As filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 22, 2001
Registration No. 333-_____
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
84-1293864
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1899 Wynkoop, Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 296-9200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
Perry Evans
Webb Interactive Services, Inc.
1899 Wynkoop, Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 296-9200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon
as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective
registration statement for same offering.
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for same offering.
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [_]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Title of each class Proposed maximum
of securities to be Amount to be Maximum offering aggregate offering Amount of
registered registered price per unit (1) price (1) registration fee
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Common Stock, no
par value 5,166,979(2) $1.75 $9,042,213.20 $2,260.55
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) of Regulation C as of the close of the market on
March 20, 2001.
(2) Common stock issuable by Webb: (i) upon the conversion of series B-2
convertible preferred stock (391,282 shares); (ii) upon the conversion of
series C-1 convertible preferred stock (1,000,000 shares); (iii) upon the
conversion of series C-2 convertible preferred stock (1,000,000 shares);
(iv) upon the conversion of outstanding promissory notes in the principal
amount of $2,654,110 (1,061,644 shares), and upon the conversion of
interest accruing under such notes from January 1, 2001 through their
maturity date, August 25, 2002, in the aggregate amount of $469,814
(187,926 shares) assuming all such interest is paid in additional notes;
and (v) upon the exercise of stock purchase warrants (1,021,991 shares).
The amount of shares being registered also includes 504,136 shares of
common stock currently held by the selling shareholder. The shares include
any additional shares issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The
selling shareholder may not sell these securities until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This
prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an
offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer of sale is not
permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 22, 2001 PROSPECTUS
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
This is a public offering of a maximum of 5,166,979 shares of common stock
of Webb Interactive Services, Inc., including up to 4,662,843 shares which are
reserved for issuance: (i) upon the conversion of series B-2 convertible
preferred stock (391,282 shares); (ii) upon the conversion of series C-1
convertible preferred stock (1,000,000 shares); (iii) upon the conversion of
series C-2 convertible preferred stock (up to 1,000,000 shares); (iv) upon the
conversion of outstanding promissory notes in the principal amount of $2,654,110
(1,061,644 shares), and upon the conversion of interest accruing under such
notes from January 1, 2001 thorough their maturity date, August 25, 2002, in the
aggregate amount of $469,814 (187,926 shares) assuming all such interest is paid
in additional notes; and (v) upon the exercise of stock purchase warrants (up to
1,021,991 shares). The maximum number of shares being offered also includes
504,136 shares of common stock currently held by the selling shareholder.
As of the date of this prospectus, the series C-2 convertible preferred
stock and the accompanying warrant have not been issued. The selling shareholder
is required to purchase and we are required to sell the series C-2 convertible
preferred stock and warrant providing that: the registration statement which
includes this prospectus has been declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and has been effective for 15 days; our common stock
continues to be listed on the Nasdaq National Market; our average market
capitalization for the three trading days immediately preceding the closing of
the sale of these securities is at least $32,300,000, adjusted to the extent of
any increase or decrease in the number of our outstanding shares of common
stock; our representations and warranties in our agreement with the selling
shareholder are true and correct in all material respects at the time of the
closing; and there has been no material adverse change in our business,
financial condition, properties, prospects or results of operation. The purchase
price for the series C-2 convertible preferred stock and warrant is $2,500,000.
The series C-2 convertible preferred stock is to be convertible into our common
stock at a price equal to the least of: (i) 80% of the average market price for
our common stock for the three trading days preceding the closing; (ii) 80% of
the closing bid price for our common stock on the trading day preceding the
closing; and (iii) $7.50. The series C-2 warrant is to represent the right to
acquire one share of common stock for every five shares into which the series C-
2 convertible preferred stock is convertible at an exercise price equal to 150%
of the conversion price for the preferred stock.
The selling shareholder is offering all of the shares to be sold. We will
not receive any of the proceeds from the offer and sale of the shares of common
stock; however, 821,991 of the shares offered by the selling shareholder are
issuable upon the exercise of an outstanding stock purchase warrants at exercise
prices ranging from $3.75 to $9.3343 per share. In addition, in the event that
the conversion price for this C-2 convertible preferred stock is $2.50, then the
series C-2 warrant will represent the right to acquire from us 200,000 shares at
$3.75 per share. The C-2 warrant would represent the right to purchase 66,666
shares at $11.25 per share if the conversion price is the $7.50 maximum
conversion price. If these warrants were exercised in full, assuming that the
series C-2 warrant is issued, we would receive gross proceeds of $4,671,402.
The Nasdaq National Market lists our common stock under the symbol WEBB.
Investing in our common stock involves risks. You should not purchase our
common stock unless you can afford to lose your entire investment. See "Risk
Factors" beginning on page 2 of this prospectus.
Because the selling shareholder will offer and sell the shares at various
times, we have not included in this prospectus information about the price to
the public of the shares or the proceeds to the selling shareholder.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of the securities or passed on the
adequacy of the disclosures in this prospectus. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is ________ __, 2001
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
Webb provides innovative advanced online commerce and communication
solutions for businesses. Our AccelX (Accelerating Local Exchange) products and
services provide businesses with powerful XML-based web-site development and
communication tools to attract customers, generate leads, increase buyer-seller
interaction and strengthen customer relationship management. Our Jabber.com,
Inc. subsidiary is building a business around commercializing the Jabber.org
open-source, distributed server, XML-based real time communications architecture
by offering commercial-grade software solutions and hosting services for large
enterprises and internet service providers.
We distribute our AccelX products and services on a private-label basis
to high-volume distribution partners such as yellow page directory publishers,
newspapers, city guides, vertical market portals and other aggregators of local
businesses. Our AccelX products may be either licensed or delivered on an
application service provider business model whereby we host the software on our
servers and deliver and manage the service on behalf of our distribution
partners. Generally, these services are provided on a revenue-share basis
providing us with recurring revenues as our distribution partners sell these
services to their small business customers. This distribution model is designed
to provide us with a growing base of businesses using one or more of our
services who are ideal customers for additional AccelX services.
Prior to January 2000, we were organized around our primary market focus on
local commerce services, with an additional business unit dedicated to e-banking
services. During the third quarter of fiscal 2000, we discontinued our e-
banking business. In January 2000, we formed a new subsidiary in order to
commercialize separately the Jabber.org instant messaging system from our AccelX
business. We intend to seek participation from external partners to help us
maximize the value of the instant messaging business.
During July 2000, we completed a business plan for our Jabber.com
subsidiary. The plan focuses Jabber.com's business development efforts on three
areas:
. Providing professional services to help companies implement, customize and
host instant messaging applications;
. Developing instant messaging services for businesses, which may be either
licensed or delivered on an application service provider business model; and
. Developing open gateway services through strategic relationships with
companies in the areas of Internet protocol telephony, mobile services,
customer services and exchange services.
On March 1, 2001, Jabber released the Jabber Commercial Server 2.0, highly
scaleable instant messaging software that provides businesses desiring to deploy
Jabber instant messaging services with enhanced performance, scalability,
reliability and security compared to the Jabber open-source software. To date,
Jabber.com's activities have focused primarily on promoting the wide-spread use
of the Jabber open-source instant messaging protocol, providing professional
services to businesses desiring to test the Jabber open-source platform and
developing the Jabber Commercial Server 2.0 software.
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado on March 22,
1994. Our executive offices are located at 1899 Wynkoop, Suite 600, Denver,
Colorado 80202, telephone number (303) 296-9200.
RISK FACTORS
Our limited operating history could affect our business. We were founded
in March 1994 and commenced sales in February 1995. Subsequently, our business
model has changed periodically to reflect changes in technology and markets.
Accordingly, we have a limited operating history for our current business model
upon which you may evaluate us. Our business is subject to the risks, exposures
and difficulties frequently encountered by companies with a limited operating
history including:
. Limited ability to respond to competitive developments;
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. Exaggerated effect of unfavorable changes in general economic and
market conditions;
. Difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified personnel;
. Limited ability to develop and introduce new product and service
offerings;
. Limited ability to adjust the business plan to address marketplace and
technological changes; and
. Difficulty in obtaining operating capital.
There is no assurance we will be successful in addressing these risks. If we are
unable to successfully address these risks our business could be significantly
adversely affected.
We have accumulated losses since inception and we anticipate that we will
continue to accumulate losses for the foreseeable future. We have incurred net
losses since inception totaling approximately $91.3 million through December 31,
2000. In addition, we expect to incur additional substantial operating and net
losses in 2001 and for one or more years thereafter. We expect to incur these
additional losses because:
. We currently intend to increase our capital expenditures and operating
expenses to cover the increasing activities of our Jabber.com, Inc.
subsidiary; and
. We recorded goodwill and other intangible assets totaling
approximately $24 million in connection with the acquisitions of three
businesses which will be amortized over their estimated useful lives
of approximately three years.
The accumulated deficit at December 31, 2000, included approximately $51.1
million of non-cash expenses related to the issuance of preferred stock and
warrants in financing transactions, stock and stock options issued for services,
warrants issued to four customers, interest expense on 10% convertible notes
payable and amortization of assets acquired through the issuance of our
securities. The current competitive business and capital environments likely
will result in our issuance of similar securities in future financing
transactions or to other companies as an inducement for them to enter into a
business relationship with us. While these transactions represent non-cash
charges, they will increase our expenses and net loss and our net loss
applicable to common shareholders.
If we are unable to raise additional working capital funds, we may not be
able to sustain our operations. We believe that our present cash and cash
equivalents, working capital and commitments for additional equity investments
will be adequate to sustain our current level of operations only until June
2001. We will, therefore, need to obtain additional capital to fund our
businesses. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise additional funds
if required in amounts required or upon acceptable terms. If we cannot raise
additional funds when needed, we may be required to curtail or scale back our
operations. These actions could have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition or results of operations.
We may never become or remain profitable. Our ability to become profitable
depends on the ability of our products and services to generate revenues in
excess of our expenses. The success of our revenue model will depend upon many
factors including:
. The success of our distribution partners in marketing their products
and services; and
. The extent to which consumers and businesses use our products and
services.
Because of the new and evolving nature of the Internet, we cannot predict
whether our revenue model will prove to be viable, whether demand for our
products and services will materialize at the prices we expect to charge, or
whether current or future pricing levels will be sustainable. Additionally, our
customer contracts may result in significant license or development revenue in
one quarter, which will not recur in the next quarter for that customer. As a
result, it is likely that components of our revenue will be volatile, which may
cause our stock price to be volatile as well.
Our business depends on the growth of the Internet and its acceptance as a
platform for business commerce and communication. Our business plan assumes that
the Internet will develop into a significant source of business-related
communication and communication interactivity. However, the Internet market is
new and rapidly evolving and there is no assurance that the Internet will
develop in this manner. If the Internet does not
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develop in this manner, our business, operating results and financial condition
would be materially adversely affected. Numerous factors could prevent or
inhibit the development of the Internet in this manner, including:
. The failure of the Internet's infrastructure to support Internet usage
or electronic commerce;
. The failure of businesses developing and promoting Internet commerce to
adequately secure the confidential information, such as credit card
numbers, needed to carry out Internet commerce; and
. Regulation of Internet activity.
Use of many of our products and services will be dependent on distribution
partners. Because we have elected to partner with other companies for the
distribution of many of our products and services, many users of our products
and services are expected to utilize our services through our distribution
partners. As a result, our distribution partners, and not us, will
substantially control the customer relationship with these users. If the
business of the companies with whom we partner is adversely affected in any
manner, our business, operating results and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected.
We may be unable to develop desirable products. Our products are subject
to rapid obsolescence and our future success will depend upon our ability to
develop new products and services that meet changing customer and marketplace
requirements. There is no assurance that we will be able to successfully:
. Identify new product and service opportunities; or
. Develop and introduce new products and services to market in a timely
manner.
In addition, even if we are able to identify new opportunities, our working
capital constraints may not permit us to pursue them. If we are unable to
identify and develop and introduce new products and services on a timely basis,
our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially
adversely affected.
Our products and services may not be successful. A suitable market for our
products and services may not develop or, if it does develop, it may take years
for the market to become large enough to support significant business
opportunities. Even if we are able to successfully identify, develop, and
introduce new products and services there is no assurance that a market for
these products and services will materialize to the size and extent that we
anticipate. If a market does not materialize as we anticipate, our business,
operating results, and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected. The following factors could affect the success of our products and
services and our ability to address sustainable markets:
. The failure of our business plan to accurately predict the rate at which
the market for Internet products and services will grow;
. The failure of our business plan to accurately predict the types of
products and services the future Internet marketplace will demand;
. Our limited experience in marketing our products and services;
. Our limited working capital may not allow us to commit the resources
required to adequately support the introduction of new products and
services.
. The failure of our business plan to accurately predict our future
participation in the Internet marketplace;
. The failure of our business plan to accurately predict the estimated
sales cycle, price and acceptance of our products and services;
. The development by others of products and services that renders our
products and services noncompetitive or obsolete; or
. Our failure to keep pace with the rapidly changing technology, evolving
industry standards and frequent new product and service introductions
that characterize the Internet marketplace.
The intense competition that is prevalent in the Internet market could
have a material adverse effect on our business. Our current and prospective
competitors include many companies whose financial, technical, marketing and
other resources are substantially greater than ours. There is no assurance that
we will have the financial resources, technical expertise or marketing, sales
and support capabilities to compete successfully. The
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presence of these competitors in the Internet marketplace could have a material
adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition by
causing us to:
. Reduce the average selling price of our products and services; or
. Increase our spending on marketing, sales and product development.
There is no assurance that we would be able to offset the effects of any
such price reductions or increases in spending through an increase in the number
of our customers, higher sales from premium services, cost reductions or
otherwise. Further, our financial condition may put us at a competitive
disadvantage relative to our competitors. If we fail to, or cannot, meet
competitive challenges, our business, operating results and financial condition
could be materially adversely affected.
A limited number of our customers generate a significant portion of our
revenues. We had three customers representing 66% of revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2000, and three customers representing 68% of revenues for the year
ended December 31, 1999. There is no assurance that we will be able to attract
or retain major customers. The loss of, or reduction in demand for products or
services from major customers could have a material adverse effect on our
business, operating results, cashflow and financial condition.
The sales cycle for our products and services is lengthy and unpredictable.
While our sales cycle varies from customer to customer, it typically has ranged
from two to nine months or more. Our pursuit of sales leads typically involves
an analysis of our prospective customer's needs, preparation of a written
proposal, one or more presentations and contract negotiations. We often provide
significant education to prospective customers regarding the use and benefits of
our Internet technologies and services. Our sales cycle may also be affected by
a prospective customer's budgetary constraints and internal acceptance reviews,
over which we have little or no control. In order to quickly respond to, or
anticipate, customer requirements, we may begin development work prior to having
a signed contract, which exposes us to the risk that the development work will
not be recovered from revenue from that customer.
It may take one or more years for our business model to generate
significant revenues which could increase our requirement for investment capital
and could have an adverse effect on our ability to become profitable. Many of
our products and services, particularly our AccelX products and services, are
offered on a revenue-share basis. Once we have sold our products and services,
it may take three or more months for them to be integrated into our customers'
businesses and product offerings. Further, even after our customers have begun
to market our products and services to their customers, our limited operating
history does not enable us to predict how long it generally will take before
their customers will begin to use our products and services in sufficient
quantity to provide us with significant recurring revenues. As a result, even if
significant business for our products and services does develop, we may not
recognize meaningful revenues from this business for many months or possibly
even for one or more years. This could require that we raise significant
additional investment capital to sustain our operations and could have a
materially adverse effect on our ability to become profitable within the next
one or more years.
We may be unable to adjust our spending to account for potential
fluctuations in our quarterly results. As a result of our limited operating
history, we do not have historical financial data for a sufficient number of
periods on which to base planned operating expenses. Therefore, our expense
levels are based in part on our expectations as to future sales and to a large
extent are fixed. We typically operate with little backlog and the sales cycles
for our products and services may vary significantly. As a result, our quarterly
sales and operating results generally depend on the volume and timing of and the
ability to close customer contracts within the quarter, which are difficult to
forecast. We may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate
for any unexpected sales shortfalls. If we were unable to so adjust, any
significant shortfall of demand for our products and services in relation to our
expectations would have an immediate adverse effect on our business, operating
results and financial condition. Further, we currently intend to increase our
capital expenditures and operating expenses to fund the operations of our
Jabber.com, Inc. subsidiary. To the extent that such expenses precede or are not
subsequently followed by increased sales, our business, operating results and
financial condition will be materially adversely affected.
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We may be unable to retain our key executives and research and development
personnel. Our future success also depends in part on our ability to identify,
hire and retain additional personnel, including key product development, sales,
marketing, financial and executive personnel. Competition for such personnel is
intense and there is no assurance that we can identify or hire additional
qualified personnel.
Executives and research and development personnel who leave us may compete
against us in the future. We generally enter into written nondisclosure and
nonsolicitation agreements with our officers and employees which restrict the
use and disclosure of proprietary information and the solicitation of customers
for the purpose of selling competing products or services. However, we generally
do not require our employees to enter into non-competition agreements. Thus, if
any of these officers or key employees left, they could compete with us, so long
as they did not solicit our customers. Any such competition could have a
material adverse effect on our business.
We may be unable to manage our expected growth. If we are able to implement
our growth strategy, we will experience significant growth in the number of our
employees, the scope of our operating and financial systems and the geographic
area of our operations. There is no assurance that we will be able to implement
in whole or in part our growth strategy or that our management or other
resources will be able to successfully manage any future growth in our business.
Any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our operating
results and financial condition.
We may be unable to protect our intellectual property rights. Intellectual
property rights are important to our success and our competitive position. There
is no assurance that the steps we take to protect our intellectual property
rights will be adequate to prevent the imitation or unauthorized use of our
intellectual property rights. Policing unauthorized use of proprietary systems
and products is difficult and, while we are unable to determine the extent to
which piracy of our software exists, we expect software piracy to be a
persistent problem. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not
protect software to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Even if
the steps we take to protect our proprietary rights prove to be adequate, our
competitors may develop services or technologies that are both non-infringing
and substantially equivalent or superior to our services or technologies.
Computer viruses and similar disruptive problems could have a material
adverse effect on our business. Our software and equipment may be vulnerable to
computer viruses or similar disruptive problems caused by our customers or other
Internet users. Our business, financial condition or operating results could be
materially adversely affected by:
. Losses caused by the presence of a computer virus that causes us or
third parties with whom we do business to interrupt, delay or cease
service to our customers;
. Losses caused by the misappropriation of secured or confidential
information by a third party who, in spite of our security measures,
obtains illegal access to this information;
. Costs associated with efforts to protect against and remedy security
breaches; or
. Lost potential revenue caused by the refusal of consumers to use our
products and services due to concerns about the security of
transactions and commerce that they conduct on the Internet.
Future government regulation could materially adversely affect our
business. There are currently few laws or regulations directly applicable to
access to, communications on, or commerce on the Internet. Therefore, we are not
currently subject to direct regulation of our business operations by any
government agency, other than regulations applicable to businesses generally.
Due to the increasing popularity and use of the Internet, however, federal,
state, local, and foreign governmental organizations have, from time to time,
considered a number of legislative and regulatory proposals related to the
Internet. The adoption of any of these laws or regulations may decrease the
growth in the use of the Internet, which could, in turn:
. Decrease the demand for our products and services;
. Increase our cost of doing business; or
. Otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of
operations and financial condition.
Moreover, the applicability to the Internet of existing laws governing
issues such as property ownership, copyright, trademark, trade secret,
obscenity, libel and personal privacy is uncertain and developing. Our business,
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results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected by the application or interpretation of these existing laws to the
Internet.
Our articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage lawsuits and other
claims against our directors. Our articles of incorporation provide, to the
fullest extent permitted by Colorado law, that our directors shall have no
personal liability for breaches of their fiduciary duties to us. In addition,
our bylaws provide for mandatory indemnification of directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by Colorado law. These provisions may reduce the
likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and may discourage
shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for a breach of their
duty.
The price of our common stock has been highly volatile due to factors that
will continue to affect the price of our stock. Our common stock closed as high
as $67.75 per share and as low as $1.43 per share between January 1, 2000 and
March 20, 2001. Historically, the over-the-counter markets for securities such
as our common stock have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations.
Some of the factors leading to this volatility include:
. Price and volume fluctuations in the stock market at large that do not
relate to our operating performance;
. Fluctuations in our quarterly revenue and operating results;
. Announcements of product releases by us or our competitors;
. Announcements of acquisitions and/or partnerships by us or our
competitors; and
. Increases in outstanding shares of common stock upon exercise or
conversion of derivative securities.
These factors may continue to affect the price of our common stock in the
future.
We have issued numerous options, warrants, and convertible securities to
acquire our common stock that could have a dilutive effect on our shareholders.
As of March 20, 2001, we had issued warrants and options to acquire 4,369,960
shares of our common stock, exercisable at prices ranging from $1.875 to $58.25
per share, with a weighted average exercise price of approximately $10.87 per
share. In addition to these warrants and options, we have reserved 2,640,852
shares of common stock for issuance upon conversion of our 10% convertible notes
and series B-2 and C-1 convertible preferred stock. We have also reserved up to
1,200,000 shares for issuance upon conversion of the series C-2 convertible
preferred stock and exercise of the series C-2 warrant which may be purchased by
the selling shareholder. During the terms of these derivative securities, the
holders will have the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market price
of our common stock with resulting dilution to the holders of shares who
purchased shares for a price higher than the respective exercise or conversion
price. In addition, the increase in the outstanding shares of our common stock
as a result of the exercise or conversion of these derivative securities could
result in a significant decrease in the percentage ownership of our common stock
by current and future holders of our common stock.
The potentially significant number of shares issuable upon conversion of
our 10% convertible notes and convertible preferred stock could make it
difficult to obtain additional financing. Due to the significant number of
shares of our common stock which could result from a conversion of our 10%
convertible notes and series B-2, C-1 and C-2 convertible preferred stock, new
investors may either decline to make an investment in Webb due to the potential
negative effect this additional dilution could have on their investment or
require that their investment be on terms at least as favorable as the terms of
the notes or convertible preferred stock. If we are required to provide similar
terms to obtain required financing in the future, the potential adverse effect
of these financings could be perpetuated and significantly increased.
Future sales of our common stock in the public market could adversely
affect the price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of common
stock in the public market that is not currently freely tradable, or even the
potential for such sales, could have an adverse affect on the market price for
shares of our common stock and could impair the ability of purchasers of our
common stock to recoup their investment or make a profit. As of March 20, 2001,
these shares consist of:
. Approximately 282,000 shares owned by our executive officers and
directors of our outstanding common stock ("Affiliate Shares");
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. Up to 2,640,852 shares issuable upon conversion of the 10% convertible
notes and series B-2 and C-1 preferred stock;
. Approximately 4,369,960 shares issuable to warrant and option holders;
and
. Up to 1,200,000 shares issuable upon conversion of the series C-2
convertible preferred stock and exercise of the series C-2 warrant
which may be issued to the selling shareholder.
Unless the Affiliate Shares are further registered under the securities
laws, they may not be resold except in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated by
the SEC, or some other exemption from registration. Rule 144 does not prohibit
the sale of these shares but does place conditions on their resale which must be
complied with before they can be resold.
