UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission file number: 001-34887

 

Net Element International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation

 or organization)

98-0668024

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1450 S. Miami Avenue

Miami, Florida

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

33130

(Zip Code)

 

(305) 507-8808

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ¨      No x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x      No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨
   
Non-accelerated filer  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) ¨ Smaller reporting company  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Yes  ¨   No  x

 

The number of outstanding shares of common stock, $.0001 par value, of the registrant as of May 14, 2013 was 28,136,439.

 

 
 

 

Defined Terms

 

Net Element International, Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”), unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Net Element International, Inc. and, as applicable, its majority-owned and consolidated subsidiaries.

 

All amounts of shares and consideration for shares (including, without limitation, purchase prices, exercise prices and conversion prices) described in this Report for periods prior to October 2, 2012 (which was the closing date of the Company’s merger with Net Element, Inc.) have been adjusted to give effect to the conversion ratio for shares of Net Element, Inc. common stock that were cancelled and converted into shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the Merger, each share of then-issued and outstanding common stock of Net Element, Inc. was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive one-fortieth (1/40) of a share of the Company’s common stock. For additional information regarding the Merger, see Note 4 of the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “aims,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “continue,” “seeks,” “should,” “believe,” “potential” or the negative of such terms and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place too much reliance on them. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement in light of new information or future events, except as expressly required by law. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the Company’s control. The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other factors: the Company’s ability (or inability) to continue as a going concern, the willingness of the Company’s majority stockholder, Mike Zoi (including entities directly or indirectly controlled by Mr. Zoi), and/or other affiliates of the Company, to continue investing in the Company’s business to fund working capital requirements, the Company’s ability (or inability) to obtain additional financing in sufficient amounts or on acceptable terms when needed, the Company’s ability (or inability) to adequately address the material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting, development or acquisition of additional businesses, attracting and retaining competent management and other personnel, successful implementation of the Company’s business strategy, continued development and market acceptance of the Company’s technologies and products and services, protection of the Company’s intellectual property, and successful integration and promotion of any business developed or acquired by the Company. If these or other risks and uncertainties (including those described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the Company’s subsequent filings with the Commission) materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, the Company’s actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements.

 

World Wide Web addresses contained in this report are for explanatory purposes only and they (and the content contained therein) do not form a part of and are not incorporated by reference into this Report.

 

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Net Element International, Inc.

Form 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

Table of Contents

 

 

 

        Page
        No.
    PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION    
         
Item 1.   Financial Statements   4
         
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012   4
         
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss – for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012   5
         
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012   6
         
    Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements   7
         
Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   24
         
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   30
         
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures   30
         
    PART II — OTHER INFORMATION    
         
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings   30
         
Item 1A.   Risk Factors   31
         
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   37
         
Item 5.   Other Information   37
         
Item 6.   Exhibits   37
         
    Signatures   38

 

 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

NET ELEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash   $ 2,029,588     $ 3,579,737  
Restricted cash     -       2,056,821  
Notes receivable (net)     557,372       6,088,934  
Accounts receivable     11,905,562       10,863,577  
Advances to aggregators (net)     8,128,762       4,777,033  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     220,232       508,650  
Total current assets     22,841,516       27,874,752  
Property and equipment (net)     245,593       291,017  
Intangible assets, net     211,856       212,865  
Advances to Unified Payments     454,814       -  
Other assets     49,030       -  
Total assets   $ 23,802,809     $ 28,378,634  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable   $ 666,421     $ 569,900  
Accrued expenses     934,140       925,966  
Short term loans     8,513,311       9,400,164  
Due to related parties (current portion)     323,993       338,374  
Total current liabilities     10,437,865       11,234,404  
Due to related parties (non-current portion)     60,693       135,693  
Total liabilities     10,498,558       11,370,097  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
Preferred stock ($.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares                
authorized and no shares issued and outstanding)     -       -  
Common stock ($.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares                
authorized and 28,136,439 and 28,303,659 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2013 and
                December 31, 2012, respectively)
    2,813       2,830  
Paid in capital     86,979,381       87,452,060  
Accumulated other comprehensive income     250,260       276,333  
Accumulated deficit     (73,450,286 )     (70,216,456 )
Noncontrolling interest     (477,917 )     (506,230 )
Total stockholders' equity     13,304,251       17,008,537  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 23,802,809     $ 28,378,634  
                 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

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NET ELEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

 

  Quarter ended March 31,  
    2013     2012
(As Restated)
 
Net revenues   $ 874,515     $ 74,810  
Costs and expenses:                
Cost of revenues     275,466       100,585  
     General and administrative (includes $0 and $2,661,772 of non cash                
          compensation for quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively     3,068,325       4,017,747  
Provision for loan losses     406,585       -  
Depreciation and amortization     43,075       68,663  
Total costs and operating expenses     3,793,451       4,186,995  
Loss from operations     (2,918,936 )     (4,112,185 )
Interest expense     (250,570 )     (72,674 )
Other expense     (80,541 )     (411,225 )
Loss before income tax provision     (3,250,047 )     (4,596,084 )
Income tax provision     -       -  
Net loss from operations     (3,250,047 )     (4,596,084 )
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest     16,216     72,088  
Net loss     (3,233,831 )     (4,523,996 )
Foreign currency translation (loss) income     (26,073 )     100  
Comprehensive loss   $ (3,259,904 )   $ (4,523,896 )
                 
Net loss per share - basic and diluted   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.24 )
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted     28,224,893       18,819,814  

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

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NET ELEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

  Quarter ended March 31,  
    2013     2012
(As Restated)
 
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net loss   $ (3,233,831 )   $ (4,523,996 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Non-cash compensation     -       2,661,772  
Non cash interest expense     -       2,859  
Depreciation and amortization     43,075       68,663  
Provision for loan losses     406,585       -  
Non controlling interest     (16,216 )     (72,088 )
Loss attributable to investment in subsidiary     83,823       411,225  
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and the effect of                
consolidation of equity affiliates                
Accounts receivable     (1,041,985 )     346  
Advances to aggregators     (3,758,314 )     -  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     200,096       (8,994 )
Accounts payable     96,522       160,278  
Accrued expenses     8,173       23,923  
Total adjustments     (3,978,241 )     3,247,984  
Net cash used in operating activities     (7,212,072 )     (1,276,012 )
Cash flows from investing activities:                
Collections from notes receivable     5,531,562       -  
Cash Advanced to Unified Payments     (454,814 )     -  
Capitalized web development and patent costs     -       (168,738 )
Change in fixed assets     3,357       (21,886 )
Net cash used in investing activities     5,080,105       (190,624 )
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Repayments of short term loans     (886,854 )     -  
Change in restricted cash     2,056,821       -  
Cash paid for share repurchases     (472,695 )     -  
Due to related parties     (14,381 )     (46,492 )
Contributed capital from non-controlling shareholders     -       2,140,000  
Repayments to related parties     (75,000 )     (75,000 )
Net cash provided by financing activities     607,891       2,018,508  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash     (26,073 )     100  
Net (decrease) increase in cash     (1,550,149 )     551,972  
Cash at beginning of period     3,579,737       83,173  
Cash at end of period   $ 2,029,588     $ 635,145  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information                
Cash paid during the period for:                
Interest   $ 146,711     $ -  
Taxes   $ 196,425     $ -  
Non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Contributed capital from JV partner   $ -     $ 28,972  

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NET ELEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Organization and Basis of Presentation

  

Net Element International, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on April 20, 2010 as a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability under the name Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd. (“Cazador”). Cazador was a blank check company incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share capital exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more operating businesses or assets.

 

On October 2, 2012, the Company completed a merger (the “Merger”) with Net Element, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Net Element”), which was a company with businesses in the online media and mobile commerce payment processing markets. Immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Merger, the Company (then known as Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd.) changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by discontinuing as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Effective upon consummation of the Merger, (i) Net Element was merged with and into the Company, resulting in Net Element ceasing to exist and the Company continuing as the surviving company in the Merger, and (ii) the Company changed its name to Net Element International, Inc. Pursuant to the Merger, the Company issued 24,543,826 shares of its common stock to the former stockholders of Net Element, which shares amount to approximately 86.7% of the post-Merger issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Following the Merger, the Company’s business consists of the former business of Net Element. For financial reporting purposes, the Merger was accounted for as a recapitalization of Net Element and the financial statements reflect the historical financial information of Net Element. The assets and liabilities of the Company were recognized and measured in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. Therefore, for accounting purposes, the shares recorded as issued in the Merger are the 3,793,355 shares owned by Cazador shareholders prior to Merger. See Note 4 for additional information regarding the Merger.

 

The Company is a technology driven Internet group that focuses in two business lines: (i) mobile commerce and payment processing for electronic commerce, and (ii) entertainment and culture Internet destinations.

 

During the third quarter of 2012, the Company’s subsidiary, OOO TOT Money (a Russian limited liability company) (“TOT Money”), launched operations as a mobile commerce payment processing business in Russia. Since then, TOT Money has continued seeking to expand its payment processing business primarily in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (comprised of participating states of the former Soviet Union) and other emerging markets. D uring the second half of 2012, TOT Money entered into contracts with the three largest mobile phone operators in Russia, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, MegaFon OJSC and OJSC VimpelCom, to facilitate payments using SMS and MMS for their mobile phone subscribers in Russia.

 

On April 16, 2013, the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement with Unified Payments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Unified Payments”), TOT Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as TOT, Inc.), which is a direct subsidiary of the Company (“TOT Group”), Oleg Firer, individually, and Georgia Notes 18 LLC, a Florida limited liability company. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, on April 16, 2013, certain subsidiaries of TOT Group, which were formed for the purpose of effectuating the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, acquired substantially all of the business assets of Unified Payments. Unified Payments provides comprehensive turnkey, payment-processing solutions to small and medium size business owners (merchants) and independent sales organizations across the United States. For additional information, see Note 18.

 

In addition to developing its mobile commerce payment processing operations, since April 1, 2010, the Company has pursued a strategy to develop and acquire technology and applications for use in the online media industry. The Company currently owns controlling interests in several companies that develop and operate online media products (websites and mobile applications) in the peer-to-peer application, music, motorsport and film markets. The Company intends to explore additional acquisitions of, as well as developing internally, other Internet based properties, services and companies with similar goals of connecting people in various vertical markets, such as the medical, music, film, sports and legal markets.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission for reporting on Form 10-Q.  Accordingly, certain information and footnotes required for complete financial statements are not included herein.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented have been included.  These results have been determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and practices applied consistently with those used in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012.  Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for any particular quarterly period or the year ending December 31, 2013.  It is recommended that the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of expenses for the period presented. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash

 

We maintain our U.S. Dollar-denominated cash in several non-interest bearing bank deposit accounts.  All non-interest bearing transaction accounts are fully insured at all FDIC insured institutions up to $250,000.  Our bank balances did not exceed FDIC limits at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

 

The Company had approximately $1.8 million and $315,000 in un-insured Russian bank accounts as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

Fixed Assets

 

The Company depreciates its furniture, servers, data center software and equipment over a term of three to five years. Computers and client software are depreciated over terms between two and five years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the economic life or terms of each lease. All of our assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis for financial statement purposes.

 

Intangible Assets

 

The Company capitalizes the costs that are directly related to website development. These costs include platform services, engineering, Internet hosting, Internet streaming, content delivery network fees and general and administrative expenses to directly support engineering services from the point of start to the point the application, service or website is publicly launched.

 

Website development costs include projects that are significant in terms of functional value added to the site, product or service. A capitalized project would be closer to a full product launch than an incremental or point release update. Costs for updates are expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs are amortized to depreciation and amortization expense over 24 months on a straight-line basis based on the estimated useful life of the asset.

 

The Company also capitalizes start-up projects from the point of start to the point the application, service or website is publicly launched. These assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over 24 months and charged to depreciation and amortization expense. Intangible assets are assessed for impairment on a quarterly basis to ensure only viable active project costs are capitalized.

 

The Company also capitalizes direct expenses associated with filing of patents and patent applications and amortizes the capitalized intellectual property costs over five years beginning when the patent is approved.

 

Additionally, the Company capitalizes the fair value of intangible assets acquired in business combinations. The Company performs valuations of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on each acquisition accounted for as a business combination and allocates the purchase price of each acquired business to its respective net tangible and intangible assets. Acquired intangible assets include: trade names, non-compete agreements, owned website names, customer relationships, technology, media content and content publisher relationships.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions

 

The Company is subject to exchange rate risk in its foreign operations in Ukraine and Russia where the Company generates service fee revenues and interest income and incurs in product development, engineering, website development, expense, and general and administrative costs. The Ukrainian and Russian engineering operations pay a majority of their operating expenses in their local currencies, exposing the Company to exchange rate risk. Ukrainian salaries and consulting fees are negotiated and paid in U.S. dollars. The majority of Russian salaries are negotiated and paid in U.S. dollars.

 

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The Company does not engage in any currency hedging activities.  

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue when the following four basic criteria have been met: (1) persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists; (2) performance of services has occurred, (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. The Company considers persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement to be the receipt of a billable transaction from aggregators, signed contract or website advertising insertion order. Collectability is assessed based on a number of factors, including transaction history with the customer and the credit worthiness of the customer. If it is determined that the collection is not reasonably assured, revenue is not recognized until collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash. The Company records cash received in advance of revenue recognition as deferred revenue.

 

The Company periodically engages in transactions involving the exchange of certain advertising services for various goods and services from third parties (barter transactions). These transactions are recorded at the estimated fair value of the goods or services received. Revenue from trade transactions is recognized when the related advertisements are broadcast. Expense is recognized when services or merchandise received are used.

 

Our revenues for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are principally derived from the following sources:

 

Service Fees. Service fees are generated primarily from TOT Money’s payment processing and from A&R Music Live, LLC where emerging artists pay industry professionals to review, critique and suggest improvements of music submitted on-line for evaluation. A&R Music Live, LLC operations were discontinued on January 31, 2013 and management believes these operations are not significant to the financial statements. Accordingly, the Company did not present these results as discontinued operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

 

Revenues from TOT Money are recognized as a percentage of amounts billed to mobile operators. Revenue is recognized when TOT Money billing system is able to create a billable transaction for a mobile operator. Billable transactions are created and submitted to TOT Money by content aggregators.

 

Each month, mobile operators provide TOT Money with detail supporting the transactions received by the mobile operator. TOT Money reconciles the data provided by the mobile operator to its internal billing system. Pursuant to the mobile operator agreements, any total billing difference under 5% is considered immaterial and TOT Money accepts the mobile operator data as accurate. Any differences from content providors that exceed 5% of the amount billed are researched, reconciled and addressed with the mobile operator.

 

Funds received by TOT Money from mobile operators include amounts due to aggregators for supplying billable transactions from content providers. Revenues are presented net of aggregator payments on the financial statements of TOT Money as the payments are considered to be agency fees. TOT Money serves as agent to the mobile operators performing a service for a fee.

  

Interest Income. Interest income is generated from lending arrangements made by the Company and through one of the Russian subsidiaries, TOT Money.

 

License Fees. License fees are generated from customers who utilize Launchpad to operate and manage on-line contests.

 

Advertising Revenue.  Advertising revenue is generated by performance-based Internet advertising, such as cost-per-click, or CPC, in which an advertiser pays only when a user clicks on its advertisement that is displayed on the Company’s owned and operated websites; fees generated by users viewing third-party website banners and text-link advertisements; fees generated by enabling customer leads or registrations for aggregators; and fees from referring users to, or from users making purchases on, sponsors’ websites. In determining whether an arrangement exists, the Company ensures that a binding arrangement is in place, such as a standard insertion order or a fully executed customer-specific agreement. Obligations pursuant to the advertising revenue arrangements typically include a minimum number of impressions or the satisfaction of the other performance criteria. Revenue from performance-based arrangements, including referral revenues, is recognized as the related performance criteria are met.

 

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In certain cases, the Company records revenue based on available and preliminary information from third parties. Amounts collected on the related receivables may vary from reported information based upon third party refinement of estimated and reported amounts owing that occurs typically within 30 days of the period end.

 

Subscription Services and Social Media Services .  Subscription services revenue is generated through the sale of memberships to access content available on certain owned and operated websites and to be eligible to enter our contests. The majority of Openfilm’s memberships have a one month term and renew automatically at the end of each month, if not previously cancelled. Membership revenue is recognized as billed.

 

Net Loss Per Share

 

Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is determined using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents, consisting of shares issuable upon exercise of common stock options or warrants. In periods when losses are reported, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents because their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect. At March 31,2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had 8,938,900 warrants issued and outstanding that are anti-dilutive in effect.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist mainly of cash deposits, accounts receivable, notes receivable, advances to aggregators, short-term payables and short-term loans. The Company believes that the carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate fair value, due to their short-term maturities. The Company evaluates the collectability of accounts receivable, notes receivable and advances to aggregators based on the credit worthiness of borrower, payment history, forecasts and other indicators to establish any necessary provisions for loss reserves. The Company maintains a general provision for possible losses on advances to aggregators at 10% of the outstanding balance of these advances.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. No impairment losses were recorded during the quarters ended March 31, 2013 or 2012.

 

Income Taxes

 

We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

We recognize net deferred tax assets to the extent that we believe these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If we determine that we would be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, we would make an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

 

The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes using a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. The Company classifies the liability for unrecognized tax benefits as current to the extent that the Company anticipates payment (or receipt) of cash within one year. Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions are recognized and recorded as necessary in the provision for income taxes. There were no uncertain tax positions at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The Company's evaluation of uncertain tax positions was performed for the tax years ended December 31, 2008 and forward, the tax years which remain subject to examination as of March 31, 2013.

 

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Reclassification

 

Certain balances for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 have been reclassified to conform to the March 31, 2013 presentation.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-02, Reporting Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“ASU 2013-02”). ASU 2013-02 requires an entity to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes to the financial statements, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. Amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income must be cross-referenced to other disclosures that provide additional detail. This guidance was effective on a prospective basis for the annual and interim reporting periods for the Company beginning January 1, 2013. The Company's adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

 

The following condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2012, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and unaudited interim condensed financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These consolidated financial statements include two reportable segments, as disclosed in Note 16.

 

Following the consolidation principles promulgated by U.S. GAAP, the consolidated financial statements of the Company include the assets, liabilities, results of operations, and cash flows of the following subsidiaries: (1) Openfilm, LLC (“Openfilm”), a wholly owned subsidiary formed in Florida; (2) Netlab Systems, LLC (“Netlab”), a wholly owned subsidiary formed in Florida; (3) NetLab Systems IP, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary formed in Florida; (4) LegalGuru LLC, a partially owned subsidiary formed in Florida (5) Yapik LLC, a partially owned subsidiary formed in Florida; (6) Splinex, LLC (“Splinex”), a partially owned subsidiary formed in Florida; (7) IT Solutions LTD, a wholly owned subsidiary formed in the Cayman Islands; (8) Music1, LLC (“Music1”), a wholly owned subsidiary formed in Florida; (9) Motorsport, LLC (“Motorsport”), a wholly owned subsidiary formed in Florida; and (10) OOO Net Element Russia (“Net Element Russia”), a wholly owned subsidiary formed in Russia.

 

The subsidiaries listed above are the parent companies of several other subsidiaries, which hold the Company’s underlying investments or operating entities.

 

  · Openfilm is the parent company of Openfilm, Inc., Openfilm Studios, LLC and Zivos, LLC (Ukraine)

  · Netlab is the parent company of Tech Solutions LTD

  · Splinex is the parent company of IT Solutions LTD

  · Music1 is the parent company of A&R Music Live, LLC (“A&R Music Live”)(Operations discontinued January 31, 2013)

  · Motorsport is the parent company of Motorsport.com, Inc.

  · Net Element Russia is the parent company of OOO TOT Money (“TOT Money”), OOO TOT Group, OOO Music1, and Ya-Talant.

 

The amounts of shares and consideration for shares (including purchase prices, exercise prices and conversion prices) described in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2012, which is the period prior to October 2, 2012 (which was the closing date of the Company’s merger with Net Element), have been adjusted to give effect to the conversion ratio for shares of Net Element common stock that were cancelled and converted into shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the Merger, each share of then-issued and outstanding common stock of Net Element was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive one-fortieth (1/40) of a share of the Company’s common stock. See Note 4 for additional information regarding the Merger.

 

All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in this consolidation.

 

NOTE 3. GOING CONCERN CONSIDERATIONS

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company had negative cash flows from operating activities of $7.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, an accumulated deficit of $73.4 million at March 31, 2013 and working capital of $12.4 million at March 31, 2013. The Company’s current assets at March 31, 2013 included $20.6 million of receivables (consisting of $0.6 million of net notes receivable, $11.9 million of accounts receivable and $8.1 million of receivables from advances to aggregators). These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company plans to increasingly generate most of its revenues from the payment processing operations of its subsidiary TOT Group. Failure to successfully continue developing the Company’s payment processing operations and maintain contracts with merchants, mobile phone carriers and content providers to use TOT Group’s services, or failure to expand the Company’s base of advertisers or generate and maintain high quality content on its websites, could harm the Company’s revenue prospects. The Company faces all of the risks inherent in a new business, including management’s potential underestimation of initial and ongoing costs, and potential delays and other problems in connection with developing its technologies, Internet websites and operations.

 

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The Company is continuing with its plan to further grow and expand its payment processing operations and leverage its existing entertainment and culture assets in emerging markets, particularly in Russia and surrounding countries. Management believes that its current operating strategy will provide the opportunity for the Company to continue as a going concern as long as we are able to obtain additional financing; however, there is no assurance this will occur. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

 

The independent auditors’ report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 contains an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

NOTE 4. MERGER TRANSACTION

 

On October 2, 2012, the Company completed its Merger with Net Element, Inc. and the various transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement dated June 12, 2012. Immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Merger, the Company (then known as Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd.) changed its jurisdiction of incorporation by discontinuing as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Effective upon consummation of the Merger, (i) Net Element was merged with and into the Company, resulting in Net Element ceasing to exist and the Company continuing as the surviving company in the Merger, and (ii) the Company changed its name to Net Element International, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the Merger, each share of then-issued and outstanding common stock of Net Element was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive one-fortieth (1/40) of a share of the Company’s common stock. All shares of common stock and stock options in the 2012 and 2011 financial statements as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 have been converted based on the 1/40 ratio.The Merger was structured to qualify as a tax-free reorganization.

 

To the extent a holder of Net Element common stock would have received fewer than 100 shares of common stock of the Company in the Merger, such holder was issued an additional number of shares of common stock of the Company to bring such holder’s aggregate equity holdings in the Company to 100 shares of common stock. No fractional shares were issued in the Merger; instead, the Company issued one share of common stock to the holder of any shares of Net Element common stock that would have otherwise been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of common stock of the Company.

 

Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, all outstanding shares of unvested restricted stock of Net Element accelerated and became fully vested and, at the effective time of the Merger, such shares were cancelled and converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company on the same basis as other issued and outstanding shares of Net Element common stock as described above. Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, all outstanding convertible debt instruments of Net Element were converted into shares of Net Element common stock pursuant to the terms of such instruments and, at the effective time of the Merger, such shares were cancelled and converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company on the same basis as other issued and outstanding shares of Net Element common stock as described above. Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, all outstanding Net Element stock options and warrants (collectively, “Convertible Securities”) accelerated and became fully vested and exercisable to the extent that they were unvested. If the Convertible Securities were “in-the-money” (meaning that the exercise price was lower than the product obtained by multiplying the price of a Cazador ordinary share as of the close of The NASDAQ Capital Market on the day immediately prior to the closing date by 0.025, which product equaled $0.25 (the “Cashless Share Price”)), then, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, they were terminated and exercised into the number of shares of Net Element common stock that would have been issuable if the Convertible Securities were exercised on a cashless basis based on the Cashless Share Price, and, at the effective time of the Merger, such shares of Net Element common stock were cancelled and converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company on the same basis as other issued and outstanding shares of Net Element common stock as described above. Any Convertible Securities that were “out-of-the-money” (meaning that the exercise price was equal to or higher than the Cashless Share Price) were cancelled at the effective time of the Merger and no consideration was delivered in exchange therefor; provided that, with respect to “out-of-the-money” Net Element stock options that were granted to employees under Net Element’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of cash compensation in connection with compensation reductions previously implemented by Net Element, employees had the right to be paid the amount of cash compensation that was previously foregone in connection with the compensation reductions. With respect to “in-the-money” Net Element stock options that were granted to employees under Net Element’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of cash compensation in connection with compensation reductions previously implemented by Net Element, employees of Net Element were given a choice to, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, either (i) exercise such stock options on a cashless basis as described above or (ii) cancel all of such stock options and be paid the amount of cash compensation that was previously foregone in connection with the compensation reductions.

