: 2002, respectively, versus 2001 due largely to the reduction in new professional
+Added: service contracts at Simkin and also directly the result of the sale of Simkin's
+Added: Kinetidex 2.0 product in June 2001 for which certain services were performed.
+Added: Further, the Wares subsidiary was closed in August 2002 and since then has
contributed minor amounts of revenue.
Logistic System Sales
−Removed: The 17% and 32% decline in revenues in the three and six month periods ended
−Removed: September 30, 2002 versus 2001 is a direct result of less capital spending on
−Removed: system integration projects and the beverage industry reducing new capital
+Added: The 13% and 27% decline in revenues in the three and nine month periods ended
+Added: December 31, 2002 versus 2001, respectively, is a direct result of less capital
+Added: spending on system integration projects and the beverage industry reducing new
+Added: capital spending.
ADA received fewer system integration contracts.
−Removed: Further, ADA is in
−Removed: process of upgrading its core asset tracking and management software, which has
−Removed: not been completed.
−Removed: The new software should provide further incentives for
−Removed: customers to upgrade and increase revenues at ADA.
+Added: is in process of upgrading its core asset tracking and management software,
+Added: which has not been completed.
+Added: The new software should provide further incentives
+Added: for customers to upgrade and increase revenues at ADA.
COST OF REVENUES AND GROSS MARGIN
−Removed: The overall gross profit margin increased to 54% and 58% in the three and six
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2002 from 52% and 48% in the same periods ended
−Removed: September 30, 2001.
+Added: The overall gross profit margin increased to 65% and 61% in the three and nine
+Added: months ended December 31, 2002 from 56% and 50% in the same periods ended
+Added: December 31, 2001.
The increase is the result of continuing changes in product
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Wireless Services
−Removed: The gross profit margin for this segment declined to 61% from 71% in the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001, but increased to 71% from 54% in
−Removed: the six months ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001.
−Removed: The decline in the
−Removed: three-month gross profit margin is due to the decline in revenues, which has
−Removed: reduced the fixed cost coverage.
−Removed: Such fixed costs include airtime, data feeds
−Removed: and user fees.
−Removed: Further, Semotus paid one-time settlements to certain data feed
−Removed: suppliers whose services were no longer needed.
−Removed: The increase in the six-month gross profit margin is due to:
−Removed: i) increased higher
−Removed: margin sales of enterprise products such as Global Market Pro, ii) the
−Removed: introduction of a higher margin version of Hiplink, a field force automation
−Removed: wireless product, and iii) the reduction and discontinuance of lower margin
−Removed: consumer products.
+Added: The gross profit margin for this segment increased to 80% from 69% in the three
+Added: months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001, and also increased to 74% from 59%
+Added: in the nine months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001.
+Added: The increase in the
+Added: three and nine-month gross profit margins is due to:
+Added: i) increased higher margin
+Added: sales of enterprise products such as Global Market Pro, ii) the introduction of
+Added: a higher margin version of Hiplink, a field force automation wireless product,
+Added: and iii) the reduction and discontinuance of lower margin consumer products.
Enterprise and Commerce Sales
−Removed: The gross profit margin in this segment icreased slightly to 42% and 44% in the
−Removed: three and six months ended September 30, 2002 from 38% and 42% in the same
−Removed: periods ended September 30, 2001.
−Removed: After the elimination of unprofitable products
−Removed: and services and the closing of the FiveStar and Wares operations, the gross
−Removed: margin has stabilized in the 40% range.
−Removed: The major portion of this segment's
−Removed: gross margin comes from the customer loyalty software contract at WizShop.
−Removed: Professional and Related Services
The gross profit margin in this segment increased to 42% and 43% in the three
−Removed: and six month periods ended September 30, 2002 from 68% and 50% in the three and
−Removed: six month periods ended September 30, 2001.
−Removed: This is a direct result of the
−Removed: elimination of unprofitable contracts and services.
