U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB
(Mark One)
x Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly periods ended December 31, 2007
or
o Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Transition Period From ____________ to ______________
Commission File number 000-23025
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
CALIFORNIA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 77-0382248 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1054 South De Anza Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95129
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 777-7920
(Issuer’s telephone number)
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 of 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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. |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)
As of December 31, 2007 there were 14,075,662 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format
INDEX
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (unaudited)
Item 1. | Condensed Financial Statements: (unaudited) | |
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| Condensed Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 and September 30, 2007 | 3 |
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| Condensed Statements of Operations for the three month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 | 4 |
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| Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the three month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 | 5 |
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| Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements | 6 |
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Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 9 |
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Item 3. | Controls and Procedures | 16 |
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. | Other Information | 16 |
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Item 6. | Exhibits | 16 |
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SIGNATURES | | 17 |
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (unaudited)
Item 1. Financial Statements
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| | | December 31, 2007 | | | September 30, 2007 | |
| | | (unaudited) | | | (1) | |
Assets | | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 855,771 | | $ | 839,775 | |
Accounts receivable, net | | | 637,441 | | | 588,295 | |
Other current assets | | | 69,264 | | | 51,692 | |
Total current assets | | | 1,562,476 | | | 1,479,762 | |
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Non-current assets | | | | | | | |
Property and equipment, net | | | 99,335 | | | 98,983 | |
Deposit on property and equipment | | | 31,850 | | | -- | |
Total non-current assets | | | 131,185 | | | 98,983 | |
Total assets | | $ | 1,693,661 | | $ | 1,578,745 | |
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Liabilities and shareholders' deficit | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | |
Current portion of capital lease obligations | | $ | 3,846 | | $ | 7,243 | |
Accounts payable | | | 45,957 | | | 31,915 | |
Accrued payroll and related liabilities | | | 220,478 | | | 260,216 | |
Deferred revenue | | | 2,312,549 | | | 2,126,518 | |
Other accrued liabilities | | | 162,209 | | | 143,189 | |
Total current liabilities | | | 2,745,039 | | | 2,569,081 | |
Long term portion of capital lease obligations | | | 14,434 | | | 15,519 | |
Total liabilities | | | 2,759,473 | | | 2,584,600 | |
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Shareholders' deficit: | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized | | | -- | | | -- | |
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, 14,075,662 shares issued and outstanding | | | 14,076 | | | 13,969 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 23,387,395 | | | 23,354,759 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | (24,467,283 | ) | | (24,374,583 | ) |
Total shareholders’ deficit | | | (1,065,812 | ) | | (1,005,855 | ) |
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit | | $ | 1,693,661 | | $ | 1,578,745 | |
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(1) The information in this column was derived from our audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2007
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| | | Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, | |
| | | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
Revenue: | | | | | | | |
Product revenue | | $ | 1,074,854 | | $ | 882,515 | |
Service revenue | | | -- | | | 148,931 | |
Total revenue | | | 1,074,854 | | | 1,031,446 | |
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Cost of revenue: | | | | | | | |
Product cost | | | 5,080 | | | 2,350 | |
Royalty payments | | | 29,070 | | | 23,950 | |
Total cost of revenue | | | 34,150 | | | 26,300 | |
Gross profit | | | 1,040,704 | | | 1,005,146 | |
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Operating expenses: | | | | | | | |
Research and development | | | 395,683 | | | 304,068 | |
Sales and marketing | | | 414,206 | | | 447,323 | |
General and administrative | | | 323,356 | | | 304,319 | |
Total operating expenses | | | 1,133,245 | | | 1,055,710 | |
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Loss from operations | | | (92,541 | ) | | (50,564 | ) |
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Other income (expense), net | | | 4,650 | ) | | (256 | ) |
SFAS 123(R) (expense) | | | (4,810 | ) | | (10,207 | ) |
Net loss | | $ | (92,701 | ) | $ | (61,027 | ) |
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Basic and diluted loss per share | | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) |
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Basic weighted average shares outstanding | | | 14,017,328 | | | 13,968,995 | |
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See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| | | Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, | |
| | | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
| | | (Unaudited) | |
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities: | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (92,701 | ) | $ | (61,027 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by | | | | | | | |
(used in) operating activities: | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 15,635 | | | 10,951 | |
Gain from the sale of property and equipment | | | -- | | | -- | |
FSAS 123(R) Expense | | | 4,810 | | | 10,207 | |
Changes in operating assets and activities: | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | (49,146 | ) | | (260,815 | ) |