Future sales of our common stock in the public market could limit our
ability to raise capital. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in
the public market pursuant to Rule 144, upon exercise or conversion of
derivative securities or otherwise, or even the potential for such sales, could
affect our ability to raise capital through the sale of equity securities.
Provisions in our articles of incorporation allow us to issue shares of
stock that could make a third party acquisition of us difficult. Our Articles of
Incorporation authorize our Board of Directors to issue up to 60,000,000 shares
of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series,
the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by the Board of
Directors, without further action by our shareholders. Preferred stock
authorized by the Board of Directors may include voting rights, preferences as
to dividends and liquidation, conversion and redemptive rights and sinking fund
provisions. If the Board of Directors authorizes the issuance of preferred stock
in the future, this authorization could affect the rights of the holders of
common stock, thereby reducing the value of the common stock, and could make it
more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if a majority of the
holders of our common stock approved of an acquisition.
The issuance of our 10% convertible notes payable and convertible preferred
stock has required us to record non-cash expenses which, in turn, increased our
net loss applicable to common shareholders. Based on generally accepted
accounting principles, we recorded a non-cash expense of approximately $426,000
as additional interest expense and $12.5 million of accretion expense for the
year ended December 31, 2000, as a result of the issuance of our 10% convertible
notes and the issuance of our series B and B-2 preferred stock, respectively.
We will record additional non-cash expenses of approximately $5,300,000 for the
quarter ending March 31, 2001, in connection with the issuance of the series C-1
convertible preferred stock and accompanying warrant and $470,000.during the two
years ending December 31, 2002, related to the issuance of the notes unless they
are converted to common stock prior to their maturity date, in which case it
will be less. In addition, we will incur significant additional noncash
expenses if we issue the series C-2 convertible preferred stock and accompanying
warrant to the selling shareholder.
We do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock for the
foreseeable future. We have never paid dividends on our common stock and do not
intend to pay any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Any
decision by us to pay dividends on our common stock will depend upon our
profitability at the time, cash available therefore, and other factors. We
anticipate that we will devote profits, if any, to our future operations.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements made in this prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference in this prospectus under the captions "Webb
Interactive Services, Inc." and "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this prospectus
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to the
safe harbor provisions of the reform act. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by the use of the terminology such as may, will, expect, anticipate,
intend, believe, estimate, should, or continue or the negatives of these terms
or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. To the extent that
this prospectus contains forward-looking statements regarding the financial
condition, operating results, business prospects or any other aspect of Webb,
you should be aware that our actual financial condition, operating results and
business performance may differ materially from that projected or estimated by
us in the forward-
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looking statements. We have attempted to identify, in context, some of the
factors that we currently believe may cause actual future experience and results
to differ from their current expectations. These differences may be caused by a
variety of factors, including but not limited to adverse economic conditions,
intense competition, including entry of new competitors, inability to obtain
sufficient financing to support our operations, progress in research and
development activities, variations in costs that are beyond our control, adverse
federal, state and local government regulation, unexpected costs, lower sales
and net income, or higher net losses than forecasted, price increases for
equipment, inability to raise prices, failure to obtain new customers, the
possible fluctuation and volatility of our operating results and financial
condition, inability to carry out marketing and sales plans, loss of key
executives, and other specific risks that may be alluded to in this prospectus.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The selling shareholder is offering all of the shares to be sold. We will
not receive any of the proceeds from the offer and sale of the shares of common
stock; however, 821,991 of the shares offered by the selling shareholder are
issuable upon the exercise of an outstanding stock purchase warrants at exercise
prices ranging from $3.75 to $9.3343 per share. In addition, in the event that
the conversion price for this C-2 convertible preferred stock is $2.50, then the
series C-2 warrant will represent the right to acquire from us a maximum of
200,000 shares at $3.75 per share. The C-2 warrant would represent the right to
purchase 66,666 shares at $11.25 per share if the conversion price is the $7.50
maximum conversion price. If these warrants were exercised in full, assuming
that the series C-2 warrant is issued, we would receive gross proceeds of
$4,671,402.
MANAGEMANENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
General
Webb provides innovative advanced XML-based online commerce and
communication solutions for businesses. Our AccelX product line of XML-based
commerce and buyer-seller interaction products and services provides businesses
with powerful web-site development and communication tools to attract customers,
generate leads, increase buyer-seller interaction and strengthen customer
relationship management. Our Jabber.com, Inc. subsidiary is building a business
around commercialization of the Jabber.org open-source distributed server, XML-
based real time communication architecture by offering commercial-grade software
solutions and hosting services for large enterprise and internet service
providers.
We distribute our AccelX products and services on a private-label basis to
high-volume distribution partners such as yellow page directory publishers,
newspapers, city guides, vertical market portals and other aggregators of local
businesses. Our AccelX products may be either licensed or delivered on an
application service provider business model whereby we would host the software
on our servers and expect to deliver and manage the service on behalf of our
distribution partners. Generally, these services are provided on a revenue-share
basis providing us with recurring revenues as our distribution partners sell
these services to their small business customers. This distribution model is
designed to provide us with a growing base of businesses using one or more of
our services who are ideal customers for additional AccelX services.
Prior to January 2000, we were organized around our primary market focus on
local commerce services, with an additional business unit dedicated to e-banking
services. During the third quarter of fiscal 2000, we discontinued our e-banking
business. In January 2000, we formed a new subsidiary in order to commercialize
separately the Jabber.org instant messaging system from our AccelX business. We
intend to seek participation from external partners to help us maximize the
value of the instant messaging business.
During July 2000, we completed a business plan for our Jabber.com
subsidiary. The plan focuses Jabber.com's business development efforts on three
areas:
. Providing professional services to help companies implement, customize
and host instant messaging applications;
. Developing instant messaging services for businesses, which may be
either licensed or delivered on an application service provider
business model; and
. Developing open gateway services through strategic relationships with
companies in the areas of Internet protocol telephony, mobile
services, customer services and exchange services.
On March 1, 2001, Jabber released the Jabber Commercial Server 2.0, highly
scaleable instant messaging software that provides businesses desiring to deploy
Jabber instant messaging services with enhanced performance, scalability,
reliability and security compared to the Jabber open-source software. To date,
Jabber.com's activities have focused primarily on promoting the wide-spread use
of the Jabber open-source instant messaging protocol, providing professional
services to businesses desiring to test the Jabber open-source platform and
developing the Jabber Commercial Server 2.0 software.
We have incurred losses from operations since inception. At December 31,
2000, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $91.3 million. The
accumulated deficit at December 31, 2000, included approximately $51.1 million
of non-cash expenses related to the following:
. Beneficial conversion features related to the 10% convertible note,
preferred stock and preferred stock dividends;
. Reset of warrant exercise prices;
. Stock and stock options issued for services;
. Warrants issued to customers;
. Interest expense on the 10% convertible note paid by the issuance of
similar notes;
. Amortization of intangible assets acquired in consideration for the
issuance of our securities;
. Preferred stock dividends;
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. Impairment loss on acquired intangible assets and goodwill; and
. Write-off of securities received for our e-banking business.
As a result of the $2.5 million preferred stock private placement we
completed in February 2001, we will record an additional non-cash expense
totalling approximately $2 million associated with issuance of our series C-1
preferred stock. In addition, we will record an additional non-cash expense
totalling approximately $3.3 million associated with the reset of conversion
prices for our series B-2 preferred stock and 10% convertible note payable as
well as the reset of exercise price for certain warrants issued in connection
with our series B preferred stock private placement. If we issue shares of
series C-2 preferred stock and warrants, we will record substantial additional
non-cash charges.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999.
Revenues:
Components of net revenues from continuing operations and cost of revenues
are as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Net revenues:
Licenses $2,155,990 $ 392,810
Services 1,858,403 682,877
Hardware and third party software sales - 117,509
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Total net revenues 4,014,393 1,193,196
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Cost of revenues:
Cost of licenses 867,759 382,951
Cost of services 2,642,745 886,652
Cost of hardware and third party software - 94,155
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Total cost of revenues 3,510,504 1,363,758
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Gross margin $ 503,889 $ (170,562)
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License revenues represent fees earned for granting customers licenses to
use our software products which we began to sell in the second half of 1999.
During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recognized $1,476,228 from the sale
of initial software licenses and $679,762 from recurring license fees. The
software license revenues in 2000 were primarily from a sale to VNU Publitec, a
European yellow page publisher, and to Vetconnect, Inc., a vertical portal that
provides Internet services for veterinarians, both of these contracts contained
upfront license fees without a recurring revenue component. While our basic
distribution model is to provide services to aggregators of small businesses who
agree to pay us a portion of their future revenues, thereby providing us with
the expectation of future revenues as our distribution partners sell our
services to their small business customers, late in 1999 we began offering
perpetual software licenses. In addition, during 2000, we began to license our
AccelX software products under a hybrid model whereby our customers purchase a
fixed number of licenses under a perpetual license arrangement and purchase
additional licenses on a recurring revenue share basis. Software license fees
may continue to represent a significant portion of license revenue for at least
the next several quarters as these fees are generally significantly larger than
are the initial fees paid by those distribution partners who agree to pay us a
portion of their future revenues. We estimate that it will take those
distribution partners up to one year or more after they commence distribution of
our AccelX services to develop a significant base of small businesses using
these services for the recurring revenues to become significant. Recurring
license revenues in 2000 and 1999 were primarily a result of fees earned from
Switchboard, Inc. in the form of quarterly guaranteed minimum payments required
to maintain limited exclusivity for our Site Builder product in a segment of the
United States market. Switchboard's exclusivity rights terminated on June 30,
2000, and Switchboard will not, therefore, pay quarterly guaranteed minimum
payments in the future.
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Services revenues consist principally of revenue derived from professional
services for the customization of our software to customer specifications,
assisting our customers in configuring and integrating our software
applications, hosting fees and fees for ongoing maintenance and support. Our
net revenues from services were $1,858,403 for the year ended December 31, 2000,
which represents an increase of 172.1% when compared with the year ended
December 31, 1999. The increase is primarily due to professional service
revenue we earned in connection with the integration of our software products
with our customers; increases in revenue recognized from support and maintenance
agreements for our AccelX software; and service revenues during 2000 totalling
$305,875 for our Jabber.com subsidiary.
Revenues from hardware and software include the resale of computer hardware
and third party software to customers generally in connection with implementing
our local directory products and services. During the year ended December 31,
1999, we sold equipment totalling $117,539 to customers with whom we had
existing contracts to provide equipment. We do not anticipate significant
revenues from hardware and equipment sales in future periods.
During the fourth quarter of 2000, it became apparent that most large
aggregators of small businesses were delaying software and technology purchase
decisions due to uncertainties with regard to the domestic economy, a reluctance
to make significant investments in new Internet-related products and services
and management changes or reorganizations at many of these companies. These
factors appear to be continuing to cause a slow down in purchase decisions by
many of our potential domestic customers and may continue to do so for much of
2001. This could result in lower domestic sales of our products and services,
particularly for our AccelX products and services, than contemplated in our
business plan for the year. In addition, to the extent that purchase decisions
are made, they may be for lower up-front license fees and professional services
in order to reduce our customers' financial commitments and to put a greater
emphasis on revenue sharing arrangements. This also could result in lower
revenues in 2001 than contemplated in our business plan.
Cost of Revenues:
Cost of revenues as a percentage of net revenues from continuing operations
was 87.4% for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to 114.3% for the year
ended December 31, 1999.
Cost of license revenues - Cost of license revenues consists of
compensation costs associated with personnel who assist our customers in
delivering services to end users, third party content software license
fees, and third party transaction fees. Cost of license revenues were
$867,759 for the year ended December 31, 2000, or 40.2% of net license
revenues, compared with $382,951, or 97.5% of net license revenues for the
year ended December 31, 1999. The absolute dollar increase was primarily
attributable to (i) costs associated with the establishment of our client
services infrastructure during the second half of 2000, primarily for
compensation and contractor expenses, to assist our distribution partners
in the sell-through of our products and services to small business; (ii)
the amortization of a one-year third party software license we purchased to
integrate directory functionality into our AccelX products; (iii) third
party license fees we purchased for map publishing; and (iv) costs
associated with delivering software enhancements for which we earn monthly
license fees. Since our business plan is heavily dependent on recurring
revenue from our distribution partners, we will continue to incur costs in
assisting our distribution partners in obtaining market penetration and
sell-through of our products and services and these costs may be
significant.
Cost of service revenues - Cost of service revenues consists of
compensation costs and consulting fees associated with performing custom
programming, installation and integration services for our customers and
support services as well as costs for hosting services which consist of
costs to operate our network operating center. Cost of service revenues was
$2,642,745 for the year ended December 31, 2000, or 142.2% of net service
revenues, compared with $886,652, or 129.8% of net service revenues for the
year ended December 31, 1999. The absolute dollar increase was attributable
to (i) providing a higher volume of professional services to our customers;
and (ii) incurring more costs associated with our network operating center,
which we
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placed into service during the second quarter of 1999. Our network
operating center has been built to accommodate our current customer base as
well as significant additional projected growth. Consequently, the current
cost to operate the network operating center is high compared to current
revenues and will remain relatively high for at least the next several
quarters as we continue to execute on our business plan. We also anticipate
that cost of service revenues will increase in absolute dollars as well as
a percentage of service revenues for at least the next several quarters as
we build the support infrastructure for our Jabber.com subsidiary.
Cost of hardware and third party software revenues - Cost of hardware
and software revenues consists of computer and third party software
purchased for resale to cable operators. Due to the change in our business
model, equipment sales are not expected to be significant in future
periods.
Operating Expenses:
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee compensation,
cost of travel, advertising and public relations, trade show expenses, and costs
of marketing materials. Sales and marketing expenses were $3,039,673 for the
year ended December 31, 2000, or 75.7% of net revenues compared with $1,726,004,
or 144.7% of net revenues for the year ended December 31, 1999. These expenses
included $468,972 in 2000, for our Jabber.com subsidiary. The increase in
absolute dollars was primarily attributable to (i) higher employee compensation
costs including sales commissions; (ii) an increase in employee recruiting fees;
(iii) an increase in travel expenses associated with opening European markets;
(iv) an increase in fees paid to consultants for market research; and (v) an
increase in costs related to the outsourcing of public relations and the
redesign of our web site. We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase on
an absolute dollar basis in future periods but decrease as a percentage of net
revenues as our revenues increase from current levels as we continue to market
our products and services.
Product development expenses consist primarily of employee compensation and
programming fees relating to the development and enhancement of the features and
functionality of our software products and services. During 2000 and 1999, all
product development costs were expensed as incurred. Product development
expenses were $5,376,972 for the year ended December 31, 2000, or 133.9% of net
revenues compared with $2,891,569 or 242.3% of net revenues for the year ended
December 31, 1999. Product development expenses in 2000 include the development
of our AccelX software products and our Jabber.com instant messaging products,
which we began developing in the second quarter of 2000. During the year ended
December 31, 2000, we incurred expenses totalling $3,960,382 developing our
AccelX products and $1,416,590 developing our Jabber products. In addition to
the costs we incurred developing our Jabber.com products, the increase in
absolute dollars was due primarily to (i) higher employee compensation costs;
(ii) an increase in contract labor to augment our development team; and (iii) an
increase in employee recruiting fees. We believe that significant investments
in product development are critical to attaining our strategic objectives and,
as a result, we expect product development expenses to increase in future
periods.
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee
compensation, consulting expenses, fees for professional services, and non-cash
expense related to stock and warrants issued for services. General and
administrative expenses were $10,341,650 for the year ended December 31, 2000,
or 257.6% of net revenues compared with $6,311,544, or 529.0% of net revenues
for the year ended December 31, 1999. These expenses include $4,682,641 for
2000, for our Jabber.com subsidiary. The increase in absolute dollars was
primarily attributable to (i) consulting fees totalling $2.8 million incurred
with Diamond Technology Partners Inc. in connection with the development of our
business plan for our subsidiary Jabber.com, of which $690,000 will be paid in
securities of Jabber.com, Inc.; (ii) higher employee compensation costs; (iii)
increased travel expenses as a result of more international travel; (iv)
severance costs incurred associated with reorganizations within our operations
and product development areas; and (v) increased office rent and related
facility costs as we moved to a new office location during the second quarter of
2000. We expect general and administrative expenses to decrease as a percentage
of revenues as our revenues increase.
Customer acquisition costs consist of the value of warrants to purchase our
common stock we issued to customers in connection with customer contracts for
our products and services. We expense the value of warrants
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on the date of issuance unless the related contract specifies minimum guaranteed
revenues. Customer acquisition costs were $0 and $941,684 for the years ended
December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, or 78.9% of 1999 net revenues. During
1999, we issued a warrant to customers to purchase in the aggregate 161,667
shares of our common stock and recorded $941,684 of expense on the date of
issuance.
Depreciation and amortization was $9,155,123 for the year ended December
31, 2000, compared to $2,902,523 for the year ended December 31, 1999. We
recorded more depreciation expense in 2000 as a result of an increase in fixed
assets primarily from construction of our network operating center, which was
placed in service in the second quarter of 1999, and computer hardware and third
party software to support our AccelX services and computer equipment to support
our product development team. We also amortized the intangible assets and
goodwill we acquired in the Durand Communications, NetIgnite, and Update Systems
acquisitions and recorded $8,347,207 and $2,523,351 of amortization expense for
the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Because our business
has never been profitable, and due to the other risks and uncertainties
discussed herein, it is possible that an analysis of these long-lived assets in
future periods could result in a conclusion that they are impaired, and the
amount of the impairment could be substantial. If we determine that these long-
lived assets are impaired, we would record a charge to earnings, which could be
as much as the remaining net book value of the assets.
During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recorded an impairment loss in
our AccelX business segment totalling $8,168,904 from our assessment of the
impairment of assets we purchased in connection with our acquisitions of Durand
Communications and Update Systems. The impaired assets consisted of developed
technology and goodwill as summarized in the following table:
Durand Update Total
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Developed technology $3,261,751 $ - $3,261,751
Goodwill 1,471,346 3,435,807 4,907,153
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Total impairment loss $4,733,097 $3,435,807 $8,168,904
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In connection with the Durand Communications and Update Systems
acquisitions, we purchased technology that has been incorporated into our
current product offerings as well as our Jabber.com instant messaging
technology. Based on a review of the acquired technology in combination with our
evolving business plan, we determined that only a portion of such acquired
technology is utilized in our current products. Further, substantially less
revenue had been recorded from products incorporating the acquired technology
than was originally expected and our current estimated revenues projected to be
earned from the purchased technology is also less than previously forecasted.
Because of these factors, which became apparent during the fourth quarter of
2000 in the context of an overall economic slowdown and its impact on our
customers, coupled with substantial volatility in the capital and business
environment and delays in purchasing decisions by most large aggregators of
small businesses due in part to a reluctance to make significant investments in
new Internet-related products and services, we determined that the carrying
amount of the acquired intangibles should be assessed for impairment. As a
result, we assessed impairment by comparing the estimated undiscounted net cash
flows expected to be generated from our current product offerings which use the
purchased technologies to their remaining net book values of the assets. Our
analysis showed that such assets were in fact impaired. Accordingly, the
impairment charge was recorded based upon the difference between the carrying
amount and the estimated fair value of the assets, determined using the net
present value of the estimated future cash flows. We will continue to evaluate
the carrying value of the remaining intangible assets for possible impairment.
Such a review may indicate further impairment that would require us to record
additional losses in future periods and those losses could be substantial.
Other Income and Expenses:
Interest income was $731,808 for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared
to $225,712 for the year ended December 31, 1999. We earn interest by investing
surplus cash in highly liquid investment funds or AAA or similarly rated
commercial paper.
Interest expense was $605,638 for the year ended December 31, 2000,
compared to $2,352,062 for the year ended December 31, 1999. We recorded the
following interest expense related to the 10% convertible note payable:
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Year Ended December 31,
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2000 1999
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Interest paid with principal-in-kind notes $154,110 $ -
Amortization of discount 198,744 124,615
Amortization of financing costs 72,702 45,142
Beneficial conversion feature - 1,967,522
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Total non cash interest expense 425,556 2,137,279
Interest expense payable in cash 63,014 173,973
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Total 10% note payable interest expense $488,570 $2,311,252
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Discontinued Operations:
On September 12, 2000, we sold our e-banking segment to a privately held
company for consideration valued at $487,873, which was approximately the same
as the net book value of the net assets of this segment. We received $39,700 in
cash and 181,176 shares of the purchaser's common stock recorded at a value of
approximately $2.47 per share. Subsequent to this sale, based on our review of
the fair value of the purchaser's common stock, we determined that the fair
market value as of December 31, 2000, was zero, and that the decline in value
was not temporary. Accordingly, we recorded a charge to earnings totalling
$448,172 for the year ended December 31, 2000.
The sale of this segment is reflected as a sale of discontinued operation
in our consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the revenues, costs and
expenses of these discontinued operations have been excluded from the respective
captions in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and have been reported as
"Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes," for all years presented.
Summarized financial information for the discontinued operations is as
follows (Note: 2000 amounts include activity through September 12, 2000 only):
Years Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Net revenues $ 73,092 $751,087
Cost of revenues and operating expenses 276,364 830,863
Loss from operations (203,272) (79,776)
Net Loss Applicable to Common Stockholders:
Net loss allocable to common stockholders was $48,611,631 f or the year
ended December 31, 2000, compared to $21,866,012 for the year ended December 31,
1999. We recorded non-cash expenses for the following items:
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill $ 8,347,207 $ 2,523,351
Impairment loss 8,168,904 -
Stock and warrants issued for services 1,478,232 1,814,682
Customer acquisition costs - 941,684
Amortization of discount and placement fees to interest
expense and non-cash interest related to the 10% convertible
note payable 425,556 2,137,279
Write-of of investment in common stock 448,172 -
Preferred stock dividends 373,126 272,663
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Accretion of preferred stock 11,660,000 4,316,254
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Total $30,901,197 $12,005,913
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The increase in losses reflect losses from Jabber.com totalling $7,600,756
for the year ended December 31, 2000, and expenses in the sales and marketing,
product development, and general and administrative areas that have increased at
a faster rate than revenues. This is due to the time-lag associated with
product development and market introduction as well as the long sales cycle for
most of our products and services. We expect to continue to experience
increased operating expenses during 2001, from Jabber.com and as we continue to
develop new product offerings and the infrastructure required to support our
anticipated growth. We expect to report operating and net losses for 2001 and
for one or more years thereafter.
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Twelve Months Ended December 31, 1999 and 1998.
Revenues:
Components of net revenues from continuing operations and cost of revenues
are as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
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1999 1998
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Net revenues:
Licenses $ 392,810 $ 97,892
Services 682,877 160,673
Hardware and software 117,509 1,103,717
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Total net revenues 1,193,196 1,362,282
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Cost of revenues
Cost licenses 382,951 215,142
Cost of services 886,652 65,315
Cost of hardware and software 94,155 905,234
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Total cost of revenues 1,363,758 1,185,691
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Gross margin $ (170,562) $ 176,591
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License revenues represent fees earned for granting customers licenses to
use our software products and services and are calculated on the usage of our
products based on a fixed amount or on a per consumer basis or as a portion of
revenues our customers earn from consumers. Our net revenues from software
license fees were $392,810 for the year ended December 31, 1999, which
represents an increase of 301.3% when compared with the year ended December 31,
1998. The increase is primarily due to fees earned from Switchboard, Inc. in
the form of quarterly guaranteed minimum revenue and from a 192% increase in
revenues from Re/Max International, Inc.
