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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

 

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

 

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

Commission File No. 0-25203

 

 

OmniComm Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   11-3349762

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2101 West Commercial Blvd, Suite 4000

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309

(Address of principal executive offices)

(954)473-1254

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

(Title of class)

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes   ¨     No   x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.    Yes   ¨     No   x

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 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.     x   Yes     ¨   No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   x

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   ¨    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     x   No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

Date

 

Non-Affiliate Voting Shares Outstanding

 

Aggregate Market Value

April 8, 2009   59,834,663   $14,958,666

Our common stock trades on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB). Shares of voting stock held by each officer and director and by each person who owns 5% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such person may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purpose. The registrant has no shares of non-voting stock authorized or outstanding.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Date

 

Class

 

Outstanding Shares

April 8, 2009   Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   76,579,951

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Information to be set forth in our Proxy Statement to be filed by us pursuant to Regulation 14A relating to our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 10, 2009 is incorporated by reference in Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III of this Form 10-K.

 

 

 


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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

ANNUAL REPORT ON

FORM 10-K

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008

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   Part I   

Item 1.

   Business.    1

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    12

Item 1B.

   Unresolved Staff Comments    19

Item 2.

   Description of Property.    19

Item 3.

   Legal Proceedings.    19

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.    20
   Part II   

Item 5.

   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.    20

Item 6.

   Selected Financial Data    21

Item 7.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    21

Item 7A.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    31

Item 8.

   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.    31

Item 9.

   Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.    31

Item 9A(T).

   Controls and Procedures.    31

Item 9B.

   Other Information.    32
   Part III   

Item 10.

   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance    32

Item 11.

   Executive Compensation.    32

Item 12.

   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.    33

Item 13.

   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions; and Director Independence.    33

Item 14.

   Principal Accounting Fees and Services.    33
   Part IV   

Item 15.

   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.    34

Signatures

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Item 1. BUSINESS

This business section and other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Annual Report”) contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those set forth in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. Reference to “us” “we” “our” the “Company” means OmniComm Systems, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary OmniComm Europe GmbH.

Background and History

OmniComm Systems, Inc. was originally organized as Coral Development Corp., under the laws of the State of Delaware, on November 19, 1996, by Modern Technology Corp. (“Modern”). Modern originally completed a “blind pool/blank check” offer pursuant to Rule 419 by having Modern distribute Coral Development shares as a dividend to Modern shareholders. On February 17, 1999, OmniComm Systems, Inc., a company organized under the laws of the State of Florida as the Premisys Group, Inc. on March 4, 1997, merged with Coral Development. Coral Development was the surviving entity post-merger. The merged entity changed its name to OmniComm Systems, Inc.

Overview

OmniComm Systems, Inc. provides Web-based Electronic Data Capture (“EDC”) software and services that streamline the clinical research process. TrialMaster™ is the core of our eClinical product offering. Trial Master is designed to allow clinical trial sponsors and investigative sites to easily and securely collect, validate, transmit, and analyze clinical study data. TrialMaster is a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant solution and designed to offer clinical trial sponsors the ability to conduct clinical trials under multiple platforms, with significant flexibility, ease-of-use and complete control over collected data. Developed using forward-looking technology based on Microsoft ® .NET architecture, TrialMaster provides a simple “drag and drop” design tool and a straightforward, logical build process that allows easy and rapid trial development. The system’s GUI (user interface) has been designed to be clean, user friendly and intuitive. Sponsors have access to on-demand importing of various industry import standards including CDISC, core labs and patient diary data. In addition, Trial Master’s export feature allows output to client systems in various formats.

TrialMaster offers significant business benefits to our customers and is designed to help clinical trial sponsors more efficiently conduct their clinical trials. This efficiency translates into more rapid initiation of data collection, less cost incurred in the data collection process and the ability to make more timely Go/No-Go decisions. We also provide business process consulting services that aim at more effectively integrating EDC processes into the clinical trial process. Our goal is to provide our clients a data collection process that is streamlined, efficient and cost-effective. We believe that TrialMaster is significantly more efficient than the traditional paper collection methods employed in the past. TrialMaster has been designed to make the trial building process more efficient than the technologies deployed by our competitors. The benefits of managing a clinical trial using TrialMaster for EDC include:

 

   

Real-Time Access to the Data: All interested parties will have real-time access to study data over the Internet as it is generated. This allows for the monitoring of patient enrollments and related metrics, by site, at the earliest time point.

 

   

Faster Study Completion: We believe TrialMaster saves time at the back-end of a study by eliminating most of the time it takes for database “clean-up” in studies involving paper-based Case Report Forms (CRFs). This is intended to be done by eliminating most incorrect or incomplete entries at the time of entry. Queries for non-automatic items can be handled shortly thereafter through electronic data review by the clinical study monitors. A 2005 Life Science Insights report estimates that trial sponsors have experienced a 53.3% reduction in clinical trial queries through EDC use. This may be critical if there are any unanticipated future delays in either the commencement or conduct of the study.

 

   

Cost Savings: EDC involves fixed upfront system development costs. The cost of TrialMaster is comparable to paper. The use of EDC can be even more cost effective when applied to multiple studies, which we believe is relatively easy to do in certain therapeutic areas, in which there are a few primary indications and the studies are relatively simple and similar in terms of data captured. A 2005 report by Life Science Insights estimates that EDC users can expect a cost reduction of approximately 17.5% via the adoption of EDC.

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biotechnology and medical device companies. A 2007 report by Health Industry Insights states that by the end of 2007, nearly 45% of all new Phase I-III studies were initiated using EDC. The report also states that the total addressable market for EDC and eClinical services is expected to grow from approximately $600MM currently to $1.8B in 2010.

