The Company accounts for awards made under its two stock-based compensation plans pursuant to the fair value provisions of ASC No. 718. ASC No. 718 requires the recognition of stock-based compensation expense, using a fair-value based method, for costs related to all share-based payments including stock options. ASC No. 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC No. 718 and estimates its fair value based on using the Black-Scholes option valuation model.
The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. This model also requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including:
These factors could change in the future, affecting the determination of stock-based compensation expense in future periods. In the future, we may elect to use different assumptions under the Black-Scholes valuation model or a different valuation model, which could result in a significantly different impact on our net income or loss.
The Company’s determination of fair value of share-based payment awards is made as of their respective dates of grant using the Black Scholes option valuation model. Because the Company’s options have certain characteristics that are significantly different from traded options, the Black Scholes option valuation model may not provide an accurate measure of the fair value of the Company’s options. Although the fair value of the Company’s options is determined in accordance with ASC No. 718, that value may not be indicative of the fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction. The calculated compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the options.
See also Note 6 – Stock Based Compensation of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our accounting policies for stock-based compensation.
There were various accounting standards and interpretations issued during the nine months ended January 31, 2012, none of which are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, operations, or cash flows.
Our marketing services segment consists of our Enversa division.
Our marketing segment had revenues totaling $934,868 for the three month period ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $1,494,089 for the three month period ended January 31, 2011. This decrease is due to the loss of a significant enterprise client which was offset, to some degree, by the addition of revenues from search engine optimization and site leases at our FPL division.
As a result of selling the higher margin FPL products, gross profit at our marketing services segment decreased for the three months ended January 31, 2012 to $536,304 from $787,159 for the three month period ended January 31, 2011. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased from 52.7% to 57.4% due to the sale of higher margin products at our FPL division.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses totaled $621,527 for the three months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $755,964 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease of $134,437 is primarily due to decreases in headcount, rent and utilities made as a result of the loss of the significant enterprise client.
Net Loss:
Net loss totaled $86,768 for the three months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to net loss of $54,036 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase is primarily due to our aforementioned loss of the significant enterprise client.
Communications services
Our communications services segment consists of all the businesses acquired in the Woodland Acquisition.
Revenues and Gross profit:
Our communications services segment had revenues totaling $1,357,896 for the three month period ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $1,445,262 for the three month period ended January 31, 2011. This decrease is primarily due to the fact that, as our customers built out their networks, the Company experienced a reduction in roaming revenues.
Gross profit decreased for the three months ended January 31, 2012 to $1,160,112 from $1,198,564 for the three month period ended January 31, 2011 due to the decreased roaming revenues associated with our dial-611 business. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased substantially to 85.4% from 82.9% due to the implementation of new agreements with lower rates from the carriers who provide our network infrastructure.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:
SG&A expenses totaled $112,065 for the three months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $498,655 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease of $386,590 is primarily due to the absence of non-recurring legal expenses totaling $164,857 incurred during the three month period ended January 31, 2011 along with cost savings resulting from staff reductions, relocation of offices to cheaper space and other cost cutting measures.
Net Income:
Net income totaled $241,557 for the three months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to a net income of $51,339 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase of $190,218 is primarily due to the absence of non-recurring legal fees totaling $164,857 as well as the impact of the aforementioned cost reductions both in cost of sales and SG&A.
Corporate
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:
SG&A costs totaled $586,457 for the three month period ended January 31, 2012 versus $505,272 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase of $81,185 is primarily due to the fact that we hired additional accounting and IT personnel to develop the infrastructure necessary to support our FPL division. Expenses for this segment also include all costs associated with corporate overhead, including accounting, legal, corporate governance and other related costs involved in being a publicly traded company.
Comparison of the nine months ended January 31, 2012 to the nine months ended January 31, 2011
Marketing services
Revenues and Gross profit:
Our marketing services segment had revenues totaling $3,639,368 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $3,952,474 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2011. This decrease is due to the loss of revenues from a significant enterprise account which was offset, to some degree, by revenues associated with search engine optimization and site leases at our FPL division.
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For the same reasons, gross profit at our marketing services segment increased for the nine months ended January 31, 2012 to $2,120,696 from $1,967,859 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2011. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased from 58.3% to 49.8% due to an increase in sales of FPL’s higher margin products.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:
SG&A expenses totaled $2,011,911 for the nine months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $1,859,192 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase of $152,719 is primarily due to the increase in personnel associated with our FPL division which resulted in corresponding increases in headcount, rent and utilities.
Net Loss
Net loss totaled $9,759 for the nine months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to net loss of $149,410 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase is primarily due to the margin increases realized at our FPL division as well as the fact that our customer list became fully amortized during the six month period ended October 31, 2011 and there was no earnings drag from customer list amortization during the final three months of the nine month period ended January 31, 2012.
Communications services
Revenues, Cost of Sales and Gross profit:
Our communications services segment had revenues totaling $4,509,127 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $4,814,773 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2011. This decrease is primarily due to the fact that, as our customers built out their networks, the Company experienced a reduction in roaming revenues.
For similar reasons, gross profit decreased for the nine months ended January 31, 2012 to $3,851,030 from $3,902,598 for the corresponding period in the prior year. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue improved to 85.4% during the six months ended January 31, 2012 versus 81.1% during the corresponding period in the prior year primarily due to the implementation of new agreements with lower rates from the carriers who provide our network infrastructure.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:
SG&A expenses totaled $364,877 for the nine months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to $1,708,367 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The substantial decrease of $1,343,490 is primarily due to the absence of non-recurring legal expenses which totaled $591,423 incurred during the nine month period ended January 31, 2011. We settled a lawsuit in March 2011 and, accordingly, are no longer incurring similar fees. Absent legal expenses, the SG&A decrease is attributable primarily to staffing reductions, the relocation of an office and other cost saving measures enacted at our communications services segment during the year over year period.