Services revenues consists principally of revenue derived from professional
services for the customization of our software to customer specifications,
assisting our customers in configuring and integrating our software
applications, network engineering fees and hosting fees as well as fees for
ongoing maintenance, which consists of unspecified product upgrades and
enhancements on a when-and-if-available basis. Our net revenues from services
were $682,877 for the year ended December 31, 1999, which represents an increase
of 325.0% when compared with the year ended December 31, 1998. The increase is
primarily due to fees we earned for developing and integrating our local
directory software for Switchboard, Inc. In addition, during July 1999, we sold
two customer contracts to an unrelated third party, including related computer
hardware, for approximately $270,000. We provided services and equipment under
the terms of the original contracts enabling our customers to provide Internet
access to their end users. We recorded $138,504 of service revenue for the year
ended December 31, 1999 related to providing services to the purchaser of these
two contracts. We recognized revenue from these contracts totaling
approximately $6,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999.
Revenues from hardware and software include the resale of computer hardware
and third party software to customers generally in connection with implementing
our local directory/enterprise products and services. During the second quarter
of 1998, we changed our pricing structure whereby we supplied any required
equipment and the products and services. Consequently the customer was not
required to pay any significant fees upon the delivery of such items. Our net
revenues from the resale of hardware and software was $117,539 for the year
ended December 31, 1999 compared to $1,103,717 for the year ended December 31,
1998. During 1999, we sold equipment to customers with whom we had existing
contracts to provide equipment.
Cost of Revenues:
Cost of revenues as a percentage of net revenues from continuing operations
was 114.3% for the year ended December 31, 1999 compared to 87.0% for the year
ended December 31, 1998.
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License revenues - Cost of license revenues consists of compensation
costs associated with assisting our customers in delivering our services to
end users, third party content software license fees, and third party
transaction fees. Cost of license revenues were $382,951 for the year ended
December 31, 1999, or 97.5% of net license revenues, as compared to
$215,142 for the year ended December 31, 1998, or 219.8% of 1998 net
license revenues. The absolute dollar increase was primarily attributable
to the amortization of a one-year third party software license we purchased
to integrate directory functionality into our products.
Service revenues - Cost of service revenues consists of compensation
costs and consulting fees associated with performing custom programming,
installation and integration services for our customers and support
services as well as costs for hosting services which consist of costs to
operate our network operating center. Cost of service revenues were
$886,652 for the year ended December 31, 1999, or 129.8% of net service
revenues, as compared to $65,315 for the year ended December 31, 1998, or
40.7% of 1998 net service revenues. The increases in costs were due to
providing professional services for two new customers at lower margins as
the contracts specify future revenue sharing arrangements or were entered
into to establish strategic alliances. We also incurred costs to operate
our network operating center, which we began operating during the second
quarter of 1999, including costs associated with delivering Internet access
and content to the customers of our cable operator distribution partners.
We constructed the network operating center to accommodate our current
customer base, our contract backlog and our projected future growth.
Consequently, during 1999, the cost to operate the network operating center
out paced our current revenues resulting in a lower gross margin.
Hardware and software revenues - Cost of hardware and software
revenues consists of computer and third-party software purchased for resale
to distribution partners. Cost of hardware and software revenue was 80.1%
of net revenues for the year ended December 31, 1999 compared to 82.0% of
net revenues for the year ended December 31, 1998. Cost of hardware and
software revenues as a percentage of net revenues decreased slightly
between periods because we sold equipment to existing customers at somewhat
lower margins during 1998.
Operating Expenses:
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee compensation,
advertising, trade show expenses, and costs of marketing materials. Sales and
marketing expenses were $1,726,004 for the year ended December 31, 1999, or
144.7% of net revenues as compared to $2,479,029, or 182.0% of net revenues for
the year ended December 31, 1998. The decrease in absolute dollars was
primarily attributable to (i) a net decrease of six employees; (ii) the phase
out of our international marketing efforts; and (iii) a decrease in advertising
dollars as a result of our focus on distribution partners (rather than on
consumers). These decreases were partially off-set by an increase in trade
show expenses, and new product support materials for our local
directory/enterprise products.
Product development expenses consist primarily of employee compensation and
programming fees relating to the development and enhancement of the features and
functionality of our AccelX services. Product development expenses were
$2,891,569 for the year ended December 31, 1999, or 242.3% of net revenues as
compared to $1,264,287, or 92.8% of net revenues for the year ended December 13,
1998. During 1999, all product development costs were expensed as incurred. We
capitalized $281,775 of development costs during 1998, which were written off to
depreciation and amortization expense during 1998. The increase in absolute
dollars was due primarily to (i) an increase in technology personnel from 12 to
31 and an increase in contract labor to support the continued development of our
products; and (ii) an increase in third party software maintenance and support
costs.
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee
compensation, consulting expenses, fees for professional services, and the non-
cash expense of stock and warrants issued for services. General and
administrative expenses were $6,311,544 for the year ended December 31, 1999, or
529.0% of net revenues as compared to $5,668,795, or 416.1% of net revenues for
the year ended December 31, 1998. The increase in absolute dollars was
primarily attributable to (i) an increase in compensation costs; (ii) increases
in legal and accounting fees generally associated with regulatory filings; (iii)
increases in office rent expense; (iv) increases in
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investor relation expenses; and (v) costs incurred associated with operating the
Durand Communications California office through November 1999. These increases
were partially offset by a decrease in non-cash expenses for stock and options
we issued for services and a decrease in fees we paid to consultants.
Customer acquisition costs consist of the value of warrants to purchase our
common stock we issued to customers in connection with customer contracts for
our products and services. We expense the value of warrants on the date of
issuance unless the related contract specifies minimum guaranteed revenues.
Customer acquisition costs were $941,684 for the year ended December 31, 1999,
or 78.9% of net revenues as compared to $560,824, or 41.2% of net revenues for
the year ended December 31, 1998. During 1999, we issued warrants to three
customers to purchase an aggregate of 161,667 shares of our common stock.
Depreciation and amortization was $2,902,523 for the year ended December
31, 1999, compared to $650,202 for the year ended December 31, 1998, which
included approximately $403,000 of capitalized development costs that we wrote-
off during 1998. We recorded more depreciation expense in 1999 as a result of an
increase in fixed assets primarily from construction of our network operating
center and computer hardware and third party software to support the launch of
our AccelX services, two new e-banking customers, and computer equipment to
support our product development team. We also began amortizing the intangible
assets and goodwill we acquired in the Durand Communications and NetIgnite
acquisitions and recorded $2,523,351 of amortization expense in 1999.
Other Income and Expenses:
Interest income was $225,712 for the year ended December 31, 1999, compared
to $146,830 for the year ended December 31, 1998. During 1999, we also recorded
$22,050 of interest income from our note receivable from Durand Communications.
Interest expense was $2,352,062 for the year ended December 31, 1999,
compared to $7,024 for the year ended December 31, 1998. During 1999, we
recorded $2,311,252 of interest expense related to the 10% convertible note
payable we issued in August 1999, including (i) $173,973 of cash interest
expense and (ii) non-cash charges of $2,092,137 related to amortization of the
beneficial conversion feature and the discount recorded for the issuance of a
common stock purchase warrant; and (iii) $45,142 related to the amortization of
financing fees.
Discontinued Operations:
In September 2000, we sold our e-banking business segment to a privately
held company. Consequently, the sale of this segment is reflected as a sale of
discontinued operation in our consolidated financial statements. Accordingly,
the revenues, costs and expenses of these discontinued operations have been
excluded from the respective captions in the Consolidated Statement of
Operations and have been reported as "Loss from discontinued operations, net of
taxes," for all years presented as summarized in the following table:
Year Ended
December 31,
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1999 1998
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Net revenues $751,087 $ 227,098
Cost of revenues and operating expenses 830,863 536,621
Loss from operations (79,776) (309,523)
Net Loss Applicable to Common Stockholders:
Net losses allocable to common stockholders were $21,866,012 for the year
ended December 31, 1999, compared to $15,762,372 for the year ended December 31,
1998. We recorded non-cash expenses for the following items:
Year Ended
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December 31,
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1999 1998
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Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill $ 2,523,351 $ -
Customer acquisition costs 941,684 560,824
Amortization of beneficial conversion, discount and placement
fees to interest expense related to the 10% convertible note
payable 2,137,279 -
Stock and warrants issued for services 1,814,682 2,309,804
Preferred stock dividends 272,663 329,120
Accretion of preferred stock 4,316,254 4,816,989
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Total $12,005,913 $ 8,016,737
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The increase in losses reflect expenses in sales and marketing, product
development, and general and administrative areas that have increased at a
faster rate than revenues. This is due to the time lag associated with product
development and market introduction as well as the long sales cycle for most of
our products and services.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of December 31, 2000, we had cash and cash equivalents of $4,856,686 and
working capital of $2,423,579. We financed our operations and capital
expenditures and other investing activities during 2000 primarily through the
sale of securities (See Notes 8 and 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for information regarding these sales of securities).
We used $15,633,783 in cash to fund our operations for the year ended
December 31, 2000, compared to $8,603,881 for the year ended December 31, 1999.
The increase in net cash used resulted primarily from (i) cash used by the
operations of Jabber.com which totalled approximately $5.2 million, (ii) an
increase in costs paid for continued development of our products and services;
(iii) increased direct costs and support costs associated with increased head
count; (iv) payment of 1999 performance bonuses in the first quarter of 2000;
and (v) costs incurred in 2000 associated with opening European markets.
We used an additional $2,315,784 in cash for investing activities,
including $2,138,370 for purchases of property and equipment, during the year
ended December 31, 2000, compared to $2,388,592 during the year ended December
31, 1999.
In order to maintain operations and business and product development
efforts at planned levels for both our AccelX and Jabber.com businesses, we will
need to raise additional capital by the middle of fiscal 2001. The timing of the
need for this capital has been accelerated due to our continuing to internally
fund the development of our Jabber.com business.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and working capital at
December 31, 2000, plus the net proceeds of the offering of $2.5 million of
preferred stock that we completed during February 2001, will be adequate to
sustain our operations through May 2001. In addition to the remaining $2.5
million expected to be raised pursuant to the preferred stock financing, we are
in active discussions with strategic and institutional investors for an
additional $10 million of financing which we believe would be sufficient to fund
our operations through at least the first quarter of 2002. However, the
conditions required to be satisfied for the preferred stock investors to be
obligated to purchase the remaining $2.5 million of preferred stock may not be
met and we have no commitments for any additional funding and there can be no
assurances that the discussions for additional investments will be successful,
or if successful, that the terms of any additional investments will be
acceptable to us. If we are not successful in obtaining funding in appropriate
amounts or at appropriate terms, we would consider significant reductions in our
operations and the sale of all or a portion of our interest in our Jabber.com
subsidiary. Any such reduction in either our operations or business and
development efforts or the sale of our interest in Jabber.com could have a
material adverse affect on our operating results and financial condition. In its
report accompanying the audited financial statements, Arthur Andersen LLP
expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
EXPOSURE TO FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK
During 2000, we expanded our operations to include customers located in
Europe and we opened an office in Amsterdam. As a result, we are subject to
exposure resulting from changes in the Euro (our subsidiary's functional
currency) and other currencies related to the United States dollar. Further,
from time to time, we may agree to accept a receivable denominated in currencies
other than our functional currencies (i.e., the United States Dollar and the
Euro). During 2000, we recorded $130,357 of transaction loss related to exchange
rate changes between the Euro and the U.S. Dollar on a receivable from a
customer denominated in the Euro.
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SELLING SHAREHOLDER
The common stock covered by this prospectus consists of shares issued or
issuable upon: (i) conversion of our series B-2 convertible preferred stock
(391,282 shares), series C-1 convertible preferred stock (1,000,000 shares),
series C-2 convertible preferred stock (up to 1,000,000 shares) and a 10%
convertible promissory notes due August 25, 2002, in the principal amount of
$2,654,110 (1,061,644 shares), together with interest of $469,813.99 accruing
from January 1, 2001 through such maturity date; and (ii) exercise of various
stock purchase warrants (1,021,991 shares). The common stock covered by this
prospectus also consists of 504,136 shares of common stock currently held by the
selling shareholder.
The selling shareholder acquired its series B-2 convertible preferred stock
on September 14, 2000 in exchange for all of its series B convertible preferred
stock. The selling shareholder purchased the series B convertible preferred
stock from us, together with a warrant to purchase 171,875 shares of common
stock, for $6,250,000 on February 18, 2000. The selling shareholder acquired the
series C-1 convertible preferred stock on February 28, 2001, together with a
warrant to purchase up to 500,000 shares of common stock, in exchange for a cash
investment of $2,500,000. The selling shareholder may also acquire shares of
series C-2 convertible preferred stock, which could be converted up to a maximum
of 1,000,000 shares of our common stock, and a warrant to purchase up to a
maximum of 200,000 shares of our common stock, for an additional $2,500,000. The
selling shareholder acquired the 10% convertible promissory notes during 1999
and 2000. The selling shareholder received a warrant to purchase 150,116 shares
of our common stock on December 18, 1999 as part of an amendment of the terms of
the promissory notes. The selling shareholder acquired the 504,136 shares of
common stock when it converted a portion of the series B-2 convertible preferred
stock that it acquired in 2000.
The number of shares that actually may be sold by the selling shareholder
will be determined by the selling shareholder. Because the selling shareholder
may sell all, some or none of the shares of common stock which it holds, and
because the offering contemplated by this prospectus is not currently being
underwritten, no estimate can be given as to the number of shares of common
stock that will be held by the selling shareholder upon termination of the
offering.
The following table sets forth information as of March 20, 2001, regarding
the selling shareholder, including:
. The name of the selling shareholder;
. The beneficial ownership of common stock of the selling shareholder;
and
. The maximum number of shares of common stock offered by the selling
shareholder.
The information presented is based on data furnished to us by the selling
shareholder.
Under the registration rights agreement, we are required to register for
resale by the selling shareholder 5,166,979 shares of our common stock. This
amount is based upon the number of shares: (i) issuable upon conversion of the
series B-2, C-1 and C-2 convertible preferred stock; (ii) issuable upon
conversion of the 10% convertible promissory notes, together with interest
accruing from January 1, 2001 through August 25, 2002; (iii) issuable upon the
exercise of stock purchase warrants; and (iv) currently held by the selling
shareholder. Approximately 1,184,460 of these shares are subject to effective
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
will cause these shares to be removed from registration after the registration
statement which includes this prospectus is made effective by the Commission.
Pursuant to their terms, the convertible preferred stock, the convertible
promissory notes and the warrants are convertible or exercisable by the selling
shareholder only to the extent that the number of shares thereby issuable,
together with the number of shares of common stock owned by the selling
shareholder, but not including unconverted or unexercisable shares under the
convertible preferred stock, the convertible promissory notes or the warrants,
would not exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of our common stock as
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Accordingly, the number of shares of common stock set forth in the third
and fourth columns in the table below for the selling shareholder exceeds the
number of shares of common stock that the selling shareholder beneficially owns
in accordance with Section 13(d) as of March 20 2001. This 4.99% limit may not
prevent the selling shareholder from converting all of its convertible preferred
stock or the convertible promissory notes, or exercising its warrants, because
the selling shareholder can convert the convertible preferred stock or the
convertible promissory notes, or exercise the warrants into 4.99% of our
outstanding common stock, then sell all of that stock to permit it to engage in
further conversions or exercises. As a result, the 4.99% limit does not prevent
the selling shareholder from selling more than 4.99% of our common stock.
Shares of Common Stock
Owned Before Offering Plus
Shares of Common Maximum Number of Shares Maximum Number of Shares of Common
Stock Owned Which Can Be Acquired Shares Offered Under Stock Owned
Selling Beneficially Before Over the Life of Securities This Registration Beneficially After
Shareholder Offering (%) Owned (%) Statement (%) Offering (%)
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Castle Creek 516,688 (4.99%) 3,966,979 (28.71%)(2) 5,166,979 (34.41)(3) 0 (0%)(4)
Technology
Partners LLC (1)
(1) Shares beneficially owned include 504,136 common shares currently held and
12,552 shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of outstanding securities.
Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC, 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4040, Chicago,
Illinois 60601. Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC beneficially owns 516,656
shares of common stock, determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3, and disclaims
beneficial ownership of any shares other than these shares. Castle Creek
Technology
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Partners LLC acquired its securities in the ordinary course of its business and
at the time of its purchase of these securities, it had no understandings,
directly or indirectly with any person to distribute the securities. As
investment manager, pursuant to a management agreement with Castle Creek
Technology Partners LLC, Castle Creek Partners, LLC may be deemed to
beneficially own the securities held by Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC.
Castle Creek Partners, LLC disclaims such beneficial ownership. Daniel Asher, as
a managing member of Castle Creek Partners, LLC, holds the voting and
dispositive powers over the securities owned by Castle Creek Technology Partners
LLC and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities. Mr. Asher
disclaims such beneficial ownership.
(2) Includes: (a) 391,200 shares issuable upon conversion of the series B-2
convertible preferred stock and assumes a conversion price of $2.50; (b)
1,000,000 shares issuable upon conversion of the series C-1 convertible
preferred stock and assumes a conversion price of $2.50; (c) 1,061,644 shares
issuable upon conversion of the 10% convertible promissory notes and assumes a
conversion rate of $2.50 per share; (d) 187,926 shares issuable upon conversion
of interest accruing under such 10% convertible promissory notes from January 1,
2001 through August 25, 2002, and assumes a conversion rate of $2.50 per share
and that all such interest is paid in additional notes; (e) 171,875 shares
issuable upon exercise of a warrant obtained in connection with issuance of the
series B convertible preferred stock; (f) 500,000 shares issuable upon exercise
of a warrant obtained in connection with the issuance of the series C-1
convertible preferred stock; (g) 136,519 shares issuable upon exercise of a
warrant obtained in connection with the amendment of the terms of the 10%
convertible promissory notes; and (h) 504,136 shares of common stock currently
held by the selling shareholder. No effect has been given to the antidilution
provisions in the warrants since any events which could cause the antidilution
provisions to take effect are not now known. Does not include: (x) up to
1,000,000 shares issuable upon conversion of the series C-2 convertible
preferred stock, which has not been issued; and (y) up to 200,000 shares
issuable upon exercise of a warrant, which will be issued if the series C-2
convertible preferred stock is issued.
(3) Includes up to 1,200,000 shares issuable in connection with the conversion
and exercise of the series C-2 convertible preferred stock and accompanying
warrant which may be acquired by the selling shareholder.
(4) Assumes the sale of all shares offered for sale by this prospectus.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The sale of the shares offered by this prospectus may be made in the Nasdaq
National Market or other over-the-counter markets at prices and at terms then
prevailing or at prices related to the then current market price or in
negotiated transactions. These shares may be sold by one or more of the
following:
. A block trade in which the broker or dealer will attempt to sell shares
as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal
to facilitate the transaction.
. Purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by a broker or
dealer for its account using this prospectus.
. Ordinary brokerage transactions in which the broker does not solicit
purchasers and transactions in which the broker does solicit purchasers.
. Transactions directly with a market maker.
. In privately negotiated transactions not involving a broker or dealer.
Each sale may be made either at market prices prevailing at the time of
such sale, at negotiated prices, at fixed prices which may be changed, or at
prices related to prevailing market prices.
Brokers or dealers engaged by the selling shareholder to sell the shares
may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate. Brokers or dealers
engaged to sell the shares will receive compensation in the form of commissions
or discounts in amounts to be negotiated immediately prior to each sale. These
brokers or dealers and any other participating brokers or dealers may be deemed
to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with these sales. We will receive no proceeds from any resales of the
shares offered by
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this prospectus, and we anticipate that the brokers or dealers, if any,
participating in the sales of the shares will receive the usual and customary
selling commissions.
In connection with their ownership or sale of the shares, the selling
shareholder may enter into hedging transactions. In connection with such
transactions, persons with whom they effect such transactions, including broker-
dealers, may engage in short sales of our common stock in connection with the
transaction with selling shareholder. The selling shareholder may also engage
in short sales and short sales against the box, and in options, swaps,
derivatives and other transactions in our securities, and may sell and deliver
the shares covered by this prospectus in connection with such transactions or in
settlement of securities loans. These transactions may be entered into with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions that may resell those shares. In
addition, from time to time, the selling shareholder may pledge its shares
pursuant to the margin provisions of its customer agreements or otherwise. Upon
delivery of the shares or a default by the selling shareholder, the broker-
dealer or financial institution may offer and sell the pledged shares from time
to time.
To comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the
shares will be sold in those states only through brokers or dealers. In
addition, in some states, the shares may not be sold in those states unless they
have been registered or qualified for sale in those states or an exemption from
registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
If necessary, the specific shares of our common stock to be sold, the name
of the selling shareholder, the respective purchase prices and public offering
prices, the names of any agent, dealer or underwriter, and any applicable
commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in
an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective
amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We
entered into a registration agreement in connection with the private placement
of the series C-1 convertible preferred stock which requires us to register the
underlying shares of our common stock under applicable federal and state
securities laws, as well as the other shares of common stock being offered in
this prospectus. The registration agreement provides for cross-indemnification
of the selling shareholder and us and each party's respective directors,
officers and controlling persons against liability in connection with the offer
and sale of the common stock, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933 and to contribute to payments the parties may be required to make in
respect thereof. We have agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the selling
shareholder from liability under the Securities Act of 1933.
The rules and regulations in Regulation M under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, provide that during the period that any person is engaged in the
distribution, as so defined in Regulation M of our common stock, such person
generally may not purchase shares of our common stock. The selling shareholder
is subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, including,
without limitation, Regulation M, which provisions may limit the timing of
purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the selling shareholder.
The foregoing may affect the marketability of the common stock.
We will bear all expenses of the offering of the common stock, except that
the selling shareholder will pay any applicable underwriting commissions and
expenses, brokerage fees and transfer taxes, as well as the fees and
disbursements of counsel to and experts for the selling shareholder.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
General
Our articles of incorporation authorize our board of directors to issue
65,000,000 shares of capital stock, including 60,000,000 shares of common stock
and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with rights, preferences and privileges
as are determined by our board of directors.
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Common Stock
As of March 20, 2001, we had 10,354,473 shares of common stock outstanding.
All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and nonassessable and
the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus will be, upon
issuance, fully paid and nonassessable. The following is a summary of the
material rights and privileges of our common stock.