Our Strategy

Our primary goal is to establish ourselves as a leading EDC software and services provider by offering our customers the highest quality service with a differentiated, user-friendly product. TrialMaster is priced to provide a solid value, which we believe will stimulate customer demand. We maintain a continuous focus on cost-containment and operating efficiencies. We intend to follow a controlled growth plan designed to take advantage of our competitive strengths. Our growth has occurred through a combination of continued high-quality service to our existing clients and by adding new clients, often served by higher-cost EDC competitors or less effective “home-grown” EDC systems. The key elements of our strategy are:

Stimulate Demand by providing Clinical Trial Sponsors with High Value EDC. Deploying EDC can be an expensive proposition. Each trial is considered a stand-alone project and can incur data collection costs that are according to a CenterWatch report approximately 8.5% of total drug development costs. Because TrialMaster has been designed to make the trial building process more efficient than the technologies deployed by our competitors, we have been able to provide pricing that is in many cases substantially lower than that of the competition. We believe we provide faster trial start-up times, excellent customer service, including full project management and process improvement consulting—while maintaining significant gross margins. The combination of our cost structure and use of technology allows us to compete both on quality and price.

Increase Sales to our Existing Customers. We intend to increase the share of wallet we receive from our existing customers by continuing to increase the scope of services and eClinical products we offer. By offering end-to-end eClinical solutions to our customers we believe we afford them the opportunity to experience seamless integration of the services and software products needed to bring their therapies to market. We believe a suite of integrated eClinical products and services will diminish the total cost of ownership, increase the efficiency of the solutions provided to our customers and will allow us to capture revenues that are currently being deployed with other eClinical solution providers.

Emphasize Low Operating Costs. We are committed to keeping our operating and general and administrative costs low. We have achieved our low operating costs primarily by designing a flexible, customizable EDC product that does not require numerous hours of configuration time. TrialMaster has been developed in order to take advantage of several automated software tools. These tools make the trial building process more efficient and automate many tasks our competitors complete manually. We believe we use advanced technologies and employ a well incentivized, productive and highly professional workforce. We are continually focused on improvements in efficiency and we believe that the newest version of TrialMaster will enhance our ability to broaden our product line. As we grow, we expect some benefit from economies of scale by leveraging our current infrastructure over an expanded operation.

Provide EDC Services to Small and Midsize Pharmaceutical, Bio-Technology, Medical Device Companies and CROs (Clinical Research Organizations). In considering new markets, we focus on service to markets that are underserved. In determining which markets to select, we analyzed the size of the potential market and concluded that providing service to small and mid-sized firms provides a substantial marketing opportunity. These firms conduct many thousands of clinical trials annually. Most do not have the technological or financial wherewithal to develop a product like TrialMaster and often prefer working with small companies themselves. Yet, the advantages of EDC, such as quick trial deployment, cost-savings and more rapid Go/No-Go decisions are just as crucial to this size firm as to their Fortune 500 competitors.

Penetrating the CRO market is an important component of our strategic plan. By emphasizing CRO partnerships we are able to add a significant number of potential users for our products and services since outsourcing clinical trials in the US market is an established practice. From 2005 to 2008 we increased the percentage of our revenues coming from CRO’s by approximately 350%. In addition, CRO partnerships allow us to leverage the selling and marketing capabilities of the CRO itself. Because of our relatively small sales force and limited resources, this strategy allowed us to augment our selling efforts in a cost-effective manner by forging long-term strategic relationships with our CRO partners and their existing client base. Our CRO partners gain the ability to manage the EDC decision making process proactively and add an extension to their line of products. We initiated the marketing of our CRO Preferred Program in early 2007. The CRO Preferred Program offers fixed pricing and pay-as-you-go Hosted Services. To date we have entered into approximately 28 marketing partnerships with CROs as part of the CRO Preferred Program.

 

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Differentiate Through Service. We believe that a key to our initial and long-term success is that we offer customers a robust EDC product and a distinctive experience that includes highly efficient integration with data imports and exports, quick set-up times and a growing list of TrialMaster enhancements. Based on customer feedback, we believe our service is an important reason why our customers choose us over other EDC providers. In 2004, we continued to improve our customers’ EDC experience by adding a Phase I version of TrialMaster. In 2005 we added TrialMaster Archive, a self-contained program that allows our client to view all of its trial data in the format that it was captured in, and TrialMaster Safety, our pharmacovigilance database which accommodates both the MedDRA ® dictionary and customized client dictionaries and is HIPAA and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant. During 2007, we began offering TrialMaster under a technology transfer (or licensed) model (“Technology Transfer”). This type of business model allows our clients to license our technology and more effectively leverage their internal technology infrastructure. We believe that this model will allow us to more effectively address the EDC needs of the largest pharmaceutical, bio-technology and CROs in the clinical trial industry. Also in 2007 we released our OC Connect TM solution (“OC Connect”). OC Connect integrates Oracle’s industry leading Clinical Data Management System (CDMS), Oracle Clinical, with TrialMaster. Most of the industry leading pharmaceutical, bio-technology and CROs use Oracle Clinical’s Global Library for storing all of their metadata standards for designing their clinical databases and case report forms. We believe our OC Connect product will allow us to penetrate the market of firm’s using Oracle Clinical who are seeking a more robust, flexible and integratable EDC product.

Competitive Strengths

Low Operating Costs. Our low intrinsic costs allow us to offer prices low enough to stimulate new demand and to attract customers away from higher-priced competitors.

Some of the factors that contribute to our low costs are:

 

   

Our employees are productive. Because in our opinion our employees are so productive, we are able to spread our fixed costs over a greater number of clinical trials. We believe we achieve high employee productivity in several ways. Many of our employees are cross-trained to provide help in other functions when needed; our staff is tenured therefore avoiding the growing pains associated with new employment and as discussed, our software has been designed to be flexible and customizable thereby reducing our COGS.

