UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission file number: 000-51783
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(name of small business issuer in its charter)
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Delaware
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85-0461778
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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9620 San Mateo Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM
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87113
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Issuers telephone number (866) 298-4420
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
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[Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share]
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Explanatory Note: Issuers Registration Statement on Form SB-2 was declared effective on February
6, 2006, and subsequently issuer filed a Registration Statement on Form 8A under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 registering its common stock.
Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filings response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B
contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge,
in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
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The issuers revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 were $362,097.
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates
computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and
asked price of such common equity, as of a specified date within the past 60 days. (See definition
of affiliate in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) None.
Explanatory Note: Issuers Registration Statement on Form SB-2 was declared effective on February
6, 2006. Subsequent to that time a public market has not developed for Issuers common stock.
Issuers common stock is not listed, traded or quoted on any national or regional stock exchange,
market or quotation system.
Number of Shares outstanding as of March 9, 2006 was 16,841,845
Documents Incorporated By Reference: None
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one): Yes
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Report on Form 10-KSB
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
This Report contains forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are inherently
uncertain as they are based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or
future performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof.
Forward-looking statements usually contain the words estimate, anticipate, believe, expect,
or similar expressions, and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties. In
evaluating such statements, prospective investors should carefully review various risks and
uncertainties identified in this Report, including the matters set forth under the captions Risk
Factors and in the Companys other SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties could cause the
Companys actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or publicly announce revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.
Although forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB reflect the good
faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently
known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and
uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes
discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include, without limitation, those
specifically addressed under the heading Risks Factors Related to Our Business below, as well as
those discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB. Readers are urged not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB. We file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). You can
read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SECs Public Reference Room, 100 F. Street,
NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You can obtain additional information about the operation of the Public
Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet
site (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including us.
We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to
reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Annual Report on Form
10-KSB. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout
the entirety of this annual report, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and
factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Overview
We were initially incorporated in the State of New Mexico as Novint Technologies, Inc. in
April 1999. On February 26, 2002, we changed our state of incorporation to Delaware by merging into
Novint Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Novint).
We are a haptics technology company (haptics refers to your sense of touch). We develop,
market and sell applications and technologies that allow people to use their sense of touch to
interact with computers. Our website address is www.novint.com. Information provided on our
website, however, is not part of this annual report and is not incorporated herein.
Our computer touch technology allows computer users to realistically feel objects displayed by
a computer using a 3D haptics (or computer-touch) device in the same way that the monitor allows
people to see what a computer is displaying. A computer user holds onto the handle of a haptics
device which can be moved right-left and forwards-backwards like a mouse, but can also be moved up
and down. As the haptics device is moved by the user, it controls three-dimensional cursor or other
pointing icon displayed by the computer (much like a mouse controlling a two-dimensional cursor)
and when such cursor makes contact with virtual objects displayed by the computer, the computer
registers such contact and updates motors in the haptics device (approximately 1000 times a second)
creating feedback to the handle of the haptics device and giving a realistic sense of touch in the
users hand.
For example, a user can hit a virtual golf ball, swing a sword at an ogre, throw a football,
cast a spell by moving a wand, or generally interact with objects displayed by a computer in a more
realistic manner by including a detailed and realistic sense of touch. We believe that haptics
technology adds another sensory (the sense of touch) component to make games more realistic. While
we hope to enter the gaming market that would take advantage of this additional sensory component,
we have not sold any products to consumers with which consumers could play games utilizing any of
the above
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discussed interactions with objects displayed by a computer. Further, such interactions
currently only exist as part of demonstrations of our technologies and we have no products
currently available commercially which a consumer could purchase with which they could engage in
such computer interactions and there is no guarantee that these technologies will ever be available
to the public.
We currently derive the majority of our revenue developing professional applications for our
customers. We have completed and are currently working on a number of contracts with companies such
as Aramco, Lockheed Martin, Chrysler, Chevron, Sandia National Laboratories, and Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute.
We are also preparing to leverage our computer touch technology to exploit opportunities in
the consumer console and PC interactive computer games market. Using our haptics technology, games
and applications will have the crucial missing third sense to human computer interaction. Users
will be able to directly and intuitively feel the shape, texture, and physical properties of
virtual objects using our computer touch software. We have not derived any revenue from the
licensure of our technology for consumer console and PC interactive computer games.
In connection with our strategy to explore opportunities in the consumer console and PC
interactive computer games market, we are developing a haptics device designed for game use. Novint
has developed the design of a haptic device designed for consumer sales, called the Novint Falcon.
The Novint Falcon is expected to be sold at consumer price points, and Novint is currently working
to commercialize the Novint Falcon haptic hardware in addition to our 3D touch haptic software. We
have acquired rights to the base hardware designs for the Novint Falcon from Force Dimension. As
part of the transaction with Force Dimension, Force Dimension has delivered two concept models.
Novint has received both concept model prototypes. Novint contracted with a design firm, Lunar
Designs, to take the Force Dimension concept models and to design prototypes that could be
manufactured for mass sale and distribution. A working prototype from Lunar Designs that can be
manufactured for mass sale and distribution was finalized in December of 2005.
Company History & Development of Haptics Technology
Our computer touch technology allows computer users to realistically feel objects displayed by
a computer on a monitor in the same way that the monitor allows people to see what a computer is
displaying. A computer user holds onto the handle of a haptic device which can be moved right-left
and forwards-backwards like a mouse, but can also be moved up and down. As the haptic device is
moved by the user, it controls a cursor or other pointing icon displayed by the computer (much like
a mouse controlling a cursor) and when such cursor makes contact with virtual objects displayed by
the computer, the computer registers such contact and updates motors in the haptics device
(approximately 1000 times a second) creating feedback to the handle of the haptics device and
giving a realistic sense of touch in the users hand. Arbitrary forces with a given direction,
strength and time can also be generated by the haptic device.
Our computer touch technology encompasses both hardware and software. The hardware component
includes designs and development of devices that users can hold or feel to receive the touch
sensations.
The software technology utilizes haptic devices to generate computer touch sensations and
interactions. The haptic device technology allows the touch sensations commanded by the software
to be felt by users.
Software Technology
Our software technology originated at Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), a multi-billion
dollar government research laboratory, which was one of the earliest pioneers in the human-computer
haptics interaction field. We were granted an exclusive license by Sandia that encompasses over
five years of pioneering research and development in the field of human-computer haptics interfaces
at Sandia. We were the first company in which Sandia received capital stock as part of a licensing
agreement. Our CEO, Mr. Tom Anderson was an employee at Sandia. .
We received a first round of funding of approximately $1,500,000 from Manhattan Scientifics,
Inc., a publicly traded technology incubator company (OTCBB: MHTX).
In May 2001, Manhattan Scientifics acquired Teneo Computing, Inc. (Teneo) and caused Teneo
to grant to us an exclusive, worldwide license to all of Teneos software technology which we have
accounted for as an intangible asset. The Teneo license brought a number of customers, additional
staff, and added a suite of haptics applications and technology for Novint.
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Our project revenues are
currently $331,752 and $144,332 for the years ended December 31, 2005
and 2004, respectively. Our revenues have been from contracts to develop professional applications
using our haptics technology, and related haptics devices, for a number of customers, including
Chevron, ARAMCO, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Lockheed Martin Perry Technologies, SensAble
Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Deakin University and Daimler Chrysler Automotive
Corporation. Further, we have sold 22 haptics interface systems (hardware) along with its software.
We had net losses of $3,386,405 and $2,439,303 for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, due
to our continued research and development activities related to development of the gaming
technologies and related haptic devices.
Our Haptics Technology
Our contracts have allowed us to add significantly to our software technology and overall
haptics intellectual property.
Hardware Technology
Novints software technology can use a variety of computer touch hardware including
third-party professional computer touch hardware from companies such as Force Dimension and
SensAble Technologies. In addition, we are developing our own computer touch or haptic hardware for
the consumer market. Our consumer haptic hardware is being developed by a team consisting of
Novint Technologies, Lunar Designs and Force Dimension.
Third Party Haptic Hardware and Technology
We had a reseller agreement with SensAble to sell a haptics device called the Phantom System.
The software component includes software that interacts with the hardware component to update
motors in the haptics device to create the touch sensations. SensAble owns all of the intellectual
property rights with respect to the Phantom System. Our reseller agreement with SensAble expired in
November 2004. We did not negotiate a renewal of our agreement, however we can continue to purchase
the Phantom System directly and repackage it for our customers, according to their specifications.
We believe that going forward we may rely less and less on this product as part of our overall
sales generation. As such, we do not believe that the absence of a reseller agreement, or any
discounts we previously enjoyed on the Phantom System, will affect our business operations or
prospects. Historically we have not sold many of these devices and our profits on such sales are
very minor relative to the total amount of our revenues.
Novint Haptic Hardware and Technology
In connection with the development of our computer touch or haptic device, we entered into an
agreement on January 5, 2004 with Force Dimension, LLC (Force Dimension). The agreement consists
of an exclusive Intellectual Property License Agreement (Agreement) with Force Dimension, a
company in the Haptics hardware technologies and products arena. Certain portions of this
Intellectual Property are in turn sub-licensed by Force Dimension from Prodex. The Agreement
provides us with a sublicense to a hardware patent and an assignment of a pending patent from Force
Dimension. The Agreement, in turn, provides Force Dimension a security interest and a general lien
in the assigned patent, as well as an irrevocable, exclusive license in the patent that has been
assigned to us. We are obligated to make certain milestone payments to Force Dimension as they
complete certain milestones under the Agreement.
On January 5, 2004, the Company entered into an exclusive Intellectual Property License
Agreement (Agreement) with Force Dimension, a company in the haptics hardware technologies and
products field. The Agreement provides the Company with a sublicense to a hardware patent and an
assignment of a pending patent from Force Dimension. The Agreement, in turn, provides Force
Dimension a security interest and a general lien in the assigned patent as well as an irrevocable,
exclusive license in the patent that has been assigned to the Company. On May 10, 2005, the Company
amended its contract with Force Dimension, Inc. to provide for: a license fee in the amount of
$15,000 due on the effective date; the payment of a milestone payment in the amount of $50,000
within ten days of the contract amendments effective date; a license fee in the amount of $50,000
within 30 days of the Companys IPO; and a support and license fee in the amount of $455,000 due no
later than January 5, 2006, for all technical and support services rendered to the Company during
such time period for total payments of $620,000.
In addition, the Company was to issue 250,000 shares of the Companys common stock within 30
days of the contract amendments effective date as consideration for extending the payment terms of
the agreement. These shares of stock were issued to Force Dimension on May 12, 2005, and have been
accounted for as a financing cost related to a modification of Novints payment terms. The fair
value of the stock issued is $250,000 and is reflected as interest expense in the amount of
$245,968 for the year ended December 31, 2005, and as a deferred financing cost in the amount of
$4,032 in
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the balance sheet at December 31, 2005. The deferred financing costs are being amortized to
interest expense through January 5, 2006, the maturity date of this obligation to Force Dimension.
On March 9, 2006 the Company issued 607,500 shares of its common stock to Force Dimensions in
full satisfaction of the remaining $465,000 owed as of December 31, 2005.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company paid $15,000 to Force Dimensions for the
license fee in the amount of $15,000 due on the effective date. During 2005, Novint paid $140,000
to Force Dimension, representing a portion of the $50,000 milestone payment originally due to Force
Dimension upon or before Novints receipt of the Second Deliverable as described in the original
agreement, the $50,000 milestone payment due on the amendments effective date, and $50,000
representing a portion of the licensing fees due. The Second Deliverable was received by Novint on
December 30, 2004. The remaining amount of $465,000 due to Force Dimensions is recorded as accrued
research and development liabilities on the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2005.
The Agreement requires Novint to pay up to $15 million to Force Dimension, including the
amounts above, on a per unit of Licensed Product basis for license fees, royalties and a percentage
of product sales after the product becomes technologically feasible. In addition, Novint is
entitled to 5% license fees/royalties for any licensed products sold related to the sublicense
granted to Force Dimension by Novint. Novint has not recorded any fees related to such arrangement.
This Agreement shall terminate upon Novints payment in total of $15,000,000 to Force Dimension and
payment in full of any other obligations arising pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
Current Products & Services
To date, we have developed professional applications for customers such as Aramco, Lockheed
Martin, Chevron, Chrysler and Sandia National Laboratories. These efforts have allowed us to build
our intellectual property portfolio. We have derived the majority of our revenue developing
professional applications for our customers. We have completed and are currently working on a
number of contracts with companies such as Aramco and Lockheed Martin.
Several of the projects we have completed (such as those with Aramco, Lockheed Martin, and
Sandia) may grow into other follow up projects. All of our ongoing work in this market will support
itself, and much of the intellectual property and software development developed with respect to
these contracts will be applicable towards other applications of our technology.
We have also released another product, our Novint sono system. Our Novint sono system, which
allows a parent to virtually touch their baby before he/she is even born, was chosen as one of
Time Magazines Coolest Technologies of the Year in November of 2002. We have sold one Novint sono
system.
We have sold products to Deakin University and University of New Mexico each for a collection
of our applications for demonstration purposes as well as sales to various entities for Phantom
Haptics devices. Other than that, our revenue is derived mainly from project contracts.
In February 2005, we announced the development of an initial prototype of a product to be
known as the Novint Falcon. We unveiled this prototype at an industry trade show. The product has
three-dimensional force feedback capabilities. It will be a hardware device that we anticipate we
can license for development by other manufacturers. Novint is currently evaluating a direct
manufacturing agreement for production of the Novint Falcon but definitive terms have not yet been
reached.
ARAMCO CONTRACT
Novint was contracted by Aramco to develop an application to apply haptics interaction
techniques in the interpretation and understanding of volumetric reservoir modeling for oil
exploration. In this ongoing effort, capabilities were added to support and enhance the oil
reservoir and well path modeling process. The project is aimed at demonstrating and validating the
use of haptics interaction techniques in the interpretation and understanding of volumetric
reservoir modeling data.
During the first year of this contract, Novints volumetric modeling program was extended to
support Aramcos process. Aramcos data is now supported and can be seen and felt in real-time in
a desktop environment. Our results during the first year and our continued progress has led to the
award of yearly contracts. For such contracts, we are further refining Aramcos modeling program to
be able to handle full production level oil reservoir model data sets, adding additional
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visualization support to allow oil company personnel to focus on key areas of their models,
developing larger data set visualization and multi-modal interaction to include graphics, haptics
and sound.
Description of the Aramco Contract Terms:
A Miscellaneous Technical Services Agreement dated April 10, 2001 was entered into
between Novint and Aramco Services Corporation (ASC). This Agreement was terminable by each party
upon breach of the other. It was also terminable at will by ASC. Under the contract, performance by
Novint was made over a six month period to create haptics interactive software device for geologic
volume modeling on a desk top environment. The contract provided for six months to deliver a
working prototype. The contact provided for multiple delivery dates for alpha version, test
versions, beta release and final functional prototype during the six-month performance period. ASC
was provided an evaluation right before final payment was made. Payments were made as follows: 25%
($15,962.5) upon signing, 25% upon delivery of an alpha version, 25% upon delivery of a beta
version and 25% (for a total of $63,850) upon final delivery and evaluation of the product by ASC.
ASC was granted perpetual, nonexclusive license and rights to use the developed software
internally. The license includes right to internally enhance software, but no rights to market or
sell the software or grant rights to third parties. This contract is paid in full, the work is
completed and no further payment or work is pending.
There was an Addendum to the contract dated July 10, 2002. The Addendum provided for six
months for development by Novint of Phase II software for the vnp2 software enhancements
(developed under the original contract) in the areas of graphics, sounds, and miscellaneous
performance. The Addendum provided for delivery of a beta version in the first 12 weeks of
performance. Final deliverables were due within 6 months. Payments were made as follows: $17,947 at
signing, $17,947 on beta software delivery, and $18,490 on final delivery. ASC was granted
perpetual, nonexclusive license and rights to use the developed software internally. The license
includes right to internally enhance the software, but no rights to market or sell the software or
grant rights to third parties. A total of $54,385 was paid to Novint under the Addendum. This
Addendum is paid in full, the work is completed and no further payment or work is pending.
There was another Addendum to the contract dated August 22, 2003. Performance was due by
Novint on December 31, 2003. Novint developed Phase III enhancements to vnp2 software together with
select hardware upgrades and configurations. Payments were made under the Addendum as follows:
$14,710 at signing, $14,710 at installation of initial workstation, $14,710 at delivery of version
1 of the software upgrades, $14, 710 upon version 2 of the upgrades, and $14,710 at final delivery
and evaluation. ASC was granted perpetual, nonexclusive license and rights to use the developed
software internally. The license includes right to internally enhance the software, but no rights
to market or sell the software or grant rights to third parties. A total of $73,550 was paid to
Novint under the Addendum. This Addendum is paid in full, the work is completed and no further
payment or work is pending.
There was a further Addendum dated May 3, 2004. The Addendum provided for the development of
improvements on haptics products previously delivered to ASC under the contract and prior
Addendums. Novints performance extended to January 1, 2005. Payment of $75,000 was made at
completion. Improvements were made in the areas of global functionality, graphics, sound and
miscellaneous performance of the software. ASC was granted perpetual, nonexclusive license and
rights to use the developed software internally. The license includes right to internally enhance
the software, but no rights to market or sell the software or grant rights to third parties. A
total of $75,000 was paid to Novint under the Addendum. This Addendum is paid in full, the work is
completed and no further payment or work is pending.
There was a further Addendum dated September 8, 2005. The Addendum provided for the
enhancement of event monitoring capabilities, enabling Haptic Device button operations, and other
general enhancements. Deliverables will include an updated version of the VNP2 software for 32 bit
Windows, and an updated user manual detailing the new features. Novints performance was extended
to January 1, 2006. Payment of $75,000 will be made upon written confirmation of acceptance of work
from ASC. Novint received payment in full of $75,000 in February 2006.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CONTRACT
Novint has ongoing contracts for the last four years with Lockheed Martin to develop a mission
planning system for autonomous robotic vehicles. This system allows users to plan, verify, monitor
and replay the overall mission for an unmanned underwater vehicle. Our work includes extensions for
a data manager which provides the user an integrated view of information from real time sonar
sensors. Our system allows the user to control the vehicle and understand its status in a
straightforward, easy-to-use manner.
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Description of Lockheed Martin Purchase Orders:
Novint has ten purchase orders and amendments thereto with Lockheed Martin dated June 11,
2002, November 27, 2002, February 7, 2003, June 28, 2004, December 22, 2004, April 1, 2005,April 4,
2005, April 21, 2005, February 16, 2006 and March 3, 2006. Eight of these Purchase Orders have been
completed and paid in full.
Development and delivery of software under the purchase orders was for AUV defense mission and
planning under specifications agreed to between the parties. The Purchase Orders also provided for
the further customization and upgrade of delivered AUV software. Over the course of the Purchase
Orders an aggregate of $131,774 was paid by Lockheed Martin to Novint. Novint has fully performed
the first seven purchase orders and delivered the purchased software and upgrades required
thereunder. No other payment is due or owing on the completed Purchase Orders.
A Purchase Order was entered into with Lockheed Martin for the development and delivery of a
Data Manager and Review Software (DMRS) dated April 21, 2005. The application will be used to
investigate the undersea hulls of naval ships to flag any anomalies. The project work has been
finished. The Purchase Order amount is $153,865. Novint fully performed this purchase order during
2005 and was paid in full. A Purchase Order was entered into with Lockheed Martin to provide
engineering services for specific haptic related projects on February 16, 2006. That Purchase Order
is open as to amount, and Novint will bill Lockheed Martin periodically for such services at a
rate of $96 per hour. A Purchase Order was entered into with Lockheed Martin to enhance certain
mission planning and evaluation software on March 23, 2006. The amount of the Purchase Order is
$6,100. Performance is ongoing under the February 16 and March 23 Purchase Orders and no amounts
have been paid to Novint under such Purchase Orders to date.
CHRYSLER CONTRACT
Novint was contracted by DaimlerChrysler Corporation to develop a haptics interaction module
for DaimlerChrysler Corporations Conceptual Rendering System (CRS). Utilizing a large-scale
haptics device, the haptics interaction module adds touch feedback to DaimlerChryslers virtual car
prototyping capabilities and enables more cost effective and realistic design and evaluation of car
ergonomics prior to the manufacture of physical models.
Description of the DaimlerChrysler Purchase Order:
Novint had a Purchase Order with DaimlerChrysler dated December 13, 2001. The Purchase
Order relates to the development and delivery by Novint of a small car platform virtual reality
software system. The Purchase Order has been fully performed by Novint and no further work is
pending. DaimlerChrysler has paid an aggregate of $63,000, in full and no further payment or
performance is due or owing.
CHEVRON CONTRACT
Novint was contracted by Chevron to apply haptics interaction to boundary models of important
geophysical structures based on seismic and other empirical oil field data. The haptics interaction
allows modelers to quickly and precisely designate the location of surfaces, feel as well as see
their extent and shape, and directly modify them using their sense of touch.
Description of Chevron Statement of Work:
Novint had a Statement of Work with Chevron dated May 7, 2001. The contract concerned the
development and installation of a haptics interface for the GOCAD V2.0 software used to represent
geological entities and formations. Deliverables were due under the contract as follows: (i) within
one week of commencement specifications finalized; (ii) within two weeks of commencement final
statement of work specifications delivered by Novint; (iii) technical implementation to commence
within three weeks of commencement; (iv) initial prototypes for NT operating stations installed in
June 2001; (v) within three months of commencement, beta type of software installed and performing;
and (vi) within four months of commencement, delivery of final release to Chevron. The amount due
from Chevron for completion of the work was $70,000 that was paid in full. The amount was paid in
$25,000 installments upon the signing of the agreement and upon delivery of the intial prototype,
beta type and then final delivery and completion. The Company retained all rights associated with
the developed software. Chevrons sole right is a license to use the software internally at Chevron
for evaluation and demonstration purposes. The agreement has been paid in full and no further
performance is due from the Company or Chevron.
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SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES CONTACT
Novint was contracted by Sandia Laboratories to develop an architectural walkthrough
application. This application allows users to load in large scale, detailed architectural models
and to explore their design using our haptic software technology. Haptics technology is used in
both the user interface to this application and to allow the user to feel the digital models to get
a more precise understanding of their nature and extent. In addition, various touch-enabled
programs can be launched as the user navigates in the digital realm.
As a second phase to this contract, we have developed an application, known as Layout, which
allows digital objects to be quickly, and unambiguously arranged and placed. Layout was developed
for Sandia National Laboratories to aid in the interior layout of buildings. Architectural objects,
such as chairs, can be picked up and placed in a touch-enabled manner. The user can feel the shape
and weight of these objects and when they collide with other objects in the environment. Using our
technology for the placement of 3D digital objects means that objects can be organized much faster
than when using a mouse and it also means that their placement in the environment can be much more
precise. The user merely has to reach out, grab an object and place it to get the job done just
as in the physical world. For example, a user can pick up a virtual vase and place it on a virtual
table and know that it is properly placed since he or she will feel the vase placement on the
table.
In addition, Novint is developing applications for Sandia with which users can arrange all of
their electronic components onto a virtual printed circuit board effectively using their sense of
touch. Hundreds of electronic parts such as transistors and capacitors can be represented using
this application, and each component displays physical properties that make its placement intuitive
and realistic. Users will feel collisions between objects that are positioned too closely to one
another, feedback that helps ensure proper circuit assembly. This application also allows users to
conduct simulated voltage tests that verify the successful operation of their virtual design once
completed.
Finally, Novint is developing applications for Sandia to help researchers analyze
computational data, such as the detonation of test weaponry or the examination of the effects of a
catastrophic fire. This application allows scientists to explore complex data setssometimes
containing hundreds of variables that are generated from experimental simulations. With this
application, users can represent data graphically with 3D surfaces, then use their sense of touch
to feel through the data set. Because the program is touch-based, this application can represent
variables such as temperature or pressure with physical phenomena like viscosity and vibration,
allowing users to understand data using more than just their sight.
Description of the Sandia Purchase Orders:
Novint had a Purchase Order with Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) dated September
19, 2001 in the amount of $50,437. The Purchase Order related to the development of a multimodal
layout and visualization prototype a form of haptics desktop device with specified software
features. The work was to be completed by December 15, 2001. The contract provided for periodic
milestones and payments as follows: $10,000 upon project concept review, $17,500 upon demonstration
of progress, $12,500 upon delivery of preliminary program executables, $1,470 upon delivery of user
documents in word compatible format, $1058 upon delivery of source code, $3,890 upon
demonstration of certain functionalities and $4,018 upon final report and delivery. The contract
was timely performed in full by Novint and Sandia has paid in full. There is no further payment or
performance due under the contract.