 

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NOTE 5. NOTES RECEIVABLE

 

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had net notes receivable of $557,372 and $6,088,934 as follows:

 

  March 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
RM Invest   $ 257,372     $ 5,188,934  
Infratont Equities, Inc.     1,191,475       1,791,475  
Less: Allowance for loan losses     (891,475 )     (891,475 )
Total note receivable, net   $ 557,372     $ 6,088,934  

 

On July 12, 2012, the Company’s Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, entered into a loan agreement pursuant to which it agreed to loan RM Invest up to a maximum of 200 million Russian rubles (approximately $7.0 million in U.S. dollars). The interest rate on the loan is 10% from the date of advance to the date of scheduled repayment on October 31, 2012. TOT Money would earn interest income on this loan at approximately a 40% annual rate if the loan was repaid timely given interest earned was 10% of the outstanding balance with a term of approximately three months. On August 16, 2012, the loan was increased to 300 million Russian rubles (approximately $9.8 million in U.S. dollars). As of March 31, 2013, the outstanding principal loan balance and accrued interest was 8.0 million rubles (approximately $257,372 in U.S. dollars) and the loan balance was fully satisfied in April 2013. The original stated maturity date of the loan was October 31, 2012 and on February 25, 2013 the Company renegotiated the loan with RM Invest and extended the maturity date until October 1, 2013 with no further interest to be charged. RM Invest is a payment processing business operating in Russia whose payment processing systems are currently being used by TOT Money. RM Invest is 20% owned by TOT Money’s general director, Tcahai Hairullaevich Katcaev.

 

The purpose of this loan was to facilitate uninterrupted business operations by funding one cycle of payments by RM Invest to aggregators while certain mobile operator contracts were being assigned to TOT Money.  One cycle of payment processing is approximately 45 days. Aggregators are businesses that contract for content from content providers and provide aggregated processing volume to TOT Money. The assignment and new contract process took until September 22, 2012 to complete and RM Invest continued to require the working capital provided by the loan to operate. Management evaluated the financial statements of RM Invest and considered the repayment history of the loan and determined that no loss provision was necessary.

  

On November 26, 2012, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Infratont Equities, Inc. (“Infratont”), pursuant to which the Company loaned $1,791,475 to Infratont for the purpose of providing the borrower with working capital and funding of business development in general. The loan matures on November 15, 2013 and accrues interest at a rate of 1.75% per month, payable quarterly commencing in March 2013. Infratont Equities has a relationship with Anatoly Polyanovskiy. The effect of the loan was to defer a repayment obligation of Tcahai Hairullaevich Katcaev to Mr. Polyanovskiy pursuant to an unrelated loan not involving the Company. Mr. Katcaev is general director of the Company’s subsidiary, TOT Money, and he owns a 20% interest in RM Invest, a payment processing business in Russia whose payment processing systems are currently used by TOT Money. The Company has had discussions with Messrs. Polyanovskiy and Katcaev about possibly issuing a 10% equity interest in TOT Money to Mr. Polyanovskiy and a 20% equity interest in TOT Money to Mr. Katcaev, although no binding agreement has been entered into to issue any amount of interest in TOT Money to either Mr. Polyanovskiy or Mr. Katcaev.

 

As of March 31, 2013, the Company has a reserve for loan losses of approximately $900,000 relating to the Infratont loan and a corresponding charge to the provision for loan losses. The Company was not able to review the financial information or the collateral value of the borrower and, as a result, the Company decided to reserve the majority of the outstanding balance of the loan.

  

NOTE 6. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ADVANCES TO AGGREGATORS

 

Accounts receivable consist of amounts due from Russian mobile operators. The cycle of business begins with TOT Money advancing funds to aggregators based on projected processing volumes. Aggregators then provide transactions to TOT Money for processing and billing to the mobile operators TOT Money has contracts with. The mobile operator contracts and associated receivables are with the three largest mobile telecommunications companies in Russia, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, MegaFon OJSC and OJSC VimpelCom . The Company does not reserve for these accounts receivable given our payment history with each mobile operator and the size of each mobile operator company. The collection cycle with mobile operators is approximately 45 days. Advances to aggregators are repaid with new business and TOT Money then re-advances to aggregators of content providers for expected new business. In this way, advances are continually rolling over and the outstanding balance per aggregator should approximate, at any point in time, one month of business volume that TOT Money expects the aggregator will provide going forward.

 

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As of March 31, 2013, the Company had accounts receivables and advances to aggregators of approximately $11.9 million and $8.1 million (net of reserve of approximately $1 million), respectively. The Company subsequently collected the majority of amounts due from mobile operators. Due to limited experience with advances to aggregators, a loan loss provision of approximately 10% of the outstanding balance is maintained against advances to aggregators, since the Company was unable to obtain financial information from the aggregators to perform a full credit review. A loan loss provision charge of $406,585 was recorded for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 to maintain the 10% loss reserve. The total loss provision for advances to aggregators at March 31, 2013 is $956,585.

 

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had accounts receivables and advances to aggregators of approximately $10.9 million and $4.8 million (net of reserve of approximately $550,000), respectively.

 

NOTE 7. FIXED ASSETS

 

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization as follows:

 

  Useful life
(in years)
  March 31,
2013
    December 31, 2012  
Furniture and equipment   3 - 5   $ 315,192     $ 325,522  
Computers   2 - 5     312,771       312,771  
Leasehold improvements*       19,956       19,956  
Total       647,919       658,249  
                   
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization       (402,326 )     (367,232 )
                   
Total fixed assets, net     $ 245,593     $ 291,017  

* Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the economic useful life or the lease term.        

 

Depreciation and amortization expense was $43,075 and $68,663 for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

NOTE 8.  INTANGIBLE ASSETS

  

The Company capitalizes certain costs for website development projects. Specifically, the Company capitalizes projects that are significant in terms of functional value added to the site. A capitalized project would be closer to a full product launch than an incremental or point release update. Costs for updates are expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs are amortized to depreciation and amortization expense over 24 months on a straight-line basis. The Company also capitalizes start-up projects from the point of start to the point the application, service or website is publicly launched. Amortization is straight-line over 24 months and charged to depreciation and amortization. Impairment is reviewed quarterly to ensure only viable active project costs are capitalized. Capitalized website development costs are included in other assets.

 

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had $211,856 and $212,865 in capitalized web development costs and intangible assets, respectively. The following table presents the components and activity for capitalized web development costs and intangible assets at March 31, 2013:

 

  Domain
Name
    Capitalized Patent Cost     Other     Total  
Balance at January 1, 2013   $ 173,750     $ 37,920     $ 1,195     $ 212,865  
Amortization     -       (1,009 )     -       (1,009 )
Balance at March 31, 2013   $ 173,750     $ 36,911     $ 1,195     $ 211,856  

 

At December 31, 2012, the Company had $212,865 in capitalized web development costs and intangible assets. This amount was primarily comprised of $173,750 in capitalized domain names and $37,920 in capitalized patent applications/trademarks. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company amortized $1,009 in patent/trademark costs, $12,500 in customer list, $2,500 in content and $26,510 in capitalized website development.

 

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The following table presents the estimated aggregate amortization expense of other intangible assets for the next five years:

 

2013   $ 4,219  
2014     4,032  
2015     4,032  
2016     4,032  
2017     4,032  
Total   $ 20,347  

 

NOTE 9. SHORT TERM LOANS

 

As of March 31, 2013, the Company had approximately $8.5 million in short term loans under a short term factoring agreement with Alfa-Bank that was entered by the Company’s Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, on September 28, 2012. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had approximately $9.4 million in short term loans which consists of: (i) $7.6 million under a factoring agreement with Alfa-Bank that was entered by the Company’s Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, on September 28, 2012 and (ii) $1.8 million under a credit agreement with Alfa-Bank that was entered by the Company’s Russian subsidiary TOT Money on August 17, 2012.

 

As stated above, on September 28, 2012, the Company’s Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, entered into a factoring agreement with Alfa-Bank. Pursuant to the agreement, as amended, TOT Money has assigned to Alfa-Bank its accounts receivable as security for financing in an aggregate amount of up to 400 million Russian rubles (approximately $12.9 million in U.S. dollars) provided by Alfa-Bank to TOT Money. The amount loaned by Alfa-Bank pursuant to the agreement with respect to any particular account receivable is limited to 80% of the amount of the account receivable assigned to Alfa-Bank. Pursuant to the agreement, Alfa-Bank is required to track the status of TOT Money’s accounts receivable, monitor timeliness of payment of such accounts receivable and provide related services. The term of the agreement is from September 28, 2012 until December 5, 2013. Alfa-Bank’s compensation pursuant to the agreement for providing services for the administrative management of accounts receivable ranges from 10 Russian rubles (approximately $0.33 in U.S. dollars) to 100 Russian rubles (approximately $3.28 in U.S. dollars) per account receivable, depending upon whether financing was provided related to the particular account receivable and the form of the documentation related to the particular account receivable. Alfa-Bank’s compensation pursuant to the agreement for providing financing to TOT Money is calculated as a financing rate that ranges from 9.70% to 11.95% annually of the amounts borrowed, depending upon the amount borrowed and the number of days in the period from the date financing is provided until the date the applicable account receivable is paid; however, Alfa-Bank has the unilateral right to change such financing rates in the event of changes in certain market rates or in Alfa-Bank’s reasonable discretion. TOT Money’s obligations under the Agreement also are secured by a guarantee given by AO SAT & Company. AO SAT & Company is an affiliate of Kenges Rakishev, who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

  

In addition, on August 17, 2012, the Company’s Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, entered into a Credit Agreement with Alfa-Bank. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Alfa-Bank agreed to provide a line of credit to TOT Money with the credit line limit set at 300 million Russian rubles (approximately $9.8 million in U.S. dollars). The interest rate varies based on the amount borrowed. Any amount borrowed is secured 100% by restricted cash of the Company. Alfa-Bank has the unilateral right to change the interest rate on amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement from time to time in the event of changes in certain market rates or in Alfa-Bank’s reasonable discretion, provided that the interest rate may not exceed 14% per annum. Interest must be repaid on a monthly basis on the 25th of each month. Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement must be repaid within six months of the date borrowed. The duration of the line of credit is set from August 17, 2012 through May 21, 2014. TOT Money’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a pledge of TOT Money’s deposits in its deposit account with Alfa-Bank and by a guarantee given by AO SAT & Company. AO SAT & Company is an affiliate of Kenges Rakishev.

 

On February 13, 2013, the Alfa Bank Credit Agreement had a loan balance of 53,900,000 rubles (approximately $1.8 million in U.S. dollars) secured by 55,000,000 rubles (approximately $1.8 million in U.S. dollars) in restricted cash. The Company paid off this credit facility on February 14, 2013 in order to eliminate interest expense under the credit line and free up the restricted cash. The balance of this loan was $0 and $1.8 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

  

NOTE 10. ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, accrued expenses amounted to $934,140 and $925,966, respectively. Accrued expenses represent expenses that are owed at the end of the period and have not been billed by the provider or are estimates of services provided. The following table details the items comprising the balances outstanding as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

 

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    March 31,
2013
    December 31, 2012  
Accrued professional fees   $ 534,273     $ 470,382  
Promotional expense     49,922       221,311  
Accrued interest     38,606       39,421  
Accrued payroll     163,364       52,760  
Other accrued expenses     147,975       142,092  
    $ 934,140     $ 925,966  

 

NOTE 11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

    

On February 1, 2013, the Company entered into its second sponsorship agreement with Ferrari North America, Inc. (“FNA”). Consideration is $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in advertising services. Additionally, unused advertising services from the previous agreement of March 8, 2012 will be available to FNA until January 1, 2014. The Company, through its motorsport.com brand, will receive sponsor recognition on all FNA Ferrari Challenge communications, promotions and advertising. FNA is required to include motorsport.com in all its Ferrari Challenge advertisements, communications and promotional materials, including but not limited to, press releases, winner’s podium display and reference to motorsport.com and the Company’s sponsorship in all correspondence. Parties may, at their election, issue joint press releases, subject to approval by FNA. Additionally, motorsport.com signage and decals are required to be displayed on all FNA cars, including during practice and race sessions.

 

We lease approximately 6,500 square feet of office space in Miami, Florida at annual rent of $201,695.  Beginning in January 2013, Enerfund, LLC, which is wholly-owned by our director and majority stockholder, Mike Zoi, uses part of this office space and pays a pro-rata amount of the rent in an amount equal to $8,500 per month (or $102,000 per year).  The current lease term expires May 31, 2013.  Our corporate headquarters and the operations of our online media products (websites and mobile applications) are conducted at this location.  The Company is planning to relocate to Unified Payments’ office upon the expiration of this lease.

 

The Company also leases office space in Russia and the Ukraine. Total rent expense for these leases was $73,730 and $22,260 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Future minimum lease payments are $95,697 for 2013 and $28,000 for 2014, respectively.

 

On January 2, 2013, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Timothy Greenfield whereby Mr. Greenfield is employed as President – Mobile Commerce & Payment Processing. Mr. Greenfield’s annual salary is $235,000 and he received a $25,000 signing bonus. Mr. Greenfield is entitled to other benefits including a discretionary bonus, vacation/personal days and participation in the Company’s benefit plan for health insurance. Mr. Greenfield is entitled to a one-time payment of $100,000 if his at-will employment is terminated for other than cause.

 

From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, the Company is subject to legal and/or tax proceedings or inquiries. While it is impossible to determine the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings or inquiries, management believes that the resolution of any pending matters will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations of the Company.

 

NOTE 12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

As of March 31, 2013, the Company had $384,686 due to related parties, consisting primarily of $264,802 of which is due to Green Venture Group, LLC, an entity controlled by Mike Zoi, who owns a majority of the Company’s outstanding stock, and approximately $120,000 due to former minority owner of A&R Music Live, LLC.

  

Pursuant to an agreement dated January 31, 2013, the Company ceased all operations of A&R Music Live, LLC and terminated the employment of Stephen Strother (the founder and former President of Music1, LLC) as of January 31, 2013, with agreement to pay him $150,000 over the next twelve months and to transfer and assign to him the Company’s 97% interest in A&R Music Live, LLC, the internet domain name www.arlive.com and related intellectual property rights (which transfers and assignments were completed on February 8, 2013). As of February 8, 2013, Mr. Strother owned a 100% interest in and operates A&R Music Live, LLC. The Company retained ownership of and rights to www.music1.com and www.music1.ru . The Company recorded a charge of approximately $84,000 to reflect the loss on disposition of business during the quarter ended March 31, 2013, which is reflected in other expense in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

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NOTE 13. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Subscription Agreements

 

On February 2, 2012, Net Element entered into a Subscription Agreement with one of its directors, Felix Vulis, pursuant to which Mr. Vulis purchased from the Company for $100,000: (i) 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company; (ii) a three-year warrant to purchase up to an additional 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company with an exercise price of $10 per share; (iii) a three-year warrant to purchase up to an additional 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company with an exercise price of $20 per share; and (iv) a three-year warrant to purchase up to an additional 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company with an exercise price of $40 per share. These warrants were cancelled on October 2, 2012 pursuant to the Merger Agreement with Net Element. The price of the Company’s stock was $13.60 on the date of grant and the Company recorded a corresponding compensation charge of $806,667.

 

On February 23, 2012, Net Element entered into a Subscription Agreement pursuant to which it sold 333,333 newly issued shares of common stock of the Company to Kenges Rakishev for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000, or $6.00 per share. In connection with this Subscription Agreement, the Company recorded a corresponding compensation charge for $1,333,333 to recognize the difference between $6.00 per share and the market price of the stock on February 23, 2012 of $10.00 per share.

  

The corresponding shares of common stock, cash paid and compensation charge related to these agreements during the quarter ended March, 31 2012 is as follows:

 

Name   Shares     Cash     Compensation Charge  
Felix Vulis     16,667     $ 100,000     $ 806,667  
Kenges Rakishev     333,333     $ 2,000,000     $ 1,333,333  

 

Other

 

During December 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized, and the Company announced on December 10, 2012, a plan permitting the repurchase by the Company of up to $2.5 million of issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions during the 24-month period ending December 10, 2014. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 167,220 shares of its common stock for $472,696 or an average of $2.83 per share including 137,207 shares that were repurchased by the Company in a private transaction outside the parameter of the publicly announced repurchase plan (also see Note 18).

 

NOTE 14. WARRANTS, STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

 

Warrants

 

On January 22, 2013, the Company filed a post-effective amendment on Form S-3 to its registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-182076), as subsequently amended on February 12, 2013 and April 26, 2013, in order to register the issuance and sale by the Company of up to 4,600,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants that were originally issued by the Company (then known as Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd.) in connection with its initial public offering, which warrants became exercisable upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement between the Company and Net Element dated as of June 12, 2012. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock upon payment of the exercise price of $7.50 per share. As of May 14, 2013, that post-effective amendment has not been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

On February 12, 2013, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-186621), as subsequently amended on April 26, 2013, in order to register (i) the resale from time to time by the selling security holders identified therein of up to 4,340,000 warrants that were originally issued by the Company (then known as Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd.) to Cazador Sub Holdings Ltd. in connection with a private placement prior to the Company’s initial public offering and that became exercisable beginning on April 2, 2013, and (ii) the issuance and sale by the Company of up to 4,340,000 shares of common stock upon exercise of such warrants. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock upon payment of the exercise price of $7.50 per share. As of May 14, 2013, that registration statement has not been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Of the 4,340,000 warrants issued, Francesco Piovanetti (the former Chief Executive Officer and a former director of the Company) and David P. Kelley II (a current director of the Company) own 3,609,631 and 14,000 warrants, respectively, to purchase an aggregate of 3,623,631 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

At March 31, 2013, the Company had 8,938,900 warrants outstanding (as a result of 1,100 warrants exercised during 2012) with a weighted average exercise price of $7.50 and a weighted average contract term of 4.51 years.

 

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The table below summarizes the Company’s outstanding warrants at March 31, 2012. On October 2, 2012, the Enerfund and TGR Capital warrants were exercised in connection with the Company’s merger with Net Element (see Note 4). Felix Vulis’ warrants were cancelled on October 2, 2012 pursuant to the Company’s merger agreement with Net Element.

 

    # Warrants Granted     Wtd. Avge Exercise Price     Wtd. Avge Contract Term
Enerfund, LLC and TGR Capital, LLC     5,000,000     $ 2.00     3.31 years
Felix Vulis     16,667     $ 10.00     2.92 years
Felix Vulis     16,667     $ 20.00     2.92 years
Felix Vulis     16,667     $ 40.00     2.92 years

 

Stock Options

 

At March 31, 2012, Net Element had two incentive plans, as described below:

 

  § 2004 Stock Option Plan

  § 2011 Equity Compensation Plan

 

At March 31, 2013, the Company had no incentive plans.

 

On February 10, 2012, the Board of Directors of Net Element approved the issuance of five-year stock options to purchase 40,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $6.40 per share to certain employees. These options were immediately vested upon issuance. Accordingly, the Company recorded a compensation charge of $256,000, using a Black-Scholes model for the issuance of fully vested options.

 

On March 31, 2012, Net Element issued five-year stock options to purchase shares of common stock of Net Element to employees taking salary reductions for the first quarter of 2012.  These options were immediately vested upon issuance. Accordingly, the Company recorded a compensation charge for $95,899, using a Black-Scholes model for the issuance of 550,340 fully vested options.

 

At March 31, 2012, Net Element had options to purchase 228,106 shares of common stock outstanding under its stock option plans, of which options to purchase 181,422 shares of common stock are vested, with a weighted average exercise price of $6.00 per share and with a remaining weighted average contractual term of 5.82 years. We also had warrants to purchase 5,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding at March 31, 2012 with a strike price of $2.00 per share and a remaining contractual term of 3.31 years and warrants to purchase an addition 1,181,818 shares upon conversion of notes pursuant to Subscription Agreements with TGR Energy and Enerfund, LLC.

 

At March 31, 2012, Net Element had outstanding options to purchase 130,929 shares of common stock under its 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, of which options to purchase 130,929 shares of common stock are vested, with a weighted average exercise price of $6.40 per share and with a remaining weighted average contractual term of 4.70 years.

 

Additionally, at March 31, 2012, Net Element had outstanding options to purchase 97,178 shares of common stock under its 2004 Stock Option Plan, of which options to purchase 50,494 shares of common stock are vested, with a weighted average exercise price of $5.60 per share and with a remaining weighted average contractual term of 7.33 years.

   

The Company has no outstanding stock options as of March 31, 2013. On October 2, 2012, the vesting of all Net Element options accelerated due to the merger (see Note 4) and all options were converted to common stock.

 

Stock Based Compensation

   

On January 26, 2012, Net Element entered into an Advisory Board Agreement with Michael Waltrip for a term of two years. Mr. Waltrip will help develop the Company’s motorsport business by participating in Motorsport Advisory Board meetings and attending industry functions to help promote Motorsport.com. For his service, Mr. Waltrip was granted 11,500 shares of common stock and the Company recorded a charge of $7,667 in non-cash compensation expense under the agreement for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The total charge for this grant ($92,000) was to be amortized over three years based on the fair value of the stock provided on the date of grant but the amortization was accelerated and the full charge was taken in October 2012 in connection with the Company’s merger with Net Element. 

 

Motorsport.com appointed Pietro Da Cruz, a junior Nascar race car driver and grandson of the Chairman of Motorsport.com, to its Advisory Board. On March 26, 2012, Net Element’s Board of Directors approved the issuance of stock options to purchase 12,500 shares of common stock as part of an Advisory Agreement. Additionally, Motorsport.com entered into a Consulting Agreement with Dan Goodstadt, an advisor to Emerson Fittipaldi, Motorsport.com’s Chairman, pursuant to which the Board of Directors of Net Element approved the issuance of stock options to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock. The Company’s compensation charge for these grants was $375,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

 

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NOTE 15. INCOME TAXES

  

There was no U.S. or foreign current or deferred income tax provision for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company has a full valuation on its net deferred tax assets. The Company’s net deferred tax assets are primarily composed of net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”). These NOLs total approximately $27.0 million and $25.0 million for federal, approximately $15.2 million and $13.2 million for state, and approximately $2.6 million and $1.5 million for foreign as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Federal and state NOLs could be subject to limitations if, within any three year period prior to the expiration of the applicable carryforward period, there is a greater than 50% change in ownership of the Company.

 

In order to fully utilize the net deferred tax assets, the Company will need to generate sufficient taxable income in future years to utilize its NOLs prior to their expiration. ASC Topic 740, “ Income Taxes ”, requires the Company to analyze all positive and negative evidence to determine if, based on the weight of available evidence, the Company is more likely than not to realize the benefit of the net deferred tax assets. The recognition of the net deferred tax assets and related tax benefits is based upon the Company’s conclusions regarding, among other considerations, estimates of future earnings based on information currently available, current and anticipated customers, contracts and product introductions, as well as historical operating results and certain tax planning strategies.

 

The Company has evaluated the available evidence and the likelihood of realizing the benefit of its net deferred tax assets. From its evaluation, the Company has concluded that based on the weight of available evidence, it is not more likely than not that the Company will realize any of the benefit of its net deferred tax assets. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2013, the Company maintained a full valuation allowance totaling approximately $10.5 million.

 

NOTE 16. SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

As described in Note 1, the Company has two reportable segments: mobile commerce and payment processing for electronic commerce, and entertainment and culture Internet destinations. The Company determines the reportable segments based on the internal reporting used to evaluate performance and to assess where to allocate resources. The principal revenue stream for each of these segments varies according to its principal activities. During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the principal revenue stream for both mobile commerce and payment processing for electronic commerce and entertainment and culture Internet destinations came from services fees.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2012, the Company had only one reportable business segment: entertainment and culture Internet destinations. The principal revenue stream for entertainment and culture Internet destinations came from services fees.

 

The accounting policies of the individual transactions in the reportable segments are the same as those of the Company, as described in Note 1. Transactions between reportable segments are primarily conducted at market rates, resulting in segment profits or expenses that are eliminated for reporting consolidated results. A general overview of each reportable segment is provided below.

 

  · Mobile commerce and payment processing for electronic commerce

 

In June 2012, the Company formed its subsidiary OOO TOT Money (a Russian limited liability company) to develop a business in processing mobile commerce payments. TOT Money launched operations in Russia during the third quarter of 2012. TOT Money has entered into contracts with the three largest mobile phone operators in Russia, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, MegaFon OJSC and OJSC VimpelCom, to facilitate payments using SMS (short message services, which is a text messaging service) and MMS (multimedia message services) for their mobile phone subscribers in Russia. TOT Money earns service fee revenues for payment processing. The Company plans to increasingly generate most of its revenues from TOT Money’s mobile commerce payment operations.

 

Initially, the Company planned to adapt the existing revenue sharing platform used in Openfilm.com to a mobile commerce payment platform. However, TOT Money currently is using on a trial basis for no consideration the payment processing systems of RM Invest, which is another payment processing business operating in Russia that is 20% owned by TOT Money’s general director, Tcahai Hairullaevich Katcaev. RM Invest has agreed to allow TOT Money the right to use RM Invest’s systems indefinitely for as long as needed for evaluation purposes in determining whether TOT Money may have an interest in licensing or purchasing RM Invest’s systems. TOT Money is concurrently seeking a way to buy, license or build its own mobile payment processing system.

