The prospectus is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
File Number 333-125465
PROSPECTUS
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
701 North Post Oak Road, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
voice: (713) 686-1100 fax: (713) 682-7402
2,868,630 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the sale of up to 2,868,630 shares of our common
stock by Selling Stockholders. We will not receive proceeds from the sale of our
shares by the Selling Stockholders. However, we may receive proceeds from the
exercise of the options and warrants overlying the common stock. If the all the
options and warrants are exercised, we may receive $1,708,630.
Our common stock is traded on the OTCBB under the trading symbol BGAT.
INVESTING IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD
CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE RISK FACTORS BEGINNING ON PAGE 6 OF THIS PROSPECTUS
BEFORE MAKING A DECISION TO PURCHASE OUR STOCK.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is April 28, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Available Information 5
Prospectus Summary 5
Risk Factors 6
Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 9
Use of Proceeds 9
Description of Business 9
Description of Property 16
Financial Statements 16 and F-1
Management's Discussion and Analysis 17
Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters 21
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons 22
Executive Compensation 24
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 27
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 30
Description of Securities 31
Selling Stockholders 31
Plan of Distribution 32
Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 34
Legal Proceedings 34
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel 34
Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification
for Securities Act Liabilities 34
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We are currently subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). We file periodic reports,
proxy materials and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). In addition, we will furnish stockholders with
annual reports containing audited financial statements certified by our
independent accountants and interim reports containing unaudited financial
information as it may be necessary or desirable. We will provide without charge
to each person who receives a copy of this prospectus, upon written or oral
request, a copy of any information that is incorporated by reference in this
prospectus (not including exhibits to the information that is incorporated by
reference unless the exhibits are themselves specifically incorporated by
reference). Such request should be directed to: Manfred Sternberg, CEO and
President, 701 North Post Oak Road, Suite 630, Houston, Texas 77024, voice:
(713) 686-1100 fax: (713) 682-7402. Our Web site is www.bluegate.com.
We have filed with the Commission a Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") with respect to the
securities offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of
the information set forth in the Registration Statement, parts of which are
omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For
further information with respect to us and this offering, reference is made to
the Registration Statement, including the exhibits filed therewith, that may be
inspected without charge at the public reference room maintained by the
Commission at 100 F Street N.E., Washington , D.C. 20549, tel. 1-800-SEC-0330.
Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section
of the Commission at 100 F Street N.E., Washington , D.C. 20549, at prescribed
rates.
The Web site of the Commission is www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy
and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the Commission. Visitors to the Commission's Web site may
access such information by searching the EDGAR database.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
We have developed a secured virtual private network ("VPN")for healthcare
organizations and physician offices that is HIPAA compliant (Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act). In 2004, we filed an amendment to our
Articles of Incorporation to change our name to Bluegate Corporation. Our former
name was Crescent Communication, Inc. In this prospectus, we refer to ourselves
as "Bluegate," "We," Us," "Our" and the "Company." References to our common
stock herein give effect to our 20:1 reverse stock split in 2004. In 2004, we
took corporate action to increase the number of our authorized shares of common
stock to 50,000,000 shares of common stock. Our executive offices are located
at: Bluegate Corporation, 701 North Post Oak Road, Suite 630, Houston, Texas
77024, voice: (713) 686-1100 fax: (713) 682-7402
Our growth is dependent on our attaining profit from our operations and our
Raising capital through the sale of stock or debt. There is no assurance that we
will be able to raise any equity financing or sell any of our services at a
profit. Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Our independent auditors
included an explanatory paragraph in their report, dated March 28, 2005,
indicating substantial doubt exists relating to our ability to continue as a
going concern.
Our stock is traded on the OTCBB. Our trading symbol is "BGAT."
We are a provider of information technology ("IT") outsourcing and managed
security solutions for the healthcare industry. All of our services are
compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
("HIPAA"). We call our HIPAA business "HIT" (Healthcare Information Technology).
We have reached the milestone of 1,000 member physicians in our secure medical
network. We have created and we operate the first high-speed broadband VPN
(Virtual Private Network) designed exclusively for the health-care industry's
bandwidth-devouring applications and privacy requirements. Our HIPAA-compliant
managed security solution utilizes monitored security appliances and software to
extend hospitals' medical-grade networks all the way to the edge, including
every physician and facility they touch -- ensuring each is as secure as the
hospital itself.
Our member physicians are from independent private medical practices
throughout Texas and portions of Louisiana and utilize an array of our monitored
security appliances and services, including: secured Internet services; managed
firewall and virtual private networks (VPN); physician practice network
maintenance; and IT outsourcing for medical practices and hospitals.
Physicians need a devoted, secure, standardized medical-grade connection
with 24/7 maintenance and support. We provide a cost-effective, efficient way
for hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other healthcare providers to transmit
confidential documents, images and other sensitive patient information across
the Internet to and from physicians and patients to enable physicians to comply
with HIPAA. Our medical-grade network has superior availability and allows
medical practices to reduce the time and costs associated with network
connectivity.
We provide a competitive advantage to physicians and their medical
practices in that HIT allows remote access into their own networks for them to
check diagnoses and procedures remotely, transmit images, manage prescriptions
and expedite communication among healthcare providers which ultimately enhances
patient care. Additionally, HIT offers physician office managers the ability to
access their network off-site 24/7 so they can run reports and process claims at
their convenience.
With the achievement of our 1,000 membership milestone, we are now in a
position to begin the next phase of our business strategy which is to deliver
key medical-focused content and applications using HIT. We plan to fill the HIT
pipeline with content such as imaging systems, diagnostic capabilities, digital
dictation, document imaging in ASP and client server, off-site data back-up,
charge capture systems, and clinical decision support databases. We also are
positioning our member physicians to seamlessly participate in the growing
effort to create Regional Healthcare Information Organizations (RHIO) around the
country as part of the National Healthcare Infrastructure Initiative (NHII)
which should likely include economic incentives for providers to invest in
information technology."
RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the following risk factors before purchasing
our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only
ones we face. There may be additional risks and uncertainties that are not known
to us or that we do not consider to be material at this time. If the events
described in these risks occur, our business, financial condition and results of
operations would likely suffer. This prospectus contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ
significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. This
section discusses the business risk factors that might cause those differences.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS:
OUR PAST LOSSES RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE PROFITABLY OR CONTINUE
AS A GOING CONCERN.
We have experienced substantial operating losses. We expect to incur
significant operating losses until sales increase. We will also need to raise
sufficient funds to finance our activities. We may be unable to achieve or
sustain profitability. Our independent auditors included an explanatory
paragraph in their report, dated March 16, 2006, indicating substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern. These factors raise
substantial doubt exists relating to our ability to continue as a going concern.
OUR EXPECTED FUTURE LOSSES RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING
CONCERN UNLESS WE CAN RAISE CAPITAL.
Future events may lead to increased costs that could make it difficult for
us to succeed. To raise additional capital, we may sell additional equity
securities, or accept debt financing or obtaining financing through a bank or
other entity. There is no limit as to the amount of debt we may incur.
Additional financing may not be available to us or may not be available on terms
acceptable to us. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of
additional stock, there may be a significant dilution in the value of our
outstanding common stock.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RAISE THE REQUIRED CAPITAL TO CONDUCT OUR OPERATIONS.
We may require additional capital resources in order to conduct our
operations. If we cannot obtain additional funding, we may make reductions in
the scope and size of our operations. In order to grow and expand our business,
and to introduce our services to the marketplace, we will need to raise
additional funds.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS:
COMPETITION.
Many of our competitors have greater financial, marketing and information
technology resources than we do. The current scope of our operations is limited
to Texas and Louisiana. We could easily lose our first-to-market advantage if
larger competitors aggressively entered the HIPAA compliance marketplace.
IF WE DO NOT KEEP PACE WITH OUR COMPETITORS AND WITH TECHNOLOGICAL AND MARKET
CHANGES, OUR SERVICES MAY BECOME OBSOLETE AND OUR BUSINESS MAY SUFFER.
The market for our services is competitive and could be subject to rapid
technological changes. We believe that there are potentially many competitive
approaches being pursued, including some by private companies from which
information is difficult to obtain. Many of our competitors have significantly
greater resources and more services that directly compete with our services. Our
competitors may have developed, or could in the future develop, new technologies
that compete with our services even render our services obsolete.
WE COULD HAVE SYSTEMS FAILURES THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
Our business depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our
VPN, computer and communications hardware systems and infrastructure. Although
we have taken precautions against systems failure, interruptions could result
from natural disasters as well as power losses, Internet failures,
telecommunications failures and similar events. Our systems are also subject to
human error, security breaches, computer viruses, break-ins, "denial of service"
attacks, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and tampering designed to
disrupt our computer systems. We also lease telecommunications lines from local
and regional carriers, whose service may be interrupted. Any damage or failure
that interrupts or delays network operations could materially and adversely
affect our business.
OUR BUSINESS COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IF WE FAIL TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS
SECURITY ISSUES.
We have taken measures to protect the integrity of our technology
infrastructure and the privacy of confidential information. Nonetheless, our
technology infrastructure is potentially vulnerable to physical or electronic
break-ins, viruses or similar problems. If a person or entity circumvents its
security measures, they could jeopardize the security of confidential
information stored on our systems, misappropriate proprietary information or
cause interruptions in our operations. We may be required to make substantial
additional investments and efforts to protect against or remedy security
breaches. Security breaches that result in access to confidential information
could damage our reputation and expose us to a risk of loss or liability.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR SECURITIES:
THE SHARES AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK.
A total of 2,868,630 shares of our common stock are being registered for
resale under this prospectus. The market price of our common stock could drop if
a substantial amount of these shares are sold in the public market. A drop in
the market price will reduce the value of your investment.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS MAY SELL SECURITIES AT ANY PRICE OR TIME WHICH COULD REDUCE
THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK.
After effectiveness of this prospectus, the Selling Stockholders may offer
and sell their shares at a price and time determined by them. The timing of
sales and the price at which the shares are sold by the Selling Stockholders
could have an adverse effect upon the public market for our common stock.
SINCE WE HAVE NOT PAID ANY DIVIDENDS ON OUR COMMON STOCK AND DO NOT INTEND TO DO
SO IN THE FUTURE, A PURCHASER OF OUR COMMON STOCK WILL ONLY REALIZE A GAIN ON
HIS INVESTMENT IF THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK INCREASES.
We have never paid, and do not intend, to pay any cash dividends on our
common Stock for the foreseeable future. An investor in this offering, in all
likelihood, will only realize a profit on his investment if the market price of
our common stock increases in value.
BECAUSE SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK MAY MOST LIKELY TRADE UNDER $5.00 PER SHARE,
THE APPLICATION OF THE PENNY STOCK REGULATION COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET
PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK AND MAY AFFECT THE ABILITY OF HOLDERS OF OUR COMMON
STOCK TO SELL THEIR SHARES.
Our securities may be considered a penny stock. Penny stocks generally are
defined as securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share other than
securities registered on national securities exchanges or quoted on the Nasdaq
stock market, provided that current price and volume information with respect to
transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. Our
securities may be subject to penny stock rules that impose additional sales
practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell penny stock securities to
persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For
transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special
suitability determination for the purchase of penny stock securities and have
received the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to the
purchase. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the penny
stock rules require the delivery, prior to the transaction, of a disclosure
schedule prescribed by the Commission relating to the penny stock
market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the sales commissions payable to
both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations
for the securities. Monthly statements must be sent by the broker-dealer
disclosing recent price information on the limited market in penny stocks. The
penny stock rules may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our
securities and may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity of
our common stock in the public market.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET.
From time to time, certain of our stockholders may be eligible to sell all
or some of their shares of restricted common stock by means of ordinary
brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144. Any substantial
sale of our common stock pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to any resale
prospectus may have material adverse effect on the market price of our
securities.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
OUR OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS HAVE LIMITED LIABILITY AND HAVE INDEMNITY RIGHTS.
The Nevada Revised Statutes, our Articles of Incorporation and our By-Laws
provide that we may indemnify our officers and directors against losses or
liabilities which arise in their corporate capacity. The effect of these
provisions could be to dissuade lawsuits against our officers and directors.
INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements contained in this prospectus, including, without
limitation, statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates,"
"expects," and other words of similar import, are "forward-looking statements."
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to
be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements
expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
In addition to the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus, the
following forward-looking factors could cause our future results to differ
materially from our forward-looking statements: market acceptance of our
services, competition, the availability of capital and financing, changes in
technology, changes in government regulation and government compliance.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will pay for the cost of registering the shares of common stock in this
offering. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock by
the Selling Stockholders. However, we may receive proceeds from the exercise of
the options and warrants overlying the common stock. If all the options and
warrants overlying the common stock in this offering, we will receive proceeds
in the aggregate amount of $$1,708,630. We will use such proceeds for general
corporate purposes and working capital.
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
INTRODUCTION
We are a health care IT solutions, managed services and medical grade
network provider to hospitals, medical practices, other centralized health care
organizations and third party health care information, product and systems
providers whose implemented systems are HIPAA compliant secure. Our Web site is
www.bluegate.com. In this registration statement, we refer to ourselves as
"Bluegate", "We", Us", "the Company", and "Our." References to our common stock
herein give effect to our 20:1 reverse stock split which occurred in 2004. In
2004, we took corporate action to increase the number of our authorized shares
of common stock to be 50,000,000 shares of common stock.
Our executive offices are located at: Bluegate Corporation, 701 North Post
Oak Road, Suite 630, Houston, Texas 77024, tel. voice: 713-686-1100, fax:
713-682-7402. Our Web site is www.bluegate.com.
Our growth is dependent on attaining profit from our operations and our
raising capital through the sale of stock or debt. There is no assurance that we
will be able to raise any equity financing or sell any of our products at a
profit.
Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Our independent auditors issued
a going concern qualification in their report dated March 16, 2006, which raises
substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our stock is traded on the OTCBB. Our trading symbol is "BGAT."
CORPORATE HISTORY
In 2001, Mr. Manfred Sternberg acquired effective control of the company
and during 2002 and 2003 under his leadership, the company commenced development
and completion of the necessary systems to offer integrated HIPAA compliant
Medical Grade Networks to the health care community to provide electronic
systems required by increasing U.S. public policy mandates to accelerate the
movement to secure electronic health records.
To accelerate our movement into the field, in 2004, we sold our Internet
Service Provider ("ISP") customer base effective June 21, 2004 to concentrate on
our health care IT solutions model and its Medical Grade Networks. Under the
terms of this sale, we received an aggregate of $1,150,000.