 

   

We emphasize our recruiting and training programs. We take great care to hire and train employees who are enthusiastic and committed to serving our customers and we incentivize them to be productive. We believe our employee productivity is created through the effective use of advanced technology. For example, we have automated many of the trial building components that our competitors must still hard code for each project. Our compensation packages are designed to align the interests of our employees with our stockholders by ensuring that we design our compensation policies and practices to derive long-term competitive advantages operationally and financially.

 

   

TrialMaster is the Core of our product offerings. We believe our competitors have often added functionality to their products via acquisition or by merger. We feel strongly that our core product and programming methodology provide a flexible, customizable base for product and company expansion without the issues inherent in integrating products or software designed by other companies.

Strong Company Culture. We believe that we have created a strong and vibrant service-oriented company culture, which is built around our key values: of quality, accountability, collegiality and a focus on the customer. The first step in building our culture is hiring people who are team-oriented and customer-focused. We reinforce our culture by communicating actively, on a regular basis, with all of our employees, keeping them informed about events at the Company and soliciting feedback for ways to improve teamwork and their working environment.

Experienced Management Team. We are led by a management team with significant experience, including experience at international pharmaceutical companies and other EDC providers. Our President and Chief Executive Officer, Cornelis F. Wit, brings extensive worldwide pharmaceutical and general management experience to the Company. Randall G. Smith our Chairman and Chief Technology Officer is the primary architect of TrialMaster. Our Chief Financial Officer, Ronald T. Linares, has worked for publicly held companies as a Chief Financial Officer since 1994. Stephen E. Johnson, our Chief Operating Officer brings more than 19 years of clinical trials experience in sales management and business development to OmniComm. A. Kenneth Light, our Senior Vice President for Professional Services, has significant experience in implementing and managing large-scale software implementation and consulting engagements. Sondra Smyrnios comes to OmniComm from the pharmaceutical industry with over 14 years of experience in clinical trial research. Ms. Smyrnios is our Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Support. Thomas Wells is our

 

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Senior Vice President of Technology. Mr. Wells has over 16 years of experience in the CRO and biotechnology industries and brings significant information technology and EDC process design and implementation experience to our Company. We believe our management team provides us with a diversity of experience and talents with significant cross-functional industry experience. In addition to our management team, two of our board members, Matthew Veatch and Guus van Kesteren, have extensive worldwide pharmaceutical, EDC and CRO industry experience.

Our Business Model

We understand that each customer’s clinical trial support service needs can be very different from trial to trial and that each clinical team’s comfort level with EDC and trial management is unique. Our approach to satisfying the diverse needs of our customers is a “crawl, walk, run” approach to web-based services adoption. TrialMaster has historically been sold under an Application Service Provider (“ASP”) model, providing EDC and complementary services. TrialMaster V4.0 allows us to provide our customers with several business models including— ASP, Technology Transition, and Technology Transfer.

We offer a fully hosted ASP model designed to let the client bring study administration and set-up services in-house yet continue to host the solution with us, and a complete Technology Transfer model for clients that want to bring their eClinical technology solution in-house. This methodology allows our customers to use our services at their own pace, allowing us the flexibility to deliver eClinical solutions to a broader array of clinical trial sponsors.

Under our ASP and Technology Transition models, mission critical data is housed in Cincinnati Bell’s e-business center, built within a hardened data center environment in Cincinnati, Ohio. For Technology Transfer engagements, OmniComm provides an array of implementation services such as installation, configuration, training, and validation support to assist our customers during the migration in-house.

TrialMaster contracts provide for flexible pricing that is based on both the size and duration of the clinical trial. Size parameters for ASP engagements include the number of case report forms (CRF) used to collect data and the number of sites utilizing TrialMaster. The client pays a trial setup fee based on the previously mentioned factors and then pay an on-going maintenance fee for the duration of the clinical trial that provides software updates, network and site support during the trial. Generally, these contracts will range in duration from three months to five years. Setup fees are generally earned prior to the inception of a trial, however, the revenues are recognized in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 “Revenue Recognition” which requires that the revenues be recognized ratably over the life of the contract. The maintenance fee revenues are earned and recognized monthly. Costs associated with contract revenues are recognized as incurred. In the short-run this method of revenue recognition diminishes the revenues recognized on a periodic basis on our financial statements and obliges us to record a liability. In the long-run, we believe this backlog of “unrecognized” revenue, which is recorded as deferred revenues on our balance sheet, will provide our customers and investors revenue visibility and provide meaningful information on the size and scope of our selling efforts.

Pricing for Technology Transition and Technology Transfer is based on the transfer of a license for TrialMaster either on a perpetual or term license basis. Pricing is determined by the number of named users of the licensee and the volume of CRF pages collected annually. Under our Technology Transfer model there is also an annual maintenance charge incurred for hosting and hosting related services. As part of our Technology Transition and Technology Transfer model we offer Professional and Consulting services. The scope of services includes installation, implementation, validation and training services related to the purchase of a TrialMaster license. In addition, our professional services team provides consulting services aimed at helping our clients adopt “best practices” related to eClinical use within their existing operations. Professional and consulting services are generally offered on a time-and-billing basis.

Our Software Products and Services

TrialMaster EDC Solution

Our core product is TrialMaster. TrialMaster, allows clinical trial Sponsors and investigative sites to easily and securely collect, validate, transmit and analyze clinical study data including patient histories, patient dosing, adverse events and other clinical trial related information. TrialMaster uses Internet technologies to conduct and manage clinical trial data from geographically dispersed sites. We provide eClinical solutions and related value-added services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical device companies, clinical research organizations (“CROs”), academic research institutions and other clinical trial sponsors. TrialMaster is designed to help reduce the inefficiencies, inaccuracies and costs associated with paper-based clinical data collection methodologies that are traditionally employed at the remote sites where clinical trial participants are monitored. Through TrialMaster,

 

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our customers can deploy customized electronic CRFs for on-site clinical data input, which incorporate automated edit checking and deliver real-time data management capabilities previously unavailable through paper-based clinical trial data collection approaches.