Novint had a second Purchase Order with Sandia dated February 7, 2002 in the amount of
$44,237. Work under the Purchase Order was to be completed by May 2, 2002. The Purchase Order
related to the enhancement and further development of the software developed under the September
19, 2001 Purchase Order, including continued development of a multimodal layout and visualization
prototype, specifically a standard multimodal file format and refinements to Sandias specified
layout applications. The contract provided for periodic milestones and payments as follows: $6,635
on commencement and proposal review, $6,635 on delivery of preliminary draft concept papers,
$13,271 on delivery of source code and build scripts, $2,211 on delivery of final version of file
format, $15,040 upon delivery of refinements to layout application and source code and build
scripts, and $442 on delivery of written summary of multimodal file format. The contract was timely
performed in full by Novint and Sandia has paid in full. There is no further payment or performance
due under the contract.
Novint had a third Purchase Order with Sandia dated February 18, 2003 in the amount of
$149,808. The Purchase Order related to the development of a distributed component architecture
(DCA) to allow rapid development of design simulators for use by Sandia on a desktop environment.
Work under the Purchase Order included DCA architecture as well as the 3D Electronic Component
Layout (ECL) application example. The work was to be completed by July 21, 2003. The contract
provided for periodic milestones and payments as follows: $14,981 upon commencement, $22,471 upon
agreement to specific layout task specifications, $29,962 upon layout software user interface and
function verification, $22,417 upon
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DCA preliminary design delivery, $37,452 upon DCA and Layout software progress updates,
$22,471 upon final delivery of DCA and layout software. The contract was timely performed in full
by Novint and Sandia has paid in full. There is no further payment or performance due under the
contract.
Novint had a fourth Purchase Order with Sandia dated March 12, 2004 in the amount of $132,890.
The Purchase Order related to creating enhancements to the DCA software created under the third
Purchase Order. Enhancements included refinements to the 3D ECL application and development of the
Multivariate, Multimodal Data Visualization (MMDV) application. Work was to be completed by August
16, 2004. The contract provided for periodic milestones and payments as follows: $29,192 upon
delivery of 3DECL applications, $13,269 upon delivery of MMDV project plan, $26,538 upon delivery
of MMDV prototype, $37,153 upon delivery of MMDV revised prototype, and $26,538 upon delivery of
final MMSV version. The contract was timely performed in full by Novint and Sandia has paid in
full. There is no further payment or performance due under the contract.
In connection with each of the above Purchase Orders, Novint granted to Sandia the right to
use the developed software and technology internally and to enhance and develop the software
internally. It is a perpetual, royalty free right to use and develop the software. The license
rights granted also include the right for Sandia to distribute the software, in executable form
only, to third parties. Novint retains sole rights of ownership and commercial distribution for all
software in source code form and its derivative works. Sandia cannot distribute the software in
source code form outside of Sandia. Accordingly, Novint has no right to receive any royalties or
other payments on any enhancement developed and used by Sandia.
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE CONTRACT
Novint was contracted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) to integrate haptics
interaction into undersea exploration systems (i.e., underwater vehicles). We have developed a
prototype 3D touch-enabled mission rehearsal system (i.e., simulation) for underwater vehicle
operations.
PURCHASE ORDERS
Description of the Deakin University Purchase Order:
Novint had a Purchase Order with Deakin University dated April 16, 2003 in the amount of
$131,196. The Purchase Order concerned the delivery and installation of a phantom haptics interface
and related software and drivers. Novint has completed delivery under this Purchase Order and
Deakin University has paid in full. No further payment or performance is due or owing.
Description of University of New Mexico Purchase Order:
Novint had a Purchase Order with the University of New Mexico dated March 16, 2004 in the
amount of $47,176. The Purchase Order concerned the delivery and installation of a phantom desktop
with and related software, together with certain device drivers. Novint has completed delivery
under this Purchase Order and University of New Mexico has paid in full. No further payment or
performance is due or owing.
Description of Robarts Research Purchase Order:
Novint had a Purchase Order with Robarts Research dated September 24, 2004 in the amount
of $50,200. The Purchase Order relates to the delivery and installation of a phantom haptic
interface and related software and device drivers. Novint has completed the delivery under this
Purchase Order and Robarts Research has paid in full. No further payment or performance is due or
owing.
SALES OF CURRENT PRODUCTS
We are actively marketing for other projects through interactions at trade shows, through our
web site, our reputation as a leader in 3D haptics, and through leads generated from friends of
Novint.
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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN DEVELOPMENT: INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAMING
We are currently preparing to leverage our computer touch technology to exploit opportunities
in the consumer console and PC interactive computer games market. Using our haptics technology,
games and applications will have the crucial missing third sense to human computer interaction.
Users will be able to directly and intuitively feel the shape, texture, and physical properties of
virtual objects using our computer touch software as well as general haptic effects.
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAME MARKET
The interactive computer game market is a very large and rapidly growing market. According to
60 Minutes: Cyber Athlete Fatal1ty (aired January 22, 2006) the global game industry in 2007 is
projected to be $35 billion. The three primary gaming console companies are Sony (Playstation 3),
Microsoft (Xbox 360), and Nintendo (Revolution). Novint anticipates developing games for the Sony
and Microsoft platforms. Novint is pioneering a new category of 3D touch products for the consumer
video game market and we expect our touch technology will be applicable to many different platforms
and genres of video games.
OUR INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAMING STRATEGY
Our interactive computer gaming strategy is based upon the creation of a fundamentally new way
users interact when playing interactive computer games adding the sense of touch. The
introduction of games incorporating the sense of touch involves development of both hardware and
software. We anticipate licensing our haptics enabled hardware designs to a number of hardware
manufacturers to gain support for the technology. At the same time, we anticipate licensing our
computer touch software to a number of game publishers to create many haptics enabled video games
or licensing games developed by us to game publishers for distribution. We have not, however,
entered into any such licenses at the present time. Novint is exploring initial manufacturing
agreements to create an install base of the hardware to help in our licensing efforts.
HARDWARE
We are currently planning to exploit new opportunities in the consumer interactive computer
game market. This opportunity is only recently possible because of the development of our new
low-cost three-dimensional haptics interaction device, the Novint Falcon, that works with our
existing computer touch software. We have discussed manufacturing hardware with hardware
manufacturing consultants and a hardware manufacturer and we believe that the hardware based on the
Force Dimension designs can be manufactured at a cost of approximately $25-$35 per unit, as
currently designed in volumes of 1 million units or more. Thus, we believe that this device may
retail for under $100, bringing it within reach to a large number of consumers. We believe that
initially, in lower volumes, the Novint Falcon will retail for $150 to $200. Of course, the final
manufacturing and retail price will be dependent on the final device design and specifications we
choose to market and sell.
We anticipate that eventually all hardware will be manufactured and sold by third parties such
as Sony, Microsoft, Logitech, Interact, Kensington, etc., under licensing agreements with us,
although we are currently evaluating a direct manufacturing contract. No such contracts or
licensing agreements, however, have been entered into with such companies to date. It is our intent
to encourage a number of manufacturers to embrace and license the technology and, thereby,
preemptively establish ourselves as the de facto haptics standard in the industry.
SOFTWARE
We anticipate that software titles will be published in one of two forms: (i) those that may
be played with traditional mice, joysticks, gamepads, etc., as well as our 3D/6D haptics
controllers to enhance the game play; or those that may be played only with our devices (initially
reserved for selected titles in which transcendent game play and experiential dimensions are
delivered). Software platform compatibility will conform to the hardware compatibility discussed
above.
We anticipate that our computer touch software will be licensed to third party publishers and
developers. We anticipate two broad types of licenses. The first category is one in which we
license the haptics technology to a publisher so that their development team can add the sense of
touch into a game. In this type of license, we will provide our computer touch software and within
it, the interface to the applicable hardware. In many cases, we will aid in the development of the
game. The second category of games is one in which we are the primary developer, where we take on
the creation of the game. These games may still be licensed to a publisher, as the publishers
distribution channels are utilized for sales, but we anticipate that we will receive a higher
royalty on these games given the higher level of control and involvement.
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We anticipate that over time, as we grow, the majority of all games developed will be
published by 3rd party publishers, and will be distributed through their distribution channels. As
described above, we will either aid another developer in incorporating haptics into the game, or we
will act as the game developer. To achieve the introductory library of games, we anticipate
employing a two-pronged development strategy wherein we will: (i) support third party publishers or
developers by providing developmental API/toolsets (the programming interface used by programmers
to create programs) and our resident experts to assist their developer teams and, in selected
cases, an advance on all or a portion of the development funding; and (ii) serve as the developer
for initial haptics-only titles, many of which will be distributed by 3
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publishers.
Given the state of the Novint Falcon development, we expect to approach a number of game
developers and publishers. We have had initial meetings and expect our discussions with developers
and publishers to continue. Our goal is to enter into several agreements with game publishers and
developers, to create additional games that will use our 3D touch technology. We also intend to
approach hardware manufacturers to license our hardware technology. Finally, we also intend to have
discussions with console manufacturers, who we believe will see our technology as a competitive
advantage against other consoles.
In addition, we are continuing to develop and refine our haptics technologies for gaming use
by producing initial games to be packaged with the Novint Falcon, technology demonstrations and
sample programs, and an Application Programming Interface (API) to be used with 3
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party developers and publishers. Novint has been and is continuing to develop software used to
demonstrate basic, fundamental gameplay incorporating haptics technology. For example, Novint has
developed software that demonstrate what it would feel like to throw a basketball, catch a
baseball, swordplay, etc. in virtual reality. This software forms the basis of Novints gaming
software and is used to prove the concept of using haptics technology for video game play to game
publishers and developers.
COMPETITION
In the past 8 years we believe that there have been approximately a dozen companies involved
in haptics hardware and/or software development. Most of these companies are hardware developers.
We have been focusing many of our efforts on software development, and we believe that will
maintain our lead in the field in software. With respect to hardware, we believe the consumer
release of the Novint Falcon (targeted to be under $100 to consumers) will be a significant event
in the field of haptics, and will give us a strong competitive advantage in our licensing strategy.
We believe that none of our potential hardware competitors have any experience with a consumer 3D
haptics enabled device. 3D haptics hardware devices available now retail for approximately $2000 to
$15,000. Most of these companies are potential partners.
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SensAble Technologies (www.sensable.com) is a haptics hardware and software
developer. Their first product was the Phantom haptics interface. Their primary
application focus is their computer aided design product called Freeform, which they
are selling to Product Designers. We have performed software development contracts
with SensAble.
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Immersion Corporation (www.immersion.com) is primarily a 2D haptics (a Haptic
computer interaction in which forces are mechanically displayed to a user in 2
directions of movement; examples are force feedback joysticks and force feedback
mice) hardware company. Immersion is a public company, which has acquired other
haptics device companies. Over the past 4 years they have acquired Cybernet, Haptech
and Virtual Technologies. Immersion also purchased HT Medical, which is now called
Immersion Medical.
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Reach In Technologies (www.reachin.se) is a Swedish based haptics software
company focused on developing medical and oil/gas applications. They have not been
aggressive in their growth and their markets, and we believe that they will not
emerge as a competitor.
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MPB (www.mpb-technologies.ca/space/p_freedom6s.html) is a Canadian based haptics
hardware company that has developed an interesting high end 3D haptics hardware
device, the Freedom 6.
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Microsoft has several haptic devices that simply vibrate and rumble, such as the
control pads for their Xbox systems. We believe our technology offers more features
and provides a richer haptic experience for the user.
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Force Dimension (www.forcedimension.com), in Switzerland, has unveiled their
haptics hardware device, the Delta. Force Dimension has been a partner of Novint and
helped to develop the Novint Falcon.
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FCS Robotics (www.fcs-cs.com/robotics/) developed a large workspace haptics
device called the HapticMaster. This is another high-end device that can be used
with our software.
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Logitech sells haptics mice, wheels, and joysticks that they licensed from
Immersion and that are primarily used for gaming. Logitechs haptics products are
two-dimensional and do not offer as many features as our products will.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Novint owns the following issued and pending patent applications:
1. Human-Computer Interface Including Efficient Three-Dimensional Controls. U.S. Patent 6,727,924
issued 4/27/2004. Claims a technology that allows efficient and intuitive interaction in a
three-dimensional world with familiar two-dimensional controls. This patent application describes
an intuitive type of haptics control object that allows developers to create toolbars and other
common types of interface objects. These toolbars are easily accessible and greatly improve
user-interface issues related to problems associated with depth perception of a 3D cursor. The
patent was assigned by Tom Anderson to Novint on February 13, 2004, recorded with the USPTO
February 23, 2004.
2. Coordinating Haptics with Visual Images in a Human-Computer Interface. U.S. Patent Application
pending, some claims already allowable. PCT and foreign counterparts also filed. Claims a method
for efficiently generating haptics models for use with existing images, without requiring the cost
of generating a three dimensional model. The claimed method can effectively add a haptics dimension
to the large volume of existing visual content. Assigned by Jake Jones to Novint dated September
26, 2001, recorded with USPTO December 7, 2001.
3. Human-Computer Interfaces Incorporating Haptics. U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/431,060.
Provides an early priority date for several later utility patent applications. This provisional
patent application describes a number of haptics techniques particularly applicable to computer
games.
4. Human-Computer Interfaces Incorporating Haptics and Path-Based Interaction. U.S. Patent
Application pending, some claims already allowable. PCT counterpart also filed. Claims a number of
methods and apparatuses related to communication with a user, with specific application to computer
games. Examples are drawn from a variety of games, each of which has been implemented to utilize 3
dimensional positional input devices with force feedback.
5. Force Frames in Animation, US Patent application pending. Claims methods for utilizing haptics
in computer animation. Assigned by Tom Anderson to Novint on February 13, 2004, recorded with USPTO
February 23, 2004.
6. Human-Computer Interface Including Efficient Three-Dimensional Controls. Continuation
application of U.S. Patent 6,727,924, 10/831,682 filed 4/22/2004. Claims a technology that allows
efficient and intuitive interaction in a three-dimensional world with familiar two-dimensional
controls. This patent application describes an intuitive type of haptics control object that allows
developers to create toolbars and other common types of interface objects. These toolbars are
easily accessible and greatly improve user-interface issues related to problems associated with
depth perception of a 3D cursor. Assigned by Tom Anderson to Novint on February 13, 2004, recorded
with USPTO February 23, 2004.
7. Human-Computer Interface Incorporating Personal and Application Domains. U.S. Patent 6,724,400
issued 4/20/2004. Claims variations on the user interface. Assigned by Tom Anderson to Novint on
February 13, 2004, recorded with USPTO February 23, 2004.
8. Computer Interface Methods and Apparatuses. U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/681,007.
Describes many interface technologies and methods of particular importance to three-dimensional and
haptic-enabled computer games.
9. Human-Computer Interface Incorporating Personal and Application Domains. Continuation of U.S.
Patent 6,724,400, filed 3/16/2004. Claims variations on the user interface.
COPYRIGHTS
We own copyrights in application software and application development tools, including:
1. e-Touch, copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Novint Technologies, Inc.
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TRADEMARKS
We own the following trademarks:
1. NOVINT, on the Federal Principal Register, number 2512087. Branding for multiple products and
services.
2. Novint logo, common law trademark. Branding for multiple products and services.
3. E-TOUCH, application for federal Principal Register, 76/061,390. Intended branding for the
haptics software products.
4. e-Touch logo, application for federal Principal Register, 78/037,119. Intended branding for the
haptics software products.
5. NOVINT FALCON, application for federal Principal Register, 78/561,954.
DOMAIN NAMES.
We own 145 domain names related to our branding strategy.
PATENTS FROM THE SANDIA LICENSE:
1. Multidimensional Display Controller. U.S. Patent 6,208,349 issued 3/27/2001. Claims a control
technology allowing intuitive control of multidimensional displays. This patent application was
submitted based on the usage of a two handed interface, where the users second hand can be used to
manipulate the users viewpoint within the environment while allowing the users first hand to
control navigation.
2. Multidimensional Navigational Controller, U.S. Patent Application pending. Claims a control
technology allowing intuitive navigation through multidimensional spaces. This patent application
describes a variety of navigation techniques and control objects that utilize haptics. Navigation
in a virtual environment is a significant problem. Sandia did a study examining the benefits of
haptically controlled navigation and the results were statistically significant that users were
better able to navigate through three separate environments with haptics feedback compared with
mouse-based interactions.
3. Human Computer Interfaces. U.S. Provisional Patent Application. Provides an early priority date
for several later utility patent applications. This provisional patent application describes 34
additional potentially patentable concepts.
4. Human-computer Interface. U.S. Patent 6,833,826. Claims a haptics technology that allows
intuitive interaction with boundaries between interface domains. This patent application describes
a specific type of haptics object that enables transitions between separate domains by breaking
through it.
5. Human-Computer Interface Incorporating Personal and Application Domains. U.S. Patent 6,724,400
issued 4/20/2004. Claims a user interface that provides consistent, intuitive control interface to
any application. This patent application describes mechanisms for the concept of a personal space.
This is a valuable and core component of e-Touch, our professional Application Programming
Interface, and allows users to customize their own personal space while intuitively allowing
interaction with a variety of applications or virtual environments.
6. Human-Computer Interface Incorporating Personal and Application Domains. U.S. Patent Application
pending. Continuation of the previous issued patent, claims variations on the user interface.
7. Human-Computer Interface Including Haptically Controlled Interactions. U.S. Patent Application
allowed. Claims an interface technique that allows haptics control of common interface operations.
This patent application describes several scrolling and zooming techniques based around haptics
interaction.
8. Navigation and Viewing in a Multidimensional Space. Two continuation applications of U.S. patent
6,954,899 and others. Claims specific variations on multidimensional navigation techniques.
Assigned to Novint, subject to certain obligations of Novint under the agreement with Force
Dimension
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European Patent Office Application Serial No. 03016030.3, filed July 15, 2003 entitled Parallel
Kinematics Mechanism. Counterparts in U.S., Japan, and Canada pending. The invention relates in
general to movement transmission, and for
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example, to a device or assembly for transmitting a movement using a parallel kinematics mechanism,
to a haptic device or system or a force-reflecting control interface, such as a hand controller for
computers, game consoles, simulators or other systems, and to a movement transmission device for a
parallel kinematics manipulator or a parallel kinematics measuring system.
Licensed to Novint under the license with Force Dimension (patents licensed by Force Dimension from
Prodex):
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Other License Agreements
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MANHATTAN SCIENTIFICS
We are parties to a License and Royalty Agreement with Manhattan
Scientifics dated May 16, 2001, one of our shareholders. We had a prior license agreement with
Manhattan Scientifics that provided the initial funding of our development of a web browser and
content creation tools to which Manhattan Scientifics had an exclusive license from us for specific
internet fields of use. No royalties ever became due under the original agreement by either party
and no marketable technologies were ever developed. Under our current agreement with Manhattan
Scientifics we granted Manhattan Scientifics an exclusive sub license of our haptics technology,
within a specified field of use for Teneo and other technologies. Under the agreement, Manhattan
Scientifics granted to us, a license to use the Teneo technology that relates to dental training
interfaces and oil and gas visualization applications. Manhattan Scientifics also assigned back to
us the internet fields of use that were the subject of the first (prior) agreement. No royalties
have been paid by either party pursuant to this license to date. No marketable technologies have
yet been developed under this agreement The agreement provides that we would pay to Manhattan
Scientifics 5% of the net revenues we derive from the use or sale of the Teneo technology. In
addition, the agreement provides that Manhattan Scientifics will pay to us 5% of the net revenues
they derive the use of sale of the technology that is the subject of the sub license granted to
them. No such revenues have been derived by either party and accordingly, no royalty payments are
due or owing by either party. The term of the license granted under the current agreement is
intended to be perpetual. In connection with our agreements with Manhattan Scientifics, Manhattan
Scientifics has received an aggregate of 4,067,200 shares of Novint common stock, and Novint has
received an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Manhattan Scientifics common stock.
Teneo License
We license: (i) Virtual Reality Dental Training System Software; and (ii)
Voxel Notepad Software, from Teneo Computing, Inc., a company acquired by one of our shareholders,
Manhattan Scientifics. There are currently no patents covering either the Virtual Reality Dental
Training System Software or the Voxel Notepad Software. We believe that the Harvard School of
Dentistry filed or will file a patent covering the Virtual Reality Dental Training System Software
or the Voxel Notepad Software. In addition to Teneos current license, Teneo had an exclusive right
to get a license for any patents issued to Harvard School of Dentistry for the Virtual Reality
Dental Training System Software or the Voxel Notepad Software. Novint decided to let this exclusive
right lapse and currently have no plans to pursue such a license.
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
We are not aware of any specific government regulations governing our services.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development expenses were $1,341,170 and $737,837 for the years ended December
31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
EMPLOYEES
As of March 15, 2006 we had 10 full time employees and 4 consultants.
We have an employment agreement with our CEO, Tom Anderson. Under such agreement, he is
entitled to an annual base salary of $150,000 per year and cash bonus to be determined by Novint,
is subject to confidentiality provisions and is entitled to a severance of one year base salary if
he is terminated by Novint without cause.
We also have an employment agreement with our CTO, Walter Aviles. Under such agreement, he was
originally granted options to purchase 400,000 shares of Novints common stock, but options to
purchase 200,000 shares were cancelled, he is entitled to an annual base salary of $155,000 per
year and cash bonus to be determined by Novint, is subject to confidentiality provisions and is
entitled to a severance of two months base salary if he is terminated by Novint without cause.
Recruiting efforts will continue as we bring our products to market.
Risk Factors
An investment in the common stock involves a high degree of risk. In addition to the other
information in this report, the following risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating
the Company and its business. This Report contains forward-looking statements. All forward-looking
statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on current expectations and assumptions
concerning future events or future performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of
the date hereof. Forward-looking statements usually contain the words estimate, anticipate,
believe, plan, expect, or similar expressions, and are subject to numerous known and unknown
risks and uncertainties. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review
carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this report, including the matters set
below and in the Companys other SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties could cause the
Companys actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or publicly announce revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.
THE MARKET FOR HAPTICS-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES AND HAPTICS-ENABLED PRODUCTS IS AT AN EARLY STAGE AND
IF MARKET DEMAND DOES NOT DEVELOP, NOVINT MAY NOT ACHIEVE OR SUSTAIN REVENUE GROWTH.
The market for our haptics-enabling technologies, and our licensees haptics-enabled products
is at an early stage. If Novint and its licensees are unable to develop demand for haptics-enabling
technologies and haptics-enabled products, we may not achieve or sustain revenue growth. We cannot
accurately predict the growth of the markets for these technologies and products, the timing of
product introductions or the timing of commercial acceptance of these products.
Even if our haptics-enabling technologies and our licensees haptics-enabled products are
ultimately widely adopted, widespread adoption may take a long time to occur. The timing and amount
of royalties and product sales that we receive will depend on whether the products marketed achieve
widespread adoption and, if so, how rapidly that adoption occurs. We expect that we will need to
pursue extensive and expensive marketing and sales efforts to educate prospective licensees and end
users about the uses and benefits of our technologies and to persuade software developers to create
software that utilizes our technologies.
CURRENTLY 100% OF OUR REVENUE IS DERIVED FROM A FEW CUSTOMERS AND WE COULD EXPERIENCE SUBSTANTIAL
LOSSES IF A SINGLE CUSTOMER STOPS CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH US.
Currently, 100% of our revenues are derived from a few customers. Until and unless we secure
customer relationships with substantially more customers, it is likely that we will experience
periods during which we will be highly dependent on a limited number of customers. Dependence on a
few customers will make it difficult to satisfactorily negotiate attractive prices for our products
and will expose us to the risk of substantial losses if a single dominant customer stops conducting
business with us. During the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, our revenues were derived from
four key customers. The following is a list of customers representing 10% or more of our revenues
for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004:
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|
|
12/31/04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/31/05
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aramco
|
|
$
|
63,690
|
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
$
|
77,142
|
|
|
|
21
|
%
|
Sandia National Laboratories
|
|
$
|
81,145
|
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
$
|
48,545
|
|
|
|
13
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lockheed Martin Perry
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
206,065
|
|
|
|
57
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robarts Research
|
|
$
|
49,625
|
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of New Mexico
|
|
$
|
47,176
|
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR EXPENSES WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE TO EXECUTE OUR BUSINESS PLAN. THUS WE
MAY EXPERIENCE LOSSES IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND MAY NOT ACHIEVE OR MAINTAIN PROFITABILITY.