In September 2005 we acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed
certain ongoing contractual obligations of Trilliant Corporation, a company that
provides assessment, design, vendor selection, procurement and project
management for large technology initiatives, particularly in the healthcare
arena. The acquisition will strengthen Bluegate as a competitor in the
technology management industry. The purchase price for Seller's assets consisted
of an initial stock payment of 258,302 shares of Registrant's common stock, an
earn-out (the "Earn-out") pursuant to which an additional 827,160 shares could
be earned depending on the acquired business's revenues over the next two years,
a short-term promissory note in the original principal amount of $136,033 (the
"Promissory Note"), future royalty payments (the "Royalty") based on certain
software acquired in connection with the transaction, and the assumption of
certain on-going contractual obligations. The Earn-out provides that Seller may
earn up to 407,407 and 419,753 additional shares in each of the two consecutive
one-year periods, respectively, after the closing of the acquisition if the
Subsidiary's revenues exceeds $1.3 million for the related one-year period. If
Subsidiary's revenues are less than $1.3 million for one of the one-year
periods, the Seller will earn a proportionately reduced number of the additional
shares for that yearly period. The Promissory Note is due and payable in full on
December 15, 2005 and bears no interest. The Royalty entitles Seller to 10% of
all revenues exceeding $1.0 million dollars realized during the first two years
after closing from certain software transferred in connection with the
transaction. In connection with the acquisition, Registrant entered into a
"piggy back" registration rights agreement with Seller, whereby it will have the
right to include in any registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission any and all shares issued or to be issued in connection with the
acquisition.
In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act ("HIPAA"). Two of the many features of HIPAA were a mandate
that the healthcare industry move toward using electronic communication
technology to streamline and reduce the cost of healthcare, and a requirement
that healthcare providers treat virtually all healthcare information as
confidential, especially when electronically transmitted. In 2003, a minority
amount of our revenue was in our HIPAA business segment. In 2004, a majority of
our revenue was in our HIPAA business segment. In 2005, all of our revenues were
related to our health care service model.
In 2004, we contracted with the largest healthcare system in Texas to
provide physicians with Internet bandwidth and managed security services using
our Medical Grade Network.
OUR BUSINESS
Bluegate provides IT consulting, outsourcing, systems integration, applications
development and managed security solutions for the health care industry.
CONSULTING PRACTICE
Health care institutions have very unique requirements not found in a typical
commercial environment. Our consulting practice works with medium to large
medical facilities and systems on evaluation, procurement and implementation of
voice, data, video, infrastructure and applications for the health care
environment. Our applications group also performs specific applications
development, enhancement , coding and integration work for these projects when
requested by our customers.
OUTSOURCING
Our outsourcing offering includes help desk support and break-fix arrangements
as well as acquisition and special financing of equipment and services. It also
can include provisions for technology refresh, change management and level of
service agreements. Our target market for such services consists of
private-practice physicians whose office staffs typically lack the in-house
technical expertise to support mission-critical computer systems and associated
hardware. In many cases, these private-practice physicians are affiliated with
our larger medical facility clients, creating a logical foundation for Bluegate
to establish and maintain long-term business relationships.
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND MANAGED SECURITY SOLUTIONS
Our systems integration and managed security group enables secure,
HIPAA-compliant data communication between hospitals, medical facilities and
physician practices from all locations via our Bluegate Medical Grade
Network(TM) - ultimately enhancing patient care. We also provide affordable
access to compatible medical-focused content and applications over the
infrastructure to improve practice efficiency and service. We extend IT best
practices to the edge of the health care network ensuring every access point for
the physician and health care location is as secure as the hospital itself.
TWO-FOLD MARKET OPPORTUNITY
HIPAA COMPLIANCE FOR PHYSICIAN PRACTICES
The Administrative Simplification provisions of Title II of HIPAA require the
United States Department of Health and Human Services to establish national
standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for
providers, health plans, and employers. It also addresses the security and
privacy of health data. Adopting these standards will improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread
use of electronic data interchange in health care.
FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL HEALTHCARE INFORMATION NETWORK (NHIN)
Electronic data communication networks have vast potential for enhancing the
quality of patient care, mitigating the soaring costs of health care, and
protecting patient privacy. To harness this potential, the current
administration, Congress, and administrative agencies are advocating that all
physicians get connected to the NHIN, the proposed national health information
system. A NHIN is expected to enable physicians to write electronic
prescriptions (eRx) and securely share patient electronic health records (EHR),
including medical images, with other health care providers at hospitals,
clinics, and individual physician offices.
In order to access and use the NHIN, individual physicians must have the
appropriate information technology environment at their offices, and the
hospitals where they admit patients. Further, the hospital's credentialed
physicians must be on a common HIPPAA compliant network. Once the hospital has
installed the necessary secure electronic connectivity behind their firewall,
the "last mile" of connectivity, the figurative distance from the
telecommunication provider's switch to an end user (i.e. the physician), still
presents a major challenge. In addition to being HIPAA-compliant, the networks
also need to be interoperable, which requires assessing and augmenting
physicians' existing IT equipment and resources and providing adequate training
and technical support to ensure the highest possible network availability and
security and the ability to move and manage information back and forth.
Today, Bluegate's offering singularly solves a particularly vexing piece of the
HIPAA requirement and the "last mile" challenges of a NHIN: connecting the
individual physician's practice to this secured network. As a result, Bluegate
has ambitions to provide its Bluegate Medical Grade Network as the beginning
national "grid" that all vested parties in the HIPAA initiative turn to when the
concern of connecting physicians to the hospital and the insurance companies in
a secured manner is addressed. As a result, Bluegate, has acquired and deployed
significant resources towards this national opportunity. Bluegate began its
business installing Medical Grade Networks in Houston, Texas in late 2004 and
2005. We are in active contract negotiations with health care entities in Texas
and around the country to design, develop and deploy networks that are based
upon the success of those deployed in Houston, Texas.
BLUEGATE STRATEGY
Our current short term strategy is to: (1) increase our market penetration and
dominance of the Houston hospital, centralized health care and physician
markets; (2) commence systems in other Texas cities; and, (3) commence systems
in other cities in the U.S. Our long term strategy is fourfold: (1) fill as
much of the national HIPAA-compliant secured communications void that exists
between the physician and the hospital as we can; (2) sell our services to the
physicians that join our Medical Grade Network, enabling them to choose
Bluegate as their electronic health solutions firm and as the IT outsource firm
of choice for all of their technology needs; (3) to be "THE" IT solutions
resource to a medical institutions, health care facilities, regional health
information organizations (RHIOs) and centralized health care organizations
(HCOs) for all their information technology needs; and, (4) partner with a wide
array of third party providers of software, managed systems, pharmacy benefit
and many other applications that must run on electronic networks and be
installed in hospitals, HCOs and medical practices.
COMPETITION
We are not aware of any completely direct competitors at this time.
However, competition may include vendors of HIPAA software and Internet Protocol
("IP") networks whose security may or may not comply with the terms of the HIPAA
confidentiality compliance requirements.
The Internet, VPN and data services market is extremely competitive, highly
fragmented and has grown dramatically in recent years. The market is
characterized by the absence of significant barriers to entry and the rapid
growth in Internet and VPN usage among customers. Other competitors are:
- Access and content providers, such as AOL, Microsoft , EarthLink and
Time Warner;
- Local, regional and national Internet service providers, such as
Megapath, EarthLink, XO Communications and Mindspring;
- Regional, national and international telecommunications companies,
such as SBC, MCI and Allegiance Telecom;
- On-line services offered by incumbent cable providers such as Time
Warner;
- DSL providers such as Covad.
Most of our competitors have greater financial and other resources than we
have, and there is no assurance that we will be able to successfully compete.
Our web site is www.bluegate.com.
OUR BUSINESS--CUSTOMERS AND VENDORS
Major Customers. During 2005, two major customers accounted for 51% of our
sales. No single customer accounted for more than 42% of sales.
EMPLOYEES
We currently have 33 employees of whom 28 are full time employees.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT US
Our filings with the SEC may be obtained in person or by writing to the
SEC's Public Reference Branch at 100 F Street N.E., Washington , D.C. 20549,
tel. 1-800-SEC-0330, or through SEC's e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. In
most cases, this information is also available on the SEC's Web site:
www.sec.gov.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
We lease space at two locations. Our main office leases approximately 9,000
square feet of office space located at 701 North Post Oak Road, Suite 630,
Houston, Texas 77024, for a lease payment of approximately $8,227 per month. The
lease expires on December 1, 2008. We subleased a portion of this space to other
companies during 2005.
Our subsidiary, Trilliant Technology Group, Inc. also leases space. They
lease approximately 2,450 square feet of office space for a lease payment of
approximately $3,628 per month. The lease expires on June 30, 2006.
We believe this space is adequate for our current needs, and that
additional space is available to us at a reasonable cost, if needed. We
anticipate consolidating our office space prior to the expiration of the
Trilliant office space lease. We do not intend to renew the lease on the office
space currently occupied by Trilliant Technology Group, Inc. Upon completion of
the consolidation of our office space, all of our employees will be located in
the existing office space occupied by our main office.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our financial statements begin on page F-1.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT
This Management's Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction
with the audited financial statements and notes thereto set forth herein.
Certain statements contained in this report, including, without limitation,
statements containing the words, "likely," "forecast," "project," "believe,"
"anticipate," "expect," and other words of similar meaning, constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance,
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given
these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any such
factors or to announce publicly the results of any revision of the
forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference herein to
reflect future events or developments. In addition to the forward-looking
statements contained in this registration statement, the following
forward-looking factors could cause our future results to differ materially from
our forward-looking statements: competition, capital resources, credit
resources, funding, government compliance and market acceptance of our products
and services.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations are based upon financial statements which have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and
judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and
expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an
ongoing basis, we evaluate these estimates. We base our estimates on historical
experience and on assumptions that are believed to be reasonable. These
estimates and assumptions provide a basis for making judgments about the
carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from
other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different
assumptions or conditions, and these differences may be material.
We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect our more
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements.
REVENUE RECOGNITION. Revenue is recognized based upon contractually
determined monthly service charges to individual customers. Some services are
billed in advance and, accordingly, revenues are deferred until the period in
which the services are provided. At December 31, 2005, total deferred service
revenue was $404,553.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION. Financial Accounting Standard No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS No. 123") established financial
accounting and reporting standards for stock-based employee compensation plans.
It defined a fair value based method of accounting for an employee stock option
or similar equity instrument and encouraged all entities to adopt that method of
accounting for all of their employee stock compensation plans and include the
cost in the income statement as compensation expense. However, it also allows an
entity to continue to measure compensation cost for those plans using the
intrinsic value based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles
Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees". We
account for compensation cost for stock option plans in accordance with APB
Opinion No. 25.
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), which was effective for as of January 1, 2006.
Among other things, SFAS 123R requires expensing the fair value of stock
options. The transitional effect of this provision of SFAS 123R will result in
the expensing of $34,592 of deferred compensation which represents the unvested
portion of the intrinsic value of options granted in 2005 and the expensing of
the remaining fair value of the unvested portion of stock options as they vest,
of $1,060,080 and $192,928 of compensation expense in 2006 and 2007,
respectively. SFAS 123R also will require us to change the classification of
certain tax benefits from share-based compensation deductions to financing
rather than operating cash flows. Prior periods will not be restated as a result
of this accounting change.
Effective June 17, 2004, we entered into an Asset Sale Agreement (the
"Agreement") with DFW Internet Services, Inc. ("DFW"), a Texas corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of MobilePro Corporation for the sale of certain assets
related to connectivity services including wireless, digital subscriber line and
traditional communication technologies to business and residential customers.
Under the terms of this Agreement, we received a total of $1,150,000 of which
$900,000 was paid to us in cash and $250,000 was a one-year promissory note due
in June 2005. Additionally, DFW acquired 85% of accounts receivable associated
with services provided to our customers through June 17, 2004. Further, DFW
entered into a one-year sublease for a portion of our office space at 701 N.
Post Oak Road, Suite 630, Houston, Texas, at a rental rate of $3,000 per month.
The terms and conditions of the transactions were the result of arms-length
negotiations by the parties. We received a fairness opinion from an independent
third-party that the asset sale was fair and equitable to us. As a result of the
Agreement our operations are now solely based on BLUEGATE (tm), our branded
HIPAA compliant broadband digital connectivity offering for healthcare providers
nationally.
We remain dependent on outside sources of funding for continuation of our
operations. Our independent auditors issued a going concern qualification in
their report dated March 16, 2006, which raises substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern.
During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, we have been unable to
generate cash flows sufficient to support our operations and has been dependent
on debt and equity raised from qualified individual investors. We experienced
negative financial results as follows:
2005 2004
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Net loss $(4,165,391) $(640,199)
Negative cash flow from continuing operations (973,911) (843,215)
Negative working capital (926,317) (1,241,177)
Stockholders' deficit (711,046) (1,167,719)
Bank overdraft - (9,620)
These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a
going concern. The financial statements contained herein do not include any
adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset
amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary
should we be unable to continue in existence. Our ability to continue as a going
concern is dependent upon our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet
our obligations on a timely basis, to obtain additional financing as may be
required, and ultimately to attain profitable operations. However, there is no
assurance that profitable operations or sufficient cash flows will occur in the
future.
We have supported current operations by: 1) selling our traditional
connectivity services business, 2) raising additional operating cash through the
private sale of our common stock, 3) selling convertible debt and common stock
to certain key stockholders and 4) issuing stock and options as compensation to
certain employees and vendors in lieu of cash payments.
These steps have provided us with the cash flows to continue our business
plan, but have not resulted in significant improvement in our financial
position. We are considering alternatives to address our cash flow situation
that include:
- Raising capital through additional sales of our common and/or debt
securities.
- Reducing cash operating expenses to levels that are in line with
current revenues. Reductions can be achieved through the issuance of
additional common shares of our stock in lieu of cash payments to
employees or vendors.
These alternatives could result in substantial dilution of existing
stockholders. There can be no assurances that our current financial position can
be improved, that we can raise additional working capital or that we can achieve
positive cash flows from operations. Our long-term viability as a going concern
is dependent upon the following:
- Our ability to locate sources of debt or equity funding to meet
current commitments and near-term future requirements.
- Our ability to achieve profitability and ultimately generate
sufficient cash flow from operations to sustain our continuing
operations.
Our fiscal year end is December 31.
Our operations are located in Houston, Texas. Bluegate provides IT
consulting, outsourcing, systems integration, applications development and
managed security solutions for the health care industry.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, our service revenue was $2,493,343
compared to $1,109,502 for the year ended December 31, 2004. This represents a
revenue increase of $1,383,841 and is due to the following factors: (1) increase
in the number of physicians in our network from 622 on December 31, 2004 to
1,119 at December 31, 2005, (2) acquisition of the assets and customers of
Trilliant Corp, and (3) the acquisition of the assets and customers of TEKMedia.