Other current assets | | | (17,572 | ) | | 588 | |
Accounts payable | | | 13,747 | | | 28,929 | |
Deferred revenue | | | 186,031 | | | 166,875 | |
Other accrued liabilities | | | (20,423 | ) | | (27,767 | ) |
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | | 40,381 | | | (132,059 | ) |
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Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities: | | | | | | | |
Purchase of property and equipment | | | (15,897 | ) | | (8,327 | ) |
Deposit on property and equipment | | | (31,850 | ) | | -- | |
Net cash used in investing activities | | | (47,837 | ) | | (8327 | ) |
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Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities: | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from exercise of options | | | 27,933 | | | --- | |
Principal payments on capital lease obligations | | | (4,481 | ) | | (4,436 | ) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | | 23,452 | | | (4,436 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | | 15,996 | | | (144,822 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | | | 839,775 | | | 829,406 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | | $ | 855,771 | | $ | 684,584 | |
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Supplemental disclosure of cash information | | $ | 510 | | $ | 490 | |
Cash paid for interest | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for taxes | | $ | -- | | $ | -- | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of Notify Technology Corporation (referred to as “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” unless the context otherwise requires) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and the instructions of Regulation S-B Item 310(b) and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. The condensed financial statements included herein are unaudited but include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments), which we consider necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at such date and the operating results and cash flows for those periods. Although we believe that the disclosures in these condensed financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, certain information normally included in financial statements and related footnotes prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The accompanying condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2007.
Results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for any other interim period or for the entire year.
2. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
During fiscal 2007 and the three-month period ended December 31, 2007, we funded our operations through a combination of our gross profit earned from revenue and existing cash balances. Our ability to fund our recurring losses from operations depends upon success of our NotifyLink wireless e-mail notification market solutions. We continue to evaluate our opportunities to obtain further financing but it is not a critical element in our plans.
A significant characteristic of our business is the sale of our products customarily in the form of annual contracts paid for upon signing but the revenue amortized over the twelve month service period. As our installed base grows, this practice increases the deferred revenue liability on the balance sheet as we add new contracts faster than old contracts expire. The major cost of operations is comprised of (1) the engineering design of our product offered for sale and (2) the physical sale of a contract that requires both direct sales effort and customer service hours to facilitate a trial period of our software prior to purchase. The change in the NotifyLink deferred revenue to $2,312,548 as of December 31, 2007 from $1,790,481 as of December 31, 2006 combined with the revenue improvement on the income statement is an indicator of product sales improvement during the period. Deferred revenue also represents the obligation to service the contracts underlying the revenue. However, the cash flow required to service the contracts is significantly less than the amortized revenue recognized each month.
Our continued operations depend on the cash flow from the NotifyLink sales. In the event our revenue is interrupted, we would have to reduce our operations to service our existing contract obligations unless we secured additional financing. If we were unable to achieve NotifyLink revenue improvements or secure financing, we would have to restructure our business to reduce costs.
In the event we require additional capital, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain financing on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Any future financings may take the form of debt or equity securities or a combination of debt and equity, including convertible notes or warrants. In the event we are required to obtain additional financing, we cannot predict whether we could successfully conclude a financing with any new investors. Minimally, we expect that any additional financing could result in a substantial dilution of the equity and voting interests of our current shareholders.
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
3. NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
The net loss per share for the three month period ended December 31, 2007 was a loss of $(0.01) compared to a loss of $(0.00) for the same period in the prior year. Options to purchase 2,778,000 and 3,225,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,871,651 and 1,871,651 shares of common stock were outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The outstanding options and warrants were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2007and 2006, respectively as the effect would be anti-dilutive
On May 29, 2007, Commonwealth, along with a number of other investors, sold their securities, including Unit Purchase Options, to 21X Investments, LLC. 21X Investments LLC is beneficially owned by David Brewer, a director of Notify Technology Corporation since February 2000. Re: Risk Factor -One of our directors holds a large percentage of our stock and is able to exert substantial control over us
In October 2007, we entered into a line-of-credit agreement with Smith Barney that provides borrowing privileges up to amounts secured by eligible cash balances. On December 31, 2007 we had $300,000 in eligible funds. The loan balances carry a variable interest rate of ¾% below prime. In November 2007 we borrowed $22,172 on this line-of-credit to finance the purchase of accounting software currently under installation.
5. | ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK BASED COMPENSATION |
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 (SFAS 148), "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure, an Amendment of FASB Statement No.123," amends the disclosure requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (SFAS 123), "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," to require more prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements regarding the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results.
The Company accounts for stock-based employee compensation arrangements in accordance with provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (APB 25), "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and related interpretations. Under APB 25, compensation expense is based on the difference, if any, on the date of the grant, between the fair value of the Company's stock and the exercise price.
The Company recognized stock based employee compensation of $4,810 and $10,207 in the three-month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The Company’s option plan expired in January 2007 and the Company did not approve a replacement stock-based plan in fiscal 2007.
The Company recognized no compensation expense in fiscal 2008 or in fiscal 2007 related to the grant of options to non-employees.
The Company warrants its products to current paid-up customers and makes available for download service update releases that contain the most up-to-date version of the Company’s products. These software updates are continually maintained and released when available. As such, the Company does not maintain a separate warranty reserve but expenses the cost to create and post any maintenance release as a part of normal operations.
7. | RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS |
In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, “ Accounting for Income Taxes”. FIN 48 provides guidance on the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosures, and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the consolidated financial statements.
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the consolidated financial statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”, SFAS No. 159 provides an option to report selected financial assets and financial liabilities using fair value. The standard establishes required presentation and disclosures to facilitate comparisons with companies that use different measurements for similar assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, with early adoption allowed only if SFAS No. 157 is also adopted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the consolidated financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally include words such as “may,” “will,” “plans,” “seeks,” ”expects,” “anticipates,” “outlook,” “intends,” “believes” and words of similar import as well as the negative of those terms. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the future growth of our wireless product line; statements regarding future revenue from our products; statements regarding our future success; statements regarding future costs; statements regarding future research and development efforts; statements regarding competition in the market for wireless products; statements regarding future patent applications; statements regarding future financial results; statements regarding future plans to extend our product line; statements regarding the sufficiency of our existing cash balances to fund our operations; and statements regarding the effect of future financings on our existing shareholders are based on current expectations and are subject to important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Such important factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed below under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and in other documents we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. When reading the sections titled "Results of Operations" and "Financial Condition," you should also read our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes included elsewhere herein, our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, and the section below entitled "Risk Factors." We disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this Quarterly Report.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
Revenue
Revenue consists of net revenue from the sale of NotifyLink software licenses, software installation fees and the sale of third party software. Software revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of each contract. Installation revenue is recognized upon completion of trial activity and finalizing the software agreement. Third party software revenue is recognized upon delivery.
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Revenue for the three month period ended December 31, 2007 increased to $1,074,854 from $1,031,446 for the three month period ended December 31, 2006. Although the gross revenues were relatively unchanged, the three-month period ended December 31, 2006 contained $148,931 of revenue from a product line that has since been discontinued. Our NotifyLink product line revenue increased 22% to $1,074,854 in the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 from $882,515 in the three-month period ended December 31, 2006.
Our NotifyLink product line is our primary focus and is an email and Personal Information Management (PIM) system designed for business users. We are a provider of secure real time wireless synchronization of email, calendar, contacts and tasks, supporting any BlackBerry, Palm and Windows Mobile Wireless device on all major cellular voice and data networks worldwide. The NotifyLink solution provides users with bi-directional mobile “automatic” synchronization of emails sent to end users’ email mailbox and all emails originated forwarded and replied to from the mobile device will be synchronized with the user’s desktop. The transmitted information keeps personal calendars continually up to date at both the server level and the mobile device level.
We sell our products primarily in the United States directly to business users and resellers. NotifyLink revenue accounted for 100% of total revenue in the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 whereas in the three-month period ended December 31, 2006, the revenue was split between NotifyLink and the Visual Got Mail Solution at 86% and 14%, respectively. The Visual Got Mail revenue was concentrated in one customer that discontinued the product line our Visual Got Mail product supported in February 2007. There was no other market for the Visual Got Mail Solution and the product line was retired.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of the hosting center costs to support the service portion of our NotifyLink product, the cost of re-sale software related to NotifyLink and royalty expense to NCR for certain technology utilized in our NotifyLink product. Cost of revenue increased to $34,151 in the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 from $26,300 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2006. The increase in the cost of revenue was due to a fixed royalty percentage applied to increased software sales.
