property rights. Payments by us under such indemnification clauses are generally conditioned on the other party making a claim. Such claims are generally subject to challenge by us and to dispute resolution procedures specified in the particular contract. Further, our obligations under these arrangements may be limited in terms of time and/or amount and, in some instances, we may have recourse against third parties for certain payments made by us. It is not possible to predict the maximum potential amount of future payments under these indemnification agreements due to the conditional nature of our obligations and the unique facts of each particular agreement. Historically, the Company has not made any payments under these agreements that have been material individually or in the aggregate. As of December 31, 2003, we were not aware of any obligations under such indemnification agreements that would require material payments.
In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FAS No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity. This Standard establishes how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. This standard becomes effective for any financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003. The Company does not expect the adoption of FAS No. 150, to have a material effect on its financial statements.
In April 2003, the FASB issued FAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities under FAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities entered into after June 30, 2003. The Company’s adoption of FAS No. 149 did not have a material effect on its financial statements.
In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. In December 2003, the FASB issued a revision to FIN 46 to clarify some of the provisions of FIN 46, and to exempt certain entities from its requirements. FIN 46 gives guidance that determines whether consolidation of a Variable Interest Entity is required. FIN 46 is effective for any Special Purpose Entity relationships after December 31, 2003 and all other entity relationships after March 31, 2004. The Company does not expect the adoption of FIN 46 to have a material effect on its financial statements.
In December 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 (SAB 104), “Revenue Recognition”, which supercedes SAB 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements”. SAB 104’s primary purpose is to rescind accounting guidance contained in SAB 101 related to multiple element arrangements, superceded as a result of the issuance of EITF 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables”. The Company’s adoption of SAB 104 did not have a material effect on its financial statements.
We do not believe that any of our financial instruments have significant risk associated with market sensitivity. We are not exposed to significant financial market risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and are only minimally impacted by changes in interest rates. However, in the future, we may enter into transactions denominated in non-U.S. currencies or increase the level of our borrowings, which could increase our exposure to these market risks. We have not used, and currently do not contemplate using, any derivative financial instruments.
Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, conducted an evaluation of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) Rules 13a-14(c)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on their evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information required to be filed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been made known to them in a timely fashion.
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Item 1. | Legal Proceedings: |
As described in our report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, we are involved in the following pending and threatened legal proceedings.
We are the defendant in a third party complaint filed by Shore Venture Group, LLC in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The third party complaint was filed on May 7, 2001. Shore Venture is the defendant to an action commenced by Berwyn Capital. The third party complaint alleges a claim of breach of contract and seeks indemnification. There was a trial in October 2002 and we continue to await the judge’s decision. Management believes that the claim will not have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.
We have also been advised of a claim by Shore Venture Group concerning additional shares of Common Stock of our subsidiary, Authentidate, Inc. This claim is not before the court in the third-party litigation previously discussed. We are conducting settlement negotiations with Shore Venture and believe that a settlement will not have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or cash flow. No formal action has been commenced in connection with this claim and the settlement negotiations are being held at this juncture in an effort to avoid resorting to litigation on this issue.
We are engaged in no other litigation the effect of which would be anticipated to have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 2. | Changes in Securities |
During the quarter ending December 31, 2003, we completed the conversion of all convertible debt with a principal balance of $8,895,000 of convertible debentures to convert such securities into an aggregate of 3,351,525 shares of common stock.
During the period covered by this report, we issued warrants to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock to a consultant we retained as partial compensation for such services, pursuant to a consulting agreement entered into with such person. The warrants issued to this consultant are exercisable for a three year period at a per share price of $4.48.
Item 3 | Defaults Upon Senior Securities: |
None
Item 4 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders: |
None
During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2003, we announced that we exercised our right to require the holders of an aggregate amount of $8,895,000 of convertible debentures to convert the entire outstanding principal amount of their debentures into shares of our common stock. The conversion of these debentures resulted in the issuance of an aggregate amount of 3,351,525 shares of our common stock to the holders of the debentures. The specific debentures subject to this conversion requirement were an aggregate principal amount of $3,700,000 of convertible debentures issued in October 2002 and an aggregate principal amount of $2,725,300 of convertible debentures issued in May 2003 and an aggregate principal amount of $2,470,000 of convertible debentures issued in September 2003.
Subsequent to the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our subsidiary, Trac Medical Solutions, Inc. entered into related agreements with an affiliate of the American Association for Homecare and bConnected Software, Inc. regarding the development and marketing of an enhanced version of Trac Medical’s CareCert™ electronic healthcare forms processing solution. The agreements, effective as of the 12th day of February 2004, provide that (a) the American Association for Homecare license to Trac Medical its logos and trademarks in connection with Trac Medical’s marketing efforts; (b) Trac Medical will develop and commercialize an enterprise edition of its CareCert solution; and (c) bConnected will develop the enterprise version of CareCert for Trac Medical. The parties agreed upon revenue sharing arrangements with respect to certain of the revenues to be derived from usage of the enterprise version of CareCert.
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Item 6 | Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K: |
The exhibits designated with an asterisk (*) are filed herewith. All other exhibits have been previously filed with the Commission and, pursuant 17 C.F.R. § 230.411, are incorporated by reference to the document referenced in brackets following the description of such exhibits.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2003 we filed the following reports on Form 8-K:
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October 2, 2003 | 5, 7 | Announcement of conversion of debentures. |
November 13, 2003 | 7, 12 | Announcement of quarterly financial information and including related press release. |
November 17, 2003 | 5, 7 | Announcement of hiring of Chief Operating Officer. |
December 17, 2003 | 5, 7 | Announcement of conversion of debentures. |
December 23, 2003 | 5, 7 | Announcement of appointment of new members of Board of Directors. |
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Certain statements in this Form 10-Q, including information set forth under Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the Act). The Company desires to avail itself of certain “safe harbor” provisions of the Act and is therefore including this special note to enable the Company to do so. Forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q or hereafter included in other publicly available documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports to the Company’s stockholders and other publicly available statements issued or released by the Company involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company’s actual results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements to differ from the future results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such future results are based upon management’s best estimates based upon current conditions and the most recent results of operations. These risks include, but are not limited to risks associated with the market acceptance of the DocStar, Authentidate and related product lines, competition, pricing, technological changes, technological implementation of the Authentidate business plan, the immediate need of capital and other risks as discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2003, the Registration Statements on Form S-3 declared effective on July 8, 2002, December 9, 2002 and December 11, 2002, July 30, 2003 and November 20, 2003 all of which risk factors could adversely affect the Company’s business and the accuracy of the forward-looking statements contained herein.
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.
| AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP. |
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Date: February 13, 2004
| /s/ John T. Botti
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| JOHN T. BOTTI |
| PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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| /s/ Dennis H. Bunt |
| DENNIS H. BUNT |
| CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
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