Our operating losses were $2,250,288 and $3,113,722, respectively, for the 12 month periods
ended December 31, 2004 and 2005,. Our accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2004 and 2005 was
$4,752,221 and $8,168,232, respectively. Our operating expenses totaled $3,296,657 for the 12 month
period ended December 31, 2005, compared to $2,309,003 for the 12 month period ended December 31,
2004. We anticipate that our expenses will dramatically increase as we continue to leverage our
computer touch technology and to acquire rights to a new 3D haptics interaction device to exploit
opportunities in the consumer console and PC interactive computer gaming industry. If our revenues
do not grow significantly or if our operating expenses exceed expectations, we may not achieve or
maintain profitability.
OUR HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION DOES NOT REFLECT OUR CURRENT PRIMARY BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR
ACHIEVING REVENUE GROWTH. HISTORICALLY, OUR PRIMARY BUSINESS IS CONTRACTING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. HOWEVER, OUR PRIMARY STRATEGY FOR
ACHIEVING GROWTH IS DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPUTER GAMING USE.
Historically, we have derived the substantial majority of our revenue from development
contracts. For the 12 month periods ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, 91% and 54%, respectively, of
our revenues were from development contracts. While we anticipate that royalty revenue from
licensing our technologies and sales of products that we plan to develop will constitute an
increasing portion of our revenue, such royalty and sales revenue may not increase and may decrease
in the future. Accordingly, we cannot predict our future revenues based on historical financial
information.
OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS HAVE ISSUED A QUALIFIED REPORT WITH RESPECT TO OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS
A GOING CONCERN.
Our independent auditors have issued their report relating to our audited financial statements
which contains a qualification with respect to our ability to continue as a going concern because,
among other things, our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to
generate profitable operations in the future and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet our
obligations and repay our liabilities from normal business operations when they come due. For the
years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, we had net losses of $3,386,405 and $2,439,303,
respectively. For the same periods, we had negative cash flows from operations of $2,008,946 and
$1,020,835, respectively. As of December 31, 2005, our accumulated deficit was $8,168,232. Without
additional equity infusion or long term borrowings, there is substantial doubt as to the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern.
WE WILL DEPEND ON OUR LICENSEES TO GENERATE ROYALTY REVENUE AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTRACT ANY
OR A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF LICENSEES. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY LICENSEES.
Our primary business strategy with respect to leveraging our computer touch technology to
exploit opportunities in the consumer console and PC interactive computer gaming industry is to
license our intellectual property to companies that manufacture and sell haptics-enabled products
(both hardware and software). The sale of those products generates royalty revenue for us. For us
to be successful, we will have to attract licensees and our licensees must manufacture and
distribute haptics-enabled products in a timely fashion and generate consumer demand through
marketing and other promotional activities. We many not be able to attract any or a sufficient
number of licensees to generate a significant amount of royalty revenue. If we are not able to
attract any or a sufficient number of licensees or our licensees fail to stimulate and capitalize
upon market demand for products that generate royalties for us, our revenue with respect to that
business segment will not grow.
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WE ARE EXPLORING DIRECT MANUFACTURING CONTRACTS AND DIRECT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; THESE ARE AREAS IN
WHICH WE HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE.
Although we expect that much of our growth will come from licensing our hardware and software
technology and intellectual property, we are exploring direct manufacturing contracts, and we are
developing our own initial game programs to be packaged with the Novint Falcon. We do not have
experience or a track record for creating interactive video and computer games. We cannot be sure
that the games we develop will appeal to consumers or enhance the sales of the Novint Falcon. In
addition, if we were to move forward with direct manufacturing of our products, there will be
additional risks such as cash flow management, financing materials, and coordinating product
distribution either internally or by contract, all of which we have no experience in. If we expend
significant resources on these initiatives and are not successful, our business and results of
operations could be negatively impacted and the value of our securities could decline.
DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS THAT INCORPORATE OUR TECHNOLOGIES ARE GENERALLY SEASONAL AND FAILURE TO DELIVER
PRODUCTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YEAR END HOLIDAY SEASON DEMAND COULD SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACT ROYALTY
REVENUE GENERATED, IF ANY, FROM PRODUCTS THAT INCORPORATE OUR TECHNOLOGIES.
Peak demand for products that incorporate our technologies, especially in the gaming market,
typically occurs in the third and fourth calendar quarters as a result of increased demand during
the year-end holiday season. If our licensees do not succeed in shipping licensed products in a
timely fashion or fail to achieve strong sales in the second half of the calendar year, we would
not receive related royalty revenue. We do not control or influence the degree to which our
licensees promote our technologies or the prices at which they sell products incorporating our
technologies. As a result, products incorporating our technologies may not be brought to market,
achieve commercial acceptance or generate meaningful royalty revenue for us.
IF INDUSTRY LEADERS DO NOT ADOPT OUR TECHNOLOGIES, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO EXECUTE OUR
BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND WE MAY NOT ACHIEVE REVENUE GROWTH.
An important part of our strategy is to penetrate new markets by targeting licensees that are
leaders in those markets. This strategy is designed to encourage other participants in those
markets to also adopt our technologies. If a high profile industry participant adopts our
technologies for one or more of their products but fails to achieve success with those products,
other industry participants perception of our technologies could be adversely affected. Likewise,
if a market leader adopts and achieves success with a competing technology, our revenue growth
could be limited and other potential licensees may not license our technologies. Finally, if no
industry participant adopts our technologies at all, we may not be able to achieve any revenue
growth from licensing our technologies.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS BASED ON OUR LICENSE FROM SANDIA.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE SANDIA LICENSE MAY TERMINATE OR MAKE SUCH LICENSE
NONEXCLUSIVE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A MATERIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS AND REVENUES.
A significant portion of our intellectual property rights are based on our license from Sandia
National Laboratories (Sandia) which is the holder of our preferred stock. The Sandia license is
a 12 year exclusive license for human-computer haptics interfaces. Sandia has the right to reduce
our rights granted pursuant to the Sandia license (e.g., make rights non-exclusive) if we breach
the provisions of the Sandia license or fail to meet the $30,000 per year minimum royalties set
forth in the Sandia license. Failure to comply with such terms of the Sandia license may result in
a material negative impact on our business and revenues.
IF WE FAIL TO PROTECT AND ENFORCE OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR IF LICENSORS WHO LICENSE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TO US FAILS TO PROTECT AND ENFORCE SUCH LICENSORS INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS, OUR ABILITY TO LICENSE OUR TECHNOLOGIES AND TO GENERATE REVENUES WOULD BE
IMPAIRED.
Our business depends on generating revenues by licensing our intellectual property rights and
by selling products that incorporate our technologies. In addition, a substantial portion of our
intellectual properties are licensed from Sandia, one of our stockholders. If our company or Sandia
is not successful in protecting and enforcing their respective intellectual property rights, our
ability to obtain future licenses and royalty revenue could be impaired. In addition, if a court
limits the
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scope, declares unenforceable or invalidates any of our or Sandias intellectual properties,
current licensees may refuse to make royalty payments or may themselves choose to challenge one or
more of our intellectual property rights. Also it is possible that:
- Sandias or our patents may not be broad enough to protect our proprietary rights;
- Sandias or our patents could successfully be challenged by one or more third parties,
which could result in our or Sandias loss of the right to prevent others from exploiting
the inventions claimed in those patents;
- current and future competitors may develop alternative technologies that are not covered by
Sandias patents; and
- effective patent protection may not be available in every country in which our licensees do
business.
Our company and Sandia also rely on licenses, confidentiality agreements and copyright,
trademark and trade secret laws to establish and protect their proprietary rights. It is possible
that:
- laws and contractual restrictions may not be sufficient to prevent misappropriation of our
or Sandias technologies or deter others from developing similar technologies;
- shrinkwrap and clickwrap license agreements upon which we will rely to protect some of
our software will not be signed by the user and may not be enforceable under the laws of all
jurisdictions;
- other companies may claim common law trademark rights based upon state or foreign laws that
precede federal registration of our trademarks;
- current federal laws that prohibit software copying provide only limited protection from
software pirates, and effective trademark, copyright and trade secret protection may be unavailable
or limited in some foreign countries; and
- policing unauthorized use of our products and trademarks is difficult, expensive and
time-consuming, particularly overseas.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO DEVELOP NEW LICENSE RELATIONSHIPS, OUR REVENUE GROWTH MAY BE LIMITED.
A big part of our projected revenue growth depends on our ability to enter into license
arrangements. Particularly with respect to those licenses which involve the implementation of our
hardware components or software games, we face numerous risks in obtaining new licenses on terms
consistent with our business objectives and in maintaining, expanding and supporting our
relationships with our current licensees. These risks include:
- the lengthy and expensive process of building a relationship with potential licensees;
- the fact that we may compete with the internal design teams of potential licensees;
- difficulties in persuading consumer product manufacturers to work with us, to rely on us for
critical technology and to disclose to us proprietary product development and other strategies; and
- difficulties in persuading potential licensees to bear development costs to incorporate our
technologies into their products.
THE POTENTIAL HIGHER COST OF HAPTICS-ENABLED PRODUCTS MAY INHIBIT OR PREVENT OUR TECHNOLOGIES FROM
ACHIEVING MARKET ACCEPTANCE. FAILURE TO ACHIEVE MARKET ACCEPTANCE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT OUR
REVENUE GROWTH IN OUR COMPUTER GAMING BUSINESS.
Haptics-enabled products are likely to be more expensive to consumers than products that are
not Haptic-enabled. The greater expense of products containing our technologies may be a
significant barrier to their widespread adoption and success in consumer markets.
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WHILE WE HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO ANY LICENSES THAT GENERATE ROYALTY REVENUE, IF AND WHEN WE DO ENTER
INTO SUCH LICENSES, A SMALL NUMBER OF LICENSEES MAY ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF OUR ROYALTY
REVENUE.
While we have not entered into any licenses that generate royalty revenue, a significant
portion of our royalty revenue may be derived from a small number of licensees. If any of such
limited group of licensees fails to achieve anticipated sales volumes, our results of operations
may be adversely affected.
OUR TECHNOLOGIES MUST WORK WITH MICROSOFTS OR OTHER COMPANYS OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE, THUS OUR
COSTS COULD INCREASE AND OUR REVENUES COULD DECLINE IF MICROSOFT OR SUCH OTHER COMPANY MODIFIES
THEIR OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
Our hardware and software technology must be compatible with operating system software,
including Microsofts or their similar companys entertainment applications programming interface.
Any modifications, additions or deletions by Microsoft or another companys operating system could
require us to modify our technologies and could cause delays in the release of products by our
licensees. If Microsoft or another company modifies their software products in ways that limit the
use of our other licensees products, our costs could be increased and our revenues could decline.
WE WILL DEPEND ON THIRD PARTY MANUFACTURERS TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE HAPTICS INTERFACE HARDWARE
DEVICES. ANY DELAYS IN DELIVERY OF THE HAPTICS INTERFACE HARDWARE DEVICES, QUALITY PROBLEMS OR COST
INCREASES WITH RESPECT TO SUCH MANUFACTURERS COULD CAUSE US TO LOSE CUSTOMERS AND COULD ADVERSELY
AFFECT OUR REVENUE FROM OUR GAMING BUSINESS.
We will depend on third party manufacturers to produce and distribute haptics interface
hardware devices such as game controllers. We will have limited control over delivery schedules,
quality assurance, manufacturing capacity, yields, costs and misappropriation of our intellectual
property. Any delays in delivery of the haptics interface hardware devices, quality problems or
cost increases could cause us to lose customers and could adversely affect our relationships with
our licensees.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO IMPROVE, AND REDUCE THE COST OF, OUR TECHNOLOGIES, COMPANIES MAY NOT
INCORPORATE OUR TECHNOLOGIES INTO THEIR PRODUCTS AND OUR REVENUE GROWTH MAY BE IMPAIRED.
Our success will depend on our ability to improve, and reduce the cost of, our technologies
and to introduce these technologies to the marketplace in a timely and cost effective manner. If
our development efforts are not successful or are significantly delayed, companies may not
incorporate our technologies into their products and our revenue growth may be impaired.
WE MAY BECOME INVOLVED IN COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING LITIGATION OVER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS WHICH MAY
DELAY BRINGING PRODUCTS INCORPORATING OUR TECHNOLOGIES TO MARKET AND ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR
REVENUE FROM OUR GAMING BUSINESS.
We attempt to avoid infringing known proprietary rights of third parties. We have not,
however, conducted and do not conduct comprehensive patent searches to determine whether aspects of
our technology infringe patents held by third parties. Third parties may hold, or may in the future
be issued, patents that could be infringed by our products or technologies. Any of these third
parties might make a claim of infringement against us with respect to our products and
technologies. In November 2000, we received a letter from Immersion Corporation, a competitor
public company which has greater financial resources than we do, asserting that some of our
technologies, or those of our licensees, may infringe their intellectual property rights. Although
this matter has not resulted in litigation to date, any of these notices, or additional notices
that we could receive in the future from this or other companies, could lead to litigation. We
might also elect to enforce our intellectual property rights against third parties, which could
result in litigation.
Any intellectual property litigation, whether brought by us or by others, could result in the
expenditure of significant financial resources and the diversion of managements time and efforts.
In addition, litigation in which we are accused of infringement may cause product shipment delays,
require us to develop non-infringing technology or require us to enter into royalty or license
agreements even before the issue of infringement has been decided on the merits. If any litigation
were not resolved in our favor, we could become subject to substantial damage claims from third
parties and indemnification claims
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from our licensees. Our company and/or our licensee could be enjoined from the continued use
of the technology at issue without a royalty or license agreement. Royalty or license agreements,
if required, might not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If a successful claim of
infringement were made against us and we could not develop non-infringing technology or license the
infringed or similar technology on a timely and cost-effective basis, our expenses would increase
and our revenues could decrease.
WE PROJECT RAPID GROWTH AND CHANGE IN OUR BUSINESS, AND OUR FAILURE TO MANAGE THIS COULD HARM OUR
BUSINESS AND NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR STRATEGY OF STARTING AND GROWING OUR GAMING BUSINESS.
Any future periods of rapid growth may place significant strains on our managerial, financial,
engineering and other resources. The rate of any future expansion, in combination with our complex
technologies, may demand an unusually high level of managerial effectiveness in anticipating,
planning, coordinating and meeting our operational needs as well as the needs of our licensees.
PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS, INCLUDING CLAIMS RELATING TO ALLEGED REPETITIVE STRESS INJURIES, COULD BE
TIME-CONSUMING AND COSTLY TO DEFEND, AND COULD EXPOSE US TO LOSS.
Claims that consumer products have flaws or other defects that lead to personal or other
injury are common in the computer peripherals industry. In particular, manufacturers of peripheral
products, such as computer mice, have in the past been subject to claims alleging that use of their
products has caused or contributed to various types of repetitive stress injuries, including carpal
tunnel syndrome. We have not experienced any product liability claims to date. Although we seek to
limit our exposure to product liability claims by using certain provisions in licensing agreements,
existing or future laws or unfavorable judicial decisions could limit or invalidate such
provisions. If products sold by us or by our licensees cause personal injury, financial loss or
other injury to us or our licensees customers, the customers, or our licensees, may seek damages
or other recovery from us. These claims would be time-consuming and expensive to defend,
distracting to management and could result in substantial damages. In addition, the assertion of
these claims, even if unsuccessful, could damage our reputation or that of our licensees or their
products. This damage could limit the market for our licensees haptics-enabled products and harm
our results of operations.
WE ANTICIPATE RAISING ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IN THE FUTURE. FAILURE TO RAISE SUFFICIENT CAPITAL WILL
LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE AND EXPAND OUR BUSINESS.
We anticipate raising additional funds through public or private financing, strategic
relationships or other arrangements in the near future to carry out our business strategy. We
cannot be certain that any financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all, and our
failure to raise capital when needed could limit our ability to expand our business. Additional
equity financing may be dilutive to the holders of our common stock, and debt financing, if
available, may involve restrictive covenants. Moreover, strategic relationships, if necessary to
raise additional funds, may require that we relinquish valuable rights.
OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND MAJOR STOCKHOLDERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OVER US, WHICH
MAY LEAD TO CONFLICTS WITH OTHER STOCKHOLDERS OVER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS.
Our current directors, officers and more than 10% stockholders will, as a group, beneficially
own approximately 57.94% of our outstanding common stock. Acting together, these stockholders would
be able to significantly influence all matters that our stockholders vote upon, including the
election of directors and mergers or other business combinations.
In addition, two major shareholders of Novint, Manhattan Scientifics and Tom Anderson, are
both contractually obligated pursuant to a shareholders agreement to vote their shares to retain
Novints current board members as Novints board of directors and such directors may elect another
director without stockholder approval. Tom Anderson is also the CEO of Novint and Marvin Maslow, a
director of Novint, is the CEO of Manhattan Scientifics. As a result, these controlling
shareholders will be able to significantly influence decisions affecting Novints operations and
capital structure. This control may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control or
changes in management, or limiting the ability of Novints other stockholders to approve
transactions that they may deem to be in their best interest such as the sale or other disposition
of Novints products or businesses to another entity.
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Provisions in our Delaware certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of
delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management. These provisions could
limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common
stock.
A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY IS TO DEVELOP HAPTICS ENABLED DEVICES FOR USE IN THE
COMPUTING GAMING INDUSTRY AND TO DEVELOP OUR OWN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAMING PRODUCTS WHICH
INCORPORATES OUR TECHNOLOGIES. SUCH INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY VOLATILE AND COMPETITIVE.
The interactive computer gaming industry has historically been a volatile and highly dynamic
industry affected by changing technology, limited hardware platform life cycles, hit products,
competition, component supplies, seasonality, consumer spending and other economic trends. Such
industry is also intensely competitive. Interactive computer gaming products typically have life
spans of only 3 to 12 months. In addition, the market is crowded with a large number of titles
competing for limited shelf space at retail. Our future success will depend in large part on
companies that will develop games requiring the use of our technologies to develop and introduce
new competitive products on a timely basis and to get those products distributed widely at retail.
To compete successfully, new products must adapt to new hardware platforms and emerging industry
standards, provide additional functionality and be successfully distributed in numerous changing
worldwide markets. If our company or companies that will develop games requiring the use of our
technologies were unable, due to resource constraints or technological or other reasons, to
successfully develop and distribute such products in a timely manner, this inability would have a
material adverse effect on our operating results and our financial condition.
DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCESSFUL INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAMING PRODUCTS IS HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE AND COMPLEX
AND IS SUBJECT TO PLATFORM CHANGES. FAILURE TO MANAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH GAMING PRODUCTS OR TO
ANTICIPATE SUCH PLATFORM CHANGES MAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR REVENUE GROWTH FROM OUR GAMING
BUSINESS.
Product development schedules are difficult to predict because they involve creative
processes, use of new development tools for new platforms and the learning process, research and
experimentation associated with development for new technologies. Products frequently include a
large amount of content and are complex, time-consuming and costly to develop. A large portion of
the interactive computer games that we will produce or that will use our technologies will be
designed to be played on proprietary video game platforms such as those owned by Sony, Microsoft,
and Nintendo. The success of our products is significantly affected by market acceptance of the new
video game hardware systems and the life span of older hardware platforms, and our ability to
accurately predict these factors with respect to each platform. In many cases, we will have
expended a large amount of development and marketing resources on products designed for new video
game systems that have not yet achieved large installed bases or will have continued product
development for older hardware platforms that may have shorter life cycles than we expected.
Conversely, if we did not choose to develop for a platform that achieves significant market
acceptance, or discontinues development for a platform that has a longer life cycle than expected,
our revenue growth may be adversely affected.
SUCCESS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAMES ARE INCREASINGLY HITS DRIVEN, THE MARKET FOR SUCH GAMES IS
HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONTENT IS INHERENTLY RISKY AND EXPENSIVE.
Interactive computer games have become increasingly hits driven. Additional marketing and
advertising funds are required to drive and support hit products, particularly television
advertising. There can be no assurance that we will be able to produce hit titles, or that
advertising for any product will increase sales sufficiently to recoup those advertising expenses.
Whether games will become hits are highly dependent on consumer tastes and moods and are highly
unpredictable. Development of new content is inherently risky and expensive. We cannot assure that
products will be developed on time, in a cost effective manner, or that they will be commercially
successful.
OBTAINING A LICENSE FROM HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH ANY INTERACTIVE
COMPUTER GAME TITLES. WE HAVE NOT OBTAINED SUCH LICENSE AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH LICENSE
ON ACCEPTABLE TERMS, OR AT ALL.
We will be required to obtain a license to develop and publish titles for each hardware
platform for which we will develop and publish titles. Hardware manufacturers, including Sony
(PlayStation, PlayStation2, and Playstation 3), Nintendo (GameCube and Revolution) and Microsoft
(Xbox and Xbox 360) require that we obtain approval for the publication of new games. Such
manufactures are large companies with substantial financial resources and will be able to impose a
very manufacturer favored agreement. We cannot assure that we will be able to obtain such licenses
on acceptable terms, or at all.
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OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAMING
INDUSTRY AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE THIS BUSINESS EFFECTIVELY. FAILURE TO OPERATE OUR COMPUTER
GAMING BUSINESS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECT OUR REVENUE GROWTH AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Offering and developing interactive computer games is a substantial departure from our current
business of offering product development services and limited sales of haptics devices. Our
officers, directors and employees have no experience in developing, producing, pricing, marketing,
selling, or distributing interactive computer games and will rely on its ability to employ persons
that have such experience to carry out its business strategy with respect to developing interactive
computer games. Because of our inexperience in this area, we may not be effective in achieving
success that may otherwise be attainable by more experience.
WE MAY BE UNABLE TO INCREASE SALES OF OUR NOVINT SONO PRODUCT
Our Novint sono product is new and, as a result, many ultrasound centers do not carry our
products. To increase sales of our Novint sono and Babylight Gems, we must, in addition to
convincing ultrasound providers of the utility of our products, persuade them to include our
products as part of their services. If these ultrasound providers are unwilling to budget for the
Novint sono system or the demands of selling Babylight Gems, we may not be able to increase sales
of Novint sono or Babylight Gems products at a satisfactory rate. If we are unable to increase
sales of our Novint sono or Babylight Gems products, our results of operations and financial
condition may be adversely affected.
REDUCED SPENDING BY CORPORATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT SALES OF
OUR PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS BUSINESS.
To date, we have derived the majority of our revenues developing professional applications for
customers such as Aramco, Lockheed Martin, Chevron, Chrysler and Sandia. We believe that the
current economic downturn has led to a reduction in such corporations budgets for research and
development in several sectors, including the automotive and aerospace sectors, which use our
services and products. Sales of our services and products may be adversely affected by these cuts
in corporate research and development budgets.
THE MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK, EVEN IF REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, MAY NOT BE LIQUID.
Even if our common stock is registered under the Securities Act, it may be thinly traded
compared to larger more widely known companies. Thinly traded common stock can be more volatile
than stock trading in an active public market. We cannot predict the extent to which an active
public market for its common stock will develop or be sustained. Further, there is no assurance
that our common stock may be listed on any stock exchange or even qualify to be quoted on the
over-the-counter bulletin board. Failure to do so may make it very difficult to sell our common
stock.
OUR PRIOR EXTERNAL AUDITORS DETERMINED THAT A MATERIAL WEAKNESS RELATED TO OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES EXISTED
As part of the December 31, 2004 and 2003 audits, we were advised by our former independent
registered public accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP, that there were certain material weaknesses
in internal controls and procedures related to the financial reporting process at December 31,
2004, and through the interim periods reviewed through September 30, 2005. As a result, for the
year ended December 31, 2004, audit and review of quarterly financial information through September
30, 2005, Grant Thornton LLP proposed, and Novint recorded, numerous adjusting journal entries and
additional disclosures to correct the financial statements. Management believes that it has taken
sufficient steps necessary to correct its internal control and procedures related to the financial
reporting process. The Companys current independent registered public accounting firm, AJ Robbins
PC, has not notified the Company of any material weaknesses in internal controls and procedures
related to the financial reporting process at December 31, 2005.
ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
We do not own any real estate. During fiscal years 2005 and 2004 we rented office space in
Albuquerque, New Mexico on a month-to-month basis at a rate of $800 per month. The address is 9620
San Mateo Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113. The condition of the building is clean and in good
working order. The rent may be paid either in cash or in Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. common stock
(see below), such stock is valued as of the closing date of the day before such payment is made.
Common stock was not used to pay rent during 2005 or 2004.
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In June 2000, we entered into a Research and Development contract to provide to Manhattan
Scientifics, Inc. (Manhattan), a publicly-traded company located in New York, a license and rights
to sublicense haptics technology. Coincident with the contract agreement, we entered into an
exchange transaction with Manhattan that was finalized in May 2001, whose terms provided that
Manhattan would receive 4,067,200 shares of our stock, and we would receive 1,000,000 shares of
Manhattan stock. In addition, we obtained from Manhattan exclusive ownership of the worldwide
intellectual property rights and associated obligations of Teneo, a privately owned company
previously acquired by Manhattan.
We do not anticipate investing in real estate or interests in real estate, real estate
mortgages, or securities of or interests in persons primarily engaged in real estate activities. We
currently have no formal investment policy, and we do not intend to undertake investments in real
estate as a part of our normal operations.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is subject to legal claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course
of its business. Although occasional adverse decisions or settlements may occur, the Company
believes that the final disposition of such matters should not have a materially adverse effect on
its financial position, results of operations, or liquidity. Novint is not currently a party to
any pending or threatened legal claims or proceedings.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The Company did not submit any matters to a vote of security holders during this reporting period.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Market Information
At this time there is no public trading market for our common stock. Our common stock is not
listed or quoted on any national or regional stock market or quotation system. As of March 15,
2006, we have a total of 16,834,345 shares of our common stock outstanding.
We have outstanding warrants that were issued in conjunction with a private offering of our
common stock. These warrants, if exercised, would permit shareholders to purchase an additional
1,524,500 shares of our common stock. These warrants may be exercised until February 18, 2009 for
the February 2004 closing of 1,070,000 warrants and May 5, 2009 for the May 2004 closing of 454,500
warrants, at which time they will expire if not exercised. The price for each share of common stock
purchased in accordance with the warrants is $2.00.
In addition, we also have outstanding warrants issued to various service providers. These
warrants, if exercised, would permit such service providers to purchase an additional 1,968,400
shares of our common stock. These warrants may be exercised at various times until 2013, at which
time they will expire if not exercised. The price for each share of common stock purchased in
accordance with the warrants is as follows: 500,000 at $0.50 per share, 868,400 at $1.00 per share,
300,000 at $0.25 and 250,000 at $0.66 per share.
We have outstanding options that were issued to our various employees and consultants. These
options, if exercised, would permit employees and consultants to purchase an additional 8,641,574
shares of our common stock. The price for each share of common stock purchased in accordance with
such options ranges from $0.01 to $1.00, and the weighted average exercise price is $0.18. We have
6,027,574 shares that are currently vested and exercisable.
Assuming all of the warrants and options are exercised and the preferred stock converted, we
will have outstanding 28,671,419 shares of common stock. We issued the remaining shares of
outstanding common stock in private transactions in reliance upon exemptions from registration
under the Securities Act. Those shares may be sold only if we file a registration statement or if
there is an applicable exemption from registration. Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 is
currently not available for the resale of our common stock. If Rule 144 was available, as of March
15, 2006 up to approximately 4,668,135 issued and outstanding shares could be sold pursuant to Rule
144(k) without being subject to the limitations of paragraphs (c), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144. In
addition, as of March 15, 2006, up to an additional 11,051,268 issued and outstanding shares could
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 subject to the limitations of paragraphs (c), (e), (f) and (h). If all
security holders that are eligible to sell under Rule 144 decide to sell their shares once Rule 144
becomes available to them that would put
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selling pressure on Novints common stock resulting in a
lower price for such stock. Other than the common stock being registered for the selling shareholders in this offering, we have no agreement
with any shareholder to register our securities.
Holders
We currently have 107 record holders of our common stock.
Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends and we currently intend to retain any future earnings to
fund the development and growth of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends on our
common stock will depend upon our results of operations, financial condition and capital
requirements, applicable restrictions under any credit facilities or other contractual
arrangements, and such other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Set forth in the table below is information regarding awards made through compensation plans
or arrangements through December 31, 2005, the most recently completed fiscal year.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
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Number of securities to
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Weighted-average
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be issued upon exercise
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exercise price of
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remaining available
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of outstanding options,
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outstanding options,
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for future issuance
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warrants and rights (1)
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warrants and rights
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under the Plan
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Equity Compensation Plans approved by security holders
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3,135,000
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$
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0.66
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365,000
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3,135,000
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0.66
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365,000
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In March 2004, we established the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (Plan). The Plan was
approved by our Board of Directors and security holders holding a majority of the shares of our
common stock outstanding. The purpose of the Plan is to grant stock and stock options to purchase
our common stock to our employees and key consultants. The total amount of shares subject to the
Plan is 3,500,000 shares.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On February 6, 2006, our initial Registration Statement on Form SB-2 was declared effective by
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Registration Statement registered for sale common stock
of the company by the selling security holders named therein. The company has not and will not
receive any proceeds of the sale of common stock under the Registration Statement as all such
proceeds, if any, will be for the account of the selling security holders named therein.
We have sold or issued the following securities not registered under the Securities Act by
reason of the exemption afforded under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act),
during the last three years. Except as stated below, no underwriting discounts or commissions were
payable with respect to any of the following transactions. The offer and sale of the following
securities was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Rule 506
insofar as (1) except as stated below, each of the investors was accredited within the meaning of
Rule 501(a); (2) the transfer of the securities were restricted by the company in accordance with
Rule 502(d); (3) there were no more than 35 non-accredited investors in any transaction within the
meaning of Rule 506(b), after taking into consideration all prior investors under Section 4(2) of
the Securities Act within the twelve months preceding the transaction; and (4) none of the offers
and sales were effected through any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning
of Rule 502(c).
In October 2002, we signed a one year promissory note for $100,000. In conjunction with this
note, we issued 150,000 shares of common stock to the note holder in lieu of interest. The
recipient of the shares was Murray Kelly. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set
forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. The investor took the shares for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation
or advertising for the
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acquisition of our shares. All certificates for our shares contain a restrictive legend. The
investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment
information. Based upon written and oral representations of the investor, and the investors
general dealings with development companies, we deem the investor sophisticated for the purposes of
Section 4(2) of the Act.
In November 2002, we issued a total of 40,000 shares of our common stock to Sandia as
repayment of its 2001 and 2002 royalty dues in the amount of $20,000. We relied upon the exemption
from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. Sandia
is an Accredited Investors as defined in the Act who took its shares for investment purposes
without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business
prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or
advertising for the acquisition of our shares. All certificates for our shares contain a
restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose of
acquiring investment information and due to the investors status as Accredited, we deem the
investor sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In December 2002, we issued an aggregate of 42,727 shares of its common stock in connection
with option exercises at $0.01 per share. The recipients of the shares were Walt Aviles, Ed Barris
and Peter Mattern. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of
the Act for the issuance of these shares. All of the persons exercising options took their shares
for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning
Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the purchase of our shares. All certificates for our shares contain
a restrictive legend. At the time of the issuance of the underlying options, we deemed all such
investors sophisticated for purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act and had not factual basis upon
which to change our determination at the time of exercise.
During 2003, we issued options to purchase an aggregate of 87,122 shares of our common stock
with exercise price of ranging from $0.50 to $0.66 per share to Lem Hunter and Arthurine
Breckenridge, our employee and consultant as partial compensation for providing services to Novint.
We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the
issuance of these options. Both Mr. Hunter and Mr. Breckenridge took their shares for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of the options or the purchase of our shares upon
exercise. All certificates for our shares contain a restrictive legend. The investors were
permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the
investors status as employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies
generally, we deem the investors sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In January 2003, we issued 3,788 shares of common stock to Tim Butler, a consultant, as
compensation for providing services to Novint. Novint determined that the value of the services
provided was approximately $189. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in
Section 4(2) of the Act for issuance of these shares. Mr. Butler who took his shares for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of our shares. All certificates for our shares
contain a restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose
of acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status as a consultant and his dealings
with development companies generally, we deem the investor sophisticated for the purposes of
Section 4(2) of the Act.
On May 19, 2003, we issued 3,030 shares of our common stock to Jackson Kelly and Nikki Kelly,
two former consultants, as compensation for providing services to Novint. Novint determined that
the value of the services provided was approximately $151. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. All of the
investors were Accredited Investors as defined in the Securities Act who took their shares for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the purchase of our shares. All certificates for our shares contain
a restrictive legend. The investors were permitted access to our management for the purpose of
acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status as a former consultants and their
dealings with development companies generally, we deem the investors sophisticated for the purposes
of Section 4(2) of the Act.
On August 31, 2003, we issued warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock to
Richardson & Patel, a law firm for services rendered in connection with a private placement at an
exercise price of $0.50 per share. Of the total number issued, 150,000 warrants are immediately
vested with the remaining warrants vesting on the first anniversary of the date of the agreement.
We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the
issuance of these warrants. The law firm is an Accredited Investor as defined in the Securities Act
who took the option for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to
information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In
addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of the option.
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The investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment
information and due to the investors status as Accredited, we deem the investor sophisticated for
the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
On September 30, 2003, we issued 22,727 shares of our common stock to Gerald Grafe, a
consultant, as compensation for providing services to Novint. Novint determined that the value of
the services provided was approximately $15,000. We relied upon the exemption from registration as
set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. Mr. Grafe who took his
shares for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information
concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there
was no general solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of our shares. All certificates for
our shares contain a restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for
the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status as a consultant and
his dealings with development companies generally, we deem the investor sophisticated for the
purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
On September 30, 2003, we issued 37,879 shares of our common stock to Richardson & Patel, LLP,
a law firm, as compensation for providing legal services to Novint. Novint determined that the
value of the services provided was approximately $25,000. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. All of the
investors were Accredited Investors as defined in the Securities Act who took their shares for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the purchase of our shares. All certificates for our shares contain
a restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose of
acquiring investment information and due to the investors status as Accredited, we deem the
investor sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
On October 1, 2003, we issued an aggregate of 71,972 shares of our common stock to Scott Bach,
Ed Barsis, Mike Cadigan and Allan Hisey, directors and consultants, as compensation for providing
services to Novint. Novint determined that the value of the services provided was approximately
$47,501. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for
the issuance of these shares. All of the service providers took their shares for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of our shares. All certificates for our shares
contain a restrictive legend. The investors were permitted access to our management for the purpose
of acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status as directors and consultants and
their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the investors sophisticated for the
purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
On October 9, 2003, as consideration for granting a one year repayment extension on the
October 2002 $100,000 note, we issued an additional 50,000 shares of our common stock to the note
holder. The recipient of the shares was Murray Kelly. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. The note
holder who took his shares for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to
information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In
addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of our shares. All
certificates for our shares contain a restrictive legend.
On November 15, 2003, we issued 100,000 shares of our common stock to Bob Kramer, a
consultant, as compensation for providing services to Novint. Novint determined that the value of
the services provided was approximately $66,000. We relied upon the exemption from registration as
set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. Mr. Kramer took his shares
for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning
Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no
general solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of our shares. All certificates for our
shares contain a restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for the
purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status as a consultant and his
dealings with development companies generally, we deem the investor sophisticated for the purposes
of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In November 2003, we issued 500,000 warrants in connection with a loan at an exercise price of
$0.50 per share. The recipient of the warrants was Hunter World Markets, Inc. The warrants vested
immediately. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act
for the issuance of these shares. The warrant holder was an Accredited Investors as defined in the
Securities Act who took their shares for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had
access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities
Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of the
warrant. During 2003, we issued an aggregate of 115,008 shares of its common stock in connection
with option exercises at $0.01 per share. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set
forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. All of the warrant holders
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took their shares for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information
concerning Novint and
our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the purchase of our shares. All certificates for our shares contain
a restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose of
acquiring investment information and due to the investors status as Accredited, we deem the
investor sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In September 2003, we sold 378,788 shares of our unregistered restricted common stock to an
individual accredited investor. The recipient of the shares was Jan Arnette. The per share sale
price was $0.66 per share. This investor received a right to purchase another 378,788 shares of our
unregistered restricted common stock at an exercise price of $0.66 per share which was exercised in
January 2004. As a result, another 378,788 shares of our unregistered restricted common stock were
issued pursuant to the exercise of such right. We relied upon the exemption from registration as
set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. The investor took his shares
for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning
Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no
general solicitation or advertising for the purchase of our shares. All certificates for our shares
contain a restrictive legend. The investor was permitted access to our management for the purpose
of acquiring investment information. Based upon written and oral representations of the investor,
and the investors general dealings with development companies, we deem the investor sophisticated
for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
On February 19, 2004 we completed an initial closing of a financing transaction in which we
sold 2,140,000 shares of our common stock to select institutional and individual Accredited
Investors, in order to raise a total of $2,140,000. On May 5, 2004, we completed the final closing
of this financing transaction in which we sold an additional 909,000 shares of our common stock to
select institutional and individual accredited investors, in order to raise an additional $909,000.
The per share offering price was $1.00 per share. The investors also received warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 1,524,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The
placement agent for this private placement received fees in the amount of $304,680. We relied upon
the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act and Rule 506 of Regulation
D promulgated under such Act for the issuance of these shares. The investors were permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information and due to the investors
status as Accredited, we deem the investors sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the
Act.
In February, 2004, we issued options to purchase 1,205,000 shares of common stock to various
employees with an exercise price of $0.66 per share and a 5-year annual vesting provision. The
recipients of the options were Jonathon Miller, Walt Aviles and Nick Brown. During 2005, 83,333 of
these options were cancelled due to Nick Brown no longer being employed by Novint. We relied upon
the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
options. The warrant holder is an Accredited Investor as defined in the Securities Act who took the
warrant for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information
concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there
was no general solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of the warrant. The investor was
permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the
investors status as a consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem
the investors sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March, 2004, we issued a warrant to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock to a
consultant as compensation for providing services to Novint with an exercise price of $1.00 per
share. The recipient of the warrant was Corporate Advisors Group. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The warrant
holder is an Accredited Investor as defined in the Securities Act who took the warrant for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of the warrant. The investor was permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status
as a consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the investors
sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In April 2004 we committed to issue 250,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share to a
consultant for future services. The recipient of the shares was Jack Harrod. The consultant will
receive stock as follows: 50,000 shares per quarter as long as the consultant is still providing
services to Novint, up to a total of 250,000 shares, beginning April 1, 2004. As of December 31,
2005 all 250,000 shares had been issued. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set
forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these shares. The shareholder took the shares
for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning
Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no
general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the shares. The shareholder was permitted
access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the
shareholders status as a
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consultant and his dealings with development companies generally, we deem
the shareholder sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In June 2004, Novint granted 500,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share, with a
5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to an employee. The recipient of the
option was Tom Anderson. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section
4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholder took the options for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholder was permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as an employee and his dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholder sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In July 2004 we committed to issue 10,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share to an
employee for future services. The recipient of the shares was Mark Benak. The shares have vested.
We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the
issuance of these shares. The shareholder took the shares for investment purposes without a view to
distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as
required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for
the issuance of the shares. The shareholder was permitted access to our management for the purpose
of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders status as an employee and his
dealings with development companies generally, we deem the shareholder sophisticated for the
purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In July 2004 we granted 50,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share, with a 5-year
annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to an employee. The recipient of the options was
Mark Benak. During 2005, 30,000 of these options were cancelled due to Mark Benak longer being
employed by the Company. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section
4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholder took the options for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholder was permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as an employee and his dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholder sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In August 2004 we granted 50,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share, with a
5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to an employee. The recipient of the
options was Annette Radcliffe. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in
Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholder took the options for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholder was permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as an employee and his dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholder sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In October 2004 we issued 160,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share to consultants for
services. The recipients of the shares were Dean Danielson and Neil Krull. We relied upon the
exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
shares. The shareholders took the shares for investment purposes without a view to distribution and
had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the
Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of
the shares. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring
investment information. Due to the shareholders status as consultants and their dealings with
development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section
4(2) of the Act.
In November 2004 we granted 230,000 options at an exercise price of $.66 per share, with a
5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to employees. The recipients of the
options were George Lancaster, Daryl Lee, and Marc Midura. During 2005, 45,000 of these options
were cancelled due to George Lancaster no longer being employed by Novint. We relied upon the
exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution
and had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the
Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of
the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring
investment information. Due to the shareholders status as an employees and their dealings with
development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section
4(2) of the Act.
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In December 2004, we granted 500,000 options to purchase shares of common stock at $.66 per
share and a 5-year annual vesting provision to an employee. The recipient of the options was
Antonia Chappell. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of
the Act for the issuance of these shares. The shareholder took the shares for investment purposes
without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business
prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or
advertising for the issuance of the shares. The shareholder was permitted access to our management
for the purpose of acquiring investment
information. Due to the shareholders status as an employee and her dealings with development
companies generally, we deem the shareholder sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the
Act.
In January 2005, we granted 75,000 options to purchase common stock at $0.66 per share and a
5-year annual vesting provision to an employee and 10,000 options to purchase common stock at $0.66
per share and a 4-year annual vesting provision to an advisory board member for consulting
services. The recipients of the options were Bill Anderson and Eric Hansen. We relied upon the
exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution
and had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the
Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of
the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring
investment information. Due to the shareholders status as employees and consultants and their
dealings with development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the
purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March 2005, we granted 100,000 options to purchase common stock at $0.66 per share to an
employee and a 4-year annual vesting provision. The recipients of the options were Jonathan Miller
and Peter Thomas. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of
the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we
deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March 2005, we issued a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock to our legal
counsel, Richardson & Patel, LLP as part of a fee agreement for providing legal services to Novint
during 2004 with an exercise price of $1.00 per share. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The warrant
holder is an Accredited Investor as defined in the Securities Act who took the warrant for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the acquisition of the warrant. The investor was permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the investors status
as service providers and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the investors
sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In June 2005, Novint issued 2,500 shares of common stock to Peter Thomas, a consultant for
services performed. The stock was valued at $0.66 per share for total consideration of $1,650. An
additional 2,500 shares of common stock were issued on March 1, 2006 and the company committed to
issue an additional 2,500 shares each on September 1, 2006 and March 1, 2007. We relied upon the
exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
shares. The shareholders took the shares for investment purposes without a view to distribution and
had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the
Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of
the shares. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring
investment information. Due to the shareholders status as consultants and their dealings with
development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section
4(2) of the Act.
In May 2005, we issued 117,400 shares of common stock to certain consultants in exchange for
services rendered during the first quarter of 2005 and for services to be rendered. The recipients
of the shares were Coleman Brand Worx, Gerald Grafe, Brad Carvey, Rob Shaw, Jan Easton Carrasco,
Brenda Brown, Claire Bauder and Sandia National Laboratories. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The
shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access
to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In
addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The
shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment
information. Due to the shareholders status as employees and consultants and their dealings with
development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section
4(2) of the Act.
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In May 2005, we issued 32,400 shares of common stock to certain consultants in exchange for
services rendered during the second quarter of 2005 and for services to be rendered. The recipients
of the shares were Allan Hisey, Ed Barsis, Peter Mattern, Gerald Grafe, and Glyn Anderson. We
relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the
issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view
to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as
required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for
the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the
purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders status as employees
and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the shareholders
sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In May 2005, we issued 10,000 shares of common stock to Mark Benak, an employee for services
rendered during the second quarter of 2005. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set
forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the
options for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information
concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there
was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were
permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the
shareholders status as employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies
generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In May 2005, we issued 250,000 shares of common stock to Force Dimension in connection with an
amendment to our contract. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section
4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we
deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In May 2005, we granted 28,636 non-qualified options to purchase Company stock to certain
related parties and consultants at an exercise price of $.66 per share for services rendered during
the second quarter of 2005. The recipients of the options were Steven Maslow, Arline Pranitz and
Lem Hunter. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act
for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes
without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business
prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or
advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our
management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders status as
employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In May 2005, we granted 25,000 options to purchase Company stock to Antonia Chappell, an
employee, for services rendered during the second quarter of 2005. We relied upon the exemption
from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The
shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access
to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In
addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The
shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment
information. Due to the shareholders status as employees and consultants and their dealings with
development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section
4(2) of the Act.
The Company issued 15,000 shares of common stock to Mark Betti, an advisory board member, for
services rendered during the third quarter of 2005. We relied upon the exemption from registration
as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took
the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information
concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there
was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were
permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the
shareholders status as employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies
generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In August 2005, the Company issued 500 shares of common stock to Hector Reyes, a consultant
for services rendered during the third quarter of 2005. We relied upon the exemption from
registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The
shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view
to
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distribution and had access
to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In
addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The
shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment
information. Due to the shareholders status as employees and consultants and their dealings with
development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section
4(2) of the Act.
In
March 2006, the Company issued 6,000 shares of common stock to
Ralph Anderson, a member of our audit committee. We relied upon the exemption
from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the
Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes
without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business
prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or
advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our
management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders status as
employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act
In March 2006, the Company issued 1,250,002 shares of common stock to various investors in
repayment of promissory notes issued during the year ended December 31, 2005. We relied upon the
exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution
and had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the
Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of
the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring
investment information. Due to the shareholders status as employees and consultants and their
dealings with development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the
purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March 2006, we granted 607,500 shares of common stock to Force Dimension in full payment of
amounts outstanding on our contract. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in
Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for
investment purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint
and our business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we
deem the shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March 2006, we also granted 200,329 shares of common stock to our private placement
investors in recognition of delays in meeting specified filing obligations. We relied upon the
exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these
options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes without a view to distribution
and had access to information concerning Novint and our business prospects, as required by the
Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for the issuance of
the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our management for the purpose of acquiring
investment information. Due to the shareholders status as employees and consultants and their
dealings with development companies generally, we deem the shareholders sophisticated for the
purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March 2006, we converted 4,000 shares of preferred stock to 447,300 shares of common stock
in accordance with the terms of the conversion options of the original issue of stock to Sandia
Corporation. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act
for the issuance of these options. The shareholders took the options for investment purposes
without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our business
prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general solicitation or
advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholders were permitted access to our
management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders status as
employees and consultants and their dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholders sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
In March 2006, Novint granted 250,000 options at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, with a
5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to an employee. The recipient of the
options was Bill Anderson. We relied upon the exemption from registration as set forth in Section
4(2) of the Act for the issuance of these options. The shareholder took the options for investment
purposes without a view to distribution and had access to information concerning Novint and our
business prospects, as required by the Securities Act. In addition, there was no general
solicitation or advertising for the issuance of the options. The shareholder was permitted access
to our management for the purpose of acquiring investment information. Due to the shareholders
status as an employee and his dealings with development companies generally, we deem the
shareholder sophisticated for the purposes of Section 4(2) of the Act.
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ITEM 6. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND PLAN OF OPERATION
Statements included in this managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and
results of operations, and in future filings by the company with the securities and exchange
commission, in the companys press releases and in oral statements made with the approval of an
authorized executive officer which are not historical or current facts are forward-looking
statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. You are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date made. The following important factors,
among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect the companys actual
results and could cause the companys actual financial performance to differ materially from that
expressed in any forward-looking statement: (i) the extremely competitive conditions that currently
exist in the market for companies similar to the company and (ii) lack or resources to maintain the
companys good standing status and requisite filings with the securities and exchange commission.
The foregoing list should not be construed as exhaustive and the company disclaims any obligation
subsequently to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the
date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and their
explanatory notes included as part of this annual report.
OVERVIEW
We were initially incorporated in the State of New Mexico as Novint Technologies, Inc. in
April 1999. On February 26, 2002, we changed our state of incorporation to Delaware by merging into
Novint Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation. We have no subsidiaries and operate our business
under Novint Technologies, Inc. We are a haptics technology company (haptics refers to your sense
of touch). We develop, market and sell applications and technologies that allow people to use their
sense of touch to interact with computers.