Our gross margin increased to 96.8% in the three month period ended December 31, 2007 compared to a gross margin of 97.5% in the three-month period ended December 31, 2006. The high gross margins in both periods are because the major costs of the business consist of product design and sales/support, both of which fall below the line in operating expenses.
Research and development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and support expenses. Research and development expenses increased to $395,683 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 from $304,068 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2006. The increase was primarily due to personnel additions to meet the demand of new devices being released into the market by device manufacturers and assuring backwards compatibility of updated software with older devices. Our development efforts were devoted to improving our software product in the area of device management, porting our solution to new devices and creating new products within the NotifyLink family. We believe that our future success, if any, depends significantly on our ability to continue to enhance our existing wireless products and to develop new products and, therefore, we intend to continue to incur research and development costs.
Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of personnel, travel costs and sales commissions related to our sales effort of the NotifyLink product line. Sales and marketing costs decreased to $414,206 for the three month period ended December 31, 2007 from $447,323 for the three month period ended December 31, 2006. We use an internal sales force and a customer support staff to facilitate the NotifyLink sales process. The decrease in sales expense is due to adjustments in our sales staff partially offset by increased commissions on improved NotifyLink revenue. The discontinuance of the Visual Got Mail Solution product line had minimal effect as it was completely supported at the executive staff level.
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
We anticipate that sales and marketing expenses will increase in future quarters as we hire additional sales and customer support personnel and attempt to expand our existing and create new distribution channels.
General and administrative
General and administrative expense consists of general management and finance personnel costs, insurance expense, occupancy costs, professional fees and other general corporate expenses. General and administrative expenses increased to $323,356 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 from $304,319 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2006.
We expect that general and administrative expense may increase in future quarters as we adhere to the requirements mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
During fiscal 2007 and the three-month period ended December 31, 2007, we funded our operations through a combination of our gross profit earned from revenue and existing cash balances. Our ability to fund our recurring losses from operations depends upon success of our NotifyLink wireless e-mail notification market solutions. We continue to evaluate our opportunities to obtain further financing but it is not a critical element in our plans.
A significant characteristic of our business is the sale of our products customarily in the form of annual contracts paid for upon signing but the revenue amortized over the twelve month service period. As our installed base grows, this practice increases the deferred revenue liability on the balance sheet as we add new contracts faster than old contracts expire. The major cost of operations is comprised of (1) the engineering design of our product offered for sale and (2) the physical sale of a contract that requires both direct sales effort and customer service hours to facilitate a trial period of our software prior to purchase. The change in the NotifyLink deferred revenue to $2,312,548 as of December 31, 2007 from $1,790,481 as of December 31, 2006 combined with the revenue improvement on the income statement is an indicator of product sales improvement during the period. Deferred revenue also represents the obligation to service the contracts underlying the revenue. However, the cash flow required to service the contracts is significantly less than the amortized revenue recognized each month.
Our continued operations depend on the cash flow from the NotifyLink sales. In the event our revenue is interrupted, we would have to reduce our operations to service our existing contract obligations unless we secured additional financing. If we were unable to achieve NotifyLink revenue improvements or secure financing, we would have to restructure our business to reduce costs.
Our plans to improve our current situation involve the expansion of our product offering into niche markets. We believe that these niche markets are not adequately addressed by market competitors at the present time. We also intend to capitalize on our ability to offer a single middleware solution for those companies deploying a variety of manufacturers’ devices on a single email system. The success of our business operations will depend upon a significant favorable market acceptance for our new wireless software products. We continue to evaluate our opportunities to obtain further financing but it is not a critical element in our plans. It is not possible for us to predict with assurance the outcome of these matters.
In the event we require additional capital, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain financing on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Any future financings may take the form of debt or equity securities or a combination of debt and equity, including convertible notes or warrants. In the event we are required to obtain additional financing, we cannot predict whether we could successfully conclude a financing with any new investors. Minimally, we expect that any additional financing could result in a substantial dilution of the equity and voting interests of our current shareholders.