Voting. Holders of our common stock are entitled to cast one vote for each
share held at all shareholder meetings for all purposes, including the election
of directors. The holders of more than 50% of the voting power of our common
stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote and present in person or by
proxy, together with any preferred stock issued and outstanding and entitled to
vote and present in person or by proxy, constitute a quorum at all meetings of
our shareholders. The vote of the holders of a majority of our common stock
present and entitled to vote at a meeting, together with any preferred stock
present and entitled to vote at a meeting, will decide any question brought
before the meeting, except when Colorado law, our articles of incorporation, or
our bylaws require a greater vote and except when Colorado law requires a vote
of any preferred stock issued and outstanding, voting as a separate class, to
approve a matter brought before the meeting. Holders of our common stock do not
have cumulative voting for the election of directors.
Dividends. Holders of our common stock are entitled to dividends when,
as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds available for
distribution. The payment of any dividends may be limited or prohibited by loan
agreement provisions or priority dividends for preferred stock that may be
outstanding.
Preemptive Rights. The holders of our common stock have no preemptive
rights to subscribe for any additional shares of any class of our capital stock
or for any issue of bonds, notes or other securities convertible into any class
of our capital stock.
Liquidation. If we liquidate or dissolve, the holders of each outstanding
share of our common stock will be entitled to share equally in our assets
legally available for distribution to our shareholders after payment of all
liabilities and after distributions to holders of preferred stock legally
entitled to be paid distributions prior to the payment of distributions to
holders of our common stock.
Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock
As of March 20, 2001, we had 978 shares of series B-2 convertible preferred
stock outstanding. On February 18, 2000, we issued 6,250 shares of our series B
convertible preferred stock and a warrant to acquire 171,875 shares of our
common stock to the selling shareholder for a cash investment of $6,250,000. A
similar number of series B-2 preferred stock and warrant was issued to another
investor, resulting in the issuance of an aggregate of 12,500 shares of this
preferred stock. On September 14, 2000, we agreed to exchange all of the series
B convertible preferred stock for 12,500 shares of series B-2 convertible
preferred stock. During December 2000, all but 978 shares of the series B-2
convertible preferred stock were converted at a conversion price of $10.20408
per share. The series B-2 convertible preferred stock does not bear dividends
and does not entitle the holders to any voting rights except as required by
Colorado law. The following is a summary of the material terms of the series B-
2 convertible preferred stock.
Conversion. The preferred stock is convertible into common stock so long
as the conversion would not result in the holder being a beneficial owner of
more than 4.99% of our common stock. The current conversion price is $2.50 per
share.
The conversion price is also subject to anti-dilution protection in the
event of the issuance of our common stock at prices less than the conversion
price for the preferred stock or the then current price for our common stock and
for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions. If the
conversion price is reduced, we may be required to record a charge to income.
Redemption. In the event that we do not have a sufficient number of shares
of our common stock available for the conversion of the preferred stock for any
reason, including our failure to obtain the approval of our shareholders of the
issuance of the preferred stock, fail in any material respect to comply with the
terms of the
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preferred stock or the purchase agreement pursuant to which the preferred stock
was sold or our common stock ceases to be quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market and
such suspension or failure to be so quoted or listed occurs as a result of any
willful action or failure on our part, the holder of the preferred stock has
the right to require us to redeem its shares of preferred stock. The redemption
price would be equal to the greater of $1,250 per share of preferred stock or
the market value of the preferred stock based on the then market value for our
common stock.
Liquidation Preference. If we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our business,
whether voluntary or otherwise, after we pay our debts and other liabilities,
the holder of the preferred stock will be entitled to receive from our remaining
net assets, before any distribution to the holders of our common stock, the
amount of $1,000 per share.
Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
On February 28, 2001, we issued 2,500 shares of our series C-1 convertible
preferred stock and warrants to acquire 500,000 shares of our common stock to
the selling shareholder for a cash investment of $2,500,000. The conversion
price for the series C-1 convertible preferred stock is $2.50 The series C-1
convertible preferred stock does not bear dividends and does not entitle the
holders to any voting rights except as required by Colorado law. The following
is a summary of the material terms of the series C-1 convertible preferred
stock.
Conversion. The preferred stock is convertible into common stock so long
as the conversion would not result in the holder being a beneficial owner of
more than 4.99% of our common stock. The current conversion price is $2.50 per
share.
The conversion price is also subject to anti-dilution protection in the
event of the issuance of our common stock at prices less than the conversion
price for the preferred stock or the then current price for our common stock and
for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions. If the
conversion price is reduced, we may be required to record a charge to income.
Redemption. In the event that we do not have a sufficient number of shares
of our common stock available for the conversion of the preferred stock for any
reason, including our failure to obtain the approval of our shareholders of the
issuance of the preferred stock, fail in any material respect to comply with the
terms of the preferred stock or the purchase agreement pursuant to which the
preferred stock was sold or our common stock ceases to be quoted on the Nasdaq
Stock Market and such suspension or failure to be so quoted or listed occurs as
a result of any willful action or failure on our part, the holder of the
preferred stock has the right to require us to redeem its shares of preferred
stock. The redemption price would be equal to the greater of $1,250 per share
of preferred stock or the market value of the preferred stock based on the then
market value for our common stock.
Liquidation Preference. If we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our business,
whether voluntary or otherwise, after we pay our debts and other liabilities,
the holder of the preferred stock will be entitled to receive from our remaining
net assets, before any distribution to the holders of our common stock, the
amount of $1,000 per share.
Registration Rights. Pursuant to the agreement under which the series C-1
preferred stock was issued, we have been required to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission a registration statement for the resale of the shares
issuable upon conversion of this preferred stock (as well as the other shares of
common stock being offered for sale by the selling shareholder under this
prospectus) and to use our best efforts to keep such registration statement
effective until all of the registered shares have been resold or can be sold
immediately without compliance with the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise.
Series C-2 Convertible Preferred Stock
The selling shareholder is required to purchase and we are required to sell
the series C-2 convertible preferred stock and accompanying warrant providing
that: the registration statement which includes this prospectus has been
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and has been
effective for 15 days; our common stock continues to be listed on the Nasdaq
National Market; our average market capitalization for the three trading days
immediately preceding the closing of the sale of these securities is at least
$32,300,000, adjusted to the extent of any increase or decrease in the number of
our outstanding shares of common stock; our representations and warranties in
our agreement with the selling shareholder are true and correct in all material
respects at the time
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of the closing; and there has been no material adverse change in our business,
financial condition, properties, prospects or results of operations. The
purchase price of the series C-2 convertible preferred stock and accompanying
warrant is $2,500,000. The series C-2 shares are convertible into common stock
at a price equal to the least of: (i) 80% of the average market price for our
common stock for the three trading days immediately preceding the issuance of
the stock; (ii) 80% of the closing bid price for the common stock on the day
immediately preceding the issuance of the preferred stock; and (iii) $7.50.
Accordingly, at the time the series C-2 convertible preferred stock is issued,
the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of this
preferred stock will be 1,000,000 shares, and a maximum of 200,000 shares will
be issuable upon exercise of the accompanying warrant. The series C-2
convertible preferred stock will not bear dividends and will not entitle the
holder to any voting rights except as required by Colorado law. The following is
a summary of the material terms of the series C-2 convertible preferred stock.
Conversion. The preferred stock is convertible into common stock so long as
the conversion would not result in the selling shareholder being a beneficial
owner of more than 4.99% of our common stock. The conversion price is subject to
the formula described in the preceding paragraph.
The conversion price is also subject to anti-dilution protection in the
event of the issuance of our common stock at prices less than the conversion
price for the preferred stock or the then current price for our common stock and
for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions. If the
conversion price is reduced, we may be required to record a charge to income.
Redemption. In the event that we do not have a sufficient number of shares
of our common stock available for the conversion of the preferred stock for any
reason, including our failure to obtain the approval of our shareholders of the
issuance of the preferred stock, fail in any material respect to comply with the
terms of the preferred stock or the purchase agreement pursuant to which the
preferred stock was sold or our common stock ceases to be quoted on the Nasdaq
Stock Market and such suspension or failure to be so quoted or listed occurs as
a result of any willful action or failure on our part, the holder of the
preferred stock has the right to require us to redeem its shares of preferred
stock. The redemption price would be equal to the greater of $1,250 per share of
preferred stock or the market value of the preferred stock based on the then
market value for our common stock.
Liquidation Preference. If we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our business,
whether voluntary or otherwise, after we pay our debts and other liabilities,
the holder of the preferred stock will be entitled to receive from our remaining
net assets, before any distribution to the holders of our common stock, the
amount of $1,000 per share.
10% Convertible Promissory Notes
On August 25, 1999, we issued to the selling shareholder a three-year 10%
convertible promissory note in the amount of $5,000,000. The terms of the
promissory note were amended on December 18, 1999, at which time we issued to
the selling shareholder a warrant to purchase 136,519 shares of common stock. On
February 18, 2000, one-half of the principal amount of the note was converted
into 248,262 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $10.07 per share.
During 2000, an aggregate of $164,110 principal amount of similar 10%
convertible notes were issued to pay interest on the note. As of March 20, 2001,
we had a total of $2,654,110 principal amount of the 10% convertible notes
outstanding. For the period from January 1, 2001 through the maturity date of
the notes, August 25, 2002, additional interest will accrue in the amount of
$469,814 assuming the interest is paid in additional notes. If paid in cash, the
interest will be lower due to the absense of compounding. Upon the issuance of
additional convertible promissory notes to pay this interest, an additional
187,926 shares of common stock would be issuable upon conversion of the notes.
The following is a summary of the material terms of the promissory notes.
Conversion Price. The convertible promissory notes are convertible into
shares of common stock at a conversion price of $2.50 per share.
Redemption. We can prepay the promissory notes at any time, if the closing
bid price for our common stock for 20 consecutive trading days is at least 200%
of the conversion price then in effect. The redemption price would equal 115% of
the face amount of the convertible notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
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Interest. The promissory notes bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum.
If the market value of our common stock is above $2.50, the issuance of notes to
pay interest would result in an effective interest rate of more than 10%.
Warrant Issued with Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
The selling shareholder owns a five-year warrant to purchase 171,875
shares of our common stock, which was issued on February 18, 2000. A similar
warrant was issued to a second investor in connection with its purchase of
series B convertible preferred stock. The exercise price for the warrants is
currently $3.75374 per share. During the first three years of the warrant, the
exercise price is subject to adjustment at the end of each ninety-day period
following the issuance of the warrants. During this period, the exercise price
at the end of each ninety-day period shall be adjusted if the market price for
our common stock is less than the then exercise price for the warrants, and
shall, in this event, be the then market price for our common stock. The
exercise price for the warrant is also subject to anti-dilution protection in
the event of the issuance of our common stock at prices less than the exercise
price for the warrants and for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar
transactions. If the warrant price is reset, we may record additional charges to
income. The warrants may be subject to early expiration after an underwritten
public offering or one year if the market price for our common stock exceeds
$40.81.
Warrant Issued with Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
The selling shareholder received a three-year warrant to purchase up to
500,000 shares of our common stock, which was issued on February 28, 2001. The
exercise price for the warrant is $3.75 per share. The warrant may be subject
to early expiration after 180 days if the market price for our common stock
exceeds $7.50 for 10 consecutive trading days. The exercise price for the
warrant is subject to anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends
and other similar transactions
Warrant to be Issued with Series C-2 Convertible Preferred Stock
A warrant to purchase additional shares of common stock will be issued at a
ratio of one share for each five shares of common stock into which the series C-
2 shares are convertible at an exercise price equal to the greater of 150% of
the conversion price of the series C-2 shares or the closing bid price for our
common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the issuance of the
warrant. If the series C-2 convertible preferred stock is issued, the maximum
number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the series C-2
warrant issued with the preferred stock will be 200,000 shares and the minimum
exercise price will be $3.75 per share. The warrant may be subject to early
expiration after 180 days if the market price for our common stock exceeds the
greater of $7.50 or 200% of the exercise price for the warrant for 10
consecutive trading days. The exercise price for the warrant will be subject to
anti-dilution protection for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar
transactions.
Warrant Issued with Convertible Notes
We issued the selling shareholder a five-year warrant to purchase 150,116
shares of our common stock in connection with the purchase of the 10%
convertible promissory notes. The exercise price for the warrant is $9.3343 per
share. The warrant is subject to anti-dilution protection in the event of the
issuance of our common stock at prices less than the exercise prices for the
warrant or the then current price for our common stock and for stock splits,
stock dividends and other similar transactions.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy
any document we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room located at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-
SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.
You can also obtain copies of this material from the SEC's Internet site located
at http://www.sec.gov.
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The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with
them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring
you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered
to be a part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC
will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by
reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with
the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, file no. 0-28462:
. Our annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1999.
. Our quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31,
2000.
. Our quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30,
2000.
. Our quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September
30, 2000.
. Our preliminary proxy statement of the 2000 annual meeting of
shareholders filed on March 17, 2000.
. Our definitive proxy statement of the 2000 annual meeting of
shareholders filed on April 4, 2000.
. The description of our common stock contained in our registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on May 22, 1996.
. Our current report on Form 8-K filed January 5, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K filed January 14, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K/A filed March 22, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K/A filed March 28, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K filed September 19, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K/A filed September 27, 2000.
. Our current report on Form 8-K filed March 1, 2001.
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or
telephoning us at the following address and telephone number:
Shareholder Services
Attn: Kim Boswood
Webb Interactive Services, Inc.
1899 Wynkoop
Suite 600
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 308-3227
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC.
You should rely only on the information or representations provided in this
prospectus. We have authorized no one to provide you with different information.
The selling shareholder will not make an offer of these shares in any state
where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in
this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front page
of this prospectus.
LEGAL MATTERS
Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, has
issued an opinion about the legality of the shares registered by this
prospectus.
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EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in
their report with respect thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon the
authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.
INDEMNIFICATION
Our articles of incorporation provide that we shall indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by Colorado law, any of our directors, officers, employees or
agents who are made, or threatened to be made, a party to a proceeding by reason
of the fact that he or she is or was one of our directors, officers, employees
or agents against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable
expenses incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if specified
standards are met. Although indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to our directors, officers and
controlling persons under these provisions, we have been advised that, in the
opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.
Our articles of incorporation also limit the liability of our directors to
the fullest extent permitted by the Colorado law. Specifically, our articles of
incorporation provide that our directors will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as directors, except for:
. Any breach of the duty of loyalty to us or our shareholders;
. Acts or omissions not in good faith or that involved intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
. Dividends or other distributions of corporate assets that are in
contravention of specified statutory or contractual restrictions;
. Violations of specified laws; or
. Any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit.
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WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Page
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Report of Independent Public Accountants F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 F-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 F-6-F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Webb Interactive Services, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of WEBB INTERACTIVE
SERVICES, INC. (a Colorado corporation), and subsidiaries as of December 31,
2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Webb Interactive Services, Inc.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the
Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the
financial statements, among other factors, the Company has incurred significant
and recurring losses from operations and its operations have used substantial
amounts of cash. Such losses are expected to continue in the near future. To
fund such operating losses, the Company will require additional capital and the
availability of such capital is uncertain. These factors raise substantial doubt
about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Management's
plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 1. The accompanying
financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount and
classification of liabilities that might result should the Company be unable to
continue as a going concern.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 1, 2001.
F-2
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
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2000 1999
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,856,686 $ 4,164,371
Accounts receivable, net (Note 2) 469,639 76,806
Prepaid expenses 301,657 399,217
Notes receivable from Company officers (Note 3) 198,444 -
Net current assets of discontinued operations (Note 15) - 30,326
Short-term deposits 438,140 444,545
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Total current assets 6,264,566 5,115,265
Property and equipment, net (Note 4) 2,830,132 1,668,599
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of
$10,870,312 and $2,523,351, respectively (Notes 13 and 14) 6,001,667 12,503,047
Net long-term assets of discontinued operations (Note 15) - 683,890
Deferred financing costs 104,893 2,649,517
Other assets 509,071 4,216
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Total assets $ 15,710,329 $ 22,624,534
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of capital leases payable (Note 5) $ 227,876 $ 108,525
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 2,142,731 771,417
Accrued salaries and payroll taxes payable 1,232,844 936,849
Accrued interest payable 63,014 126,028
Customer deposits and deferred revenue 174,522 44,882
Net current liabilities of discontinued operations (Note 15) - 375,512
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Total current liabilities 3,840,987 2,363,213
Capital leases payable (Note 5) - 115,493
10% convertible note payable, net of discount of $295,676 and
$947,710, respectively (Note 7) 2,358,434 4,052,290
Minority interest in subsidiary 523,700 -
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized:
Series B-2 convertible preferred stock, 978 and none
shares issued and outstanding, respectively 912,286 -
10% redeemable, convertible preferred stock, 10%
cumulative return; none and 85,000 shares issued and
outstanding, respectively, including dividends payable - 1,020,295
of none and $170,295, respectively
Common stock, no par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized,
10,354,473 and 7,830,028 shares issued and outstanding, respectively 85,986,641 49,513,769
Warrants and options 13,740,819 8,612,322
Deferred compensation (402,137) (412,707)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 1,371 -
Accumulated deficit (91,251,772) (42,640,141)
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Total stockholders' equity 8,987,208 16,093,538
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 15,710,329 $ 22,624,534
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The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these consolidated balance sheets.
F-3
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Net revenues $ 4,014,393 $ 1,193,196
Cost of revenues 3,510,504 1,363,758
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Gross margin 503,889 (170,562)
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Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 3,039,673 1,726,004
Product development 5,376,972 2,891,569
General and administrative 10,341,650 6,311,544
Customer acquisition costs - 941,684
Depreciation and amortization 9,155,123 2,902,523
Impairment loss (Note 14) 8,168,904 -
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36,082,322 14,773,324
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Loss from operations (35,578,433) (14,943,886)
Interest income 731,808 225,712
Interest expense (605,638) (2,352,062)
Loss on foreign currency transactions (130,357) -
Loss on write-off of investment in common stock (448,172) -
Loss on disposition of property and equipment (344,341) -
Equity in loss of subsidiary - (127,083)
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Net loss from continuing operations (36,375,133) (17,197,319)
Loss from discontinued operations (Note 15) (203,372) (79,776)
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Net loss (36,578,505) (17,277,095)
Preferred stock dividends (Note 8) (373,126) (272,663)
Accretion of preferred stock to stated value (Note 8) (11,660,000) (3,157,691)
Accretion of preferred stock for beneficial conversion feature in
excess of stated value (Note 8) - (1,158,563)
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Net loss applicable to common stockholders $(48,611,631) $(21,866,012)
============ ============
Net loss applicable to common stockholders from continuing
operations per share, basic and diluted $ (5.35) $ (3.30)
============ ============
Net loss applicable to common stockholders per share from
discontinued operations, basic and diluted $ (0.02) $ (0.01)
============ ============
Net loss applicable to common stockholders per share, basic and $ (5.37) $ (3.31)
diluted
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Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted 9,060,437 6,610,836
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The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these consolidated statements.
F-4
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000 AND 1999
Preferred Stock Common Stock Warrants and
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Shares Amount Shares Amount Options
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Balances, December 31, 1998 246,400 $ 4,101,336 4,642,888 $16,410,300 $ 2,281,832
Stock issued in private placement of preferred stock 5,000 5,000,000 - - -
Offering costs - (384,500) - - -
Beneficial conversion feature of preferred stock - (3,931,754) - 3,931,754 -
Preferred stock dividends - 125,638 - - -
Common stock and common stock warrants issued in
connection with DCI merger - - 947,626 9,239,358 2,158,837
Common stock issued in connection with NI merger - - 71,429 984,400 -
Preferred stock and dividends converted to common
stock (166,400) (8,206,679) 904,981 8,206,679 -
Preferred stock beneficial conversion feature on
dividends paid through the issuance of common
stock - - - 147,025 -
Convertible notes payable converted to common
stock - - 82,402 894,879 -
Exercises of stock options and warrants - - 1,144,205 7,197,462 (1,846,830)
10% note payable beneficial conversion feature - - - 1,967,522 -
Common stock warrant issued in connection with
10% note payable - - - - 3,383,800
Accretion of preferred stock to stated value - 3,157,691 - - -
Accretion of preferred stock for beneficial conversion
feature in excess of stated value - 1,158,563 - - -
Stock and stock options issued for services and to
customers - - 36,497 534,390 2,634,683
Deferred compensation - - - - -
Net loss - - - - -
Comprehensive Income - - - - -
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Balances, December 31, 1999 85,000 1,020,295 7,830,028 49,513,769 8,612,322
Series B-2 preferred stock issued in private
placement 12,500 12,500,000 - - -
Cash offering costs - (840,000) - - -
Value of warrants issued for common stock - (6,913,568) - - 6,913,568
Beneficial conversion feature of preferred stock - (2,434,957) - 2,434,957 -
Deferred offering costs for warrant issued with
Series B preferred stock - (2,311,475) - - -
Accretion of preferred stock to stated value - 11,660,000 - - -
Preferred stock dividends - 2,733 - - -
Beneficial conversion feature on 10% preferred
stock dividends converted to common stock - - - 370,393 -
Conversion of preferred stock and dividends to
common stock (96,522) (11,770,742) 1,231,438 11,770,742 -
Conversion of 10% note payable to common stock - - 248,262 1,886,263 -
Common stock and common stock warrants issued in
connection with Update acquisition - - 278,411 8,630,741 1,364,676
Exercise of warrants and options - - 751,334 11,132,885 (3,892,442)
Stock and stock options issued for services - - 15,000 246,891 519,554
Deferred compensation - - - - 223,141
Other comprehensive income - - - - -
Net loss - - - - -
Comprehensive income - - - - -
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Balances, December 31, 2000 978 $ 912,286 10,354,473 $85,986,641 $ 13,740,819
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Accumulated
Other
Deferred Accumulated Comprehensive Comprehensive Stockholders
Compensation Deficit Income Income Equity
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Balances, December 31, 1998 $ - $ (20,774,129) $ - $ - $ 2,019,339
Stock issued in private placement of preferred stock - - - - 5,000,000
Offering costs - - - - (384,500)
Beneficial conversion feature of preferred stock - - - - -
Preferred stock dividends - (125,638) - - -
Common stock and common stock warrants issued in
connection with DCI merger - - - - 11,398,195
Common stock issued in connection with NI merger - - - - 984,400
Preferred stock and dividends converted to common
stock - - - - -
Preferred stock beneficial conversion feature on
dividends paid through the issuance of common
stock - (147,025) - - -
Convertible notes payable converted to common
stock - - - - 894,879
Exercises of stock options and warrants - - - - 5,350,632
10% note payable beneficial conversion feature - - - - 1,967,522
Common stock warrant issued in connection with
10% note payable - - - - 3,383,800
Accretion of preferred stock to stated value - (3,157,691) - - -
Accretion of preferred stock for beneficial conversion
feature in excess of stated value - (1,158,563) - - -
Stock and stock options issued for services and to
customers - - - - 3,169,073
Deferred compensation (412,707) - - - (412,707)
Net loss - (17,277,095) - (17,277,095) (17,277,095)
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Comprehensive Income - - - (17,277,095) -
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Balances, December 31, 1999 (412,707) (42,640,141) - - 16,093,538
Series B-2 preferred stock issued
in private placement - - - - 12,500,000
Cash offering costs - - - - (840,000)
Value of warrants issued for common stock - - - - -
Beneficial conversion feature of preferred stock - - - - -
Deferred offering costs for warrant
issued with Series B preferred stock - - - - (2,311,475)
Accretion of preferred stock to stated value - (11,660,000) - - -
Preferred stock dividends - (2,733) - - -
Beneficial conversion feature on 10% preferred
stock dividends converted to common stock - (370,393) - - -
Conversion of preferred stock and dividends to
common stock - - - - -
Conversion of 10% note payable to common stock - - - - 1,886,263
Common stock and common stock warrants issued in
connection with Update acquisition - - - - 9,995,417
Exercise of warrants and options - - - - 7,240,443
Stock and stock options issued for services 711,787 - - - 1,478,232
Deferred compensation (701,217) - - - (478,076)
Other comprehensive income - - 1,371 1,371 1,371
Net loss - (36,578,505) - (36,578,505) (36,578,505)
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Comprehensive income - - - $(36,577,134) -
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Balances, December 31, 2000 $ (402,137) $ (91,251,772) $ 1,371 $ 8,987,208
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The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral
part of these consolidated statements.