Our cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $1,110,382
compared to $597,818 for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase in cost
of sales of $512,564 is due to higher interconnect fees and costs associated
with BLUEGATE (tm) and higher volume of sales.
Our gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $1,382,961
compared to $511,684 for the year ended December 31, 2004. Our gross margin
percentage was 55% in 2005 and 46% in 2004. The improvement in our gross margin
percentage of 9% is attributable to the fact that our gross margin improves as
HIPAA revenue increases because our fixed costs are a relatively high portion of
our total costs and our efforts to sell higher margin consulting services to our
new and existing customers.
We incurred selling, general and administrative expenses of $4,544,627 for
the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to $1,341,723 for the year December
31, 2004. The increase in SG&A of $3,202,904 is attributable to the following
factors:
1) Increase in payroll and related expenses of $408,000, from $1,409,000 in
2004 to $1,817,000 in 2005. In 2005 we added sales, marketing and administrative
staff to help us increase sales and manage our business.
2) Increase in professional fees of $643,000, from $197,000 in 2004 to
$840,000 in 2005 due to the additional legal and professional fees related to
sales and financial consultants, increased auditing fees and higher legal fees.
3) Increase in compensation expense of $1,861,000 from $(645,000) in 2004
to $1,216,000 in 2005. The increase was due to common stock and options issued
to consultants and employees as compensation for services rendered.
Bad debt expense increased by $155,000 from $48,000 in 2004 to $203,000 in
2005. The increase is due to higher sales and a corresponding increase in
accounts receivable activity and an effort to increase our reserve for
uncollectible accounts to reflect some slow paying customers.
During 2005 we converted certain notes payable and accounts payable to
common stock. We issued 1,008,630 shares of common stock and 1,008,630 warrants
with an aggregate value of $1,471,088 to officers and directors in exchange for
their convertible notes payable and accounts payable. Principal of $355,018,
interest of $68,891 and accounts payable of $154,297 were converted leaving a
loss on conversion to Bluegate of $892,882.
In December 2005 we wrote off accrued payroll tax liabilities and accounts
payable related to our merger into Berens in 2001. The gain on this debt
extinguishment was $490,786.
Interest expense increased by $335,000, from $46,000 in 2004 to $381,000 in
2005 due to the amortization of the discount attributable to convertible notes
payable issued in September 2005.
In 2004 we sold our broadband internet segment and incurred a loss from
discontinued operations of $511,000 and realized a gain of $784,213 upon the
sale of the internet broadband business.
Forecast of Growth in our HIPAA Customer Base.
Since we refocused our business activities in 2004 to concentrate on our HIPAA
business segment, we have added more than 700 new customers to our HIPAA
business segment. On December 31, 2004 we had 622 physicians in our network. In
2005 we added a net of 497 physicians to our network for a total of 1,119
physicians at December 31, 2005. We expect to add 700 physicians to our network
in 2006 through the addition of new hospital systems to our network.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 were partly funded by
our issuance of common stock for cash in private transactions, and the proceeds
from the sale of our traditional connectivity business. We have continued to
take steps to reduce operating expenses relating to our core business. We have
expanded efforts to creating a market for the healthcare industry. Because of
the uncertainty associated with this new market, breakeven cash flow is not
expected until mid 2006.
We disposed of our ISP business segment in 2004 for cash proceeds of
$900,000 and a promissory note for $250,000 due in June 2005. Our cash on hand
at December 31, 2005 was $27,791.
In March 2005 we negotiated an agreement with Memorial Herman Health
Network Physician Providers (MHHNP) whereby MHHNP would pay the ongoing costs of
managing the physicians in our network who are also members of MHHNP. The total
value of this contract was $559,420 and covered the period from March 1, 2005
through February 28, 2006. In March 2006 we extended this agreement five years
and MHHNP agreed to prepay six months of service, from March 1, 2006 to August
31, 2006, valued at $321,778.
We are seeking additional capital to fund expected operating costs. We
believe future funding may be obtained from public or private offerings of
equity securities, debt or convertible debt securities or other sources.
Stockholders should assume that any additional funding will likely be dilutive.
If we are unable to raise additional funding, we may have to limit our
operations to an extent that we cannot presently determine. The effect on our
business may include the sale of certain assets, the reduction or curtailment of
new customer acquisition, reduction in the scope of current operations or the
cessation of business operations.
Our ability to achieve profitability will depend upon our ability to raise
additional operating capital, continued growth in demand for connectivity
services and our ability to execute and deliver high quality, reliable
connectivity services.
Our growth is dependent on attaining profit from our operations, or our
raising additional capital either through the sale of stock or borrowing. There
is no assurance that we will be able to raise any equity financing or sell any
of our products at a profit.
Our future capital requirements will depend upon many factors, including
the following:
- The cost of operating our VPN.
- The cost of third-party software.
- The cost of sales and marketing.
- The rate at which we expand our operations.
- The response of competitors.
- Our capital expenditures.
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Our stock is traded on the OTCBB. Our trading symbol is "BGAT." The
following table sets forth the quarterly high and low bid price per share for
our common stock. These bid and asked price quotations reflect inter-dealer
prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent
actual prices. Our fiscal year ends December 31.
COMMON STOCK PRICE RANGE (1)
YEAR AND QUARTER HIGH LOW
- --------------------------------------
2004:
- -----
First Quarter $ 5.20 $2.80
Second Quarter $ 4.00 $2.40
Third Quarter $ 3.80 $2.40
Fourth Quarter $ 2.80 $0.51
2005:
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First Quarter $ 3.00 $0.51
Second Quarter $ 2.00 $0.70
Third Quarter $ 2.00 $0.70
Fourth Quarter $ 1.05 $0.54
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COMMON STOCK.
On March 31, 2006, we had outstanding 8,141,369 shares of Common Stock,
$0.001 par value per share.
On March 31, 2006, the closing bid price of our stock was $0.60 per share.
On February 28, 2006 we had approximately 400 shareholders of record. We
believe that one of our record stockholders is a nominee located offshore with
ownership of approximately 17% of our shares of common stock. Our transfer agent
is American Stock Transfer and Trust Company.
We have not paid any cash dividends and we do not expect to declare or pay
any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of any cash dividends will
depend upon our future earnings, if any, our financial condition, and other
factors as deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.
SALE OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
During the 4th quarter ended December 31, 2005, we sold 30,000 shares of
common stock to one investor for cash consideration of $15,000. We issued these
securities in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Act. This was a transaction by us
as issuer that did not involve a public offering. We believe that the purchaser
was knowledgeable about our operations and financial condition. We believe that
the purchaser had the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
which allowed it to evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities.
During the 4th quarter ended December 31, 2005, we issued 50,000 shares of
common stock to one investor upon the conversion of the investors promissory
note. We issued these securities in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Act. This
was a transaction by us as issuer that did not involve a public offering. We
believe that the purchaser was knowledgeable about our operations and financial
condition. We believe that the purchaser had the knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters which allowed it to evaluate the merits and risk
of receipt of our securities.
During the 4th quarter ended December 31, 2005, we issued a warrant to
purchase 350,000 shares of common stock at $0.75 per share as payment to a
consultant for services rendered. We issued these securities in reliance on
Section 4(2) of the Act. This was a transaction by us as issuer that did not
involve a public offering. We believe that the purchaser was knowledgeable about
our operations and financial condition. We believe that the purchaser had the
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters which allowed it to
evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities. The fair market value
of the warrant on the date of grant was $219,724.
During the first quarter of 2006 we issued 193,333 shares of stock,
warrants for 193,333 shares of our common stock at a exercise price of $1.00 per
share and warrants for 96,667 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$1.50 per share, for cash consideration of $145,000 in connection with a private
placement of our securities. We issued these securities in reliance on
Regulation D Rule 506 of the Act. This was a transaction by us as issuer that
did not involve a public offering. We believe that the purchaser was
knowledgeable about our operations and financial condition. We believe that the
purchaser had the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
which allowed it to evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities.
During the first quarter of 2006 we issued 1,418,660 shares of our common
stock in conjunction with the conversion of 110.242 shares of our Series A
Convertible Non-Redeemable Preferred stock. As a result of this transaction,
there are no remaining shares of our Series A Convertible Non-Redeemable
Preferred stock outstanding. We issued these securities in reliance on Section
4(2) of the Act. This was a transaction by us as issuer that did not involve a
public offering. We believe that the purchaser was knowledgeable about our
operations and financial condition. We believe that the purchaser had the
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters which allowed it to
evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities.
In January 2006 we issued an option to purchase 546,000 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share to an employee. The option
has a valuation of $550,539 and expires in January 2011. We issued these
securities in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Act. This was a transaction by us
as issuer that did not involve a public offering. We believe that the purchaser
was knowledgeable about our operations and financial condition. We believe that
the purchaser had the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
which allowed it to evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities.
During February 2006 we issued 200,000 shares of restricted common stock to
a consultant for services rendered. The common stock had a market value of
$104,000 on the date of issuance. We issued these securities in reliance on
Section 4(2) of the Act. This was a transaction by us as issuer that did not
involve a public offering. We believe that the purchaser was knowledgeable about
our operations and financial condition. We believe that the purchaser had the
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters which allowed it to
evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities.
In February 2006 we issued 50,000 shares of common stock to one investor
upon the conversion of the investor's warrant. We received proceeds of $50,000
from the exercise of the warrant. We issued these securities in reliance on
Section 4(2) of the Act. This was a transaction by us as issuer that did not
involve a public offering. We believe that the purchaser was knowledgeable about
our operations and financial condition. We believe that the purchaser had the
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters which allowed it to
evaluate the merits and risk of receipt of our securities.
SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
Number of Weighted-average Number of securities
securities to be exercise price of remaining available for
issued upon outstanding future issuance under
exercise of options, under equity
outstanding warrants and compensation
options, warrants rights plans (excluding
and rights securities reflected in
column (a)
(a) (b) (c)
PLAN CATEGORY:
Equity compensation
plans approved by
security holders - - -
Equity compensation
plans not approved by
security holders 2,932,500 (1) $ 0.91 2,385,183 (2)
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Total 2,932,500 $ 0.91 2,385,183
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(1) This amount is pursuant to various compensation agreements with directors
and executive officers as follows:
Director compensation, 50,000 shares for each of two
Directors 100,000
Option to purchase common stock of the Company, based
upon employment agreements, as follows:
Manfred Sternberg, CEO 1,275,000
William Koehler, President 340,000
Steven Plumb, CFO 350,000
Don Corley, VP of Sales 267,500
Larry Walker, President of TTG, Inc. 250,000
Greg Micek, former CFO 350,000
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Our Directors hold office until their successors have been duly elected.
NAME AGE POSITION
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Manfred Sternberg 46 Director, CEO
William Koehler 40 Director, President
Richard Yee 55 Senior Vice President - Operations
Steven M. Plumb 46 CFO
Don Corley 40 Vice President of Sales
Larry Walker 56 President, Trilliant Technology Group, Inc.
Gilbert Gertner (a) 81 Director
(a) Mr. Gertner, an independent director, serves on our audit committee.
Manfred Sternberg, has been our Chief Executive Officer and a Director
since 2001. Prior to 2001, Mr. Sternberg was an investor and board member of
several broadband providers in Houston, Texas including our predecessor. He is a
graduate of Tulane University and Louisiana State University School of Law. Mr.
Sternberg is licensed to practice law in Texas, Louisiana and the District of
Columbia and is Board Certified in Consumer and Commercial Law by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization.
William Koehler has been a Director since May, 2003. Mr. Koehler was
appointed President and COO in September 2005 after Bluegate acquired
substantially all of the assets of Trilliant Corporation, of which Mr. Koehler
was a founder and served as President/CEO from 2000 until September 2005. From
1992 until 2000, Mr. Koehler was the Vice President of Business Development of
an Electrical Engineering firm that specialized in the assessment, design and
project implementation of technology efforts for their clients. Mr. Koehler has
a BBA from Texas A&M in Business Analysis, with a specialization in Production
Operation Management. Mr. Koehler has spent the last 15 years of his career
working in the IT and Professional Services industry and has a broad range of
skills. His experience ranges from the design and management of the
implementation of multination voice and data networks to the needs assessment
and the development of a Global technology strategy for large multinational
corporations. The customers that Mr. Koehler has worked with include Pennzoil,
American General Insurance, Texaco, British Petroleum, Brown and Root and many
others. At the same time he has worked with dozens of school districts by
assisting in the development of more cost effective and robust systems in an
attempt to help these districts move technology into the classrooms and help
children learn. Mr. Koehler has spoken at many state and local events about
technology and continues to look for opportunities to continue this effort.
Rick Yee, became our Senior Vice President - Operations in January 2006.
Mr. Yee, age 55, is responsible for all technical operations and client-facing
activities. Prior to joining Bluegate, he served as Vice President, Network
Planning and Engineering for Wiltel Communications in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2004
to 2005, where he had nationwide responsibility for directing the long-term
planning and integration of strategic network functions for voice, data, IP,
international, local, traffic, and transport. From 2002 to 2004 Mr. Yee was a
self employed telecommunications consultant. From 2000 to 2002 Mr. Yee served as
the Vice President of Solutions Consulting for Marconi Corporation, plc. In this
capacity Mr. Yee oversaw Marconi's efforts to provide tailored
telecommunications equipment solutions to the utility, cable TV and CLEC
industries. Mr. Yee has over 30 years of experience in the
technology/telecommunications industries, serving in various technical and
managerial positions with Marconi, Reliant Energy, Verizon, and Sprint. He holds
a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an MBA from Gannon University in Erie,
Pennsylvania, and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Steven M. Plumb, CPA became our CFO in October 2005. Mr. Plumb, age 46, is
a CPA licensed to practice in Texas. Mr. Plumb is a financial manager and senior
executive experienced in operations, finance and marketing. He has Big 4 CPA
experience, a background in IT, biotech, Fortune 500 firms, medical and utility
companies, distribution, real estate, construction, governmental entities, and
non-profit organizations. During 1997-2001, Mr. Plumb was the President of
Orchard Consulting Group, Inc. During 2002-2004, Mr. Plumb was the CFO of
ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. During 2003-present, Mr. Plumb is the President
of Clear Financial Solutions, Inc. Mr. Plumb has a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas,
1981.