−Removed: The remaining professional
−Removed: service business carries much higher margins since the services are extensions
−Removed: of existing contracts that do not require as much start-up costs.
+Added: and nine months ended December 31, 2002 from 39% and 41% in the same periods
+Added: ended December 31, 2001.
+Added: This increase is due to the elimination of unprofitable
+Added: products and services and the closing of the FiveStar and Wares operations.
+Added: major portion of this segment's gross margin comes from the customer loyalty
+Added: software contract at WizShop.
+Added: Professional and Related Services
+Added: The gross profit margin in this segment declined to 77% in the three-month
+Added: period ended December 31, 2002 from 89% in the three-month period ended December
+Added: However, the gross profit margin increased to 89% in the nine-month
+Added: period ended December 31, 2002 from 52% in the nine-month period ended December
+Added: The decline in the three-month gross profit margin is primarily due to
+Added: the decline in revenues, which has reduced the fixed cost coverage.
+Added: nine-month period increase is a direct result of the elimination of unprofitable
+Added: contracts and services.
+Added: The remaining professional service business carries much
+Added: higher margins since the services are extensions of existing contracts that do
+Added: not require as much start-up costs.
Logistic System Sales
−Removed: The gross profit margin was approximately the same at 53% for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2002 versus 54% for the three months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2001 and it increased to 55% from 48% in the six months ended September 30, 2002
−Removed: This is principally due to a shift in the mix of services provided
−Removed: in the system integration contracts.
−Removed: ADA experienced more demand for higher
−Removed: margin software and consulting services and less demand for lower margin
−Removed: This services shift improved the overall gross profit margin and has
−Removed: allowed ADA to maintain that gross margin in the most recent quarter.
+Added: The gross profit margin increased to 66% for the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2002 versus 55% for the three months ended December 31, 2001 and it increased to
+Added: 58% from 50% in the nine months ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001.
+Added: principally due to a shift in the mix of services provided in the system
+Added: integration contracts.
+Added: ADA experienced more demand for higher margin software
+Added: and consulting services and less demand for lower margin hardware.
+Added: This services
+Added: shift has allowed ADA to increase the gross profit margin.
OPERATING EXPENSES
−Removed: Operating expenses declined overall in the three month and six month periods
−Removed: ended September 30, 2002 versus the same periods in the last fiscal year, due to
+Added: Operating expenses declined overall in the three month and nine month periods
+Added: ended December 31, 2002 versus the same periods in the last fiscal year, due to
the Centralization and Consolidation Plan, which has significantly reduced
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the changes in these five categories of operating expenses (unaudited):
−Removed: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, September 30,
+Added: THREE MONTHS ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
+Added: DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
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public relations, rent, administrative personnel, and other overhead related
−Removed: These costs declined during the three months and six months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2002 as personnel and offices were reduced and operating functions
+Added: These costs declined during the three months and nine months ended
+Added: December 31, 2002 as personnel and offices were reduced and operating functions
were consolidated.
−Removed: The net impairment of goodwill is comprised of two components:
−Removed: (i) the sale of
−Removed: Simkin's Kinetidex technology for $350,000 and (ii) an impairment charge to
−Removed: goodwill related to Simkin for $650,000.
−Removed: As noted in footnote 4, "Sale of
−Removed: Technology and Net Impairment of Goodwill", Semotus elected to sell the royalty
−Removed: rights and software of Kinetidex 2.0 to Micromedex, Inc., the joint developer
−Removed: and exclusive distributor of the product.
−Removed: Semotus received $350,000 for the
−Removed: product and all future royalty rights.
−Removed: Semotus considered a variety of factors
−Removed: for a potential impairment of goodwill, which included the sale of the
−Removed: technology, future prospects of Simkin's business, and importantly, the
−Removed: consideration paid for Simkin, which was substantially all common stock.
−Removed: Subsequent to the acquisition, the price of the common stock of Semotus had
−Removed: declined from $14.375 to $1.59 as of June 30, 2001.