F-5
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $(36,578,505) $(17,277,095)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 9,506,483 3,211,532
Impairment loss 8,168,904 -
Stock and stock options issued for services and to customers 1,478,232 2,756,366
Loss on sale and disposal of property and equipment 344,341 249,468
Notes payable issued for interest on 10% convertible note payable 154,110 -
Bad debt expense 147,882 -
Write-off of investment in common stock 448,172 -
Accrued interest income on notes receivable (2,617) -
Provision for excess and obsolete inventory - 55,126
Accrued interest income on advances to DCI - (46,379)
Reduction in note receivable for services received from DCI - 368,643
Loss from investment in subsidiary - 127,083
Interest expense on 10% convertible note from beneficial conversion feature - 1,967,522
Amortization of 10% convertible note payable discount 198,744 124,615
Amortization of 10% convertible note payable financing costs 72,702 45,142
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (510,391) 41,458
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses 97,560 (302,083)
Increase in short-term deposits and other assets (498,450) (342,985)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities 1,281,917 (490,049)
Increase in accrued salaries and payroll taxes payable 173,506 690,832
(Decrease) increase in accrued interest payable (63,014) 107,333
(Decrease) increase in customer deposits and deferred revenue (53,360) 109,590
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Net cash used in operating activities (15,633,784) (8,603,881)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash acquired in business combinations - 32,484
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment 10,279 133,137
Net proceeds from sale of discontinued operation 8,134 -
Purchase of property and equipment (2,138,370) (1,692,532)
Notes receivable from Company officers (195,827) -
Cash advances to DCI - (593,649)
Payment of acquisition costs - (27,468)
Investment in equity method investee - (240,564)
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Net cash used in investing activities (2,315,784) (2,388,592)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on capital leases and convertible notes payable (259,931) (124,443)
Proceeds from issuance of series B preferred stock and warrants 12,500,000 -
Proceeds from issuance of 10% convertible note payable and warrant - 5,000,000
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants 7,240,443 5,350,632
Proceeds from issuance of series C preferred stock - 5,000,000
10% convertible note payable financing costs - (383,184)
Series B preferred stock and warrant offering costs (840,000) (384,500)
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Net cash provided by financing activities 18,640,512 14,458,505
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 690,944 3,466,0
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate charges on cash 1,371 -
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 4,164,371 698,339
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 4,856,686 $ 4,164,371
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The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest $ 168,943 $ 59,056
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Common stock and warrants issued in business combinations $ 9,995,417 $ 12,382,595
Accretion of preferred stock to stated value 11,660,000 3,157,691
Accretion of preferred stock for beneficial conversion
feature in excess of stated value - 1,158,563
Preferred stock dividends paid in common stock 373,126 272,663
Preferred stock and dividends converted to common stock 11,770,742 8,206,679
10% note payable converted to common stock 1,886,263 -
Common stock received from sale of e-banking business 448,172 -
Convertible notes payable converted to common stock - 894,879
Capital leases for equipment 263,788 195,405
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1) ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (with its subsidiaries collectively
referred to as the "Company" or "Webb"), was incorporated on March 22, 1994,
under the laws of Colorado, and principal operations began in 1995. We develop
next generation Internet applications for unlocking the potential of local
market e-commerce, including the development of XML-based technologies that
facilitate buyer-seller interaction and enable individuals and local businesses
to easily manage their Web-based communications. In addition, in July 2000, we
formed a majority owned subsidiary, Jabber.com, Inc. ("Jabber.com"). Jabber.com
is engaged in the early stages of several projects that are implementing the
Jabber.org XML-based open-source instant messaging platform for portal services,
enterprise messaging, financial services applications and enhanced mobile and
telephony integration.
During 2000 and 1999, we consummated our acquisitions of Update Systems,
Inc. ("Update"), NetIgnite, Inc. ("NI") and Durand Communications, Inc. ("DCI"),
respectively. Their shareholders exchanged all of their shares for shares of
Webb common stock in business combinations that were recorded using the purchase
method of accounting. The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect
the results of operations of these acquisitions from the date of consummation of
the acquisitions. The consideration paid in excess of the fair market value of
the tangible assets acquired was recorded as intangible assets and goodwill.
On September 16, 2000, we sold our e-banking business to a privately
held company for cash and stock. The accompanying consolidated financial
statements reflect the sale of this segment as a discontinued operation.
We derive revenues principally from licenses of our software;
professional services fees for customization of our software, assisting our
customers to configure and integrate our software applications; and hosting and
support services. Prior to June 1999, we also earned revenues from the sale of
design and consulting services for Website development, network engineering
services, mark-ups on computer hardware, third-party software sold to customers,
maintenance fees charged to customers to maintain computer hardware and
Websites, training course fees, and monthly fees paid by customers for Internet
access which we provided.
We have not been profitable since inception. Our ability to become
profitable depends on the ability to market our products and services and
generate revenues sufficient to exceed our expenses. The success of our revenue
model will depend upon many factors including the success of our distribution
partners in marketing their products and services; and the extent to which
consumers and businesses use our services and conduct e-commerce transactions
and advertising utilizing our services. Because of the new and evolving nature
of the Internet, we cannot predict whether our revenue model will prove to be
viable, whether demand for our products and services will materialize at the
prices we expect to charge, or whether current or future pricing levels will be
sustainable. We are also highly dependent on certain key personnel.
At December 31, 2000, we had $4,856,686 in cash and cash equivalents and
$2,423,579 in working capital. We have expended significant funds to develop our
current product offerings and we anticipate increased operating expenses and
research and development expenditures in 2001, which are necessary for us to
further develop and market our products as well as to achieve market acceptance
of our products in sufficient quantities to achieve positive cash flow from
operations. Our continued viability depends, in part, on our ability to obtain
additional profitable customer contracts and to obtain additional capital
through debt or equity financing sufficient to fund our expected operations. We
believe that our cash and cash equivalents and working capital plus the proceeds
from the preferred stock private placement that was completed during February
2001 (See Note 22), will be adequate to sustain our operations through May 2001.
In
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addition to the remaining $2.5 million expected to be raised pursuant to the
preferred stock financing, we are in active discussions with strategic and
institutional investors for an additional $10 million of financing which we
believe would be sufficient to fund our operations through at least the first
quarter of 2002. However, we have no commitments for the $10 million financing
and the conditions to the private investor's obligation to purchase the
additional $2.5 million worth of our preferred stock may not be satisfied.
Therefore, there can be no assurances that either of these financings will be
completed, or if completed, that the terms of any such financings will be
acceptable to us. If we are not successful in obtaining funding in appropriate
amounts or at appropriate terms, we would consider significant reductions in our
operating activities and the sale of all or a portion of our interest in our
Jabber.com, Inc. subsidiary.
As a result of our continuing operating losses and limited working
capital to fund expected operating losses, substantial doubt exists about Webb's
ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do
not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of
asset carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that
might result should Webb be unable to continue as a going concern.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of Webb and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The net loss
attributable to the minority stockholders' interests which relates to our
Jabber.com subsidiary, is allocated to Webb in the consolidated statements of
operations until such time as the minority stockholders' are obligated to fund
Jabber.com losses.
Revenue Recognition
Webb generates revenues from the license of its software products and
from professional service arrangements. Software license revenue is recognized
in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Statement of Position 97-2 "Software Revenue Recognition" ("SOP 97-2") and
related interpretations, and amendments as well as Technical Practice Aids
issued from time to time by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements" ("SAB 101") in
December 1999. As amended, SAB 101 provides further interpretive guidance for
publicly traded companies on the recognition, presentation, and disclosure of
revenue in the accompanying financial statements. In June 2000, the SEC issued
SAB No. 101B, delaying the implementation of SAB 101 until the fourth quarter of
2000. The provisions of SAB 101 had no material impact on Webb's revenue
recognition policies and presentation as reflected in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements.
We recognize revenue on software arrangements only when persuasive
evidence of an agreement exists, customer acceptance, if any, has occurred,
delivery has occurred, our fee is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is
probable.
Under certain circumstances, software license revenue is deferred until
all criteria of SOP 97-2 are met. Certain arrangements contain provisions, which
result in the recognition of revenue from software licenses ratably over the
term of the contract. In instances where we charge monthly license fees, revenue
is recognized on a month-by-month basis as the fees are determined and become
collectable.
Revenue from professional services billed on a time and materials basis
is recognized as the services are performed and amounts due from customers are
deemed collectible and are contractually non-refundable. Revenue from fixed
price long-term contracts is recognized on the percentage of completion method
for individual contracts, commencing when progress reaches a point where
experience is sufficient to estimate final results with reasonable accuracy.
Revenues are recognized in the ratio that costs incurred bear to total estimated
contract costs. The use of the percentage of completion method of revenue
recognition requires estimates of percentage of project completion. Changes in
job performance, estimated profitability and final contract settlements may
result in revisions to costs and income in the period in which the revisions are
determined. Provisions for any estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are
made in the period in which such losses are determinable. In instances when the
work performed on fixed price agreements is of relatively short duration, we use
the completed contract method of accounting whereby revenue is recognized when
the work is completed. Customer advances and billed amounts due from customers
in excess of revenue recognized are recorded as deferred revenue.
Revenue from maintenance and support agreements is recognized on a
straight-line basis over the term of the related support and maintenance
agreement.
We follow the provisions of EITF 00-3, "Application of AICPA SOP 97-2,
`Software Revenue Recognition,' to Arrangements That Include the Right to Use
Software Stored on Another Entity's Hardware," for software arrangements that
include provisions for hosting. Under the EITF consensus, if the customer has
the contractual right to take possession of the software at anytime during the
hosting period without significant penalty and it is feasible for the customer
to either run the software on its own hardware or contract with another party
unrelated to the vendor to host the software, then the software portion of the
arrangement is accounted for under SOP 97-2. If the customer does not have this
right, then the fee for the entire arrangement is recognized on a straight-line
basis over the life of the related arrangement.
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For software arrangements with multiple elements, we apply the residual
method prescribed by SOP 98-9. Revenue applicable to undelivered elements,
principally software maintenance, training, hosting and limited implementation
services, is deferred based on vendor specific objective evidence ("VSOE") of
the fair value of those elements. VSOE is established by the price of the
element when it is sold separately (i.e., the renewal rate for software
maintenance and normal prices charged for training, hosting and professional
services). Revenue applicable to the delivered elements is deemed equal to the
remainder/residual amount of the fixed arrangement price. Assuming none of the
undelivered elements are essential to the functionality of any of the delivered
elements, we recognize the residual revenue attributed to the delivered elements
when all other criteria for revenue recognition for those elements have been
met.
We believe our current revenue recognition policies and practices are
consistent with the provisions of SOP 97-2, as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9,
which were issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as
well as other related authoritative literature. Implementation guidelines for
these standards, as well as potential new standards, could lead to unanticipated
changes in our current revenue recognition policies. Such changes could affect
the timing of our future revenue and results of operations.
Business Combinations
Business combinations that have been accounted for under the purchase
method of accounting include the results of operations of the acquired
businesses from the date of acquisition. We recorded the assets and liabilities
of the companies we acquired at their estimated fair values on the date of
acquisition (See Note 13).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires Webb's management to
make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions may affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include
highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less that are
readily convertible into cash and are not subject to significant risk from
fluctuations in interest rates. The recorded amounts for cash equivalents
approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial
instruments. Included in short-term deposits and other assets are restricted
cash certificates of deposits for collateral on our office lease and a software
lease totalling $797,797 and $343,797 as of December 31, 2000 and 1999,
respectively.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to significant
concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and
accounts receivable. We have no significant off balance-sheet concentrations of
credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, option contracts or other
foreign hedging arrangements. We maintain our cash in the form of demand
deposits with financial institutions that we believe to be of high credit
quality.
We perform ongoing evaluations of our customers' financial condition and
generally do not require collateral. Allowances for uncollectible accounts
receivable are determined based upon information available and historical
experience. Accounts receivable are shown net of allowance for doubtful accounts
totalling $151,882 and $4,000 as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
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As discussed in Note 17, three customers in both 2000 and 1999 account
for more than 10% each of 2000 and 1999 revenues, and three and four customers
account for more than 10% each of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2000
and 1999, respectively.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost or estimated fair value upon
acquisition and depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally ranging from
three to seven years. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred and
improvements are capitalized.
Long-Lived Assets, Intangible Assets and Goodwill
In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards ("SFAS") No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of," ("SFAS 121"), we evaluate the
carrying value of our long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to
be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset
to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If
such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is
measured by the amount which the carrying amount of the assets exceed the fair
value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the
carrying amount or fair value less the cost to sell the assets.
Intangible assets and goodwill are being amortized on a straight-line
basis over their estimated economic lives of three years. Subsequent to
acquisitions which result in intangible assets and goodwill, we continually
evaluate whether later events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the
remaining useful life of the intangible assets and goodwill may warrant revision
or that the remaining balance may not be recoverable. When factors indicate that
intangible assets and goodwill should be evaluated for possible impairment, we
use an estimate of the undiscounted cash flows over the remaining life of the
intangible assets and goodwill in measuring whether the intangible assets and
goodwill are recoverable.
We recorded amortization expense totalling $8,347,207 and $2,523,351
for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. We also recorded
an impairment loss on certain intangible assets and goodwill for the year ended
December 31, 2000, totalling $8,168,904 (See Notes 13 and 14). As of December
31, 2000, approximately $290,000 of our intangible assets consisted of goodwill.
We will continue to evaluate the carrying value of the remaining
intangible assets for possible impairment. Such a review may indicate further
impairment that would require us to record additional impairment losses in
future periods and those losses could be substantial.
Cost of Revenues
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Cost of revenues include nominal direct cost of delivering software, direct
labor costs for maintenance and support and professional services, and an
allocation of overhead costs.
Capitalized Software Development Costs, Purchased Software Technology
and Research and Development Costs
Software development costs are capitalized in accordance with SFAS No.
86, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or
Otherwise Marketed" ("SFAS 86"). Capitalization of development costs of software
products begins once the technological feasibility of the product is
established. The establishment of technological feasibility is highly subjective
and requires the exercise of judgment by Webb's management. Based on our product
development process, technological feasibility is established upon completion of
a detailed program design. Capitalization ceases when such software is ready for
general release, at which time amortization of the capitalized costs begins.
We have determined that the time between technological feasibility and
general release is short, consequently, we have not capitalized software
development costs but expensed those costs as incurred. Product development
costs relating principally to the design and development of software products
are generally
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expensed as incurred. The cost of developing routine software enhancements is
expensed as incurred.
Intangibles, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets include
amounts allocated to software products acquired in business combinations. These
costs are being amortized over three years. Remaining unamortized costs were
$5,711,616 and $9,965,564 as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade and
notes receivable, and accounts payable. As of December 31, 2000 and 1999, the
carrying values of such instruments approximated their fair values. Based upon
interest rates currently available for debt with comparable terms and
characteristics, the fair value of the 10% note payable is estimated to be
$1,953,612.
Foreign Currencies
The functional currency of our foreign subsidiary is the Euro. Assets
and liabilities of this subsidiary are translated to U.S. dollars at year-end
exchange rates, and income statement items are translated at the exchange rates
present at the time such transactions arise. Resulting translation adjustments
are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in
income.
Transactions demonimated in currencies other than the Euro are recorded
based on exchange rates at the time such transactions arise. Subsequent changes
in exchange rates result in foreign currency transaction gains and losses which
are reflected in income as unrealized (based on period-end translation) or
realized (upon settlement of the transaction). Unrealized transaction gains and
losses applicable to permanent investments by Webb in its foreign subsidiary
are included as cumulative translation adjustments, and unrealized translation
gains and losses applicable to short-term intercompany receivables from or
payables to Webb and its foreign subsidiary are included in income.
Customer Acquisition Costs
Costs to acquire customers are capitalized if the related customer
contract contains guarantees of minimum revenue that support the amount paid.
Such capitalized costs are amortized over the term the guaranteed revenue is
recognized. When the contract does not provide for guaranteed revenue,
acquisition costs are expensed when incurred.
Income Taxes
The current provision for income taxes represents actual or estimated
amounts payable on tax return filings each year. Deferred tax assets and
liabilities are recorded for the estimated future tax effects of temporary
differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and amounts reported
in the accompanying balance sheets, and for operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards. The change in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the period
measures the deferred tax provision or benefit for the period. Effects of
changes in enacted tax laws on deferred tax
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assets and liabilities are reflected as adjustments to the tax provision or
benefit in the period of enactment. Our deferred tax assets have been reduced by
a valuation allowance to the extent it is more likely than not that some or all
of the deferred tax assets will not be realized (See Note 18).
Stock-Based Compensation
Employee stock option plans and other employee stock-based compensation
arrangements are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees"
("APB Opinion No. 25") and related interpretations. As such, compensation
expense related to employee stock options is recorded if, on the measurement
date, the fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the stock option exercise
price. We adopted the disclosure-only provisions of SFAS No. 123 "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS 123"), which allows entities to continue to
apply the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 for transactions with employees and
provide pro forma disclosures for employee stock grants made in 1996 and future
years as if the fair-value-based method of accounting in SFAS 123 had been
applied to these transactions.
Equity instruments issued to non-employees are accounted for in
accordance with SFAS 123 and related interpretations. Certain grants of warrants
require the use of variable plan accounting whereby the warrants are valued
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at the date of issuance and at each
subsequent reporting date with final valuation on the vesting date. Such
instruments can result in substantial volatility in our results of operations
until they are vested. We record deferred compensation expense based on the
calculated values as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and record expense over the
vesting term of the warrant.
In March 2000, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 44, "Accounting
for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation" ("FIN No. 44"). The
Interpretation clarifies the application of APB No. 25 for certain issues
related to equity based instruments issued to employees. We adopted the
provisions of FIN No. 44 in July 2000. There was no significant impact on our
financial position or results of operations as a result of the application of
FIN No. 44.
Net Loss Per Common Share
Net loss per share is calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 128,
"Earnings Per Share" ("SFAS 128"). Under the provisions of SFAS 128, basic net
loss per share is computed by dividing net loss applicable to common
shareholders for the period by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing
the net loss for the period by the weighted average number of common and
potential common shares outstanding during the period if the effect of the
potential common shares is dilutive. As a result of our net losses, all
potentially dilutive securities, as indicated in the table below, would be anti-
dilutive and are excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share, and
there are no differences between basic and diluted per share amounts for all
years presented.
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Stock options 4,128,070 2,770,055
10% convertible note payable 263,566 496,524
Warrants and underwriter options 729,318 973,149
Series B-2 preferred stock 95,844 -
10% preferred stock - 102,030
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Total 5,216,798 4,341,758
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The number of shares excluded from the earnings per share calculation
because they are anti-dilutive, using the treasury stock method were 2,222,989
and 1,489,286 for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
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Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss) includes net earnings (loss) and other
non-owner changes to stockholders' equity not reflected in net income (loss)
applicable to common stockholders. The components of accumulated other
comprehensive income, as presented on the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets, consists of cumulative translation adjustment from assets and
liabilities of our foreign subsidiary.
Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained
for Internal Use
Effective January 1, 1999, we adopted the provisions of Statement of
Position 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Development or
Obtained for Internal Use" ("SOP 98-1"). This statement establishes standards
for the capitalization of costs related to internal use software. In general,
costs incurred during the development stage are capitalized, while the costs
incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages are
expensed. During the year ended December 31, 2000, we capitalized $113,657 of
costs associated with the implementation of our accounting system.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS 133"). SFAS 133 establishes
accounting and reporting standards for derivative financial instruments and
hedging activities related to those instruments as well as other hedging
activities. It requires an entity to recognize all derivatives as either assets
or liabilities in the statement of financial position and measures those
instruments at fair value. In June 1999, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities - Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133 - An
amendment of FASB Statement No. 133" (SFAS 137). SFAS 137 delayed the effective
date of SFAS 133 to financial quarters and financial years beginning after June
15, 2000. We historically have not entered into arrangements that would fall
under the scope of SFAS 133.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications to prior year financial statements have been
made to conform to the current year's presentation.
(3) NOTES RECEIVABLE FROM COMPANY OFFICERS
During 2000, the Company loaned a total of $195,827 to two officers of
the Company pursuant to demand notes with full recourse bearing interest at 8%
per annum. Interest is payable monthly commencing July 1, 2000.
(4) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consists of the following:
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Computer equipment $ 1,518,443 $ 1,663,927
Office furniture and equipment 480,514 222,494
Purchased software 1,298,139 807,283
Leasehold improvements 496,453 66,657
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3,793,549 2,936,507
Less accumulated depreciation (963,417) (1,091,762)
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Net property and equipment $ 2,830,132 $ 1,668,599
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Certain office equipment, computer equipment and software is pledged as
collateral for capital leases payable (See Note 5).
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Computer equipment, office equipment, and software is depreciated over
three to five years, office furnishings over seven years, and leasehold
improvements over the shorter of its economic life or the life of the lease.