Don Corley has been our Vice President of Sales since 2005. Mr. Corley
joined Bluegate in 2000 as Director of Business Development where he was
responsible for developing product and service offerings and marketing and
selling those offerings. In 2003 Mr. Corley promoted to Vice President of
Business Development overseeing the Company's efforts to develop its markets. In
2005 Mr. Corley was promoted to his current position with responsibility for our
sales efforts, overseeing the sales staff and developing new relationships,
markets and customers. Mr. Corley has 14 years of experience in the healthcare
IT industry. Mr. Corley previously was a VP of Sales for MedsAmerica
Corporation, now owned by Medical Manager WebMD, where he led his team to record
sales in the Texas market and established a 30% market share in Houston. Prior
to that, Mr. Corley was a founder and co-owner of MedLife Corp., a developer and
manager of rural health clinics that pioneered telemedicine applications and
associated electronic medical records, until it was acquired by Healthcare
Computer Corp. in 1997. Mr. Corley received his B.B.A. in Marketing from the
University of Houston in 1988.
Larry Walker joined Trilliant Technology Group, Inc. (TTG) in September
2005 as a result of our acquisition of the assets of Trilliant Corp. He has over
twenty years experience in sales and sales management of very large voice and
data networks. From 2003 to 2005 Mr. Walker was employed by Trilliant Corp. as
the Director of Business Development where he was responsible for the
development of new accounts. From 1999 to 2002 Mr. Walker was the Regional
Director for the Western U.S. for Marconi Networks, Inc. He currently leads the
TTG sales force in establishing market presence, implementing successful sales
strategies, and developing and growing new and current customer accounts. Mr.
Walker has been involved in developing and managing large sales forces for a
number of global companies and has been instrumental in selling and managing
many nationwide outsourcing contracts including network equipment and
professional services.
Gilbert Gertner has been a Director since May, 2003. Mr. Gertner is a
private investor and co-founder of a number of industrial, real estate
development and high-tech companies. Mr. Gertner is known for his philanthropic
endeavors including the construction of schools and medical facilities in
developing countries. Mr. Gertner currently serves as Chairman of the Board and
CEO of Worldwide Petromoly, Inc., a company with which he has been associated
since 1993. During the period from 1994 to 1997 Mr. Gertner served as a Director
of Citadel Computer Systems.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
We do not have any nominating, or compensation committees of the Board, or
committees performing similar functions.
In March 2005, our Board adopted our Audit Committee Charter (the
"Charter") which established our Audit Committee. The Board of Directors has
selected Gil Gertner, an independent Director, to be on the Audit Committee. Mr.
Gertner is not a financial expert. We have determined Mr. Gertner's independence
using the definition of independence set forth in NASD Rule 4200-(14). We are
currently pursuing the recruitment of an independent director who is also a
financial expert. At the present time, Mr. Gertner is the sole member of our
Audit Committee. We have no other committees of the Board.
The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the matters required by SAS 61
and our audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2005 with
our management. The Audit Committee received the written disclosures and the
letter from our independent accountants required by Independence Standards Board
No. 1.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors held 3 meetings during the year ended December 31,
2005, and acted by written consent on 5 occasions during 2005. All directors
were present for at least 75% of the meetings. There is no family relationship
between any of our directors and executive officers.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers, directors and
persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock to file reports
of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. These reporting persons also
are required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. The
following reporting persons did not file Forms 3 and 4, as required under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act on a timely basis, noting the number of times
their filings were not timely: Manfred Sternberg (4), William Koehler (1),
Gilbert Gertner (1), Robert Davis (1), Greg Micek (2), Steven Plumb (1), Rick
Yee (1). We are not aware of any instances in which a person required to file
reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act have not done so.
CODE OF ETHICS
We have a Code of Ethics that applies to our principal executive officers
and our principal financial officers. We undertake to provide to any person,
without charge, upon request, a copy of our Code of Ethics. You may request a
copy of our Code of Ethics by mailing your written request to us. Your written
request must contain the phrase "Request for a Copy of the Code of Ethics of
Bluegate Corporation." A copy of our Code of Ethics is also posted on our
website, www.bluegate.com.
Our address is: Bluegate Corporation, 701 North Post Oak Road, Suite 630,
Houston, Texas 77024.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information as to our highest paid
officers and directors for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. No other
compensation was paid to any such officers or directors other than the
compensation set forth below.
Securities
Other Annual Underlying
Compensation Options/SARs Other All Other
Name and Principal Position Year Salary Bonus (1) (2) Compensation Compensation
$ $ $ # $ $
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Manfred Sternberg, CEO 2005 197,500 - 4,119 1,275,000 - -
2004 180,692 - 3,188 - - -
2003 185,000 - 1,052 - - 94,000 (3)
William Koehler, President 2005 (4) 46,250 - 1,642 390,000 - -
2004 (4) - - - - - -
2003 (4) - - - - - -
Rick Yee, Sr. VP - Operations 2005 (7) - - - - - -
2004 (7) - - - - - -
2003 (7) - - - - - -
Steven M. Plumb, CFO 2005 (5) 58,140 - - 350,000 - -
2004 (5) - - - - - -
2003 (5) - - - - - -
Gregory Micek 2005 (6) 75,000 - 2,232 350,000 - -
2004 (6) - - - - - -
2003 (6) - - - - - -
Don Corley, VP of Sales 2005 130,213 - 4,256 267,500 - -
2004 129,105 - 4,900 2,400 - -
2003 106,145 - 5,200 - - -
Larry Walker, President of TTG,
Inc, 2005 (4) 57,038 - 4,866 250,000 - -
2004 (4) - - - - - -
2003 (4) - - - - - -
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(1) Amounts shown includes same life, dental, and health insurance benefits as
all other employees of the Company who work at least 30 hours a week.
(2) Amounts shown represent the number of shares underlying incentive stock
options granted, as adjusted for a 20:1 reverse stock split in 2004.
(3) Amount represents the value of the note payable conversion feature for
funds loaned to us by Mr. Sternberg. The value is based upon the difference
in the common stock conversion price and the market value of our common
stock at the date of the loan.
(4) Mr. Koehler began working for the Company in September 2005.
(5) Mr. Plumb began working for the Company in October 2005.
(6) Mr. Micek worked for the Company from February 2005 through September 2005.
(7) Mr. Yee began working for the Company in January 2006.
OUTSTANDING STOCK OPTIONS
OPTIONS / SAR GRANTS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR
(Individual Grants)
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Percent of
Total
Number of Options/SARs
Securities Granted
Underlying to
Options/SARs Employees Exercise Of
Granted in Fiscal Base Price Market Price Expiration
Name (#) Year ($/Sh) ($/Sh) Date
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Manfred Sternberg, CEO 275,000 9% $ 2.00 n/a 1/31/2010
Manfred Sternberg, CEO 1,000,000 33% $ 0.50 $ 0.65 1/31/2010
William Koehler, President 50,000 2% $ 0.50 $ 0.88 2/22/2010
William Koehler, President 340,000 11% $ 1.08 n/a 8/31/2010
Steven Plumb, CFO 350,000 12% $ 1.00 n/a 9/30/2010
Don Corley, VP Sales 250,000 8% $ 1.50 $ 1.75 6/30/2010
Larry Walker, President of TTG 250,000 8% $ 1.08 n/a 8/31/2010
Greg Micek (1) 350,000 12% $ 0.50 $ 0.65 1/31/2010
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(1) Greg Micek was CFO from February 2005 through September 2005
AGGREGATED OPTION / SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/ SAR VALUES
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Number of
Unexercised Value of
Securities Unexercised In
Underlying The-Money
Options/SARs At Option/SARs
FY-End at FY-End
Shares Acquired Value (#) ($)
on Exercise Realized Exercisable/ Exercisable/
Name (#) ($) Unexercisable Unexercisable
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Manfred Sternberg, CEO - - 110,000 90,000
William Koehler, President - - 10,000 -
Steven Plumb, CFO - - - -
Don Corley, VP Sales - - - -
Larry Walker, President of TTG - - - -
Greg Micek (1) - - 70,000 -
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(1) Greg Micek was CFO from February 2005 through September 2005
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
We do not currently pay any cash Directors' fees, but we pay the expenses
of our Directors in attending Board meetings. On February 23, 2005, Gilbert
Gertner and William Koehler, two Directors, were each granted warrants to
purchase 50,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.50. These
warrants expire on February 22, 2010. We did not compensate our Directors in
2004.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLANS
While we have been successful in attracting and retaining qualified
personnel, we believe that our future success will depend in part on our
continued ability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel. We pay wages
and salaries that we believe are competitive. We also believe that equity
ownership is an important factor in our ability to attract and retain skilled
personnel. In 2002, we adopted the 2002 Stock and Stock Option Plan (the "2002
Plan"). The purpose of the 2002 Plan is to further our interests, our
subsidiaries and our stockholders by providing incentives in the form of stock
options to key employees, consultants, directors and others who contribute
materially to our success and profitability. The grants recognize and reward
outstanding individual performances and contributions and will give such persons
a proprietary interest in us, thus enhancing their personal interest in our
continued success and progress. The 2002 Plan also assists us and our
subsidiaries in attracting and retaining key employees and Directors. The 2002
Plan is administered by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the
exclusive power to select the participants in the 2002 Plan, to establish the
terms of the stock and options granted to each participant, provided that all
options granted shall be granted at an exercise price equal to at least 85% of
the fair market value of the common stock covered by the option on the grant
date and to make all determinations necessary or advisable under the 2002 Plan.
The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be granted or
optioned and sold under the 2002 Plan is 450,000 shares. As of December 31,
2005, 450,000 shares of common stock have been granted pursuant to the 2002
Plan.
In 2005 we adopted the 2005 Stock and Stock Option Plan (the "2005 Plan").
The purpose of the 2005 Plan is to further our interests, our subsidiaries and
our stockholders by providing incentives in the form of stock options to key
employees, consultants, directors and others who contribute materially to our
success and profitability. The grants recognize and reward outstanding
individual performances and contributions and will give such persons a
proprietary interest in us, thus enhancing their personal interest in our
continued success and progress. The 2005 Plan also assists us and our
subsidiaries in attracting and retaining key employees and Directors. The 2005
Plan is administered by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the
exclusive power to select the participants in the 2005 Plan, to establish the
terms of the stock and options granted to each participant, provided that all
options granted shall be granted at an exercise price equal to at least 85% of
the fair market value of the common stock covered by the option on the grant
date and to make all determinations necessary or advisable under the 2005 Plan.
The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be granted or
optioned and sold under the Plan is 3,000,000 shares. As of December 31, 2005,
614,817 shares of common stock have been granted pursuant to the 2005 Plan.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
In February 2005 we entered into a new employment agreement with Manfred
Sternberg (the 2005 Sternberg Agreement) for a period of two years at an annual
salary of $180,000 per year. The 2005 Sternberg Agreement replaces the previous
agreement with Mr. Sternberg. The 2005 Sternberg agreement calls for the
Company to provide health, dental, vision and any other benefits that the
Company may provide to its employees, a monthly automobile allowance of $750 and
reimbursement for up to $1,000 per month in discretionary business related
expenses. In addition, the 2005 Sternberg agreement provides for four (4) weeks
of vacation per year. Under the 2005 Sternberg Agreement, the Company issued to
Mr. Sternberg the option to purchase the 275,000 shares of our common stock that
had vested under his previous agreement at a revised exercise price of $2.00 per
share. We also agreed to issue an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share. The option vests as
follows: 50,000 shares on the date of grant, and 50,000 shares every month
thereafter until fully vested. The option expires on January 31, 2010.
During February 2005 we entered into a two-year employment agreement with
Greg Micek (the Micek Agreement). Originally, the Micek Agreement was to expire
in February 2007. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Micek was to receive an
annual salary of $120,000, and may receive bonuses in such amounts as are
mutually agreed upon if major transactions occur. Mr. Micek is also entitled to
participate in employee benefit plans. Mr. Micek has been granted options to
purchase 350,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per
share expiring in February 2010. The options vest pro rata on a monthly basis
over the two-year term of the Employment Agreement. Upon the hiring of a
suitable replacement, Mr. Micek's option would vest 100%. In October 2005 the
Company retained the services of Mr. Plumb and the option became 100% vested.
In July 2005 we entered into an employment agreement with Don Corley (the
Corley Agreement) for a period of two years at an annual salary of $120,000 per
year to serve as Vice President of Sales and Operations. The Corley Agreement
calls for Mr. Corley to receive a quarterly bonus of five (5) percent of the
gross profits of the quarterly business of Bluegate, as defined in the Corley
Agreement. The bonus may not exceed $130,000 per year. The Corley Agreement
calls for the Company to provide health, dental, vision and any other benefits
that the Company may provide to its employees. In addition, the Corley Agreement
provides for two (2) weeks of vacation per year. Under the Corley Agreement, the
Company issued to Mr. Corley an option to purchase 250,000 shares of our common
stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. The option vests as follows:
10,416.82 shares on the date of grant, July 1, 2005 and 10,416.66 shares every
month thereafter until fully vested. The option expires on June 30, 2010. In
January 2006 Mr. Corley relinquished his operational duties and his job title
was changed to Vice President of Sales.
In September 2005 we entered into an employment agreement with William
Koehler (the Koehler Agreement) for a period of two years at an annual salary of
$150,000 per year to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer. The Koehler
Agreement calls for the Company to provide health, dental, vision and any other
benefits that the Company may provide to its employees, a monthly automobile
allowance of $750 and reimbursement for up to $1,000 per month in discretionary
business related expenses. In addition, the Koehler Agreement provides for four
(4) weeks of vacation per year. Under the Koehler Agreement, the Company issued
to Mr. Koehler an option to purchase 340,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.08 per share. The option vests as follows: 50,000 shares on
the date of grant, September 1, 2005 and 290,000 shares on September 1, 2006.
The option expires on August 31, 2010.
In September 2005 we entered into an employment agreement with Larry Walker
(the Walker Agreement) for a period of two years at an annual salary of $125,000
per year to serve as the President of Trilliant Technology Group, Inc, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Bluegate. The Walker Agreement also provides for: a)
quarterly bonuses equal to 20% of Mr. Walker's quarterly salary based upon
performance criteria established by the Company, and b) annually options to
purchase either 50,000 shares of our common stock at $1.08 per share if 100% of
certain performance objectives, as defined by the company, or 100,000 shares of
common stock if 125% of the aforementioned performance objectives are met. The
Walker Agreement calls for the Company to provide health, dental, vision and any
other benefits that the Company may provide to its employees. In addition, the
Walker Agreement provides for two (2) weeks of vacation per year. Under the
Walker Agreement, the Company issued to Mr. Walker an option to purchase 250,000
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.08 per share. The option
vests as follows: 10,416.82 shares on the date of grant, September 1, 2005 and
10,416.66 shares every month thereafter until fully vested. The option expires
on August 31, 2010.
