UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 20172018

Commission File Number: 0-21683

 

 

 

hopTo Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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

 

6 Loudon Road, Suite 200

Concord, NH 03301

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number:

(800) 472-7466

(408) 688-2674

 

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

 

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulations S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

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

 

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

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

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

 

As of November 14, 2017,2018, there were issued and outstanding 9,804,400 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001.

 

 

 

 
 

 

hopTo Inc.

FORM 10-Q

Table of Contents

 

PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION PAGE
PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Financial Statements43
 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20172018 (unaudited) and December 31,201631,201743
 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016201754
 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016201765
 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016201776
 Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements87
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations1712
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk2619
Item 4.Controls and Procedures2619
   
PART II.OTHER INFORMATION 
Item 1.Legal Proceedings2719
Item 1A.Risk Factors2719
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds2719
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities2719
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures2719
Item 5.Other Information2719
Item 6.Exhibits2719
 Signatures2820

 

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Forward-Looking Information

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

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

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

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

 

hopTo Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)    
 September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016  

September 30, 2018

  

December 31, 2017

 
Assets                
Current Assets:                
Cash $551,300  $546,200  $756,300  $1,015,400 
Accounts receivable, net  353,300   355,300   234,800   426,800 
Prepaid expenses  26,800   38,700   147,400   112,900 
Total Current Assets  931,400   940,200   1,138,500   1,555,100 
                
Property and equipment, net  39,800   143,300   3,400   30,800 
Other assets  109,000   109,000   17,800   17,800 
Total Assets $1,080,200  $1,192,500  $1,159,700  $1,603,700 
                
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit                
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $759,700  $975,800  $590,100  $635,100 
Deferred rent  23,400   24,100   42,700   74,100 
Capital lease     6,800 
Lease liability  24,900    
Deposit liability  93,500   93,500 
Deferred revenue  1,579,500   1,759,000   1,036,000   1,845,100 
Other current liabilities  855,100   571,100      855,100 
Total Current Liabilities  3,242,600   3,336,800   1,762,300   3,502,900 
                
Deposit liability  93,500   81,400 
Deferred revenue  1,523,600   1,694,600   522,300   1,409,700 
Deferred rent  41,500   2,600 
Total Liabilities  4,901,200   5,115,400   2,284,600   4,912,600 
                
Commitments and contingencies                
                
Stockholders’ Deficit:        
Stockholders�� Deficit:        
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding            
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 195,000,000 shares authorized, 9,804,400 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  14,700   14,700 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 195,000,000 shares authorized, 9,804,400 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively  1,000   1,000 
Additional paid-in capital  78,526,700   78,512,200   79,238,700   78,539,300 
Accumulated deficit  (82,362,400)  (82,449,800)  (80,364,600)  (81,849,200)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit  (3,821,000)  (3,922,900)  (1,124,900)  (3,308,900)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit $1,080,200  $1,192,500  $1,159,700  $1,603,700 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

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hopTo Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  2018  2017  2018  2017 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
Revenue $832,300  $1,025,900  $2,520,600  $2,933,200 
Costs of revenue  34,800   15,900   101,300   53,000 
Gross profit  797,500   1,010,000   2,419,300   2,880,200 
                 
Operating expenses:                
Selling and marketing  99,100   87,400   309,200   259,400 
General and administrative  374,000   206,700   1,007,000   1,268,900 
Research and development  352,800   383,800   1,139,300   1,123,900 
Total operating expenses  825,900   677,900   2,455,500   2,652,200 
                 
Income/ (loss) from operations  (28,400)  332,100   (36,200)  228,000 
Other income (loss), net  100   (63,700)  129,800   (123,800)
Income / (loss) before provision for income tax  (28,300)  268,400   93,600   104,200 
Provision for income tax     14,800   900   16,800 
Net income / (loss) $(28,300) $253,600  $92,700  $87,400 
Basic and diluted earnings / (loss) per share $(0.00) $0.03  $0.01  $0.01 
Average weighted common shares outstanding – basic  9,804,400   9,804,400   9,804,400   9,804,400 
Average weighted common shares outstanding – diluted  9,804,400   9,804,400   10,368,956   9,804,400 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of OperationsStockholders’ Deficit

 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
Revenue $1,025,900  $898,500  $2,933,200  $2,864,400 
Costs of revenue  15,900   8,300   53,000   129,500 
Gross profit  1,010,000   890,200   2,880,200   2,734,900 
                 
Operating expenses:                
Selling and marketing  87,400   93,900   259,400   664,600 
General and administrative  206,700   821,600   1,268,900   2,114,600 
Research and development  383,800   491,500   1,123,900   1,860,900 
Total operating expenses  677,900   1,407,000   2,652,200   4,640,100 
                 
Gain / (loss) from operations  332,100   (516,800)  228,000   (1,905,200)
                 
Other income (expense):                
Change in fair value of warrants liability     54,400      29,300 
Other income (expense), net  (63,700)  1,100   (123,800)  (3,700)
Loss from operations before provision for income tax  268,400   (461,300)  104,200   (1,872,200)
Provision for income tax  14,800   700   16,800   2,300 
Net profit / (loss) $253,600  $(462,000) $87,400  $(1,874,500)
Basic and diluted earnings / (loss) per share $0.03  $(0.05) $0.01  $(0.19)
Average weighted common shares outstanding – basic and diluted  9,804,400   9,784,163   9,804,400   9,763,111 

  

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
  2018  2017 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
Preferred stock – shares outstanding        
Beginning balance      
Ending balance      
         
Common stock – shares outstanding        
Beginning balance  9,804,400   9,804,400 
Ending balance  9,804,400   9,804,400 
         
Common stock – amount        
Beginning balance $1,000  $1,000 
Ending balance  1,000  $1,000 
         
Additional paid-in capital        
Beginning balance $78,539,300  $78,525,900 
Stock-based compensation expense     14,500 
Issuance of new warrants and settlement of liquidated damage  699,400    
Ending balance $79,238,700  $78,540,400 
         
Accumulated deficit        
Beginning balance $(81,849,200) $(82,449,800)
Cumulative effect from change of accounting principle  1,391,900    
Net income / (loss)  92,700   87,400 
Ending balance $(80,364,600) $(82,362,400)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit $(1,124,900) $(3,821,000)

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ DeficitCash Flows

 

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
Preferred stock – shares outstanding        
Beginning balance      
Ending balance      
       
Common stock – shares outstanding        
Beginning balance  9,804,400   9,731,233 
Employee stock option issuances     1,800 
Vesting of restricted stock awards     71,429 
Ending balance  9,804,400   9,804,462 
         
Common stock – amount        
Beginning balance $14,700  $14,600 
Vesting of restricted stock awards     100 
Ending balance  14,700  $14,700 
         
Additional paid-in capital        
Beginning balance $78,512,200  $78,189,300 
Stock-based compensation expense  14,500   303,400 
Company payment of employee taxes for stock-based compensation     (2,700)
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options     1,500 
Other rounding     (200)
Ending balance $78,526,700  $78,491,300 
         