Depreciation expense totalled $1,159,522 and $553,411 for the years ended
December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
(5) CAPITAL LEASES PAYABLE
Capital leases payable consist of the following:
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Capital lease payable in quarterly principal and interest
payments of $33,778, for eight quarters beginning
January 1, 2000, effective interest rate of 15.06%,
secured by cash certificate of deposit $ 119,721 $ -
Capital lease payable in quarterly principal and interest
payments of $22,994, for eight quarters beginning
January 1, 2000, effective interest rate of 16.47%,
secured by cash certificate of deposit 83,682 160,405
Capital lease payable in monthly principal and interest
payments of $2,828, for thirty-six months beginning
November 1, 1998, effective interest rate of 16%,
secured by software 24,473 58,261
Capital lease payable in monthly principal and interest
payments of $624, for twenty-four months beginning May
1, 1998, effective interest rate of 12.3%, secured by
computer equipment - 2,957
Capital lease payable in monthly principal and interest
payments of $195, for thirty-six months beginning March
10, 1998, effective interest rate of 22%, secured by
office equipment - 2,395
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227,876 224,018
Less current portion (227,876) (108,525)
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$ - $ 115,493
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Future minimum lease payments under capital leases as of December 31,
2000 are as follows:
2001 $ 260,364
Less amount representing interest (32,488)
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$ 227,876
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The net book value of assets under capital lease totalled $374,114 and
$239,296 for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
(6) CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
Subsequent to the agreement to acquire DCI (See Note 13), we issued
convertible notes payable to DCI creditors totalling $942,885. The notes were
convertible at the election of the holder into a number of our common shares at
conversion prices equal to $9.61 and the greater of $9.75 or the closing bid
price on the conversion date. During 1999, holders of the convertible notes
payable converted $894,879 of principal and accrued interest payable into 82,402
shares of our common stock at conversion prices per share ranging from
approximately $9.61 to $14.75 as summarized in the following table:
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Common
Note Payable Stock
And Accrued Common Stock Conversion
Interest Shares Price per
Conversion Date Converted Issued Share
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July 15, 1999 $236,509 16,034 $14.75
September 27, 1999 144,150 15,000 9.61
September 28, 1999 49,011 5,100 9.61
September 29, 1999 112,437 11,700 9.61
September 30, 1999 50,938 5,000 10.19
October 1, 1999 106,250 10,000 10.63
October 4, 1999 78,501 7,753 10.13
October 5, 1999 15,684 1,600 9.61 to 10.13
October 7, 1999 72,308 7,231 10.00
October 15, 1999 29,091 2,984 9.75
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Total $894,879 82,402
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(7) 10% CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLE
On August 25, 1999, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement and
executed a $5,000,000 three-year 10% Convertible Promissory Note (the "10% note
payable"). We received net proceeds totalling $4,616,816 after deducting
$383,184 in financing costs. The financing costs were recorded as a deferred
asset and are being amortized as additional interest expense over the term of
the 10% note payable.
In order to facilitate the sale of our series B preferred stock, the
terms of the 10% note payable agreement were amended on December 18, 1999. We
issued the note holder a five-year warrant to purchase 136,519 shares of our
common stock at an initial exercise price of $18.506 per share in consideration
for the note holder's agreement to exchange the note for an amended note with
terms more favorable to us. We recorded the fair value of this warrant totalling
$2,311,475 as series B preferred stock offering costs (See Note 8).
The material amendments to the 10% note payable and the warrant were as
follows: (i) to set the conversion price for the 10% note payable at $10.07 per
share until March 22, 2000; (ii) to eliminate the variable conversion price
feature of the 10% note payable (iii) to enable us to require the conversion of
one-half of the principal amount of the 10% note payable upon certain events;
(iv) to eliminate certain of our rights to pre-pay the 10% note payable; (v) in
the event that we force the conversion of one-half of the principal amount of
the 10% note payable, to permit the holder to elect to have the interest
thereafter due and payable on the 10% note payable paid in shares of our common
stock or additional Notes Payable ("PIK notes") with terms similar to the 10%
note payable; and (vi) to provide for the amendment in the exercise price of the
warrant on September 30, 2000, if the market price of our common stock was then
less than $11.44.
The 10% note payable was initially convertible into shares of our common
stock at a conversion price of $10.07 per share. The conversion price is subject
to anti-dilution protection in the event we issue common stock at prices less
than the conversion price for the 10% note payable or the then current price for
our common stock and for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar
transactions. As a result of the private placement of preferred stock we
completed in February 2001, the conversion price was reset to $2.50 per share.
As a result, we will record non-cash interest expense totalling $2,394,234 in
the first quarter of 2001 (See Note 22). If the conversion price is further
reduced, we may be required to record additional charges against income and such
charges may be significant.
On February 18, 2000, the holder converted $2,500,000 of the $5,000,000
outstanding 10% note payable into 248,262 shares of our common stock at a
conversion price of $10.07 per share.
We may prepay the 10% note payable at any time after August 25, 2000, if
the closing bid price for our common stock for 20 consecutive trading days is at
least 200% of the conversion price then in effect. The redemption price would
equal 115% of the face amount of the 10% note payable, plus accrued and unpaid
interest.
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The 10% note payable bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum. During
the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, we recorded interest expense
totalling $488,570 and $2,311,252, respectively, as summarized in the following
table:
Year Ended December 31,
--------------------------------
2000 1999
-------------- -------------
Interest paid with principal-in-kind notes $154,110 $ -
Amortization of discount 198,744 124,615
Amortization of financing costs 72,702 45,142
Beneficial conversion feature - 1,967,522
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Total non cash interest expense 425,556 2,137,279
Interest expense payable in cash 63,014 173,973
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Total 10% note payable interest expense $488,570 $ 2,311,252
============== =============
Due to the conversion feature associated with the 10% note payable, we
accounted for a beneficial conversion feature as additional interest expense.
Based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, the
computed value of the beneficial conversion feature totalling $1,967,522 was
initially recorded as a reduction of the 10% note payable and an increase to
additional paid-in capital on the date of issuance, even though the 10% note
payable was not then convertible and was subject to redemption prior to the date
that it first became convertible. The beneficial conversion feature reduction to
the 10% note payable was amortized as additional interest expense from the date
of issuance to the earliest date of conversion, which was during the fourth
quarter of 1999.
The holder of the 10% note payable was initially granted a five-year
warrant for 136,519 shares exercisable at $11.44 per share (the "10% note
payable warrant"). In connection with the amendment in December 1999, the holder
was granted an additional warrant for 136,519 shares exercisable initially at
$18.51 per share (the "series B preferred stock warrant") as follows:
10% Note Payable Warrant-
We valued the warrant utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model
using the following assumptions:
Recorded value $1,072,325
Exercise price $11.44
Fair market value of common stock on grant date $10.13
Option life 5 years
Volatility rate 104%
Risk free rate of return 6%
Dividend rate 0%
The fair value of the 10% note payable warrant was recorded as a
discount to the 10% note payable and is being amortized as additional interest
expense over the term of the 10% note payable. We recorded additional interest
expense related to this warrant totalling $198,744 and $124,615 for the years
ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Upon conversion of half of the
outstanding 10% note payable balance, the remaining unamortized discount was
correspondingly reduced.
On February 18, 2000, the holder exercised the note payable warrant to
purchase 136,519 shares of our common stock for which we received net proceeds
totalling $1,468,070.
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Series B Preferred Stock Warrant-
In accordance with the original terms of the Series B preferred stock
warrant, the exercise price was reset on September 29, 2000, to $10.264 per
share, the average closing bid price of our common stock for the 20 trading days
ended on September 29, 2000. As a result of the reset of the exercise price, we
recorded additional expense totalling $110,302 for the year ended December 31,
2000.
We valued the warrant utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model
using the following assumptions:
Valuation Date
-------------------------------------------
September 29, 2000 December 18, 1999
------------------- -------------------
Exercise price $10.26425 $18.51
Fair market value of common stock on
valuation date $8.625 $21.06
Option life 5 years 5 years
Volatility rate 104% 104%
Risk free rate of return 6% 6%
Dividend rate 0% 0%
The original value of the warrant was recorded as a deferred private
placement cost related to the sale of our series B preferred stock (See Note 8).
The number of common shares issuable upon exercise and the exercise
price are subject to anti-dilution protection in the event we issue common stock
at prices less than the current exercise price for the warrant or the then
current price for our common stock and for stock splits, stock dividends and
other similar transactions. As a result of the private placement we completed in
February 2001, the exercise price was reset to $9.33431 per share and the number
of common shares issuable upon exercise of the warrant was reset to 150,116.
Based on the anti-dilution provision of the warrant, we will record non-cash
expense totalling $31,932 in the first quarter of 2001 (See Note 22). If the
conversion price is further reduced, we may be required to record additional
charges against income and such charges may be significant.
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(8) PREFERRED STOCK
Preferred stock consists of the following-
Series B-2 Preferred Stock Series B Preferred Stock 10% Preferred Stock
----------------------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount
----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------
Balances, December
31, 1998 - $ - - $ - 245,000 $ 2,691,172
Stock issued in
private placement - - - - - -
Offering costs - - - - - -
Beneficial conversion
feature of
preferred stock - - - - - -
Preferred stock
dividends - - - - - 94,216
Preferred stock and
dividends
converted to
common stock - - - - (160,000) (1,765,093)
Accretion of
preferred stock to
stated value - - - - - -
Accretion of
preferred stock
for beneficial
conversion feature
in excess of
stated value - - - - - -
--------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ---------- -----------
Balances, December
31, 1999 - - - - 85,000 1,020,295
Stock issued in
private placement - - 12,500 12,500,000 - -
Cash offering costs - - - (840,000) - -
Value of warrants issued
for common stock - - - (6,913,568) - -
Beneficial conversion
feature of
preferred stock - - - (2,434,957) - -
Deferred offering
costs for warrant
issued with Series B
preferred stock - - - (2,311,475) - -
Preferred stock
dividends - - - - - 2,733
Exchange of series B
preferred stock
for series B-2
preferred stock 12,500 11,660,000 (12,500) (11,660,000) - -
Preferred stock and
dividends
converted to
common stock (11,522) (10,747,714) - - (85,000) (1,023,028)
Accretion of
preferred stock to
stated value - - - 11,660,000 - -
--------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------
Balances, December
31, 2000 978 $ 912,286 - $ - - $ -
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Series C Preferred Stock Series A Preferred Stock Total Preferred Stock
----------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount
----------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------
Balances, December
31, 1998 - $ - 1,400 $ 1,410,164 246,400 $ 4,101,336
Stock issued in
private placement 5,000 5,000,000 - - 5,000 5,000,000
Offering costs - (384,500) - - - (384,500)
Beneficial conversion
feature of
preferred stock - (3,931,754) - - - (3,931,754)
Preferred stock
dividends - 29,121 - 2,301 - 125,638
Preferred stock and
dividends
converted to
common stock (5,000) (5,029,121) (1,400) (1,412,465) (166,400) (8,206,679)
Accretion of
preferred stock to
stated value - 3,157,691 - - - 3,157,691
Accretion of
preferred stock
for beneficial
conversion feature
in excess of
stated value - 1,158,563 - - - 1,158,563
--------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ---------- -----------
Balances, December
31, 1999 - - - - 85,000 1,020,295
Stock issued in
private placement - - - - 12,500 12,500,000
Cash offering costs - - - - - (840,000)
Value of warrants
issued for
common stock - - - - - (6,913,568)
Beneficial conversion
feature of
preferred stock - - - - - (2,434,957)
Deferred offering costs
costs for warrant
issued with Series B
preferred stock - - - - - (2,311,475)
Preferred stock
dividends - - - - - 2,733
Exchange of series B
preferred stock
for series B-2
preferred stock - - - - - -
Preferred stock and
dividends
converted to
common stock - - - - (96,522) (11,770,742)
Accretion of
preferred stock to
stated value - - - - - 11,660,000
---------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------
Balances, December
31, 2000 - $ - - $ - 978 $ 912,286
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During 2000 and 1999, we entered into several private placements in
which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock, including common stock
purchase warrants, to a limited number of investors. We recorded the value of
the warrants upon each issuance, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model,
as a reduction of the preferred stock offering.
In general, the terms of the preferred stock grant the holders the right
to convert the preferred stock into shares of our common stock at specified
conversion prices. In each issuance of preferred stock, the conversion price has
included a beneficial conversion feature because the value of the common stock
resulting from a theoretical conversion of the preferred stock on the issuance
date is greater than the allocated value of the preferred stock, which is
referred to as a "beneficial conversion feature" in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States require us
to record the beneficial conversion feature, the value of warrants and, in most
instances, the cash offering costs as additional preferred stock dividends. This
non-cash charge to net loss applicable to common stockholders is labeled
"Accretion of preferred stock to stated value" in the accompanying financial
statements. In some instances, the beneficial conversion is greater than the
total proceeds we received from the sale of the preferred stock. In those
instances, the amount in excess of the value of the preferred stock has been
recorded as additional preferred stock dividends as well. This non-cash expense
is labeled "Accretion of preferred stock for beneficial conversion feature in
excess of stated value" in the accompanying financial statements.
The table presented below summarizes our preferred stock transactions
during 2000 and 1999, with details of each transaction summarized under the
preferred stock captions which follow.
Preferred Conversion Beneficial Total
Stock Shares Gross Price Per Conversion Accretion
Date of Issuance Series Issued Proceeds Share Feature Expense
- ------------------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
February 18, 2000 Series B 12,500 $12,500,000 $ 20.00 $2,434,957 $11,660,000
September 27, 2000 Series B-2 12,500 None 10.20408 - -
January 11, 1999 Series C 3,000 3,000,000 8.59 to 3,914,063 4,158,563
11.13
June 18, 1999 Series C 2,000 2,000,000 8.59 to 17,691 157,691
11.13
As of December 31, 2000, 978 shares of our series B-2 preferred stock
remained outstanding.
Series B Preferred Stock-
On February 18, 2000, we completed a private placement that resulted in
gross proceeds of $12,500,000. The placement was made pursuant to a securities
purchase agreement entered into on December 31, 1999. We sold 12,500 shares of
our series B convertible preferred stock (the "series B preferred stock"),
including warrants to purchase 343,750 shares of our common stock. We received
net proceeds totalling approximately $11,660,000 after deducting approximately
$840,000 in offering costs.
The series B preferred stock was convertible into shares of our common
stock, initially at $20.00. The conversion rate for the series B preferred stock
was subject to a potential reset on November 12, 2000, based on the then market
value for our common stock.
In order to facilitate the sale of our series B preferred stock, the
terms of the 10% note payable agreement, issued on August 25, 1999, were amended
on December 18, 1999 (See Note 7). We issued the note holder a five-year warrant
to purchase 136,519 shares of our common stock at an initial exercise price of
$18.506 per share in consideration for the note holder's agreement to exchange
the note for an amended note with terms more favorable for us. We recorded
$2,311,475 in series B preferred stock offering costs as a result of the
issuance of this warrant. In accordance with the original terms of the warrant,
the exercise price was reset on September 29, 2000 to $10.264 per share, the
average closing bid price of our common stock for the 20 trading days ended on
September 29, 2000 (See Note 7). The number of common shares issuable upon
exercise and the exercise price are subject to anti-
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dilution protection in the event we issue common stock at prices less than the
current exercise price for the warrant or the then current price for our common
stock and for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions. As a
result of the private placement we completed in February 2001, the exercise
price was reset to $9.33431 per share and the number of common shares issuable
upon exercise of the warrant was reset to 150,116. Based on the anti-dilution
provision of the warrant, we will record non-cash expense totalling $2,264 in
the first quarter of 2001 (See Note 22). If the conversion price is further
reduced, we may be required to record additional charges against income and such
charges may be significant.
We also issued five-year warrants to purchase 343,750 shares of our
common stock with the series B preferred stock, valued at $6,913,568, determined
based on the relative fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model, and the net proceeds we received. The warrants entitle the holder
to purchase one share of our common stock for a purchase price initially set at
$20.20, which was equal to 101% of the initial conversion price of the preferred
stock, at any time during the five-year period commencing on February 18, 2000.
The exercise price for the warrants is subject to being reset based upon future
market prices for our common stock every 90 days commencing May 17, 2000, until
January 20, 2003. If the current exercise price is higher than the current
market price (the lower of the average closing bid prices for the 10-day period
ending on such date or the closing bid price on such date), the exercise price
will be reset to the market price. As detailed below, the exercise price has
been reset at each such date and, as a result, we recorded additional
compensation expense totalling $379,436 for the year ended December 31, 2000.
The warrants were valued and the expense charges determined utilizing
the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following assumptions:
2000 Valuation Date
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February 18 May 17 August 18 November 14
------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
Exercise price $20.20 $13.00 $8.875 $3.875
Fair market value of
common stock on
grant or
redetermination date $66.88 $13.00 $8.875 $3.875
Option life 5 years 5 years 5 years 5 years
Volatility rate 120% 120% 120% 120%
Risk free rate of return 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7%
Dividend rate 0% 0% 0% 0%
The exercise price is subject to anti-dilution protection in the event
we issue common stock at prices less than the current exercise price for the
warrants or the then current price for our common stock and for stock splits,
stock dividends and other similar transactions. As a result of the private
placement we completed in February 2001, the exercise price was reset to
$3.75374 per share. Based on the anti-dilution provision of the warrant, we will
record non-cash expense totaling $2,264 in the first quarter of 2001 (See Note
22). If the conversion price is further reduced, we may be required to record
additional charges against income and such charges may be significant.
Due to the conversion feature associated with the series B preferred
stock, we accounted for a beneficial conversion feature as an additional
preferred stock dividend. The computed value of the beneficial conversion
feature of $2,434,957 was limited to the relative fair value of the series B
preferred stock, and was initially recorded as a reduction of the series B
preferred stock and an increase to additional paid-in capital. The beneficial
conversion feature reduction to the series B preferred stock was accreted on the
date of issuance, as additional preferred stock dividends, by recording a charge
to income applicable to common stockholders from the date of issuance to the
earliest date of conversion.
The difference between the stated value of $1,000 per share totalling
$11,660,000 and the recorded value on February 18, 2000, was accreted as a
charge to income applicable to common stockholders on the date of issuance (the
date on which the series B preferred stock was first convertible) and was
comprised of the following:
Beneficial conversion feature $2,434,957
Relative fair value of common stock warrants 6,913,568
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Value of common stock warrant issued to holder of 10%
note payable 2,311,475
-----------
Total accretion recorded $11,660,000
===========
Series B-2 Preferred Stock-
On September 27, 2000, we executed exchange agreements with the holders
of our series B preferred stock whereby we redeemed all of the outstanding
series B convertible preferred stock in exchange for 12,500 shares of our series
B-2 convertible preferred stock (the "series B-2 preferred stock") that has a
stated value of $1,000 per share.
The series B-2 preferred stock was convertible into shares of our common
stock at $10.20408 per share (1,225,000 shares in the aggregate) by the holders
at any time, so long as the conversion would not result in the holder being a
beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of our common stock. On December 31, 2000,
the series B preferred stock was subject to an automatic conversion feature,
subject to the 4.99% limitation, pursuant to which 10,522 shares were converted
into 1,031,136 shares of our common stock. The remaining 978 outstanding shares
will be automatically converted into shares of our common stock at the end of
each subsequent 30-day period, subject to the 4.99% limitation.
The conversion price is subject to anti-dilution protection in the event
we issue common stock at prices less than the conversion price for the series B-
2 preferred stock or the then current price for our common stock and for stock
splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions. As a result of the
private placement we completed in February 2001, the conversion price was reset
to $2.50 per share. Based on the anti-dilution provision of the warrant, we will
record non-cash expense totalling $886,068 in the first quarter of 2001 (See
Note 22). If the conversion price is further reduced, we may be required to
record additional charges against income and such charges may be significant.
During 2000, investors converted 11,522 shares of the series B-2
preferred stock into 1,129,136 shares of our common stock at a conversion price
of $10.20408 as summarized in the following table:
Number of Shares
--------------------------------
Series B-2
Preferred Common Stock
Conversion Date Stock
- ---------------------------------------------------- -------------- -------------
December 12, 2000 1,000 98,000
December 31, 2000 10,522 1,031,136
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Total 11,522 1,129,136
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The series B-2 preferred stock has preference if we were to liquidate,
dissolve or wind-up our business, whether voluntary or otherwise. In these
events, after we paid our debts and other liabilities, the holders of the series
B-2 preferred stock would be entitled to receive $1,000 per share from our
remaining net assets, before any distribution to the holders of our common
stock. The series B-2 preferred stock is also redeemable in certain
circumstances, including a change in control of Webb. Without some failure on
our part, the holders of the series B-2 preferred stock can not unilaterally
require redemption.
Series C Preferred Stock-
On January 11, 1999, we completed a private placement of preferred stock
that resulted in gross proceeds of $3,000,000. We sold 3,000 shares of our 4%
series C cumulative, convertible, redeemable preferred stock (the "series C
preferred stock"). We received net proceeds totalling $2,755,500 after deducting
$244,500 in offering costs.
In addition, we also issued a warrant that entitled the holder to
purchase, at a price of $1,000 per share, up to 2,000 shares of our series C
preferred stock. This warrant also granted us the right to require the holder to
exercise such warrant. On June 18, 1999, we exercised this right and sold 2,000
shares of the series C preferred stock for net proceeds of $1,860,000 after
deducting $140,000 in offering costs.
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The series C preferred stock specified a 4% per annum cumulative,
non-compounding dividend based on the stated value of $1,000 per share. Each
share of series C preferred stock was convertible, at the option of the holder
thereof, at any time after February 1, 1999, into the number of shares of our
common stock equal to $1,000 divided by the lesser of (i) 140% of the closing
bid price of our common stock on the date of the issuance of the series C
preferred stock being converted (initially $20.48), or if less and if the
conversion is occurring at least 120 days after the issuance of the series C
preferred stock being converted, 100% of the closing bid price of our common
stock on the trading day closest to the date that is 120 days after the series C
preferred stock that is being converted was issued or (ii) the average of the
five lowest closing bid prices of our common stock during the 44 consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the conversion of the series C preferred
stock conversion date.
Due to the conversion feature associated with the series C preferred
stock, we accounted for the beneficial conversion feature as an additional
preferred stock dividend. The computed value of the beneficial conversion
feature of $3,931,754 was initially recorded as a reduction of the series C
preferred stock and an increase to additional paid-in capital. The beneficial
conversion feature reduction to the series C preferred stock was accreted, as
additional preferred stock dividends, by recording a charge to income applicable
to common stockholders from the date of issuance to the earliest date of
conversion. We also recorded annual dividends of $40 per share as a reduction of
income applicable to common stockholders totaling $29,121 for the year ended
December 31, 1999.
The difference between the stated redemption value of $1,000 per share
and the recorded value on January 11, 1999, and June 18, 1999 (the dates upon
which the series C preferred stock were issued) totalling $4,316,254 (which
includes $1,158,563 of accretion of preferred stock for the beneficial
conversion feature in excess of the stated value) was accreted as a charge to
income applicable to common stockholders on the date that the series C preferred
stock was first convertible, which occurred in the first and second quarters of
1999, respectively, and was comprised of the following:
Closings
----------------------------------------
June 18, 1999 January 11, 1999
----------------- ------------------
Beneficial conversion feature $ 17,691 $ 3,914,063
Series C preferred stock offering costs 140,000 244,500
----------------- ------------------
Total accretion recorded $ 157,691 $ 4,158,563
================= =================
During 1999, the investor converted all of the 5,000 shares of the
series C preferred stock, including accrued dividends payable of $29,121 into
480,508 shares of our common stock at conversion prices per share ranging from
approximately $8.59 to $11.13 as summarized in the following table:
Number of Shares Common
--------------------------------- Stock
Series C Conversion
Preferred Common Price per
Conversion Date Stock Stock Share
- --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
February 10, 1999 1,500 140,157 $10.74
February 11, 1999 500 46,724 10.74
February 26, 1999 500 45,683 11.00
July 6, 1999 1,000 90,843 11.13
July 20, 1999 700 63,141 11.13
August 25, 1999 150 17,597 8.59
September 7, 1999 650 76,363 8.59
-------------- --------------
Total 5,000 480,508
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10% Preferred Stock-
In December 1997 and March 1998, we sold a total of 267,500 shares of
our 10% cumulative, convertible, redeemable preferred stock (the "10% preferred
stock") in a private placement. Each share of 10% preferred stock
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was convertible at any time after September 30, 1998, at the election of the
holder thereof, into the number of shares of our common stock equal to $10
divided by the lesser of (i) $10 or (ii) 80% of the average per share closing
bid price of our common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding
the 10% preferred stock conversion date.