In October 2005 we entered into a contract with Clear Financial Solutions,
Inc., to provide the services of Steven M. Plumb, CPA to serve as our Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Plumb is paid a monthly retainer of $8,250 per month and
received an option to purchase 350,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of $1.00 per share. The option vests equally during the 24 months from
October 2005 to September 2007.
In January 2006 we entered into an employment agreement with Richard Yee
(the Yee Agreement) for a period of two years at an annual salary of $140,000
per year to serve as Senior Vice President - Operations. Mr. Yee is entitled to
a salary increase of $7,000 on January 1, 2007. The Yee Agreement calls for the
Company to provide health, dental, vision and any other benefits that the
Company may provide to its employees, a monthly automobile allowance of $750 and
reimbursement for up to $1,000 per month in discretionary business related
expenses. In addition, the Yee Agreement provides for four (4) weeks of vacation
per year. The Company will also pay Mr. Yee a bonus of $10,000 payable in cash
or the equivalent amount of common stock of the Company at the time that he
moves into a home located in metropolitan Houston, Texas and pay the costs of
his relocation to Houston, Texas and the income tax effect of any relocation
expenses that are not considered to be qualified moving expenses as defined in
the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Yee Agreement, the Company issued to Mr.
Yee an option to purchase 546,600 shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of $0.75 per share. The option vests as follows: 50,000 shares on March 1,
2006 and 46,600 shares on September 1, 2006, 225,000 shares on March 1, 2007,
and 225,000 shares on March 1, 2008. The option expires on January 29, 2011.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the number of
shares of common stock owned beneficially as of February 28, 2006 by: (i) each
person (including any group) known by us to own more than five percent (5%) of
any class of our voting securities, (ii) each of our directors and executive
officers, and (iii) and our officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise
indicated, the shareholders listed possess sole voting and investment power with
respect to the shares shown.
AMOUNT AND NATURE OF
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AS OF
TITLE OR CLASS NAME AND ADRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER FEBRUARY 28, 2006 PERCENT OF CLASS (1)
Common Stock Robert Davis 2,354,205 (3) 23.29%
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
Common Stock Pacific Continental Securities 1,358,473 13.44%
Oficentro La Sabana
Edificio 6, Piso 7
San Jose Costa Rica
Common Stock Manfred Sternberg 2,250,005 (2) 22.26%
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
Common Stock William Koehler 213,565 (4) 2.11%
1602 Lynnview
Houston, Texas 77055
Common Stock Gilbert Gertner 62,500 (5) 0.62%
1000 Uptown Park Blvd, Suite 232
Houston, Texas 77056
Common Stock Don Corley 111,251 (6) 1.10%
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
Common Stock Larry Walker 72,918 (7) 0.72%
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
Common Stock Rick Yee 50,000 (8) 0.49%
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
Common Stock Steven M. Plumb 87,504 (9) 0.87%
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
(1) The percentage of beneficial ownership of Common Stock is based on
10,109,708 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 13, 2006 and
excludes all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
outstanding options or warrants to purchase Common Stock or conversion of
any outstanding preferred stock of the Company, other than the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options or warrants to purchase
Common Stock held by the named person to the extent such options or
warrants are exercisable within 60 days after of the date of this
prospectus.
(2) Of the 2,250,005 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Sternberg: 286,995 shares
are common shares which are owned indirectly through Five Star Mountain,
L.P. The general partner of Five Star Mountain, L.P. is Manfred Sternberg &
Associates, P.C. whose president is Manfred Sternberg. 825,000 shares are
common shares issuable upon the exercise of options of which options for
275,000 common shares are owned indirectly through Manfred Sternberg &
Associates, P.C.; 568,630 are common shares issuable upon exercise of
warrants; and, 569,380 shares are common shares owned directly by Mr.
Sternberg.
(3) Of the 2,354,205 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Davis: 821,255 shares are
common shares which are owned indirectly through Madred Partners, Ltd.
which is a family limited partnership of Mr. Davis; 500,000 shares are
common shares which are owned by Altitude Partners, Ltd., which is a family
limited partnership of Mr. Davis, 940,000 shares are common shares issuable
upon the exercise of warrants of which warrants for 500,000 shares are
owned indirectly through Altitude Partners, Ltd, warrants for 347,050
common shares are owned indirectly through Madred Partners, Ltd., warrants
for 52,950 shares are owned indirectly through Laguna Rig Services, Inc.,
an entity owned by Mr. Davis and warrants for 40,000 common shares are
owned indirectly through MPH Production Company, Inc., an entity owned by
Mr. Davis; 52,950 shares are owned by Laguna Rig Services, Inc.; and,
40,000 shares are owned by MPH Production Company, Inc.
(4) Of the 213,565 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Koehler, 62,500 are common
shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants and 151,065 are
common shares owned directly by Mr. Koehler but held by us under an escrow
agreement, as collateral for representations and warranties related to the
sale of the assets of Trilliant Corp to us in September 2005, due to expire
in September 2006.
(5) The 62,500 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Gertner are common shares
issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants.
(6) The 111,251 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Corley are common shares
issuable upon the exercise of options.
(7) The 72,918 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Walker are common shares
issuable upon the exercise of options.
(8) The 50,000 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Yee are common shares issuable
upon the exercise of options.
(9) The 87,504 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Plumb are common shares
issuable upon the exercise of options. We are not aware of any arrangements
that could result in a change of control.
We are not aware of any arrangements that could result in a change of
control.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
We have a policy that our business affairs will be conducted in all
respects by standards applicable to publicly held corporations and that we will
not enter into any future transactions and/or loans between us and our officers,
directors and 5% shareholders unless the terms are: (a) no less favorable than
could be obtained from independent third parties, and (b) will be approved by a
majority of our independent and disinterested directors. In our view, all of the
transactions described below meet this standard.
In December 2005 we borrowed $25,000 from William Koehler, the President of
Bluegate. The note bears interest at 10% and is due on June 30, 2006.
In 2005 we paid interest on notes payable to related parties totaling $8,415.
During the first quarter of 2006 the Company entered into a line of credit with
each of two related parties, our CEO and our president, for Bluegate to borrow
up to $250,000 each. The notes are due upon demand. As of March 30, 2006, the
Company had borrowed the following:
CEO Line of Credit $ 198,000
President Line of Credit 171,000
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Total $ 369,000
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to one vote per
share on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders. If we are required to
go into liquidation, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in
the distribution of assets remaining after payment of liabilities and preferred
stock. Holders of common stock have no cumulative voting rights. Holders of
common stock have no preemptive rights. Holders of common stock are entitled to
dividends as declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available.
The outstanding common stock is validly issued and non-assessable.
THE PENNY STOCK RULES
Our securities may be considered a penny stock. Penny stocks generally are
securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share other than securities
registered on national securities exchanges or quoted on the Nasdaq stock
market, provided that current price and volume information with respect to
transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. Our
securities may be subject to "penny stock rules" that impose additional sales
practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell penny stock securities to
persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For
transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special
suitability determination for the purchase of penny stock securities and have
received the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to the
purchase. Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless
exempt, the "penny stock rules" require the delivery, prior to the transaction,
of a disclosure schedule prescribed by the Commission relating to the penny
stock market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to
both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations
for the securities. Monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price
information on the limited market in penny stocks. The "penny stock rules" may
restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and may have the
effect of reducing the level of trading activity of our common stock in the
secondary market. The penny stock restrictions will not apply to our securities
when our market price is $5.00 or greater. The price of our securities may not
reach or maintain a $5.00 price level.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth the name of each Selling Stockholder, the
number of shares of common stock offered by each Selling Stockholder, the number
of shares of common stock to be owned by each Selling Stockholder if all shares
were to be sold in this offering and the percentage of our common stock that
will be owned by each Selling Stockholder if all shares are sold in this the
offering. The shares of common stock being offered hereby are being registered
to permit public secondary trading and the Selling Stockholders may offer all,
none or a portion of the shares for resale from time to time.
Name Shares Shares Shares Percentage
Of Owned Offered Owned Owned After
Selling Before For After Offering If All
Stockholder Offering Sale Offering Shares Are Sold
Sold If All
Offered
Shares
Are Sold
(1) (2) (2)
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Diablo Consultants, Inc. (3) 555,000 555,000 -0- -0-%
Platinum Partners Global
Macro Fund, LP 300,000 300,000 -0- -0-%
Brandon Green 5,000 5,000 -0- -0-%
CCII Joint Venture No. 1 (4) 900,000 900,000 -0- -0-%
Manfred Sternberg &Associates, P.C. (5) 617,188 308,594 308,594 25.5% (5)
Manfred Sternberg (6) 614,092 260,036 354,056 26.3% (6)
Laguna Rig Service, Inc. 105,900 52,950 52,950 24.9% (7)
MPH Production Company, Inc. (8) 80,000 40,000 40,000 24.8% (8)
MADRED Partners, Ltd. (9) 781,460 347,050 434,410 19.4% (9)
Joel Seidner 75,519 50,000 25,519 .0004%
Randall W. Heinrich -0- 50,000 -0- -0-%
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(1) To the best of our knowledge, no Selling Stockholder has a short position
in our common stock. To the best of our knowledge, no Selling Stockholder
that is a beneficial owner of any of these shares is a broker-dealer or an
affiliate of a broker-dealer (a broker-dealer may be a record holder).
Except as set forth below, no Selling Stockholder has held any position or
office, or has had any material relationship with us or any of our
affiliates within the past three years.
(2) Assumes no sales are transacted by the Selling Stockholder during the
offering period other than in this offering.
(3) Diablo Consultants, Inc. beneficially owns 11% of our common stock.
(4) CCII Joint Venture No. 1 beneficially owns 16.8%.
(5) Manfred Sternberg &Associates, P.C. is controlled by Manfred Sternberg, our
President. Mr. Sternberg beneficially owns an aggregate of 30.4% of our
common stock directly and indirectly through various entities that he
controls. The percentage shown includes all of Mr. Sternberg's beneficial
ownership positions except for sale of the shares registered in this
offering directly by the named entity
(6) Manfred Sternberg is our President. Mr. Sternberg beneficially owns an
aggregate of 30.4% of our common stock directly and indirectly through
various entities that he controls. The percentage shown includes all of Mr.
Sternberg's beneficial ownership positions except for the sale of the
shares registered in this offering directly by Mr. Sternberg.
(7) Laguna Rig Service, Inc. is controlled by Robert Davis who was formerly our
director. Mr. Davis beneficially owns an aggregate of 25.9% of our common
stock directly and indirectly through various entities that he controls.
The percentage shown includes all of Mr. Davis's beneficial ownership
positions except for the sale of the shares registered in this offering
directly by the named entity.
(8) MPH Production Company, Inc. is controlled by Robert Davis who was formerly
our director. Mr. Davis beneficially owns an aggregate of 25.9% of our
common stock directly and indirectly through various entities that he
controls. The percentage shown includes all of Mr. Davis's beneficial
ownership positions except for the sale of the shares registered in this
offering directly by the named entity.
(9) MADRED Partners, Ltd. is controlled by Robert Davis who was formerly our
director. Mr. Davis beneficially owns an aggregate of 25.9% of our common
stock directly and indirectly through various entities that he controls.
The percentage shown includes all of Mr. Davis's beneficial ownership
positions except for the sale of the shares registered in this offering
directly by the named entity.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Selling Stockholders (of record ownership and of beneficial ownership)
and any of their pledgees, assignees, and successors-in-interest may, from time
to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on any stock exchange,
market, or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private
transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling
Stockholders are not required to sell any shares in this offering. There is no
assurance that the Selling Stockholders will sell any or all of the common stock
in this offering. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the
following methods when selling shares:
- - Ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers.
- - Block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as
agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction.
- - Purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
for its own account.
- - An exchange distribution following the rules of the applicable exchange.
- - Privately negotiated transactions.
- - Short sales or sales of shares not previously owned by the seller.
- - An agreement between a broker-dealer and a Selling Stockholder to sell a
specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share.
- - A combination of any such methods of sale.
- - Any other lawful method.
The Selling Stockholder may also engage in:
- - Short selling against the box, which is making a short sale when the seller
already owns the shares.
- - Buying puts, which is a contract whereby the person buying the contract may
sell shares at a specified price by a specified date.
- - Selling calls, which is a contract giving the person buying the contract
the right to buy shares at a specified price by a specified date.
- - Selling under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than
under this prospectus.
- - Other transactions in our securities or in derivatives of our securities
and the subsequent sale or delivery of shares by the stock holder.
- - Pledging shares to their brokers under the margin provisions of customer
agreements. If a Selling Stockholder defaults on a margin loan, the broker
may, from time to time, offer and sell the pledged shares.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other
brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions
or discounts from the Selling Stockholder in amounts to be negotiated. If any
broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, the broker-dealer may
receive commission from the purchaser in amounts to be negotiated. We do not
expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types
of transactions involved.
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved
in selling the shares may be considered to be "underwriters" within the meaning
of the Securities Act for such sales. An underwriter is a person who has
purchased shares from an issuer with a view towards distributing the shares to
the public. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or
agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be
considered to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.
We are required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration
of the shares in this offering. However, we will not pay any commissions or any
other fees in connection with the resale of the common stock in this offering.
If we are notified by a Selling Stockholder that they have a material
arrangement with a broker-dealer for the resale of the common stock, then we
would be required to amend the Registration Statement of which this prospectus
is a part, and file a prospectus supplement to describe the agreements between
the Selling Stockholder and the broker-dealer.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
1. On July 15, 2005, we dismissed our former certifying public
accountant, Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P. whose reports on our
financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004
contained going concern qualifications. During the prior two fiscal
years and during the interim period since December 31, 2004, there
were no other adverse opinions or disclaimers of opinion, or
modifications as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles
by Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P. in those reports. The decision to
change accountants was approved by our audit committee of the board of
directors. There were no disagreements with the former accountant,
whether or not resolved, on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure, which, if not resolved to the former accountant's
satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject
matter of the disagreement(s) in connection with its report. The
former accountant did not advise us: that internal controls necessary
to develop reliable financial statements did not exist; or that
information has come to the attention of the former accountant which
made the accountant unwilling to rely on management's representations,
or unwilling to be associated with the financial statements prepared
by management; or that the scope of the audit should be expanded
significantly, or that information has come to the accountant's
attention that the accountant has concluded will, or if further
investigated might, materially impact the fairness or reliability of a
previously issued audit report or the underlying financial statements,
or the financial statements issued or to be issued covering the fiscal
period(s) subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial
statements (including information that might preclude the issuance of
an
unqualified audit report), and the issue was not resolved to the
accountant's satisfaction prior to its resignation or dismissal. We
have authorized the former accountant to respond fully to the
inquiries of the successor accountant concerning the subject matter of
each of such disagreements, if any, or events.