Accumulated deficit        
Beginning balance $(82,449,800) $(80,596,900)
Net profit / (loss)  87,400   (1,874,500)
Ending balance $(82,362,400) $(82,471,400)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit $(3,821,000) $(3,965,400)

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2018  2017 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities:        
Net income / (loss) $92,700  $87,400 
Adjustments to reconcile net income/ (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  26,700   42,200 
Stock-based compensation expense     14,500 
Changes in deferred rent  (31,400)   
Changes to allowance for doubtful accounts  (5,200)  (3,300)
Loss on disposal of fixed assets  700   60,400 
Loss on sublease     63,100 
Interest accrued for capital lease     200 
Changes to liquidated damage on warrant liability  (155,700)  284,000 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  197,200   5,300 
Prepaid expenses  (34,500)  11,900 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (45,000)  (216,100)
Deposit liability     12,100 
Deferred revenue  (304,600)  (350,500)
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities  (259,100)  11,200 
         
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities:        
Proceeds from sale of equipment     900 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities     900 
         
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities:        
Payment for capital lease     (7,000)
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities     (7,000)
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash  (259,100)  5,100 
Cash - Beginning of Period  1,015,400   546,200 
Cash - End of Period $756,300  $551,300 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities:        
Net profit / (loss) $87,400  $(1,874,500)

Adjustments to reconcile net profit / loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

        
Depreciation and amortization  42,200   76,200 
Write-down of capitalized purchased technology     15,500 
Stock-based compensation expense  14,500   303,400 
Company payment of employee taxes for stock-based compensation     (2,700)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments – warrants     (29,300)
Accretion of warrants liability for consulting services     (2,300)
Changes in severance liability     (5,900)
Changes in deferred rent     23,200 
Changes to allowance for doubtful accounts  (3,300)  (12,000)
Revenue deferred to future periods  1,828,500   1,955,700 
Recognition of deferred revenue  (2,179,000)  (2,478,800)
Loss / (gain) on disposal of fixed assets  60,400   (3,200)
Loss on sublease  63,100    
Interest accrued for capital lease  200   800 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  5,300   296,400 
Prepaid expenses  11,900   (40,900)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (216,100)  (127,300)
Deposit liability  12,100    
Other liabilities  284,000   392,900 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities  11,200   (1,431,000)
         
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities:        
Proceeds from sale of equipment  900   23,300 
         
Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options     1,500 
Payment for capital lease  (7,000)  (7,000)
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities  (7,000)  (5,500)
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash  5,100   (1,413,200)
Cash - Beginning of Period  546,200   1,777,300 
Cash - End of Period $551,300  $364,100 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

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hopTo Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

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

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein reflect all adjustments, which include only normal, recurring adjustments, that are, in our opinion, necessary to state fairly the results for the periods presented. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2017, which was filed with the SEC on April 7, 17, 2018 (“2017 (“2016 10-K Report”). The interim results presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 20172018 or any future period.

 

2. Going Concern and Management’s Liquidity PlansCertain prior year information has been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

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

Although for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, the Company generated net profits of $253,600 and $87,400, respectively, historically we have incurred significant net losses since our inception. At September 30, 2017, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $82,362,400 and a working capital deficit of $2,311,200. We were unable to generate meaningful revenue from our hopTo Work business and our most recent estimation is that revenue from this product is unlikely in any reasonable time frame. We have, however, recently improved our revenue and operating results from our legacy GO-Global business. If this trend continues, subject to our contingent liabilities, we believe we would have sufficient capital resources to fund our GO-Global business (which is our only active business) for at least the next 12 months. However, due to the uncertainty at the current time about this trend and the outcome of our contingent liabilities, we have determined that our cash resources may not be sufficient to fund our business for at least the next 12 months. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to continue to generate revenue from our legacy GO-Global business and to raise additional capital through the issuance of new equity, debt financing, or from the sale of certain assets to meet short and long-term operating requirements.

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

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

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In order to maintain operations, we previously implemented significant expense reductions, including a limited number of employee layoffs, and continue to implement further costs and employment reductions. During the three month period ended September 30, 2016, our CEO and CFO voluntarily agreed with our board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company can reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events.

Although maintaining our SEC filing status is a significant expense, we currently intend to maintain such status; however, we consider all options to preserve value for shareholders, including potentially suspending or terminating our filing status.

We have worked extensively to explore additional sources of capital including the issuance of new shares, securing debt financing, and the sale of assets including certain software products and patents. Although this process is ongoing and we are in active discussions with multiple parties, there is no guarantee that they will result in transactions that are sufficient to provide the Company with the required liquidity to remove the substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events. We are also in discussions with some parties about the possibility of other strategic transactions although there is no guarantee that these discussions will result in an actual transaction. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of the uncertainties set forth above.

3.2. Significant Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates

 

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

 

Revenue Recognition

 

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

 

SoftwareEffective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted guidance ASC 606. For further details, see below “Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements”.

For the year ended December 31, 2017 including interim periods therein, the Company recognized revenue under ASC 605. Under ASC 605 software license revenues arewere recognized when:when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the price to the customer is fixed or determinable, as typically evidenced in a signed non-cancellable contract, or a customer’s purchase order, and collectability is probable. For additional detail on the Company’s revenue recognition policies in prior periods, please see Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2017 10-K Report.

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

 

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Revenue recognized on software arrangements involving multiple deliverables is allocated to each deliverable based on vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) or third party evidenceThe impact of the fair valuesadoption of each deliverable; such deliverables include licenses for software products, maintenance, private labeling fees, and customer training. We limit our assessmentASC 606 is the effect on revenue treatment of VSOE for each deliverable to either the price charged when the same deliverable is sold separately or the price established by management having the relevant authority to do so, for a deliverable not yet sold separately.

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

Certaincertain resellers (“stocking resellers”) who purchase product licenses that they hold in inventory until they are resold to the ultimate end user (an “inventory stocking order”). At the time that a stocking reseller places an inventory stocking order, no product licenses are shipped by us to the stocking reseller; rather, the stocking reseller’s inventory is credited with the number of licenses purchased and the stocking reseller can resell (issue) any number of licenses from their inventory at any time. Upon receipt of an order to issue a license(s) from a stocking reseller’s inventory (a “draw down order”), we will ship the license(s) in accordance with the draw down order’s instructions. We

Under ASC 605, we would defer recognition of revenue from inventory stocking orders until the underlying licenses arewere sold and shipped to the end user, as evidenced by the receipt and fulfillment of the stocking reseller’s draw down order, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria have been met. Under ASC 606, we recognize revenue at the time that the stocking reseller places an inventory stocking order and their account is credited with available licenses because at that time control over the licenses has been transferred to the reseller and there are no remaining performance obligations for the Company other than the administrative task of electronic transfer of license keys.