 

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  · Entertainment and culture Internet destinations

 

The Company owns controlling interests in several companies that develop and operate online media products (websites and mobile applications) in the peer-to-peer application, music, motorsport and film markets. The Company intends to explore additional acquisitions of, as well as developing internally, other Internet based properties, services and companies with similar goals of connecting people in various vertical markets, such as the medical, music, film, sports and legal markets.

 

Music1 Russia

 

OOO Music1 (“Music1 Russia”) is a Russian limited liability company that was organized as a partnership with Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy, a Russian composer, performer, producer and music promoter. Music1 Russia promotes the Company’s music1.com platform in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Music1.ru was officially opened for public access in the third quarter of 2012. Music1 mobile application for iOS and Android were launched in December 2012. Music1.ru offers certain digital assets of Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy and his affiliate companies, including ARS Holding and the NewWave International contest (comparable to American Idol in United States). Revenues are expected to be generated through royalty fees and third party advertising on the platform.

  

Motorsport.com

 

Motorsport.com is a news and information service that operates a website (motorsport.com) that distributes content related to the motor sports industry to racing enthusiasts all over the world. The website features a graphic-based interface and is a database-driven site with a multi-channel navigation structure, including, News, Features, Photos, Statistics, Directory, Online Competitions and Forums. In the past decade, motorsport.com has established its reputation as a reliable source of news and content by covering major international racing series and events. Motorsport.com won the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) Award for Best Professional Racing Website for eight straight years (2004 to 2011).

 

Motorsport.com has been in operation for over 13 years and is a mature online media company with an established brand name. According to Google Analytics, in 2012, motorsport.com received approximately 25 million page views (representing approximately 18% year-over-year growth compared to 2011) from 2.4 million unique visitors.

 

Openfilm

 

Openfilm is an online media company that supports a community of independent film enthusiasts and filmmakers. Openfilm owns and operates the website openfilm.com, which is based on a proprietary video platform (licensed to Openfilm by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NetLab Systems IP LLC (“NetLab”)) and certain know-how and methods developed by Openfilm that unite elements of the film industry that the Company believes are of most interest and value to Openfilm’s users in a single location. Openfilm derives revenues from license fees, video advertising, display advertising and membership fees, as well as contest entry fees.

 

Openfilm has developed an award-winning website that currently showcases over 9,300 films of various lengths and genres, aggregated from film festivals, film schools and independent filmmakers from around the world. Most films are displayed online in high definition (HD) video format and filmmakers are able to upload their films and interact with other users through a social networking platform.

 

Openfilm offers aspiring filmmakers an opportunity to have their work screened by a distinguished group of Hollywood insiders who make up the Openfilm Advisory Board, including actor James Caan (Chairman as well as Net Element’s Board of Directors member), actor Robert Duvall, director Marc Rydell and actor and filmmaker Scott Caan.

 

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The following tables present financial information of the Company’s reportable segments for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The “eliminations” column includes all intercompany eliminations for consolidated purposes.

 

          For the quarter ended March 31, 2013  
Description   Mobile Commerce
Payment Processing
Services
    Online Businesses     Eliminations     Totals  
Net revenues   $ 868,151     $ 6,364     $ -     $ 874,515  
Cost of revenues     (264,504 )     (10,962 )     -       (275,466 )
General and administrative     (229,199 )     (2,839,126 )     -       (3,068,325 )
Allocations     (125,074 )     125,074       -       -  
Provision for loan losses     (406,585 )     -       -       (406,585 )
Depreciation and amortization     -       (43,075 )     -       (43,075 )
Interest expense     (145,666 )     (104,904 )     -       (250,570 )
Intercompany interest income (expense)     (253,758 )     253,758       -       -  
Other expense     -       (80,541 )     -       (80,541 )
Income tax provision     -       -       -       -  
Non-controlling interest     (660 )     16,876     -       16,216
Net Loss   $ (557,295 )   $ (2,676,536 )   $ -     $ (3,233,831 )
Assets   $ 21,582,901     $ 2,219,908     $ -     $ 23,802,809  
Short Term Loans   $ 8,513,311     $ -     $ -     $ 8,513,311  
                                 
                                 
              For the quarter ended March 31, 2012  
Description     Mobile Commerce
Payment Processing
Services
      Online Businesses       Eliminations       Totals  
Net revenues   $ -     $ 74,810     $ -     $ 74,810  
Cost of revenues     -       (100,585 )     -       (100,585 )
General and administrative     -       (4,017,747 )     -       (4,017,747 )
Allocations     -       -       -       -  
Depreciation and amortization     -       (68,663 )     -       (68,663 )
Interest income (expense)     -       (72,674 )     -       (72,674 )
Other Income (expense)     -       (411,225 )     -       (411,225 )
Non-controlling interest     -       72,088       -       72,088  
Net Loss   $ -     $ (4,523,996 )   $ -     $ (4,523,996 )

 

NOTE 17. RESTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

In connection with the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, adjustments were made to the Company’s equity accounting for certain first quarter 2012 transactions. The effects of these adjustments were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Commission. The financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 has been restated to include the effects of these adjustments. The following details the effects of the changes on the statement of operations and comprehensive loss and statement of cash flows for the quarter ended March 31, 2012:

 

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    Three Months
Ended 
March 31, 2012
    Adjustment     Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2012
(As Restated)
 
                         
 Net Revenues   $ 74,810     $ -     $ 74,810  
                         
Operating Expenses                        
Cost of revenues     100,585       -       100,585  
 Business development     185,519       -       185,519  
    General and administrative     1,641,516       2,140,001       3,781,517  
 Product development     50,711       -       50,711  
 Depreciation and amortization     68,663       -       68,663  
 Total operating expenses     2,046,994       2,140,001       4,186,995  
             Loss from operations     (1,972,184 )     (2,140,001 )     (4,112,185 )
                         
Non-operating expense                        
Interest income (expense)     (72,674 )     -       (72,674 )
Other income (expense)     (411,225 )     -       (411,225 )
Loss before income tax provision     (2,456,083 )     (2,140,001 )     (4,596,084 )
Income tax provision     -       -       -  
Net Loss from operations     (2,456,083 )     (2,140,001 )     (4,596,084 )
Net loss attributable to                        
   the noncontrolling interest     72,088       -       72,088  
Net loss   $ (2,383,995 )   $ (2,140,001 )   $ (4,523,996 )
                         
Other comprehensive income                        
Foreign currency translation gain     100       -       100  
Comprehensive loss   $ (2,383,895 )   $ (2,140,001 )   $ (4,523,896 )
                         
Net loss per share - basic and diluted   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.01 )
                         
Weighted average number of common shares                        
outstanding - basic and diluted     752,792,562       752,792,562       752,792,562  

 

The adjustment of $2,140,001 is comprised of $1,333,334 in non-cash compensation expense related to a subscription agreement entered into with one of our current directors, Kenges Rakishev, pursuant to which shares of common stock were sold to Mr. Rakishev below the market price at the time of sale and $806,667 in non-cash compensation expense related to a subscription agreement entered into with one of our current directors, Felix Vulis, pursuant to which shares of common stock and warrants were sold to Mr. Vulis below the market price at the time of sale.

 

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              Three Months  
    Three Months           Ended  
    Ended           3/31/2012  
    March 31, 2012     Adjustment     (As Restated)  
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net loss   $ (2,383,995 )   $ (2,140,001 )   $ (4,523,996 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net                        
cash used in operating activities:                        
Loss attributable to Investment in Subsidiary     411,225       -       411,225  
Decrease in noncontrolling interests     (72,088 )     -       (72,088 )
Loan discount interest expense     2,859       -       2,859  
Depreciation and amortization     68,663       -       68,663  
Non-cash compensation     521,771       2,140,001       2,661,772  
                         
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions                        
and the effect of consolidation of equity affiliates:                        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (8,994 )     -       (8,994 )
Contract receivable, net     346       -       346  
Accounts payable     160,278       -       160,278  
Accrued expenses     23,923       -       23,923  
Total adjustments     1,107,983       2,140,001       3,247,984  
Net cash used in operating activities     (1,276,012 )     -       (1,276,012 )
                         
Cash flows from investing activities                        
Capitalized web development and patent costs     (168,738 )     -       (168,738 )
Purchase of fixed assets     (21,886 )     -       (21,886 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (190,624 )     -       (190,624 )
                         
Cash flows from financing activities:                        
Due from related parties     (46,492 )     -       (46,492 )
Contributed capital from non-controlling equity investors     2,140,000       -       2,140,000  
Payments on related party note     (75,000 )     -       (75,000 )
Net cash provided by financing activities     2,018,508       -       2,018,508  
                         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash     100       -       100  
Net increase (decrease) in cash     551,972       -       551,972  
                         
Cash at beginning of period     83,173       -       83,173  
Cash at end of period   $ 635,145     $ -     $ 635,145  

 

NOTE 18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS   

 

On April 16, 2013, the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with Unified Payments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Unified Payments”), TOT Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as TOT, Inc.), which is a direct subsidiary of the Company (“TOT Group”), Oleg Firer, individually, and Georgia Notes 18 LLC, a Florida limited liability company. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, on April 16, 2013, certain subsidiaries of TOT Group, which were formed for the purpose of effectuating the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, acquired substantially all of the business assets of Unified Payments. Unified Payments provides comprehensive turnkey, payment-processing solutions to small and medium size business owners (merchants) and independent sales organizations across the United States. As consideration for Unified Payments’ and its subsidiaries’ contribution of their assets to TOT Group subsidiaries, (a) the Company agreed to contribute to a subsidiary of TOT Group 70% of the equity interests in the Company’s subsidiary, OOO TOT Money (through which the Company operates its mobile commerce payment processing business); (b) TOT Group issued to Unified Payments 10% of TOT Group’s issued and outstanding common stock; and (c) TOT Group assumed the following liabilities of Unified Payments and its subsidiaries: (i) Unified Payments’ long-term indebtedness, including liabilities related to the outstanding preferred membership interest in Unified Payments, the net amount of which was approximately $23.4 million as of March 31, 2013; (ii) all other liabilities of Unified Payments and its subsidiaries reflected or reserved against on Unified Payments’ balance sheet as of the closing date, except that bonus, deferred and other compensation obligations will be payable only from available cash of TOT Group from its future net profits, if any (these other liabilities that were assumed total approximately $1.2 million, including approximately $900,000 of compensation obligations); (iii) all obligations of Unified Payments and its subsidiaries under real property leases arising and to be performed on or after the closing date; (iv) all obligations of Unified Payments and its subsidiaries under personal property leases arising and to be performed on or after the closing date, except that no lease obligations were assumed relating to any vehicles other than one car lease that expires on August 4, 2013; and (v) all obligations of Unified Payments and its subsidiaries under other contracts and governmental licenses and permits arising and to be performed on or after the closing date.

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2013, the Company continued its stock buy-back program and repurchased 2,162 shares through May 14, 2013 for approximately $6,513. The Company still has approximately $1,910,574 approved under the buyback program to repurchase shares.

 

On May 10, 2013, the Company entered into a new lease agreement, which is dated as of May 1, 2013, for approximately 5,200 square feet of office space located at 3363 N.E. 163rd Street, Suites 705 through 707, North Miami Beach, Florida 33160. The Company plans to move its corporate headquarters and principal executive office to this location at the end of May 2013. The term of the lease agreement is from May 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, with monthly rent at the rates of $16,800 per month (or $134,400 for the initial eight-month period) for the period from May 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, $17,640 per month (or $211,680 per year) for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, $18,522 per month (or $222,264 per year) for the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 and $19,448.10 per month (or $233,377.20 per year) for the period from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.

 

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On May 14, 2013, the Company executed and delivered to K 1 Holding Limited (“K1 Holding”) a promissory note, dated May 13, 2013, in the principal amount of $2 million, in connection with a loan in such amount made by K1 Holding to the Company. Proceeds from the loan are required to be used for general business purposes of the Company. Amounts payable by the Company pursuant to the promissory note do not accrue interest. The outstanding principal balance of the promissory note is required to be repaid no later than May 14, 2015 and may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty or charge. The unpaid principal balance of the promissory note will become immediately due and payable by the Company upon certain events of default, including in certain circumstances if the Company or its property becomes the subject of certain voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or if the Company fails to timely pay principal under the promissory note and such failure continues for five business days. K1 Holding is an affiliate of Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy. Mr. Krutoy, through K1 Holding, owns a 33% interest in the Company’s subsidiary OOO Music1.

 

Pursuant to a letter agreement dated May 13, 2013 among TGR Capital, LLC, the Company and K1 Holding, as a condition to K1 Holding making the foregoing loan to the Company and K1 Holding entering into an agreement to provide certain business development consulting services to the Company, (i) the Company agreed to issue to K1 Holding a number of restricted shares of common stock of the Company equal to 2% of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company at the time of issuance (the “New Issuance”) and (ii) TGR Capital, LLC agreed to transfer to K1 Holding such number of restricted shares of common stock of the Company as is needed to bring joint K1 Holding’s and Mr. Krutoy’s aggregate beneficial ownership of common stock of the Company to 10% of the total issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company at the time of such transfer (the “TGR Transfer”). The issuance and transfer, as applicable, of the shares of common stock pursuant to the New Issuance and the TGR Transfer are subject to prior approval by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2013 annual stockholders meeting, which has not yet been scheduled. TGR Capital, LLC is an affiliate of the Company’s director and majority stockholder, Mike Zoi.

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

The following discussion should be read and evaluated in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in this Report and with the discussion under “Forward-Looking Statements” on page 2 at the beginning of this Report and the Risk Factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and in Part II, Item 1A of this Report.

 

Overview; Recent Developments

 

We have two reportable business segments, consisting of (i) mobile commerce and payment processing for electronic commerce, and (ii) entertainment and culture Internet destinations. During the quarter ended March 31, 2012, we had only one reportable business segment: entertainment and culture Internet destinations.

 

During the third quarter of 2012, our subsidiary, TOT Money, launched operations as a mobile commerce payment processing business in Russia. Since then, TOT Money has continued seeking to expand its payment processing business primarily in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (comprised of participating states of the former Soviet Union) and other emerging markets. During the second half of 2012, TOT Money entered into contracts with the three largest mobile phone operators in Russia, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, MegaFon OJSC and OJSC VimpelCom, to facilitate payments using SMS and MMS for their mobile phone subscribers in Russia.

 

On April 16, 2013, we entered into a Contribution Agreement with Unified Payments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Unified Payments”), TOT Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as TOT, Inc.), which is a direct subsidiary of the Company (“TOT Group”), Oleg Firer, individually, and Georgia Notes 18 LLC, a Florida limited liability company. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, on April 16, 2013, certain subsidiaries of TOT Group, which were formed for the purpose of effectuating the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, acquired substantially all of the business assets of Unified Payments. Unified Payments provides comprehensive turnkey, payment-processing solutions to small and medium size business owners (merchants) and independent sales organizations across the United States. For additional information, see Note 18 to the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In addition to our payment processing operations, we continue to pursue a strategy to develop and acquire technology and applications for use in the online media industry. In furtherance of this strategy, we acquired Openfilm, LLC on December 14, 2010 and Motorsport, LLC and Music1, LLC on February 1, 2011. On February 8, 2013, in connection with our termination of Music1’s employment of Stephen Strother, we transferred and assigned to Mr. Strother our 97% interest in A&R Music Live, LLC, the internet domain name www.arlive.com and related intellectual property rights.

 

Our subsidiary, LegalGuru LLC, has been developing a video-centric, legal information portal (legalguru.com) intended to allow licensed attorneys (or Gurus) to brand themselves by posting relevant information content related to each attorney’s respective practice concentration. We launched a beta test version of legalguru.com in May 2012 and, in the first quarter of 2013, indefinitely discontinued all development and marketing efforts for LegalGuru pending receipt of additional financing, if any.

 

Our subsidiary, Yapik LLC, was developing, and in the fourth quarter of 2011 launched a beta test version of, Yapik, a peer-to-peer communication and bartering application and service for mobile devices operating within and around colleges and universities in the United States. Upon completion of the beta tests, we decided to discontinue development efforts for Yapik and focus on developing a similar application called Komissionka for use in the Russian market. The Komissionka application was introduced in Russia in the second quarter of 2012 on a pre-loaded smartphone sold by the mobile phone carrier MegaFon.

 

We believe that our technology platforms and development expertise are able to enhance the digital distribution of content in a variety of industries. Accordingly, we intend to explore additional acquisitions of, as well as developing internally, other Internet based properties, services and companies with similar goals of connecting people in various vertical markets, such as the medical, music, film, sports and legal markets.

 

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Since our inception, we have not generated significant revenues, and we have incurred significant operating losses (for additional information, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below). If we fail to maintain our relationships with merchants, mobile phone providers, content providers, lenders and other business partners, or fail to expand our base of advertisers or generate and maintain high quality content on our websites, it could harm our prospects. We face all of the risks inherent in a new business, including the need for significant additional capital, management’s potential underestimation of initial and ongoing costs, and potential delays and other problems in connection with developing our technologies, Internet websites and applications and our operations.

 

Results of Operations for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

 

We reported a net loss of  $3,233,831, or $(0.11) per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 versus a net loss of $4,523,996 (as restated), or $(0.24) per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.  Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding were 28,224,893 and 18,819,814 for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  

 

Net revenues consist of payment processing fees, advertising fees, license fees and membership fees.  Net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 were $874,515, of which $868,401 were payment processing fees from our subsidiary TOT Money in Russia. Additionally, we earned $1,331 from Openfilm and $4,783 from Motorsport web businesses. Net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 were $74,810, which were primarily comprised of fees generated by our subsidiaries Music1 ($34,031), Motorsport ($31,960) and Openfilm ($8,238). Music1 revenues are primarily services fees while Motorsport revenues are primarily advertising revenue. As of February 8, 2013, A&R Music Live is no longer owned by Music1, so our results of operations in future periods will no longer include service fees generated by A&R Music Live. Openfilm revenues are a mix of license fees, advertising and subscription fees. The increase in net revenues in the quarter ended March 31, 2013 compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2012 is primarily a result of the launch of our mobile commerce payment processing operations in Russia during the third quarter of 2012 through TOT Money. Our results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 include only the operations of our online media products (websites and mobile applications).

 

Operating expenses totaled $3,793,451 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 versus $4,186,995 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Most of total operating expenses in each of such periods consisted of general and administrative expenses. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, general and administrative expenses were $3,068,325, or 80.9% of total operating expenses during that period. For the quarter ended March 31, 2012, general and administrative expenses were $4,017,747 (as restated), or 96.0% of total operating expenses during that period. The components of our general and administrative expenses are discussed below.

 

Cost of revenues represents direct costs of generating revenues, including commissions, purchases of short numbers, content acquired and created and certain payroll expense that is directly related to revenue creation. Cost of revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $275,466 as compared to $100,585 for the three months ended March 31, 2012, which represents an increase of $174,881, or 173.9%. The increase in cost of revenues is primarily due to $264,504 in cost of revenues from TOT Money (which first began operations in the third quarter of 2012) for the purchase of short numbers to facilitate creation of payment processing revenues, partially offset by a $89,623 decline in cost of revenues in Motorsport, Openfilm and other web properties due to decreased revenues. The following table details our cost of revenues by entity or web property for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

                Variance  
    Qtr End     Qtr Ended     Increase /  
Entity or Web Property   3/31/2013     3/31/2012     (Decrease)  
OOO TOT Money   $ 264,504     $ -     $ 264,504  
Yapik     250       736       (486 )
LegalGuru     130       -       130  
Openfilm     (16,000 )     23,172       (39,172 )
Motorsport     15,789       60,106       (44,317 )
Music1     10,793       16,571       (5,778 )
    $ 275,466     $ 100,585     $ 174,881  

 

Effective January 1, 2013, we ceased development efforts for the Yapik application in the United States, and are instead focused on developing a similar application called Komissionka for use in the Russian market. In the first quarter of 2013, we indefinitely discontinued all development and marketing efforts for LegalGuru pending receipt of additional financing, if any. On February 8, 2013, in connection with the termination of Music1’s employment of Stephen Strother, we transferred and assigned to Mr. Strother our 97% interest in A&R Music Live, LLC (which previously was owned by Music1), the internet domain name www.arlive.com and related intellectual property rights. As a result of the foregoing, our results of operations in future periods will no longer include the operations of Yapik or A&R Music Live and we expect that our results of operations will not include the operations of LegalGuru for the foreseeable future.

 

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General and administrative expenses were $3,068,325 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $4,017,747 (as restated) for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, representing a decrease of $949,421, or 23.6%.  General and administrative expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 consisted of operating expenses not otherwise delineated in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, including certain salaries, benefits, taxes, professional fees, travel, rent, Internet expenses and other expenses required to run our business.  General and administrative expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were attributable to:

 

Category   Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2013
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2012
    Increase / (Decrease)  
Non-cash compensation expense   $ -     $ 2,661,772     $ (2,661,772 )
Salaries, benefits, taxes and contractor payments     1,054,225       637,718       416,507
Professional fees     1,145,992       335,120       810,872
Rent     95,114       69,206       25,908
Product development     69,082       50,711       18,371
Business development     63,044       142,841       (79,797 )
Travel expense     192,942       69,373       123,569
Filing fees     12,322       8,495       3,827
Other expenses     435,604       42,511       393,093
   Totals   $ 3,068,325     $ 4,017,747     $ (949,422 )

 

Non-cash compensation expense was $0 and $2,661,772 for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. No stock based compensation was issued during the first quarter of 2013. For the quarter ended March 31, 2012, we incurred $2,661,772 in non cash compensation expense comprised of $1,333,334 in compensation expense related to a subscription agreement entered into with one of our current directors, Kenges Rakishev, pursuant to which shares of common stock were sold to Mr. Rakishev below the market price at the time of sale, $806,667 in compensation expense related to a subscription agreement entered into with one of our current directors, Felix Vulis, pursuant to which shares of common stock and warrants were sold to Mr. Vulis below the market price at the time of sale, and $521,771 in compensation expense primarily for employee stock option and share grants.

 

Salaries, benefits, taxes and contractor payments were $1,054,225 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $637,718 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, representing an increase of $416,507, or 65.3%. The increase was attributable to Net Element Russia ($238,673), Music1 ($124,910) and Splinex ($51,787), partially offset by decreases in salaries, benefits and taxes at Yapik ($17,910), Openfilm ($11,205), LegalGuru ($9,288) and Corporate ($5,188). Net Element Russia began operations in the second quarter of 2012 so it had no expenses in the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Music1 expenses were higher due to higher headcount during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 than for the same period during 2012. Splinex salaries and benefits were higher due to a shift from consulting to salaries during 2013. These increases were partially offset by decreased salaries, benefits and taxes in Yapik, Openfilm, LegalGuru and Corporate for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, all due to reduced headcount.

 

Professional fees were $1,145,992 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $335,120 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The most significant increases were attributable to general legal fees ($294,132), Securities and Exchange Commission compliance ($140,564) and accounting / auditing fees ($388,225). General legal expenses increased $294,132 during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 versus the quarter ended March 31, 2012 due to the use of additional outside legal counsel by Bond Street Management. Pursuant to the Company’s Management and Consulting Agreement with Bond Street Management, the Company was required to reimburse Bond Street Management for all of its documented business expenses incurred directly on behalf of the Company. On April 15, 2013, the Company entered into an agreement to terminate its Management and Consulting Agreement with Bond Street Management because the Company no longer needed the services of Bond Street Management. Legal fees for Securities and Exchange Commission compliance were $140,564 higher due to an increase in the complexity of the Company’s filings during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 versus the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Accounting and auditing fees were $388,225 higher as the Company changed auditors from a local firm to a national firm.

 

Rent expense increased by $25,908, or 37.4%, from $69,206 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 to $95,114 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to our newest office in Russia that did not exist during the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

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Business development expenses were $63,044 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $142,841 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. For the quarter ended March 31, 2012, the Company incurred $132,953 of expenses relating to the Ferrari Challenge. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, $52,600 was incurred for the Ferrari Challenge. For the quarter ended March 31, 2012, the Company incurred business development expenses of $8,979 for LegalGuru development efforts. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, there were no business development expenses for LegalGuru.

 

Travel expenses were $192,942 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and $69,373 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Travel costs were higher for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 due to increased travel to Russia in connection with the Russian operations of TOT Money. Our Russian operations were not started until the second quarter of 2012 so there was not extensive Russian travel during the first quarter of 2012. During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, we also had more persons traveling due to the Management and Consulting Agreement with Bond Street Management.

 

Other expenses were $435,603 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $42,511 in other expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Included in the $435,603 of other expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 were incremental other expenses from our Russian operations of $328,942 and corporate expenses including $32,000 in NASDAQ fees, $13,760 in taxes & licenses and $10,870 in office supplies. Of the $328,942 in other expenses from Russia, $268,689 was due to foreign currency losses in operating activities and $60,253 in other office expenses (telephone, training, bank fees, office supplies).