2. On July 15, 2005, we engaged Malone & Bailey, PC, Certified Public
Accountants. We did not consult the new accountant regarding: the
application of accounting principles to a specific completed or
contemplated transaction, or the type of audit opinion that might be
rendered on our financial statements and neither written or oral
advice was provided that was an important factor considered by us in
reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial
reporting issue; or any matter that was the subject of a disagreement
or event identified in response to paragraph 1 above.
3. We provided the disclosure contained herein to the former accountant.
We have asked the former accountant to provide a letter addressed to
the Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by
us and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are a party in the following litigation:
Bluegate Corporation v. The Navi-Gates Corporation and Robert C. Weslock,
Cause No. 2005-00534, In the 234th Judicial District Court of Harris County,
Texas. We filed this lawsuit claiming breach of contract, deceptive trade
practices and fraud against the defendant. A court date has been scheduled for
October 2006.
INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Joel Seidner, Esq., Attorney At Law, 1240 Blalock Road, Suite 250, Houston,
Texas 77055, tel. (713) 461-2627 ext. 210, has acted as our legal counsel for
this offering. The validity of the shares offered by this prospectus has been
passed upon for us by Mr. Seidner. As of the date of this prospectus, Mr.
Seidner owns 75,519 shares of our common stock.
Our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2004 and the
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows,
for the year then ended, have been included in the registration statement on
Form SB-2 of which this prospectus forms a part, in reliance on the report of
Ham, Langston & Brezina, an an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,
given on the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
Our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2005 and the
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows,
for the year then ended, have been included in the registration statement on
Form SB-2 of which this prospectus forms a part, in reliance on the report of
MALONE & BAILEY, PC, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, given on
the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON
INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
The Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.7502 provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the
right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
action, suit or proceeding if he: (a) Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or
(b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person is liable
pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys'
fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of the action or suit if he: Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or
(b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be
made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom,
to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or
suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon
application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems
proper. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections 1 and 2, or in defense of
any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense.
The Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.751 provides that any discretionary
indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502, unless ordered by a court or advanced
pursuant to Section 78.751, may be made by the corporation only as authorized in
the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination
must be made: (a) By the stockholders; (b) By the board of directors by majority
vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action,
suit or proceeding; (c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors
who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d) If a quorum consisting of directors
who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion. The articles of incorporation,
the bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses
of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit
or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in
advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount
if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is
not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this
subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which
corporate personnel other than directors or officers may be entitled under any
contract or otherwise by law. The indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502 and
advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to this
section: (a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of
incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, for either an action in his official capacity or an
action in another capacity while holding his office, except that
indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to NRS 78.7502 or for the
advancement of expenses made pursuant to subsection 2, may not be made to or on
behalf of any director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that his
acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation
of the law and was material to the cause of action, and, (b) Continues for a
person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Our Articles of Incorporation at Article VIII provides that the Corporation
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada General Corporation Law, as
the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any an all persons whom it
shall have power to indemnify under said Law from and against any and all of the
expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Law,
and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as
to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
Our Bylaws at Article X provide that the: The Company shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request
of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner in which he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. To the extent
that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred
to in this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Any indemnification under
this Article (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article. Such
determination shall be made (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, or (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders. Expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending in a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Article. Such expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so
paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems
appropriate. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. The Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such
liability under this Article. For purposes of this section references to "the
Company" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would
have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees
or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
shall stand in the same position under this Article with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
this Article shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in these
Bylaws, shall operate to indemnify any director or officer if such
indemnification is contrary to law, either as a matter of public policy, or
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other applicable state or Federal law.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons
pursuant to the forgoing provisions or otherwise, we have been advised that, in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in that Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
WITH REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
F-1
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-3
Report of Predecessor Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm F-4
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 F-5
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years
ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 F-6
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit for the
years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 F-7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years
ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 F-9
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-11
F-2
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors
Bluegate Corporation
Houston, Texas
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Bluegate
Corporation, ("Bluegate") as of December 31, 2005 and the related consolidated
statement of operations, changes in stockholders' deficit and cash flows for the
year ended December 31, 2005. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of Bluegate's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Bluegate as of December 31, 2005 and the consolidated results of its operations
and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming
that Bluegate will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements, Bluegate has negative working capital and
suffered recurring losses from operations, which raises substantial doubt about
its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans regarding those
matters are described in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
MALONE & BAILEY, PC
www.malone-bailey.com
Houston, Texas
March 16, 2006
F-3
REPORT OF PREDECESSOR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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To the Stockholders and Directors
Bluegate Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Bluegate
Corporation as of December 31, 2004, and the related statements of operations,
stockholders' deficit and cash flows for the year then ended. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based upon our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bluegate Corporation
as of December 31, 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming
that the Company will continue as a going concern. As shown in the consolidated
financial statements and discussed in Note 2, the Company has incurred recurring
losses from operations, is in a book overdraft, negative working capital and
stockholders' deficit position at December 31, 2004, and is dependent on outside
sources of funding for continuation of its operations. These factors raise
substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Management's plans with regard to these matters are also discussed in Note 2.
These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that
might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
HAM, LANGSTON & BREZINA, L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
March 28, 2005
F-4
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
2005 2004
ASSETS
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 27,791 $ 3,708
Accounts receivable, net 365,131 209,856
Note receivable - 146,814
Prepaid expenses and other 46,809 29,429
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Total current assets 439,731 389,807
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Property and equipment, net 106,157 73,458
Goodwill 83,202 -
Intangible assets, net 25,912 -
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Total assets $ 655,002 463,265
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
- -------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
Convertible notes payable, net of unamortized discount
of $242,316 $ 257,684 $ -
Notes payable 12,800 2,800
Notes payable to related parties 25,000 389,018
Accounts payable 491,337 725,456
Accrued liabilities 174,674 296,637
Deferred revenue 404,553 217,073
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Total current liabilities 1,366,048 1,630,984
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Commitments and contingencies - -
Stockholders? deficit:
Series A Convertible Non-Redeemable Preferred stock,
$.001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 110.242
issued and outstanding, $5,000 per share liquidation
preference($551,210 aggregate liquidation preference) -
Series B Convertible Non-Redeemable Preferred stock,
$.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares
issued and outstanding - -
Common stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares
authorized, 6,332,376 and 2,548,809 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively 6,332 2,549
Additional paid-in capital 10,841,189 6,184,450
Subscription receivable (15,007) (11,141)
Deferred compensation (34,592) -
Accumulated deficit (11,508,968) (7,343,577)
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Total stockholders' deficit (711,046) (1,167,719)
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Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit $ 655,002 $ 463,265
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The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-5
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
2005 2004
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Service revenue $ 2,493,343 $1,109,502
Cost of services 1,110,382 597,818
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Gross margin 1,382,961 511,684
Selling, general and administrative expenses 4,544,627 1,341,723
Bad debt expense 203,105 48,000
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Loss from operations (3,364,771) (878,039)
Interest income - 4,400
Gain on debt extinguishment 490,786 -
Loss on conversion of notes payable to common stock (892,882) -
Interest expense (381,223) (46,240)
Other income - 6,467
Other expense (17,301) -
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Loss from continuing operations (4,165,391) (913,412)
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Discontinued operations:
Gain from sale of discontinued broadband internet segment - 784,213
Loss from operation of discontinued broadband internet segment - (511,000)
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Income from discontinued operations - 273,213
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Net loss $(4,165,391) $ (640,199)
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Basic and diluted:
Net income (loss) per common share: $ (0.90) $ (0.42)
Continuing operations (0.90) (0.42)
Discontinued operations - 0.12
Weighted average shares
outstanding 4,608,938 2,161,615
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-6
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
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SERIES A SERIES B
COMMON STOCK PREFERRED STOCK PREFERRED STOCK ADDITIONAL
------------------ ------------------- ------------------ PAID-IN SUBSCRIPTION DEFERRED
SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL RECEIVABLE COMPENSATION
--------- ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- ------------ -------------- --------------
Balance at December
31, 2003 1,727,009 $ 1,727 116 - - - $ 5,573,280 - $ (12,008)
Issuance of common
stock for legal
services 2,500 3 - - - - 2,161 - -
Conversion of Series A
preferred stock to
common stock 64,160 64 (5) - - - (64) - -
Issuance of common
stock for cash 755,140 755 - - - - 609,073 (11,141) -
Amortization of
deferred compen-
sation - - - - - - - - 12,008
Net loss - - - - - - - - -
--------- ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- ------------ -------------- --------------
Balance at December
31, 2004 2,548,809 $ 2,549 111 $ - - $ - $ 6,184,450 $ (11,141) $ -
========= ======= ========= ======== ======== ======== ============ ============== ==============
ACCUMULATED
DEFICIT TOTAL
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Balance at December
31, 2003 $ (6,703,378) $(1,140,379)
Issuance of common
stock for legal
services - 2,164
Conversion of Series A
preferred stock to
common stock - -
Issuance of common
stock for cash - 598,687
Amortization of
deferred compen-
sation - 12,008
Net loss (640,199) (640,199)
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Balance at December
31, 2004 $ (7,343,577) $(1,167,719)
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F-7
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT, CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
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COMMON STOCK PREFERRED STOCK ADDITIONAL ACCUM-
-------------------- --------------- PAID -IN SUBSCRIPTION DEFERRED ULATED
SHARES CAPITAL SHARES CAPITAL CAPITAL RECEIVABLE COMPENSATION DEFICIT TOTAL
---------- -------- ------ -------- ----------- ------------ -------------- ------------- ------------
Balances,
December 31,
2004 2,548,809 $ 2,549 111 $ - $ 6,184,450 $ (11,141) $ - $ (7,343,577) $(1,167,719)
Issuance of
common stock for
cash 1,492,067 1,492 - - 704,852 (8,000) - - 698,344
Conversion of
notes payable
and
accrued interest
for common stock
and stock
warrants 1,208,630 1,209 - - 1,569,879 - - - 1,571,088
Issuance of
common stock for
services 824,574 824 - - 637,908 - - - 638,732
Issuance of
common stock for
acquisition 258,308 258 - - 180,558 - - - 180,816
Receipt of cash
for subscription
receivable - - - - - 4,134 - - 4,134
Stock options
and warrants
issued
for services - - - - 1,037,254 - (34,592) - 1,002,662
Convertible
notes issued
with
warrants 526,288 526,288
Stock issued for
convertible debt (12) - - - - - - - -
Net loss - - - - - - - (4,165,391) (4,165,391)
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Balance at
December 31,
2005 6,332,376 $ 6,332 111 $ - $10,841,189 $ (15,007) $ (34,592) $(11,508,968) $ (711,046)
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The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-8
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
2005 2004
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $(4,165,391) $ (640,199)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used
in operating activities:
Loss from discontinued operations - (273,213)
Accretion of debt discount 357,684 -
Depreciation and amortization 81,141 43,253
Bad debt expense 203,105 46,000
Common stock issued for services 638,733 2,164
Common stock options and warrants issued for
services 1,002,661 12,008
Loss on debt conversion 892,882 -
Gain on debt extinguishment (490,786) -
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (204,789) (173,081)
Prepaid and other current assets 5,876 (27,329)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 519,651 (2,408)
Deferred revenue 187,480 169,590
Other assets (2,158) -
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Net cash used in continuing operations (973,911) (843,215)
Net cash used in discontinued operations - (456,627)
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Net cash used by operating activities (973,911) (1,299,842)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of Conn. Svcs. business - 500,000
Purchases of long term investment (30,000) -
Payments received on note receivable 20,768 103,186
Acquisition of Trilliant Corporation assets (161,034) -
Purchase of property and equipment (51,886) (6,213)
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Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations (222,152) (6,213)
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations - 603,186
------------ ------------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (222,152) 596,973
------------ ------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Decrease in bank overdraft (9,620) (54,085)
Proceeds from notes payable to related parties 25,000 74,833
Repayment of notes payable to related parties (34,000) (325,143)
Proceeds from notes payable 536,288 450,000
Repayment of notes payable - (47,200)
Proceeds from subscription receivable 4,134 -
Issuance of common stock for cash 698,344 598,687
------------ ------------
Net cash provided by continued operations 1,220,146 297,092
Net cash provided by discontinued operations - 400,000
------------ ------------
Net cash provided by financing activities 1,220,146 697,092
------------ ------------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 24,083 (5,777)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 3,708 9,485
------------ ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 27,791 $ 3,708
============ ============
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-9
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
(Continued)
YEAR ENDED
----------------------------
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
2005 2004
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Non Cash Transactions:
Issuance of common stock for conversion of
notes payable $ 100,000 $ -
Issuance of common stock and common stock
equivalents for conversion of related party
notes payable 355,018 -
Issuance of common stock and common stock
equivalents for conversion of accrued
interest 68,891 -
Issuance of common stock and common stock
equivalents for conversion of related party
accounts payable 154,297 -
Issuance of common stock for acquisition 180,818
Discount upon issuance of convertible
notes payable 526,288
Nationwide settlement:
Accounts receivable 122,429 -
Accounts payable 151,949 -
Note receivable 128,230 -
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest 2,072 33,277
F-10
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
__________
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Bluegate Corporation (the "Company") is a Nevada Corporation that provides
the healthcare community with BLUEGATE, the Company's secure medical grade
network using Cisco System's(TM) virtual private network technology to
assist in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA").
The Company was originally incorporated as Solis Communications, Inc.
("Solis") on July 23, 2001 and adopted a name change to Crescent
Communications Inc. upon completion of a reverse acquisition of Berens
Industries, Inc. In 2004 we changed our name to Bluegate Corporation.
Following is a summary of the Company's significant accounting policies:
SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES
----------------------
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
periods. Actual results could differ from estimates making it reasonably
possible that a change in the estimates could occur in the near term.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
-----------------------------
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its majority owned or controlled subsidiary after elimination of all
significant intercompany accounts and transactions.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
----------------------------
The Company considers all highly liquid short-term investments with an
original maturity of three months or less when purchased, to be cash
equivalents.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
-------------------------------------------------------
Accounts receivable are amounts due on sales and are unsecured. Accounts
receivable are carried at their estimated collectible amounts. Credit is
generally extended on a short-term basis; thus accounts receivable do not
bear interest although a finance charge may be applied to such receivables
that are more than thirty days past due. Accounts receivable are
periodically evaluated for collectibility based on past credit history with
clients. Provisions for losses on accounts receivable are determined on the
basis of loss experience, known and inherent risk in the account balance
and current economic conditions.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
------------------------
Property and equipment is recorded at cost and depreciated on the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the various classes
of depreciable property as follows:
Furniture and equipment 5-7 years
Telecommunications networks 5 years
Computer equipment 3 years
Expenditures for normal repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as
incurred. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or
otherwise disposed of are removed from the accounts, and any gain or loss
is included in operations.
