SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | ' |
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | ' |
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Business |
Rainmaker Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Rainmaker", "we", "our", or "the Company") is focused on the development and marketing of a platform for the management of outside training for profit. In addition, we generate sales from lead generation services, and SMB sales and contract renewals. |
Our ViewCentral SaaS platform provides an end-to-end solution for the management and delivery of training and certification programs, or training-as-a-business, for corporations. The ViewCentral Learning Management System ("LMS") platform is a SaaS, cloud based, on-demand, training management system, available 24x7 with no software installation. This self-service platform is highly configurable, so our customers utilize only the modules they need, branded as they choose. Designed specifically to automate time-consuming manual administration and to maximize training participation, the ViewCentral suite contains tools for before, during and after course delivery. |
We are headquartered in Campbell, California, in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Our global clients consist primarily of large enterprises operating in a range of industries. Our strategy for long-term success of the business is to maintain and improve our position as a leading LMS provider. This will involve ongoing investment in our LMS platform to meet market demands, as well as building the sales and marketing infrastructure to support growth. |
Principles of Consolidation |
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rainmaker Systems, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. |
Basis of Presentation |
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The interim financial statements are unaudited but reflect all normal recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of these periods. |
The results of our operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014, or any other period. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 ("2013 Form 10-K"), as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2014. Balance sheet information as of December 31, 2013 has been derived from the audited financial statements for the year then ended. |
Reclassifications |
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year's condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss to conform to the current year presentation. |
Liquidity and Going Concern |
As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, we had a net loss from continuing operations of $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we used $2.4 million in cash in operating activities. |
At September 30, 2014, the Company had a net working capital deficit of $19.2 million. Our principal source of liquidity as of September 30, 2014 consisted of $170,100 of cash and cash equivalents and $1.3 million of net accounts receivable. Notes payable under the Convertible and Supplemental Notes were $3.1 million and $1.5 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2014. Another $200,000 was payable under the Revolving Line of Credit Notes. We have received notices of default and acceleration from investors holding our Revolving Line of Credit Notes, Convertible Notes and Supplemental Notes. See Note 5 for further discussion of our debt agreements and notices of default thereunder. |
Our accounts payable balance increased from $13.0 million as of December 31, 2013 to $15.6 million as of September 30, 2014. $12.9 million of the September 30, 2014 accounts payable balance is related to a merchant account of a customer. |
In order to meet our operating requirements, we will need to raise additional capital from outside third parties or from the sale of assets and restructure our obligations. As part of this process, in October 2014 we sold a customer contract and subcontracts to N3 North America, LLC. Additionally, we are pursuing a plan to achieve profitable operations through a combination of increased sales and decreased expenses. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining third party capital, selling assets or restructuring our obligations. We do not have adequate cash or financial resources to operate for the next twelve months without raising significant additional capital, which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. |
In addition to the liquidity issues noted above, some key vendors of the Company have either formally or informally, via phone, email, mail, or a combination of one or more of these methods, given the Company a notice of material breach for non-payment, and have informed us of their rights under the various service agreements to which we entered. Their rights include the suspension or cancellation of service and a demand for immediate payment, among other remedies. The Company is in communications with these vendors and in some cases has worked out extended payment terms. There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to reach agreements with all vendors or that it will in all future circumstances be able to fulfill the terms of all extended payment terms, which could have a significant negative impact on our operations and financial position. Our revenue generation is dependent on the ability of the Company to continue to (1) avoid the cancellation of key vendor services (2) raise money through the sale of assets or the addition of new debt or equity to pay down and pay off key vendors and (3) meet the terms of existing and future payment plans. The failure to accomplish these goals could seriously impact our operations and financial position. |
On November 6, 2014, the Company received a notice of default from investors holding the Revolving Notes. The notice of default stated that an event of default had occurred as a result of the Company’s failure to repay principal when due on October 2, 2014, and declared all principal and accrued interest outstanding under the Revolving Notes to be immediately due and payable. At November 6, 2014 accrued interest on the Revolving Notes was $2,176. |
On November 6, 2014, the Company also received a notice of default from investors (the “Majority Investors”) holding $1.8 million of the outstanding principal amount of the Company’s Convertible Notes and $900,000 of the outstanding principal amount of the Company’s Supplemental Notes. The notice of default stated that an event of default had occurred under the Convertible Notes and Supplemental Notes as a result of the Company’s failure to repay the above-referenced Revolving Notes when due, and declared all principal and accrued interest outstanding under the Convertible Notes and Supplemental Notes held by the Majority Investors to be immediately due and payable. |
On November 17, 2014, the Company received a notification of disposition of collateral from the collateral agent for the holders of the Convertible Notes and Supplemental Notes notifying the Company that a foreclosure sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets would take place on December 4, 2014. If the Majority Investors and collateral agent elect to proceed with the foreclosure sale of the Company’s assets, upon completion of such sale the Company would no longer be able to continue as a going concern and would immediately cease operations. The Majority Investors have represented to the Company that in the event of a foreclosure sale in which the Majority Investors acquire the Company’s assets, their intent would be to continue operating the ViewCentral business in a separate legal entity that continues existing contractual agreements with the Company’s ViewCentral customers. |
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to develop profitable operations through implementation of our current business initiatives. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. |
Use of Estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Our estimates are based on historical experience, input from sources outside of the Company, and other relevant facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Accounting policies that include particularly significant estimates are revenue recognition and presentation policies, valuation of accounts receivable, measurement of our deferred tax asset and the corresponding valuation allowance, commitments and contingencies, fair value estimates for the expense of employee stock options, embedded derivative features and warrants and the assessment of recoverability and impairment long-lived assets. |
Significant Accounting Policies - Convertible Instruments |
The Company evaluates and accounts for conversion options embedded in convertible instruments in accordance with ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging Activities. Applicable GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under other GAAP with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this rule is when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional, as that term is described under applicable GAAP. |
Recent Accounting Standards |
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 (ASU 2014-09), to supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five step process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, it is possible more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than required under existing U.S. GAAP including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 is effective for us in our first quarter of fiscal 2018 using either of two methods: (i) retrospective to each prior reporting period presented with the option to elect certain practical expedients as defined within ASU 2014-09; or (ii) retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of initial application and providing certain additional disclosures as defined per ASU 2014-09. We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements. |
In August 2014, the FASB issued a new accounting standard which requires management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern for each annual and interim reporting period. If substantial doubt exists, additional disclosure is required. This new standard will be effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this pronouncement is not expected to have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements. |