−Removed: Consequently, Semotus
−Removed: elected to take a goodwill impairment charge of $650,000.
+Added: The net impairment of goodwill is related to an impairment charge to goodwill
+Added: related to Simkin for $650,000.
+Added: As noted in Note 5 of Semotus' Form 10K for the
+Added: year ended March 31, 2002, "Sale of Technology and Net Impairment of Goodwill",
+Added: Semotus elected to sell the royalty rights and software of Kinetidex 2.0 to
+Added: Micromedex, Inc., the joint developer and exclusive distributor of the product.
+Added: Semotus received $350,000 for the product and all future royalty rights.
+Added: considered a variety of factors for a potential impairment of goodwill, which
+Added: included the sale of the technology, future prospects of Simkin's business, and
+Added: importantly, the consideration paid for Simkin, which was substantially all
+Added: common stock.
+Added: Subsequent to the acquisition, the price of the common stock of
+Added: Semotus had declined from $14.375 to $1.59 as of June 30, 2001.
+Added: Consequently,
+Added: Semotus elected to take a goodwill impairment charge of $650,000.
Depreciation and amortization expense includes depreciation of computers and
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decline in the stock and option grants to service providers, in the three months
−Removed: and six months ended September 30, 2002.
+Added: and nine months ended December 31, 2002.
The common stock issued was valued at its fair market value at the time of
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Certain employee stock options, which
−Removed: have been repriced, are subject to the variable plan requirements of APB No.
+Added: have been repriced, are subject to the variable plan requirements of FIN No.
that requires the Company to record compensation expense for changes in the fair
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While no compensation expense was required
−Removed: to be recognized in the three months and six months ended September 30, 2002 or
+Added: to be recognized in the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2002 or
2001, expense will be recognized in the future if the stock price increases
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NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES
−Removed: Non-operating income and expenses for the three and six months ended September
+Added: Non-operating income and expenses for the three and nine months ended December
31, 2002 and 2001 are primarily interest income from invested cash, interest
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Net interest income declined as less cash was available for investment during
−Removed: the three and six months period ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001 as Semotus
+Added: the three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001 as Semotus
continues with operating losses.
Amortization of technology advances decreased
−Removed: somewhat in the three months ended September 30, 2002, due to the application of
−Removed: the effective interest method of amortization on the balances.
+Added: somewhat in the three months ended December 31, 2002, due to the application of
+Added: accelerated amortization on the balances.
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
The comprehensive loss of $574,024 or $0.03 per share and $2,835,444 or $0.16
−Removed: per share for the three months and six months ended September 30, 2002,
+Added: per share for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2002,
respectively, compared to $1,977,143 or $0.11 per share and $8,614,394 or $0.51
−Removed: per share for the three months and six months ended September 30, 2001,
+Added: per share for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2001,
respectively, is a direct result of the implementation of cost reduction
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All segment financial information presented is unaudited.