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
At December 31, 2007, we had cash and cash equivalents of $855,771 compared to $684,584 at the same time last year. Over the last several years, we have financed our operations primarily through revenue from operations and existing cash balances. The net cash generated by operating activities equaled $8,531 in the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 versus net cash used by operating activities of $132,059 in the three-month period ended December 31, 2006. The cash generated by operations in the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 was a combination of a net loss of $92,701 and an increase in deferred revenue of $186,031 partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $49,146, an increase in deposits on property and equipment of $31,850 for a software system partially installed and a increase in accounts payable of $13,747. The net cash used in the three-month period ended December 31, 2006 was attributable to a net loss of $61,027 an increase in accounts receivable of $260,815 due to strong NotifyLink sales and an increase of accounts payable of $28,929. We anticipate that we will have negative cash flow from time to time in operating activities in future quarters and years.
Net cash provided by investing activities was an outflow of $15,987 for asset purchases during the three-month period ended December 31, 2007. There was a net cash outflow of $8,327 from the purchase of fixed assets in the three-month period ended December 31, 2006.
Net cash provided by financing activities was an inflow of $23,452 and an outflow of $4,436 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The net cash inflow for the three-month period ended December 31, 2006 was due to $27,933 from the exercise of options partially offset by $4,481 of payments on capital leases and the outflow for the three-month period ended December 31, 2006 was due to $4,436 in payments on capital leases.
We have no off balance sheet arrangements as defined by Item 303(c) of Regulation S-B.
RISK FACTORS
We operate in a dynamic and rapidly changing business environment that involves numerous risks and uncertainties. The following section lists some, but not all, of these risks and uncertainties, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We face significant competition
We believe the market for our wireless products is generally competitive. In particular, in the market for wireless email notification and management software, for Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise, there is very strong competition. We expect that to the extent that the market for our products develops, competition will intensify and new competitors will enter the market. We may not be able to compete successfully against existing and new competitors as the market for our products evolves and the level of competition increases. A failure to compete successfully against existing and new competitors would materially and adversely affect our business, revenue, operating results, and financial condition.
We have a history of losses, and there is no assurance of future profitability
We commenced operations in August 1994 and through January 1996 were engaged primarily in the sale of hardware products to the telephone market. We decision in fiscal 2003 to refocus our strategy on developing and selling software applications for the 2way wireless data market. Accordingly, our business has changed substantially in recent years, making it difficult to make period-to-period comparisons of our operations, and we face all of the risks and uncertainties encountered by early-stage companies. For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004, we incurred net losses of $426,004, $ 314,892, $557,452 and $655,908, respectively. We incurred a net loss of $92,701 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 and as of December 31, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of $24,467,283 and a working capital deficit of $1,150,714. Although the cash flow from operations was positive in the three-month period ended December 31, 2007, we are not assured we can maintain a positive cash flow from operating activities in future quarters and years. We may also incur further operating losses in future quarters and years until such time, if ever, as there is a substantial increase in orders for our products and product sales generating sufficient revenue to fund our continuing operations. There can be no assurance that sales of our products will ever generate significant revenue, that we will generate or maintain positive cash flow from our operations or that we will attain or thereafter sustain profitability in any future period.
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
If the market for wireless data communications devices does not grow, we may not successfully increase or maintain the sale of our NotifyLink products
The overall market for wireless data communications devices has experienced significant growth in recent years. The success of our NotifyLink Enterprise On-Premise and On-Demand products depends upon this growth. There can be no assurance that the market for wireless software products will continue to grow. We cannot predict that growth of our NotifyLink products will continue or maintain itself at the current level. If the various markets in which our software products compete fail to grow, or grow more slowly than we currently anticipate, or if we were unable to establish product markets for our new software products, our business, results of operation and financial condition would be materially adversely affected.
We may be unable to generate the capital necessary to support our planned level of research and development activities or to manufacture and market our products
At December 31, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of $24,467,283 and incurred a net loss for the three-month period ended December 31, 2007 of $92,701. We also had a working capital deficit at that date of $1,150,713. Our recently developed NotifyLink products will need to attain favorable market acceptance in order for us to be able to continue our research and development activities and to fund operating expenses at current levels. Regardless, because our NotifyLink wireless product line has not provided sufficient contributions to our revenues to date to operate profitably, the success of our business operations will depend upon a significant favorable market acceptance of our wireless software products and could require us to obtain further financing. Obtaining additional financing will be subject to a number of factors including market conditions, investor acceptance of our business plan, and investor sentiment. These factors may make the timing, amount, terms and conditions of additional financing unattractive or unavailable to us. If we are unable to obtain significant market acceptance of our wireless products or raise additional financing, we will have to significantly reduce our spending, delay or cancel planned activities or substantially change our current corporate structure. In such an event, we intend to implement expense reduction plans in a timely manner. However, these actions would have material adverse effects on our business, results of operations, and prospects, resulting in a possible failure of our business.