TrialMaster has been designed using Microsoft’s .NET ® architecture. Critical features of the application include: drag and drop trial building that allows us to provide an efficient, easy to use trial building solution for internal and Technology Transfer or Technology Transition users; an extensive Library of re-usable forms allowing for more efficient and effective follow-on engagements; real-time query management, reporting and resolution; on-demand importing of data using all of the leading industry standard formats; a robust randomization solution for patient enrollment and inventory tracking solutions for lot and drug shipment; an integrated safety solution that allows for serious adverse event (SAE) tracking and reporting with MedWatch capabilities; integrated Ad-Hoc reporting is available through LogiXML and automated exports of data to client systems in various formats.

TrialMaster Archive™ (TMA) allows us to provide client data on a post database lock basis using the same TrialMaster browser view the client utilizes while their clinical study is in production. TMA is delivered to the client via CD in a read-only format with the ability to export to study specific formats. TMA affords our clients and the FDA the ability to review clinical trial data by: trial; site; patient; visit and by form parameters. TMA is available in read-only and print-friendly formats and with and without audit trails. The trial sponsor receives a CD with data for all sites, including final data exports in the formats their TrialMaster study used. Each site is provided with a CD with just their site data. The program is self-contained , so no software is needed to view the CD, there are no minimum system requirements and no internet connection is required. In 2005, we developed a FDA Submission Module within TMA. This Module creates a Casebook containing PDF formatted copies of all CRFs in FDA submission format. This Casebook is fully tabbed and bookmarked making it easy to find and view particular CRFs. The Submission Module is an optional component used in conjunction with our TrialMaster Archive product.

TrialMaster Safety™ TrialMaster Safety is our Pharmacovigilance database. Integrated with TrialMaster, TrialMaster Safety accommodates both the MedDRA ® and WHO-Drug dictionaries and is HIPAA and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant. TrialMaster Safety features include: the ability to code and store serious adverse event (SAE) information either in a manually entered mode directly into a web-based form or automatically from event-driven information from a clinical study EDC System such as TrialMaster. The import module is vendor-independent and can be configured to accept sources of SAE information other than that from a clinical study or TrialMaster; inventory tracking of trial components and automatic notifications when certain trigger events occur; MEDWatch forms for US reporting or internationally; and electronic reporting of SAEs.

OC Connect

Our OC Connect solution integrates Oracle’s industry leading Clinical Data Management System (CDMS), Oracle Clinical, with OmniComm’s EDC solution, TrialMaster. One of the biggest advantages that Oracle Clinical offers is its ability to scale and store large volumes of clinical and clinical related data. Many companies continue to use Oracle Clinical’s Global Library for storing all of their metadata standards for designing their clinical databases and case report forms. However, when these companies move to EDC, they typically have to rebuild their global library within their EDC system. With OC Connect, those companies can now load all or part of their global library directly into TrialMaster. Standards can continue to be maintained in Oracle Clinical and more effectively and efficiently utilized in TrialMaster, thereby maintaining consistency across their clinical applications. Building studies in TrialMaster can now be done using the same global library objects that exist in Oracle Clinical, simply by importing all or parts of the global library directly into TrialMaster. We believe this allows companies to significantly decrease the amount of time it takes to set up a clinical trial in their TrialMaster EDC system by readily utilizing those standards that are defined in their Oracle Clinical global library.

Services

Our services include delivery of our hosted solutions and consulting services, customer support and training and the delivery of implementation services for Technology Transfer, including installation, configuration, validation and training. The primary consulting services we offer for both ASP and Technology Transfer engagements include:

 

 

 

Custom Configuration. The TrialMaster EDC platform is flexible and allows for major reconfiguration. Each trial can be designed to suit specific client workflows and trial design. TrialMaster includes a clinical trial management system (CTMS), Drug Supply, Safety and Randomization options that can simplify the trial management experience.

 

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Training. We provide extensive hands-on and eLearning-based TrialMaster training classes. Training classes can be conducted at a sponsor location, at an investigator meeting, or at an investigator site and via Web-cast.

 

   

System Integration. We help our clients integrate TrialMaster with existing systems or external systems (Patient Diaries, Medical Devices, and Labs etc). We analyze their legacy systems and data management needs in order to decide how to most efficiently integrate EDC.

 

   

SOPs and implementation assistance. Our Client Services and Support personnel can be engaged to write an implementation plan designed to effectively integrate with TrialMaster. We can also write standard operating procedures (SOPs) to help client staff clearly understand their roles in using TrialMaster to conduct trial activities. We can also analyze and document business processes to determine where greater operating efficiency may be gained.

 

   

Database setup. To get the most out of the TrialMaster system, it is necessary to set up basic information such as users, permissions, sites, study protocol definitions, documents, dictionaries, integration and budgets. We provide personnel who support the implementation of TrialMaster.

 

   

Installation. There are various architectures for deploying a secure EDC solution to remote investigator sites. This service explores different security, performance and system management alternatives and helps the client design and install an optimal solution to meet your their needs.

 

   

Validation. We offer a validation test kit that includes test cases and documentation to completely validate the installation of TrialMaster against regulatory requirements.

Industry Background

The eClinical industry is poised for widespread adoption over the next few years in both the domestic and international clinical trial market. Our research indicates that industry experts anticipate an enormous transition towards EDC in the next 5 years with estimates from firms such as CenterWatch and Covance placing EDC use above 60% by the year 2010.

Furthermore, we believe that industry and regulatory trends summarized below have led pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies to increase R & D for proprietary new drugs and medical devices. We believe these trends have required companies to conduct increasingly complex clinical trials and develop multinational clinical trial capability, while seeking to control costs. Concurrently, we believe demand for simplified integration and improved collaboration has driven EDC vendors to develop broader eClinical trial suites to give sponsors shorter, less costly trials and give investigators easier ways to execute and manage them.