−Removed: Enterprise Professional Logistic
−Removed: Wireless and commerce and related system Corporate
−Removed: Services sales services sales and other Total
+Added: WIRELESS ENTERPRISE AND PROFESSIONAL AND LOGISTIC CORPORATE
+Added: SERVICES COMMERCE SALES RELATED SERVICES SYSTEM SALES AND OTHER TOTAL
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AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS
−Removed: Ended September 30, 2002
+Added: ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002
+Added: -----------------------------------
Revenue $ 338,970 $ 250,212 $ 11,475 $ 274,512 $ -- $ 875,169
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Capital expenditures 2,567 -- -- -- -- 2,567
−Removed: Total assets, September 30, 2002* 3,364,652 952,262 266,920 126,526 2,330,243 7,040,602
−Removed: Six Months Ended September 30, 2002
+Added: Total assets, December 31, 2002* 3,614,285 713,951 263,530 134,168 1,628,812 6,354,746
+Added: NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002
+Added: -----------------------------------
Revenue $ 962,773 $ 766,775 $ 51,744 $ 866,898 $ -- $ 2,648,190
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Capital expenditures 22,083 -- -- -- -- 22,083
−Removed: Total assets, September 30, 2002* 3,364,652 952,262 266,920 126,526 2,330,243 7,040,602
+Added: Total assets, December 31, 2002* 3,614,285 713,951 263,530 134,168 1,628,812 6,354,746
AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS
−Removed: Ended September 30, 2001
+Added: ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
+Added: -----------------------------------
Revenue $ 346,421 $ 255,380 $ 17,512 $ 316,662 $ -- $ 935,975
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Capital expenditures 4,172 -- -- -- -- 4,172
−Removed: Total assets, September 30, 2001* 9,556,918 5,344,748 963,818 1,348,642 4,653,379 21,867,505
−Removed: Six Months Ended September 30, 2001
+Added: Total assets, December 31, 2001* 8,797,980 4,802,917 828,350 1,417,831 4,153,816 20,000,894
+Added: NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
+Added: -----------------------------------
Revenue $ 1,017,190 $ 921,334 $ 334,274 $ 1,186,303 $ -- $ 3,459,101
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Capital expenditures 14,992 -- -- 5,715 -- 20,707
−Removed: Total assets, September 30, 2001* 9,556,918 5,344,748 963,818 1,348,642 4,653,379 21,867,505
+Added: Total assets, December 31, 2001* 8,797,980 4,802,917 828,350 1,417,831 4,153,816 20,000,894
* Certain corporate marketing, research and development and general and
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included in "Corporate and other".
−Removed: The $2,330,243 of assets at September 30,
−Removed: 2002 under "Corporate and other" is substantially comprised of the GMP
−Removed: Intellectual Property asset and goodwill.
−Removed: The $4,653,379 of assets under
−Removed: "Corporate and other" at September 30, 2001 is substantially all comprised of
−Removed: the GMP Intellectual Property asset.
−Removed: Further, the selected profit and loss items in the three and six month periods
−Removed: ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and total assets at September 30, 2002 and
−Removed: 2001 respectively, have been adjusted for the discontinued operations of
−Removed: FiveStar and Wares on the Web, which are categorized in the Enterprise and
−Removed: Commerce Sales segment.
+Added: Further, the selected profit and loss items in the three and nine month periods
+Added: ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 and total assets at December 31, 2002 and 2001
+Added: respectively, have been adjusted for the discontinued operations of FiveStar and
+Added: Wares on the Web, which are categorized in the Enterprise and Commerce Sales
See Note 5, "Discontinued Operations".
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products although a cash management and cost reduction program has been
−Removed: implemented and has reduced the overall cash loss by 35% for the six month
−Removed: period ended September 30, 2002 versus 2001.
+Added: implemented and has reduced the overall cash loss by 42% for the nine month
+Added: period ended December 31, 2002 versus 2001.
The sources and uses of cash are
summarized as follows (unaudited):
−Removed: SIX MONTHS ENDED
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30,
+Added: NINE MONTHS ENDED
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Cash used in operating activities $ (1,656,049) $ (4,084,588)
−Removed: Cash (used in) provided by investing activities (20,019) 1,429,937
+Added: Cash provided by investing activities 188,856 1,425,765
Cash used in financing activities (161,809) (188,625)
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principally of a net loss of $2,835,651 offset somewhat by non-cash charges of
−Removed: $685,823 of depreciation and amortization and $22,921 of stock based
+Added: $1,015,745, of depreciation and amortization, $574,647 of amortization of notes
+Added: receivable, $165,215 of settlement of liabilities and $24,283 of stock based
compensation.
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This largely resulted from decreases in accrued liabilities and
−Removed: deferred revenue of $161,752 and $97,879 respectively, offset somewhat by
−Removed: increases in accounts payable of $140,571.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities consisted principally of capital expenditures
−Removed: of $19,516 largely for computer hardware and software.