INTANGIBLES
-----------
Goodwill represents costs in excess of net assets acquired. The
company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142,
"Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" (FAS 142) effective January 1, 2002.
Under FAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no
longer amortized but are reviewed annually (or more frequently if
impairment indicators are preset) for impairment. Pursuant to the
provisions of FAS 142, the goodwill resulting from the company's
acquisition of Trilliant Corporation's assets in September 2005 is not
being amortized for book purposes and is subject to annual impairment
testing provisions of FAS 142.
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS
----------------------------------
In the event facts and circumstances indicate the carrying value of a
long-lived asset, including associated intangibles, may be impaired, an
evaluation of recoverability is performed by comparing the estimated future
undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset to the asset's carrying
amount to determine if a write-down to market value or discounted cash flow
is required. Based upon a recent evaluation by management, an impairment
write-down of the Company's long-lived assets was not deemed necessary.
Continued
F-11
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
__________
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
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INCOME TAXES
-------------
The Company uses the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under
this method, deferred income taxes are recorded to reflect the tax
consequences on future years of temporary differences between the tax basis
of assets and liabilities and their financial amounts at year-end. The
Company provides a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to
their net realizable value.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
-------------------------
Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation" ("SFAS No. 123") established financial accounting and
reporting standards for stock-based employee compensation plans. It defined
a fair value based method of accounting for an employee stock option or
similar equity instrument and encouraged all entities to adopt that method
of accounting for all of their employee stock compensation plans and
include the cost in the income statement as compensation expense. However,
it also allows an entity to continue to measure compensation cost for those
plans using the intrinsic value based method of accounting prescribed by
Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees". The Company accounts for compensation cost for stock
option plans in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25.
LOSS PER SHARE
----------------
Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed on the basis of the
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each
period. Potentially dilutive options that were outstanding during 2005 and
2004 were not considered in the calculation of diluted earnings per share
because the Company's net loss rendered their impact anti-dilutive.
Accordingly, basic and diluted losses per share were identical for the
years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.
PRO-FORMA DISCLOSURES
----------------------
The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No.
25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" (APB 25) and related
Interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options because, as
discussed below, the alternative fair value accounting provided for under
FASB Statement No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation", requires
use of option valuation models that were not developed for use in valuing
employee stock options. Under APB 25, because the exercise price of the
Company's employee stock options is greater than or equals the market price
of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense has
been recognized.
Proforma information regarding net income and earnings per share is
required by Statement 123, and has been determined as if the Company had
accounted for its employee stock options under the fair value method of
that Statement. The fair value for these options was estimated at the date
of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.
The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in
estimating fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions
and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require
the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock
price volatility. Because the Company's employee stock options have
characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and
because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect
the fair value estimate, in management's opinion, the existing models do
not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its
employee stock options.
For purposes of proforma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the
options is included in expense over the option's vesting period or expected
life. The Company's proforma information for the years ended December 31,
2005 and 2004 follows:
2005 2004
------------ ------------
Net loss as reported $(4,165,391) $ (640,199)
Add: Stock-based employee
compensation expense included in
reported net income, net of related tax effects 268,407 12,008
Deduct: Total stock-based employee
compensation expense determined
under fair value based method for
all awards, net of related tax effects (1,268,276) (533,308)
------------ ------------
Pro forma net loss $(5,165,260) $(1,161,499)
============ ============
Basic and diluted loss per share as reported $ (0.90) $ (0.30)
Proforma basic and diluted loss per share $ (1.12) $ (0.54)
Risk free interest rate 5% 5%
Dividend yield - -
Weighted average volatility 260% 2%
Weighted-average expected life of options 5 yrs. 5 yrs.
Continued
F-12
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
__________
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
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REVENUE RECOGNITION
--------------------
Revenue from services are recognized based upon contractually determined
monthly service charges to individual customers and as work is performed.
Telecommunications services are billed in advance and, accordingly,
revenues are deferred until the period in which the services are provided.
At December 31, 2005 and 2004, deferred service revenue was $404,553 and
$217,073, respectively.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
--------------------------------------------
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), which will be effective for us on January
1, 2006. Among other things, SFAS 123R requires expensing the fair value of
stock options. The transitional effect of this provision of SFAS 123R will
result in the expensing of $34,592 of deferred compensation which
represents the unvested portion of the intrinsic value of options granted
in 2005 and the expensing of the remaining fair value of the unvested
portion of stock options as they vest, of $1,060,080 and $192,928 of
compensation expense in 2006 and 2007, respectively. SFAS 123R also will
require us to change the classification of certain tax benefits from
share-based compensation deductions to financing rather than operating cash
flows. Prior periods will not be restated as a result of this accounting
change.
The Company does not expect the adoption of any other recently issued
accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on the Company's
results of operations, financial position or cash flow.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
-----------------
We have reclassified certain prior-year amounts to conform to the current
year's presentation.
Continued
F-13
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
2. GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATIONS
------------------------------
During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 the Company has been
unable to generate cash flows sufficient to support its operations and has
been dependent on debt and equity raised from qualified individual
investors. The Company experienced negative financial results as follows:
2005 2004
------------ ------------
Net loss $(4,165,391) $ (640,199)
Negative cash flow from continuing operations (973,911) (843,215)
Negative working capital (926,317) (1,241,177)
Stockholders' deficit (711,046) (1,167,719)
Book overdraft - (9,620)
These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern.
The Company has supported current operations by: 1) raising additional
operating cash through private placements of its common stock, 2) issuing
debt and debt convertible to common stock to certain key stockholders and
3) issuing stock and options as compensation to certain employees and
vendors in lieu of cash payments.
These steps have provided the Company with the cash flows to continue its
business plan, but have not resulted in significant improvement in the
Company's financial position. Management is considering alternatives to
address its cash flow situation that include:
- Raising capital through additional sale of its common and preferred
stock and/or debt securities.
- Merging the Company with another business that compliments current
activities.
- Reducing cash operating expenses to levels that are in line with
current revenues. Reductions can be achieved through the issuance of
additional common shares of the Company's stock in lieu of cash
payments to employees or vendors.
- Selling assets that management believes are not critical.
These alternatives could result in substantial dilution of existing
stockholders. There can be no assurances that the Company's current
financial position can be improved, that it can raise additional working
capital or that it can achieve positive cash flows from operations. The
Company's long-term viability as a going concern is dependent upon the
following:
- The Company's ability to locate sources of debt or equity funding to
meet current commitments and near term future requirements.
- The ability of the Company to achieve profitability and ultimately
generate sufficient cash flow from operations to sustain its
continuing operations.
The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that
might be necessary if Bluegate is unable to continue as a going concern.
Continued
F-14
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
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3. ACQUISITION
-----------
TRILLIANT CORPORATION
---------------------
On September 15, 2005, Bluegate acquired substantially all of the assets
and assumed certain ongoing contractual obligations of Trilliant
Corporation, a company that provides assessment, design, vendor selection,
procurement and project management for large technology initiatives,
particularly in the healthcare arena. The acquisition will strengthen
Bluegate as a competitor in the technology management industry. The
purchase price consisted of $161,033 in cash and 258,302 shares of
Bluegate's common stock valued at $180,811. The asset sale and purchase
agreement provides for additional consideration of up to 827,160 common
shares depending on the acquired business' revenue over the next two years
and royalty payments based on sales over the next two years of certain
software acquired. The estimated fair values of the assets acquired at
September 15, 2005 are as follows:
Property and equipment $ 17,270
omputer software 41,893
Customer list 28,702
Accounts receivable 170,782
Goodwill 83,202
---------
Total $ 341,849
=========
Additional consideration, if any, will be allocated to goodwill upon
payment. Goodwill will be tested periodically for impairment as required by
FASB Statement No. 142, "Goodwill and other Intangible Assets."
The results of this acquisition are included in the consolidated financial
statements from the date of acquisition. Unaudited proforma operating
results for Bluegate, assuming the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2004,
are as follows:
<APTION>
------------------------
2005 2004
----------- -----------
Service revenue $3,199,000 $2,445,859
Net loss (4,189,729) (804,580)
Net (loss) per common share (0.91) (0.37)
The proforma results are not necessarily indicative of what would have
occurred if the acquisition had been in effect for the periods presented.
In addition, they are not intended to be a projection of future results and
do not reflect any synergies that might be achieved by combining the
operations.
4. DISCONTINUED INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OPERATIONS
-----------------------------------------------------
Effective June 21, 2004, the Company entered into an Asset Sale Agreement
(the "Agreement") with DFW Internet Services, Inc. ("DFW"), a Texas
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of MobilePro Corporation for the
sale of certain assets related to connectivity services including wireless,
digital subscriber line and traditional communication technologies to
business and residential customers. Under the terms of this Agreement, the
Company received a total of $1,150,000, consisting of $900,000 in cash and
a $250,000 one-year promissory note. Additionally, DFW acquired 85%
of accounts receivable associated with services provided to the Company's
customers through June 17, 2004. Further, DFW entered into a one-year
sublease for the Company's leased space at 701 N. Post Oak Road, Suite 630,
Houston, Texas, for rental rate of $3,000 per month. The terms and
conditions of the transactions were the result of arms-length negotiations
by the parties. As a result of the Agreement the Company's operations are
now solely based on Bluegate (TM), the Company's branded HIPAA compliant
broadband digital connectivity service for health care providers. Following
is analysis of assets sold under the agreement:
Continued
F-15
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
Assets sold:
Property and equipment $ 238,346
Goodwill associated with connectivity business 200,346
Accounts receivable 72,650
----------
511,342
----------
Consideration received
Note payable assumed 400,000
Deferred revenue 145,555
Cash 500,000
Note receivable 250,000
----------
1,295,555
----------
Gain recognized $ 784,213
==========
Following is an analysis of the discontinued operations of Crescent ISP,
presented in the accompanying financial statements:
2005 2004
---------- ------------
Sales and service revenue $ - $ 847,551
Cost of sales and services - 680,830
---------- ------------
Gross margin - 166,721
Selling, general and administrative expenses - 657,395
---------- ------------
Loss from operations - (490,674)
Interest expense - (20,326)
---------- ------------
Net loss $ - $ (511,000)
========== ============
Continued
F-16
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
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5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
--------------------------
Accounts receivable, net consists of the following at December 31, 2005 and
2004:
2005 2004
----------- -----------
Accounts receivable $ 483,417 $ 257,856
Less allowance for bad debts 118,286 48,000
----------- -----------
$ 365,131 $ 209,856
=========== ===========
6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
-------------------------------
Property and equipment, net consists of the following at December 31, 2005
and 2004 respectively:
2005 2004
------------ ------------
Computer equipment $ 96,013 $ 35,677
Software 210,878 164,934
Office furniture 60,734 55,964
------------ ------------
367,625 256,575
Less accumulated depreciation (261,468) (183,117)
------------ ------------
$ 106,157 $ 73,458
============ ============
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004
was $78,351 and $97,626, respectively. Depreciation expense is presented in
the accompanying statement of operations as follows:
2005 2004
--------- ---------
Cost of sales and services $ 78,351 $ 43,253
Discontinued operations - 54,373
--------- ---------
$ 78,351 $ 97,626
========= =========
7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
------------------------
Intangible assets, net consists of the following at December 31, 2005 and
2004:
2005 2004
------------ -----------
Customer list $ 28,702 $ -
Less accumulated amortization (2,790) -
------------ -----------
$ 25,912 $ -
============ ===========
Continued
F-17
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
8. NOTES PAYABLE
--------------
Notes payable at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are summarized below:
2005 2004
---------- --------
CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
10% convertible notes payable, dated September 26, 2005, due on April 26,
2006, net of discount of $242,316 at December 31, 2005. $ 257,684 $ -
---------- --------
Total convertible notes payable $ 257,684 $ -
========== ========
NOTES PAYABLE
10% note payable due upon demand $ 12,800 $ 2,800
---------- --------
$ 12,800 $ 2,800
========== ========
NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES
10% note payable to a William Koehler, dated December 31, 2005, due on June
30, 2006. $ 25,000 $ -
8% convertible note payable to Laguna Rig Service, Inc., (a company
controlled by Robert Davis, a director/founding stockholder of the
Company), due on demand. If demand is not made by the note holder, the
final maturity date is January 1, 2010. Interest is due monthly. This note
provides the holder an option for immediate conversion into shares of the
Company's common stock at a conversion price of $0.05 per share. The
conversion price at the date this note was negotiated was below the fair
value of the Company's common stock. - 26,475
Notes payable to MPH Production Company (a company controlled by Robert
Davis, an officer/founding stockholder of the Company) and Manfred
Sternberg (an officer/founding stockholder of the Company), bearing
interest at 15% per year and due upon demand. If demand is not made by the
note holders, the final maturity dates of these notes will occur on January
1, 2014. These notes are collateralized by substantially all assets of the
Company. - 99,833
Convertible notes payable to Manfred Sternberg (officer/director/founding
stockholder of the Company) and Madred Partners, Ltd. (a company
controlled by Robert Davis, a director/ founding stockholder of the
Company). These notes bear interest at a stated rate of 8% per year and
are due on demand. If demand is not made by the note holders, the final
maturity dates of these notes will occur at various dates through January
2010. Interest is due monthly. These notes provide the holders an option
for immediate conversion into shares of the Company's common stock at a
conversion price of $0.05 per share. The conversion price at the date
these notes were negotiated was below the fair value of the Company's
common stock. - 262,710
---------- --------
Total convertible notes payable to related parties $ 25,000 $389,018
========== ========
The carrying value of the convertible notes payable
at December 31, 2005 is as follows:
Proceeds from debt issuance $ 500,000
Less: discount related to warrants (236,540)
discount related to conversion feature (189,748)
financing costs (73,712)
Add: Discount amortization 257,684
----------
$ 257,684
==========
Continued
F-18
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
9. ACCRUED LIABILITIES
--------------------
Accrued liabilities consists of the following at December 31, 2005
and 2004:
2005 2004
--------- ---------
Accrued Koehler salary $ 6,003 $ -
Accrued Sternberg salary 7,750 -
Accrued J. Oliveras salary 7,500 -
Accrued payroll tax and related penalties 82,223 204,432
Accrued medical insurance 6,188 9,287
Accrued sales taxes 7,209 9,052
Accrued interest expense 22,158 73,866
Investor commission payable 3,500
Trilliant Corp. payable 32,143
--------- ---------
$ 174,674 $ 296,637
========= =========
10. INCOME TAXES
-------------
The composition of deferred tax assets and the related tax effects at
December 31, 2005 and 2004 respectively, were as follows:
Liability
- ---------
2005 2004
-------------- --------------
Basis of property and equipment $ 5,000 $ 5,000
-------------- --------------
Assets
------
Benefit from carryforward of net 3,900,000 2,487,000
operating loss
Allowance for doubtful accounts 40,000 16,000
-------------- --------------
Total assets 3,940,000 2,503,000
Less valuation allowance 3,945,000 (2,508,000)
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5,000 5,000
-------------- --------------
Net deferred tax asset $ - $ -
-------------- --------------
Continued
F-19
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
10. INCOME TAXES, CONTINUED
-------------------------
The difference between the income tax benefit in the accompanying statement
of operations and the amount that would result if the U.S. Federal
statutory rate of 34% were applied to pre-tax loss for the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2004 is as follows:
YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2005 DECEMBER 31, 2004
--------------------- ---------------------
AMOUNT PERCENT AMOUNT PERCENT
---------- --------- ---------- ---------
Benefit for income tax at
federal statutory rate $ 1,416,233 34.0% $ 217,668 34.0%
Non-deductible meals and
entertainment (3,194) (0.1) (2,599) (0.4)
Non-deductible interest
expense - - (25,000) (3.9)
Increase in valuation
allowance (1,413,039) ( 33.9) (190,069) (29.7)
----------- -------- ---------- ---------
Total $ - -% $ - -%
=========== ======== ========== =========
At December 31, 2005, for federal income tax and alternative minimum tax
reporting purposes, the Company has approximately $11,470,000 of unused net
operating losses available for carryforward to future years. The benefit
from carryforward of such net operating losses will expire in various years
through 2025. Under the provisions of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue
Code, the benefit from utilization of approximately $1,144,000 of net
operating losses incurred prior to July 23, 2001 was significantly limited
as a result of the change of control that occurred in connection with the
Company's reverse acquisition of Berens Industries, Inc. The benefit could
be subject to further limitations if significant future ownership changes
occur in the Company.
11. STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
----------------------
REVERSE STOCK
--------------
Effective September 24, 2004, the Company's board of directors declared a
20 for 1 reverse stock split. The reverse stock split has been reflected in
the accompanying consolidated financial statements and all references to
common stock outstanding, additional paid in capital, weighted average
shares outstanding and per share amounts prior to the record date of the
reverse stock split have been restated to reflect the stock split on a
retroactive basis.
Continued
F-20
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
11. STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
----------------------
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
---------------------------
During 2001 the Company's board of directors approved the issuance of 120
shares of Series A voting convertible non-redeemable preferred stock with a
par value of $0.001 per share and a liquidation value of $5,000 per share.
Each share of Series A convertible preferred stock may be converted, at the
option of the shareholder, into 11,698.75 shares of common stock with
fractional shares permitted. In February 2006, the preferred stock was
converted into 1,418,660 common shares.
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
---------------------------
During 2002 the Company's board of directors approved the issuance of 100
shares of Series B convertible non-redeemable preferred stock with a par
value of $0.001 per share and a liquidation value of $200 per share. On
October 11, 2002 the Company issued 23 shares of such stock to retire
certain liabilities totaling $72,768 and to obtain indemnification from
certain contingencies assumed in the reverse acquisition of Berens
Industries, Inc. All Series B Preferred Stock was converted
to common in 2003.
STOCK OPTIONS
--------------
The Company periodically issues incentive stock options to key employees,
officers and directors to provide additional incentives to promote the
success of the Company's business and to enhance the ability to attract and
retain the services of qualified persons. The board of directors approves
the issuance of all stock options. The exercise price of an option granted
is determined by the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant,
less a discount approved by the board of directors. The options vest
immediately or over a period of time as determined at the date of grant.
STOCK OPTION PLANS
--------------------
The Company has adopted the 2002 Stock and Stock Option Plan (the "2002
Plan") under which incentive stock options for up to 450,000 shares of the
Company's common stock may be awarded to officers, directors and key
employees. The Plan is designed to attract and reward key executive
personnel. As of December 31, 2005, the Company has granted 450,000 options
under the Plan.
Stock options granted pursuant to the 2002 Plan expire as determined by the
board of directors. All of the options granted by the Company are to be
granted at an option price equal to the fair market value of the common
stock at the date of grant.
In 2005 we adopted the 2005 Stock and Stock Option Plan (the "2005 Plan").
The purpose of the 2005 Plan is to further our interests, our subsidiaries
and our stockholders by providing incentives in the form of stock options
to key employees, consultants, directors and others who contribute
materially to our success and profitability. The grants recognize and
reward outstanding individual performances and contributions and will give
such persons a proprietary interest in us, thus enhancing their personal
interest in our continued success and progress. The 2005 Plan also assists
us and our subsidiaries in attracting and retaining key employees and
Directors. The 2005 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors. The
Board of Directors has the exclusive power to select the participants in
the 2005 Plan, to establish the terms of the stock and options granted to
each participant, provided that all options granted shall be granted at an
exercise price equal to at least 85% of the fair market value of the common
stock covered by the option on the grant date and to make all
determinations necessary or advisable under the 2005 Plan. The maximum
aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be granted or optioned
and sold under the Plan is 3,000,000 shares. As of December 31, 2005,
614,817 shares of common stock have been granted pursuant to the 2005 Plan.
Continued
F-21
BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
__________
11. STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT, CONTINUED
---------------------------------
SUMMARY OF STOCK OPTIONS
---------------------------
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Non-statutory Stock Options Shares Price
---------------------------------------------- ---------- --------
Outstanding at January 1, 2004 223,540 2.64
Granted 125,000 4.40
Exercised - -
Forfeited - -
Outstanding at January 1, 2005 348,540 2.64
Granted 3,436,500 0.90
Exercised 30,000 0.50
Forfeited 181,250 1.82
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Outstanding at December 31, 2005 3,573,790 1.04
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Options exercisable at December 31, 2005 1,942,134
Weighted average fair value of options granted
during the twelve months $ 0.88
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
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Weighted-
Average Weighted- Weighted-
Number Remaining Average Number Average
Outstanding Contractual Exercise Exercisable Exercise
Range of Exercise Price at 12/31/05 Life Price at 12/31/05 Price
- ------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------
$.50 to $6.00 3,573,790 4.251 years $ 1.043 1,942,134 $ 1.175
Continued
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
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11. STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT, CONTINUED
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SUMMARY OF STOCK WARRANTS
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NUMBER WEIGHTED-
OF SHARES AVERAGE
UNDER EXERCISE EXERCISE
WARRANTS PRICES PRICE
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Outstanding at December 31, 2003 116,540 $2.00 - $10.00 $ 6.60
Granted - - -
Outstanding at December 31, 2004 116,540 $2.00 - $10.00 $ 6.60
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Granted 3,780,297 $ 0.50 - $1.25 0.98
Exercised 30,000 $ 1.00 1.00
Forfeited 193,500 $0.50 - $10.00 3.45
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Outstanding at December 31, 2005 3,673,337 $ 0.20 - $5.00 $ 1.01
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The weighted-average fair value of warrants granted during the year ended
December 31, 2005 was $0.92.
NUMBER OF REMAINING
COMMON STOCK CURRENTLY CONTACTUAL EXERCISE
EQUIVALENTS EXERCISABLE EXPIRATION DATE LIFE (YEARS) PRICE ($)
- ------------ ----------- --------------- ------------ ---------
10,000 10,000 March 2008 3 4.00
25,000 25,000 July 2008 3 3.80
5,000 5,000 November 2008 3 5.00
2,500 2,500 November 2008 3 2.00
540 540 November 2008 3 0.20
100,000 100,000 February 2008 3 1.00
1,583,630 1,583,630 March 2008 3 1.00
300,000 300,000 June 2008 3 1.25
300,000 300,000 June 2008 3 1.00
75,000 75,000 July 2008 3 1.25
75,000 75,000 July 2008 3 1.00
160,000 160,000 September 2008 3 1.00
666,667 666,667 September 2010 5 1.00
350,000 350,000 October 2010 5 0.75
20,000 20,000 December 2010 5 1.00
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3,673,337 3,673,337
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EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
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During the year ended December 31, 2004, Bluegate:
- Entered into agreements to sell common stock under Regulation S to
various foreign investors. The Company issued 755,140 shares under
Regulation S at prices ranging from approximately $0.50 to
approximately $2.80 per share.
- During the years ended December 31, 2004 the Company issued 2,500
shares of common stock to an attorney and to various consultants for
legal and financial services valued at $2,164.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, Bluegate:
- - Sold 817,353 shares of common stock and 550,000 warrants for cash proceeds
of $358,381. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.00 to $1.25, expire
in three years and vest immediately. The relative fair value of the
warrants was $135,311. 192,335 of the 817,353 shares were sold under
Regulation S to foreign investors for $93,112 with net proceeds of $25,382
to Bluegate and $67,730 retained by the foreign broker.
- - Issued 1,008,630 shares of common stock and 1,008,630 warrants with an
aggregate value of $1,471,088 to officers and directors in exchange for
their convertible notes payable and accounts payable. Principal of
$355,018, interest of $68,891 and accounts payable of $154,297 were
converted leaving a loss on conversion to Bluegate of $892,882. The
warrants have an exercise price of $1.00, expire in three years and vest
immediately.
- - Issued 656,563 shares of common stock valued at $491,312 for services
provided by consultants and an officer of Bluegate. The officer received
100,000 shares valued at $101,000.
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- - Granted 100,000 warrants in connection with a $100,000 convertible note.
See note 7 for details.
- - Received cash totaling $4,134 for subscriptions receivable.
- - Granted 3,015,000 stock options to officers and directors. The intrinsic
value was $303,000 of which $268,407 was recognized in 2005. The options
have an exercise price of $.50 to $1.50, expire in five years and have
various vesting terms.
- - Granted 275,000 stock options to two consultants. The fair value of the
options was $152,052 of which $152,052 was recognized in 2005. The options
have an exercise price of $.50 to $1.00, expire in nine months to three
years and have various vesting terms.
- - In July 2005 the Company granted 10,000 stock options each to four
individuals who have agreed to server on an advisory panel of Bluegate. The
fair value of the options was $56,616 on the date of the grant. The options
have an exercise price of $1.50 per share and expire five years from the
date of the grant. The options vest immediately.
- - Issued 150,000 shares of common stock to an investor for conversion of
$75,000 of its convertible note payable.
- - Issued two investors an aggregate of 150,000 shares at $.50 per share. Each
investor also received warrants to purchase 50,000 shares at $1.00 and
warrants to purchase 25,000 shares at $1.25.
- - Issued 258,302 shares of common stock valued at $180,811 in connection
with the acquisition of Trilliant Corp. assets (see note 3).
- - Issued 174,445 shares of common stock valued at $150,845 for services
rendered by consultants.
- - On September 26, 2005, we received the gross amount of $500,000 through the
sale of unit securities to 14 investors. Each unit consisted of the face
amount of $30,000 of a 10% Convertible Promissory Notes with Detachable
Warrants. The Notes are convertible at a conversion price of $0.75 per
share of common stock. Each unit included a warrant for the purchase of
40,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share
expiring five years from the issue date.
- - Granted 330,000 stock options to two consultants. The fair value of the
options was $276,933. The options have an exercise price of $.50 to $1.50,
expire in five years and have various vesting terms.
- - During the 4th quarter of 2005, we sold 530,000 shares of common stock to
two related parties for cash consideration of $265,000. Each investor also
received warrants to purchase 265,000 shares of commons stock at $1.00 per
share and 265,000 shares of common stock at $1.25 per share.
- - During the 4th quarter of 2005, we issued 10,809 shares of common stock
valued at $8,647 as payment to a vendor for services rendered.
- - During the 4th quarter of 2005, we issued 50,000 shares of common stock to
one investor upon the conversion of the investors promissory note.
- - During the 4th quarter of 2005, we issued 90,000 shares of common stock
valued at $63,000 as payment to a vendor for services rendered.
12. LEASE COMMITMENT
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The Company operates from leased office space under operating leases that
expire in June 2006 and December 2008 and includes no provisions for
extension. The leases includes lease payments escalation and provisions for
other increases to rental payments should certain costs of the landlord
increase. The Company also pays monthly access fees to the buildings in
which it provides its broadband services. Future annual lease payments due
under these leases are as follows:
YEAR PAYMENTS
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2006 $ 120,492
2007 $ 98,724
2008 $ 90,497
Rent expense incurred under operating leases for years ended December 31,
2005 and 2004 was $94,085 and $92,591, respectively. During the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company received sublease income of $32,360
and $45,725, respectively.
Continued
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BLUEGATE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED
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13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
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During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company engaged in
various related party transactions as follows:
- During 2005 and 2004, the Company entered into note payable
agreements with various, officers, employees, directors and/or
founding stockholders. These notes are described in Note 7.
- During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company
incurred interest expense on related party debt of approximately
$8,415 and $35,000, respectively.
14. MAJOR CUSTOMERS AND MAJOR VENDORS
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During 2005, two major customers accounted for 51% of our sales. No single
customer accounted for more than 42% of sales.
During 2005, two major vendors accounted for 42% of our purchases. No
single vendor accounted for more than 28% of purchases.
15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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During the first quarter of 2006 we issued 193,333 shares of stock,
warrants for 193,333 shares of our common stock at a exercise price of
$1.00 per share and warrants for 96,667 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.50 per share, for cash consideration of $145,000 in
connection with a private placement of our securities.
In January 2006 we issued an option to purchase 546,000 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share to an employee. The
option has a market value of $550,539 on the date of grant and expires in
January 2011.
During February 2006 we issued 200,000 shares of restricted common stock to
a consultant for services rendered. The common stock had a market value of
$104,000 on the date of issuance.
In February 2006 we issued 50,000 shares of common stock to one investor
upon the conversion of the investor's warrant. We received proceeds of
$50,000 from the exercise of the warrant.
In March 2006 we issued 1,418,660 shares of our common stock in conjunction
with the conversion of 110.242 shares of our Series A Convertible
Non-Redeemable Preferred stock. As a result of this transaction, there are
no remaining shares of our Series A Convertible Non-Redeemable Preferred
stock outstanding.
During the first quarter of 2006 the Company entered into a line of credit
agreement with each of two related parties, our CEO and our president, for
Bluegate to borrow up to $250,000 each. The notes are due upon demand. As
of March 30, 2006, the Company had borrowed the following:
CEO Line of Credit $ 198,000
President Line of Credit 171,000
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Total $ 369,000
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