To date, we have derived the majority of our revenues developing professional applications for
our customers. We have completed a number of contracts with companies such as Aramco, Lockheed
Martin, Chrysler, Chevron, Sandia National Laboratories, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
While we are continuing to expand on our professional applications for our customers, we are
also currently preparing to leverage our computer touch technology to exploit opportunities in the
consumer console and PC interactive computer games market. Using our haptics technology, games and
applications will have the crucial missing third sense to human computer interaction. Users will
be able to directly and intuitively feel the shape, texture, and physical properties of virtual
objects using our computer touch software.
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
High-quality financial statements require rigorous application of accounting policies. Our
policies are discussed in our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005,
and are considered by management to be critical for an understanding of our financial statements
because their application places the most significant demands on managements judgment, with
financial reporting results relying on estimation about the effect of matters that are inherently
uncertain. We review the accounting policies we use in reporting our financial results on a regular
basis. As part of such review, we assess how changes in our business processes and products may
affect how we account for transactions. We have not changed our critical accounting policies or
practices during 2005 or through March 15, 2006. However, we are evaluating how improvements in
processes and other changes in haptics technology and our emerging video games business may impact
revenue recognition policies in the future.
REVENUE AND COST RECOGNITION We recognize revenue from the sale of software products under
the provisions of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9. SOP
97-2 generally requires that revenue recognized from software arrangements be allocated to each
element of the arrangement based on the relative vendor specific objective evidence of fair values
of the elements, such as software products, upgrades, enhancements, post contract customer support,
installation, or training. Under SOP 97-2, if the determination of vendor specific objective
evidence of fair value for each element of the arrangement does not exist, all revenue from the
arrangement is deferred until such time that evidence does exist or until all elements of the
arrangement are delivered.
SOP 97-2 was amended in December 1998 by SOP 98-9, Modification of SOP 97-2 Software Revenue
Recognition with Respect to Certain Transactions. SOP 98-9 clarified what constitutes vendor
specific objective evidence of fair value and introduced the concept of the residual method for
allocating revenue to elements in a multiple element arrangement.
Our revenue recognition policy is as follows:
Project revenue consists of programming services provided to unrelated parties under
fixed-price contracts. Revenues from fixed price programming contracts are recognized in accordance
with Statement of Position (SOP) 81-1, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain
Production-Type Contracts, and Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) 45, Long-Term Construction-Type
Contracts, using the percentage-of-completion method, measured by the percentage of costs incurred
to date compared with the total estimated costs for each contract. Novint accounts for these
measurements on the balance sheet under costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on
contracts and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on contracts. Provisions for
estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made and recorded in the period in which the loss is
identified.
Revenue from product sales relates to the sale of the Phantom haptics interface which is a
human-computer user interface (the Phantom). The Phantom allows the user to experience sensory
information when using a computer and its handle is the approximate size and shape of a writing
instrument. Phantoms are manufactured by an unrelated party and are shipped directly to the
customer.
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-10, Accounting for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs,
require amounts billed to a customer in a sales transaction related to shipping and handling, if
any, to be classified and accounted for as revenues earned for the goods provided, whereas shipping
and handling costs incurred by a company are required to be classified as cost of sales. Novints
costs associated with shipping inventory items to Novints customers are included in Novints Cost
of Goods Sold amount. Novint does not charge a separate or additional fee for shipment to their
customers, rather this fee is included in the price and therefore part of Novints product revenue.
No provision for sales returns has been provided in these financial statements, as Novint has never
had a sales return.
EITF 01-14, Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements Received for Out-of-Pocket
Expenses Incurred, requires reimbursements received for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while
providing services to be characterized in the income statement as revenue. Novints out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with their project revenues are recognized in revenues based on a
computed overhead rate that is included in their project labor costs to derive a project price.
In accordance with EITF 99-19, Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent,
Novint recognizes its product sales on a gross basis. Novint is responsible for fulfillment,
including the acceptability of the product ordered. Novint has risks and rewards of ownership such
as the risk of loss for collection, delivery or returns. Title passes to the customer upon receipt
of the product by the customer. In accordance with the Companys agreement with its customer,
further obligation is limited to the terms defined in its warranty.
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IMPAIRMENT In accordance with SFAS 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets, we review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability
of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to
future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be
impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of
the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower
of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE We utilize the allowance method for accounts receivable valuation,
providing for allowances for estimated uncollectible accounts receivable. Our financial instruments
that are exposed to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of uninsured cash, cash
equivalents and available-for-sale securities held at commercial banks and institutions primarily
in the United States and trade receivables from our customers. We routinely assess the financial
strength of our customers as part of our consideration of accounts receivable collectibility by
performing credit evaluations of customers. Trade receivables are not collateralized. We generally
grant credit terms to most customers ranging from 30 to 90 days.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS We account for our software development costs in accordance with
SFAS 86, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed.
This statement requires that, once technological feasibility of a developing product has been
established, all subsequent costs incurred in developing that product to a commercially acceptable
level be capitalized and amortized ratably over the estimated life of the product, which is 5
years. We have capitalized software development costs in connection with our haptic software
beginning in 2000. Amortization is computed on the straight-line basis over the remaining life
(five years) of our software platform.
INTERNAL USE SOFTWARE We have adopted Statement of Position (SOP) No. 98-1, Accounting for
the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use, during 2001, which requires
capitalization of certain costs incurred during the development of internal use software. On a
quarterly basis, we perform a review of our software expenditures to determine if any should be
capitalized.
INTANGIBLES Effective January 1, 2002, we adopted SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets. SFAS 142 requires intangible assets to be tested for impairment in accordance with SFAS
121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed
Of, which has been superseded by SFAS 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets. We perform a periodic review of our identified intangible assets to determine if facts and
circumstances exist which indicate that the useful life is shorter than originally estimated or
that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances do
exist, we assess the recoverability of identified intangible assets by comparing the projected
undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their
remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairment, if any, is based on the
excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets. After an impairment loss is
recognized, the adjusted carrying amount shall be its new accounting basis.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In May 2005, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS 154,
Accounting Changes
and Error Corrections
. This Statement replaces APB Opinion No. 20,
Accounting Changes
, and SFAS 3,
Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements
, and changes the requirements for the
accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 differentiates between
retrospective application and restatement. This Statement is effective for accounting changes and
corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. Early adoption is
permitted for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after the
date this Statement is issued. SFAS 154 does not change the transition provisions of any existing
accounting pronouncements, including those that are in a transition phase of the effective date of
this Statement. The Company is in the process of determining what impact, if any, the adoption of
the provisions of SFAS 154 will have on its financial condition or results of operations.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 153,
Exchange of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of
APB Opinion No. 29
. This Statement amends APB 29 to eliminate the exception for nonmonetary
exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of
nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. The Statement also revises the definition
of an exchange and added additional scope exceptions. SFAS 153 is effective prospectively for
nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Earlier
application
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is permitted. The Company is in the process of determining what impact, if any, the
adoption of the provisions of SFAS 153 will have on its financial condition or results of
operations.
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payments (Statement 123(R)). This Statement requires that the costs of employee
share-based payments be measured at fair value on the awards grant date using an option-pricing
model and recognized in the financial statements over the requisite service period. SFAS 123(R)
supersedes APB 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and its related interpretations, and
eliminates the alternative to use APB 25s intrinsic value method of accounting, which the Company
is currently using. SFAS 123(R) allows for two alternative transition methods. The first method is
the modified prospective application whereby compensation cost for the portion of awards for which
the requisite service has not yet been rendered that are outstanding as of the adoption date will
be recognized over the remaining service period. The compensation cost for that portion of awards
will be based on the grant-date fair value of those awards as calculated for pro forma disclosures
under SFAS 123, as originally issued. All new awards and awards that are modified, repurchased, or
cancelled after the adoption date will be accounted for under the provisions of Statement 123(R).
The second method is the modified retrospective application, which requires that the Company
restate prior period financial statements. The modified retrospective application may be applied
either to all prior periods or only to prior interim periods in the year of adoption of this
Statement. Novint is currently determining which transition method it will adopt and is evaluating
the impact Statement 123(R) will have on its financial position, results of operations, EPS and
cash flows when the Statement is adopted. SFAS 123(R) is effective for Novint for the first interim
or annual reporting period of the Companys first fiscal year beginning on or after December 15,
2005.
In addition, FSP FAS 123(R)-1, Classification and Measurement of Freestanding Financial
Instruments Originally Issued in Exchange for Employee Services under FASB Statement No. 123(R),
provides additional guidance regarding the accounting treatment for freestanding financial
instruments originally issued as employee compensation. Specifically, this instrument would be
subject to the recognition and measurement provisions of SFAS 123(R) throughout the instruments
life, provided the terms of the instrument are not modified after the rights conveyed by the
instrument no longer are dependent on whether the holder is an employee.
The guidance in this FSP supersedes FSP EITF 00-19-1, Applilcationa of EITF Issue No. 00-19 to
Freestanding Financial Instruments Originally Issued as Employee Compensation, and amends SFAS No.
133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Heding Activities. This FSP is effective upon
initial adoption of SFAS 123(R).
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Novint closed a funding round in February and May of 2004 in which we raised $3,049,000. We
have used a significant portion of the sources of cash to pay off certain liabilities including
notes payable, offering costs and salaries. However, if we are successful in developing our gaming
technology and video games business, and in developing partnerships with game publishers and
hardware manufacturers, we will need to raise approximately another $18 million in funding to
execute our current business plan with respect to our video games business. There can be no
assurances that we will be able to obtain any additional financing on favorable terms, if at all.
Borrowing money may involve pledging some or all of our assets. Raising additional funds by issuing
common stock or other types of equity securities would further dilute our existing shareholders.
Since inception, Novint has incurred net operating losses and other equity charges, which have
resulted in an accumulated deficit of $8,168,232 at December 31, 2005 and 4,752,221 at December 31,
2004. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, Novint had net losses totaling $3,386,405 and
$2,439,303, respectively. Since inception, management has raised equity totaling approximately $6.3
million through various private equity transactions and has approximately $42,000 in cash on hand
at December 31, 2005 and $1.329 million in cash on hand at December 31, 2004. Without additional
equity infusion or long term borrowings, there is substantial doubt as to the Companys ability to
continue as a going concern. Management believes they will need additional funding to supplement
their cash on hand along with revenues from project and product sales to allow Novint to satisfy
its short term obligations and provide enough cash flow for Novint to continue operations.
Management has the ability to curtail spending and negotiate or push back payments to third
parties, or settle such expenditures in stock in the event they experience cash shortfalls or in
the event the next round of funding does not occur or takes significantly longer than anticipated.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004.
REVENUES. During the year ended December 31, 2005, we had revenues of $362,097 as compared to
revenues of $312,129 during the year ended December 31, 2004, an increase of approximately 16%. The
increase was primarily due to during the year ended December 31, 2004, Novint had four employees
working on one contract while, during the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company had eight
employees working on three major contracts.
COST OF GOODS SOLD AND GROSS PROFIT (LOSS). Cost of Goods Sold, which consists of materials
purchased for resale to customers and the direct labor incurred for delivering on projects, were
$179,162 for the year ended December 31, 2005, compared to $253,414 for the year ended December 31,
2004. Our average gross profit percentage on contract activity was approximately 49% for the year
ended December 31, 2005, compared to 15%for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase in gross
profit percentage resulted as we gained efficiency in our project design and delivery effort and
were better able to meet contract requirements with less labor effort expended. In addition, during
the year ended December 31, 2004, the company experienced and recorded a loss on one of its
government contracts. A portion of the gross project loss recognized during the year ended December
31, 2004 was offset by profit from Phantoms sold. No Phantoms were sold during the year ended
December 31, 2005.
OPERATING EXPENSES. Operating expenses totaled $3,296,657 for the year ended December 31,
2005, compared to $2,309,003 for the year ended December 31, 2004, an increase of $987,654 or
42.7%. Included in the increase is approximately $603,837 in additional research and development
expenditures attributable to our current efforts to develop computer gaming technology. During the
year ended December 31, 2005, we had 11.5 full time equivalent employees (FTEs) as compared to 5
FTEs during the year ended December 31, 2004. A ratable portion of their salaries and benefits
were allocated to general and administrative expenses resulting in approximately $350,000 of
additional expense during 2005. Partially offsetting these increases are a decrease in professional
fees as the company completed its private placement efforts and finalizes its efforts to complete
its public filing, and a decrease in depreciation and amortization expenses as a result of the full
amortization of certain licensing agreements. Sales and marketing increased by approximately
$36,000 in relation to our efforts to market our computer gaming technology.
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS: We had a Loss from Operations of $3,113,722 for the year ended December
31, 2005, compared to a Loss from Operations of $2,250,288 for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Our net losses have increased as a result of the increase in our operating expenses as described
above.
NET
LOSS. We had a net loss of $3,386,405, or $0.24 per share, for the year ended December 31,
2005, compared to $2,439,303, or $0.19 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2004. In addition
to the increase in loss from operations the company incurred $86,000 in additional interest expense
attributable to a pay off of a note payable in 2004, and execution of additional notes payable in
2005. We believe that net losses will increase substantially in the short term as labor efforts and
associated costs are diverted from contracted and revenue-generating activities to research and
development activities for computer gaming design and development.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
financial statements are listed in the Index to Financial Statements
on page F-1.
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ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
Grant Thornton LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm who had been engaged by
the Company as the principal accountant to audit the Companys financial statements, was dismissed
effective February 21, 2006. On February 21, 2006, the Companys Board of Directors and Audit
Committee approved the engagement of AJ Robbins PC as the Companys new principal independent
accountant to audit the Companys financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2005.
The decision to change the Companys independent accountant from Grant Thornton LLP to AJ
Robbins PC was approved by the Companys Board of Directors and Audit Committee on February 18,
2006.
The report of Grant Thornton LLP on the financial statements of the Company as of and for the
years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of
opinion; however, the report issued on the financial statements for the years ended December 31,
2004 and 2003, was modified as to the Companys ability to continue as a going concern. During the
periods ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the interim period from January 1, 2005 through the
date of dismissal, the Company did not have any disagreements with Grant Thornton LLP on any matter
of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Grant Thornton LLP, would
have caused it to make a reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with
its reports.
Prior to engaging AJ Robbins PC, the Company had not consulted AJ Robbins, PC, regarding the
application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, completed or proposed, or the type
of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Companys financial statements.
As part of the December 31, 2004 and 2003 audits, we were advised by our former independent
registered public accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP, that there were certain material weaknesses
in internal controls and procedures related to the financial reporting process at December 31,
2004, and through the interim periods reviewed through September 30, 2005. As a result, for the
year ended December 31, 2004, audit and review of quarterly financial information through September
30, 2005, Grant Thornton LLP proposed, and Novint recorded, numerous adjusting journal entries and
additional disclosures to correct the financial statements.
ITEM
8A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
. Regulations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 require public companies to maintain disclosure controls and procedures,
which are defined to mean a companys controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure
that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms. Our Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
President, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of
our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on
those evaluations, as of the Evaluation Date, our CEO, President, and CFO believe:
(i) that our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the SECs rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and
(ii) that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(b)
Changes in Internal Controls
. There were no significant changes in our internal
controls or, to our knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect our internal
controls subsequent to the evaluation date.
ITEM 8B. OTHER INFORMATION
The Companys Registration Statement on Form SB-2 was declared effective on February 6, 2006.
The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form 8A under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
and became subject to the periodic reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934 during the first quarter of 2006. Accordingly, the
Company was not required to disclose information or file any reports on Form 8-K, and not did
report any information on a Form 8-K, during the fourth quarter of the year covered by this Form
10-KSB.
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PART III
ITEM
9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF
THE EXCHANGE ACT
The directors and executive officers of the Company and their ages at December 31, 2005 are as follows:
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Tom Anderson
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Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial
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Walter Aviles
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Chief Technical Officer
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Marvin Maslow
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Director
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Ed Barsis
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2000
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The directors named above will serve until the next annual meeting of our stockholders or
until their successors are duly elected and have qualified. Directors will be elected for one-year
terms at the annual stockholders meeting. Officers will hold their positions at the pleasure of the
board of directors, absent any employment agreement. There is no arrangement or understanding
between any of our directors or officers and any other person pursuant to which any director or
officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there is no arrangement, plan or
understanding as to whether non-management stockholders will exercise their voting rights to
continue to elect the current board of directors. There are also no arrangements, agreements or
understandings between non-management stockholders that may directly or indirectly participate in
or influence the management of our affairs other than a shareholders agreement between Manhattan
Scientifics, Tom Anderson and Novint whereby the parties agree: (i) to elect Tom Anderson and
Marvin Maslow as directors; (ii) that Manhattan Scientifics will have the right to elect 2 board
members; (iii) the fifth director shall be selected by the other 4 directors; (iv) to vote their
shares in Novint to maintain the ratio of ownership percentages in Novint owned by Anderson and
Manhattan Scientifics; (v) to give Novint a right of first refusal on any sale of Novint shares of
stock by Manhattan Scientifics; and (vi) when Novint becomes a public company, Manhattan
Scientifics agrees not to sell more than 3,000 Novint shares per trade upon the open market, nor
more than 15,000 Novint shares per day upon the open market, without the prior written consent of
Novint.
Biographical Information
Tom Anderson CEO, President, Acting CFO, and Chairman of the Board
. Tom
Anderson, our CEO, President and Chairman of the Board, is one of the earliest pioneers in 3D touch
software. He has led Novint over the past five years and has been responsible for overseeing all
aspects of its business development. He began his work on computer touch more than ten years ago at
Sandia National Laboratories using the first PHANTOM (the first haptics device of its kind) ever
sold. Mr. Anderson was the inventor and principal investigator during the five-year computer touch
project at Sandia responsible for developing the technology and applying it to important problems.
Mr. Anderson then worked to obtain an exclusive license to the Sandia Technology for Novint
Technologies. From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Anderson was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National
Laboratories. His responsibilities included software programming and haptic project development.
Sandia National Laboratories is a DOE National Research Laboratory. From 2000 to the present Mr.
Anderson serves as the CEO of Novint Technologies, Inc., responsibilities include all aspects of
running the company including overseeing product and project development, business development,
legal, accounting, hiring, management of employees, and company operations. Mr. Anderson has a BS
in Electrical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of New Mexico, and an MS in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, where he studied both computer interface
technology and business management.
Walt Aviles Chief Technical Officer
. Novints Chief Technical Officer,
Walter A. Aviles, has over 20 years of technical and managerial experience in commercial,
government and academic environments in the design and development of advanced, first of a kind,
human/machine interfaces, virtual environments and robotic systems. He holds undergraduate and
graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University and The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a founding member of the Virtual Environment and
Teleoperator Research Consortium (VETREC), an Associate Editor of the MIT Press journal Presence
and a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Chi engineering honor associations. From 1999 to 2000,
Mr. Aviles founded and operated Teneo Computing, Inc., where he worked on projects including: a
prototype dental cavity preparation simulator developed in collaboration with the Harvard
University School of Dentistry; a three-dimensional data understanding and editing system for
volumetric seismic data developed with Mobil Oil; and a computer interface for the blind research
system developed with NHK Television of Japan. Prior to founding Teneo Computing, from 1996 to
1999, Mr. Aviles was a Vice President of product development at SensAble Technologies in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, where he helped establish the corporations software group and developed the worlds
first commercial haptics software toolkit. He also spearheaded the development of real-time
techniques and commercial applications for interaction with volumetric models including the
FreeForm application.
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Marvin Maslow
. Marvin Maslow is the first board member after Tom Anderson,
and is the CEO of our principal investor, Manhattan Scientifics. Mr. Maslow has provided a strong
guiding hand in our early growth. From June 1990 through September 1996, Mr. Maslow served as chief
executive officer of Projectavision, Inc., a company he co-founded to develop and market video
projection technology. Since November 1996, Mr. Maslow has served as chief executive officer and
chairman of the board of Tamarack Storage Devices, Inc. From 1999 through 2002, Mr. Maslow served
as a director of NMXS.com, Inc. For more than 20 years, Mr. Maslow has been President of Normandie
Capital Corp., a private investment and consulting company. Mr. Maslow is credited with the
starting up and financing of more than 20 enterprises during his career. Mr. Maslow received an
A.A.S. degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957 and an honorable discharge from
the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1963. Mr. Maslow is the Chairman of the Board of Manhattan
Scientifics, Inc., a publicly traded company which is also one of our shareholders.
Dr. Edwin Barsis
. Dr. Edwin H. Barsis is a partner in BMV Associates, a consulting
firm he co-founded in 1995 that specializes in managerial consulting, technology assessment and
business development. Clients include new business ventures, large and small commercial
corporations and the US government. Previously, during a 26-year career at Sandia National
Laboratories, Dr. Barsis held positions on the technical staff and in senior management where he
was responsible for building and directing technical groups, managing the corporations R&D
investments and business development. He graduated from Cornell University with B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Physics; and subsequently served as a Captain in the US Army from 1967
to 1969.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among the directors and executive officers.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
None of the directors or executive officers has, during the past five years:
(a) Had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a
general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior
to that time;
(b) Been convicted in a criminal proceeding or subject to a pending criminal proceeding;
(c) Been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring,
suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures,
commodities or banking activities; and
(d) Been found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Securities and
Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state
securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of The Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers and
directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of our common stock to file reports of
ownership and change in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the exchange on
which the common stock is listed for trading. Executive officers, directors and more than ten
percent stockholders are required by regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act to furnish us
with copies of all Section 16(a) reports filed. To the Companys knowledge, based solely on review
of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company and written representation that no other
reports were required, the Companys officers, directors and greater than ten percent (10%)
shareholders complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements since the date our
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 was declared effective February 6, 2006.
Audit Committee
We currently have a separately designated Audit Committee. Our audit committee is comprised of
Mr. Marvin Maslow, a director and Mr. Ralph Anderson, who is not a director, or employee, or
consultant to the company. We believe Mr. Anderson is a financial expert as that term is defined
by the SEC.
The purposes of the audit committee are:
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- to oversee the quality and integrity of the financial statements and other financial information
we provide to any governmental body or the public;
- to oversee the independent auditors qualifications and independence;
- to oversee the performance of our independent auditors;
- to oversee our systems of internal controls regarding finance,
- accounting, legal compliance and ethics that management and the Board of Directors has
established or will establish in the future;
- to establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of employees and executives;
- complaints regarding accounting, internal controls, and other auditing matters and for the
confidential, anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting
or auditing matters;
- to provide an open avenue of communication among the independent auditors, financial and senior
management, the internal auditing department, and the board of directors, always emphasizing that
the independent auditors are accountable to the audit committee; and
- to perform such other duties as are directed by the board of directors.
Code of Ethics
The Company adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics as of March 31, 2006, which applies
to all employees, including the Companys principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions.
ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary of Compensation
The following executive compensation disclosure reflects all compensation awarded to, earned
by or paid to the executive officers below, for the last three completed fiscal years ended
December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003. The following table summarizes all compensation received by our
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Chief Financial Officer in fiscal years 2005,
2004, and 2003.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Annual Compensation
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Long - Term Compensation
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Other
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Options/SARs
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Tom Anderson
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2005
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$150,000
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Chief Executive
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2004
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$150,000
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500,000 Options
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2003
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$ 90,000
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Walter Aviles
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2005
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$155,000
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Chief Technical
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$155,000
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1,000,000 Options
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$100,000
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The following table shows all grants during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 of stock
options under our stock option plans to the named executive officers.
OPTIONS/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
(Individual Grants)
Percent of
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Walt Aviles
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Tom Anderson
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The following table provides information as to the number and value of unexercised options to
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common stock held by the named executive officers at December 31, 2005. During the year ended
December 31, 2004, Walt Aviles exercised options for 20,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.01
per share.
AGGREGATE OPTION/SAR EXERCISES AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION/SAR VALUE TABLE
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Tom Anderson
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3,100,000/400,000
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$3,100,000/$400,000
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Walt Aviles
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1,382,220/800,000
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LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS
We do not currently have any long term incentive plans.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors do not generally receive cash compensation for their services as directors, but are
to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending board meetings. There is no expressed cap for
such expenses and Novint will reimburse all such reasonable expenses incurred by its directors. In
2003, Mr. Edwin Barsis, a current director, and Mr. Scott L. Bach, a former director of Novint,
each received 15,152 shares of Novints common stock for services as directors of Novint.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE-IN-CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS
We have an employment agreement with our CEO, Tom Anderson. Under such agreement, he is
entitled to an annual base salary of $150,000 per year and cash bonus to be determined by Novint,
is subject to confidentiality provisions and is entitled to a severance of one year base salary if
he is terminated by Novint without cause. This agreement does not provide provisions covering a
change in control of Novint. The commencement date of this agreement is March, 2004.