Net Income
Net income totaled $1,039,976 for the nine months ended January 31, 2012 as compared to net income of $600,451 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase of $439,525 is primarily due to the absence of non-recurring legal expenses which totaled $591,423 during the nine month period ended January 31, 2012.
Corporate
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses:
SG&A expenses totaled $1,898,461 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2012 versus $1,321,164 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase of $577,297 is primarily due to the fact that we incurred approximately $230,000 in costs related to our pursuit of a potential merger which was never completed. We also incurred additional fees at Corporate primarily due to the fact that we hired additional accounting and IT personnel to build out the infrastructure necessary to support our FPL division. Expenses for this segment also include all costs associated with corporate overhead, including accounting, legal, corporate governance and other related costs involved in being a publicly traded company.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of January 31, 2012, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $2.6 million and cash of $727,327. Our working capital deficit is primarily related to certain large accounts payable associated with our 2009 Woodland Acquisition as well as the short-term nature of selected tranches of the debt we issued in March 2011 when we recapitalized the Company. Our working capital deficit has decreased substantially from our January 31, 2011 period end deficit which totaled approximately $5.1 million. This improvement is due to the fact that, as a result of the March 2011 recapitalization, we extended the maturities of substantially all of our debt. We believe the cash flows from our existing operations will be adequate to manage our debt commitments and we have good relationships with the vendors associated with the large accounts payable who we continue to pay with excess cash flow. Management expects that its current cash and operational cash flow will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for the next year.
Our investing activity for the nine month period ended January 31, 2012, consisted primarily of $17,015 of capital expenditures, primarily associated with the relocation of several of our facilities, including our home office. Management believes the reduced rents in the new locations will more than offset the capital expenditures.
We have no other bank financing or other external sources of liquidity. We source all of our liquidity through our operations. We expect that trend to continue.
We will most likely need to obtain additional capital in order to further expand our operations. We are currently investigating other financial alternatives, including additional equity and/or debt financing. In order to obtain capital, we may need to sell additional shares of our common stock or borrow funds from private lenders. However, there can be no assurance that any additional financing will become available to us, and if available, that such financing will be on terms acceptable to us.
Off-balance sheet arrangements
We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
The Company’s management, with the participation of its principal executive officer and its chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) as of January 31, 2012. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of that date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, were not effective at a reasonable assurance level.
Management’s Remediation Plan
Management determined that a material weakness existed due to an inability to appropriately segregate duties in the accounting department due to a lack of the number of personnel in the accounting department. The Company has replaced selected accounting personnel with more seasoned professionals, including additional certified public accountants, to help perform certain accounting and financial functions. In addition, management has included additional reviews and controls to mitigate the size of the accounting department and the overlap of responsibilities. Management believes the foregoing efforts have effectively remediated this material weakness but the Company can give no assurance that the additional controls will be effective. As the Company continues to evaluate and work to improve its internal control over financial reporting, management may determine to take additional measures to address control deficiencies or determine to modify the remediation plan described above. We cannot assure you that, as circumstances change, any additional material weakness will not be identified.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Not applicable.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved]
Item 5. Other information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
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Exhibit Numbers | | Description | | Method of Filing |
3.1 | | Articles of Incorporation of CornerWorld Corporation, formerly known as Olympic Weddings International, Inc., dated November 9, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, filed September 27, 2005) | | |
3.2 | | Certificate of Correction of CornerWorld Corporation, formerly known as Olympic Weddings International, Inc., dated November 24, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q, filed December 15, 2010) | | |
3.3 | | Certificate of Change of CornerWorld Corporation, formerly known as Olympic Weddings International, Inc., dated October 18, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 25, 2006) | | |
3.4 | | Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation For Nevada Profit Corporations of CornerWorld Corporation, formerly known as Olympic Weddings International, Inc., dated May 4, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q, filed December 15, 2010) | | |
3.5 | | Bylaws of CornerWorld Corporation, formerly known as Olympic Weddings International, Inc., dated November 9, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, filed September 27, 2005) | | |
10.1 | | Employment Agreement by and between CornerWorld Corporation and Marc Pickren dated September 13, 2011 | | w |
10.2 | | Amendment, dated as of December 15, 2011, to Scott Beck employment agreement. | | w(1) |
10.3 | | Stock option, dated as of September 21, 2011, for Marc Pickren to purchase 250,000 shares of Common Stock | | w(1) |
31.1 | | Rule 13a-14(a) Certification by our chief executive officer | | (1) |
31.2 | | Rule 13a-14(a) Certification by our chief financial officer | | (1) |
32.1 | | Section 1350 Certification by our chief executive officer | | (2) |
32.2 | | Section 1350 Certification by our chief financial officer | | (2) |
101 | | Interactive Data Files of Financial Statements and Notes. | | (3) |
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(1) | Filed herewith. |
(2) | Furnished (and not filed) herewith pursuant to Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. |
(3) | Furnished (and not filed) herewith pursuant to Regulation S-T under the Exchange Act. |
w | Management plan, compensatory arrangement or employment agreement. |
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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| CORNERWORLD CORPORATION |
| Registrant |
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March 16, 2012 | /s/ V. Chase McCrea III |
| V. Chase McCrea III |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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