Managed Care. Managed care providers and insurance carriers have become major participants in the delivery of pharmaceuticals along with pharmacy benefits organizations. These companies are seeking to lower and control the prices of drugs and devices.

Generic Drug Effect. Competition from generic drugs following patent expiration has resulted in increasing market pressure on profit margins.

Increasingly Complex and Stringent Regulation. Increasingly complex and stringent regulatory requirements have increased the volume and quality of data required for regulatory filings and escalated the demand for real- time, high- accuracy data collection and analysis during the drug development process.

Reducing Drug Development Time Requirements. To reduce costs, maintain market share and speed revenue production, pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies face increasing pressure to bring new drugs to market in the shortest possible time.

 

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New Drug Development Pressures. To respond to the demand for products for an aging population and for the treatment of chronic disorders and life-threatening conditions, research and development expenditures have increased as a result of the constant pressure to develop and patent new therapies.

Expansion of Approved Treatment Indications. There is substantial incentive on the part of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology drug and therapy owners to expand the scope of FDA approved treatment indications for their already approved therapies. A significant benefit of developing new indications is the ability to extend patent protection for products already approved by the FDA.

These trends have created even greater competitive demands on the industry to bring products to market efficiently and quickly.

Market Opportunity

Clinical trials are a critical component in bringing a drug or medical device to market. All prescription drug and medical device therapies must undergo extensive testing as part of the regulatory approval process. We believe many clinical trials continue to be conducted in an antiquated manner and fail to optimize the resources available for a successful clinical trial. We believe that our solutions significantly reduce costs, improve data quality and expedite results. We believe the data integrity, system reliability, management control and auditable quality of TrialMaster will aid clinical trial sponsors that want to improve clinical trial efficiencies, speed-up results and ensure regulatory compliance.

In order for a drug or medical device to be marketed in the United States, Europe or Japan, the drug or device must undergo extensive testing and regulatory review to determine that it is safe and effective. The regulatory review process for new drugs and devices is time consuming and expensive. A new drug application (“NDA”) can take up to two years before the FDA approves it. This is in addition to approximately five to nine years of studies required to provide the data to support the NDA. The amount of money and time currently spent on clinical trials is enormous. The following points are illustrative of clinical trial industry dynamics:

 

 

 

Drug companies lose as much as $32.9 million in potential revenue for each day a trial is delayed on a blockbuster drug such as Lipitor ® . Source: Pfizer, Inc. website.

 

   

Of 5,000 screened chemical compounds approximately 250 enter preclinical testing, 5 enter clinical testing and only one is approved by the FDA to be marketed to consumers. Source: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

 

   

According to a 2005 Tufts Center for Drug Development report, the average drug approved for sale by the FDA cost approximately $1.2 Billion to bring to market.

Included in the above cost analysis of bringing a new medicine to market are expenses of project failures and the impact that long development times have on investment costs. The estimate also accounts for out-of-pocket discovery and preclinical development costs, post-approval marketing studies and the cost of capital. Lengthening development times caused by complex disease targets and a more intensive regulatory process have more than tripled the cost of developing a drug over the past 15 years. The estimates which were published as part of a 2005 Tufts University study cite that many factors are driving up development costs, including a greater emphasis on developing treatments for chronic diseases, the increasing size of trials and the rising cost of recruiting subjects.

We believe that success in the EDC market is predicated on several criteria. As the industry grows and matures the ability of participants to fulfill the varied needs of clinical trial sponsors becomes more critical to achieving operational and financial success. We believe these success criteria include:

 

   

Deployment options. Successful EDC vendors provide clinical trial sponsors flexibility in choosing whether to deploy EDC on an ASP, Technology Transfer or Technology Transition basis. The ultimate criteria for selection of the means of technology delivery is often predicated on the size of the clinical trial sponsor.

 

   

Interoperability. Most clinical trial sponsors have invested in other technology platforms to run their trials. These include clinical data management systems, interactive voice response systems and Central Labs. The ability for an EDC solution to integrate with existing technology platforms is a key decision making factor.

 

   

Scalability. The ability to scale the EDC solutions to absorb additional projects seamlessly is important to trial sponsors. Scalable solutions will retain their speed and performance metrics as projects and engagements increase in size.

 

   

Migration from hosted to technology transfer solutions. When clinical trial sponsors decide to bring the EDC services and solutions in-house it is vital that they do not experience a degradation of speed, performance or system reliability.

 

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Flexibility. The more robust EDC systems will be designed to provide the ability to increase functionality and guarantee interoperability with other industry technology solutions. As the industry and technology matures clinical trial sponsors will demand new functionality without loss of performance or reliability.

 

   

Vendor stability. EDC vendors should be able to demonstrate a viable business model and financial structure that can sustain a long-term relationship with clinical trial sponsors.

 

   

Systematic adoption of best practices. EDC vendors will be expected to assimilate best-practice workflows and process tools.

 

   

Professional services. The adoption and implementation of EDC into a clinical trial environment requires significant financial, technical and human resource investment on the part of clinical trial sponsors. A robust offering of professional services that fully integrate with the technological EDC offerings will be considered an integral part of any EDC purchase.

Market Trends

Industry analysts, including data from Health Industry Insights on the EDC industry dated 2007, have identified several important issues driving the EDC marketplace. These issues include:

 

   

Spending on eClinical solutions is expected to increase at a 14.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and total more than $6.0 billion from 2006 – 2010.

 

   

2007 was expected to mark a tipping point, as the market we expected to experience a burst in acceleration, from 6.5% to 13.3% in the EDC adoption growth rate.

 

   

By the end of 2007, nearly half (45%) of all new Phase I-III studies were be initiated using EDC.

 

   

In 2009, eClinical spending is expected to exceed $1.5 Billion.

 

   

Starting in 2007, enterprise licensing and EDC subscription delivery models, as well as the rise of fierce competition enabled by data interchange standards such as CDISC, will significantly decrease pricing in large Phase II and Phase III studies.