+Added: accounts payable of $189,041 and $97,186 respectively and increases in accounts
+Added: receivable of $116,828, offset somewhat by increases in deferred revenue of
+Added: Cash provided by investing activities consisted principally of the continuing
+Added: investment in ADA of $210,379, by the 49% owner of ADA, Global Beverage Group.
+Added: This was offset somewhat by capital expenditures of $22,083.
Cash flows from financing activities produced a net decrease in cash of
−Removed: which resulted from repayments on notes payable and capital leases.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2002, the Company had cash and cash equivalents amounting to
+Added: $161,809, which resulted primarily from the repurchase by the Company of its
+Added: preferred stock for $100,000 in cash as part of the consideration (see Note 6,
+Added: "Repurchase of Preferred Stock"), as well as from repayments on notes payable
+Added: and capital leases.
+Added: As of December 31, 2002, the Company had cash and cash equivalents amounting to
$2,505,467, a decrease of $2,292,122 from the balance at March 31, 2002.
−Removed: capital decreased to $1,175,269 from $2,064,396 at the fiscal 2002 year end.
−Removed: decrease in working capital is from the resources used in the operations of
−Removed: Semotus as explained above.
−Removed: The Company has not yet generated sufficient
−Removed: revenues to cover the costs of continued product development and support, sales
−Removed: and marketing efforts and general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: material commitments for capital expenditures at September 30, 2002.
+Added: capital decreased to $1,252,372 at December 31, 2002 from $2,064,396 at the
+Added: fiscal 2002 year end.
+Added: The decrease in working capital is from the resources used
+Added: in the operations of Semotus as explained above.
+Added: The Company has not yet
+Added: generated sufficient revenues to cover the costs of continued product
+Added: development and support, sales and marketing efforts and general and
+Added: administrative expenses.
+Added: There are no material commitments for capital
+Added: expenditures at December 31, 2002.
Management believes that it has adequate working capital for the next 12 months.
RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS:
−Removed: In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board finalized FASB Statements
−Removed: 141, Business Combination (SFAS 141), and No.
−Removed: 142, "Goodwill and Other
−Removed: Intangible Assets" (SFAS 142).
−Removed: SFAS 141 requires the use of the purchase method
−Removed: of accounting and prohibits the use of the pooling-of-interests method of
−Removed: accounting for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001.
−Removed: also requires that the Company recognize acquired intangible assets apart from
−Removed: goodwill if the acquired intangible assets meet certain criteria.
−Removed: applies to all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 and for
−Removed: purchase business combinations completed on or after July 1, 2001.
−Removed: requires, upon adoption of SFAS 142 that the Company reclassify the carrying
−Removed: amounts of intangible assets and goodwill based on the criteria in SFAS 141.
−Removed: SFAS 142 requires, among other things that companies no longer amortize
−Removed: goodwill, but instead test goodwill for impairment at least annually.
−Removed: addition, SFAS 142 requires that the Company identify reporting units for the
−Removed: purposes of assessing potential future impairments of goodwill, reassess the
−Removed: useful lives of other existing recognized intangible assets, and cease
−Removed: amortization of intangible assets with an indefinite useful life.
−Removed: An intangible
−Removed: asset with an indefinite useful life should be tested for impairment in
−Removed: accordance with the guidance in SFAS 142.
−Removed: SFAS 142 is required to be applied in
−Removed: fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001 to all goodwill and other
−Removed: intangible assets recognized at that date, regardless of when those assets were
−Removed: initially recognized.
−Removed: SFAS 142 requires the Company to complete a transitional
−Removed: goodwill impairment test six months from the date of adoption.
−Removed: The Company is
−Removed: also required to reassess the useful lives of other intangible assets within the
−Removed: first interim quarter after adoption of SFAS 142.
−Removed: The Company adopted SFAS 142
−Removed: as of April 1, 2002 and is no longer amortizing goodwill.
−Removed: The effect of the
−Removed: adoption of these Statements resulted in the net loss for the three months ended
−Removed: June 30, 2002 being smaller by $179,735 due to not amortizing goodwill.