 

We recorded a provision for loan losses of $406,585 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, which is comprised primarily of a 10% general loan loss provision for advances to aggregators. Due to limited experience with advances to aggregators, a loan loss provision of approximately 10% of the outstanding balance is maintained against advances to aggregators, since we generally are unable to obtain financial information from the aggregators to perform a full credit review. A loan loss provision charge of $406,585 was recorded at March 31, 2013 to maintain the 10% loss reserve. The total loss provision for advances to aggregators at March 31, 2013 was $956,585. Net advances to aggregators as of March 31, 2013 was $8,128,762. We had no provision for loan losses for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense consists of depreciation expense on fixed assets used by the Company and the amortization of capitalized website development, intellectual property and deferred compensation expenses.  Depreciation and amortization expense was $43,075 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared with $68,663 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.   The $25,588 variance is primarily related to a $29,971 reduction in amortization of intangibles for Motorsport as all the intangibles were written off at December 31, 2012 for this business. There also was a reduction of amortization in Yapik of $10,839 as no further web development occurred for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. This was partially offset by a $10,568 increase in depreciation expense for Net Element Russia (did not exist in 2012) and a $3,435 increase in depreciation expense for Splinex which acquired additional assets subsequent to March 31, 2012.

 

Interest expense was $250,570 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared with $72,674 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.  Interest expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 is attributable to the credit line and factoring line that OOO TOT Money has with Alfa Bank (did not exist in 2012). Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 includes interest on convertible loans from Enerfund to Net Element ($49,025 in interest expense at 5% per annum) with principal balances totaling $3,600,000 and a loan from Enerfund to Openfilm with a principal balance of $1,667,762 ($20,790 in interest expense at 5% per annum).

 

Other expenses totaled $80,541 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to other expenses of $411,225 for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Other expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 were comprised of $83,823 from the disposition of A&R Music Live partially offset by other income of $3,282 from Net Element Corporate. Other expenses for three months ended March 31, 2012 were primarily attributable to the amendment of amounts payable to prior owners of Motorsport.com.

 

The net loss attributable to non-controlling interests relating to Yapik, LLC, LegalGuru, LLC, and Splinex, LLC was $16,216 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared with net attributable to non-controlling interests of $72,088 for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The non-controlling interest reflects the results of operations of subsidiaries that are allocable to equity owners other than the Company.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Company’s total assets at March 31, 2013 were $23,802,809 compared to $28,378,634 at December 31, 2012. The change in total assets is primarily attributable to the significant decrease in net notes receivable (which decreased $5,531,562) and cash (which decreased $3,606,971, including a $2,056,821 decrease in restricted cash), partially offset by increases in the Company’s accounts receivable (which increased $1,041,985) and net advances to aggregators (which increased $3,351,729) as of March 31, 2013 compared to December 31, 2012 resulting from the reinvestment of proceeds from notes receivable from payment processing operations into advances to aggregators.

 

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At March 31, 2013, we had total current assets of $22,841,516 including $2,029,588 of cash, $557,372 in net notes receivable, $11,905,562 of accounts receivable, $8,128,762 in net advances to aggregators and $220,232 of prepaid expenses and other assets. At December 31, 2012, we had total current assets of $27,874,752 including $3,579,737 of cash, $2,056,821 of restricted cash (consisting of approximately $1.8 million deposited in a segregated bank account pursuant to our credit facility with Alfa-Bank, and $250,000 in a certificate of deposit that was liquidated in February 2013), $6,088,934 in net notes receivable, $10,863,577 of accounts receivable, $4,777,033 in net advances to aggregators and $508,650 of prepaid expenses and other assets.

 

As of the date this Report was filed with the Commission, management expects that our cash flows from operations and existing available cash will not be sufficient to fund our current operations through 2013. We expect to have a significant increase in our capital requirements during the 2013 fiscal year due to our expanding payment processing operations, including as a result of our acquisition of the business assets of Unified Payments, LLC. In connection with the closing of our acquisition of Unified Payments’ business assets on April 16, 2013, we assumed, among other obligations and liabilities, approximately $23.4 million of Unified Payments’ long-term debt (which includes approximately $12.5 million currently owed in respect of an outstanding preferred equity interest in Unified Payments, LLC that is to be converted on January 1, 2014 into a 8% interest only loan and assumed on such date by a subsidiary of TOT Group) and approximately $1.2 million of other liabilities reflected on or reserved against on Unified Payments’ balance sheet as of the closing date. Such long-term debt (including the outstanding preferred equity interest in Unified Payments, LLC) currently bears interest at rates ranging from 8% to 15.63% and has maturity dates ranging from October 2014 until January 2016. We also are seeking a way to buy, license or build our own mobile payment processing system since we are currently using on a trial basis for no consideration the payment processing systems of RM Invest, which is another payment processing business operating in Russia.

 

We currently believe that we will require an additional $11.5 million (including $5.5 million to purchase certain credit card portfolios) in financing to continue operations as currently conducted, to integrate and continue the operations of Unified Payments’ and our combined payment processing businesses and to pay for other currently anticipated capital expenditures over the next 12 months. We have historically been dependent upon our director and majority stockholder, Mike Zoi (including entities directly or indirectly controlled by Mr. Zoi), and/or other affiliates of the Company, to fund our operations and we are exploring additional sources of financing in order to meet our financial requirements. Additional funds may be raised through debt financing and/or the issuance of equity securities, there being no assurance that any type of financing on terms satisfactory to us will be available or otherwise occur. Debt financing must be repaid regardless of whether we generate revenues or cash flows from operations and may be secured by substantially all of our assets. Any equity financing or debt financing that requires the issuance of equity securities or warrants to the lender would cause the percentage ownership by our current stockholders to be diluted, which dilution may be substantial. Also, any additional equity securities issued may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing stockholders. If such financings are not available when required or are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to implement our business plans or take advantage of business opportunities, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or prospects and may ultimately require us to suspend or cease operations, which could cause investors to lose the entire amount of their investment.

 

Operating activities used $7,212,072 of cash for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to $1,276,012 (as restated) of cash for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $3.2 million, which included $406,585 of provision for bad debts as our advances to aggregators increased significantly. The majority of the cash used in operating activities went to increase our working capital in TOT Money (Russia) as we continue to expand our payment processing business. Specifically, our accounts receivable (due from mobile operators) increased $1.0 million while our advances to aggregators increased $3.5 million as we continue to seek additional business transactions from content providers.

 

Investing activities provided $5,080,105 of cash for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to using $190,624 of cash for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The increase in cash provided in investing activities for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 was primarily attributable to $5,231,562 of net repayments on two loans originally made during 2012 (which are described below) partially offset by $454,814 in cash advanced to Unified Payments as a loan made prior to the closing of our acquisition of Unified Payments’ business.

 

We did not have any outstanding loans receivable during the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

On July 12, 2012, our Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, entered into a loan agreement pursuant to which it agreed to loan RM Invest up to a maximum of 200 million Russian rubles (approximately $6.6 million in U.S. dollars), which, on August 16, 2012, was increased to 300 million Russian rubles (approximately $9.8 million in U.S. dollars). RM Invest is a payment processing business operating in Russia whose payment processing systems are currently being used by TOT Money. RM Invest is 20% owned by TOT Money’s general director, Tcahai Hairullaevich Katcaev. As of March 31, 2013, the outstanding principal loan balance and accrued interest was 8 million rubles (approximately $257,372 in U.S. dollars). The original interest rate on the loan was 10% from the date of advance to the date of scheduled repayment and the original stated maturity date of the loan was October 31, 2012. On February 25, 2013, TOT Money refinanced the loan with RM Invest and extended the maturity date until October 1, 2013. As of February 25, 2013, the remaining balance of this loan does not accrue interest. The loan was fully satisfied in April 2013. For additional information, see Note 5 of the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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In addition, on November 26, 2012, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Infratont Equities, Inc., pursuant to which the Company loaned $1,791,475 to Infratont Equities for the purpose of providing the borrower with working capital and funding of business development in general. As of March 31, 2013, the outstanding principal loan balance and accrued interest was $1.2 million. The loan matures on November 15, 2013 and accrues interest at a rate of 1.75% per month, payable quarterly commencing in March 2013. As of March 31, 2013, the Company recorded a reserve for loan losses of approximately $900,000 relating to this loan primarily because the Company was unable to review the financial information or the collateral value of the borrower as of that date. For additional information, see Note 5 of the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Financing activities provided $607,891 of cash during the quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to providing $2,018,508 of cash during the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The decrease in cash provided by financing activities during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 is primarily attributable to $2,140,000 of cash received from non-controlling shareholders for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, partially offset by $75,000 in repayments of related party notes. Cash provided by financing activities during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 primarily consisted of $2,056,821 in restricted cash reductions (due to the repayment of debt under TOT Money’s credit facility with Alfa-Bank on February 14, 2013), partially offset by $886,854 of repayments on short term loans and $472,695 paid for stock buy backs.

 

At September 30, 2012, the Company (then known as Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd.) had $46,165,000 of restricted cash held in trust. In connection with our merger with Net Element, those public shareholders who voted against the Merger and duly exercised their shareholder redemption rights were able to redeem their ordinary shares for approximately $10.036 per share, representing the pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Company’s trust account. The public shareholders redeemed 1,956,645 ordinary shares for a total amount of approximately $19.6 million. After shareholder redemptions of approximately $19.6 million, transaction expenses of approximately $1.6 million and repaying certain related party debt totaling approximately $13 million, the Company received approximately $12 million of cash proceeds from the trust account.

 

On August 17, 2012, TOT Money entered into a Credit Agreement with Alfa-Bank. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Alfa-Bank agreed to provide a line of credit to TOT Money with the credit line limit set at 300 million Russian rubles (approximately $9.8 million in U.S. dollars). The interest rate on the initial amount borrowed under the Credit Agreement is 3.55% per annum. Alfa-Bank has the unilateral right to change the interest rate on amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement from time to time in the event of changes in certain market rates or in Alfa-Bank’s reasonable discretion, provided that the interest rate may not exceed 14% per annum. Interest must be repaid on a monthly basis on the 25th of each month. Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement must be repaid within six months of the date borrowed. The duration of the line of credit is set from August 17, 2012 through May 21, 2014. TOT Money’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a pledge of TOT Money’s deposits in its deposit account with Alfa-Bank and by a guarantee given by AO SAT & Company. AO SAT & Company is an affiliate of Kenges Rakishev. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had restricted cash pursuant the Credit Agreement of $1.8 million. The Company paid off this credit facility on February 14, 2013 in order to eliminate interest expense under the credit line and free up the restricted cash. The outstanding balance under this credit facility was $0 at March 31, 2013.

 

On September 28, 2012, TOT Money entered into a factoring agreement with Alfa-Bank. Pursuant to the agreement, TOT Money agreed to assign to Alfa-Bank its accounts receivable as security for financing in an aggregate amount of up to 300 million Russian rubles (approximately $9.8 million in U.S. dollars) provided by Alfa-Bank to TOT Money. On January 14, 2013, the agreement was amended to increase the maximum aggregate amount of financing available under the factoring agreement by 100 million Russian rubles (approximately $3.3 million in U.S. dollars) to 400 million Russian rubles (approximately $12.9 million in U.S. dollars). The term of the agreement is from September 28, 2012 until December 5, 2013. Alfa-Bank’s compensation pursuant to the agreement for providing services for the administrative management of accounts receivable ranges from 10 Russian rubles to 100 Russian rubles per account receivable, depending upon whether financing was provided related to the particular account receivable and the form of the documentation related to the particular account receivable. Alfa-Bank’s compensation pursuant to the agreement for providing financing to TOT Money is calculated as a financing rate that ranges from 9.70% to 11.95% of the amounts borrowed, depending upon the amount borrowed and the number of days in the period from the date financing is provided until the date the applicable account receivable is paid; however, Alfa-Bank has the unilateral right to change such financing rates in the event of changes in certain market rates or in Alfa-Bank’s reasonable discretion. TOT Money’s obligations under the Agreement also are secured by a guarantee given by AO SAT & Company. AO SAT & Company is an affiliate of Kenges Rakishev. The balance under the factoring agreement was approximately $8.5 million in U.S. dollars at March 31, 2013. 

 

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Off-balance sheet arrangements

 

At March 31, 2013, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K.  

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

None.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this Report, our management conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act).  Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because there are a limited number of personnel employed and we cannot have an adequate segregation of duties, and due to material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.  Accordingly, management cannot provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objective.  Management works to mitigate these risks by being personally involved in all substantive transactions and attempts to obtain verification of transactions and accounting policies and treatments involving our operations, including those overseas.  We are in the process of reviewing and, where necessary, modifying controls and procedures throughout the Company, particularly in light of our recent acquisitions and joint ventures and the continued integration of these businesses.  We have purchased a new financial system and the implementation process is currently awaiting budget approval.  We will continue to address deficiencies as resources permit.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal proceedings.

  

As a result of our acquisition of the business assets of Unified Payments, LLC on April 16, 2013, certain of our subsidiaries are successors in interest to one or more defendants in the following pending legal proceedings. In addition to the proceedings described below, the Company and/or its subsidiaries is, and may from time to time in the future be, involved in certain legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Such proceedings and/or claims could ultimately result in damage awards, settlement payments and/or other negative consequences.

 

On December 29, 2010, Yehuda Keller, Alexander Tyrel Rosean, Yaacov Lipsker, Lechaim Merchant Services Corp., Merchant Development Group, Zalman Blachman, Moshe Wisnefsky, Yekusiel Chanin and Shellie Zuckerman and Susan Hillman as Trustees of The Woods Exemption Trust commenced an action against Merchant Capital Portfolios, LLC, Business Payment Systems, LLC, Oleg Firer, Leon Goldstein, Anthony W. Holder, Star Capital Holding Corp., Star Capital Management, LLC, Star Capital JV, LLC, Process Pink, LLC, Merchant Processing Services Corp., Unified Pay Corporation, MMOA Inc. a.k.a. Money Movers of America, Inc., National Processing Company, RBL Capital Group, LLC, The ComVest Group, ComVest Investment Partners, Cynergy Holdings LLC, Cynergy Data, LLC, Cynergy Prosperity Plus, LLC and Does 1 through 100, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (Index No. 652408-2010E). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants failed to make certain residual payments to the plaintiffs after allegedly assuming such payment obligations when certain of the defendants purchased certain merchant accounts from a third party owner. The alleged causes of action include claims for, among other things, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, equitable estoppel, promissory estoppel, promissory fraud, tortious interference with contract, unjust enrichment, conversion, fraudulent conveyance and fraud, and seek an unspecified amount of damages. While it is too early to predict the outcome of this matter, the Company’s management intends to vigorously defend the matter.

 

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On June 26, 2012, Wayne Orkin, a former employee of Unified Payments, filed an action against First Business Solutions Corp, Unified Pay Corp. Oleg Firer and Does 1 through 50, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, Long Beach Courthouse (Case No. NC057443). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants breached the terms of an employment agreement entered into between the parties and that the defendants allegedly usurped the plaintiff’s rights to royalties from a certain payment browser technology developed by the plaintiff. The alleged causes of action include claims for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and intentional deceit, conversion and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and seek general and compensatory damages in excess of $500,000, as well as punitive and treble damages. While it is too early to predict the outcome of this matter, the Company’s management intends to vigorously defend the matter.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

Subject to the items discussed below, there have been no material changes in risk factors during 2013 through the date this Report was filed with the Commission from those previously discussed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. In reading and evaluating the information set forth in this Report, in addition to considering and evaluating the items discussed below, we refer you to the issues, uncertainties and risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The following modifies, supplements and/or updates the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 due to events or conditions during 2013 through the date this Report was filed with the Commission:

 

Our significant indebtedness may affect our ability to operate our business, and may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

As of March 31, 2013, we had approximately $8.5 million in outstanding short term loans under a factoring agreement with Alfa-Bank that was entered into by our Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, on September 28, 2012. In addition, in connection the closing of our acquisition of the business of Unified Payments, LLC on April 16, 2013, we assumed, among other obligations and liabilities, approximately $23.4 million of Unified Payments’ long-term debt (which includes approximately $12.57 million currently owed in respect to an outstanding preferred equity interest in Unified Payments, LLC that is to be converted on January 1, 2014 into a 8% interest only loan and assumed on such date by one of our indirect subsidiaries). Such long-term debt (including the outstanding preferred equity interest in Unified Payments, LLC) currently bears interest at rates ranging from 8% to 15.63% and has maturity dates ranging from October 2014 until January 2016 and certain of such indebtedness is secured by substantially all of the assets of certain of our subsidiaries. TOT Money also has a credit facility with Alfa-Bank that was entered into on August 17, 2012, although the outstanding balance under this credit facility was $0 at March 31, 2013. Our significant indebtedness could have material adverse consequences, such as: limiting our ability to obtain additional financing to fund our working capital needs, acquisitions, capital expenditures or debt service requirements or for other purposes; limiting our ability to use operating cash flow in other areas of our business because we must dedicate a substantial portion of these funds to service debt; limiting our ability to compete with other companies who are not as highly leveraged, as we may be less capable of responding to adverse economic and industry conditions; restricting us from making strategic acquisitions, developing technologies or exploiting business opportunities; restricting the way in which we conduct our business because of financial and operating covenants in the agreements governing our and certain of our subsidiaries' existing and future indebtedness, including, in the case of certain indebtedness of subsidiaries, certain covenants that restrict the ability of subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions to us; exposing us to potential events of default under financial and operating covenants contained in our or our subsidiaries' debt instruments that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results; increasing our vulnerability to a downturn in general economic conditions or in pricing of our products and services; and limiting our ability to react to changing market conditions in our industry and in our customers' industries. In addition to our debt service obligations, our operations require substantial investments on a continuing basis. Our ability to make scheduled debt payments, to refinance our obligations with respect to our indebtedness and to fund capital and non-capital expenditures necessary to maintain our operations, as well as to provide capacity for the growth of our business, depends on our financial and operating performance, which, in turn, is subject to prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, competitive, legal and other factors. Any of these risks could adversely impact our ability to fund our operations or could limit our ability to expand our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to repay or refinance all or any portion of our indebtedness prior to its maturity. If we are unable to repay or refinance our indebtedness as planned, we will likely be required to take additional actions to generate liquidity such as delaying or reducing capital expenditures, reducing operating expenses, selling assets or seeking additional equity capital. In the event of a default, debt holders may have the ability to declare the entire outstanding principal amount immediately due and payable along with any interest accrued thereon and may have the right to take immediate possession of all of our subsidiaries’ assets that is pledged as collateral.

 

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The payment processing industry is highly competitive, and we compete with certain firms that are larger and have substantially greater financial and other resources than us. Such competition could adversely affect the fees we receive and, as a result, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The market for payment processing services is highly competitive. We compete with organizations of all sizes in providing payment processing and related services to merchants. Many of our competitors are larger and more established than us and have substantially greater financial and other resources than us. The mobile payment processing market in Russia is primarily controlled by four companies, Pervii Alternativni, Incore Media, iFree and our subsidiary, TOT Money. The larger payment processing businesses that compete with our operations in the United States, including First Data Corporation, Vantiv, Inc., Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., Chase Paymentech Solutions, LLC and Elavon, Inc., serve a broad market spectrum of small and larger merchants. Some of our competitors operate as subsidiaries of financial institutions or bank holding companies, which may allow them to aggregate banking and payment processing solutions thereby providing regulated services that we are unable to offer and potentially allowing for more attractive pricing to merchants. Furthermore, we are facing new competition emerging from non-traditional competitors offering alternative payment methods, such as PayPal and Google. Competition may adversely affect the fees we receive. Competition could also result in a loss of existing clients, and greater difficulty attracting new clients, which we may not be able to do. One or more of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

If we fail to comply with the applicable requirements of the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks, those payment networks could seek to fine us, suspend us or terminate our registrations through our financial institution sponsors. Similarly, if we fail to comply with rules and policies of, or contractual covenants with, mobile phone carriers to which we provide payment processing services, those mobile phone carriers could fine us or terminate our services. Fines or penalties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and, if our registrations or contracts are terminated, we may not be able to conduct our payment processing operations.

 

A significant source of our revenue comes from processing transactions through the Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks. The payment networks routinely update and modify their requirements. Changes in the requirements may impact our ongoing costs of doing business and we may not, in every circumstance, be able to pass through such costs to our clients or associated participants. Furthermore, if we do not comply with the payment network requirements, the payment networks could seek to fine us, suspend us or terminate our registrations that allow us to process transactions on their networks. If we are unable to recover fines from or pass through costs to our merchants or other associated participants, we experience financial losses, which in the aggregate may be material amounts. The termination of our registration, or any changes in the payment network rules that would impair our registration, could require us to stop providing payment network services to the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Similarly, we are subject to certain of the rules and policies of mobile phone carriers to which we provide payment processing services and ongoing contractual covenants with such mobile phone carriers. The mobile phone carriers may from time to time update or otherwise modify or supplement their rules and policies. We periodically are subject to the imposition of fines or penalties as a result of failure to comply with such rules, policies and/or contractual covenants, which in the aggregate may be material amounts. Our failure to comply with the mobile phone carriers’ respective requirements or to pay the fines or penalties they impose could result in the termination of our mobile payment processing services.

 

Changes in payment network or mobile phone carrier rules or standards could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In order to provide our card transaction processing services, we are registered through our bank partnerships with the Visa, MasterCard and other payment networks as service providers for member institutions. As such, we and many of our clients are subject to card association and payment network rules that could subject us or our clients to a variety of fines or penalties that may be levied by the card associations or payment networks for certain acts or omissions by us or our associated participants. If we are unable to recover fines from or pass through costs to our merchants or other associated participants, we experience financial losses, which in the aggregate may be material amounts. Similarly, we are subject to certain of the rules and policies of mobile phone carriers to which we provide payment processing services and ongoing contractual covenants with such mobile phone carriers. We periodically are subject to the imposition of fines or penalties as a result of failure to comply with such rules, policies and/or contractual covenants, which results in our experiencing financial losses, which in the aggregate may be material amounts. Payment networks and mobile phone carriers may from time to time update or otherwise modify or supplement their rules and policies, generally as they determine in their sole discretion and with or without advance notice to us. These rules and policies may change for any number of reasons, including as a result of changes in the regulatory environment or to serve their own strategic initiatives. In some cases, the ability of payment networks to modify their rules in their sole discretion may provide them an advantage in selling or developing their own services that may compete directly or indirectly with our services. Changes in payment network or mobile phone carrier rules or standards, including interpretation and implementation of the rules or standards, that increase our costs of doing business or limit our ability to provide transaction processing services, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We are subject to the business cycles and credit risk of our merchants, which could negatively impact our financial results.

 

A recessionary economic environment could have a negative impact on our merchants, which could, in turn, negatively impact our financial results, particularly if the recessionary environment disproportionately affects some of the market segments that represent a larger portion of our bankcard processing volume, like restaurants. If our merchants make fewer sales of their products and services, we will have fewer transactions to process, resulting in lower revenue. In addition, we have a certain amount of fixed and semi-fixed costs, including rent, processing contractual minimums and salaries, which could limit our ability to quickly adjust costs and respond to changes in our business and the economy.

 

In a recessionary environment our merchants could also experience a higher rate of business closures, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition. During prior recessions, including the 2008-2009 recession, we experienced negative same-store sales growth (or contraction) and an increase in business closures. In the event of a closure of a merchant, we are unlikely to receive our fees for any transactions processed by that merchant in its final month of operation.

 

While we service a broad range of merchants, restaurants represent a significant portion of our merchant base. The failure rate of restaurants is typically high, which increases our merchant attrition and reject losses. A reduction in consumer spending, particularly at restaurants, would further increase our rate of merchant attrition and reject losses.

 

Our operating results are subject to seasonality, which could result in fluctuations in our quarterly net income.

 

We have experienced in the past, and expect to continue to experience, seasonal fluctuations in our revenues as a result of consumer spending patterns. Historically our revenues have been strongest in our second and third quarters, and weakest in our first quarter.

 

If we cannot pass increases from payment networks including interchange, assessment, transaction and other fees along to our merchants, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We pay interchange and other fees set by the payment networks to the card issuing financial institution and the payment networks for each card transaction we process. From time to time, the payment networks increase the interchange fees and other fees that they charge payment processors and the financial institution sponsors. At their sole discretion, our financial institution sponsors have the right to pass any increases in interchange and other fees on to us and they have consistently done so in the past. We are generally permitted under the contracts into which we enter, and in the past we have been able to, pass these fee increases along to our merchants through corresponding increases in our processing fees. However, if we are unable to pass through these and other fees in the future, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We rely on financial institution sponsors, which have substantial discretion with respect to certain elements of our business practices, and financial institution clearing service providers, in order to process card payment transactions. If these sponsorships or clearing services are terminated and we are unable to secure new financial institution sponsors, we will not be able to process payment network transactions or settle transactions.