 

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

 

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

 

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

Deferred Rent

The leases for both of the Company’s subleased former offices in Campbell, California contain free rent and predetermined fixed escalations in our minimum rent payments. Rent expense related to these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Any difference between the straight-line rent amounts and amounts payable under the leases is recorded as part of deferred rent in current or long-term liabilities, as appropriate. The monthly rent payments due to the Company for the sublease of the office at 1919 S. Bascom Avenue fully offset the rent payments due under the Company’s lease for that space. The monthly rent payments due to the Company for the sublease of the office at 51 East Campbell Avenue will offset approximately 62% of the monthly rent payments due to the landlord under the Company’s lease for that space. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded a loss of $62,900 representing the total of the shortfall of monthly rent payments over the life of this sublease. As of September 30, 2017, $24,900 remains on the balance sheet as a lease liability to be amortized over the remaining 12 months of the sublease.

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

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Long-Lived Assets

 

Long-lived assets are assessed for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable, whenever we have committed to a plan to dispose of the assets or, at a minimum, annually. Typically, for long-lived assets to be held and used, measurement of an impairment loss is based on the fair value of such assets, with fair value being determined based on appraisals, current market value, comparable sales value, and discounted future cash flows, among other variables, as appropriate. Assets to be held and used (which assets are affected by an impairment loss) are depreciated or amortized at their new carrying amount over their remaining estimated life; assets to be sold or otherwise disposed of are not subject to further depreciation or amortization. During the three month and nine month period ended September 30, 2016 we determined that an impairment of $0 and $15,500, respectively, existed with certain capitalized software development costs associated with our hopTo Work product and recognized that cost as part of cost of revenue. No such impairment charge was recorded during either of the three or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 or 2017.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

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

 

The following table sets forth the details of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the three-month periods endeddoubtful accounts as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 amounted to $2,600 and 2016:$7,800, respectively.

  Beginning
Balance
  Charge
Offs
  Recoveries  Provision  Ending
Balance
 
2017 $15,300  $  $  $(10,900) $4,400 
2016  14,900         (9,600)  5,300 

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

  Beginning
Balance
  Charge
Offs
  Recoveries  Provision  Ending
Balance
 
2017 $7,700  $  $  $(3,300) $4,400 
2016  17,300         (12,000)  5,300 

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 respectively, we considered the customers listed in the following tables to be our most significant customers. The tables set forth the percentage of sales attributable to each customer during the periods presented, and the respective customer’s ending accounts receivable balance as a percentage of reported accounts receivable, net, as of September 30, 20172018 and 2016.December 31, 2017.

 

  Three Months Ended
September 30, 2017
  As of
September 30, 2017
  Three Months Ended
September 30, 2016
  As of
September 30, 2016
 
Customer Sales  Accounts
Receivable
  Sales  Accounts
Receivable
 
Centric  9.5%  14.3%  2.0%  3.8%
Elosoft  13.6%  26.5%  10.8%  10.4%
Uniface  15.1%  27.0%  6.0%  16.5%
Total  38.2%  67.8%  18.8%  30.7%

  Three Months Ended
September 30, 2018
  As of
September 30, 2018
  Three Months Ended
September 30, 2017
  As of
December 31, 2017
 
Customer Sales  Accounts
Receivable
  Sales  Accounts
Receivable
 
Alcatel  5.3%  15.8%  4.0%  0.0%
Centric  5.0%  3.3%  9.5%  12.6%
IDS  11.2%  0.0%  8.2%  0.0%
Elosoft  19.4%  49.6%  13.6%  56.2%
Uniface  3.3%  1.0%  15.1%  0.8%
Total  44.2%  69.7%  50.4%  69.6%

 

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 Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2017
  As of
September 30, 2017
  Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2016
  As of
September 30, 2016
  

Nine Months

Ended

September 30, 2018

  

Nine Months

Ended
September 30, 2017

 
Customer Sales  Accounts
Receivable
  Sales  Accounts
Receivable
  Sales  Sales 
Alcatel  2.2%  5.0%
Centric  6.9%  14.3%  5.4%  3.8%  12.3%  6.9%
Elosoft  13.8%  26.5%  8.9%  10.4%  10.1%  13.8%
Uniface  8.2%  27.0%  6.1%  16.5%  4.8%  8.2%
Total  28.9%  67.8%  20.4%  30.7%  29.4%  33.9%

 

Fair Value of Financial InstrumentsRecent Accounting Pronouncements

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

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

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

 

Recent Accounting PronouncementsRevenue

 

In May 2014, FASBthe Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “RevenueRevenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic(ASC 606)” (“. This ASU 2014-09”). Subsequentlyis a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, FASB has released several updates toissued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 including ASU 2016- 20, ASU 2016-12, ASU-2016-10, ASU-2016-08, and ASU-2015-14. The effective date for ASU 2014-09 will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2018to reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Subsequently, FASB issued ASUs in 2016 containing implementation guidance related to ASU 2014-09, including: ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), which is intended to improve the first quarteroperability and understandability of fiscalthe implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations; ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, which is intended to clarify two aspects of ASC 606: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance; and ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which contains certain practical expedients in response to identified implementation issues. The Company elected to adopt ASC 606 under the Modified Retrospective approach. Under the Modified Retrospective approach, only contracts with customers for which there were remaining unsatisfied performance obligations (open contracts) at the beginning of initial year 2017.of adoption must be restated to apply retrospectively the guidance under ASC 606. Any resulting impact for such contracts prior to the beginning of the initial year of adoption are made as an adjustment to opening accumulated deficit for such year.

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC 606 using the Modified Retrospective method. This method required retrospective application of the new accounting standard to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results for the reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under ASC 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting under ASC 605.

The change to the current revenue policy is the timing of revenue recognition for software licenses purchased by stocking resellers. Under the guidance ASC 605, the Company recognized revenue upon the delivery of licenses to end users when they were purchased from the stocking reseller. Under the guidance ASC 606, license revenue is recognized upon crediting of the licenses to the stocking resellers account for draw down at their discretion after placement of the stocking order by the stocking reseller. During the three-month periodand nine-month periods ended JuneSeptember 30, 2017,2018, this change in revenue policy resulted in lower license revenue of $70,900, and $102,700, respectively. This lower license revenue had the same impact on gross profit, loss from operations and net income.

The Company completed a detailed reviewrecorded $1,391,900 to opening accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2018 due to the Topiccumulative impact of adopting ASC 606, standard relativewith the impact primarily related to ourreversal of deferred license revenue recognition policies and practice. That review is stillassociated with stocking orders placed in process and the Company expects that it will be completed by November 30,prior periods which had not been sold through to end users as of December 31, 2017. However, the Company continues to believe that adoption of this standard will not have a material effect on either our historical financial results or future financial results.