During 2000, holders of our 10% preferred stock converted 85,000 shares,
including accrued dividends payable of $173,028, into 102,302 shares of our
common stock with conversion prices per share of $10.00. During 1999, holders of
our 10% preferred stock converted 160,000 shares, including accrued dividends
payable of $165,093, into 177,106 shares of our common stock with conversion
prices ranging from approximately $9.46 to $10.00.
Number of Shares Common
--------------------------------- Stock
10% Conversion
Preferred Common Price per
Conversion Date Stock Stock Share
- ---------------------------------- -------------- ------------- -------------
January 5, 1999 10,000 11,590 $ 9.46
January 7, 1999 10,000 11,039 9.98
January 14, 1999 5,000 5,422 10.00
January 15, 1999 60,000 66,248 10.00
January 19, 1999 10,000 10,858 10.00
January 20, 1999 25,000 27,636 10.00
January 28, 1999 10,000 11,077 10.00
February 2, 1999 20,000 22,083 10.00
February 25, 1999 10,000 11,153 10.00
January 11, 2000 80,000 96,240 10.00
February 14, 2000 5,000 6,062 10.00
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Total 245,000 279,408
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(9) STOCK OPTION PLANS
We have stock option plans for directors, officers, employees and other
third parties, which provide for nonqualified and incentive stock options. In
addition to the 1995 Stock Option Plan, which provides for the issuance of
options for up to 4,500,000 shares of common stock, during 2000, we adopted a
second plan, the 2000 Stock Option Plan, which provides for the issuance of
options for up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock (collectively the "plans").
The options vest over various terms with a maximum vesting period of 42 months
and expire after a maximum of ten years from the date of grant. At December 31,
2000, there were options for 4,128,070 shares of common stock outstanding and
options for 1,027,839 shares of common stock were vested, with 155,435 options
available for future grants under the plans.
A summary of the status of the plans as of December 31, 2000 and 1999
and changes during the years then ended is presented in the tables and narrative
below:
2000 1999
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
Weighted Weighted
Average Average
Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price
--------------- ------------- ---------------- --------------
Outstanding at
beginning of
year 2,770,055 $10.31 1,758,665 $5.93
Granted 2,259,332 15.48 2,101,897 12.03
Exercised (251,842) 7.13 (452,773) 2.71
Forfeited and
canceled (649,475) 14.68 (637,734) 9.24
--------------- ----------------
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Outstanding at
end of year 4,128,070 $12.65 2,770,055 $10.32
============== ========== ============ ==========
Exercisable at
end of year 1,027,839 $10.47 468,861 $ 7.62
============== ========== ============ ==========
Weighted average
fair value of
options
granted
during year $ 11.38 $ 8.83
============== ============
The status of total stock options outstanding and exercisable under the
plans as of December 31, 2000 is as follows:
Stock Options Outstanding Stock Options Exercisable
------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------
Weighted
Average Weighted
Weighted Remaining Weighted Average
Range of Average Contractual Average Remaining
Exercise Number of Exercise Life Number of Exercise Contractual
Prices Shares Price (Years) Shares Price Life (Years)
- ---------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -------------
$ 1.63 - 4.08 616,739 2.10 6.9 61,500 2.96 5.4
4.09 - 10.23 1,552,426 8.45 6.1 592,262 8.26 4.7
10.24 - 25.60 1,517,505 13.59 5.8 347,410 13.83 5.0
25.61 - 58.25 441,400 39.09 6.1 26,667 33.18 6.1
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4,128,070 $12.65 6.2 1,027,839 $10.47 5.3
============ ======== ====== ============ ======= =======
During 2000, Webb's subsidiary, Jabber.com, adopted the 2000 Jabber
Stock Option Plan (the "Jabber plan") for directors, officers, and employees
that provide for the issuance of up to 3,000,000 nonqualified and incentive
stock options for Jabber.com common stock. The options vest over various terms
with a maximum vesting period of 36 months and expire after a maximum of ten
years from the date of grant. At December 31, 2000, there were options for
1,258,773 shares of common stock outstanding and options for 70,140 of common
stock were vested with options for 1,741,227 shares of common stock available
for future grants under the Jabber plan.
A summary of the status of the Jabber plan as of December 31, 2000, and
changes during the year then ended is presented in the tables and narrative
below:
2000
--------------------------------
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Shares
--------------- ---------------
Outstanding at beginning of year - -
Granted 1,336,949 $1.50
Exercised - -
Forfeited and canceled (78,176) 1.50
---------------
Outstanding at end of year 1,258,773 1.50
=============== =========
Exercisable at end of year 70,140 $1.50
=============== =========
Weighted average fair value of options granted during
year $0.18
===============
During January 2001, Jabber.com granted options for an additional
1,100,000 shares of Jabber.com common stock under the Jabber plan at an exercise
price of $0.75 per share.
Pro Forma Fair Value Disclosures
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The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average
assumptions used for grants in 2000 and 1999, respectively: risk-free interest
rate of 6.05 and 5.68 percent; no expected dividend yields; expected lives of 3
years; and expected volatility of 122 and 118 percent, respectively. Fair value
computations are highly sensitive to the volatility factor assumed; the greater
the volatility, the higher the computed fair value of options granted.
Cumulative compensation costs recognized in pro forma net loss applicable
to common stockholders with respect to options that are forfeited prior to
vesting are adjusted as a reduction of pro forma compensation expense in the
period of forfeiture.
Had compensation cost for options granted been determined consistent with
SFAS 123, our net loss applicable to common stockholders and net loss applicable
to common stockholders per common and common equivalent share would have been
increased to the following pro forma amounts:
2000 1999
---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
As Reported Pro Forma As Reported Pro Forma
------------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
Net loss
applicable to
common
stockholders $(48,611,631) $(58,542,152) $(21,866,012) $(24,897,608)
=================== =================== =================== ===================
Net loss
applicable to
common
stockholders per
share-basic and
diluted $ (5.37) $ (6.46) $ (3.31) $ (3.77)
=================== =================== =================== ===================
(10) WARRANTS AND OPTIONS FOR COMMON STOCK ISSUED OUTSIDE THE STOCK OPTION PLANS
We have issued common stock purchase warrants and options outside our stock
option plans ("warrants") in connection with the sale of securities, business
acquisitions and services rendered to the Company. The following table sets
forth outstanding warrants as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, as well as common
stock issued as a result of exercises for the years then ended.
December 31, 2000 December 31, 1999
--------------------------------- -------------------------------
Warrants and Options Exercise Common Stock Common Stock
Issued in Connection Price Per Warrants Issued From Warrants Issued From
With Expiration Date Share Outstanding Exercises Outstanding Exercises
- ---------------------- ------------------ ------------ ---------------- ---------------- -------------- ----------------
Series B preferred
stock (See Notes 8
and 22) February 2004 $ 3.875 343,750 - - -
10% convertible note
payable (See Notes 7
and 22) December 2005 10.264 136,519 136,519 273,038 -
Customers June and December
2002 8.77 to 9.19 220,162 11,667 231,829 -
DCI merger (See Note January 2001 to 6.61 to
13) June 2003 10.16 21,523 113,856 207,182 44,740
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Placement firm March 2005 38.44 5,834 - - -
VA Linux October 2005 TBD 50,000 - - -
Underwriter in IPO May 2001 8.10 1,530 102,361 106,700 3,300
Common stock private
placement January 2000 2.25 - - 900 13,500
10% preferred stock
(See Note 8) December 2000 15.00 - 35,000 53,500 -
5% preferred stock May 2001 16.33 - 100,000 100,000 -
Series A preferred
stock placement agent November 2003 5.71 - - - 20,000
IPO May 1999 9.00 - - - 473,192
Series A preferred
stock November 2003 5.71 - - - 140,000
---------- --------- --------- ---------
Total 779,318 499,403 973,149 694,732
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During 2000, holders of warrants exercised their right to purchase 503,874
shares of our common stock in which we received net proceeds totalling
$5,443,315, after deducting $93,707 in commissions, as summarized in the
following table:
Common
Stock Exercise Common Proceeds
Warrant Price Stock To the
Warrant Exercised Exercised Per Share Issued Company
- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
10% preferred
stock warrants 35,000 $15.00 35,000 $ 525,000
IPO representative
warrants 105,170 8.10 102,361 736,047
Warrants issued in
connection with
the DCI merger 115,518 6.61 to 10.16 113,856 966,558
Warrant issued in
connection with
5% preferred stock 100,000 16.33 100,000 1,633,000
Warrant issued to
customer 11,667 9.75 to 9.94 11,667 114,640
Warrant issued to
10% convertible
note holder 136,519 11.44 136,519 1,468,070
------------------- ------------------- -------------------
503,874 499,403 $ 5,443,315
=================== =================== ===================
During 1999, holders of warrants exercised their right to purchase 691,432
shares of our common stock in which we received net proceeds totalling
$4,102,084, after deducting $17,387 in issuance costs, as summarized in the
following table:
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Common
Stock Exercise Common Proceeds
Warrant Warrant Price Stock To the
Exercised Exercised Per Share Issued Company
--------- --------- --------- ------- -----------
IPO warrants 1,339,811 $9.00 473,192 $ 3,056,871
IPO representative
warrants 3,300 8.10 3,300 26,730
Warrant issued
in connection
with series A
preferred stock 140,000 5.71 140,000 779,400
Common stock
warrants
issued to
placement 20,000 5.71 20,000 114,200
agent in
series A
preferred stock
Warrants issued
in connection
with the DCI
merger 78,577 8.94 to 10.16 44,740 121,238
Warrant issued in
connection
with private
placement of
common stock 13,500 2.25 13,500 30,375
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1,595,188 694,732 $ 4,128,814
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Included in the common stock issued in connection with the exercise of
the IPO representative warrants and the warrants issued in connection with the
DCI merger are 131,588 and 32,807 shares, respectively, issued to the holders as
a result of utilizing the cashless exercise provision of the agreements for the
exercise of 656,343 and 66,644 warrants, respectively.
(11) STOCK BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE
During 2000 and 1999, we issued common stock, common stock purchase
warrants and options in transactions described below and recorded expense as set
forth in the following table.
Number of
Shares or Deferred
Warrants Compensation
Issued Expense Expense
- ---------------------------- ------- ------- -------
2000 Transactions-
Issuance of common stock for
financial services 15,000 $ 246,891 $ -
Grants of Jabber.com common stock 912,500 276,337 247,363
Warrant issued to placement firm 5,834 176,443 -
Option issued to advisory board .
member 2,500 729 395
Reset of exercise price for
series B warrants (See
Notes 8 and 22) - 379,597 -
Reset of exercise price for 10%
note payable warrant (See
Notes 7 and 22) - 110,302 -
Warrant issued to VA Linux 50,000 30,000 -
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Amortization of previous years
deferred compensation - 257,933 154,379
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2000 Totals 985,834 $1,478,232 $ 402,137
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1999 Transactions-
Issuance of common stock for
financial services 30,000 $ 444,390 -
Issuance of common stock for
consulting services 6,497 90,000 -
Options issued to consultants 58,168 461,661 -
Options issued to DCI employees - 205,861 304,180
Warrants issued to customers 161,667 941,684 -
Amortization of previous
years deferred compensation - 612,770 108,527
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1999 Totals 256,332 $2,756,366 $ 412,707
============== ============== ===============
We issued common stock in the following transactions-
On March 16, 2000, and November 5, 1999, we executed two-month and four-
month consulting agreements, respectively, with a financial consulting firm to
enhance our activities in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and
investor relations. In connection with the agreements, we issued restricted
shares of our common stock for services provided with respect to the 2000 grant
and for a commencement bonus with respect to the 1999 grant, as follows:
March 16, 2000 November 5, 1999
------------------- ----------------
Common shares issued 15,000 30,000
Date services provided or date of issuance March to April 2000 December 2, 1999
Fair market value on date services provided
or on date of issuance $9.625 to $ 41.50 $ 14.81
Value of common stock $246,891 $444,390
We recorded expenses totalling $246,891 on the date the services were
provided with respect to the 2000 grant and, expenses totalling $444,390 with
respect to the 1999 grant, on the date of issuance for the commencement bonuses
equal to the value of the common stock granted as the shares are not refundable
to us.
During July and September 2000, we issued 912,500 shares of common stock
of our subsidiary, Jabber.com, to employees of the subsidiary, an officer of the
Company and members of the Jabber.com advisory boards. The shares vest over
periods ranging from grant date to two years. We recorded deferred compensation
totalling $523,700 and compensation expense totalling $276,337 during the year
ended December 31, 2000, calculated based on the appraised value of the
Jabber.com common stock.
In February 1999, we entered into a third consecutive six-month
agreement with an individual to provide consulting services in his capacity as
Webb's Chief Operating Officer and subsequent duties as Chief Financial Officer.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, in addition to a monthly cash fee of
$15,000, the consultant earned shares of our common stock determined by dividing
$15,000 by the fair market value of the our common stock on the last trading day
of the month. During the year ended December 31, 1999, we issued 6,497 shares of
our common stock under this agreement valued in the aggregate at $90,000.
We issued common stock purchase warrants/options in the following
transactions-
In March 2000, we issued a five-year common stock purchase warrant to
purchase 5,834 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $38.44 per
share to an employment agency in connection with a placement
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fee. The warrant vests one year from grant date. We valued the warrant at
$176,443 utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following
assumptions:
Exercise price $38.44
Fair market value of common stock on date of issuance $38.44
Option life 5 years
Volatility rate 119%
Risk-free rate of return 6.06%
Dividend rate 0%
In April 2000, we granted an option to purchase 2,500 shares of our
stock at $15.88 per share to an advisory board member. The option vests over
three years from grant date. We applied variable plan accounting pursuant to
SFAS 123 and related interpretation EITF 96-18, and valued the option at $1,124
utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following
assumptions:
Exercise price $15.88
Fair market value of common stock on date of valuation $1.688
Option life 7 years
Volatility rate 119%
Risk-free rate of return 6.06%
Dividend rate 0%
In October 2000, we issued a five-year common stock purchase warrant for
50,000 shares of Jabber.com common stock to VA Linux for the integration on
Jabber.com's products with those of VA Linux. The exercise price is to be
determined at the earlier of third party financing of Jabber.com or the fair
market fair determined by Jabber.com. Based on the appraised value of the
warrant, we recorded expense totalling $30,000 for the year ended December 31,
2000.
During 1999, we granted stock options under the plan to several
consultants in connection with agreements to provide Webb with services related
to developing financing sources and strategic alliances as well as investor
relations. The terms of the agreements range from approximately six months to
three years. We issued in the aggregate options to purchase a total of 52,168
shares of our common sock at exercise prices ranging from $4.00 to $8.50. We
applied variable plan accounting pursuant to SFAS 123 and related interpretation
EITF 96-18, and valued these options at $461,661 utilizing the Black-Scholes
option pricing model on the vesting dates using the following assumptions:
Exercise price $4.00 to $8.50
Fair market value of common stock on grant date $5.50 to $16.25
Option life 1 to 7 years
Volatility rate 95% to 104%
Risk free rate of return 4.52% to 6.00%
Dividend rate 0%
Vesting period Date of grant to 3 years
On June 30, 1999, as a result of the consummation of the merger with
DCI, we recorded the intrinsic value of options granted to DCI employees whereby
the difference between the fair market value of our common stock on June 30,
1999 ($17.50 per shares) and the exercise price of the options ($7.63 per share)
is expensed over the vesting period of the options. We recorded expense for
these options totalling $205,861 for the year ended December 31, 1999.
(12) NET REVENUES
Net revenues from continuing operations consist of software license
fees; service fees for professional services for software integration,
configuration, custom programming, hosting and software support and
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maintenance; and computer hardware sales. Net revenues from continuing
operations are comprised of the following:
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Net revenues:
License $ 2,155,990 $ 392,810
Services 1,858,403 682,877
Hardware and third-party software - 117,509
------------- ------------
Total net revenues $ 4,014,393 $ 1,193,196
============= ============
During July 1999, we sold two customer contracts to an unrelated third
party, including computer hardware, for approximately $270,000. We provided
services and equipment under the terms of the original contracts enabling the
customers to provide Internet access to their end users. We recorded $138,504 of
service revenue for the year ended December 31, 1999 related to providing
services to the purchaser of these two contracts.
(13) ACQUISITIONS
Update Systems, Inc.
Effective January 7, 2000, we acquired the assets of Update Systems,
Inc. ("Update"), a developer and provider of e-communication Internet business
solutions, by issuing 278,411 shares of Webb common stock. In addition,
outstanding Update options to purchase common stock were exchanged for 49,704
options to purchase Webb common stock. The acquisition of the assets was
recorded using the purchase method of accounting whereby the consideration paid
of $10,060,417 was allocated based on the fair values of the assets acquired
with the excess consideration over the fair market value of tangible assets
totalling $10,014,485 recorded as intangible assets.
Total consideration for the merger was as follows:
Value of common stock issued $ 8,630,741
Value of options issued 1,364,676 (a)
Acquisition expenses 65,000
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Total purchase price $10,060,417
=============
The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired based on their fair
market values as follows:
Acquired property and equipment $ 45,932
Developed technologies, goodwill and other
intangibles 10,014,485
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Total assets acquired $10,060,417
=============
The transaction with Update resulted in intangible assets totalling
$10,014,485 (primarily developed technologies, workforce and goodwill). These
intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated economic lives of
three years.
(a) 49,704 options issued, which were valued using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model using the following assumptions:
Exercise prices $ 4.33
Fair market value of common stock on measurement date $29.50
Option lives 5 years
Volatility rate 104%
Risk-free rate of return 5.0%
Dividend rate 0%
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At December 31, 2000, we determined, per an analysis of the estimated
undiscounted cash flows related to the purchased intangibles during their
remaining useful life, that the net book value of the assets exceeded the
estimated undiscounted net cash flows, and therefore, in accordance with our
policy, such assets were considered to be impaired. Accordingly, we recorded an
impairment loss in accordance with SFAS 121, totalling $3,435,807, all of which
was allocated to goodwill. The impairment charge was determined using estimated
fair values, determined by the use of discounted estimated net cash flows. As of
December 31, 2000, the remaining book value of the intangible assets totalled
$3,240,516. We will continue to evaluate the carrying value of the remaining
intangible assets for possible impairment. Such a review may indicate further
impairment that would require us to record additional losses in future periods
and those losses could be substantial (see Note 14).
Durand Communications, Inc.
On June 30, 1999, Durand Acquisition Corporation ("DAC"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Webb, completed a merger with DCI, a developer and marketer of
Internet "community" building tools, by exchanging 947,626 shares of Webb common
stock for all of the common stock of DCI at an exchange ratio of 2.46 shares of
Webb common stock for each share of DCI's common stock. In addition, outstanding
DCI options and warrants to purchase common stock were converted at the same
exchange ratio into 242,293 options and warrants to purchase Webb common stock.
The acquisition of the assets and liabilities was recorded using the purchase
method of accounting whereby the consideration paid of $14,216,876 was allocated
based on the fair values of the assets and liabilities acquired with the excess
consideration over the fair market value of tangible assets totalling
$14,132,445 recorded as intangible assets. We have determined that substantially
all of the intangible assets acquired are represented by the value of the
developed technology, workforce and goodwill acquired from DCI.
Total consideration for the merger was as follows:
Value of common stock issued $ 9,239,358
Value of warrants and options issued 1,504,349 (a)
Liabilities assumed 2,190,566 (b)
Acquisition expenses 1,282,603
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Total purchase price $ 14,216,876
=============
The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired based on their fair
market values as follows:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 23,739
Other current assets 23,708
Property and equipment 36,984
-------------
Total tangible assets acquired 84,431
Developed technologies, goodwill and other
intangibles 14,132,445
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Total assets acquired $ 14,216,876
=============
(a) 242,293 warrants and options issued, which were valued using the Black-
Scholes option pricing model using the following assumptions:
Exercise prices $4.30 to $20.33
Fair market value of common stock on measurement
date $ 9.75
Option lives 1 to 9 years
Volatility rate 104%
Risk free rate of return 5.0%
Dividend rate 0%
(b) The liabilities assumed by Webb included a $1,168,173 note payable and
accrued interest from DCI to Webb which was forgiven at the consummation of
the transaction.
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In connection with the merger, we issued a five-year warrant to a financial
advisory firm to purchase 50,150 shares of our common stock at an exercise price
of $8.85. We recorded $654,488 in acquisition costs for the warrant, which was
valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model utilizing the following
assumptions:
Exercise price $8.85
Fair market value of common stock on grant date $15.50
Option life 5 years
Volatility rate 104%
Risk free rate of return 5.0%
Dividend rate 0%
The transaction with DCI resulted in intangible assets totalling
$14,132,445 (primarily developed technologies, workforce and goodwill). These
intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated economic lives of
three years.
The results of operations of DCI are included in our results from the date
of the DCI acquisition and all significant intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
At December 31, 2000, we determined, per an analysis of the estimated
undiscounted cash flows related to the purchased intangibles during their
remaining useful life, that the net book value of the assets exceeded the
estimated undiscounted net cash flows, and therefore, in accordance with our
policy, such assets were considered to be impaired. Accordingly, we recorded an
impairment loss in accordance with SFAS 121, totalling $4,733,097. The
impairment charge was determined using estimated fair values, determined by the
use of discounted estimated net cash flows. As of December 31, 2000, the
remaining book value of the intangible assets totalled $2,313,766. We will
continue to evaluate the carrying value of the remaining intangible assets for
possible impairment. Such a review may indicate further impairment that would
require us to record additional losses in future periods and those losses could
be substantial (see Note 14).
NetIgnite, Inc.
On March 10, 1999, we acquired a controlling interest in a newly formed
company, NetIgnite 2, LLC ("NetIgnite"). NetIgnite was a development stage
company that we formed with a predecessor company by the name of NetIgnite, Inc.
("NI"), the sole shareholder and founder of which was Perry Evans, the founder
and past President of MapQuest.com. Webb was, as a result of this transaction,
entitled to 99.5% of NetIgnite's operating income and approximately 60% of any
proceeds upon the sale of NetIgnite. NI was entitled to .5% of NetIgnite's
operating income and approximately 40% of any proceeds upon the sale of
NetIgnite.
Prior to June 2, 1999, we utilized the equity method of accounting for this
subsidiary and recorded a loss from this investment totalling $127,083 for the
year ended December 31, 1999.
On June 2, 1999, we acquired the assets and liabilities of NI in exchange
for 71,429 shares of Webb common stock valued at $984,400. The acquisition of
these assets and liabilities was recorded using the purchase method of
accounting whereby the consideration paid was allocated based on the fair values
of the assets and liabilities acquired with the excess consideration totalling
$893,953 recorded as an intangible asset, primarily developed technologies
and goodwill. These intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated
economic lives of three years.