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If we are unable to develop, market and sell new and improved wireless products on a timely basis, we could lose existing and potential customers and our sales could decrease
We continue to invest in our wireless products in order to grow our revenue and improve our financial condition. We need to develop, market and sell new and improved wireless software products on a timely basis to keep pace with technological developments, emerging industry standards, and the growing needs of our sophisticated customers. We may experience difficulties in marketing and selling new products, and our inability to timely and cost-effectively introduce new products and future enhancements, or the failure of these new products or enhancements to achieve market acceptance, could seriously harm our business. Life cycles of wireless software products are difficult to predict, because the market for such products is relatively new and evolving and characterized by rapid technological change, frequent enhancements to existing products and new product introductions, changing customer needs and evolving industry standards. The introduction of competing products that employ new technologies and emerging industry standards could render our products and services obsolete and unmarketable or shorten the life cycles of our products and services. The emergence of new industry standards might require us to redesign our products. If our products are not in compliance with industry standards that become widespread, our customers and potential customers may not purchase our products.
Our quarterly operating results may vary
We anticipate that we will experience significant fluctuations in our operating results in the future. Fluctuations in operating results may cause the price of our common stock to be volatile. Operating results may vary as a result of many factors, including the following:
· | our level of research and development; |
· | our sales and marketing activities; |
· | announcements by us or our competitors; |
· | size and timing of orders from customers; |
· | new product introductions by us or our competitors; |
· | future market acceptance of our products; and |
Each of the above factors is difficult to control and forecast. Thus, they could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Notwithstanding the difficulty in forecasting future sales, we generally must undertake research and development and sales and marketing activities and other commitments months or years in advance. Accordingly, any shortfall in product revenue in a given quarter may materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations because we are unable to adjust expenses during the quarter to match the level of product revenue, if any, for the quarter. Due to these and other factors, we believe that quarter to quarter comparisons of our results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as indications of future performance.
We need to continue to develop our marketing channels and build our sales force
We use an formal referral channel, an international reseller channel and participate in informal referral arrangements with several wireless carriers, 2way wireless device manufacturers and one net ware company for the sale of our NotifyLink products and services where our products assist in the sale of their products. We have a limited direct sales force to sell our NotifyLink products and services to eventual users and we rely upon both formal and informal referral arrangements to provide leads for our NotifyLink products. To date, most of our referral arrangements are formal and we will receive referrals only to the extent that our referral partners successfully refer our products and services to potential users. There can be no assurance that we will achieve a significant volume of sales of our NotifyLink products and services to end users or will continue to receive referrals through our formal arrangements. Our Enterprise solution product is sold into an emerging market and although we have operated on a cash positive basis in the fiscal years ending September 30, 2006 and 2007, we have not yet achieved sufficient growth in our sales to operate profitably on an income statement basis.
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We are expanding our distribution channels for our wireless products by participating in national and regional trade shows, promotions with strategic partners and presenting at Novell GroupWise user meetings across the United States. We cannot predict whether these activities will result in increased wireless revenue. We also have limited international sales due to limited resources to build a reseller network. Our management will need to expend time and effort to develop these channels. Our customer profile has successfully changed from volume sales to a limited number of large telecommunication customers to relatively small sales to a large number of business customers thereby reducing our dependence on any one customer. We have expanded our internal sales force in response. We are building experience selling into the wireless market but may not be able to adapt our traditional marketing and distribution programs to expand our distribution channels and any marketing efforts undertaken by or on behalf of us may not be successful.
One of our directors holds a large percentage of our stock and is able to exert substantial control over us
On May 29, 2007, 21X Investments LLC, an entity of which David A. Brewer, one of our directors since February 2000, is the sole member and manager, purchased securities of Notify held by Commonwealth Associates, LLC and several other investors. Following the purchase of these securities, Mr. Brewer, beneficially owned, in the aggregate, approximately 55% of our outstanding common stock assuming the conversion of all outstanding warrants, preferred unit options and options held by 21X Investments LLC that were exercisable within 60 days of the purchase. As a result of this purchase, Mr. Brewer will have a significant influence over all matters requiring approval by stockholders, including the election of directors, amendments to our certificate of incorporation and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets. This concentration of ownership will limit other shareholders’ ability to influence corporate matters and may have the effect of delaying or preventing a third party from acquiring control over us.