We also have an employment agreement with our CTO, Walter Aviles. Under such agreement, he was
originally granted options to purchase 400,000 shares of Novints common stock, but options to
purchase 200,000 shares were cancelled, he is currently entitled to an annual base salary of
$155,000 per year and cash bonus to be determined by Novint, is subject to confidentiality
provisions and is entitled to a severance of two months base salary if he is terminated by Novint
without cause. This agreement does not provide provisions covering a change in control of Novint.
The commencement date of this agreement is November 11, 2000.
ITEM 11. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our
common stock as of March 9, 2006 by (i) each person who is known by us to own beneficially more
than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of our voting securities, (ii) each of our
director and executive officer, and (iii) all of our directors and executive officers as a group.
Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge, all persons listed below have sole voting and
investing power with respect to their shares of common stock, except to the extent authority is
shared by spouses under applicable community property laws, and, unless otherwise stated, their
address is 9620 San Mateo Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113.
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Tom Anderson
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6,790,118
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Walter Aviles
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2,182,220
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Ed Barsis
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118,867
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2,103,833
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1,137,500
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1,404,000
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Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities.
Shares of common stock subject to options, warrants or convertible securities exercisable or
convertible within 60 days of March 9, 2006, are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of
the person or entity holding such options, warrants or convertible securities but are not deemed
outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.
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Mr. Anderson is the CEO and owns 3,290,118 shares of our common stock and an option to
purchase 3,500,000 shares of our common stock, 3,000,000 of which at an exercise price of $0.05 per
share and 500,000 of which at an exercise price of $0.66 per share.
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Mr. Aviles is the CTO and owns options to purchase 82,220 shares at an exercise price of $0.01
per share and 1,100,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.05 per share of our common stock and
1,000,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.66 per share.
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Mr. Barsis is a Director.
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Mr. Maslow is a Director of Novint and is the CEO of Manhattan Scientifics which owns
2,061,410 shares of common stock. Includes an option to purchase 50,000 vested shares at an
exercise price of $0.66 per share. Under this option up to the amount of 50,000 shares will vest
annually on June 10 of each year until vested in full.
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Percentages are based on 16,841,845 shares of common stock issued and outstanding on March
9, 2006 plus options, warrants or convertible securities exercisable or convertible by directors
and executive officers in the group within 60 days of March 9, 2006.
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Includes up to 250,000 shares of common stock to be issued upon the exercise of a warrant
at an exercise price of $2.00 per share of common stock. Also includes 375,000 shares owned by
European Catalyst Fund Ltd, an entity under common control. The individual person who has or share
the power to vote and/or dispose of these securities and the securities of European Catalyst Fund
Ltd is Darius Parsi.
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Includes up to 125,000 shares of common stock to be issued upon the exercise of a warrant
at an exercise price of $2.00 per share of common stock. Also includes 750,000 shares owned by
Absolute Return Europe Fund, an entity under common control. The individual person who has or share
the power to vote and/or dispose of these securities and the securities of Absolute Return Europe
Fund is Darius Parsi.
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The individual person who has or shares the power to vote and/or dispose of these
securities is W.P.S. Richards
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Less than one percent.
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ITEM 12. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The following are the Companys reportable relationships or transactions during the last two
years:
In February 2004, we issued options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock to Walter
Aviles, our Chief Technology Officer, at an exercise price of $0.66 per share. Based on the value
of the common stock on the date of grant, the dollar value of the shares underlying the options was
$1,000,000.
In February 2004, we issued options to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock to Richard
Aviles, a former consultant and now an employee, with an exercise price of $0.66 per share. Mr.
Aviles is Mr. Walter Aviless brother. Mr. Walter Aviles is our Chief Technology Officer. Based on
the value of the common stock on the date of grant, the dollar value of the shares underlying the
options was $125,000. Mr. Richard Aviles compensation was increased to its current level of
$71,500.
In June 2004, Novint granted 500,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share, with a
5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to Tom Anderson, our Chief Executive
Officer. Based on the value of the common stock on the date of grant, the dollar value of the
shares underlying the options was $500,000.
In January 2005, we granted 75,000 options to purchase common stock at $0.66 per share to Bill
Anderson, an
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employee. Mr. Anderson is Tom Andersons brother. Tom Anderson is our Chief Executive
Officer. Based on the value of the common stock on the date of grant, the dollar value of the
shares underlying the options was $75,000.
In May 2005, we issued 5,000 shares of common stock to Ed Barsis, our Director, for consulting
services. Based on the value of the common stock on the date of grant, the dollar value of the
shares was $5,000.
In August and September 2005, the company obtained a bridge loan from ten individual investors
in the principal amount of $525,000. The loan will accrue interest at the rate of 12% per annum.
The loan is secured by the personal guaranty agreement of our President and Chief Executive
Officer, Mr. Tom Anderson, and is further secured by a pledge of up to 795,455 shares of common
stock of the company owned by him. No payments are due on the loan until August 2006. The value of
the pledged shares is equal to approximately $795,455 (based on a value of $1.00 per share), which
adequately secures the obligations and any related costs for interests, fees or collections on
default.
In March 2006, Novint granted 250,000 options at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, with a
5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to Mr. Bill Anderson, an employee. Mr.
Bill Anderson is Mr. Tom Andersons brother. Mr. Tom Anderson is our Chief Executive Officer. Based
on the value of the common stock on the date of grant, the dollar value of the shares underlying
the options was $250,000. In addition, Mr. Bill Andersons compensation was increased to its
current level of $75,000.
ITEM 13.
EXHIBITS
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Number
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Description
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3.1*
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Articles of Incorporation
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3.2*
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Bylaws
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3.3*
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Articles of Merger
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3.4*
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Certificate of Merger
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4.1*
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Articles of Incorporation (See Exhibit 3.1)
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10.1*
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License Agreement with Sandia; Amendments
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10.2*
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Lease for 9620 San Mateo
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10.3*
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Employment Agreement with Tom Anderson
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10.4*
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Employment Agreement with Walter Aviles
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10.5*
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2004 Incentive Stock Plan
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10.6*
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Shareholders Agreement
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10.7*
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Lock Up Agreement
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10.8*
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Miscellaneous Technical Services Agreement between Aramco Services Company and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.9*
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Contract Addendum between Aramco Services Company and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.10*
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Amendment to Contract between Aramco Services Company and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.11*
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Amendment to Contract between Aramco Services Company and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.12*
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Statement of Work between Chevron Corporation and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.13*
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Purchase Order from DaimlerChrylser Corporation
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10.14*
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Purchase Order # 94059 from LockheedMartin Corporation
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10.15*
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Purchase Order # 96996 from LockheedMartin Corporation
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Number
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Description
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10.16*
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Purchase Order # 97860 from LockheedMartin Corporation
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10.17*
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Purchase Order # Q50601685 from LockheedMartin Corporation
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10.18*
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Purchase Order # QQ060592 from LockheedMartin Corporation
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10.19*
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Purchase Order # Q50608809 from LockheedMartin Corporation
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10.20*
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Purchase Order #24232 from Sandia National Laboratories
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10.21*
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Purchase Order #27467 from Sandia National Laboratories
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10.22*
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Purchase Order #117339 from Sandia National Laboratories
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10.23*
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Purchase Order #250810 from Sandia National Laboratories
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10.24*
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Undersea Exploration Modeling Agreement between Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Novint
Technologies, Inc.
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10.25*
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Purchase Order for Lunar Design, Inc. dated April 7, 2005
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10.26*
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Sublicense Agreement between Manhattan Scientifics and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.27*
|
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License and Royalty Agreement between Manhattan Scientifics and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.28*
|
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Research Development and License Agreement between Manhattan Scientifics and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.29*
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Intellectual Property License Agreement with Force Dimension LLC
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10.30*
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Purchase Order with Lockheed Martin dated April 1, 2005
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10.31*
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Purchase Order with Lockheed Martin dated April 4, 2005
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10.32*
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Purchase Order with Lockheed Martin dated April 21, 2005
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10.33*
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Purchase Order with Deakin University dated April 6, 2004
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10.34*
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Purchase Order with Robarts Research dated September 24, 2004
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10.35*
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Purchase Order with University of New Mexico dated March 16, 2004
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10.36*
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Amendment to Agreement with Force Dimension Dated May 5, 2005
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10.37*
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Amendment to contract between Aramco Services Company and Novint Technologies, Inc.
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10.38
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Purchase Order with Lockheed Martin dated February 16, 2006
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10.39
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Amendment to Intellectual Property License Agreement with Force Dimension LLC dated March 9, 2006
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10.40
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Purchase Order with Lockheed Martin dated March 3, 2006
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14
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Code of Ethics
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23.1
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Consent of AJ Robbins PC
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23.2
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Consent of Grant Thornton PC
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31.1
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Certification Pursuant To Section 302 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
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31.2
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Certification Pursuant To Section 302 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
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32.1
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Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant To Section 906 Of The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
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32.2
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Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant To Section 906 Of The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
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*
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Filed with the Issuers Registration Statement on Form SB-2 on May 17, 2004, and as
subsequently amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
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All other exhibits are filed herewith.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The following table sets forth fees billed to us by our auditors during the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 for: (i) services rendered for the audit of our annual
financial statements and the review of our quarterly financial statements, (ii) services by our
auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial
statements and that are not reported as Audit Fees, (iii) services rendered in connection with tax
compliance, tax advice and tax planning, and (iv) all other fees for services rendered.
|
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December 31, 2005
|
|
|
December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) Audit Fees
|
|
$
|
166,435
|
|
|
$
|
135,465
|
|
(ii) Audit Related Fees
|
|
|
20,160
|
|
|
|
23,500
|
|
(iii) Tax Fees
|
|
|
14,988
|
|
|
|
2,249
|
|
(iv) All Other Fees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fees
|
|
$
|
201,583
|
|
|
$
|
161,214
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit Fees.
Consists of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit
of the financial statements of our company for each such fiscal year.
Audit-Related Fees.
Consists of fees billed for preparation and support of the audit
by our contract CFO.
Tax Fees.
Consists of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax
advice and tax planning.
All Other Fees.
Consist of fees for products and services other than the services
reported above.
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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F-2
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F-4
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F-6
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F-7
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F-8
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F-9
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F-1
AJ. ROBBINS, P.C.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
216 SIXTEENTH STREET
SUITE 600
DENVER, COLORADO 80202
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Novint Technologies, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Novint Technologies, Inc. as of
December 31, 2005, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders equity
(deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit 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 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 audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Novint Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2005, and
the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will
continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the
Company has experienced recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations and has both a
working capital and an accumulated deficit at December 31, 2005, that raise substantial doubt about
its ability to continue as a going concern. Managements plans in regard to these matters are
also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
results from the outcome of this uncertainty.
AJ. ROBBINS, P.C.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Denver, Colorado
March 17, 2006
F-2
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|
|
Accountants and Business Advisors
|
|
|
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors
Novint Technologies, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Novint Technologies, Inc. as of December 31,
2004 and 2003 and the related statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows for the
years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of Novints management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on 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 financial statements are free of material misstatement. The
Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control
over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial
reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but
not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control
over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Novint Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and
the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as
a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered
recurring losses from operations and has accumulated deficits that raise substantial doubt about
its ability to continue as a going concern. Managements plans in regard to these matters are also
described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result
from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 25, 2005
100 Sun Avenue
Suite 602
Albuquerque, NM 87109
T
505.855.7900
F
505.855.7938
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www.grantthornton.com
Grant Thornton LLP
US member of Grant Thornton International
F-3
Novint Technologies, Inc.
BALANCE SHEET
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2005
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
42,127
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
8,153
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
75,140
|
|
Deferred financing costs
|
|
|
4,032
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
129,452
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
|
|
|
|
|
Office equipment
|
|
|
48,841
|
|
Software
|
|
|
7,246
|
|
Computer equipment
|
|
|
205,336
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
261,423
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
220,283
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net property and equipment
|
|
|
41,140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
|
|
|
167,191
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
337,783
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-4
Novint Technologies, Inc.
BALANCE SHEET
(Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2005
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$
|
70,739
|
|
Accrued payroll related liabilities
|
|
|
79,570
|
|
Accrued royalties
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
Accrued interest
|
|
|
29,563
|
|
Accrued research and development liabilities
|
|
|
654,646
|
|
Accrued expenses related parties
|
|
|
23,471
|
|
Other accrued liabilities
|
|
|
12,023
|
|
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings
|
|
|
12,670
|
|
Convertible Notes payable
|
|
|
481,303
|
|
Notes payable
|
|
|
725,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
2,118,985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONDITIONALLY REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK, Series A: aggregate liquidation preferences, $100,000,
$0.01 par value; 4,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding
|
|
|
276,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT):
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, authorized 50,000,000 shares, $0.01 par value;
14,323,214 shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
143,232
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
6,534,975
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(8,168,232
|
)
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
(4,605
|
)
|
Unearned compensation
|
|
|
(562,898
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity (deficit)
|
|
|
(2,057,528
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity (deficit)
|
|
$
|
337,783
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-5
Novint Technologies, Inc.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Project
|
|
$
|
331,752
|
|
|
$
|
144,332
|
|
Product
|
|
|
30,345
|
|
|
|
167,797
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
362,097
|
|
|
|
312,129
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of goods sold:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Project
|
|
|
168,038
|
|
|
|
122,729
|
|
Product
|
|
|
11,124
|
|
|
|
130,685
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost of goods sold
|
|
|
179,162
|
|
|
|
253,414
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
182,935
|
|
|
|
58,715
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
1,341,710
|
|
|
|
737,873
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
1,707,166
|
|
|
|
1,329,003
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
123,526
|
|
|
|
154,791
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
124,255
|
|
|
|
87,336
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
3,296,657
|
|
|
|
2,309,003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(3,113,722
|
)
|
|
|
(2,250,288
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (income) expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
(3,023
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
275,706
|
|
|
|
189,015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net other expenses
|
|
|
272,683
|
|
|
|
189,015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(3,386,405
|
)
|
|
|
(2,439,303
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock accretion
|
|
|
(29,606
|
)
|
|
|
(101,332
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss available to
common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(3,416,011
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,540,635
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share, basic and diluted:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.19
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss available to
common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.19
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding,
basic and diluted
|
|
|
14,172,406
|
|
|
|
13,111,533
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F-6
Novint Technologies, Inc.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT)
For the Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conditionally Redeemable,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Preferred Stock
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Unearned
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
(Deficit)
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Compensation
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2003
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
$
|
145,388
|
|
|
|
|
10,028,026
|
|
|
$
|
100,280
|
|
|
$
|
2,147,028
|
|
|
$
|
(2,211,586
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,605
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,950
|
)
|
|
$
|
26,167
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued to consultants for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
320,000
|
|
|
|
3,200
|
|
|
|
316,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
320,000
|
|
Common stock issued for cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
378,788
|
|
|
|
3,788
|
|
|
|
246,212
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
Common stock and warrants issued in private
placement transaction, net of issuance costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,049,000
|
|
|
|
30,490
|
|
|
|
2,324,661
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,355,151
|
|
Options issued to employees for future services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
861,900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(861,900
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Options issued to consultants for future services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,574
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,574
|
|
Cancelled options for employees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27,200
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued upon exercise of options for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
Amortization of unearned compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92,670
|
|
|
|
92,670
|
|
Preferred stock accretion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101,332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(101,332
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(101,332
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,439,303
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,439,303
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2004
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
$
|
246,720
|
|
|
|
|
13,795,814
|
|
|
$
|
137,958
|
|
|
$
|
5,942,975
|
|
|
$
|
(4,752,221
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,605
|
)
|
|
$
|
(746,980
|
)
|
|
$
|
577,127
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued to consultants for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
527,400
|
|
|
|
5,274
|
|
|
|
505,976
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
511,250
|
|
Options issued to employees for future services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(68,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Options issued to consultants for future services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,407
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,407
|
|
Cancelled options for employees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(56,383
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56,383
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of unearned compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
195,699
|
|
|
|
195,699
|
|
Preferred stock accretion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,606
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29,606
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29,606
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,386,405
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,386,405
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2005
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
$
|
276,326
|
|
|
|
|
14,323,214
|
|
|
$
|
143,232
|
|
|
$
|
6,534,975
|
|
|
$
|
(8,168,232
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,605
|
)
|
|
$
|
(562,898
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,057,528
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F-7
Novint Technologies, Inc.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(3,386,405
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,439,303
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
123,526
|
|
|
|
154,791
|
|
Common stock issued for services
|
|
|
511,250
|
|
|
|
320,000
|
|
Options issued to consultants for services
|
|
|
74,407
|
|
|
|
73,573
|
|
Amortization of warrants issued in connection with notes payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
121,983
|
|
Issuance of convertible notes payable for research and development
|
|
|
481,303
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of unearned compensation
|
|
|
195,699
|
|
|
|
92,670
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(47,990
|
)
|
|
|
54,715
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
(156
|
)
|
|
|
17,250
|
|
Deferred financing costs
|
|
|
(4,032
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(139,011
|
)
|
|
|
195,860
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
180,118
|
|
|
|
287,207
|
|
Accrued interest
|
|
|
29,563
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses related party
|
|
|
23,471
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings
on contracts, net
|
|
|
3,271
|
|
|
|
33,789
|
|
Reserve for contract loss
|
|
|
(6,775
|
)
|
|
|
6,775
|
|
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings
on contracts, net
|
|
|
(47,185
|
)
|
|
|
59,855
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
(2,008,946
|
)
|
|
|
(1,020,835
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from (to) investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible expenditures
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(222,046
|
)
|
Property and equipment acquisitions
|
|
|
(3,355
|
)
|
|
|
(50,169
|
)
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
291,254
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
(3,355
|
)
|
|
|
19,039
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from (to) financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,299,000
|
|
Expenditures for prepaid private placement issuance fees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(400,095
|
)
|
Proceeds from notes payable
|
|
|
725,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment of notes payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(600,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
725,000
|
|
|
|
2,299,105
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(1,287,301
|
)
|
|
|
1,297,309
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
1,329,428
|
|
|
|
32,119
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
42,127
|
|
|
$
|
1,329,428
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash: Issuance and modification of warrants for private placement fees
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
620,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and Development paid with Note Payable
|
|
$
|
481,303
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
61,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value accretion on conditionally redeemable, convertible preferred stock
|
|
$
|
29,606
|
|
|
$
|
101,332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F-8
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 1 NATURE OF BUSINESS
Novint Technologies, Inc. (the Company or Novint) was originally incorporated in the State of
New Mexico in April 1999. On February 26, 2002, the Company changed its state of incorporation to
Delaware by merging with Novint Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation. This merger was
accounted for as a reorganization of the Company. The Company currently is engaged in the
development and sale of haptics products and equipment, including installation services and
support, to production and manufacturing companies in the United States. e-Touch is a software
program designed to utilize haptics (the sense of touch) equipment, using sight and sound to enable
3D interaction for the user of a computer. The Companys efforts primarily are concentrated on the
development and marketing of e-Touch applications. The Company plans to expand into the consumer
interactive computer gaming market, which is a substantial departure from its current business of
offering product development services and limited sales of haptic technology. The Companys
operations are based in New Mexico with sales primarily to private entities and quasi-governmental
agencies in the United States.
Going Concern and Managements Plans
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of
the Company as a going concern. The Company has experienced recurring losses and operated with
negative working capital and, as a result, there exists substantial doubt about its ability to
continue as a going concern.
Since inception, the Company has incurred net operating losses and other equity charges, which have
resulted in an accumulated deficit of $8,168,232 at December 31, 2005 and $4,752,221 at December
31, 2004. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had a net loss of $3,386,405
and $2,439,303, respectively. Since inception, management has raised equity totaling approximately
$5.2 million through various private equity transactions and had approximately $42,000 and
$1,329,000 in cash on hand at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.
During 2004, the Company closed a private placement in which the Company raised $3,049,000. The
Company has used a significant portion of the sources of cash to pay off certain liabilities
including notes payable that were outstanding at December 31, 2003, offering costs, research and
development costs and salaries.
If the Company is successful in developing its gaming technology and video games business, and
in developing partnerships with game publishers and hardware manufacturers, it will need to raise
another $15 million in funding to execute its current business plan with respect to its video
gaming business. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to obtain any additional
funding on favorable terms, if at all. Borrowing money may involve pledging some or all of the
Companys assets. Raising additional funds by issuing common stock or other types of equity
securities would further dilute the existing shareholders. Without additional equity infusion or
long-term borrowings, there is substantial doubt of the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern. Management believes it will need additional funding to supplement its cash on hand along
with revenues from project and product sales to allow the Company to satisfy its
short-term obligations and provide enough cash flow for the Company to continue operations.
Management has the ability to curtail spending and negotiate or push back payments to third parties
or settle such expenditures in stock in the event it experiences cash shortfalls or in the event
the next round of funding does not occur or takes significantly longer than anticipated. The
accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and
F-9
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 1 NATURE OF BUSINESS (Continued)
classification of recorded assets, or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be
necessary in the event the Company cannot continue in existence. These factors raise substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Use of Estimates
In preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include
the fair value of the Companys common stock and the fair value of options and warrants to purchase
common stock, and depreciation and amortization.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three
months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Marketable Equity Securities
The Company classifies marketable equity securities as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale
investments are recorded at fair value determined based on quoted market prices with unrealized
gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported as a separate component of other comprehensive
loss in the accompanying statements of operations. Declines in the fair value of available-for-sale
securities below their cost that are deemed to be other than temporary are reflected in earnings as
realized losses. Fair market values are based on quoted market prices. Realized gains and losses on
the sale of securities are recorded on the trade date and are determined using the specific
identification method. Due to the immaterial amount of the marketable equity securities held by the
Company at December 31, 2005 , they have been reported as prepaid expenses and other current assets
in the accompanying balance sheets. The Company did not record any change in the value of these
marketable equity securities during the years ended December 31, 2005 or 2004.
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounts Receivable/Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company utilizes the allowance method for accounts receivable valuation, providing for
allowances for estimated uncollectible accounts receivable. The Company routinely assesses the
financial strength of its customers as part of its consideration of accounts receivable
collectibility by performing credit evaluations of customers. Trade receivables are not
collateralized. The Company generally grants credit terms to most customers ranging from 30 to 90
days. As of December 31, 2005 the Companys trade receivables were substantially due from
government contractors located in the United States. At December 31, 2005 management believes all
receivables are collectible; therefore, no allowances have been provided.
The Companys financial instruments that are exposed to concentration of credit risk consist
primarily of uninsured cash, cash equivalents held at commercial banks and institutions primarily
in the United States, and trade receivables from the Companys customers. The Company maintains all
cash in bank accounts, which at times may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not
experienced a loss in such accounts. At December 31, 2005, all of the Companys cash with its
financial institution were fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
F-10
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Companys revenues were substantially
attributable to a government agency headquartered in New Mexico and several government contractors
located in the United States. Following is a summary of the Companys customers with sales over
10%, and the percentage of these sales to total sales for the years ended December 31, 2005 and
2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
%
|
|
Lockheed Martin Perry
|
|
$
|
206,065
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sandia National Laboratories
|
|
|
48,545
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
84,145
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
Aramco
|
|
|
77,142
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
63,690
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
University of New Mexico
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,177
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Roberts Research
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49,625
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Companys financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accrued liabilities, accounts payable and notes payable are carried at historical cost, which
approximates their fair value because of the short-term maturities or repayment terms of these
instruments. Marketable equity securities are carried at fair value.
Advertising Costs
Advertising is expensed as incurred. The Company did not incur advertising expense in 2005 and
2004.
Software Development Costs
The Company accounts for its software development costs in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) Number 86, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold,
Leased, or Otherwise Marketed. This statement requires that, once technological feasibility of a
developing product has been established, all subsequent costs incurred in developing that product
to a commercially acceptable level be capitalized and amortized ratably over the estimated life of
the product, which is generally 5 years. The Company has capitalized software development costs in
connection with e-touch beginning in 2000. Amortization is computed on the straight-line basis
over the remaining life (5 years) of the e-touch platform. As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the
Companys capitalized software development costs, net of amortization, totaled zero . The Company
has determined that research and development software related costs incurred during 2005 and 2004
are not capitalizable as the technological feasibility of such products has not yet been
established. Accordingly, such costs have been expensed as research and development expenses in the
period incurred.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is calculated on
a straight-line depreciation method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from
3 to 5 years for software and computer equipment, and 5 years for office equipment. Repairs and
maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. The Company follows Statement of Position (SOP) No.