License Agreement

On April 9, 2009, we entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with DataSci, LLC (“DataSci”) which relates to a lawsuit filed on June 18, 2008 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by DataSci against OmniComm alleging infringement of a U.S. Patent No. 6,496,827 B2 entitled “Methods and Apparatus for the Centralized Collection and Validation of Geographically Distributed Clinical Study Data with Verification of Input Data to the Distributed System” (“Licensed Patent”) claimed to be owned by DataSci. Pursuant to the Settlement and License Agreement, the parties agreed to enter into a Stipulated Order of Dismissal of the lawsuit filed by DataSci and DataSci granted us a worldwide, non-exclusive non-transferable right and license under the Licensed Patent the subject of the claim and the right to sublicense TrialMaster on a technology Transfer and Technology Transition basis. The license expressly excludes the right to make, use, sell, import, market, distribute, oversee the operation of, or service systems covered by a claim (if any) of the Licensed Patent to the extent such systems are used for creating and managing source documentation and conducting remote data validation in clinical trial studies using a tablet PC with stylus, touch screen device, digitizing tablet, digitizer pen, or similar mobile processing device (“Digitizing Device”), wherein the source documentation is electronic and is completed using a Digitizing Device. Under the terms of the license, we are obligated to pay royalties quarterly for sales of Licensed Products, as defined therein, from January 1, 2009 until the expiration of the Licensed Patent equal to two percent (2%) of OmniComm’s annual Gross Revenues or, alternatively, the annual minimum royalty payment(s), whichever is greater, during any calendar year as follows: 2009—$130,000; 2010—$200,000; 2011—$300,000; and 2012—until expiration of the Licensed Patent—$450,000 per year. In addition to the cash consideration the Company has issued a warrant for 1,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $.01 per share. The warrant has been granted for past use of the Licensed Patent. The warrant can be exercised by DataSci in month 24 or upon its sole discretion induce the Company to pay $300,000 in cash in lieu of exercising the warrant.

Our Customers

As of December 31, 2008, we had approximately 50 customers, including several Fortune 1000 companies and had entered into 60 new business transactions during fiscal 2008. Our representative customers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, academic research institutions, CROs and other clinical trial sponsors. A sample of our customers includes:

 

Trial Sponsor

 

Sponsor Type

W. L. Gore   Medical Device
Gilead Sciences   Biopharmaceutical
Columbia University (InChoir)   Academic
Pharmapros   Contract Research Organization
Ventracor   International Medical Device

 

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Sales and Marketing

We sell our products through a direct sales force and through our relationships with CROs. Our marketing efforts to-date have focused on increasing market awareness of our firm and products. These efforts have primarily been comprised of attendance and participation in industry conferences and seminars. A primary focus of our future marketing efforts will be to continue increasing our market penetration and market awareness. Our efforts during 2009 will include: increasing the number of sales personnel employed both in the U.S. and in Europe, which will include the expansion of our inside sales force, increasing our attendance and marketing efforts at industry conferences and increasing the number of consumer to customer sponsored events including webinars, symposiums, and other marketing events. As of December 31, 2008 our sales and marketing function consisted of eleven field sales personnel and product marketing specialists. In addition, OmniComm will be releasing several additional product lines including a clinical data hub and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution. The clinical data hub will allow our customers to aggregate and report on clinical data across multiple systems, including our own TrialMaster™ application. It will also allow additional flexibility for data exporting and will include support for Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) including support for the e2b format, CDISC SDTM, additional SAS support, and will expand upon our current capabilities for supporting industry standards such as CDISC ODM v1.3 and HL7. Our IVR solution will provide additional integrated capabilities to our TrialMaster EDC application to allow for telephony-based randomization, ePRO (Patient Reported Outcomes) and Drug Supply Tracking. The expansion of our clinical suite will provide additional benefits to our existing customers and will provide an additional revenue stream to increase our top and bottom lines.

Research and Development

Our ability to compete within the EDC industry is predicated on our ability to continue enhancing and broadening the scope of solutions offered through TrialMaster. Our R & D efforts are focused on developing new, complementary software solutions, as well as enhancing our existing software solutions through the addition of increased functionality. Our development of TrialMaster and its subsequent improvements and refinements have been handled by our in-house staff of developers. In the past our philosophy towards software development has been to design and implement all of our solutions through in-house development. We currently partner with several eClinical applications in an effort to expand the scope of products and services we offer our customers. In the past, integrating these platforms has required R & D time, effort and expenditures. We anticipate expending R & D funds on these efforts as we expand these relationships to include more formalized relationships which could include revenue sharing or private label arrangements. We expect future R & D efforts to be aimed at broadening the scope of TrialMaster functionality. These efforts may include select strategic alliances with software and service partners possessing clinical trial industry experience. During fiscal 2007, we spent approximately $917,000 on R & D activities, the majority of which represented salaries to our developers. In fiscal 2008 we spent approximately $897,000 on R & D activities, the majority of which represents salaries to our programmers and developers.

Intellectual Property

Our success and ability to compete are dependent on our efforts to develop and maintain the proprietary aspects of our technology. We rely upon a combination of trademark, trade secret, copyright and unfair competition laws, as well as license agreements and other contractual provisions, to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights. In addition, we attempt to protect our intellectual property and proprietary information by requiring our employees and consultants to enter into confidentiality, non-competition and assignment of inventions agreements. These legal protections afford only limited protection for our technology. We are in the process of registering several trademarks in the United States. We cannot predict whether these trademark registrations will provide meaningful protection. Additionally, trademark applications have been filed for various key components of our TrialMaster products and services. Our agreements with employees, consultants and others who participate in development activities could be breached. We may not have adequate remedies for any breach and our trade secrets may otherwise become known or independently developed by our competitors or other third parties. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States and effective copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret protection may not be available in those jurisdictions.