 

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The cumulative effect of the changes made to our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2018 under current assets, deferred revenue and accumulated deficit for the adoption ASU 2014-09, Revenue - Revenue from Contracts with Customers were as follows:

Balance Sheet 

Balance at

December 31, 2017

  Adjustments due to ASC 606  Balance at
January 1, 2018
 
          
Current Assets            
Deferred COGS $  $20,000  $20,000 
             
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity            
Accumulated Deficit $(81,849,200) $1,391,900  $(80,457,300)
             
Current Liabilities            
Deferred Revenue $1,845,100  $(609,700) $1,235,400 
Long Term Liabilities            
Deferred Revenue $1,409,700  $(802,200) $607,500 

4. Property and EquipmentIncome Taxes

 

PropertyThe Tax Cuts and equipment was:Jobs Act (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. Among these new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings, the Act created a new category of income inclusion: the global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”). The objective of GILTI is to deter U.S. corporations from transferring intangible property to non-U.S. low-tax jurisdictions by subjecting the non-U.S. income to current U.S. taxation. The Act also adds a provision for a deduction to offset the GILTI inclusion for C corporations only, which is 50 percent (37.5 percent after 2025) of the GILTI inclusion. The GILTI deduction is subject to limitation based mainly on the taxpayer’s taxable income.

 

  September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016 
Equipment $184,600  $258,700 
Furniture  3,600   190,600 
Leasehold improvements  167,600   167,600 
   355,800   616,900 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  316,000   473,600 
  $39,800  $143,300 

In addition to GILTI, the Act also introduced the foreign-derived intangible income (“FDII”) category. FDII is eligible income derived in connection with property sold or services provided by the U.S. taxpayer to a non-U.S. person. The taxpayer must establish that the property is foreign use property, and, in the case of services, the taxpayer must provide that the services are rendered to a non-U.S. person who is located outside of the United States. C corporations receive a deduction equal to 37.5 percent (21.875 percent after 2025) of foreign-derived intangible income (FDII). Similar to the GILTI deduction, the FDII deduction is subject to limitation.

 

Aggregate propertyThe Act significantly changes how the U.S. taxes corporations. The Act requires complex computations to be performed that were not previously required in U.S. tax law, significant judgments to be made in interpretation of the provisions of the Act, estimates in calculations, and equipment depreciationpreparation and amortization expense was $8,900 and $42,200 during the three-month period and nine-month endedanalysis of information not previously relevant or regularly produced. As of September 30, 2017, respectively,2018, the Company has not completed the accounting for all of the tax effects of the Act; however, preliminary calculations for the two new aforementioned provisions of the Act, GILTI and $21,200FDII, provide that the impact of the provisions are immaterial to the provision for income taxes.

As the Company completes its analysis of the Act, collects and $70,800 duringprepares necessary data, and interprets any additional guidance set forth by the same periods ended September 30, 2016. DuringU.S. Treasury Department, the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017IRS, and 2016, we disposed of equipment and furniture withother standard-setting bodies, the Company may alter its assessment if it determines that the Act has a combined net book value of $61,300 and $20,100, respectively.material impact on the provision for income taxes.

Leases

 

5.In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02,Leases (Topic 842). Under this guidance, an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period, and requires a modified retrospective adoption, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption of this accounting policy, we do not expect a material impact to our consolidated financial statements. The Company has one operating lease which expired in October 2018.

Disclosure Update and Simplification

In July 2016, the SEC released Disclosure Update and Simplification, No. 33-10532 amendments to certain disclosure requirements that have become redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded, in light of other Commission disclosure requirements, U.S. GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), or changes in the information environment. The Commission also solicited comments on a number of disclosure requirements that overlap with, but require information incremental to, U.S. GAAP to determine whether to retain, modify, eliminate, or refer them to the FASB for potential incorporation into U.S. GAAP. This rule is effective November 5, 2018. Although we are evaluating the impact of this guidance on our financial statements, we do not expect any material changes.

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3. Stock-Based Compensation

 

The following table summarizes the stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized, we recorded in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively, by classification:

 

 Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
Statement of Operations Classification 2017  2016  2017  2016  2018  2017  2018  2017 
Costs of revenue $  $2,200  $100  $5,400  $  $  $  $100 
Selling and marketing expense     4,600   200   69,000            200 
General and administrative expense  (4,100)  40,500   14,100   135,500      (4,100)     14,100 
Research and development expense     26,400   100   93,500            100 
 $(4,100) $73,700  $14,500  $303,400  $  $(4,100) $  $14,500 

 

6. Revenue

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

     2017 Over (Under) 2016 
Revenue 2017  2016  Dollars  Percent 
Software Licenses                
Windows $360,300  $222,500  $137,800   61.9%
UNIX/Linux  71,200   64,000   7,200   11.3%
   431,500   286,500   145,000   50.6%
Software Service Fees                
Windows  445,200   444,700   500   0.1%
UNIX/Linux  131,600   149,400   (17,800)  -11.9%
   576,800   594,100   (17,300)  -2.9%
Other  17,600   17,900   (300)  -1.7%
Total Revenue $1,025,900  $898,500  $127,400   14.2%

Revenue for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

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     2017 Over (Under) 2016 
Revenue 2017  2016  Dollars  Percent 
Software Licenses                
Windows $939,800  $774,200  $165,600   21.4%
UNIX/Linux  223,300   209,200   14,100   6.7%
   1,163,100   983,400   179,700   18.3%
Software Service Fees                
Windows  1,324,300   1,367,200   (42,900)  -3.1%
UNIX/Linux  403,400   473,700   (70,300)  -14.8%
   1,727,700   1,840,900   (113,200)  -6.1%
Other  42,400   40,100   2,300   5.7%
Total Revenue $2,933,200  $2,864,400  $68,800   2.4%

7. Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

     2017 Over (Under) 2016 
  2017  2016  Dollars  Percent 
Software service costs $13,000  $2,100  $10,900   519.0%
Software product costs  2,900   6,200   (3,300)  -53.2%
Total Cost of Revenue $15,900  $8,300  $7,600   91.6%

Cost of revenue for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was:

     2017 Over (Under) 2016 
  2017  2016  Dollars  Percent 
Software service costs $44,000  $78,100  $(34,100)  -43.7%
Software product costs  9,000   51,400   (42,400)  -82.5%
Total Cost of Revenue $53,000  $129,500  $(76,500)  -59.1%

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8. Commitments and Contingencies

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

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

On August 24, 2015, we entered into a new office lease for our corporate headquarters at 51 East Campbell Avenue in Campbell, California which was better suited to our California operations and resulted in significant monthly savings. The term of this lease is from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2018.

On April 28, 2017 we entered into a sublease agreement to sublease the entirety of the leased space at 51 East Campbell Avenue to a third party. The term of the sublease began on June 1, 2017 and extends through the end of our office lease term for that space. The monthly rent payments due to hopTo will offset approximately 62% of the monthly rent payments due to the landlord under hopTo’s lease for that space. (See Deferred Rent section of Note 3.)