98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use, which
requires capitalization of certain costs incurred during the development of internal use software.
Through December 31, 2005, capitalizable costs incurred have not been significant for any
development projects. Accordingly, the Company has charged all costs to research and development
expense in the periods incurred. Depreciation expense was $49,359 and $62,791 for the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets, which consist of licensing agreements ($880,000) and patents ($10,734), are
carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed using the straight-line
method over the economic life of the assets, which range between 3 and 12 years. For the years
ended December 31, 2005
F-11
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
and 2004, the Company recognized amortization expense of approximately $74,167 and $92,000,
respectively, related to intangible assets.
The Company follows the provisions of SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS 142
requires intangible assets to be tested for impairment in accordance with SFAS 121, Accounting for
the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-
Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of, which has been superseded by SFAS 144, Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. The Company performs a periodic review of its
identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances exist which indicate that the
useful life is shorter than originally estimated or that the carrying amount of assets may not be
recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, The Company assesses the recoverability of
identified intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with
the related asset or group of assets over the remaining lives against the respective carrying
amounts. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of
those assets. After an impairment loss is recognized, the adjusted carrying amount shall be its new
accounting basis. No impairment loss was recorded in 2005 or 2004. Annual amortization of
intangible assets remaining at December 31, 2005, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
74,167
|
|
2007
|
|
|
71,666
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
2010 and after
|
|
|
16,358
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
167,191
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of
In accordance with SFAS 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,
The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability
of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to
future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be
impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of
the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower
of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. No impairment loss was recorded in 2005 or
2004.
Revenue and Cost Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of software products under the provisions of SOP 97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition, as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9. SOP 97-2 generally requires that
revenue recognized from software arrangements be allocated to each element of the arrangement based
on the relative vendor specific objective evidence of fair values of the elements, such as software
products, upgrades, enhancements, post contract customer support, installation or training. Under
SOP 97-2, if the determination of vendor specific objective evidence of fair value for each element
of the arrangement does not exist, all revenue from the arrangement is deferred until such time
that evidence does exist or until all elements of the arrangement are delivered.
SOP 97-2 was amended in December 1998 by SOP 98-9, Modification of SOP 97-2 Software Revenue
Recognition with Respect to Certain Transactions. SOP 98-9 clarified what constitutes vendor
specific
objective evidence of fair value and introduced the concept of the residual method for allocating
revenue to elements in a multiple element arrangement.
F-12
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
The Companys revenue recognition policy is as follows:
Project revenue consists of programming services provided to unrelated parties under fixed-price
contracts. Revenues from fixed price programming contracts are recognized in accordance with SOP
81-1, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts, and
Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) 45, Long-Term Construction-Type Contracts, using the
percentage-of-completion method, measured by the percentage of costs incurred to date compared with
the total estimated costs for each contract. The Company accounts for these measurements in the
accompanying balance sheets under costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on contracts
and billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on contracts. Provisions for estimated
losses on uncompleted contracts are made and recorded in the period in which the loss is
identified.
Revenue from product sales relates to the sale of the Phantom haptics interface, which is a
human-computer user interface (the Phantom). The Phantom allows the user to experience sensory
information when using a computer and its handle and is the approximate size and shape of a writing
instrument. Phantoms are manufactured by an unrelated party and are shipped directly to the
customer.
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-10, Accounting for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs,
require amounts billed to a customer in a sales transaction related to shipping and handling, if
any, to be classified and accounted for as revenues earned for the goods provided whereas shipping
and handling costs incurred by a company are required to be classified as cost of sales. The
Companys costs associated with shipping product items to the Companys customers are included in
the Companys Cost of Goods Sold. The Company does not charge a separate or additional fee for
shipment to their customers, rather this fee is included in the price and, therefore, part of the
Companys product revenue. No provision for sales returns has been provided in these financial
statements as the Company has never had a sales return.
EITF 01-14, Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements Received for Out-of-Pocket
Expenses Incurred, requires reimbursements received for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while
providing services to be characterized in the statements of operations as revenue. The Companys
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their project revenues are recognized in
revenues based on a computed overhead rate that is included in their project labor costs to derive
a project price.
In accordance with EITF 99-19, Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent, the
Company recognizes its product sales on a gross basis. The Company is
responsible for fulfillment, including the acceptability of the product ordered. The Company has
risks and rewards of ownership such as the risk of loss for collection, delivery or returns. Title
passes to the customer upon receipt of the product by the customer. In accordance with the
Companys agreement with its customer, further obligation is limited to the terms defined in its
warranty.
The Companys customers are provided a warranty from the Companys supplier. This warranty
guarantees that the suppliers products shall be free from manufacturing defects. The supplier
agrees to provide, free of charge, replacements for any components found to be defective within 1
year of delivery. The Companys customers also have the option of purchasing a Maintenance Renewal,
which extends the suppliers warranty coverage for the following year. The Companys supplier
handles all administration and actual repairs provided for under the basic and renewal programs
and, therefore, the Company has not recorded a warranty accrual. To date, the Companys customers
have not purchased a Maintenance Renewal.
F-13
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Income Taxes
In accordance with SFAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, the Company accounts for income taxes
under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the
future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying
amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating loss and
tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates
expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected
to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
Loss per Common Share
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128
, Earnings Per Share
, (SFAS 128) provides for
the calculation of Basic and Diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share includes no
dilution and is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the period. All potentially dilutive securities
have been excluded from the computations since they would be antidilutive. However, these dilutive
securities could potentially dilute earnings per share in the future. As of December 31, 2005 and
2004, the Company had a total of 10,251,338 and 9,891,338, respectively, in potentially dilutive
securities.
Stock Option Plans
The Company applies the intrinsic value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,
(APB 25) and related
interpretations in accounting for the recognition and measurement of its fixed-plan stock options.
As such, unearned compensation is recorded on the date of grant if the current market price of the
underlying stock exceeds the exercise price and is amortized over the service period. For the years
ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, amortization of unearned compensation approximates $196,000 and
$93,000, respectively.
SFAS 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
, established accounting and disclosure
requirements using a fair value-based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation
plans. As permitted by SFAS 123, the Company has elected to continue to apply the intrinsic
value-based method of accounting described above and has adopted the disclosure-only requirements
of SFAS l23. In accordance with the provisions of SFAS 148,
Accounting for Stock-Based
CompensationTransition and Disclosure
, the Company has disclosed the effect on net income and
earnings per share if the fair value-based method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested
awards in each period. The following table illustrates the effect on net loss to common
stockholders if the Company had applied the fair value-recognition provisions of SFAS 123 to all
stock-based employee compensation for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004. Net loss per
share has been calculated after the accretion of the preferred stock:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Net loss available to common shareholders, as reported
|
|
$
|
(3,416,011
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,540,635
|
)
|
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in
reported net income
|
|
|
195,699
|
|
|
|
92,670
|
|
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense
determined under fair value-based method for all awards
|
|
|
(332,008
|
)
|
|
|
(175,516
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net loss available to common shareholders
|
|
$
|
(3,552,320
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,623,481
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss available to common shareholders per share, basic and
diluted:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.19
|
)
|
Pro forma
|
|
$
|
(0.25
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
F-14
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
In calculating the fair value of options for the above pro forma disclosure, the following
assumptions were used for stock options issued during the years of 2005 and 2004: fair market value
of $1.00 per share, risk-free rates ranged from 1.73% to 3.66%, volatility of the options ranged
from 73% to 91%, estimated lives of 3 to 10 years and exercise prices ranged from $0.50 to $0.66
per share.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to $1,341,710 and $737,873 for
the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Research and development costs primarily
relate to costs incurred for development of haptics interface gaming technology prior to the
technological feasibility of such technology.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has adopted all accounting pronouncements issued before December 31, 2005, which are
applicable to the Company.
In May 2005, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS 154,
Accounting Changes and
Error Corrections
. This Statement replaces APB Opinion No. 20,
Accounting Changes
, and SFAS 3,
Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements
, and changes the requirements for the
accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 differentiates between
retrospective application and restatement. This Statement is effective for accounting changes and
corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. Early adoption is
permitted for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after the
date this Statement is issued. SFAS 154 does not change the transition provisions of any existing
accounting pronouncements, including those that are in a transition phase of the effective date of
this Statement. The Company is in the process of determining what impact, if any, the adoption of
the provisions of SFAS 154 will have on its financial condition or results of operations.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 153,
Exchange of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB
Opinion No. 29
. This Statement amends APB 29 to eliminate the exception for nonmonetary exchanges
of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary
assets that do not have commercial substance. The Statement also revises the definition of an
exchange and added additional scope exceptions. SFAS 153 is effective prospectively for nonmonetary
asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Earlier application is
permitted. The Company is in the process of determining what impact, if any, the adoption of the
provisions of SFAS 153 will have on its financial condition or results of operations.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payments
(SFAS 123(R)). This
Statement requires that the costs of employee share-based payments be measured at fair value on the
awards grant date using an option-pricing model and recognized in the financial statements over
the requisite service period. SFAS 123(R) supersedes APB 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees
, and its related interpretations, and eliminates the alternative to use APB 25s
intrinsic value-method of accounting, which the Company currently is using. SFAS 123(R) allows for
two alternative transition methods. The first method is the modified prospective application
whereby compensation cost for the portion of awards for which the requisite service has not yet
been rendered that are outstanding as of the adoption date will be recognized over the remaining
service period. The compensation cost for that portion of awards will be based on the grant-date
fair value of those awards as calculated for pro forma disclosures
under SFAS 123, as originally issued. All new awards and awards that are modified, repurchased or
cancelled after the adoption date will be accounted for under the provisions of SFAS 123(R). The
second method is the modified retrospective application, which requires that the Company restate
prior-period financial statements. The modified retrospective application may be applied either to
all prior periods or
F-15
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
only to prior interim periods in the year of adoption of this Statement. The Company currently is
determining which transition method it will adopt and is evaluating the impact SFAS 123(R) will
have on its financial position, results of operations, EPS and cash flows when the Statement is
adopted. SFAS 123(R) is effective for the Company for the first interim or annual reporting period
of the Companys first fiscal year that begins on or after December 15, 2005.
In addition, FSP FAS 123(R)-1,
Classification and Measurement of Freestanding Financial Instruments
Originally Issued in Exchange for Employee Services under FASB Statement No. 123(R)
, provides
additional guidance regarding the accounting treatment for freestanding financial instruments
originally issued as employee compensation. Specifically, this instrument would be subject to the
recognition and measurement provisions of SFAS 123(R) throughout the instruments life, provided
the terms of the instrument are not modified after the rights conveyed by the instrument no longer
are dependent on whether the holder is an employee.
The guidance in this FSP supersedes FSP EITF 00-19-1,
Application of EITF Issue No. 00-19 to
Freestanding Financial Instruments Originally Issued as Employee
Compensation, and amends SFAS No.
133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities. This FSP is effective upon
initial adoption of SFAS 123(R). The Company is in the process of determining what impact, if any,
the adoption of the provisions of FSP FAS 123(R)-1 will have on its financial condition or results
of operations.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2004 balances in order to conform to the 2005
presentation.
NOTE 3 MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES
At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company held 8,284 shares of Manhattan Scientifics, Inc.
(Manhattan) common stock. There were no services paid with Manhattan marketable equity securities
during the year ended December 31, 2005.
As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the marketable equity securities had an original cost of $5,102,
gross unrealized losses of $4,605 and a fair value of $497. There have been no substantial changes
in the fair value of such securities during 2005. The Companys marketable equity securities are
carried at fair value and are included in prepaid and other current assets in the accompanying
financial statements.
There were no sales of marketable securities during the years ended December 31, 2005 or 2004.
F-16
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 4 COSTS AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS IN EXCESS OF BILLINGS ON CONTRACTS AND BILLINGS IN EXCESS OF
COSTS AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS ON CONTRACTS
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on contracts consisted of the following at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
Costs and estimated earnings incurred on uncompleted contracts
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Billings on uncompleted contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on contracts consisted of the following at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
Billings on uncompleted contracts
|
|
$
|
(75,000
|
)
|
Costs and estimated earnings incurred on uncompleted contracts
|
|
|
62,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on
uncompleted contracts
|
|
$
|
(12,670
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 5 INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets consisted of the following at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
Licensing agreements
|
|
$
|
880,000
|
|
Patent
|
|
|
10,734
|
|
Less accumulated amortization
|
|
|
(723,543
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
167,191
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 6 NOTES PAYABLE
In November 2003, the Company issued a promissory note of $500,000, which was secured by all of the
Companys assets, with an interest rate of 12% per annum and maturing in May 2004. In conjunction
with the issuance of the $500,000 promissory note, the Company issued a warrant for the purchase of
500,000 shares of the Companys common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share. Additionally,
in consideration for providing the bridge loan, the Company paid interest in the amount of $60,000.
The warrant expires in November 2013. The Company calculated the relative fair value of the warrant
to be approximately $183,000 using the Black-Scholes model based on the following assumptions: a
risk-free rate of 4.31%, volatility of 86%, contractual life of 10 years and a common stock fair
market value of $0.66 per share. As these warrants were issued in connection with a note, the value
of the warrant was recorded as a debt discount. The note was paid in full during 2004 and this
discount of $122,000 was charged to interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2004.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, management executed a number of bridge loans. The first
loan for $200,000 has an original due date of March 7, 2006 and a stated interest rate of 20% or
$20,000 for the first six months outstanding. The note has the option to extend for one year under
certain conditions with an interest rate of 12%. These conditions have been met and the due date of
this note is September 8, 2006.
The remaining bridge loans ranged from $15,000 to $150,000. These notes will be due one year from
the date of issuance at a stated interest rate of 12%. The first loan in the amount of $200,000 is
secured by the personal guaranty agreement of the Companys President and CEO and by a pledge of up
to 795,455 shares of common stock of the Company owned by him. These amounts are reflected in total
in the amount of $725,000 in the accompanying balance sheet as notes payable. Accrued interest in
the amount of $29,563 related to these notes payable is recorded in the accompanying balance sheet.
The additional bridge loans
F-17
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 6 NOTES PAYABLE (Continued)
are also secured by the personal guaranty of the Companys President and CEO and by a pledge of
common stock of the Company owned by him. Subsequent to December 31, 2005, $525,000 of the
$725,000 in notes payable outstanding were paid in full with the issuance of 1,250,002 shares of
the Companys common stock.
NOTE 7 CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
On March 22, 2005, the Company executed a convertible promissory note in the amount of $123,222 to
Lunar Design for the costs incurred during January 2005 associated with contracted research and
development efforts. The terms of the promissory note include payment due March 22, 2006, in part
or in whole in cash during the time prior to maturity date. If the promissory note is not paid in
full in cash at the promissory notes maturity date, the Company will convert the unpaid balance of
the note into shares of the Companys common stock at the price per share equal to the last sale
price of the Companys common stock on the maturity date, or on the last business day prior to the
maturity date. Additional promissory notes in the amount of $358,081 with the same terms were
executed for the costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2005. These additional notes
are due throughout the year ended December 31, 2006.
NOTE 8 INCOME TAXES
A reconciliation of income tax expense using the statutory federal and state income tax rates is as
follows for the years ended December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Income tax benefit at statutory rate
|
|
$
|
(1,151,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
(829,000
|
)
|
State income taxes
|
|
|
(163,000
|
)
|
|
|
(117,000
|
)
|
Increase in valuation allowance
|
|
|
1,314,000
|
|
|
|
946,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes reflect the tax consequences on future years for differences between the tax
basis of assets and liabilities and their basis for financial reporting purposes. Temporary
differences giving rise to the current deferred tax asset and liability primarily relate to
accrual-to-cash adjustments as the Company follows the accrual basis of accounting for financial
reporting but the cash basis for tax purposes. The other major temporary timing differences giving
rise to the non-current deferred tax asset are net operating loss carryforwards. The temporary
differences giving rise to the non-current deferred tax liability consist of the software costs
that have been capitalized for financial reporting purposes but are deductible for tax reporting
purposes.
Deferred income taxes reflect the tax consequences on future years of differences between the tax
basis of assets and liabilities and their basis for financial reporting purposes. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
$
|
2,795,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,604,000
|
|
Accrual-to-cash adjustment
|
|
|
320,000
|
|
|
|
324,000
|
|
Options granted for services
|
|
|
105,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
23,000
|
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(3,243,000
|
)
|
|
|
(1,929,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-18
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 8 INCOME TAXES (Continued)
As a result of the significant net losses incurred since inception and the likelihood of being able
to utilize these losses is not presently determinable, the Company has recorded a valuation
allowance to fully reserve its net deferred tax asset.
At December 31, 2005, the Company has available unused state and federal operating loss
carryforwards of approximately $6 million that may provide future tax benefits, expiring between
2005 and 2009 for state taxes and 2020 through 2025 for federal taxes, as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
State
|
|
NOL carryforward expiration:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
910,013
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
408,177
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
562,930
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
726,425
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,068,623
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
5,685,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,685,000
|
|
|
$
|
5,676,168
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 9 GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE BREAKOUT
The breakout by major category (categories greater than 5% of the 2005 and 2004, total general and
administrative expense balance) are listed below for the respective years ended December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Consultant and employee compensation
|
|
$
|
1,141,213
|
|
|
$
|
889,931
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
378,606
|
|
|
|
292,435
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
84,429
|
|
|
|
24,037
|
|
Remaining (accounts not greater than 5%)
|
|
|
102,918
|
|
|
|
122,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,707,166
|
|
|
$
|
1,329,003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 10 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
From time to time, in the normal course of business, the Company is subject to routine litigation
incidental to its business. Although there can be no assurances as to the ultimate disposition of
any such matters, it is the opinion of management, based upon the information available at this
time, that there are no matters, individually or in the aggregate, that will have a material
adverse effect on the results of operations and financial condition of the Company.
In connection with a private placement closed in 2004, the Company committed to issue 304,900
warrants for an overallotment agreement with a consulting group for private placement services. The
warrants will have an exercise price of $1.00 per share and will have a six-month term. The date of
issue will be coincident with the date of Novints IPO. As of December 31, 2005 the Company was
currently undergoing IPO procedures, these warrants are not deemed outstanding as of December 31,
2005. The Companys registration statement was declared effective on February 6, 2006 and in
conjunction with its effectiveness, the Company granted the above options.
The Company has a licensing agreement with Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), which initially
developed Flight, the precursor to e-TouchTM (the technology) and employed the Companys founder.
The licensing agreement provides the Company the right to utilize the technology exclusively for a
period of 12 years and non-exclusively in perpetuity and places certain restrictions on its use as
well as requires the Company to pay a 1.5 percent royalty fees to Sandia in connection with any
income earned based upon the technology. Additionally, under the original agreement, the Company is
obligated to pay to Sandia on a
F-19
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 10 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)
semi-annual basis annual minimum earned royalties of $6,000 in 2001, $14,000 in 2002, $24,000 in
2003 and $30,000 from 2004 through 2011. The agreement was amended on June 29, 2005, modifying the
royalty payment terms such that the Company will pay royalties of $40,000 for 2001 and 2002,
$24,000 in 2003, 30,000 shares of the Companys Common Stock in 2004, and $30,000 for 2005. Novint
had paid all cash amounts due and issued the agreed shares of common stock for its obligations
through 2004 as of December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2005 the Company had accrued $30,000 in
royalty fees owed to Sandia under the royalty agreement.
The Sandia agreement also allows for sublicensure of the technology to others, which was provided
to Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. (Manhattan), one of the Companys shareholders, under an agreement
dated June 24, 2000. This agreement was superseded by the Final License and Royalty Agreement dated
May 16, 2001, through which, Manhattan acquired all of the shares of Teneo. Manhattan then entered
into an agreement with the Company concerning Teneos intellectual property. The agreement between
the Company and Manhattan, also dated May 16, 2001, grants an exclusive right to all of the
intellectual property previously held by Teneo and grants Manhattan an exclusive right to all
Novint intellectual property within a particular Field of Use.
Under this agreement, Novint is entitled to a 5% royalty on net revenues derived from such
sublicense. Any previous agreements granting the Companys intellectual property to Manhattan were
superseded.
From the date of the agreement through December 31, 2005, the Company had not earned or received
royalties associated with this agreement.
The Company has an agreement with Lunar Design, a product design firm, to design and develop its
haptics game controller. The current statement of work outlines the delivery of a final prototype
in August 2005 as well as provides for additional projects as agreed to by the parties through
2006. The prototype was delivered in October 2005. In addition, Lunar Design will provide support
for the Companys manufacturing partner for design problems or other trade-offs encountered in
creating the manufacturing prototype. Estimated project costs for the prototype will range between
approximately $542,000 and $634,000 and will be billed on a time-and-materials basis. Lunar Design
has agreed to accept payment in the form of cash, promissory note or Novint common stock. As of
December 31, 2005, the Company had made payments to Lunar Design for incurred costs of
approximately $424,000 under this agreement. At December 31, 2005, the Company has recorded accrued
research and development liabilities in the accompanying balance sheet due to Lunar Design of
$189,646 and convertible notes payable in the amount of $481,303.
Such costs have been expensed as research and development expenses.
On January 5, 2004, the Company entered into an exclusive Intellectual Property License Agreement
(Agreement) with Force Dimension, a company in the haptics hardware technologies and products
field. The Agreement provides the Company with a sublicense to a hardware patent and an assignment
of a pending patent from Force Dimension. The Agreement, in turn, provides Force Dimension a
security interest and a general lien in the assigned patent as well as an irrevocable, exclusive
license in the patent that has been assigned to the Company. On May 10, 2005, the Company amended
its contract with Force Dimension, Inc. to provide for: a license fee in the amount of $15,000 due
on the effective date; the payment of a milestone payment in the amount of $50,000 within ten days
of the contract amendments effective date; a license fee in the amount of $50,000 within 30 days
of the Companys IPO; and a support
and license fee in the amount of $455,000 due no later than January 5, 2006, for all technical and
support services rendered to the Company during such time period for total payments of $620,000.
In addition, the Company was to issue 250,000 shares of the Companys common stock within 30 days
of the contract amendments effective date as consideration for extending the payment terms of the
agreement. These shares of stock were issued to Force Dimension on May 12, 2005, and have been
accounted for as a
F-20
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 10 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)
financing cost related to a modification of Novints payment terms. The fair value of the stock
issued is $250,000 and is reflected as interest expense in the amount of $245,968 for the year
ended December 31, 2005, and as a deferred financing cost in the amount of $4,032 in the balance
sheet at December 31, 2005. The deferred financing cost are being amortized to interest expense
through January 5, 2006, the maturity date of this obligation to Force Dimension.
On March 9, 2006 the Company issued 607,500 shares of its common stock to Force Dimensions in full
satisfaction of the remaining $465,000 owed as of December 31, 2005.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company paid $15,000 to Force Dimensions for the
license fee in the amount of $15,000 due on the effective date. During 2005, Novint paid $140,000
to Force Dimension, representing a portion of the $50,000 milestone payment originally due to Force
Dimension upon or before Novints receipt of the Second Deliverable as described in the original
agreement, the $50,000 milestone payment due on the amendments effective date, and $50,000
representing a portion of the licensing fees due. The Second Deliverable was received by Novint on
December 30, 2004. The remaining amount of $465,000 due to Force Dimensions is recorded as accrued
research and development liabilities on the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2005.
The Agreement requires Novint to pay up to $15 million to Force Dimension, including the amounts
above, on a per unit of Licensed Product basis for license fees, royalties and a percentage of
product sales after the product becomes technologically feasible. In addition, Novint is entitled
to 5% license fees/royalties for any licensed products sold related to the sublicense granted to
Force Dimension by Novint. Novint has not recorded any fees related to such arrangement. This
Agreement shall terminate upon Novints payment in total of $15,000,000 to Force Dimension and
payment in full of any other obligations arising pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
The Company has an employment agreement with the CEO. Under such agreement, he is entitled to an
annual base salary of $150,000 per year and cash bonus to be determined by the Company, is subject
to confidentiality provisions and is entitled to a severance of one year base salary if he is
terminated by the Company without cause.