 

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Due to rapid technological change, we believe that factors such as the technological and creative skills of our personnel, new product and service developments and enhancements to existing products and services are more important than the various legal protections of our technology to establish and maintain a technology leadership position.

We currently hold several domain names, including the domain names “omnicomm.com” and “trialmaster.com”. Additionally, legislative proposals have been made by the U.S. federal government that would afford broad protection to owners of databases of information, such as stock quotes. The protection of databases already exists in the European Union. The adoption of legislation protecting database owners could have a material adverse effect on our business, requiring us to develop additional, complex data protection features for our software products.

Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our software solutions or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. The laws of many countries do not protect our proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Any such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. There can be no assurance that our means of protecting our proprietary rights will be adequate or that our competitors will not independently develop similar technology. Any failure to meaningfully protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

In addition, since the software and Internet industries are characterized by the existence of a large number of patents, trademarks and copyrights it also involves frequent litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. We, and other companies in our industry, have entered into a settlement and obtained a license from a patent holder to license third-party technology and other intellectual property rights that are incorporated into some elements of our services and solutions. Our technologies may not be able to withstand third-party claims or rights against their use. Any intellectual property claims against us, with or without merit, could be time-consuming and expensive to litigate or settle, could divert management attention from executing our business plan or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements with third parties. Such royalty or licensing agreements, if required, might not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all, which would have a material adverse effect upon our business and financial position. There is no assurance that we will not become subject to infringement claims as the number of products and competitors in our industry segment grows and the functionality of products in different industry segments overlaps. An adverse determination on such a claim would increase our costs and could also prevent us from offering our technologies and services to others.

Competition

The market for electronic data collection, data management and adverse event reporting systems is highly competitive, rapidly evolving, fragmented and is subject to changing technology, shifting customer needs and frequent introductions of new products and services. We compete with systems and paper-based processes utilized by existing or prospective customers, as well as other commercial vendors of EDC applications, clinical data management systems and adverse event reporting software, including:

 

   

systems developed internally by existing or prospective customers;

 

   

vendors of EDC, clinical trial management systems and adverse event reporting product suites, including Oracle Clinical, a business unit of Oracle Corporation, Medidata Solutions and PhaseForward, Inc.;

 

   

vendors of stand-alone EDC, data management and adverse event reporting products; and

 

   

CROs with internally developed EDC, clinical data management systems or adverse event reporting systems.

Our ability to remain competitive will depend to a great extent upon our ongoing performance in the areas of product development, customer support and service delivery. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our market include the following:

 

   

product functionality and breadth of integration among the EDC, clinical trial management systems and adverse event reporting solutions;

 

   

reputation and financial stability of the vendor;

 

   

low total cost of ownership and demonstrable benefits for customers;

 

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depth of expertise and quality of consulting and training services;

 

   

performance, security, scalability, flexibility and reliability of the solutions;

 

   

speed and ease of implementation and integration; and

 

   

sales and marketing capabilities, and the quality of customer support.

We believe that our technical expertise, the knowledge and experience of our principals in the industry, quality of service, responsiveness to client needs and speed in delivering solutions will allow us to compete favorably within this market. Further, we believe that none of the aforementioned companies have developed an approach to the clinical trial process that is as flexible and customizable as TrialMaster. However, many of our competitors and potential competitors have greater name recognition, longer operating histories and significantly greater resources. There can be no assurance that our current or prospective competitors will not offer or develop products or services that are superior to, or that achieve greater market acceptance than, our products and services.

Government Regulation

The conduct of clinical trials is subject to regulation and regulatory guidance associated with the approval of new drugs, biological products and medical devices imposed upon the clinical trial process by the U.S. federal government and related regulatory authorities such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and by foreign governments. Use of our software products, services and hosted solutions by entities engaged in clinical trials must be done in a manner that is compliant with these regulations and regulatory guidance. Failure to do so could have an adverse impact on a clinical trial sponsor’s ability to obtain regulatory approval of new drugs, biological products or medical devices. If our product and service offerings fail to allow our customers and potential customers to operate in a manner that is compliant with applicable regulations and regulatory guidance, clinical trial sponsors and other entities conducting clinical research may be unwilling to use our software products, services and hosted solutions. Accordingly, we design our product and service offerings to allow our customers and potential customers to operate in a manner that is compliant with applicable regulations and regulatory guidance. We also expend considerable time and effort monitoring regulatory developments that could impact the use of our products and services by our customers and use this information in designing or modifying our product and service offerings.

The following is an overview of some of the regulations that our customers and potential customers are required to comply with in the conduct of clinical trials.

The clinical testing of drugs, biologics and medical devices is subject to regulation by the FDA and other governmental authorities worldwide. The use of software during the clinical trial process must adhere to the regulations and regulatory guidance known as Good Clinical Practices, other various codified FDA regulations, the Consolidated Guidance for Industry from the International Conference on Harmonization regarding Good Clinical Practice for Europe, Japan and the United States and other guidance documents. Our products, services and hosted solutions are developed using our domain expertise and are designed to allow compliance with applicable rules or regulations.

In addition to the aforementioned regulations and regulatory guidance, the FDA has developed regulations and regulatory guidance concerning electronic records and electronic signatures. The regulations, codified as 21 CFR Part 11, are interpreted for clinical trials in a guidance document titled Computerized Systems Used in Clinical Trials. This regulatory guidance stipulates that computerized systems used to capture or manage clinical trial data must meet certain standards for attributability, accuracy, retrievability, traceability, inspectability, validity, security and dependability. Other guidance documents have been issued that also help in the interpretation of 21 CFR Part 11.