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

  Lease
Payments
  Sublease Receipts  Total 
Remainder of 2017 $150,200  $(179,900) $(29,700)
2018  475,400   (420,800)  54,600 
  $625,600  $(600,700) $24,900 

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2016, our CEO and CFO voluntarily agreed with our board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company can reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors. The deferred salaries are recorded as a component of accounts payable and accrued expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events.

During the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017, respectively, we reported non-cash expense of $0 and $284,000, respectively, related to potential liquidated damages resulting from delays in filing registration statements for shares and shares underlying warrants for certain of the private placements that the Company closed in prior periods. There were no such expenses recorded in the comparable prior year period. We are in the process of seeking waivers from shareholders for such liquidated damages. The potential liquidated damages is reported as other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and as a component of general and administrative expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

9.4. Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information

 

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, we reversed an accrual for potential liquidated damages of $855,100, crediting APIC for $699,400 and other income for $155,700 pursuant to an agreement to issue warrants to purchase 564,556 shares of the Company’s Common stock as disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on May 30, 2018.

We disbursed $200$0 and $800$200 for the payment of interest expense during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.

 

We disbursed $800 and $2,800 for the payment of income taxes during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and $2,3002017, respectively. Such disbursement was made for the payment of foreign income taxes associated withrelated to the operation of our Israeli subsidiary, during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.GraphOn Research Labs, Ltd.

 

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10.5. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

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

 

For the three-month periods ended September 30, 2018, 975,698 shares of common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of dilutive loss per share since their effect would be anti-dilutive. For nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, we included 564,556 shares of common stock equivalents in the computation of dilutive earnings per share.

For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017, and for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, 1,375,509 and 1,412,507411,142 shares of common stock equivalents, respectively, were excluded from the computation of dilutive loss per share since their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

11.6. Segment Information

 

Revenue by country for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 was as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
Revenue by Country 2017  2016  2017  2016 
United States $292,100  $370,800  $922,300  $1,158,100 
Brazil  220,200   122,900   582,600   418,100 
Other Countries  513,600   404,800   1,428,200   1,288,200 
Total $1,025,900  $898,500  $2,933,100  $2,864,400 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
Revenue by Country 2018  2017  2018  2017 
United States $289,500  $292,100  $887,000  $922,300 
Brazil  182,000   220,200   540,000   582,600 
Netherlands  32,900   126,600   103,800   198,300 
Other Countries  327,900   387,000   989,800   1,230,000 
Total $832,300  $1,025,900  $2,520,600  $2,933,200 

 

12. Subsequent Events

On October 10, 2017, the Company and salesforce.com entered into a Patent Purchase Agreement (effective as of October 5, 2017), pursuant to which the Company sold seven of its patents for an aggregate consideration of $400,000, and also received, subject to various terms, conditions and limitations, a license back of those patents. The patents sold were U.S. Patent numbers: 9395826, 9398111, 9419848, 8745280, 8892782, 8738814 and 8856907.

On October 25, 2017, the board of directors of the Company determined that the financial status of the Company had improved from the financial status of the Company during the three month period ended September 30, 2016, when the Company’s CEO and CFO voluntarily agreed with the board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company could reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors. Accordingly, the board of directors determined that it was reasonable for the Company to pay 50% of this deferred salary and such payments were made to the CFO and CEO on October 30, 2017.

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

 

Update on HopTo PlansForward-Looking Information

 

AsThis report includes, in addition to historical information, “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than statements of Q4 2016,historical fact we have effectively ceased allmake in this report are forward-looking statements. In particular, the statements regarding industry prospects and our expectations regarding future results of our sales, marketingoperations or financial position (including those described in this Management’s Discussion and development efforts for the hopTo products,Analysis of Financial Condition and at this time we do not expect any meaningful revenuesResults of Operations) are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ significantly from these productsthose described in the foreseeable future.forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include the following:

 

We continue to actively operate our GO-Global business and we are currently evaluating ways to enhance its performance.

the success of products depends on a number of factors including market acceptance and our ability to manage the risks associated with product introduction;
local, regional, national and international economic conditions and events, and the impact they may have on us and our customers;
our revenue could be adversely impacted if any of our significant customers reduces its order levels or fails to order during a reporting period; customer demand is based on many factors out of our control;
as a result of the new revenue recognition standards, if any significant end user customer or reseller substantially changes its order level, or fails to order during the reporting period, whether the order is placed directly with us or through one of our non-stocking resellers, our software licenses revenue could be materially impacted; and
other factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 17, 2018, and in other documents we have filed with the SEC.

 

Other than recent salesStatements included in this report are based upon information known to us as of selected patents (see Note 12 to our Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), we continue to own all hopTo-related and GO-Global related intellectual property including source-code, related patents, and the relevant trademarks. We continue to believedate that we may be able to extract value from these assets and are currently working to do so at this time. For detailed information on the hopTo products and technologies, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which wasreport is filed with the SEC, on April 7, 2017and we assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this report, whether as wella result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as our other SEC filings which are available at www.sec.gov.

Although there is no certainty as to timing or success of these efforts to extract value from these assets, and stockholders should not place any significant reliance on the outcome of such efforts unless and until definitive agreements are reached, this may include additional sale of certain of our hopTo software products, the sale of patents, and the monetization of the GO-Global business or some combinations of these transactions. (See Notes 2 and 12 to our Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

The following description of our business and business opportunities is expressly qualifiedotherwise required by the preceding statement and the going concern disclosure in Note 2 to our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.applicable federal securities laws.

 

Introduction

 

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

 

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

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

Over the years, we have We also made significant investments in intellectual property (“IP”). We have and filed many patents designed to protect the new technologies embedded in hopTo. We have been granted a total of 56 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

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

Except for the sale of 7 patents sold to Salesforce.com during the fourth quarter of 2017, we own all hopTo-related intellectual property including source-code, related patents, and the relevant trademarks. We believe these assets have value and are continuously evaluating opportunities to maximize such potential benefits from these assets. For detailed information on the hopTo products and technologies, please refer to our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K and other SEC filings which are available at www.sec.gov. Such filings are being noted for historical information only; unless expressly noted, they are not incorporated herein by reference.

There is no certainty as to timing or success of our efforts to extract value from our hopTo assets, and stockholders should not place any reliance on the outcome of such efforts unless and until definitive agreements are reached, which may include the sale of certain of our hopTo software products or additional sales of patents.

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Corporate Background

 

We are a Delaware corporation, founded in May 1996. Our headquarters are located at 6 Loudon Road, Suite 200, Concord, New Hampshire, 03301, and our toll-free phone number is 1-800-472-7466. Our1-800-472-7466, and our phone number for local and international calls is 408-688-2674. Additionally, weWe have remote employees located in various states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom and Israel.Kingdom. Our corporate Internet Website is http://www.hopto.com. The information on our website is not part of this quarterly report.

 

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

Our Intellectual Property

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

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

We also currently hold rights to patents. We occasionally file patent applications to protect innovations arising from our research, development and design.