 

Because we are not a bank, we are not eligible for membership in the Visa, MasterCard or other payment networks and are, therefore, unable to directly access the payment networks, which are required to process transactions. The Visa, MasterCard and other payment network operating regulations require us to be sponsored by a member financial institution in order to process card payment transactions. We are currently sponsored by two member banks — BMO Harris Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Our agreements with our financial institution sponsors give them substantial discretion in approving certain aspects of our business practices, including our solicitation, application and qualification procedures for merchants and the terms of our agreements with merchants. Our financial institution sponsors’ discretionary actions under these agreements could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We also rely on various financial institutions to provide clearing services in connection with our settlement activities. If our sponsorships or clearing services agreements are terminated and we are unable to secure new financial institution sponsors or clearing service providers, we will not be able to process Visa, MasterCard and other payment network transactions or settle transactions.

 

Increased merchant, independent sales organization or referral partner attrition could cause our revenues to decline.

 

We experience attrition in merchant credit, debit or prepaid card processing volume resulting from several factors, including business closures, transfers of merchants’ accounts to our competitors and account closures that we initiate due to heightened credit risks relating to contract breaches by merchants or a reduction in same store sales. Our independent sales organization and referral partner channels, which purchase and resell our services to their own portfolios of merchant customers, are strong contributors to our revenues. If an independent sales organization or referral partner switches to another transaction processor, shuts down or becomes insolvent, we will no longer receive new merchant referrals from the independent sales organization or referral partner, and we risk losing existing merchants that were originally enrolled by the independent sales organization or referral partner. Our customer base primarily consists of small and medium size merchants, which may contribute to higher rates of attrition than our competitors. We cannot predict the level of attrition in the future and our revenues could decline as a result of higher than expected attrition, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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If we do not successfully renew or renegotiate our agreements with independent sales organizations, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

A significant amount of our revenue is derived under contracts with independent sales organizations. Contract renewal or renegotiation time presents independent sales organizations with the opportunity to consider other providers. The loss or renegotiation of our contracts with independent sales organizations or a significant decline in the number of transactions we process for them could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We incur liability when our merchants refuse or cannot reimburse us for chargebacks resolved in favor of their customers, fees, fines or other assessments we incur from the payment networks. We cannot accurately anticipate these liabilities, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In the event a dispute between a cardholder and a merchant is not resolved in favor of the merchant, the transaction is normally charged back to the merchant and the purchase price is credited or otherwise refunded to the cardholder. If we are unable to collect such amounts from the merchant’s account or reserve account (if applicable) or, if the merchant refuses or is unable, due to closure, bankruptcy or other reasons, to reimburse us for a chargeback, we may bear the loss for the amount of the refund paid to the cardholder. The risk of chargebacks is typically greater with those merchants that promise future delivery of goods and services rather than delivering goods or rendering services at the time of payment. We may experience significant losses from chargebacks in the future. Any increase in chargebacks not paid by our merchants could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Fraud by merchants or others could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We face potential liability for fraudulent electronic payment transactions or credits initiated by merchants or others. Examples of merchant fraud include when a merchant or other party knowingly uses a stolen or counterfeit credit, debit or prepaid card, card number or other credentials to record a false sales transaction, processes an invalid card, or intentionally fails to deliver the merchandise or services sold in an otherwise valid transaction. Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to engage in illegal activities such as counterfeiting and fraud. It is possible that incidents of fraud could increase in the future. Failure to effectively manage risk and prevent fraud would increase our chargeback and other liabilities. Increases in chargebacks or other liabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

A decline in the use of credit, debit or prepaid cards as a payment mechanism for consumers or adverse developments with respect to the payment processing industry in general could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

If consumers do not continue to use credit, debit or prepaid cards as a payment mechanism for their transactions or if there is a change in the mix of payments between cash, credit, debit and prepaid cards which is adverse to us, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. There is a risk that financial institutions could charge their customers additional fees for the use of debit cards, which could result in decreased use of debit cards by cardholders. As a result of the class action lawsuit captioned In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, there is a proposed class settlement agreement that provides for, among other things, the modification of Visa and MasterCard’s rules to allow merchants to charge an extra fee to all customers who pay for goods or services using Visa or MasterCard branded credit cards under certain conditions. This provision or other provisions in the final settlement agreement if finally approved may result in decreased use of credit cards or have other adverse impacts that are not readily known and that we may not know for some time. We believe future growth in the use of credit, debit and prepaid cards and other electronic payments will be driven by the cost, ease-of-use, and quality of services offered to consumers and businesses. In order to consistently increase and maintain our revenues, consumers and businesses must continue to use electronic payment methods, including credit, debit and prepaid cards. Moreover, if there is an adverse development in the payments industry in general, such as new legislation or regulation that makes it more difficult for our clients to do business, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Continued consolidation in the banking and retail industries could adversely affect our growth.

 

Historically, the banking industry has been the subject of consolidation, regardless of overall economic conditions, while the retail industry has been the subject of consolidation due to cyclical economic events. As banks and retail merchants consolidate, our ability to successfully offer our services will depend in part on whether the institutions that survive are willing to outsource their electronic payment processing to third party vendors and whether those institutions have pre-existing relationships with us or any of our competitors. Larger banks and merchants with greater transaction volumes may demand lower fees, which could result in lower revenues for us. In addition, in times of depressed economic conditions, similar to those experienced in the last several years, a higher number of financial institutions are taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The government seizure of a potential or current financial institution customer could have a negative effect on our business by eliminating the institution’s need for our services or by voiding any contracts we may have had in place with such institution.

 

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Our payment processing operations are subject to extensive government regulation, and any new laws, regulations or industry standards, or revisions made to existing laws, regulations or industry standards affecting the electronic payments industry may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our payment processing operations are impacted by numerous laws and regulations that affect our industry, many of which are still evolving and the interpretation of which may be uncertain. The number of new and proposed regulations has increased significantly, particularly pertaining to interchange fees on credit and debit card transactions, which are paid to the card issuing financial institution. In July 2010, the United States Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, which significantly changed financial regulation. Changes affecting the payment processing industry include restricting amounts of debit card fees that certain issuing financial institutions can charge merchants and allowing merchants to set minimum dollar amounts for the acceptance of credit cards and offer discounts for different payment methods. These restrictions could negatively affect the number of debit transactions, and prices charged per transaction, which would adversely affect our business. The Dodd-Frank Act also created a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or the CFPB, that became operational on July 21, 2011 and will assume responsibility for most federal consumer protection laws in the area of financial services, including consumer credit. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act created a Financial Stability Oversight Council that has the authority to determine whether non-bank financial companies, such as us, should be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or the Federal Reserve, because they are systemically important to the U.S. financial system. Any such designation would result in increased regulatory burdens on our business.

 

Rules released by the Federal Reserve in July 2011 to implement the so-called Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act mandate a cap on debit transaction interchange fees for card issuers with assets greater than $10 billion. The rules also contain prohibitions on network exclusivity and routing restrictions. Beginning in October 2011, (i) a card payment network may not prohibit a card issuer from contracting with any other card payment network for the processing of electronic debit transactions involving the issuer’s debit cards and (ii) card issuing financial institutions and card payment networks may not inhibit the ability of merchants to direct the routing of debit card transactions over any card payment networks that can process the transactions. Since April 2012, most debit card issuers have been required to enable at least two unaffiliated card payment networks on each debit card. The interchange fee cap has the potential to alter the type or volume of card based transactions that we process on behalf of our clients. These new regulations could result in the need for us to make capital investments to modify our services to facilitate our existing clients’ and potential clients’ compliance and reduce the fees we are able to charge our clients. These new regulations also could result in greater pricing transparency and increased price-based competition leading to lower revenues and higher rates of client attrition. Furthermore, the requirements of the new regulations and the timing of their effective dates could result in changes in our clients’ business practices that may alter the delivery of their products and services to consumers and the timing of their investment decisions, which could change the demand for our services as well as alter the type or volume of transactions that we process on behalf of our clients.

 

In addition, the Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009, or CARD Act, created new requirements applicable to credit card issuers. The CARD Act, along with the Federal Reserve’s amended Regulation E, created new requirements applicable to certain prepaid cards. In the future, we may have to obtain state licenses to expand our distribution network for prepaid cards, which licenses we may not be able to obtain. If we fail or are unable to comply with these requirements, our clients (or in certain instances, we) could be subject to the imposition of fines, civil liability (and/or, in the case of willful and deliberate non-compliance, criminal liability) which may adversely affect our ability to offer our credit issuer processing services, prepaid or other related services which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

All persons engaged in commerce, including, but not limited to, us and our merchant and financial institution customers, are subject to Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices, or UDAP. In addition, there are other laws, rules and/or regulations, including the Telemarketing Sales Act, that may directly impact the activities of our merchant customers and, in some cases, may subject us, as the merchant's payment processor, to investigations, fees, fines and disgorgement of funds in the event we are deemed to have aided and abetted or otherwise provided the means and instrumentalities to facilitate the illegal activities of the merchant through our payment processing services. Various federal and state regulatory enforcement agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and the states' attorneys general, have authority to take action against nonbanks that engage in UDAP or violate other laws, rules and regulations and, to the extent we are processing payments for a merchant that may be in violation of laws, rules and regulations, we may be subject to enforcement actions and, as a result, may incur losses and liabilities that may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Separately, the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 included an amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, that requires information returns to be made for each calendar year by merchant acquiring entities and third-party settlement organizations with respect to payments made in settlement of payment card transactions and third-party payment network transactions occurring in that calendar year. This requirement to make information returns applies to returns for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2010. Reportable transactions are also subject to backup withholding requirements. We could be liable for penalties if our information return is not in compliance with the new regulations.

 

In addition, as further described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, our mobile payment processing operations in Russia are governed by numerous laws, rules and regulations of the Russian Federation that apply to telecommunications carriers, providers of telematics services and “advertising” activities. Although we do not operate as a telecommunications carrier, many requirements of the rules applicable to telecommunications carriers are present in our contracts with telecommunications carriers, and such contracts impose responsibility and liability on us for violations. Our Russian subsidiary, TOT Money, has a license for the provision of telematics services in Russia, which is required because it has a direct connection to equipment of telecommunications carriers and it effects electronic communications (i.e., receiving, processing and/or transmitting electronic messages).

 

The overall impact of many of these laws, rules and regulations on our payment processing business is difficult to estimate, in part because certain regulations need to be adopted by the CFPB with respect to consumer financial products and services and regulations have only recently been adopted by the Federal Reserve with respect to certain interchange fees and, in part, because such regulations have only recently taken effect. These and other laws and regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, even an inadvertent failure to comply with laws and regulations, as well as rapidly evolving social expectations of corporate fairness, could damage our business or our reputation and could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Governmental regulations designed to protect or limit access to consumer information could adversely affect our ability to effectively provide our services to merchants.

 

Governmental bodies in the United States and abroad have adopted, or are considering the adoption of, laws and regulations restricting the transfer of, and requiring safeguarding of, non-public personal information. For example, in the United States, all financial institutions must undertake certain steps to ensure the privacy and security of consumer financial information. While our operations are subject to certain provisions of these privacy laws, we have limited our use of consumer information solely to providing services to other businesses and financial institutions. In connection with providing services to our clients, we are required by regulations and contracts with merchants, mobile phone carriers and other parties to provide assurances regarding the confidentiality and security of non-public consumer information. Certain of these contracts require periodic audits by independent companies regarding our compliance with industry standards and also allow for similar audits regarding best practices established by regulatory guidelines. The compliance standards relate to our infrastructure, components and operational procedures designed to safeguard the confidentiality and security of non-public consumer personal information shared with us by our clients. Our ability to maintain compliance with these standards and satisfy these audits will affect our ability to attract and maintain business in the future. If we fail to comply with these regulations, we could be exposed to suits for breach of contract or we could be subject to governmental proceedings. In addition, our client relationships and reputation could be harmed, and we could be inhibited in our ability to obtain new clients. If more restrictive privacy laws or rules are adopted by authorities in the future on the federal or state level, our compliance costs may increase, our opportunities for growth may be curtailed by our compliance capabilities or reputational harm and our potential liability for security breaches may increase, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The costs and effects of pending and future litigation, investigations or similar matters, or adverse facts and developments related thereto, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are from time to time involved in various litigation matters and we may from time to time be involved in governmental or regulatory investigations or similar matters arising out of our current or future business. Our insurance or indemnities may not cover all claims that may be asserted against us due to losses being in excess of policy limits or due to exclusions with respect to various types of losses or other matters, and any claims asserted against us, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, may harm our reputation. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that we will be successful in defending ourselves in pending or future litigation or similar matters. Should the ultimate judgments or settlements in any pending litigation or future litigation or investigation significantly exceed or be outside the scope of our insurance coverage, they could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

The Company did not sell any securities during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

In December 2012, our Board of Directors authorized, and we announced on December 10, 2012, a plan permitting the repurchase by the Company of up to $2.5 million of issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions during the 24-month period ending December 10, 2014. Repurchases, if and when effectuated, will be made subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements (including federal and state securities laws as well as rules and regulations of the Commission) and other factors. The repurchase plan does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the plan may be modified, extended or terminated at any time at the Company’s discretion.

 

The following table provides certain information regarding repurchases by the Company of shares of its common stock made during the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

 

Period   Total number of shares purchased     Average price paid per share     Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs     Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs  
January 2013     19,018     $ 3.20       19,018     $ 1,944,761  
February 2013     148,202 (1)   $ 2.78       10,995     $ 1,917,088  
March 2013     -       -       -     $ 1,917,088  
Total     167,220     $ 2.83                  

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(1) 137,207 of these shares were repurchased by the Company in a private transaction outside the parameters of the Company’s publicly announced repurchase plan described above.

 

Item 5.  Other Information.

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits.

 

A list of the exhibits filed as a part of this Report is set forth on the Exhibit Index that follows page 38 of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Net Element International, Inc.  
     
Date: May 15, 2013 By:   /s/ Jonathan New  
    Name: Jonathan New  
   

Title: Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Signatory)

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
2.1   Contribution Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2013, among Net Element International, Inc., Unified Payments, LLC, TOT Group, Inc., Oleg Firer and Georgia Notes 18 LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 17, 2013)
     
10.1   Term Sheet, dated March 8, 2013, between Unified Payments, LLC and Net Element International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 12, 2013)
     
10.2   Loan Agreement, dated March 8, 2013, among Net Element International, Inc., Unified Payments, LLC, Oleg Firer and Georgia Notes 18 LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 12, 2013)
     
10.3   Form of Secured Revolving Note made by Unified Payments, LLC and payable to Net Element International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 12, 2013)
     
10.4   Non-Recourse Guaranty, dated March 8, 2013, by Oleg Firer and Georgia Notes 18 LLC for the benefit of Net Element International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 12, 2013)
     
10.5   Pledge Agreement, dated March 8, 2013, among Oleg Firer, Georgia Notes 18 LLC and Net Element International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 12, 2013)
     
10.6   Loan Agreement, dated July 12, 2012, between OOO TOT Money and OOO RM Invest, as amended on July 30, 2012, August 17, 2012 and February 25, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Commission on April 12, 2013)
     
10.7   Termination Agreement for Management and Consulting Agreement, dated April 15, 2013, between Net Element International, Inc. and Bond Street Management LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 17, 2013)
     
10.8*   Form of Indemnification Agreement for executive officers (entered into between Net Element International, Inc. and each of Jonathan New, Dmitry Kozko and Francesco Piovanetti)
     
10.9*   Contract No. CPA/ML-17, dated March 1, 2013, between ZAO MegaLabs and OOO TOT Money (Net Element International, Inc. is requesting confidential treatment of certain information which has been omitted from Contract No. CPA/ML-17.  The omitted information has been separately filed with the Commission.)
     
31.1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     
31.2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     
32.1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350
     
101**   The following financial information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), is furnished electronically herewith: (i) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (iv) Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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* Filed herewith.

 

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 ** XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of __________, 20___ by and between Net Element International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and ____________________ (“ Indemnitee ”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous Agreements between the Company and Indemnitee covering the subject matter of this Agreement. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 2 hereof.

 


RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly held corporations as directors, officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and/or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the corporation or business enterprise itself;

 

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;

 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) of the Company requires indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”). The Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;

 

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;

 

 
 

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”) of the Company, Certificate of Incorporation and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee serves as a director and officer of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law). The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company, as provided in Section 16 hereof.

 

Section 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:

 

(a) References to “ agent ” mean any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary or other official of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

 

(b) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

(c) “ Corporate Status ” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

 

(d) “ Enterprise ” means the Company and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary.

 

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(e) “ Expenses ” includes all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with, or as a result of, prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a deponent or witness in or otherwise participating in a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including, without limitation, the premium, security for and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) expenses incurred in connection with recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee is ultimately determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement or Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be, and (iii) for purposes of Section 14(d) only, Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

 

(f) “ Independent Counsel ” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

(g) The term “ Proceeding ” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, legislative or investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him (or a failure to take action by him) or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting pursuant to his Corporate Status, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement. If Indemnitee believes in good faith that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.

 

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(h) Reference to “ other enterprise ” includes employee benefit plans; references to “ fines ” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “ serving at the request of the Company ” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

 

Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3 , Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The parties hereto intend that this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, vote of its stockholders or disinterested directors or applicable law.

 

Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4 , Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. If applicable law so provides, no indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

 

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Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest extent permitted by law. For purposes of this Section 5 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

Section 6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any aspect of a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

 

Section 7. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

Section 8. Additional Indemnification.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3 , 4 or 5 , the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.

 

(b) For purposes of Section 8(a) , the meaning of the phrase “ to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law ” shall include, but not be limited to:

 

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i. to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and

 

ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

 

Section 9. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

 

(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or

 

(b) for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); or

 

(c) except as provided in Section 14(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) such payment arises in connection with any mandatory counterclaim or cross-claim or affirmative defense brought or raised by Indemnitee in any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding), or (iii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

 

Section 10. Advances of Expenses. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary (other than Section 14(d )), the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) not initiated by Indemnitee, and such advancement shall be made within 10 days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time (which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection with such Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditures made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law shall not be so included), whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest-free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. In accordance with Section 14(d) , advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 10 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 9 .

 

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Section 11. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.

 

(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof or Indemnitee’s becoming aware thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding, in each case, to the extent known to Indemnitee. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such Proceeding. The failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement or otherwise. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

 

(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

 

(c) The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (in whole or in part) if such settlement would impose any Expense, damage, loss, judgment, liability, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee which Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder without Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

 

Section 12. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.

 

(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) , a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within 10 days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied.

 

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(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b) . The Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board) and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If Independent Counsel is to be selected by the Board pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, the Company or Indemnitee, as the case may be, may, within 10 days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to Indemnitee or to the Company, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided , however , that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Delaware Court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection that shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by such court or by such other person as such court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

 

(c) If the Company disputes a portion of the amounts for which indemnification is requested, the undisputed portion shall be paid and only the disputed portion withheld pending resolution of any such dispute.

 

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Section 13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

 

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by Independent Counsel that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(b) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

(c) For purposes of any determination of good faith, and without creating any presumption as to a lack of good faith if the following circumstances do not exist, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(c) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(c) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

 

(d) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

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Section 14. Remedies of Indemnitee.

 

(a) Subject to Section 14(e) , in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within 90 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 , 6 or 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within 10 days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 , 4 or 8 of this Agreement is not made within 10 days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a) ; provided , however , that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

 

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section   12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

 

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 , absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

 

(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within 10 days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company if, in the case of indemnification, Indemnitee is wholly successful on the underlying claims; if Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying claims, then such indemnification shall be only to the extent Indemnitee is successful on such underlying claims or otherwise as permitted by law, whichever is greater.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

 

Section 15. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.

 

(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise and (ii) shall be interpreted independently of, and without reference to, any other such rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. To the extent that any change is made to the Bylaws or Certificate of Incorporation which permits any greater right to indemnification than that provided under this Agreement as of the date hereof, Indemnitee will be deemed to have such greater right hereunder. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

(b) For the duration of Indemnitee’s service as a director and/or officer of the Company, and thereafter for so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding, claim, issue or matter thereof (including any rights of appeal thereto) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to maintain in effect policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage that is at least substantially comparable in scope and amount to that provided by the Company’s current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies. At the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof the Company shall give prompt notice of such claim or of the commencement of a Proceeding, as the case may be, to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

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(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

(d) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

(e) The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Enterprise.

 

Section 16. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement and all the obligations of the Company contained herein shall be for the entire period that Indemnitee was or is a director or officer of the Company or the Enterprise and shall continue thereafter (a) so long as Indemnitee may be subject to any possible Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto) and (b) throughout the pendency of any Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto) commenced by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret his or her rights under this Agreement, even if, in either case, Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any such Proceeding. The indemnification and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, reorganization, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of the Enterprise, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives. The Company shall require and shall cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, reorganization, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to, by written agreement, expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

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Section 17. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

 

Section 18. Enforcement.

 

(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of the Company.

 

(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided , however , that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the Company and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

 

Section 19. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided for herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.

 

Section 20. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:

 

(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.

 

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(b) If to the Company to:

 

Net Element International, Inc.
1450 S Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33130
United States

 

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.

 

Section 21. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee, whether for damages, losses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (a) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (b) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

 

Section 22. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware Court ”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (c) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

Section 23. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

 

Section 24. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

NET ELEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC. INDEMNITEE
   
By:                                                                                                                   
Name: Name:
Title: Address:                                    
                                                      
                                                      

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit 10.9

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

The registrant is requesting confidential treatment of certain information which has been omitted from Sections 4.4, 4.9, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13.5, 4.13.6, 4.13.7, 4.15, 4.16 and 9 of this Agreement. The omitted information has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

CONTRACT No. СPА/ML-17

 

 

Moscow

March 1, 2013

 

ZAO "MegaLabs", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Customer", represented by the Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov, acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand, and                                        and TOT MONEY LLC, incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", represented by its General director, Ts.Kh. Katsaev, acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the other hand (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually as the "Party"), whereas the Parties warrant to each other that they have all necessary rights, licenses, authorizations to enter into the above mentioned relations, have concluded this Contract (hereinafter referred to as the "Contract") to the following effect:

 

 

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

 

The following terms are used for the purpose of this Contract:

 

1. Subscriber shall mean a Subscriber of MegaFon and a Visitor.

 

2. MegaFon Subscriber shall mean an individual, legal entity or individual entrepreneur using communication services of the Operator with whom a contract of communication service is concluded with allocation of a subscriber's number or unique identification code for such a purpose.

 

3. Subscriber's Device shall mean a technical device including software legally held by a Subscriber enabling the Subscriber to access communication services of the Operators through connection of this terminal device to the communication network of the Operator.

 

4. Video Call shall mean a dialup connection for the purpose of simultaneous transmission of speech and image, to be set by the Operator using equipment of its communication system between the Subscriber Device of the Subscriber and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point via Digital Identifiers, allocated to the Provider.

 

5. Visitor shall mean a user of communication services concluding a contract of communication service with one of the operators of mobile communications, other than the Operator, and to whom services of the Operator are provided (national and/or international roaming).

 

6. Input Traffic shall mean an aggregate of messages transmitted via the communication network of the Operator (voice calls, video calls, SMS messages, USSD messages, MMS messages) directed from the Information Center of the Provider to Subscriber Devices of Subscribers through the Connection Point from Digital Identifiers allocated to the Provider.

 

 

 
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7. Voice call voice dialup connection established by the Operator using equipment of its communication network between the Subscriber Device of the Subscriber and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point via Digital Identifiers, allocated to the Provider.

 

8. Subscriber's Request shall mean a request of the Subscriber to the Information Center of the Provider by means of Voice Calls, Video Calls, SMS, USSD and MMS messages, in order to get information-reference and entertainment services.

 

9 . Information Center of the Provider shall mean the service for receipt, storage and processing of various Requests of Subscribers for the purpose to provide information-reference and entertainment services to Subscribers of the Operator. Contents of the Information Center mean an information resource the composition whereof is determined by the Customer in accordance with Annexes Nos. 4, 8 to this Contract.

 

10. Output Traffic shall mean the aggregate of messages (Subscribers' Requests) transmitted via the communication network of the Operator (voice calls, video calls, SMS messages, USSD messages, MMS messages) transmitted from Subscriber Devices of Subscribers to Digital Identifiers allocated to the Provider through the Connection Point.

 

11 Operator shall mean OJSC "MegaFon" providing mobile radiophone communication services and related services in the territory of the Russian Federation under the “MegaFon” service mark. For providing additional services to the Subscribers the Operator shall use services of the Customer under the separate agreement between the Operator and the Customer.

 

12. CbI – “Content by Installments” service according to the terms of which at the request to the Provider’s Information center the Subscriber having insufficient funds shall be provided with the payment delay for the purpose of gaining profit from communication services (attraction of traffic) organizing access between the Subscriber Device and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point.

 

13. Accounting Period shall mean a calendar month when the Provider provided access between the Connection Point and the Information Center of the Provider and attracted the traffic via Digital Identifiers, allocated to the Provider.

 

14. Previous Accounting Period shall mean a calendar month of the year preceded to the Accounting Period.

 

15. Spam shall mean voice calls, video calls, dispatch of SMS messages, USSD messages, MMS messages and other messages sent from various communication channels without prior consent of Subscribers or misrepresenting Subscribers about the nature of such messages and not enabling to identify the sender of the message, including those containing a non-existent or false address of the sender.