−Removed: In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No.
−Removed: 143 (SFAS 143) "Accounting for
−Removed: Obligations Associated with the Retirement of Long-Lived Assets".
−Removed: addresses financial accounting and reporting for the retirement obligation of an
−Removed: SFAS 143 states that companies should recognize the asset retirement
−Removed: cost, at its fair value, as part of the cost of the asset and classify the
−Removed: accrued amount as a liability in the balance sheet.
−Removed: The asset retirement
−Removed: liability is then accreted to the ultimate payout as interest expense.
−Removed: initial measurement of the liability would be subsequently updated for revised
−Removed: estimates of the discounted cash outflows.
−Removed: SFAS 143 will be effective for fiscal
−Removed: years beginning after June 15, 2002.
−Removed: At this time, the Company does not expect
−Removed: that the implementation of SFAS 143 will have any material impact on its
−Removed: financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
−Removed: In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No.
−Removed: 144 (SFAS 144) "Accounting for the
−Removed: Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets".
−Removed: SFAS 144 supersedes the SFAS No.
−Removed: 121 by requiring that one accounting model be used for long-lived assets to be
−Removed: disposed of by sale, whether previously held and used or newly acquired, and by
−Removed: broadening the presentation of discontinued operations to include more disposal
−Removed: transactions.
−Removed: SFAS 144 was adopted effective April 1, 2002.
−Removed: In accordance with
−Removed: the adoption, the Company has classified the operations of FiveStar and Wares on
−Removed: the Web as discontinued operations, see Note 5, " Discontinued Operations".
+Added: In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No.
+Added: 146, "Accounting for Exit or Disposal
+Added: Activities" ("SFAS 146").
+Added: SFAS 146 addresses significant issues regarding the
+Added: recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs that are associated with exit
+Added: and disposal activities, including restructuring activities that are currently
+Added: accconted for under EITF No.
+Added: 94-3, "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee
+Added: Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit and Activity (including Certain
+Added: Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)." The scope of SFAS 146 also includes costs
+Added: related to terminating a contract that is not a capital lease and termination
+Added: benefits that employees who are involuntarily terminated receive under the terms
+Added: of a one-time benefit arrangement that is not an ongoing benefit arrangement or
+Added: an individual deferred-compensation contract.
+Added: SFAS 146 is effective for exit or
+Added: disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002 and early
+Added: application is encouraged.
+Added: The Company's adoption of SFAS 146 on January 1, 2003
+Added: had no impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
+Added: In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation NO.
+Added: 45 ("FIN 45"),
+Added: "GUARANTOR'S ACCOUNTING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR GUARANTEES, INCLUDING
+Added: INDIRECT GUARANTEES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF OTHERS, AN INTERPRETATION OF FASB
+Added: STATEMENTS NO.
+Added: 5, 57, AND 107 AND RESCISSION OF FASB INTERPRETATION NO.
+Added: 45 clarifies the requirements of FASB Statement No.
+Added: 5, "ACCOUNTING FOR
+Added: CONTINGENCIES" relating to to the guarantor's accounting for, and disclosure of
+Added: the issuance of certain types of guarantees.
+Added: The disclosure provisions of the
+Added: Interpretation are effective for financial statements of interim or annual
+Added: reports that end after December 15, 2002, irrespective of the guarantor's
+Added: The Company's adoption of FIN 45 did not have a material impact in the
+Added: Company's financial position or results of operations.
+Added: In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No.
+Added: 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based
+Added: Compensation, Transition and Disclosure." SFAS No.
+Added: 148 amends SFAS No.
+Added: requires prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements
+Added: about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the
+Added: effect of the method used on reported results.
+Added: 148 is effective for
+Added: fiscal years ending after December 15, 2002 and is effective for interim periods
+Added: beginning after December 15, 2002.
+Added: The Company's adoption of SFAS NO.
+Added: January 1, 2003 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial
+Added: position or results of operations.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS
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