The Company also has an employment agreement with the CTO. Under such agreement, he was originally
granted options to purchase 400,000 shares of the Companys common stock, but options to purchase
200,000 shares were cancelled. He is entitled to an annual base salary of $155,000 per year and
cash bonus to be determined by the Company, is subject to confidentiality provisions and is
entitled to a severance of two months base salary if he is terminated by the Company without cause.
NOTE 11 STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
Conditionally Redeemable, Convertible Preferred Stock
On April 20, 2000, in connection with the license agreement with Sandia, the Company issued all
4,000 authorized shares of Series A conditionally redeemable, convertible preferred stock at $25.00
per share. The preferred stock is convertible into fully paid and nonassessable common stock as
follows: at the holders option based on the conversion price in effect on the conversion date or
automatically upon the
closing of an IPO, which would result in 447,300 shares of common stock. The conversion price shall
be (i) the subscription price ($100,000 when expressed as an aggregate amount or $25.00 per share
when expressed on a per-share basis) divided by (ii) the conversion price in effect on the
conversion date. Additionally, the Company is obligated to redeem the preferred shares, if there is
no IPO or initial sale within 10 years from the issue date.
F-21
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 11 STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (Continued)
If there is no IPO, the Company shall repurchase the number of shares of preferred stock as the
holders thereof may from time to time request but in any 12-month period, not more than 10% of the
largest number of shares of preferred stock that have ever been outstanding at an amount per share
equal to the redemption price. The redemption price is the greater of (a) the subscription price,
and (b) that portion of the fair market value of the Company, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors, corresponding to the number of shares of common stock to which the shares of
preferred stock to be redeemed would convert according to the conversion provisions.
Accordingly, the Company is accreting the fair value of the common stock conversion to retained
earnings over the 10-year life of the preferred stock. If an IPO occurs, the Company will recognize
an additional charge to retained earnings of the converted shares at the fair value as compared to
the IPO price. The fair value of the preferred stock as of December 31, 2005 is $447,300 of which
$170,974 is unaccreted. The accreted portion of the fair value of the preferred stock of $276,326
is recorded on the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2005. The fair value of the stock
at December 31, 2005 was estimated to be $1.00 per share.
Upon conversion, the preferred stock will be reclassified to common stock outstanding. The holders
of the issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock shall have no voting rights. In all
respects regarding dividends or distributions of any kind to holders of common stock, holders of
preferred stock shall have the rights, privileges and share in all respects as if such holders had
converted the preferred stock to the number of shares of common stock corresponding to their
conversion provisions. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of the Company, the holders of the preferred stock shall be entitled to be paid
the subscription price of all outstanding shares of preferred stock, in cash or in property or
both, at the election of the Board of Directors, taken at its fair value as determined by the Board
of Directors prior to any distribution to the holders of common stock.
In connection with the effectiveness of the Companys registration statement, on February, 6 2006
the Company issued 447,300 shares of common stock to Sandia for the conversion of the preferred
stock in accordance with the agreement.
Common Stock
As of May 2005, the Company was authorized to issue 25,000 shares of common stock or grants of
non-statutory stock options (at the election of the grantee) to certain consultants and advisory
board members for future services at an exercise price of $.66 per share. In addition, the Company
was authorized to issue 152,450 additional shares of its stock to its private placement memorandum
investors. As of December 31, 2005, these shares had not been issued by the Company, and no
financial impact has been recorded on the accompanying balance sheets.
Stock Options
In March 2004, the Board of Directors approved the adoption of the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. A
total of 3,500,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under this plan. The
Company has issued options to purchase shares of common stock to employees and various consultants
for payment of services.
F-22
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 11 STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (Continued)
Option activity during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, is summarized in the following
table:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
Shares Under
|
|
|
Price per
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
Share
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Options outstanding at 12/31/03
|
|
|
5,045,538
|
|
|
$
|
0.01-$0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
2,985,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(20,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(80,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.50
|
|
|
$
|
0.00
|
|
Options outstanding at 12/31/04
|
|
|
7,930,538
|
|
|
$
|
0.01-$0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.28
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
238,636
|
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(158,333
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding at 12/31/05
|
|
|
8,010,841
|
|
|
$
|
0.01-$0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
Exercisable at 12/31/04
|
|
|
5,050,538
|
|
|
$
|
0.01-$0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
Exercisable at 12/31/05
|
|
|
5,705,174
|
|
|
$
|
0.01-$0.66
|
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
The following summarizes certain information regarding outstanding options December 31, 2005:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
Exercisable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Life (years)
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
$0.01
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
338,416
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
2.30
|
|
|
|
338,416
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
$0.05
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,600,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
6.46
|
|
|
|
4,600,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
$0.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,261,364
|
|
|
$
|
0.50
|
|
|
|
8.13
|
|
|
|
261,364
|
|
|
$
|
0.50
|
|
$0.66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,811,061
|
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
|
|
8.70
|
|
|
|
505,394
|
|
|
$
|
0.66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,010,841
|
|
|
$
|
0.26
|
|
|
|
7.43
|
|
|
|
5,705,174
|
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 12 EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
On January 31, 2004, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with a private investor.
In connection with this agreement, the Company issued 378,788 shares of its common stock at $0.66
per share and received gross proceeds of $250,000. The share price was based on a prior agreement
with this investor.
On February 25, 2004, the Company issued 10,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share to a
consultant for services performed. The Company recognized $10,000 in consulting expense related to
this issuance.
On April 1, 2004, the Company committed to issue 250,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share
to a consultant for future services. The consultant will receive stock as follows: 50,000 shares
per quarter as long as the consultant is still providing services to he Company, up to a total of
250,000 shares, beginning April 1, 2004. As of December 31, 2004, 150,000 of the shares had been
issued and the remaining 100,000 shares were issued during 2005. The Company has recognized
$100,000 and $150,000 in consulting expense related to this issuance for the years ended December
31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
On April 8, 2004, the Company issued 20,000 shares of its common stock in connection with option
exercises at $0.01 per share.
On July 7, 2004, the Company committed to issue 10,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share to
an employee for future services. The stock vests on July 7, 2005. Because the stock is for future
services and has not yet vested, and was issued at fair value, the Company has not recognized any
compensation related to this issuance as of December 31, 2004.
F-23
NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 12 EQUITY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)
In October 2004, the Company issued 160,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share to
consultants for services performed. The Company recognized $160,000 in consulting expense related
to this issuance.
In March 2005, the Company issued 2,500 shares of common stock to an advisory board member for
services performed. The stock was valued at $0.66 per share for total consideration of $1,650.
Consulting expense of $1,650 was recorded in the Companys operations for the year ended December
31, 2005.
In May 2005, the Company issued 72,400 shares of common stock to certain consultants in exchange
for services rendered during the first quarter of 2005. The fair value of the services was $72,400
and is included in common stock for the years ended December 31, 2005. The Company also issued an
additional 32,000 shares of common stock valued at $32,000. Of these shares issued, 30,000 shares
reflected payment in lieu of cash for a royalty payment accrued as of December 31, 2004 and 2,000
shares were issued to consultants in exchange for services rendered during the second quarter of
2005.
During 2005 the Company issued 45,000 shares of common stock for legal services to be provided.
The value of the share issued was $29,700 the value of the services to be performed. This amount
was recorded as a prepaid expense and is being amortized as expenses are incurred. As of December
31, 2005 the Company has amortized $23,521 of this amount as legal expense.
The Company also issued 10,000 shares of common stock to an employee for services rendered during
the second quarter of 2005. The fair value of the services was $10,000 and is included in common
stock at December 31, 2005, and recorded as compensation expense for the years ended December 31,
2005.
The Company also issued 15,500 shares of common stock to a consultant for services rendered during
the third quarter of 2005. The fair value of the services was $15,500 and is included in common
stock at December 31, 2005, and recorded as consulting expense for the year ended December 31,
2005.
In May 2005, the Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock as consideration for the extension
of due dates for amounts due Force Dimension. The stock was valued at $250,000, the fair value on
the date of issuance and is recorded as deferred financing costs. The value is being amortized to
interest expense over the term of the extension. As of December 31, 2005 the Company had expensed
$245,698 to interest expense.
Private Placement
A private placement offering was completed in February 2004 for $2,140,000. In connection with this
offering, the Company issued 2,140,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share and warrants to
purchase 1,070,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The fair value
of such warrants totaled approximately $660,200 based on the Black-Scholes model. Assumptions were
risk-free rate of 2.65%, volatility of 91%, estimated life of 5 years and stock price of $1.00. The
Company received net cash proceeds of $1,589,718.
A second closing of the private placement offering was completed in May 2004 for $909,000. In
connection with this offering, the Company issued 909,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share
and warrants to purchase 454,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share.
The fair value of such warrants totaled approximately $303,000 based on the Black-Scholes model.
Assumptions
were risk-free rate of 3.96%, volatility of 100%, estimated life of 5 years and stock price of
$1.00. The Company received net cash proceeds of $850,440.
Total warrants to purchase 1,524,500 shares of common stock (1,070,000 in February 2004 and 454,500
in May 2004) were issued in connection with the private placement offering at an exercise price of
$2. Should these warrants be exercised for cash, the Company would receive $3,049,000 of proceeds.
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 12 EQUITY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)
The Company granted warrants to purchase 400,000 shares of common stock for legal fees related to
the placement. The fair value of such warrants totaled approximately $363,000 through December 31,
2004. The Company issued 1,018,400 warrants for consulting services related to the private
placement. The fair value of such warrants totaled approximately $342,000 through December 31,
2004.
NOTE 13 OPTIONS AND WARRANTS
Options
During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, the Company recognized
compensation expense of $195,699 and $92,670, respectively, of deferred compensation related to
options issued to employees in current and prior years.
On February 18, 2004, the Company granted to a consultant for future services 125,000 options to
purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.66 per share. The options have a 5-year annual
vesting provision. Options granted to consultants are valued each reporting period to determine the
amount to be recorded as consultant expense in the respective period. As the options vest, they
will be valued one last time on the vesting date and an adjustment will be recorded for the
difference between the value already recorded and the current value on date of vesting. At
December 31, 2005, the Company calculated the value of the options using the Black-Scholes model
based on the following assumptions: a risk-free rate of 4.39%, volatility of 41%, estimated life of
9 years and a fair market value of $1.00 per share. At March 31, 2004, The Company calculated the
initial value of the options using the Black-Scholes model based on the following assumptions: a
risk-free rate of 4.05%, volatility of 91%, estimated life of 10 years and a fair market value of
$1.00 per share. The vesting schedule is prorated over the reporting period, and approximately
$17,375 and $22,000, respectively, was recorded as consultant expense during the years ended
December 31, 2005 and 2004.
On February 18, 2004, the Company granted 1,000,000 options to purchase Company stock to its Chief
Technical Officer, a significant shareholder of the company. These options had intrinsic value
because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per
share. Unearned compensation of $340,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized
over the vesting period. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, $68,000 and
$56,667 was recognized as compensation, respectively.
On February 18, 2004, the Company granted 125,000 options to purchase Company stock to an employee.
These options had intrinsic value because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the
fair market value of $1.00 per share. Unearned compensation of $42,500 was recorded at the
measurement date and will be amortized over the vesting period. For the year ended December 31,
2004, $7,083 was recognized as compensation. This employee was terminated in October 2005. In
accordance with the option plan, any options not vested on the termination date should have been
cancelled. As consideration of the termination the Company is granting options to purchase common
stock up to the last day of employment and all unearned options were cancelled. As a result the
Company recorded compensation expense of $7,084 during the year ended December 31, 2005 for the
value of the options earned through the termination date. Amortization of unearned compensation of
$28,333 associated with the cancelled shares was recorded.
On June 10, 2004, the Company granted 500,000 options to purchase Company stock to its Chief
Executive Officer, a significant shareholder of the company. The options vest annually beginning
June 2005, at a rate of 100,000 per year. These options had intrinsic value because the exercise
price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per share. Unearned
compensation of $170,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized over the
vesting period. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, $34,000 and $19,833
was recognized as compensation, respectively.
On June 10, 2004, the Company granted 50,000 options to a consultant and 250,000 options to a
related party to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.66 per share for future
consulting services. The
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 13 OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (Continued)
options have a 5-year annual vesting provision. At December, 2005, the Company calculated the value
of these options using the Black-Scholes model based on the following assumptions: a risk-free rate
of 4.29%, volatility of 41%, estimated life of 10 years and a fair market value of $1.00 per share.
At June 30, 2004, the Company calculated the initial value of the options using the Black-Scholes
model based on the following assumptions: a risk-free rate of 4.81%, volatility of 100%, estimated
life of 10 years and a fair market value of $1.00 per share. The vesting schedules are prorated
over the reporting period, and approximately $40,663 and $28,714 was recorded as consultant expense
during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
On July 20, 2004, the Company granted 50,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share, with
a 5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to an employee. These options had
intrinsic value because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value
of $1.00 per share. Unearned compensation of $17,000 was recorded at the measurement date. and will
be amortized over the vesting period. The employee terminated during the year ended December 31,
2005, and shares not expected to vest by December 31, 2006 were canceled in accordance with the
Option Agreement. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, $2,890 and $1,417
was recognized as compensation, respectively, and $10,664 was amortized related to the canceled
options.
On August 9, 2004, the Company granted 50,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share, with
a 5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to an employee. These options had
intrinsic value because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value
of $1.00 per share. Unearned compensation of $17,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will
be amortized over the vesting period. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively,
$3,400 and $1,417 was recognized as compensation, respectively.
On November 22, 2004, the Company granted 230,000 options at an exercise price of $0.66 per share,
with a 5-year annual vesting provision, to purchase common stock to employees. These options had
intrinsic value because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value
of $1.00 per share. Unearned compensation of $78,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will
be amortized ratably over the vesting period. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004,
respectively, $17,765 and $1,303 was recognized as compensation. In addition, one of the employees
terminated during the year ended 2005, and shares not expected to vest by December 31, 2006 were
canceled in accordance with the Option Agreement. Amortization of $17,386 associated with the
canceled shares was recorded.
On December 13, 2004, the Company granted 500,000 options to purchase common stock to an employee
at an exercise price of $0.66 per share with a 5-year annual vesting provision. These options had
intrinsic value because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value
of $1.00 per share. Unearned compensation of $170,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will
be amortized ratably over the vesting period. For the year ended December 31, 2005 $34,000 was
recognized as compensation.
In January 2005, the Company granted 75,000 options to an employee at an exercise price of $0.66
per share. These options have annual vesting periods over 5 years. Unearned compensation of $25,500
was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized ratably over the vesting period. For the
year ended December 31, 2005, $5,100 was recognized as compensation.
In January 2005, the Company granted 10,000 options to an advisory board member at an exercise
price of $0.66. Expense recorded in connection with these options totaled approximately $2,580 for
the year ended December 31, 2005. These options have a semi-annual vesting period over 4 years. At
December 31, 2005, The Company calculated the value of these options using the Black-Scholes model
based on the following assumptions: a risk-free rate of 4.29 volatility of 41%, estimated life of
10 years and a fair market value of $1.00 per share. The following assumptions were used in
calculating the initial fair value of these options: risk-free rate of 4.24%, volatility of 73%,
contractual term of 10 years, exercise price of $0.66 per share and fair market value of $1.00 per
share.
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 13 OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (Continued)
In March 2005, the Company granted 100,000 options to an employee at an exercise price of $0.66 per
share. These options have annual vesting periods over 5 years. These options had intrinsic value
because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per
share. Unearned compensation of $34,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized
ratably over the vesting period. For the year ended December, 2005, $12,467 was recognized as
compensation.
In May 2005, the Company granted 28,636 non-qualified options to purchase Company stock to certain
related parties and consultants at an exercise price of $.66 per share for services rendered during
the second quarter of 2005. The options vest immediately upon issuance. The following assumptions
were used in calculating the initial fair value of these options: risk-free rate of 3.94%,
volatility of 57%, contractual term of 10 years, exercise price of $0.66 per share and fair market
value of $1.00 per share. Expense recorded in connection with these options totaled approximately
$16,409 for the year ended December 31, 2005.
On May 5, 2005, the Company granted 25,000 options to purchase Company stock to an employee for
services rendered during the second quarter of 2005. These options had intrinsic value because the
exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per share. These
options vest immediately. For the year ended December, 2005, $8,500 was recognized as compensation.
Warrants
A summary of the status of the total number of warrants as of December 31, 2005 and 2004,
respectively, and changes during the periods then ended is presented in the tables below:
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December 31, 2005
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December 31, 2004
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Wtd Avg
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Wtd Avg
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Shares
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Ex Price
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Shares
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Ex Price
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Outstanding at beginning of year
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3,442,900
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$
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1.37
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800,000
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$
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0.41
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Granted
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2,642,900
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1.37
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Exercised
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(
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)
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(
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Forfeited
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(
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(
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Outstanding at end of year
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3,442,900
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1.29
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3,442,900
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1.37
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Exercisable at end of year
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2,888,000
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1.35
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2,888,000
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1.31
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Weighted average fair value of
warrants granted
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$
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1.99
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$
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$
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1.14
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$
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A summary of outstanding warrants as of December 31, 2005, the range of exercise prices, the
weighted-average exercise price, the weighted-average remaining contractual life, the amount of
warrants currently exercisable and the weighted-average exercise price of warrants currently
exercisable is as follows:
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Warrants Outstanding
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Warrants Exercisable
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Weighted-
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Average
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Weighted-
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Weighted-
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Number
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Remaining
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Average
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Number
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Average
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Range of
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Outstanding at
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Contractual
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Exercise
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Exercisable
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Exercise
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Exercise Prices
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12/31/2005
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Life
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Price
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at 12/31/2005
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Price
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$0.00 to $0.25
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550,000
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7.88
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years
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$
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0.25
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550,000
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$
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0.25
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$0.26 to $0.50
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250,000
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7.85
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0.50
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250,000
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0.50
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$0.51 to $1.00
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1,118,400
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4.49
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1.00
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563,500
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1.00
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$1.01 to $2.00
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1,524,500
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3.13
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2.00
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1,524,500
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2.00
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$0.25 to $2.00
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3,442,900
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2,888,000
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 13 OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (Continued)
In May 2004, the Company issued 250,000 warrants to a consultant for services to be rendered in
connection with its marketing strategy. The warrants will have an exercise price of $0.66 per share
and will vest at a rate of 10,000 shares for each $1,000,000 in contract revenue associated with
the consultants efforts. As no associated revenue related to this consultants efforts had been
earned for the years ended December 31, 2005 or 2004, no impact is reflected in the accompanying
financial statements.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company committed to issue 304,900 warrants in
connection with an overallotment agreement with a consulting group for private placement services.
The warrants will have an exercise price of $1.00 per share and will have a six-month term. The
date of issue will be coincident with the date of the Companys IPO. As the Company currently is
undergoing IPO procedures and does not know of its IPO date, these warrants are not deemed
outstanding as of December 31, 2005. Concurrent with the effectiveness of the Companys
registration statement on February 6, 2006, the warrants were granted.
In May 2005, the Board also authorized the Company to grant 50,000 warrants to purchase Company
stock to a consultant in exchange for services to be rendered during 2005. The services were never
performed and the warrants were never granted. As a result, no expense has been recorded during
the year ended December 31, 2005.
NOTE 14 RELATED PARTIES
On February 18, 2004, the Company granted to a significant shareholder for future services 125,000
options to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.66 per share. The options have a 5-year
annual vesting provision. Options granted to consultants are valued each reporting period to
determine the amount to be recorded as consultant expense in the respective period. As the options
vest, they will be valued one last time on the vesting date and an adjustment will be recorded for
the difference between the value already recorded and the current value on date of vesting. At
December 31, 2005, the Company calculated the value of the options using the Black-Scholes model
based on the following assumptions: a risk-free rate of 4.29%, volatility of 41%, estimated life of
9 years and a fair market value of $1.00 per share. At March 31, 2004, the Company calculated the
initial value of the options using the Black-Scholes model based on the following assumptions: a
risk-free rate of 4.05%, volatility of 91%, estimated life of 10 years and a fair market value of
$1.00 per share. The vesting schedule is prorated over the reporting period, and $17,375 and
$18,890, respectively, was recorded as consultant expense during the years ended December 31, 2005
and 2004.
On February 18, 2004, the Company granted 1,000,000 options to purchase Company stock to its Chief
Technical Officer, a significant shareholder of the company. These options had intrinsic value
because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per
share. Unearned compensation of $340,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized
over the vesting period. For the year ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, $68,000 and
$56,667 was recognized as compensation, respectively.
In March 2004, Normandie New Mexico Corporation, which is owned by Manhattans Chief Executive
Officer (CEO), who is also a member of the Companys Board of Directors, entered into an agreement
with the Company to provide consulting services in relation to business development and marketing
support.
Fees per the agreement are $6,250 per month. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the
Company had paid $68,750 and $62,500, respectively, for these services. As of December 31, 2005,
the Company owed $6,250 to Normandie New Mexico under the agreement.
On April 1, 2004, the Company committed to issue 250,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share
to Manhattans Chief Operating Officer (COO) for future consulting services. Vesting terms are as
follows: 50,000 shares per quarter as long as the COO is still providing services to the Company,
up to a total of 250,000 shares, beginning April 1, 2004. As of the year ended December 31, 2005,
all shares vested, and
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2005 AND 2004
NOTE 14 RELATED PARTIES (Continued)
the Company recognized $100,000 in consulting expense for a cumulative total of $250,000 to date
related to this issuance.
On June 10, 2004, the Company granted 250,000 options to purchase common stock to Manhattans CEO
for future consulting services at an exercise price of $0.66 per share. The options have a 5-year
annual vesting provision. the Company calculated the value of these options using the Black-Scholes
model based on the following assumptions: a risk-free rate of 4.81%, volatility of 100%, estimated
life of 10 years and a fair market value of $1.00 per share. The vesting schedule is prorated over
the reporting period, and approximately $29,000 and $24,000, respectively, was recorded as
consultant expense during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.
On June 10, 2004, the Company granted 500,000 options to purchase Company stock to its Chief
Executive Officer, a significant shareholder of the company. These options had intrinsic value
because the exercise price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per
share. Unearned compensation of $170,000 was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized
over the vesting period. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, $34,000 and
$19,833 was recognized as compensation.
On November 30, 2004, the Company established an Advisory Board who will provide assistance and
consultation to the Company management on matters for which the Advisory Board members possess
special knowledge, expertise and experience. the Company will appoint up to 10 Advisory Board
members who shall receive either 10,000 shares of he Company stock or 10,000 options to purchase
the Company stock at the Advisory Board members preference. As of December 31, 2005, 20,000
options and 15,000 common shares were issued to these Advisory Board members. As of December 31,
2004, no amounts had been issued to such Advisory Board members.
On January 10, 2005, the Company granted 75,000 options to purchase Company stock to an employee,
the brother of its Chief Technical Officer. These options had intrinsic value because the exercise
price of $0.66 per share was less than the fair market value of $1.00 per share. Unearned
compensation of $25,500 was recorded at the measurement date and will be amortized over the vesting
period. For the year ended December 31, 2005, $5,100 was recognized as compensation.
On May 5, 2005, the Company granted 5,000 shares of Company common stock to a Director. At an
estimated fair value of $1.00 per share, $5,000 of consulting expense was recorded during the year
ended December 31, 2005.
NOTE 15 SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURE
On February 6, 2006 the Companys registration statement was declared effective; however, as the
Companys shares are still not trading on any market.
Concurrent with the effectiveness of the Companys registration statement, on February 6, 2006 the
Company converted the 4,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding into 447,300 common shares and
also granted options to purchase 304,900 shares of common stock. The options vest immediately,
have a six month term and an exercise price of $1 per share.
During March 2006, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 1,250,002 shares of common stock
in repayment of notes payable outstanding; 200,329 shares of common stock to original private
placement investors as compensation for delays in obtaining approval for public filing; 607,500
shares of common stock to Force Dimension in full settlement of amounts due to them for research
and development activities under contract; 6,000 shares of common stock to a related party
consultant in payment for services rendered, and 250,000 options to purchase common stock to an
employee. The options have an exercise price of $1 per share, a ten year term, and a vesting
schedule of 50,000 shares per year beginning March 9, 2007.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Dated: April 17, 2006
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By:
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/s/ Tom Anderson
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Tom Anderson, President, Chief Executive Officer
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and Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been
signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities indicated.
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Name
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Position
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Date
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/s/ Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson
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Director
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April 17, 2006
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/s/ Marvin Maslow
Marvin Maslow
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Director
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April 17, 2006
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Director
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April 17, 2006
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