 

16. Connection Point shall be determined depending on using technology (Voice Calls, Video Calls, SMS-, USSD- and MMS- messages) and specified in Annex No. 1 to this Contract.

 

17. Branch(es) of the Operator shall mean mentioned one or several branches of OJSC "Megafon".

 

18. Digital Identifier shall mean a service number designated to provide Operator Subscribers with access to the Information Center of the Provider via Voice Calls, Video Calls, SMS-, USSD- и MMS- messages. Digital identifier(s) is (are) to be allocated to the Provider by the Customer and /or the Operator and is (are) specified in Annex No. 4 to this Contract.

 

19. MMS (Multimedia Message Service) shall mean a multimedia message containing information in the digital, textual, graphic, audio, video format transmitted by the Operator using equipment of its communication network between the Subscriber Device of the Subscriber and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point via Digital Identifiers, allocated to the Provider.

 

20. SMS (Short Message Service) shall mean a short text message containing information in the digital textual format transmitted by the Operator using equipment of its communication network between the Subscriber Device of the Subscriber and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point via Digital Identifiers, allocated to the Provider.

 

21. USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) shall mean a service enabling to arrange for high-speed interactive interaction between a Subscriber and service applications in the data transmission mode, transmitted by the Operator using equipment of its communication network between the Subscriber Device of the Subscriber and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point via Digital Identifiers, allocated to the Provider.

 

 
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22. Fraud Traffic shall mean traffic organized with violation of conditions of clause 2.1.7 hereof as well as requirements of the Customer for the purpose of due fulfillment of this Contract by the Provider and/or third parties engaged by it.

 

23. Prefix shall mean a combination of letters, digits or symbols contained in the Subscriber's Request.

 

 

1. SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE CONTRACT

 

1.1. The Customer shall ensure access between the Connection Point and Information Center of the Provider via Digital Identifiers to the Subscribers for the purpose of fulfillment of obligations to the Operator.

 

1.2. The Provider shall ensure access between the Information Center of the Provider and the Connection Point and attract traffic via Digital Identifiers allocated to the Provider through organization of Subscribers' Request between the Information Center of the Provider and the Connection Point.

 

1.3. The Customer shall determine the Contents of the Information Center of the Provider by approval of the Provider's Request for determination of the Information Center of the Provider according to the form given in Annex No. 8 to this Contract. The Provider will send to the Customer a Request for determination of the Information Center of the Provider by method to be additionally agreed upon between the Parties. Contents of the Information Center will be formed according to the interests of Subscribers determined by the Customer and the Operator.

 

1.4. The Customer will pay to the Provider a fee for provision of access between the Connection Point and the Information Center of the Provider and attraction of traffic (hereinafter referred to as the "fee") to be calculated according to Annex No.5 to this Contract in accordance with article 3 of this Contract.

 

1.5. Tariffing of Subscriber access to the Provider Information Center including the cost of Subscribers' Requests shall be formed by the Customer according to tariff classes approved by the Operator and published on the web site www.megafon.ru in the section "For content providers". The Provider may ask the Customer for a change of tariff for the Subscriber on the Digital Identifier at least 30 (thirty) calendar days in advance and not more than 1 (One) time every 3 (Three) months. At that, the Customer shall inform the Provider on any changes in the list of tariff classes at least 30 (thirty) calendar days in advance.

 

2. OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES

 

2.1. Obligations of the Provider:

 

2.1.1. Ensure access between the Connection Point and the Information Center of the Provider for Subscribers within the communication network of the Operator and to attract traffic by Digital Identifiers mentioned in Annexes No. 4, under the terms of Annex No. 1 hereto. At that, the Provider agrees to approve contents of the Information Center of the Provider with the Customer in accordance with Annex No. 8 to the Contract.

 

2.1.2. Provide access between the Connection Point and the Information Center within 30 (Thirty) business days after the effective date of this Contract.

 

2.1.3. Inform Subscribers on its own on information contents and possibilities of the Information Center of the Provider and on the procedure for provision and use of services provided by the Provider via the Information Center of the Provider.

 

 
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2.1.4. Attract traffic over the Accounting Period so that the average cost of attracted Output Traffic per each Digital Identifier allocated to the Provider according to Annex No. 4 to this Contract would be at least 50,000 (Fifty thousand) rubles inclusive of VAT (the minimum average cost of attracted traffic).

 

2.1.5. Process Output Traffic from Subscribers to Digital identifiers and by technologies specified in Annex No. 4 hereto using the Information Center in accordance with terms of Annex No. 1 hereto;

 

2.1.6. Ensure daily and round-the-clock provision of access between the Connection Point and the Information Center other than breaks to carry out necessary preventive and repair works which will be planned by the Parties for hours of the minimum load.

 

2.1.7. Not to use allocated Digital identifiers, connection to equipment of the Customer and any other means of delivery of information to Subscribers of the Operator:

· To organize SPAM;

· To dispatch unfair advertisement, anti-advertisement;

· To get confidential information about Subscribers and third parties (unless Subscribers and/or third parties voluntarily provide such confidential information about themselves);

· To distribute harmful software;

· For blackmail, i.e. request to transfer alien property or property right or commission of other proprietary acts under the threat of violence, destruction or damage of alien property or under the threat of distribution of data dishonoring the Subscriber or his/her relatives or other data which may cause material damage to rights or legal interests of the Subscriber or his/her relatives.

· To organize services with incorrect indication of cost and/or other parameters thereof including indication of cost without indication as to inclusiveness or exclusiveness of VAT;

· For unfair service (partial provision, full absence of service after payment by a Subscriber);

· Not in accordance with Contents of the Information Center of the Provider as specified in Annex No. 4;

· To distribute information prohibited for distribution under applicable laws of the Russian Federation or incompliant with applicable ethical norms and principles, offending human dignity, promoting violence, race or national hostility etc., pornographic information;

· To provide services for transfer of funds from a personal account of a Subscriber to digital wallets such as WebMoney, Yandex Monedy etc., not agreed with the Customer;

· To take other illegal acts aimed to gain profit.

 

2.1.8. Not to attract any Input Traffic upon expiration of 60 (Sixty) days after receipt of the last Request of a Subscriber. Repeated attraction of traffic is possible only via digital identifiers set in annex No. 4 to this Contract, whereto a Subscriber's Request is sent, but not more than once per month for each Subscriber's number. Traffic may be attracted by the Provider only through organization of Subscribers' Requests between the Connection Point of the Operator and the Information Center of the Provider within 60 (Sixty) days after receipt of the last Request from a Subscriber and only upon agreement with the Customer.

 

2.1.9. To ensure compliance of contents of the Information Center of the Provider and Input Traffic with norms of applicable laws of the Russian Federation.

 

2.1.10. Not to use trademarks and service marks of the Operator and/or the Customer in advertisement of its goods, services or contents of the Information center without approval of the Customer and also for organization of SPAM.

 

2.1.11. When attracting traffic the Provider shall not cause any damage to the Operator and/or the Customer including damage of business reputation of the Customer, Subscribers and third parties. No moral harm shall be caused to individuals.

 

2.1.12. In case of a written or oral complaint (claim) against the Customer and/or the Operator from a Subscriber or other interested persons or competent governmental authorities when a claim is submitted against the Customer and/or the Operator as regard to contents of the Information Center poor quality provision of access or refusal of access to the Information Center, improper advertisement of the Information Center, to carry out work in accordance with Annex No. 2 to this Contract.

 

 
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2.1.13. In case of a written or oral complaint (claim) of Subscribers to the Customer/the Operator and/or Provider because of receipt of Input Traffic not ordered by the Subscriber, to ensure measures according to Annex No. 2 to this Contract.

 

2.1.14. To fully bear expenses associated with operation of a communication channel, development and modernization of technical means involved to connect to the area of responsibility of the Provider in accordance with Annex No. 1 to this Contract.

 

2.1.15. To warrant that the aggregate cost of Input and Output Traffic over all Digital Identifiers over the Accounting Period, calculated according to Table 5.1 of Annex No. 5 hereto will not exceed the cost of the Input Traffic calculated at the tariff rate applicable to the Subscriber, as determined in Annex No. 5 hereto over all Digital identifiers. Details of traffic shall be fixed in a monthly Certificate of Provided Services according to the form of Annex No. 3 hereto.

 

2.1.16. To timely and correctly provide documents required for settlements under this Contract.

 

2.1.17. For sending response messages to Requests of Subscribers to use a communication channel between own equipment and the Connection Point.

 

2.1.18. If the Provider engages any third parties for fulfillment of obligations under this Contract, by provision of Digital identifiers to third parties, the Provider obliges to conclude a written contract with such a third party. The contract with the third party shall contain requirements of the Customer to use of Digital Identifiers prescribed in clauses 2.1.7-2.1.10, 2.1.19 and 2.1.20 and the list of Digital Identifiers provided to the third party. The Provider obliges, at the request of the Customer to provide a full list of third parties including their registration or passport data and certified copies of contracts with third parties including the list of Digital Identifiers allocated to the third party, not later than 3 (Three) business days after the relevant request of the Customer. At that, the contract with a third party shall provide for the consent of the third party to disclosure of his/her personal data to the Customer by the Provider for the purposes of this Contract, and such consent should be obtained. The list of Digital Identifiers which may be transferred by the Provider to third parties under relevant contracts shall be specified by the Parties in Annex No. 4 to the Contract. The other Digital Identifiers not directly listed in Annex No. 4 as to be transferred to third parties, may not be transferred by the Provider to third parties.

 

2.1.19. If traffic is attracted by Voice Calls to Digital Identifiers, the Provider obliges to inform Subscribers that the service is provided for a fee by a voice information message lasting not longer than 2 (Two) seconds from commencement of the contact as follows: "The service is for a fee".

 

2.1.20. If the Provider offers any stimulating lotteries, actions, quizzes or other incentives (hereinafter referred to as the "Incentives") using Digital identifiers subject to provision of prizes to Subscribers, the Provider shall get an authorization of the Customer to undertake such Incentives before undertaking the same by the method under an agreement between the Parties. If the Customer authorizes the Provider to hold an Incentive, the Provider obliges to inform Subscribers on tax consequences of obtainment of prizes by Subscribers. The Provider shall not carry out lotteries, gambling using Digital Identifiers or provide services not relating to information-reference and entertainment services.

 

2.1.21. The Provider shall on the quarterly basis not later than 10 (ten) calendar days after termination of the last month of a quarter and at the request of the Customer send to the Customer a certificate of verification of settlements in break-up for the Branches. A copy of the certificate of verification of settlements shall be sent by fax, email and the original – with a courier or registered letter.

 

2.2. Obligations and Rights of the Customer:

 

2.2.1 To enable connection of the Provider to the Connection Point. To carry out receipt and transmission of Input and Output Traffic to Digital Identifiers according to Annex No. 4 and in accordance with Annex No. 1 to this Contract.

 

 
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2.2.2. To provide Subscribers within the communication network of the Operator with technical possibility of access between the Subscriber Device and the Point of Connection to Digital Identifiers as specified in Annex No. 4 to this Contract .

 

2.2.3. Upon Requests of Subscribers to Digital Identifiers allocated to the Provider to transfer the actual subscriber's number of the requesting Subscriber to the Provider for the purposes of identification and further interaction with it.

 

2.2.4 To fully bear expenses associated with operation of CPA System, development and modernization of technical means involved to connect to the area of responsibility of the Customer in accordance with Annex No. 1 to this Contract.

 

2.2.5. To timely make settlements with the Provider in accordance with article 3 of this Contract "Settlements" at such amounts as determined according to Annex No. 5 to this Contract.

 

2.2.6. The Customer is entitled to control Contents of the Information Center of the Provider and quality of information-reference and entertainment services provided by the Provider to Subscribers by Digital Identifiers through internet monitoring of WEB sites and by engagement of experts in that area and, if any facts of violation are identified, to timely suspend access of Subscribers between the Subscriber Device and the Information Center of the Provider through the Connection Point or to extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill obligations under the Contract subject to notification of the Provider in writing.

 

2.3. Joint Obligations of the Parties:

 

2.3.1. The Provider obliges to inform in writing the Customer on all changes in the name, form of incorporation, address of location, actual address of location and postal address, INN (Taxpayer Identification Number), banking and other details as well as contact details given in Annex No. 7 to this Contract. The term of notice is within 3 (Three) calendar days after relevant change.

 

2.3.2. The Customer obliges to notify the Provider in writing on all changes in the name, form of incorporation, address of location, actual address of location and postal address, INN (Taxpayer Identification Number), banking and other details as well as contact details given in Annex No. 7 to this Contract provided that such information concerns changes in relation to the Customer. The term of notice is within 3 (Three) calendar days after relevant change.

 

3. SETTLEMENTS

 

3.1. The Customer shall pay the fee to the provider at such amounts as determined in Annexes Nos. 5 and 6 to this Contract within the terms under clause 3.6 hereof. The amount of the fee is to be determined in rubles exclusive of VAT.

 

3.2. The fee shall be paid to the Provider only from the traffic paid by Subscribers. In case of payment by Subscribers of access to the Information Center of the Provider (Subscribers' Requests) within further 90 (Ninety) calendar days, the amount of the Provider's fee will be recalculated in the following Accounting Periods according to tariff rates set in periods of actual provision by the Provider of access between the Connection Point and the Information Center of the Provider and amount of attracted traffic.

 

3.3. On the monthly basis, within first 3 (Three) business days of the month following the Accounting Period the Provider will provide the Customer with a report on the volume of Input and Output Traffic to Digital Identifiers according to the form of Annex No. 3 to this Contract, at the email address of the Customer specified in Annex No. 7.

 

3.4. On the monthly basis, within 3 (Three) business days of the month following the Accounting Period, the Customer shall send to the Provider at the email address mentioned in Annex No.7 a report on the volume of Input and Output Traffic on Digital Identifiers according to the form of Annex No. 3 to this Contract (hereinafter referred to as the "Report of the Customer"). In case of any violations in the accounting period, the Customer's report shall contain the list of violations associated with non-observance of conditions of the Contract by the Provider and description thereof.

 

 
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3.5. The Provider will deliver to the Customer, not later than 5 (Five) business days after the month following the Accounting Period, original bill, Certificate of Provided Services and Report of the Customer according to the form of Annex No. 3 to this Contract. The invoice shall be issued in accordance with such procedure and within such terms as determined in clause 3 of article 169 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

 

The Certificate of Provided Services, bill and invoice shall be executed on the basis of the Report of the Customer. The Certificate of Provided Services shall contain information on fines accrued against the Provider for non-observance of conditions of the Contract. When signing the Customer's Report and Certificate of Provided Services, the Provider recognizes violations of conditions of the Contract and the amount of accrued fines. The date of receipt of documents by the Customer from the Provider shall be the date of notification on delivery of the registered letter or the date of acknowledgement of receipt in case of a courier delivery.

 

3.6. If the Customer does not have any complaints against quality of access between the Connection Point and the Information Center of the Provider, contents of the Information Center of the Provider, quality of information-reference and entertainment services provided by the Provider to Subscribers of the Customer through Digital Identifiers, the Customer agrees to sign a Certificate of Provided Services and to pay the bill issued by the Provider according to data of the Report of the Customer by transfer of funds to the settlement account of the Provider not later than 15 (Fifteen) banking days after receipt of originals of the bill, invoice and Certificate of Provided Services. In case of any complaints, the Customer shall send a reasoned refusal to the Provider with the list of revealed defects within 5 (Five) business days.

 

3.7. In case of any deviation in data contained in reports of the Customer and reports of the Provider on the total volume of monthly attracted Input and Output Traffic admitted to Digital Identifiers by more than 5% (Five percent), the Customer will pay the fee to the Provider on the basis of the Customer's data within the terms stipulated in clause 3.6 of this Contract, until clarification of reasons for such deviation. In order to find out reasons for deviation in accounting data, the Customer and the Provider shall carry out detailed verification according to Annex No. 6 to this Contract. Detailed verification shall be done only after the Provider delivers documents prepared on the basis of the Report of the Customer.

 

3.8. In case of deviation in data in reports of the Parties as regard to the total volume of monthly attracted Input and Output Traffic admitted to Digital Identifiers by less than 5% (Five percent) inclusively, the Customer will pay to the Provider the fee according to data of the Report of the Customer within the terms specified in clause 3.6. of this Contract.

 

3.9. The fee will be paid to the Provider only after the Customer receives original documents listed in clause 3.5. of this Contract.

 

3.10. Subject to consent of the Customer, documents may be delivered by fax and/or email according to contact details contained in Annex No.7 to this Contract, subject to immediate sending of original documents by mail or with a courier.

 

3.11. The Customer may change terms and conditions of settlements hereunder. At that, the Customer shall send to the Provider a notice not later than 30 (Thirty) calendar days prior to the planned date of such change.

 

3.12. The date of settlement of the Provider's bill will mean the date of debit of funds from the settlement account of the Customer. Payment of the fee to the Provider by the Customer shall be made from the settlement account of the Customer specified in Annex No. 7 hereto. All documentation under this article 3 "Settlements" of this Contract shall be sent to the Customer’s address, mentioned in Annex No. 7 to this Contract.

 

 
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4. LIABILITY OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1. The Parties shall be liable for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of obligations under this Contract in accordance with such procedure and at such amounts as determined by applicable laws of the Russian Federation and this Contract.

 

4.2. The Customer shall not be liable for quality and accuracy of Contents of the Information Center of the Provider. The sole liability for quality and Contents of the Information Center of the Provider shall be borne by the Provider. In case of any third parties claims against quality and contents of the Information Center, the Provider obliges to settle such claims on its own.

 

4.3. If the Provider does not observe conditions of clause 2.1.4 of this Contract within 3 (Three) months, the Customer is entitled to extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Provider in writing.

 

4.4. If the Provider fails to observe conditions of clause 2.1.15 of this Contract, traffic will be deemed not attracted by the Provider and no fee will be paid to the Provider by the Customer, the Provider will pay the fine at the amount of [●] * per each event of such violation plus the cost of Input and Output Traffic, calculated according to Table 5.1 of Annex No. 5 to this Contract, over the entire Accounting Period. Besides, the Customer may block Digital Identifiers for 1 (One) month or extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Provider in writing.

 

4.5. The Provider warrants that contents of the Information Center complies with norms of applicable laws of the Russian Federation as well as norms of international law. The Provider obliges to reimburse to the Customer any damage caused by all charges imposed on the Customer due to violations by the Provider of applicable laws and due to claims against quality, accuracy of Contents of the Information Center subject to delivery by the Customer to the Provider of appropriate documents evidencing such damage caused to the Customer.

 

4.6. If any judicial or other decision is issued against the Customer (as a result of illegal acts of the Provider in connection with fulfillment of this Contract, providing for charging of the Customer, the Provider shall compensate to the Customer the full damage including all legal fees not later than 5 (Five) business days after receipt of the request from the Customer on the basis of the Customers's invoice accompanied by a copy of the claim (decision, determination, writ of execution etc.).

 

4.7. If the Provider refuses to pay the invoice within 5 (Five) Business days after receipt of the request from the Customer for compensation of the damage caused to the Customer pursuant to clauses 4.5, 4.6 of this Contract, the Customer may extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Provider in writing.

 

4.8. The Customer reserves the right to extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Provider not later than 7 (Seven) calendar days, in case of use of the communication channel and Digital identifiers by the provider for the purposes not relating to the subject-matter of this Contract.

 

4.9. If the Provider violates clause 2.1.18 of this Contract, the Customer may charge the Provider with a fine at the amount of [●] * on the lump-sum per each violation or hold the amount of the fine against the amount of the fee payable to the Provider for Accounting Period when the violation was committed. The Customer may terminate this Contract in extrajudicial order by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations subject to notification of the Provider.

 

4.10. If the Provider fails to fulfill conditions of clause 2.1.2 of this Contract, the Customer may extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Provider in writing.

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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4.11. In case of non-observance of the term of delivery of documents according to clause 3.5 hereof, subject to timely fulfillment by the Customer of obligations under clause 3.4 of the Contract, the Customer may charge the Provider with a fine at the amount of [●] * per each event of default, postpone settlements with the Provider to the next Accounting Period and temporarily suspend acceptance and transmission of Input and Output Traffic to Digital identifiers of the Provider until fulfillment of conditions of clause 3.5. of this Contract in full.

 

4.12. If the Provider fails to fulfill conditions of clause 2.1.10. of this Contract, the Customer may charge the Provider with a fine at the amount of [●] * on the lump-sum basis per each event of default by holding the amount of the fine against the amount of the fee payable to the Provider for the Accounting Period when the default happened. If the mentioned above amount of the fine is more than [●] * of the amount of the fee payable to the Provider the Customer may hold fine in amount of [●] * of the fee of the Provider, but not less than [●] * . In addition, the Customer may extra judicially terminate the Contract by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under this Contract, subject to notification of the Provider in writing.

 

4.13. If the Customer receives any claim from a Subscriber or third parties or if the Customer discovers any facts of violation by the Provider of conditions under clause 2.1.7 of the Contract, the Parties shall act in accordance with Annex No. 2 to the Contract, at that:

 

4.13.1. The Customer may repay funds to all affected Subscribers identified by the Customer and/or the Operator subject to further withholding of the full amount of Fraud Traffic from the Provider's fee;

 

4.13.2. The Customer may apply penalties for the same default under clause 2.1.7 of this Contract for so many times as the number of the Operator's Branches where the default happened according to Table No. 1

 

4.13.3 The Customer may apply penalties for the various defaults under clause 2.1.7 of this Contract under the same Digital identifiers in each Operator’s Branches for so many times as the number of the Operator's Branches where the default happened according to Table No. 1

 

4.13.4. If the Provider violates clause No. 2 of Annex No. 2 the Customer may repeatedly apply penalties in the same Accounting Period if the Provider violates clause 2.1.7 of this Contract and if the Customer already applied penalties.

 

4.13.5. In cases mentioned in Annex No.2 the Customer may apply penalties against the Provider taking into account volumes of Input and Fraud Traffic under the Digital Identifier at use whereof defaults happened, during Accounting Period when defaults happened, but not more than [●] * of the amount of fee for attraction of traffic under the Digital identifier and not less than [●] * , calculated according to Table No. 1:

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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Table No.1

 

 

Share of Fraud Traffic, % Fine, rubles Total amount of all withholdings, rubles
[●] * [●] * [●] *
[●] * [●] * [●] *
[●] * [●] * [●] *
[●] * [●] * [●] *
[●] * [●] * [●] *
[●] * [●] * [●] *

Share of Fraud Traffic Kfraud shall be calculated as follows:

 

[●] * ,

 

where:

[●] *

 

[●] *

 

4.13.6. In cases mentioned in Annex No. 2 of this Contract the Customer can’t apply penalties if the revenue for Fraud Traffic (Rfraud) under the Digital Identifier for Accounting Period when defaults happened would be at least not more than [●] * without VAT.

 

4.13.7..If it is impossible to single out Fraud Traffic in the total traffic, the Customer may charge the Provider with a fine at the amount of [●] * per each event of default by holding the amount of the fine against the amount of the fee payable to the Provider. If the mentioned above amount of the fine would be at least more than [●] * of the fee for the Digital identifier the Customer may hold fine in amount of [●] * of the fee for Digital identifier, but not less than [●] * . At that traffic unpaid by the Subscribers, identified via contacts between the Subscribers and the Operator can’t be applied in settlement of accounts.

 

4.13.8. If the Customer is not able to single out Fraud Traffic, the Provider may determine traffic on its own and to agree with the Customer the amount to be withheld from the fee.

 

4.13.9. If the Customer accepts evidences provided by the Provider on any involvement on its part and the part of third parties engaged by it in defaults under clause 2.1.7 of the Contract, the Customer shall not apply any penalties and withhold the cost of revealed Fraud Traffic from the fee".

 

4.14. If the Provider defaults under clause 2.1.11. of this Contract, the Provider shall compensate any caused damage to the Customer, Subscribers or third parties in full.

 

4.15. If the Provider defaults under clause 2.1.19 of this Contract, the Customer may charge the Provider with a fine at the amount of [●] * per each event of such default or set off the amount of the fine against the amount of the fee payable to the Provider for the Accounting Period when the default happened. The Customer shall pay fee to the Provider subject to held fine.

 

4.16. If the Provider defaults under clause 6.12 of this Contract, the Customer may exterminate this Contract in extrajudicial order by means of unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations hereto subject to notification of the Provider in written. If the Provider violates clause 6.12 of this Contract the Customer also may charge the Provider with a fine at the amount of [●] * . The Customer may hold the amount of fine from the fee of Provider.

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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4.17. The sum of fines to all Digital Identifiers shall be held from the sum of fee of the Provider. If the sum of fee of the Provider would be less than the sum of fines to all Digital Identifiers the fine shall be exhibited as separate account.