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

ipCapital Group, Inc.

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

As a result of ipCapital’s work under the engagement agreement, as amended, as of November 14, 2017, 173 patent applications have been filed. Of these 173 applications, 53 patents have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Due to financial constraints on our operations, we have suspended patent prosecution activity other than to pay issuance fees for patents already approved by USPTO. As of November 14, 2017 there are no patent applications that remain pending with the USPTO. We do not expect to file more applications in 2017.

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Our GO-Global Software Products

 

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

 

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

 

We intend to continue to operate Go-Global, as it remains a viable stand-alone business and our sole revenue source at this time.

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We believe that several accounting policies are important to understanding our historical and future performance. We refer to these policies as “critical” because these specific areas require us to make judgments and estimates about matters that are uncertain at the time we make the estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates. For a summary of our critical accounting policies, please refer to our 20162017 10-K Report and Note 32 to our Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Results of Operations for the Three and Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017

 

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

 

Revenue

 

Revenue for the three-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 was:

 

    2017 Over (Under) 2016     2018 Over (Under) 2017 
Revenue 2017 2016 Dollars Percent  2018  2017  Dollars  Percent 
Software Licenses                                
Windows $360,300  $222,500  $137,800   61.9% $218,400  $360,300  $(141,900)  -39.4%
UNIX/Linux  71,200   64,000   7,200   11.3%  10,100   71,200   (61,100)  -85.8%
  431,500   286,500   145,000   50.6%  228,500   431,500   (203,000)  -47.0%
Software Service Fees                                
Windows  445,200   444,700   500   0.1%  489,300   445,200   44,100   9.9%
UNIX/Linux  131,600   149,400   (17,800)  -11.9%  90,500   131,600   (41,100)  -31.2%
  576,800   594,100   (17,300)  -2.9%  579,800   576,800   3,000   0.5%
Other  17,600   17,900   (300)  -1.7%  24,000   17,600   6,400   36.4%
Total Revenue $1,025,900  $898,500  $127,400   14.2% $832,300  $1,025,900  $(193,600)  -18.9%

 

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Revenue for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 was:

 

    2017 Over (Under) 2016     2018 Over (Under) 2017 
Revenue 2017 2016 Dollars Percent  2018  2017  Dollars  Percent 
Software Licenses                                
Windows $939,800  $774,200  $165,600   21.4% $605,600  $939,800  $(334,200)  -35.6%
UNIX/Linux  223,300   209,200   14,100   6.7%  78,800   223,300   (144,500)  -64.7%
  1,163,100   983,400   179,700   18.3%  684,400   1,163,100   (478,700)  -41.2%
Software Service Fees                                
Windows  1,324,300   1,367,200   (42,900)  -3.1%  1,458,500   1,324,300   134,200   10.1%
UNIX/Linux  403,400   473,700   (70,300)  -14.8%  300,900   403,400   (102,500)  -25.4%
  1,727,700   1,840,900   (113,200)  -6.1%  1,759,400   1,727,700   31,700   1.8%
Other  42,400   40,100   2,300   5.7%  76,800   42,400   34,400   81.1%
Total Revenue $2,933,200  $2,864,400  $68,800   2.4% $2,520,600  $2,933,200  $(412,600)  -14.1%

 

Our software revenue is entirely related to our GO-Global product line, and historically has been primarily derived from product licensing fees and service fees from maintenance contracts. The majority of this revenue has been earned, and continues to be earned, from a limited number of significant customers, most of whom are resellers. Many of our resellers (a “stocking reseller”) purchase software licenses that they hold in inventory until they are resold to the ultimate end user. We deferDuring the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017, we deferred recognition of revenue from these sales (on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet under the caption “Deferred Revenue”) until the stocking reseller sells the underlying software licenses to the ultimate end user. Consequently, if anyAs of our significant stocking resellers materially changeJanuary 1, 2018, we have adopted the rate at which they resell ournew revenue recognition policies and guidance ASC 606 and as a result, during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, all software licenses to the ultimate end user, our software licenses revenue could be materially impacted.

When a software license iseither sold directly by us to an end user, by us,to a stocking reseller, or by one of our resellersto a reseller who does not stock licenses into inventory, revenue is immediately recognized immediately upon shipment assuming all other criteria for revenue recognition are met. (see Note 2 to the Financial Statements).

Consequently, if any significant end user customer or reseller substantially changes its order level, or fails to order during the reporting period, whether the order is placed directly with us or through one of our non-stocking resellers, our software licenses revenue could be materially impacted.

 

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

 

Software Licenses

 

Software license revenue from our Windows products increaseddecreased for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared with the same periods of the prior year primarily due to higherour adoption of ASC 606 effective January 1, 2018 and lower orders for software licenses. Under ASC 605, Windows software license purchases from certain of our OEM partnersrevenue for the three and stocking resellers.nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 would have been $289,400 and $837,100 respectively, which is $70,900 or 19.7% lower than the prior year three-month period and $102,700 or 10.9% lower than the prior year nine-month period.

 

Software license revenue from our UNIX/Linux products increaseddecreased during the three-month periodand nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared with the same period of the prior year, primarily due to higher revenue from certain of our telecommunications customers. Software licenses revenue from our UNIX/Linux products increasedthe fact that during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, as compared with the same period of the prior year primarily due to higher revenueperiod we received a larger than typical order from certainone of our U.S. government customers.customers and lower orders from a European telecommunications customer.

 

We expect aggregate orders for software licenses during 2018 to be lower than 2017 due to larger than expected orders in 2017 that we do not expect to recur in 2018. We expect that GO-Global software license revenue for both Windowsin 2018 will be lower than 2017 levels and UNIXthe decline will be more pronounced than the decline in 2017orders due to be approximately the same as the license revenue levels for 2016.impact of adoption of ASC 606.

 

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Software Service Fees

 

The decreaseincrease in software service fees revenue attributable to our Windows products, during the three-month and nine-month periodperiods ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared to the same period of the prior year, was primarily due to the timing of customer renewals of maintenance contacts.increased license sales that we reported during fiscal year 2017.

 

The decrease in service fees revenue attributable to our UNIX products for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared with the same period of the prior year, was primarily the result of the lower level of our UNIX product sales duringthroughout the current and prior yearsyear and a resultant decrease in maintenance contract renewals. The majority of this decrease was attributable to our European telecommunications customers.

 

Due to the trends mentioned above weWe expect that software service fees for 20172018 for our Windows products will be modestly higher than those for 2017 and software service fees for our UNIX products will be lower than those for 2016.2017.

 

Other

 

The increase in other revenue for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared with the same periodperiods of the prior year was primarily due to an increase in professional services and private labeling fees.fees resulting from changes to our OEM partner programs that were implemented during 2017. Private labeling fees do not comprise a material portion of our revenue streams, but as a result of the new program we expect these fees to be slightly higher in 2018 than in 2017.