The results of operations of NetIgnite are included in our results from the
date of the NI acquisition and all significant intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Pro Forma Results (Unaudited)
The following unaudited tabulations present the pro forma effect of the
business combinations on our results of operations for the year ended December
31, 1999, as if the transactions occurred on January 1 of the year in which each
acquisition occurred, except that pro forma results include the results of
Update Systems since its formation (February 24, 1999) and NetIgnite since its
formation (March 10, 1999).
Net revenues $ 1,932,491
Net loss applicable to common stockholders $(31,469,032)
Loss applicable to common stockholders per
share, basic and diluted $ (4.26)
(14) IMPAIRMENT LOSS
During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recorded an impairment loss in
our AccelX business segment totalling $8,168,904 from the impairment of assets
we purchased in connection with our acquisitions of
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DCI and Update. The impaired assets consisted of developed technology and
goodwill as summarized in the following table:
DCI Update Total
-------------- -------------- -------------
Developed technology $ 3,261,751 $ - $ 3,261,751
Goodwill 1,471,346 3,435,807 4,907,153
-------------- -------------- -------------
Total impairment loss $ 4,733,097 $ 3,435,807 $ 8,168,904
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In connection with the DCI and Update acquisitions, we purchased technology
that has been incorporated into our current product offerings as well as our
Jabber.com instant messaging technology. Based on a review of the acquired
technology in combination with our evolving business plan, we determined that
only a portion of such acquired technology is utilized in our current products.
Further, substantially less revenue had been recorded from products
incorporating the acquired technology than was originally expected and our
current estimated revenues projected to be earned from the purchased technology
is also less than previously believed. Because of these factors, which became
apparent during the fourth quarter of 2000 in the context of an overall economic
slowdown and its impact on our customers, coupled with substantial volatility in
the capital and business environment and delays in purchasing decisions by most
large aggregators of small business due in part to a reluctance to make
significant investments in new Internet-related products and services, we
determined that the carrying amount of the acquired intangibles should be
assessed for impairment. As a result, we assessed impairment by comparing the
estimated undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated from our current
product offerings which use the purchased technologies to their remaining net
book values of the assets. Our analysis showed that such assets were in fact
impaired. Accordingly, the impairment charge was recorded based upon the
difference between the carrying amount and their estimated fair value of the
assets, determined using the net present value of the estimated future cash
flows.
(15) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
On September 12, 2000, our e-banking segment was sold to a privately held
company for consideration valued at $487,873, which was approximately the same
as the net book value of the net assets of this segment. We received $39,700 in
cash and 181,176 shares of the purchaser's common stock recorded at a value of
approximately $2.47 per share. Subsequent to this sale, based on our review of
the fair value of the purchaser's common stock, we determined that the fair
market value as of December 31, 2000, was zero and that the decline in value was
not temporary. Accordingly, we recorded a charge to earnings totalling $448,172
for the year ended December 31, 2000.
The sale of this segment is reflected as a sale of discontinued operation
in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the assets
and liabilities; and revenues, costs and expenses of this discontinued
operation have been excluded from the respective captions in the Consolidated
Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Operations and have been reported as
"Net current assets of discontinued operations," "Net assets of discontinued
operations," "Net current liabilities of discontinued Operations," and as "Loss
from discontinued operations, net of taxes," for all years presented.
Net current assets of discontinued operations consists of the following:
December 31,
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1999
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Accounts receivable $ 30,326
=============
Net long-term assets of discontinued operations consists
of the following:
Property and equipment, net $ 683,890
=============
Net current liabilities of discontinued operations consists
of the following:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 192,512
Deferred revenue and customer deposits 183,000
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Total net current liabilities of discontinued operations $ 375,512
=============
Summarized financial information for the discontinued operation is as
follows (Note: 2000 amounts include activity through September 12, 2000 only):
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Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Net revenues $ 73,092 $ 751,087
Loss from operations (203,272) (79,776)
(16) CUSTOMER ACQUISITION COSTS
During 1999, we granted warrants to three customers to purchase in the
aggregate 161,667 shares of our common stock at exercise prices ranging from
$9.19 to $9.94 per share. The warrants may be exercised at any time during the
one-to-three-year periods from the date of issuance. Because these agreements
did not contain minimum guaranteed revenue and due to the start-up nature of
these services and other uncertainties regarding these arrangements, we recorded
expense for customer acquisition costs of $941,684 for the year ended December
31, 1999. We valued these options utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing
model using the following assumptions:
Exercise prices $9.19 to $9.94
Fair market value of common stock on grant date $8.81 to $15.50
Option lives 1 to 3 Years
Volatility rate 104%
Risk free rate of return 5.0% to 6.0%
Dividend rate 0%
(17) MAJOR CUSTOMERS
A substantial portion of our revenues is derived from a limited number of
customers. Revenues to customers in excess of 10% of net revenues from
continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, are as
follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
--------------------------------
2000 1999
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Customer A $ 1,450,872 $ -
Customer B 650,488 -
Customer C 532,585 500,000
Customer D 295,578 172,128
Customer E 43,940 138,504
Customer F - 122,120
Accounts receivable balances from customers in excess of 10% of the
accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, are as follows:
December 31,
--------------------------------
2000 1999
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Customer A $ 147,409 $ -
Customer F - 4,000
Customer G - 19,000
Customer H - 35,000
Customer I - 17,056
Customer J 48,999 -
Customer K 145,362 -
(18) INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes includes the following:
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Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Current:
Federal $ - $ -
State - -
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Total current provision - -
----------- -----------
Deferred:
Federal (6,796,927) (5,497,115)
State (659,702) (533,543)
Valuation allowance 7,456,629 6,030,658
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Total deferred provision (benefit) - -
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Total provision $ - $ -
=========== ===========
The statutory federal income tax rate was 34% for the years ended
December 31, 2000 and 1999. Differences between the income tax expense reported
in the statements of operations and the amount reported by applying the
statutory federal income tax rate to loss applicable to common shareholders
before income taxes are as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Benefit at statutory rate $(16,527,955) $ (7,434,444)
Increase (decrease) due to:
State income taxes (1,604,184) (721,578)
Nondeductible expenses 10,675,510 2,125,364
Valuation allowance 7,456,629 6,030,658
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Income tax provision $ - $ -
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Components of net deferred assets (liabilities) as of December 31, 2000
and 1999 are as follows:
Year Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Current:
Accrued liabilities and other reserves $ 409,837 $ 77,920
Deferred revenue 65,097 85,000
Non-current:
Depreciation 29,247 21,788
Book amortization in excess of tax - 44,035
Net operating losses 19,063,673 11,882,482
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Total net deferred tax assets 19,567,854 12,111,225
Valuation allowance (19,567,854) (12,111,225)
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Net deferred tax assets $ - $ -
============ ============
For income tax purposes, we have approximately $51,109,000 of net
operating loss carryforwards that expire at various dates through 2020. The Tax
Reform Act of 1986 contains provisions that may limit the net operating loss
carryforwards available to be used in any given year in the event a significant
change in ownership. Realization of net operating loss carryforwards is
dependent on generating sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration dates.
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During 2000 and 1999, we increased our valuation allowance by
$7,456,629 and $6,030,658, respectively, due mainly to uncertainty relating to
the realizability of the 2000 and 1999 net operating loss carryforwards. The
amount of the deferred tax assets considered realizable could be adjusted in
the near term if future taxable income materializes.
(19) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Legal Services
Webb's vice-president of administration and corporate counsel, who began
his employment with the Company in 1999, is also a partner in the law firm we
retain for our legal services. We incurred $90,929 and $268,412 in legal fees to
the law firm during the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. As
of December 31, 2000 and 1999, our accounts payable balances included $10,000
and $8,013, respectively, payable to the law firm.
(20) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Minimum future annual lease payments as of December 31, 2000 are as
follows:
2001 $ 791,391
2002 623,077
2003 582,977
2004 599,148
2005 349,503
Thereafter -
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$ 2,946,096
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The total operating lease expense for the years ended December 31, 2000
and 1999 was $573,394 and $368,168, respectively.
In November 1999, we entered into a three-year application service
provider agreement whereby we pay approximately $12,000 per month for financial
application software hosting services. The term of the agreement is for three
years and we have the right to terminate the agreement at any time for a
termination fee of 30% of the total remaining monthly payments. Total remaining
payments under this agreement are expected to be approximately $280,000.
Webb has entered into an employment agreement with Perry Evans and
agreements with certain officers, including William R. Cullen, Lindley S.
Branson, Gwenael Hagan and Andre Durand which take effect only if a change of
control of 30% or more of our outstanding voting stock occurs. If a change of
control occurs, these agreements provide for the continued employment (at
similar responsibility and salary levels) of the employees for a period of three
years after the change of control. During this three-year period, if we (or a
successor entity) terminates the employee's employment without cause or if the
employee terminates his employment for good reason, then we (or the successor
entity) must pay a lump sum severance to the employees equal to three years
salary (including bonus), accelerate the vesting of all outstanding options held
by the employees and allow the employees to continue to participate in our
benefit and welfare plans (or those of the successor entity) for a period of
three years after the employment terminates.
(21) BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
Webb develops and supports products and services for local markets by
providing an interactive framework of local commerce and community-based
services comprised of publishing, content management, community-building and
communications. In addition, our subsidiary, Jabber.com, is engaged in the early
stages of several projects that are implementing the Jabber.org XML-based
open-source instant messaging platform for portal
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services, enterprise messaging, financial services applications and enhanced
mobile and telephony integration. We have two reportable business segments:
AccelX and Jabber.com.
AccelX consists of XML-based online commerce and communication solutions
for small business, with a particular emphasis on local commerce interaction.
Jabber.com consists of XML-based open-source Internet application products
which incorporates instant messaging as a key application for commerce-oriented
dialogs between businesses and consumers.
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Assets
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AccelX $ 14,749,962 $ 21,910,318
Jabber.com 4,016,533 -
Net assets of discontinued operations - 714,216
Eliminations (3,056,166) -
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Total assets $ 15,710,329 $ 22,624,534
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Property and equipment, net
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AccelX $ 2,566,359 $ 1,668,599
Jabber.com 263,773 -
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Total $ 2,830,132 $ 1,668,599
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Years Ended
December 31,
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2000 1999
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Net revenues from continuing operations
- ---------------------------------------
AccelX $ 3,693,518 $ 1,193,196
Jabber.com 320,875 -
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Total net revenues from continuing operations $ 4,014,393 $ 1,193,196
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Net loss from continuing operations
- -----------------------------------
AccelX $(35,738,094) $(17,197,319)
Jabber.com (7,600,756) -
Eliminations 6,963,717 -
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Total net loss from continuing operations $(36,375,133) $(17,197,319)
============= =============
Depreciation and amortization
- -----------------------------
AccelX $ 9,119,741 $ 2,902,523
Jabber.com 859,126 -
Eliminations (823,744) -
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Total depreciation and amortization expense $ 9,155,123 $ 2,902,523
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Property and equipment additions
- --------------------------------
AccelX $ 1,487,855 $ 1,272,113
Jabber.com 299,155 -
Discontinued operations - 420,419
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Total $ 1,787,010 $ 1,692,532
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(22) SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On February 28, 2001, pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, we
completed a private placement that resulted in gross proceeds of $2,500,000. We
sold 2,500 shares of our series C-1 convertible preferred stock (the "series C-1
preferred stock"), including warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of our common
stock. We received net proceeds totalling approximately $2,450,000 after
deducting approximately $50,000 in offering costs.
The series C-1 preferred stock is convertible into shares of our common
stock at $2.50 per share. The conversion price is subject to anti-dilution
protection in the event we issue common stock at prices less than the current
conversion price for the preferred stock or the then current price for our
common stock and for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar
transactions. If the conversion price is reduced, we may be required to record
additional charges against income and such charges may be significant.
In addition, subject to certain conditions, including the Securities and
Exchange Commission declaring the associated Registration Statement effective,
we have the right to sell 2,500 shares of our series C-2 convertible preferred
stock (the "series C-2 preferred sock") to the investor for gross proceeds of
$2,500,000. The initial conversion price of the series C-2 preferred stock will
be equal to the least of 80% of the average closing bid price of our common
stock for three trading days immediately preceding the issuance of the series C-
2 preferred stock, 80% of the closing bid price of our common stock on the
trading day immediately preceding such issuance or $7.50 per share. If we
consummate the sale of our series C-2 preferred stock, we will also issue a
common stock purchase warrant to the investor. The number of shares issuable
upon exercise of the warrant will be determined by the aggregate value of the
series C-2 preferred stock divided by the initial conversion price multiplied by
20%. The exercise price of the warrant will be computed as the greater of 150%
of the initial conversion price of the series C-2 preferred stock and the
closing bid price on the trading day immediately preceding the issuance date.
The issuance of the series C-2 preferred stock may result in significant charges
to be recorded against net losses applicable to common stockholders.
We also issued a three-year warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of our
common stock in connection with the series C-1 preferred stock. The warrant
entitles the holder to purchase our common stock for a purchase price of $3.75
per share. The exercise price of the warrant is subject to anti-dilution
protection should certain events transpire such as subdivision or combination of
our common stock, distributions to holders of our common stock, or
consolidations or mergers with another corporation. If the exercise price is
reduced, we may be required to record additional charges against income and such
charges may be significant.
The warrant was valued at $735,279 determined based on the relative fair
value of the warrants utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the
following assumptions:
Exercise price $3.75
Fair market value of common stock on measurement date $3.00
Option life 3 years
Volatility rate 120%
Risk free rate of return 6.0%
Dividend rate 0%
Due to the conversion feature associated with the series C-1 preferred
stock, we will recognize the beneficial conversion feature as an additional
preferred stock dividend. The computed value of the beneficial conversion
feature of $1,235,279 will be initially recorded as a reduction of the series
C-1 preferred stock and an increase to additional paid-in capital. The
beneficial conversion feature reduction to the series C-1 preferred stock will
be accreted on the date of issuance, as additional preferred stock dividends, by
recording a charge to income applicable to common stockholders from the date of
issuance to the earliest date of conversion.
The difference between the stated value of $1,000 per share totalling
$2,500,000 and the recorded value on February 28, 2001, will be accreted as a
charge to income applicable to common stockholders on the date of issuance (the
date on which the series C-1 preferred stock was first convertible) and is
comprised of the following:
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Beneficial conversion feature $ 1,235,279
Relative fair value of common stock warrants 735,279
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Total accretion expense $ 1,970,558
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As a result of the issuance of the series C-1 preferred stock, in
accordance with terms of the original agreements, the conversion prices for the
10% note payable and our series B-2 preferred stock as well as the exercise
prices for the 10% note payable and series B preferred stock warrants were reset
as indicated below:
Conversion or Conversion or
Exercise Price Exercise Price
Immediately Immediately After
Preceding Series Series C-1
C-1 Preferred Preferred Stock
Stock Issuance Issuance
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10% convertible note payable $ 10.07 $ 2.50
Series B-2 preferred stock 10.20408 2.50
Series B common stock purchase warrants 3.875 3.75374
10% note payable common stock purchase
warrant 10.264 9.33431
As a result of the reset provisions, we will record additional non-cash
expenses in February 2001, totalling $3,314,498 as summarized below:
10% convertible note payable $ 2,394,234
Series B-2 preferred stock 886,068
Series B common stock purchase warrants 2,264
10% note payable common stock purchase warrant 31,932
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Total expense $ 3,314,498
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No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained in this
prospectus in connection with the offer made by this prospectus and, if given
or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as having
been authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of any offer to buy any security other than the securities
offered by this prospectus, nor does it constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of any offer to buy the securities offered by this prospectus by
anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is not
authorized, or in which the person making the offer or solicitation is not
qualified to do so, or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or
solicitation. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made under
this prospectus shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that
information contained in this prospectus is correct as of any time subsequent
to the date of this prospectus.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Webb Interactive Services, Inc............................................ 2
Risk Factors.............................................................. 2
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements......................... 8
Use of Proceeds........................................................... 9
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations............................................................. 9
Selling Shareholder....................................................... 20
Plan of Distribution...................................................... 21
Description of Securities................................................. 22
Where You Can Find More Information....................................... 26
Legal Matters............................................................. 27
Experts................................................................... 28
Indemnification........................................................... 28
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements................................ F-1
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WEBB INTERACTIVE
SERVICES, INC.
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PROSPECTUS
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth our various expenses in connection with the
sale and distribution of the shares being registered pursuant to this Form S-3
registration statement. All of the amounts shown are estimates, except for the
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee and the Nasdaq listing fee.
We will pay all of such expenses.
Securities and Exchange Commission fee $ 2,260.55
Accounting fees and expenses 6,000.00
Legal fees and expenses 10,000.00
Printing, Mailing 4,000.00
Transfer Agent fees 500.00
Miscellaneous 2,239.45
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TOTAL $25,000.00
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Our articles of incorporation provide that we shall indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by Colorado law, any of our directors, officers, employees or
agents made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of Webb
against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if the person conducted
himself or herself in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to our directors, officers
and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.
Our articles of incorporation limit the liability of our directors to the
fullest extent permitted by Colorado law. Specifically, the articles of
incorporation provide that our directors will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as directors, except for:
. any breach of the duty of loyalty to us or our shareholders;
. acts or omissions not in good faith or that involved intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
. dividends or other distributions of corporate assets that are in
contravention of statutory or contractual restrictions; or
. any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit.
Liability under federal securities law is not limited by the articles of
incorporation.
Item 16. Exhibits
3.1 Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Webb Interactive
Services, Inc. (1)
3.2 Bylaws of Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (2)
4.1 Specimen form of Webb Interactive Services, Inc. common stock
certificate (3)
5.1 Opinion of Counsel *
10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 25, 1999 between Webb
and the Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC, including the Form of
Warrant and Registration Rights Agreement (4)
10.2 Promissory note dated August 25, 1999 issued by Webb to the Castle
Creek Technology Partners LLC (4)
10.3 Amendment dated December 18, 1999 to Securities Purchase Agreement
dated August 25, 1999 between Webb and the Castle Creek Technology
Partners LLC (5)
10.4 First Amendment dated December 18, 1999 to Promissory Note dated
August 25, 1999 issued by Webb to Castle Creek Technology Partners
LLC (5)
10.5 Stock Purchase Warrant dated August 25, 1999, as amended, December
18, 1999, issued by Webb to Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC (5)
10.6 Stock Purchase Warrant dated December 18, 1999, issued by Webb to
Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC (5)
10.7 Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 31, 1999, between
Webb, Marshall Capital Management, Inc. and Castle Creek Technology
Partners LLC. Included as exhibits thereto are the form of Warrant
and the Registration Rights Agreement (6)
10.9 Letter Agreement dated as of September 14, 2000 between Webb and
Castle Creek. (7)
10.10 Articles of Amendment setting forth the terms of the series B-2
convertible preferred stock (8)
10.11 Exchange Agreement dated as of September 14, 2000, between Webb and
Castle Creek (8)
10.12 Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of February 28, 2001, between
Webb and Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC. Included as exhibits
thereto are the Articles of Amendment setting forth the terms of the
Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, the form of Articles of
Amendment for the Series C-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, the forms
of Series C-1 and C-2 Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement
(9)
10.13 Articles of Amendment setting forth the terms of the Series C-1
Convertible Preferred Stock (9)
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP*
* Filed herewith
(1) Filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed January 29, 1999,
Commission File No. 333-71503.
(2) Filed with the initial Registration Statement on Form SB-2, filed April 5,
1996, Commission File No. 333-3282-D.
(3) Filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed September 24,
1999, Commission File No. 333-86465.
(4) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed September 2, 1999,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(5) Filed with Amendment 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed
January 3, 2000, Commission File No. 333-87887.
(6) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed January 5, 2000,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(7) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed September 19, 2000,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(8) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K/A, filed September 27, 2000,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(9) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed March 1, 2001, Commission
File No. 000-28462.
Item 17. Undertakings
A. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
B. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
persons of the registrant as discussed above, or otherwise, the registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Denver, State of Colorado, on March 20, 2001.
WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Perry Evans
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Perry Evans, Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Perry Evans, William R. Cullen and Lindley
S. Branson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name,
place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full powers and authority to do
and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below on the 20th day of March, 2001, by
the following persons in the capacities indicated:
/s/ Perry Evans
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Perry Evans
(President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director)
/s/ William R. Cullen
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William R. Cullen
(Chief Financial Officer and a Director)
/s/ Stuart J. Lucko
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Stuart J. Lucko
(Chief Accounting Officer)
/s/ Lindley S. Branson
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Lindley S. Branson
(Director)
/s/ Robert J. Lewis
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Robert J. Lewis
(Director)
/s/ Richard C. Jennewine
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Richard C. Jennewine
(Director)
/s/ Timothy O'Reilly
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Timothy O'Reilly
(Director)
/s/ Edward R. Flaherty
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Edward R. Flaherty
(Director)
Webb Interactive Services, Inc.
Form S-3
Index to Exhibits
3.1 Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Webb Interactive
Services, Inc. (1)
3.2 Bylaws of Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (2)
4.1 Specimen form of Webb Interactive Services, Inc. common stock
certificate (3)
5.1 Opinion of Counsel*
10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 25, 1999 between Webb
and the Castle Creek
10.2 Promissory note dated August 25, 1999 issued by Webb to the
Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC (4)
10.3 Amendment dated December 18, 1999 to Securities Purchase Agreement
dated August 25, 1999 between Webb and the Castle Creek Technology
Partners LLC (5)
10.4 First Amendment dated December 18, 1999 to Promissory Note dated
August 25, 1999 issued by Webb to Castle Creek Technology Partners
LLC (5)
10.5 Stock Purchase Warrant dated August 25, 1999, as amended, December
18, 1999, issued by Webb to Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC
(5)
10.6 Stock Purchase Warrant dated December 18, 1999, issued by Webb to
Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC (5)
10.7 Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 31, 1999,
between Webb, Marshall Capital Management, Inc. and Castle Creek
Technology Partners LLC. Included as exhibits thereto are the form
of Warrant and the Registration Rights Agreement (6)
10.9 Letter Agreement dated as of September 14, 2000 between Webb and
Castle Creek. (7)
10.10 Articles of Amendment setting forth the terms of the series B-2
convertible preferred stock (8)
10.11 Exchange Agreement dated as of September 14, 2000, between Webb
and Castle Creek (8)
10.12 Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of February 28, 2001,
between Webb and Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC. Included as
exhibits thereto are the Articles of Amendment setting forth the
terms of the Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, the form of
Articles of Amendment for the Series C-2 Convertible Preferred
Stock, the forms of Series C-1 and C-2 Warrants and the
Registration Rights Agreement (9)
10.13 Articles of Amendment setting forth the terms of the Series C-1
Convertible Preferred Stock (9)
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP*
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* Filed herewith
(1) Filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed January 29, 1999,
Commission File No. 333-71503.
(2) Filed with the initial Registration Statement on Form SB-2, filed April 5,
1996, Commission File No. 333-3282-D.
(3) Filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed September 24,
1999, Commission File No. 333-86465.
(4) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed September 2, 1999,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(5) Filed with Amendment 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed
January 3, 2000, Commission File No. 333-87887.
(6) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed January 5, 2000,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(7) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed September 19, 2000,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(8) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K/A, filed September 27, 2000,
Commission File No. 000-28462.
(9) Filed with the current report on Form 8-K, filed March 1, 2001, Commission
File No. 000-28462.