 

5. CONFIDENTIALITY

 

5.1. Confidential information shall mean any technical, commercial, financial information, directly or indirectly relating to relations between the Parties, other activities of the Parties or their partners (legal entities of individuals) not published in public printed editions, user documentation for equipment or otherwise disclosed for free access and becoming known to the Parties in the course of fulfillment of this Contract or preliminary negotiations for conclusion hereof.

 

5.2. The Parties agree not to disclose any confidential information to third parties and not to otherwise use the same other than for fulfillment of obligations under this Contract. The Parties oblige to undertake all necessary efforts to prevent disclosure of confidential information by their employees, in particular, after their dismissal.

 

5.3. Efforts taken by the Parties to prevent disclosure of confidential information shall be at least as strict as efforts taken by them to prevent disclosure of their own information deemed confidential by the Parties.

 

5.4. The Parties are responsible for maintenance of confidentiality of any documentation, information, knowledge, experience and results obtained hereunder. The Parties will take all necessary efforts to prevent disclosure of such data and will ensure observance of confidentiality by individuals, legal entities to whom the Parties provide access to such documents.

 

5.5. Confidentiality obligations will remain in force within 5 (Five) years after termination of this Contract.

 

5.6. Confidentiality obligations shall not apply when disclosure of information is required under applicable laws of the Russian Federation or if confidential information becomes public.

 

6. OTHER PROVISIONS

 

6.1. Any amendments and supplements to this Contract will be valid only if they are executed in writing and signed by authorized representatives of the Parties.

 

6.2. The Provider may engage third parties for accomplishment of duties being the subject-matter of this Contract, subject to observance of confidentially conditions by such persons. At that, the Provider will remain liable for acts of third parties to the Customer.

 

6.3. Neither Party may assign its rights and obligations under this Contract. Each Party recognizes the rights of the other Party for all trademarks, service marks and other intellectual property belonging to the Party and will not however use the same without prior written consent of the other Party.

 

6.4. The Parties will take all efforts to resolve disputes by means of negotiations.

 

6.5. In case of non-achievement of an agreement and impossibility to come to a compromise, a dispute will be referred to a court at the location of the Customer.

 

6.6. All notices or communications of the Customer sent for the purpose of fulfillment or interpretation of this Contract shall be executed in writing and sent by email or fax at the address of the Provider mentioned in article 9 of this Contract. Notices and communications mentioned in this Contract shall be additionally sent with a courier or registered letter within 7 (seven) calendar days (according to the date of the receipt of the postal organization).

 

 

 
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6.7. All notices or communications of the Provider sent for the purpose of fulfillment or interpretation of this Contract shall be executed in writing and sent by email or fax at the address of the Customer, specified in Annex No. 7 and article 9 hereof, respectively. Notices and communications mentioned in this Contract shall be additionally sent with a courier or registered letter within 7 (seven) calendar days (according to the date of the receipt of the postal organization).

 

6.8. This Contract is executed in the Russian language in 2 (Two) counterparts having the same legal force, one counterpart for the Provider and the Customer.

 

6.9. Additional aspects of relations between the Parties shall be determined in accordance with Annexes to this Contract:

· Annex No.1 "Requirements of the Customer to operative and technical interaction and liability of the Parties at organization of access to the Connection Point"

· Annex No.2 "The procedure for interaction between the parties at preparation of responses to probable claims and complaints".

· Annex No.3 "Forms of monthly documents".

· Annex No.4 "The list of allocated Digital Identifiers" .

· Annex No.5 "Minutes of agreement upon the amount of the Provider's fee".

· Annex No.6 "The procedure for verification of data on admitted traffic".

· Annex No.7 "Contact details of the Parties".

· Annex No.8 The form of the Provider's Request for determination of contents of the Information Center of the Provider.

 

All the above listed Annexes to this Contract represent integral parts hereof.

 

6.10. The Parties warrant to each other that they possess all necessary rights, licenses, authorizations in accordance with applicable laws of the Russian Federation to enter the above determined relations, conclude this Contract, take the above steps and fulfill obligations under this Contract.

 

6.11. The Parties represent that there are no obstacles preventing them from fulfillment of their obligations hereunder.

 

6.12. No claim of the Provider against the Customer arising within the framework of this Contract may be assigned to a third party.

 

7. TERM AND TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT

 

7.1. This Contract will become effective since signing and shall remain in force within one calendar year. The Contract is deemed extended for each further calendar year under the same conditions unless either of the Parties requires termination of the Contract at least 30 (Thirty) days prior to expiration of the term. This Contract may be terminated in cases prescribed by laws of the Russian Federation and/or third Contract.

 

7.2. The Contract may be extra judicially terminated at the initiative of the Customer by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Provider to that effect at least 7 (Seven) calendar days prior to the proposed date of termination, other than in cases described in clauses 2.2.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10, 4.12, 4.16 of this Contract. At that, the Parties shall make mutual settlements.

 

7.3. The Contract may be extra judicially terminated by the Provider by unilateral refusal to fulfill its obligations under the Contract, subject to notification of the Customer to that effect at least 14 (Fourteen) calendar days prior to the proposed date of termination. At that, the Parties shall make mutual settlements.

 

7.4. Termination of the Contract for any reason will not release the Parties from the obligation to fully repay their debts, if any, over the entire period prior to termination of this Contract.

 

 
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8. FORCE-MAJEURE

 

8.1. The Parties to this Contract will be released from liability for full or partial non-fulfillment of their obligations if such non-fulfillment directly results from any force-majeure, i.e. events which could not be foreseen or prevented. Such events include: natural disasters, military acts, adoption by governmental authorities or local authorities of regulatory or law enforcement acts and other steps beyond reasonable foreseeing and control of the Parties.

 

8.2. In case of events mentioned in clause 8.1. of this Contract, each Party shall, not later than 5 (Five) days after occurrence of such events, notify the other Party thereon in writing with attachment of an evidence issued by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce or another competent authority. The notice shall contain data on the nature of events, assessment of impact thereof on the possibility of fulfillment by the Party of its obligations under this Contract and estimated terms of existence thereof.

 

8.3. In case of events mentioned in clause 8.1. of this Contract, the term of fulfillment by the Party of obligations under this Contract will be postponed pro rata the period of time when such events exist.

 

8.4. If force-majeure lasts for more than one month, the Parties will take additional negotiations to find alternative methods of fulfillment of this Contract, or this Contract will be terminated at the initiative of either of the Parties.

 

9. ADDRESSES AND BANKING DETAILS OF THE PARTIES

 

  THE CUSTOMER: THE PROVIDER:
Address of location: d. 40,str.  4, Bolshaya Ordynka street, Moscow, 119017 d. 57, str. 1, Dubininskaya street, Moscow, 115054
Postal address: d. 40, str, 4, Bolshaya Ordynka street, Moscow, 119017 d. 82, Marata Street, Saint Petersburg, 191119
INN (Taxpayer Identification Number) [●] * [●] *
Settlement account [●] * [●] *
Bank's name Sberbank of Russia OAO, the city of Moscow OAO ‘’ALPHA-BANK’’, the city of Moscow
Correspondent account [●] * [●] *
BIC (Bank Identification Code) [●] * [●] *
KPP (Tax Registration Reason Code) [●] * [●] *

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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10. SIGNATURES OF THE PARTIES

 

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

V.Y. Starodubov/_ /s/ Starodubov __________________/

 

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

Ts.Kh.Katsaev/_ /s/ Katsaev ______________________/

 

 
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

The registrant is requesting confidential treatment of certain information which has been omitted from Sections 3.1.9 and 3.2.9 of this Annex. The omitted information has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

Annex No. 1

to Contract No. СРА/ML-17

Dated March 1, 2013

 

"Requirements of the Customer to operative and technical interaction and liability of the Parties at organization of access to the Connection Point"

 

Moscow

March 1 , 2013

 

ZAO "MegaLabs", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Customer", represented by the Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov, acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand,                                               and TOT MONEY LLC, incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", represented by the General Director Ts. Kh. Katsaev acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the other hand (hereinafter the Customer and the Provider are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually as the "Party"), have agreed to the following effect:

 

1. Terms and definitions

 

All terms and definitions not defined in this Annex shall correspond to terms and definitions given in the Contract.

The Connection Point is:

 

“Messaging Network Content provider access Centre” (CPA) system – Software and technical complex which provides interaction between information system of the Customer and information system of the Provider.

 

2. MUTUAL CONNECTION AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARTIES

 

2.1. Voice Dialup Connection

 

Connection of the Information Center of the Provider to the Connection Point shall be exercised by one of the below listed methods:

 

2.1.1. By readdressing of all incoming calls from Digital Identifiers to the internal number in the communication network of the Operator. In this case the connection point is the SIM card with an assigned internal number in the communication network of the Operator whereto readdressing is made. The SIM card is to be issued by the Operator to the Provider on the basis of a separate Contract.

 

2.1.2. By means of physical connection of switching equipment of the Operator and/or the Customer to the Information Center of the Provider by Digital Channels Е1, interface G.703/G.704, if the Operator and the Provider are technologically ready to realization of such scheme. Carrying capacity of Е1 channels and the number thereof shall be determined in the course of operation depending on load according to criteria of quality determined in section 3 of this Annex. Type of signaling: EDSS1. Electrical parameters in the connection point shall comply with recommendations of МСЭ-Т G.703, load resistance of balanced cables is 120 Om. In this case the connection point will be the point of connection of the E1 channel to the Operator's DDF.

 
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2.1.3. By readdressing all incoming calls from Digital Identifiers to the number of PT. This method of connection may be done by the Parties as follows:

 

2.1.3.1. For the Federal connection by readdressing to the pool of the Federal routing numbers of connection operators which provide traffic termination on equipment of the Provider.

 

2.1.3.2. For the local connection subject to compulsory assignment of the PT number to the region of assignment of the Operator's numbering.

 

2.2. Dialup connection for the purpose of simultaneous transmission of speech and image (Video Call)

 

Connection of the Information Center of the Provider to technological equipment of the Operator and/or the Customer shall be exercised by physical connection of the Operator's and/or the Customer’s switch equipment to the Information Center of the Provider by Digital Channels Е1, interface G.703/G.704, if the Customer and the Provider are technologically ready to realization of such scheme. Carrying capacity of Е1 channels and the number thereof shall be determined in the course of operation depending on load. Type of signaling: ISUP. Electrical parameters in the connection point shall comply with recommendations of МСЭ-Т G.703, load resistance of balanced cables is 120 Om. In this case the connection point will be the point of connection of the E1 channel to the Operator's DDF TMR=64Kbit/s.

 

2.3.Connection to transmit text messages (SMS messages)

 

For transmission of Subscribers' Requests to the Provider and sending response messages, a communication channel between the Connection Point and the Provider's equipment is used. The software and hardware complex of the Provider is connected to the Connection Point via the protocol SMPP v.3.4 via Internet. The Provider on its part sets channel forming equipment (e.g. Cisco with the operational system IOS and support of IP/FW/IPSec 3DES or functionally equivalent one) to connect via Internet. In this case the connection point is the last switch device of the Internet provider providing the Party with an allocated Internet access channel.

 

2.4. Connection to transmit non-structured messages (USSD messages)

 

To transmit session requests to the Provider, a communication channel is used between the Connection Point and server equipment of the Provider. The software and hardware complex of the Provider is connected to the Operator's USSDC via the protocol SMPP v3.4 via Internet. The Provider on its part sets channel forming equipment (e.g. Cisco with the operational system IOS and support of IP/FW/IPSec 3DES or functionally equivalent one) to connect via Internet. In this case the connection point is the last switch device of the Internet provider providing the Party with an allocated Internet access channel.

 

2.5. Connection for transmission of multimedia messages (MMS messages)

 

Interaction of the Information Center of the Provider and the Connection Point is exercised via the protocol EAIF or MM7. For transmission of Subscribers' requests to the Provider and sending response messages, a communication channel shall be used between the Connection Point and Provider's equipment for transmission of multimedia MMS messages. The hardware and software complex of the Provider may be connected to the Connection Point via Internet. The Provider on its part sets channel forming equipment (e.g. Cisco with the operational system IOS and support of IP/FW/IPSec 3DES or functionally equivalent one) to connect via Internet. In this case the connection point is the last switch device of the Internet provider providing the Party with an allocated Internet access channel

 

 
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2.7. Areas of responsibility of the Parties

 

2.7.1. The area of responsibility of the Customer includes all technical facilities of the Customer and the Operator from the Subscriber Device to the Connection Point including intermediate switchboards, unless otherwise is agreed between the Parties.

 

2.7.2. The area of responsibility of the Provider includes all technical devices belonging to the Provider or leased by it including intermediate switchboards, from the Connection Point to the Information Center of the Provider.

 

3. CRITERIA OF QUALITY AND OPERATIVE TECHNICAL INTERACTION OF THE PARTIES

 

3.1. QUALITY CRITERIA for Voice connections

 

The level of lost calls in any direction shall not exceed 1% per hour of the maximum load (HML).

 

Intensity of load on signal lines shall not exceed 0.2 Erl per signal line. In case of continuous excess of real values of load intensity above the mentioned one, the Parties agree to arrange for additional signal lines within three days since the date of reasoned request of one of the Parties.

 

Minutes of operative and technical cooperation of the Parties

 

3.1.1 The Parties oblige to maintain technical facilities and devices in their networks and to ensure due functioning thereof in accordance with:

· technical documentation for the network equipment;

· rules of technical operations of the "Cell Mobile Communication Network";

· applicable branch norms, standards and rules;

· regulations (rules, guidelines, instructions, orders etc.) of state authorities issued by them within the limits of their competence and approved in accordance with the procedure applicable in the Russian Federation.

 

3.1.2. The Parties oblige to keep serviceable terminal equipment and communication facilities and to avoid connection to their network of equipment not having a certificate of compliance from the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation.

 

3.1.3. The Parties undertake to carry out thorough control of quality of service of calls in their networks.

 

3.1.4. The Customer obliges to ensure transmission to the Provider's network of the number of the calling Subscriber in the Operator's communication network in the format Е164.

 

3.1.5. At the request of either of the Parties to provide data on quality of communication via the digital track, to agree upon testing of the digital track between terminal points.

 

3.1.6. To immediately find out reasons for incompliance of quality of provided services with norms of quality determined in section 2 of this Annex and to take efforts to eliminate such reasons.

 

3.1.7. To immediately arrange for notification in case of accidents and damages and to take coordinated efforts to restore communications.

 

3.1.8. Control of quality of communications shall be exercised by observation and control systems as well as sub-systems for management of the network which shall be activated at the Provider's equipment and the Connection Point. Requirements to network control sub-systems are specified in МСЭ-Т.

 

 
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3.1.9. Interaction of technical personnel of the Provider and the Customer in case of deterioration of quality of communication:

· The personnel of the input direction is responsible for checks and identification of reasons for failure of check connections.
· Upon submission of a request from an Operator's Subscriber, the technical personnel shall check correctness of sequence of digits dialed up by the Subscriber to reach the required direction, control dialups to confirm non-passages in that direction.
· If non-passage in this direction is found out, the technical personnel of the Party who revealed the problem shall, together with the technical personnel of the other Party, carry out tests and find out the reasons for such non-passage (failures, mistakes in software, loss of information or other).
· Requests due to non-passage may be accepted only from the technical personnel at telephone numbers mentioned in Annex No. 7 to this Contract. Within [●] * after receipt of the request, the personnel of the other Party shall inform on reasons for the failure and terms of elimination thereof.
· In case of failure of equipment of one of the Parties and restoration of its serviceability, the technical personnel of the Party whose equipment failed shall inform the personnel of the other Party to that effect at the telephone numbers mentioned in Annex No. 7 to this Contract.
· In any case, the time of submission of the request, time of elimination of the damage, reasons, full name of the executor shall be fixed by both Parties in the minutes.

 

3.1.10. In case of necessity of execution of planned, repair or preventive works by the Parties on their switching equipment, the Parties will send to each other a written notice by phone, fax or email at the details specified in Annex No. 7 hereto not later than 1 (One) business day prior to the planned date of works. At that, the Parties shall attempt to choose and agree upon such time of works as will impact the least the quality of provided services.

 

3.2. QUALITY CRITERIA for dialup connection for the purpose of simultaneous transmission of speech and image (Video call)

 

The level of lost calls in any direction shall not exceed 1% per hour of the maximum load (HML).

 

Intensity of load on signal lines shall not exceed 0.2 Erl per signal line. In case of continuous excess of real values of load intensity above the mentioned one, the Parties agree to arrange for additional signal lines within three days since the date of reasoned request of one of the Parties.

 

Minutes of operative and technical cooperation of the Parties

 

3.2.1 The Parties oblige to maintain technical facilities and devices in their networks and to ensure due functioning thereof in accordance with:

· technical documentation for the network equipment;

· rules of technical operations of the "Cell Mobile Communication Network";

· applicable branch norms, standards and rules;

· regulations (rules, guidelines, instructions, orders etc.) of state authorities issued by them within the limits of their competence and approved in accordance with the procedure applicable in the Russian Federation.

 

3.2.2. The Parties oblige to keep serviceable terminal equipment and communication facilities and to avoid connection to their network of equipment not having a certificate of compliance from the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation.

 

3.2.3. The Parties undertake to carry out thorough control of quality of service of calls in their networks.

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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3.2.4. The Customer obliges to ensure transmission to the Provider's network of the number of the calling Subscriber in the Operator's communication network in the format Е164.

 

3.2.5. At the request of either of the Parties to provide data on quality of communication via the digital track, to agree upon testing of the digital track between terminal points.

 

3.2.6. To immediately find out reasons for incompliance of quality of provided services with norms of quality determined in section 2 of this Annex and to take efforts to eliminate such reasons.

 

3.2.7. To immediately arrange for notification in case of accidents and damages and to take coordinated efforts to restore communications.

 

3.2.8. Control of quality of communications shall be exercised by observation and control systems as well as sub-systems for management of the network which shall be activated at the Provider's equipment and the SC MCS of the Customer. Requirements to network control sub-systems are specified in МСЭ-Т.

 

3.2.9. Interaction of technical personnel of the Provider and the Customer in case of deterioration of quality of communication:

· The personnel of the input direction is responsible for checks and identification of reasons for failure of check connections.

· Upon submission of a request from an Operator's Subscriber, the technical personnel shall check correctness of sequence of digits dialed up by the Subscriber to reach the required direction, control dialups to confirm non-passages in that direction.

· If non-passage in this direction is found out, the technical personnel of the Party who revealed the problem shall, together with the technical personnel of the other Party, carry out tests and find out the reasons for such non-passage (failures, mistakes in software, loss of information or other).

· Requests due to non-passage may be accepted only from the technical personnel at telephone numbers mentioned in Annex No. 7 to this Contract. Within [●] * after receipt of the request, the personnel of the other Party shall inform on reasons for the failure and terms of elimination thereof.

· In case of failure of equipment of one of the Parties and restoration of its serviceability, the technical personnel of the Party whose equipment failed shall inform the personnel of the other Party to that effect at the telephone numbers mentioned in Annex No. 7 to this Contract.

· In any case, the time of submission of the request, time of elimination of the damage, reasons, full name of the executor shall be fixed by both Parties in the minutes.

 

3.2.10. In case of necessity of execution of planned, repair or preventive works by the Parties on their switching equipment, the Parties will send to each other a written notice by phone, fax or email at the details specified in Annex No. 7 hereto not later than 1 (One) business day prior to the planned date of works. At that, the Parties shall attempt to choose and agree upon such time of works as will impact the least the quality of provided services.

 

3.3 . QUALITY CRITERIA when transmitting SMS/MMS/USSD messages

 

Time of response of the Information Center of the Provider to a Request from the Subscriber shall not exceed 10 seconds taking into account time from receipt of the Request from the Subscriber by the Provider will transmission of the response to the Subscriber.

 

Minutes of operative and technical cooperation of SMS/MMS/USSD technologies

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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3.3.1. The Provider is responsible for serviceability of equipment (service) in the area of responsibility of the Provider.

 

3.3.2. The Customer is responsible for serviceability of equipment in the area of responsibility of the Customer.

 

3.3.3. Serviceability of the software and hardware complex of the Provider and connection with the Customers's equipment shall be monitored from the working place of the responsible person of the Provider. Monitoring includes control of the status of connection and current load of the software and hardware complex.

 

3.3.4. If impossibility of sending messages is revealed, the on-duty personnel of the Provider will identify the reason for break of communications.

 

3.3.5. If it is impossible to connect the Connection Point, the on-duty personnel of the Provider will inform the on-duty personnel of the Customer thereon and will carry out joint works with it to restore the communication channel. At the same time the on-duty personnel of the Provider, if necessary, together with the on-duty personnel of the Customer, will take efforts to switch its equipment to another access channel.

 

3.3.6. All events of breaks in communications will be fixed in appropriate documentation of on-duty shifts of the Parties with compulsory indication of time, measures taken and family names of officials engaged to restore communications.

 

 

Signatures of the Parties 

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

V.Y. Starodubov/_ /s/ Starodubov __________________/

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

Ts. Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev _____________________/

 

 

 
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[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

 

Annex No. 2 

to Contract No. CPA/ML-17 

dated the 1 st of March 2013 

 

 

Procedure for Interaction between the Parties when Preparing Responses to Probable Claims and Complaints

 

Moscow

the 1 st of March 2013

 

ZAO "MegaLabs", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Customer", represented by the Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov, acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand,                                  and TOT MONEY LLC, incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", represented by its General Director, Ts.Kh. Katsaev, acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the other hand (hereinafter the Customer and the Provider are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually, as the "Party"), mutually agree as follows:

 

1. If the Customer reveals any event of default by the Provider by any of the methods specified in clause 2.2.6 of the Contract, the Customer shall notify the Provider in writing or by email within one (1) calendar day after such default is revealed, in accordance with the contact details contained in Annex No. 7 to this Contract.

 

2. Upon receipt of confirmed information of default revealed by the Customer by any of the methods specified in paragraph 2.2.6 of the Contract from the Customer, the Provider shall lock the Prefix for attraction of traffic and/or take other measures to remedy any default on services in violation of the terms and conditions of the Contract within three (3) hours upon receipt from the Customer of confirmed information about such event of default. The Provider shall also take measures to remedy any event of default within its competence as soon as practicable and within three (3) hours upon notice from the Customer notify the Customer of any of the actions done to remedy such event of default. The Provider shall submit evidence of remedy of such event of default or reasoning for impossibility of remedying the event of default by the Provider within the specified period.

 

3. If the Provider fails to remedy any confirmed event of default revealed by the Customer by any of the methods specified in clause 2.2.6 of the Contract within three (3) hours upon receipt of confirmed information about such event of default from the Customer, the Customer may block for up to one (1) month the Digital Identifiers used for the actions specified in clause 2.1.7 of the Contract. In this case, penalties and other provisions stated in clause 4.13 of the Contract shall apply to the Provider in any case.

 

4. Any notice sent by the Customer to the Provider with regard to written or oral claims (demands, complaints), requests or suits or other official documents sent to the Customer by the Subscriber or any other interested party or competent state authorities (hereinafter, the “Claims”) as related to the contents (including quality and reliability) of the Information Center out of accordance with the applicable laws or provisions of this Contract, low-quality access provision or provision no access to the Information Center, improper advertising of the Information Center and other violations of its obligations under the Contract specified in clause 2.1.7 of the Contract by the Provider shall contain the following details: the Subscriber’s Number, main points of the claim and date. The Customer shall state the approximate time of the event that has become the reason for such Claim, specify the web resource or any other material (mass media, SMS messages, spam in social networks, etc.) from which the Subscriber has obtained information about the service that has become the subject matter of the Claim, if such facts are known to it.

 

 
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5. Claims shall include the following types by the service type mentioned in the Claim:

 

5.1. Correct Service means provision of access to the Information Center of the Provider at Subscribers’ Requests on the terms and conditions of this Contract;

 

5.2. Incorrect Service means any service whose description does not reflect the actual situation, does not comply with the terms and conditions of the Contract, rules established by the Customer, misinforms the Subscriber with regard to the contents and value of the access provided to the Information Center of the Provider at Subscribers’ Requests or service infringing the Subscriber or any third party (including property damage);

 

5.3. Messages from competent state authorities;

 

5.4. Compromising Service means unlawful acts of third parties infringing the Customer’s goodwill. Unlawful acts in this clause include distribution of untrustworthy information about Prefixes used and/or services provided; placement of public offers for provision of alleged or fictitious access to the Information Center of the Provider without any legal effect specified in such offers; other acts done to infringe the Customer’s goodwill only, including the ones deemed to be unfair competition in accordance with the applicable laws of the Russian Federation.

 

6. Upon receipt of any Claim by the Customer, the Customer shall check the Claim with regard to the existence/lack of the Subscriber’s Request to the Information Center of the Provider, existence/lack of tariffing the Request or violations by the Customer when establishing connection to the Digital Identifier allocated to the Provider. If the fact of the Subscriber’s Request is confirmed, and in the course of the inspection no fault in the Customer’s equipment is revealed such a Claim shall be sent by the Customer to the Provider in writing or by email for consideration thereof with accordance with the contact details contained in Annex No. 7 to the Contract.