Our products may suffer from defects
Most of our products consist of software and services related to our wireless NotifyLink product line. Our NotifyLink products incorporate a mix of new and proven technology that has been tested extensively, but may still contain undetected design flaws. A failure by us to detect and prevent a design flaw or a widespread product defect could materially adversely affect the sales of the affected product and our other products and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
Delisting from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market may affect the liquidity of our trading market and the market price of our common stock
Since September 4, 2002, our common stock has been quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. Our shareholders could find it difficult to dispose of or to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of, our common stock. In addition, delisting may make our common stock ineligible for use as, or make our common stock substantially less attractive as, collateral for margin and purpose loans, for investment by financial institutions under their internal policies or state legal investment laws, as consideration in the financing of future acquisitions of businesses or assets by us, and for issuance by us in future capital raising transactions any of which could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease. Delisting subjects our common stock to the “penny stock rules” contained in Section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
We depend on key executives
Our potential for success depends significantly on key management employees, including our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul F. DePond, our Vice President of Development, Rhonda Chicone-Shick and our Chief Financial Officer, Gerald W. Rice. We have entered into employment agreements with these three key management employees. The loss of their services or those of any of our other key employees would materially adversely affect us. We also believe that our future success will depend in large part on our ability to attract and retain additional highly skilled technical, management, sales and marketing personnel. If we were unable to hire the necessary personnel, the development of new products and enhancements to current products would likely be delayed or prevented. Competition for these highly-skilled employees is intense. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in retaining our key personnel and in attracting and retaining the personnel we require for expansion.
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Our intellectual property may not be adequately protected and we may infringe the rights of others
We regard various features and design aspects of our products as proprietary and we rely primarily on a combination of patent, copyright, and trademark laws and employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements to protect our proprietary rights. In fiscal 2006, we sold our rights to several patents for legacy products no longer in production. Our software products are generally not subject to patent claims although we intend to continue to apply for patents, as appropriate, for our future technologies and products. There are few barriers to entry into the market for our products, and there can be no assurance that any patents we apply for will be granted, that any issued patents will be enforceable or valid, or that the scope of our patents or any patents granted in the future will be broad enough to protect us against the use of similar technologies by our competitors. There can be no assurance, therefore, that any of our competitors, some of whom have far greater resources than we do, will not independently develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our technology.
Our stock price may be volatile
The market price for our common stock may be affected by a number of factors, including the announcement of new products or product enhancements by us or our competitors, the loss of services of one or more of our executive officers or other key employees, quarterly variations in our or our competitors' results of operations, changes in earnings estimates, developments in our industry, sales of substantial numbers of shares of our common stock in the public market, general market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance or the operating performance of our competitors. In addition, stock prices for many companies in the technology sector have experienced wide fluctuations that have often been unrelated to the operating performances of these companies. These factors and fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions, such as recessions, may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Our charter provisions may discourage acquisition bids
Our Articles of Incorporation gives our board of directors the authority to issue an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights for these shares, without any further vote or action by our shareholders. The rights of the holders of our common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisition and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock.
Our articles of incorporation limit the liability of officers and directors and we have entered into indemnification agreements with them
Our Articles of Incorporation eliminate, in certain circumstances, the liability of our directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors. We have also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. Each of these indemnification agreements provides that we will indemnify the indemnitee against expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any civil or criminal action or administrative proceeding arising out of their performance of duties as a director or officer, other than an action instituted by the director or officer. These indemnification agreements also require that we indemnify the director or other party thereto in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Each indemnification agreement permits the director or officer that is party thereto to bring suit to seek recovery of amounts due under the indemnification agreement and to recover the expenses of such a suit if they are successful.
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Item 3. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
Our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, after evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the rules and regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, have concluded that as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
(b) Changes in Internal Controls.
During the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, there were no significant changes in our internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Other Information
In accordance with Section 10A(i)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to disclose the non-audit services approved by our audit committee to be performed by L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC (“Bradford”), our external auditors. Non-audit services are defined as services other than those provided in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of a company. Our audit committee has approved the engagement of Bradford for non-audit services in fiscal 2008, including tax related services.
Item 6. Exhibits
(a)Exhibits:
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION |
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Dated: February 14, 2008 | | |
| By: | /s/ Gerald W. Rice |
| Chief Financial Officer(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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