 

Costs of Revenue

 

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

 

Under GAAP, development costs for new product development, after technological feasibility is established, are recorded as “capitalized software” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Such capitalized costs are subsequently amortized as cost of revenue (software product costs) over the shorter of three years or the remaining estimated life of the product. During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 we did not capitalize or impair any software development costs. During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, we capitalized $0 software development costs and impaired $15,000 associated with the hopTo Work product during the three-month period ended June 30, 2016.

Amortization of capitalized software development costs was $0 and $200 during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $0 and $5,300 during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Cost of revenue was 1.5%4.2% and 0.9%1.5% of total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively, and 1.8%4.0% and 4.5%1.8% of total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.

 

Cost of revenue for the three-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 was:

 

    2017 Over (Under) 2016     2018 Over (Under) 2017 
 2017 2016 Dollars Percent  2018  2017  Dollars  Percent 
Software service costs $13,000  $2,100  $10,900   519.0% $13,100  $13,000  $100   0.8%
Software product costs  2,900   6,200   (3,300)  -53.2%  21,700   2,900   18,800   648.3%
 $15,900  $8,300  $7,600   91.6%
Total Cost of Revenue $34,800  $15,900  $18,900   118.9%

 

Cost of revenue for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 was:

 

     2017 Over (Under) 2016 
  2017  2016  Dollars  Percent 
Software service costs $44,000  $78,100  $(34,100)  -43.7%
Software product costs  9,000   51,400   (42,400)  -82.5%
  $53,000  $129,500  $(76,500)  -59.1%

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     2018 Over (Under) 2017 
  2018  2017  Dollars  Percent 
Software service costs $39,000  $44,000  $(5,000)  -11.4%
Software product costs  62,300   9,000   53,300   592.2%
Total Cost of Revenue $101,300  $53,000  $48,300   91.1%

 

The increase in software service costs for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017 was due to a reclassification of $15,500 of customer supports costs that was allocated from Selling and Marketing expense to software service costs until three-month period ended December 31, 2016, partially offset by a decrease of $4,600 from lower customer support costs, as compared to the same periods of the prior year. The decrease in software service costs in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, as compared with the same periods of the prior year was primarily due to lower customer support costs associated with GoGlobal. Upon release of the commercial versions of hopTo and hopTo Work, we began charging costs associated with supporting the products to costs of revenue. We expect software service costs for 2017 to be lower than those for 2016 as we have been able to reduce headcount costs in this area due to a lower level of effort required.

The decreasesincreases in software product costs for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared with the same periods of the prior year, was almost entirely due to decreased amortizationcertain taxes that our Brazilian resellers are required to pay for importation of capitalized software development costs. Weour software.

Due to the above reason, we expect that software costs of revenue for 20172018 will be lowerhigher than 2016 levels.2017.

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Selling and Marketing Expenses

 

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

 

Selling and marketing expenses for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017 decreased2018 increased by $6,500,$11,700, or 6.9%13.4%, to $87,400,$99,100, from $93,900$87,400 for the same period of 2016,2017, which represented approximately 8.5%11.9% and 10.5%8.5% of revenue during these periods, respectively. Selling and marketing expenses for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 decreased2018 increased by $405,200$49,800 or 61.0%19.2% to $259,400$309,200 from $664,600$259,400 for the same period in 2016,2017, which represented approximately 8.8%12.3% and 23.2%8.8% of revenue during those periods, respectively.

 

The decreasesincreases in selling and marketing expenses waswere due to a combination of lower headcountinvestment in an updated website for the GO-Global products and a decrease in headcount and promotional costs associated with hopTo Work as we have suspended allhigher wages for our sales and marketing activity for that product.employees.

 

We expect to maintain our sales and marketing efforts in 20172018 for anticipated GO-Global releases at a level consistent with the second half of 2016;select targeted modest investments in promotional activity; accordingly, we expect 20172018 sales and marketing expenses to be lowerslightly higher than 2016.2017 levels.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

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

 

General and administrative expenses decreasedincreased by $614,900,$167,300, or 74.8%80.9%, to $206,700,$374,000, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017,2018, from $821,600$206,700 for the same period of 2016,2017, which represented approximately 20.1%44.9% and 91.4%20.1% of revenue during these periods, respectively. The increase in the three month periods, ended September 30, 2018 was primarily related to the increase in accounting fees and legal fees due to the filing S-1 and annual meeting, and board fees associated for the issuance of 120,000 shares of stock to two former board members.

 

General and administrative expenses decreased by $845,700,$261,900, or 40%20.6%, to $1,268,900$1,007,000 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017,2018, from $2,114,600$1,268,900 for the same period of 2016,2017, which represented approximately 43.3%40.0% and 73.8%43.3% of revenue during these periods, respectively.

The decreasesdecrease in general and administrative expense in the three-month and nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, as compared with the same periods of the prior year, werenine months was primarily due to a combination of lower administrative salary expensedecreased executive compensation associated with the part-time status ofarrangement for our Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2017CEO and the resignation of our Chief Executive Officer in August 2017, combined withCFO positions, and the elimination of accruals for potential liquidated damages that had been made in the prior year periods due toresulting from delays in filing registration statements for shares of common stock and shares of common stock underlying warrants for certain of the private placements that the Company closed in prior periods. There were no such liquidated damages accruals recorded in the comparable current year periods as the Company filed the necessary registration statement in May 2017 eliminating the further need for such accruals. These lower expenses were also due to a combination of decreased rent expense associated with lower net operating leases, decreased legal expenses associated with activity related to our patents, lower stock compensation expense associated with the termination of headcount and other lower costs associated with investor relations, and decreased outside services expense.

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In 2017,2018, we intend to continue cost controls related to executive compensation and anticipate a reduction in legal fees compared to third quarter 2018 levels, which were higher due filing the S-1, annual meeting and related expenses. We therefore expect that our 20172018 general and administrative costs will be lower than those for 2016.2017.

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Research and Development Expenses

 

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

 

Research and development expenses decreased by $107,700,$31,000, or 21.9%8.1%, to $383,800,$352,800, for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017,2018, from $491,500$383,500 for the same period of 2016,2017, which represented approximately 37.4%42.4% and 54.7%37.4% of revenue for these periods, respectively.

Research and development expenses decreased by $737,000, or 39.6%, to $1,123,900, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, from $1,860,900 which represented approximately 38.3% and 65.0% of revenue for these periods, respectively.

The decrease in research and development expense for the three months is primarily due to lower employee costs associated with lower headcount primarily in the Israeli subsidiary.

Research and development expenses increased by $15,400, or 1.4%, to $1,139,300, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, from $1,123,900 which represented approximately 45.2% and 38.3% of revenue for these periods, respectively. The slight increase for the nine months was is primarily due to higher employee costs associated with increased wages for our research and development employees and certain contract labor associated with the suspension of efforts on our hopTo Work products, lower payments to contract programmers, and lower operating rent expense.GO-Global products.