 

7. Upon receipt of information about the Claim from the Customer, the Provider shall check the contents of the Claim as related to any violation by the Provider within one (1) calendar day.

 

8. If the Correct Service is mentioned in the Claim and access to the Information Center at the Subscriber’s Request is provided in full, the Provider shall send to the Customer its response for forwarding to the Subscriber within one (1) calendar day upon receipt of information about the Claim from the Customer. In this case, the Customer shall not apply any penalty or other terms and conditions provided for in clause 4.13 of the Contract to the Provider.

 

9. If the Correct Service is mentioned in the Claim but the response from the Information Center to the Subscriber is not given in full and with proper quality, the Provider shall provide access to the Information Center on a repeated basis at the Subscriber’s Request in full within one (1) calendar day. After that, the Provider’s support service shall get in touch with the Subscriber to confirm provision of access to the Information Center at the Subscriber’s Request in full. The Provider shall send an explanation to the Customer with regard to the fact of such Claim. In this case, the Customer shall not apply any penalty or other terms and conditions provided for in clause 4.13 of the Contract to the Provider. If no access to the Information Center may be provided in full for any reason beyond the Provider’s control, the Provider shall notify the Customer thereof with provision of the relevant evidence; the Customershall not take into account the relevant Subscriber’s Request when calculating the Provider’s fee and addresses to the Operator to make the refund to the Subscriber’s personal account. In this case, the Customer shall not apply any penalty or other terms and conditions provided for in clause 4.13 of the Contract to the Provider.

 

If the Provider provides no access to the Information Center at the Subscriber’s Request in full once more within the period specified herein and fails to provide evidence of impossibility to provide access to the Information Center for any reason beyond the Provider’s control, the Customer may apply a penalty or other terms and conditions provided for in clause 4.13 of the Contract to the Provider.

 

 
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10. If the Incorrect Service is mentioned in the Claim, the Provider shall block the Prefix as related to the services breaching the terms and conditions of the Contract within three (3) hours upon receipt of confirmed information about the violation from the Customer. If the Provider has no technical capabilities and on condition of the relevant notice to the Customer containing reasons for absence of such technical capabilities of blocking the Prefix within three (3) hours, the Provider may block the Prefix within twenty-four (24) hours upon receipt of information about the Claim from the Customer. The Provider shall also take measures to remedy the violation within its competence as soon as it is feasible and within three (3) hours upon notice from the Customer notify the Customer of any action to remedy the violation. In particularly complicated cases, the Provider may extend the violation remedy period to three (3) calendar days upon notice about such violation from the Customer. The Provider shall submit evidence of remedy of such violation or reasoning for impossibility of remedying the violation by the Provider within the specified period. An official response shall be sent to the Customer for forwarding to the Subscriber within one (1) calendar day upon receipt of information about the Claim by the Provider. The Customer may apply a penalty or other terms and conditions provided for in clause 4.13 of the Contract to the Provider.

 

11. If the Customer receives any message from competent state authorities about any violation, upon receipt of such message the Customer shall immediately notify the Provider thereof. In this regard, the Parties shall act in accordance with clauses 2 and 3 hereof.

 

12. If the Compromising Service is mentioned in the claim, the Provider shall within one (1) calendar day provide conclusive evidence of its noninvolvement in the violation. In this case, such fact shall not be deemed to be evidence of the Provider of the non-participation in violation if communication channels between the Provider’s equipment and the Customer’s equipment (clause 2.1.17 of the Contract) have been used for responses to Subscribers’ Requests. The Provider may adduce any other argument to prove its noninvolvement in the violation. Moreover, the Provider shall take any and all measures provided for in clause 2 hereof. The Customer shall consider the evidence submitted by the Provider within five (5) business days upon receipt thereof from the Provider and make a decision on recognition or non-recognition of the service as the Compromising one. If the Provider submits conclusive evidence of its noninvolvement in the violation or if the evidence submitted by the Provider is deemed reasonable and sufficient for the Customer, the Customer shall not apply any penalty or other terms and conditions provided for in clause 4.13 of the Contract to the Provider.

 

13. If a written or emailed Claim is directly received by the Provider, the Provider shall immediately notify the Customer of the receipt and nature of such a Claim and check the fact of violation. If the fact of violation is confirmed, the Provider shall take measures to remedy the violation in accordance with clause 2 hereof. The Provider shall send to the person whom the Claim has been received from its official response within three (3) business days upon receipt of the Claim and send a copy thereof to the Customer.

 

14. The Provider and the Customer may not make any refund to the Subscriber’s personal account upon receipt of information about any type of violations stated herein and when considering Claims. The Operator shall be entitled to make any refund to the Subscriber due to improper access to the Information Center of the Provider only.

 

15. In all cases of confirmed violations resulting in material damage to the Subscriber when connecting to the Information Center of the Provider and lack of the Provider’s response to the Customer’s notice of the Claim within five (5) business days the Operator, after the address of the Customer to him to make the refund, shall reimburse the Subscriber for damages restoring the value of the Claim to the Information Center of the Provider on the Subscriber’s account. No Claim under which the Operator has reimbursed the Subscriber for damages shall be taken into consideration in calculation of the Provider’s fee for the relevant Accounting Period. If any confirmed fact of violation in relation to the Request already taken into consideration in calculation and payment of the fee to the Provider in the previous Accounting Periods is revealed, the Provider shall make a refund of the fee accrued on such request to the Customer within five (5) business days upon receipt of the relevant claim from the Customer. The Customer may also set off the above-mentioned amount against payment of the Provider’s fee amount for the Accounting Period immediately following.

 

 
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16. The Customer and the Provider shall exchange Claim-related documents by facsimile and/or email in accordance with the contact details contained in Annex No. 7 to the Contract. Any notice of violations may, in addition to such communication means, be sent to each other by the Parties by any available means increasing efficiency of Claims processing and remedy of violations, including from the Operator to Provider.

 

Signatures of the Parties

 

On behalf of the Customer: On behalf of the Provider:
V.Y. Starodubov /_ /s/ Starodubov ______________/ Ts.Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev ______________________/

 

 
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[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

Annex No. 3 

to Contract No. CPA/ML-17 

dated March 1, 2013 

 

 

FORMS OF MONTHLY DOCUMENTS

 

1. Form of the Certificate of Provided Services

 

CERTIFICATE of Provided Services No.____

 

Under Contract No. _______________ dated _________ ____ 20____

Moscow

_________ ____ 20____

 

ZAO "MegaLabs", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Costumer", represented by the Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov, acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand,                                       and TOT MONEY LLC represented by its General director, Ts.Kh. Katsaev , acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", on the other hand (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually as the "Party"), enter into this certificate and agree as follows:

 

1. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of Contract No. __/_________ dated _________ ____ 20____ (hereinafter, the “Contract”), the Provider has provided access from the Connection Point to the Information Center of the Provider and attracted traffic for the Accounting Period from _________ ____ to _________ ____ 20____ .

 

No.

 

 

 

Digital Identifier

Transportation technology (SMS, MMS, USSD, Voice Call, Video Call) Output Traffic volume (number of SMS,MMS, USSD messages in pieces, Voice Calls and Video Calls in min.) Input Traffic volume (number of SMS,MMS, USSD messages in pieces, voice calls and video calls in min.)   Fee of the Provider, calculated in accordance with equation specified in Annex No. 5 to the present Part(in rubles, exclusive of VAT) Total fee amount payable to Provider (in rubles, exclusive of VAT) Fee amount payable to Provider (in rubles, inclusive of VAT)
  E*G H*G D1 F

 

 
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1. Capital Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
2. North-West Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
3. Central Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
4. Caucasian Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
5. Povolzhskiy Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    

 

 
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6. Ural Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
7. Siberian Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
8. Far East Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
Total on all Branches                    

 

The Provider ensured access between the Connection Point and the Information Center of the Provider and attracted traffic with sufficient quality on time and in full. The Parties don’t have complaints to each other.

Fee amount payable to Provider is ______ (sum in words) rubles, inclusive of VAT 18% _____ (sum in words) rubles.

 

 
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2. List of violations subject to penalty made by the Provider:

 

Sufficient clause of this Part

Fee amount payable to Provider for the Accounting period when the violations happened exclusive charge-off for the Previous Accounting Period

E*G+H*G-F ( in rubles exclusive of VAT )

The Operator’s Branch Penalty amount (in rubles exclusive of VAT)* *
       
       
Total:  

 

* VAT shall not be accrued on any penalty amount in accordance with the applicable laws of the Russian Federation

 

3. The amount payable to the Provider (clauses 1-2) shall be ______ (in words) rubles, inclusive of VAT 18% _____ (in words) rubles.

 

The Operator’s Branch The amount should be transferred to the Provider (clause 1-  clause 2)
   
   
   
Total:  

 

4. This Certificate is made and executed in two equally authentic original copies, one for each of the Parties.

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

 

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

 

 

_________________________ /_______________________/ _________________ /_______________________/

 

 
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2. Form of the Customer’s Report on the Input and Output Traffic Volume to Digital Identifiers

 

REPORT

on the Input and Output Traffic Volume to Digital Identifiers No. ____

and Revealed Violations of the Provider

 

Under Contract No. _____________ dated _________ ____ 20___

Moscow

_________ ____ 2013

 

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of Contract No. __/__________ dated ____ _________ 200__ entered into by and between the Operator and the Provider in the Accounting Period from ____ _________ to ____ _________ 200__ was recorded

 

1. Traffic Volume to Digital Identifiers:

 

No. Digital Identifier Transportation technology (SMS, MMS, Voice Call, Video Call) Output Traffic volume (number of SMS, MMS messages in pieces, minutes of Voice Calls, and Video Calls) Input Traffic volume (number of SMS, MMS messages in pieces, minutes of Voice Calls, and Video Calls) Output Fraud Traffic volume (number of SMS, MMS messages in pieces, minutes of Voice Calls, and Video Calls) Corrections for the Previous Accounting Periods the Fraud Traffic paid at the Accounting Period (corrections in accordance with clause 3.2 of the Contract) (number of SMS, MMS messages in pieces, minutes of Voice Calls, and Video Calls)    
1. Capital Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE            
2. 000ххх SMS            
3. 667ххх MMS            
4 *ххх# USSD            
5 Video Calls Video Calls            
2. North-West Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS        
3. 667ххх MMS        
4 *ххх# USSD        
5 Video Calls Video Calls        

 

 
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3. Central Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
4. Caucasian Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
5. Povolzhskiy Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
6. Ural Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    
7. Siberian Branch
1   VOICE                  
2   SMS                
3   MMS                
4   USSD                
5   Video Calls                
Total                    

 

 

 
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8. Far East Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS        
3. 667ххх MMS        
4 *ххх# USSD        
5 Video Calls Video Calls        

 

2. Full paid traffic volume on Digital identifiers:
No. Digital Identifier Transportation technology (SMS, MMS, Voice Call, Video Call) Output Traffic volume (number of SMS, MMS messages in pieces, minutes of Voice Calls, and Video Calls) Input Traffic volume (number of SMS, MMS messages in pieces, minutes of Voice Calls, and Video Calls) Funds charge-off from the Subscriber (in rubles exclusive VAT)
1. Capital Branch  
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      
2. North-West Branch  
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      

 

 
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3. Central Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      
4. Caucasian Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      
5. Povolzhskiy Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      
6. Ural Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      
7. Siberian Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      

 

 
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8. Far East Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE        
2. 000ххх SMS      
3. 667ххх MMS      
4 *ххх# USSD      
5 Video Calls Video Calls      

 

3. Fund charge-off for CbI service for the Accounting Period on the following Digital identifiers :
No. Digital Identifier Transportation technology (SMS, MMS, Voice Call, Video Call) Fund charge-off for CbI service (in rubles exclusive VAT) Remaining balance for CbI service (in rubles exclusive VAT)
1. Capital Branch    
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
2. North-West Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
3. Central Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    

 

 
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4. Caucasian Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
5. Povolzhskiy Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
6. Ural Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
7. Siberian Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    

 

 
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8. Far East Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
         

 

4. Fund charge-off for CbI service for the Previous Accounting Periods on the following Digital identifiers :
No. Digital Identifier Transportation technology (SMS, MMS, Voice Call, Video Call)  Fund charge-off for CbI service (in rubles exclusive VAT) The Previous Accounting Period (month, year)
1. Capital Branch  
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
2. North-West Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
3. Central Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    

 

 
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4. Caucasian Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
5. Povolzhskiy Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
6. Ural Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
7. Siberian Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
8. Far East Branch
1. 0Ахх VOICE      
2. 000ххх SMS    
3. 667ххх MMS    
4 *ххх# USSD    
5 Video Calls Video Calls    
           

 

 
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On behalf of the Customer:

 

 

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

 

 

 
_________________ /_______________________/

_____________ /_______________________/ 

 

 

Form of the Customer’s Report on the Input and Output Traffic Volume to Digital Identifiers

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

 

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

 

 

V.Y. Starodubov /_ /s/ Starodubov ______________________/ Ts.Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev ______________________/

 

 
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

The registrant is requesting confidential treatment of certain information which has been omitted from this Annex. The omitted information has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

Annex No. 4 

to Contract No. ML-17 

dated the 1 st of March 2013 

 

 

LIST OF ALLOCATED DIGITAL IDENTIFIERS

 

Moscow

the 1st of March 2013

 

ZAO "MegaLabs", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Customer", represented by Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov, acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand,                                   and TOT MONEY LLC, incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", represented by its General Director, Ts. Kh. Katsaev, acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the other hand (hereinafter the Customer and the Provider are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually, as the "Party"), mutually agree as follows:

 

In the Operator’s communication network, the following Digital Identifiers are allocated for the Provider with the following tariff rates for the Subscriber, and the following technologies and connection methods are used:

 

No.

Digital Identifier

 

Contents of Information Center of Provider

Transportation technology

(SMS, MMS, USSD, voice call, video call)

 

Tariff rate for Subscriber*, in rubles, exclusive of VAT Connection method Territory of Digital Identifier
1. 2151 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
2. 3151 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
3. 6151 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator

 

** Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 
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4. 7151 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
5. 8151 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
6. 9151 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
7. 2858 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
8. 3858 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
9. 2855 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
10. 3855 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
11. 7155 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
12. 7255 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
13. 000050 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP Far East Branch of the Operator
14. 000070 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP Far East Branch of the Operator
15. 9891 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
16. 9892 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
17. 9893 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
18. 9894 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
19. 9895 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator
20. 9896 Entertainment and information service, partner programs SMS [●] ** SMPP All Branches of the Operator

 

 

 

** Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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* - the Subscriber’s Request shall be rated using the SMS technology for each SMS request sent by the Subscriber to the Digital Identifier;

 

- access of Subscribers registered in the Operator’s network to the Information Center of the Provider shall be rated using the MMS technology depending on fact of each MMS request sent by the Subscriber to the Digital Identifier.

 

- access of Subscribers registered in the Operator’s network to the Information Center of the Provider shall be rated using the USSD technology for each USSD request sent by the Subscriber to the Digital Identifier;

 

- access of Subscribers and Visitors to the Information Center of the Provider using a dialup connection shall be rated on a per-minute basis provided that connections exceeding three (3) seconds (starting from the 4 th second) shall be rated. A response from the Information Center of the Provider shall be deemed to be the connection start. The connection time shall be calculated from the connection start.

 

Signatures of the Parties 

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

V.Y. Starodubov /_ /s/ Starodubov ___________/

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

Ts.Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev _______________/

 

 

 
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

The registrant is requesting confidential treatment of certain information which has been omitted from this Annex. The omitted information has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

Annex No. 5 

to Contract No. ML-17 

dated the 1 st of March 2013 

 

 

MINUTES OF AGREEMENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF THE PROVIDER’S FEE

 

 

Moscow

the 1 st of March 2013

 

ZAO "MegaLabs", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Costumer", represented by the Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov, acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/125/259-12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand,                                           and TOT MONEY LLC, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", represented by its General Director Ts.Kh. Katsaev, acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the other hand (hereinafter the Customer and the Provider are collectively referred to as the "Parties" and individually, as the "Party"), mutually agree as follows:

 

The Provider’s fee for attraction of the Output Traffic to the Digital Identifier in accordance with Annex No. 4 to this Contract shall be specified in accordance with the following equation:

 

 

[●] **

 

where:

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

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[●] **

 

[●] **

 

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** Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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[●] **

 

[●] **

 

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[●] **

 

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[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

[●] **

 

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** Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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5.1. Values of different types of traffic going through by the Operator and/or the Customer to/from the Provider:

 

Transportation technology Rated unit Value of traffic unit used for settlements with Provider (in rubles), exclusive of VAT Connection method
USSD Paid USSD request [●] ** connection via Internet
SMS SMS [●] ** connection via Internet
Dialup connection * minute [●] ** direct connection to the Operator’s switch device
minute [●] ** connection through redirection of calls
Video call minute [●] ** direct connection to the Operator’s switch device
MMS MMS [●] ** connection via Internet

 

* - access of Subscribers (including Visitors) to the Information Center of the Provider using a dialup connection shall be rated on a per-minute basis provided that connections exceeding three (3) seconds (starting from the 4 th second) shall be rated. A response from the Information Center of the Provider shall be deemed to be the connection start. The connection time shall be calculated from the connection start;

 

5.2. The basic ratio of the Provider’s fee shall be specified as follows:

 

5.2.1. Based on the traffic attracted by the Provider for the Moscow Branch, the Northwest Branch, the Caucasian Branch, and the Volga-Region Branch of the Operator:

 

 

Kz

 

(total monthly value of Output Traffic of the Accounting Period, in rubles, exclusive of VAT)

 

 

 

G z

 

( basic ratio of Provider’s fee )

 

[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **

 

 

 

 

** Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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5.2.2. Based on the traffic attracted by the Provider for the Central Branch and the Siberian Branch of the Operator:

 

 

Kz

 

(total monthly value of Output Traffic of the Accounting Period, in rubles, exclusive of VAT)

 

 

 

G z

 

( basic ratio of Provider’s fee )

 

[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **

 

 

5.2.3. Based on the traffic attracted by the Provider for the Ural Branch and the Far-East Branch of the Operator:

 

 

 

Kz

 

(total monthly value of Output Traffic of the Accounting Period, in rubles, exclusive of VAT)

 

 

 

G z

 

( basic ratio of Provider’s fee )

 

[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **
[●] ** [●] **

 

 

 

** Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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Signatures of the Parties

 

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

V.Y. Starodubov /_ /s/ Starodubov ___________________/

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

Ts.Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev ______________________/

 

 

 
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[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

Annex No. 6

to Contract No. CPA/ML-17

dated the 1 st of March 2013

 

PROCEDURE FOR VERIFICATION OF DATA OF ADMITTED TRAFFIC

 

Moscow

the 1 st of March 2013

 

ZAO "Mega Labs ", incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the " Customer ", represented by the Director on Operating activities V.Y. Starodubov , acting on the basis of power of attorney No. 16-CEO-Ish-459/12 dated 07.12.2012, on the one hand,                                 and TOT MONEY LLC, incorporated and registered in accordance with laws of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Provider", represented by its General Director, Ts.Kh. Katsaev, acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the other hand, mutually agree as follows:

 

1. In the event of any discrepancy in reports prepared by the Customer and the Provider exceeding five percent (5%) the Customer shall not sign the Certificate of Provided Services received from the Provider until the reasons for such discrepancy are given. The Customer shall pay a fee to the Provider in accordance with its own data until the reasons for such discrepancy are given. In order to clear up the reasons for discrepancy of reported data, the Parties shall make a detailed reconciliation and appoint their duly authorized representatives to make a decision on how to remedy such controversy. An agreed decision of such representatives of the Parties shall be executed in the form of a written until the last day of the month immediately following the Accounting Period, and such report shall contain the value of services provided in the relevant Accounting Period. If according to the Report data it is necessary to adjust earlier made calculations, the above-mentioned adjustment shall be reflected in the immediately following Accounting Period in accordance with the procedure specified in the provisions of the applicable laws of the Russian Federation. The Certificate of Provided Services shall be signed during the Report execution period.

 

2. If the reasons for discrepancy include absence of data about the Output Traffic on the equipment of the Operator and/or the Customer or absence of registered Input Traffic in response to the Output Traffic, such traffic shall be deemed unpaid by the Subscribers, and no fee shall be paid to the Provider for attraction of such traffic.

 

3. If the reasons for discrepancy include failure to pay of the Output Traffic by Subscribers, no fee shall be paid to the Provider for attraction of such traffic.

 

4. If one of the Parties does not recognize reconciliation results or if one of the Parties refuses to provide traffic-related data for reconciliation, the Parties shall act in accordance with clauses 6.4 and 6.5 of the Contract.

 

5. If one of the Parties fails to provide data for reconciliation, the other Party’s data shall be used for calculations as mutually agreed by the Parties.

 

Signatures of the Parties

 

On behalf of the Customer: On behalf of the Provider:
V.Y. Starodubov / /s/ Starodubov ________________/ Ts. Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev _____________________/

 

 

 
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

The registrant is requesting confidential treatment of certain information which has been omitted from this Annex. The omitted information has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

 

Annex No. 7

to Contract No. CPA/ML-17

dated the 1 st of March 2013 

 

Moscow

the 1 st of March 2013

 

CONTACT DETAILS OF THE PARTIES

 

1. CONTACT PERSONS OF THE PARTIES:

 

1.1 Contact persons of the Provider:

 

Area of work Contact person Contact details
1. Technical issues

[●]*

 

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

2. Settlement issues [●] *

[●] *

[●] *

3. Quality-related claims Duty shift; Head of the Quality Control Service [●] *
[●] *

[●] *

[●] * (for urgent claims or claims without response. Not for transfer to subscribers)

4. General issues [●] *

[●] *

[●] *

 

1.2 Contact persons of the Customer:

 

Area of work Contact person Contact details
1. Technical issues

[●] *

 

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

2. Settlement issues [●] *

[●] *

[●] *

 

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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3.  Issues related to allocation of Digital identifiers [●] *

[●] *

[●] *

4.  Technical issues Duty shift  ZAO "MegaLabs"

[●] *

[●] *

[●] *

 

Signatures of the Parties

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

 

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

 

 

V.Y. Starodubov /_ /s/ Starodubov _________________/ Ts. Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev _____________________/

 

 

 

 

* Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment.

 

 
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[English translation from the original Russian language document]

 

 

Annex No. 8 

to Contract No. CPA/ML-17 

dated the 1 st of March 2013 

 

Form of the Provider’s Request for Determination of Contents of the Information Center of the Provider

 

Contents of Information Center of Provider  
Provider  
Digital Identifier  
Service value, tariff class level (exclusive of VAT)  
Website  
Start date of service  
End date of service  

 

A request shall contain the following parts:

 

1. Short Description

In this part, options provided by the service are described in a few sentences, including description of technologies it is based on (voice, SMS, MMS, etc.) and partners providing such service functionality.

 

2. Extended Description

With a complicated functionality, key features may be described in more detail. It may include information about additional options and standard scenarios for use of the service for the Subscriber. The text should not be overloaded with technical details but should form the Subscriber’s need for the proposed service.

 

3. How to Use It

This part shall contain a stagewise description of the Subscriber’s actions the Subscriber should do in order to use the service, including the key request parameters. It should include a description of results of the Subscriber’s actions, i.e. the resulting part of the service as seen by the Subscriber should be described.

 

4. Additional Information

This part should include advertising sites where information about the service may be found.

 

5. Limitations

This part should include, whenever possible, all limitations resulting in the failure to use the service. Such limitations may be territorial (Moscow – regions – roaming), tariff (advance – credit), hardware (telephone models), syntactic (request formats), logical (consequence of interaction with the service software, functional, etc.

 

6. Appendices

This part contains all possible lists of headers, key words and other service-related reference information.

 

 
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Signature of the Provider

Duly authorized person, full name

Date Seal

 

Form of Provider’s request on definition of the maintenance of Information center of Provider we approve:

 

On behalf of the Customer:

 

On behalf of the Provider:

 

V.Y. Starodubov /_ /s/ Starodubov _________________/ Ts.Kh. Katsaev /_ /s/ Katsaev ____________________/

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

I, Oleg Firer, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Net Element International, Inc.;

   

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

   

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

   

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

     

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

     

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

     

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

   

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

     

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

       

 

May 15, 2013 By: /s/ Oleg Firer  
 Date Oleg Firer  
  Chief Executive Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

I, Jonathan New, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Net Element International, Inc.;

   

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

   

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

   

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

     

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

     

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

     

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

   

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

     

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

       

 

May 15, 2013 By: /s/ Jonathan New  
 Date Jonathan New  
  Chief Financial Officer
 

(Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

   

 
 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Net Element International, Inc. for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013, each of the undersigned hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the undersigned’s knowledge: (i) such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Net Element International, Inc. for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (ii) the information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Net Element International, Inc. for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Net Element International, Inc.

 

May 15, 2013 By: /s/ Oleg Firer  
Date Oleg Firer
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
   
   
May 15, 2013 By: /s/ Jonathan New  
Date Jonathan New
  Chief Financial Officer
 

(Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Net Element International, Inc. and will be retained by Net Element International, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.