 

In 2017,2018, we expect to maintain a level of research and development resource lower thanconsistent with the second halflevels of 2016.2017 with targeted investments in the GO-Global products. We therefore expect 20172018 research and development expenses net of capitalized software developments costs, to be lowerslightly higher than 20162017 levels.

 

Change in Fair Value of Warrants LiabilityOther Income

 

During the three-month periods and nine-monthsnine-month period ended September 30, 2017,2018, we reported noreversed an accrual for potential liquidated damages of $855,100, crediting APIC for $699,400 and other income or expense duefor $155,700 pursuant to the change in fair value of ouran agreement to issue warrants liability as the applicable warrants expired during September and October of 2016. During the same periodsto purchase 564,556 shares of the prior year, we reported non-cash income of $54,400 and $29,300, respectively. Such changes resulted from our liability warrants which expiredCompany’s Common stock as disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2016.Current Report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on May 30, 2018.

 

Net ProfitIncome / (Loss)

 

Based on the foregoing, we reported net profit of $253,600 and a net loss of $462,000$28,300 and net income of $253,600 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 respectively. Additionally, we reported net profitincome of $87,400$92,700 and a net loss of $1,874,500$87,400 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our reported net profitincome for the nine-month period ended September 30, 20172018 of $87,400$92,700 included the followingfour non-cash items: changes in deferred rent liability of $31,400, allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,200, $700 loss from disposal of fixed asset, and depreciation and amortization of $42,200$26,700, which was primarily related tocomprised of depreciation of fixed assets; loss of $60,400 from disposal of fixed assets; loss of $62,900 from sublease; stock-based compensation expense of $14,500; interest expense of $200 from capital lease equipment.assets.

 

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, we disposed of some capitalized equipment at a loss of $60,400 which had net book value of $61,300. We sold some non-capitalized equipment for $900.

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For the nine-month period ended September 30,2017, we subleased our East Campbell office at a loss of $62,900 with the remaining $46,800 lease amount due to the landlord.

See the Update on HopTo Plans at the beginning of this section for a discussion of our future plans and option we are considering.

Although for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, the Company generated net profits of $253,400 and $87,400, respectively, historically we have incurred significant net losses since our inception. At September 30, 2017,2018, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $82,362,400$80,364,600 and a working capital deficit of $2,311,200. We were unable$623,800.

During fiscal 2017: (1) we reduced our operating expense from approximately $1.3 million per quarter to generate meaningful revenue from our hopTo Work business and our most recent estimation is that revenue from this product is unlikely in any reasonable time frame. Wean average of $0.8 million per quarter; (2) we have however, recently improved our revenue andthe operating results from our legacy GO-Global business. If this trend continues, subject to our contingent liabilities, we believe we would have sufficient capital resources to fund our GO-Global business (which is our only active business)and have reasonable confidence in its ability to generate cash for at least the next 12 months. However, duemonths; (3) sold several patents for cash; and (4) we increased our cash position from a low of $300 thousand in August of 2016 to the uncertainty$1.0 million at the current time about this trend and the outcome of our contingent liabilities,December 31, 2017. During fiscal 2018 we have determined thatcontinued to carefully manage our cashoperating expense and are seeking areas to reduce operating expense further.

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In addition, for the reasons described above, we expect our results from operations and capital resources may notwill be sufficient to fund our businessoperations for at least the next 12 months. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to continue to generate revenue from our legacy GO-Global business and to raise additional capital through the issuance of new equity, debt financing, ormonths from the saledate of certain assetsthe filing of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. However, we do not expect these funds and resources to meet short and long-term operating requirements.

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

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

In order to maintain operations, we previously implemented significant expense reductions, including a limited number of employee layoffs, and have decided to implement further cost cuts and employment reductions. During the three month period ended September 30, 2016, our CEO and CFO voluntarily agreed with our board of directors to defer 50% of their salary beginning September 1, 2016 until such time as the Company can reasonably pay such compensation upon approval by the board of directors. (See Note 12 to our Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

Although maintaining our SEC filing status is a significant expense, we currently intend to maintain such status; however, we consider all options to preserve value for shareholders, including potentially suspending or terminating our filing status.GO-Global business.

 

We have worked extensively to explore additional sources of capital including the issuance of new shares, securing debt financing,had, and the sale of assets including certainas a regular part of our software products and patents. Although this process is ongoing and we are in activebusiness from time to time continue to have, discussions with multiple parties, there is no guarantee that they will result in transactions that are sufficient to provide the Company with the required liquidity to remove the substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events. We are also in discussions with somevarious parties about the possibility of other strategic transactions although there is no guarantee that these discussions will result in an actual transaction.transactions.

 

Cash

 

As of September 30, 2017,2018, our cash balance was $551,300,$756,300, as compared with $546,200$1,015,400 as of December 31, 2016, an increase2017, a decrease of $5,100,$259,100, or 0.9%25.5%. The slight increasedecrease primarily resulted from the collection of accounts receivable partially offset by the cash used in our operations.

 

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Accounts Receivable, net

 

At September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, we reported accounts receivable, net, of $353,300$234,800 and $355,300,$426,800, respectively. Such amounts were reported net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, which allowances totaled $4,400$2,600 and $7,700$7,800 at September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively. The slight decrease in accounts receivable, net, was mainly due to timing oflower sales and collectionsreceivable during the three-month period ended September 30, 2017,2018, as compared with the three-month period ended December 31, 2016.2017. We collect the significant majority of our quarter-end accounts receivable during the subsequent quarter; accordingly, increases or decreases in accounts receivable from one period to the next tends to be indicative of the trend in our sales from one period to the next. From time to time, we could have individually significant accounts receivable balances due us from one or more of our significant customers. If the financial condition of any of these significant customers should deteriorate, our operating results could be materially affected.

 

Working Capital

 

As of September 30, 2017,2018, we had current assets of $931,400$1,138,500 and current liabilities of $3,242,600,$1,762,300, which netted to working capital deficit of $2,311,200.$623,800. Included in current liabilities was the current portion of deferred revenue of $1,579,500$1,036,000.

 

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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2017.2018.

 

There has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended September 30, 20172018 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2017, Mr. Casabonne has agreed to remain as interim CEO and CFO on a part-time month-to-month basis. Should Mr. Casabonne decide to resign these positions the board would need to replace him for these roles.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings

 

Not Applicable

 

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2017.2018.

 

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

 

We did not sell any unregistered securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2017.2018.

 

ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable

 

ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable

 

ITEM 5. Other Information

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number Exhibit Description
   
31 Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
   
32 Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished, not filed)
   
101* The following financial information from hopTo Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017,2018, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20172018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2016,2017, (ii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, (iii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Nine Months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, (iv) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, (v) Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

* Furnished, not filed

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

hopTo Inc.

(Registrant)

(Registrant)
 /s/ Jean-Louis CasabonneJonathon R. Skeels
 Jean-Louis CasabonneJonathon R. Skeels
 

Interim Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and

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

 November 14, 20172018

 

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