Regulation of the use and disclosure of personal medical information is complex and growing. Federal legislation in the United States, known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, imposes a number of requirements on the use and disclosure of “protected health information” which is individually identifiable, including standards for the use and disclosure by the health care facilities and providers who are involved in clinical trials. HIPAA also imposes on these healthcare facilities and providers standards to assure the confidentiality of health information stored or processed electronically, including a series of administrative, technical and physical security procedures. This may affect us in several ways. Many users of our products and services are directly regulated under HIPAA and, to the extent our products cannot be utilized in a manner that is consistent with the users’ HIPAA compliance requirements, our products will likely not be selected. In addition, we may be directly affected by HIPAA and similar state privacy laws. Under HIPAA, to the extent we perform functions or activities on behalf of customers that are directly regulated by such medical privacy laws, such customers may be required to obtain satisfactory assurance, in the form of a written agreement, that we will comply with a number of the same HIPAA requirements.

 

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Business Segments and Geographic Information

We view our operations and manage our business as one operating segment. Our sales to date have been generated almost exclusively from U.S. based clients. TrialMaster has been deployed in clinical trials conducted both domestically in the U.S. and internationally in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. We have entered into a strategic alliance with a Clinical Research Organization in the Pacific Rim and began operations in Europe through our wholly owned subsidiary OmniComm Europe BV which has ceased operations. During 2007, we expanded our European operations by creating a subsidiary in Germany, OmniComm Europe, GmbH and merged the operations of our other OmniComm Europe BV into that unit. Our European subsidiary, OmniComm Europe, GmbH, operates out of an office in Bonn, Germany. We currently employ 14 employees in that office spanning all areas of our operation including study development, project management, quality assurance and clinical support and services. Our European sales and business development efforts are managed out of this location as well.

Employees

We currently have 82 full time employees of which four are executives, three are administrative, 67 are programmers, engineers or technology specialists, four are technology and systems managers and eight are in sales and marketing. We employ 65 employees out of our headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and seven field sales and marketing employees in California, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas and North Carolina. We also employ two of or professional consultants in New Jersey. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, OmniComm Europe, GmbH, employs 14 employees in Bonn, Germany. We believe that relations with our employees are good. None of our employees is represented by a collective bargaining agreement.

Available Information

We were incorporated in Delaware in 1997. We currently have an operating subsidiary in Bonn, Germany. Our Internet website address is http://www.omnicomm.com. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available either via a link on our website or on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, http://www.sec.gov.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities is speculative in nature and involves a high degree of risk. In addition to the other information contained in this prospectus, the following material risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating us and our business before purchasing our securities.

WE HAVE A HISTORY OF LOSSES AND ANTICIPATE FUTURE LOSSES. WE MAY NEVER ACHIEVE OR MAINTAIN PROFITABILITY.

We incurred net losses attributable to common stockholders of $5,773,469 and $10,878,521 in fiscal 2007 and 2008, respectively. At December 31, 2008, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $47,800,180 and a working capital deficit of approximately $629,792. We expect net losses and negative cash flow for the foreseeable future until such time as we can generate sufficient revenues to achieve profitability. We expect our operating cash flows to improve in fiscal 2009, but we have little control over the timing of contracted projects. We expect our client and contract base to expand and diversify to the point where it meets our on-going operating needs, but this may not happen in the short-term or at all. While we expect to achieve additional revenue through the growth of our business, we cannot assure you that we will generate sufficient revenue to fund our expenses and achieve and maintain profitability in any period.

IF OUR LICENSE TO USE THIRD-PARTY TECHNOLOGIES IN OUR PRODUCTS IS TERMINATED, WE MAY BE UNABLE TO DEVELOP, MARKET OR SELL OUR PRODUCTS.

We are dependent on a license agreement relating to our current and possibly proposed products that give us rights under intellectual property rights of a third party. This agreement can be terminated on short notice by the licensor if we default on our obligations under the license and fail to cure such default after notice is provided. The license imposes commercialization, certain sublicensing, royalty, insurance and other obligations on us. Our failure, or any third party’s failure, to comply with the terms of this license could result in our losing our rights to the license, which could result in our being unable to develop or sell our products.

 

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WE DEPEND PRIMARILY ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRIES AND ARE THEREFORE SUBJECT TO RISKS RELATING TO CHANGES IN THESE INDUSTRIES.

Our business depends on the clinical trials conducted or sponsored by pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies and other entities conducting clinical research. General economic downturns, increased consolidation or decreased competition in the industries in which these companies operate could result in fewer products under development or decreased pressure to accelerate product approval which, in turn, could materially adversely impact our revenues. Our operating results may also be adversely impacted by other developments that affect these industries generally, including:

 

   

the introduction or adoption of new technologies or products;

 

   

changes in third-party reimbursement practices;

 

   

changes in government regulation or governmental price controls;

 

   

changes in medical practices;

 

   

the assertion of product liability claims; and

 

   

changes in general business conditions.

Any decrease in R & D expenditures or in the size, scope or frequency of clinical trials conducted or sponsored by pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical device companies or other entities as a result of the foregoing or other factors could materially adversely affect our operations or financial condition.

CHANGES IN REGULATIONS AND REGULATORY GUIDANCE APPLICABLE TO OUR CUSTOMERS OR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTS MAY RESULT IN OUR INABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS.

Demand for our software products, services and hosted solutions is largely a function of regulation and regulatory guidance associated with the approval of new drugs, biological products and medical devices imposed upon the clinical trial process by the U.S. federal government and related regulatory authorities such as the FDA, and by foreign governments. In recent years, efforts have been made to streamline the FDA approval process and coordinate U.S. standards with those of other developed countries. Any change in the scope of applicable regulations and regulatory guidance could alter the type or amount of clinical trial spending or negatively impact interest in our software products, services and hosted solutions. Any regulatory reform that limits or reduces the research and development spending of entities conducting clinical research upon which our business depends could have a material adverse effect on our revenues or gross margins.

In addition, any failure to conform our software products, services and hosted solutions to domestic or international changes in regulations and regulatory guidance applicable to our customers or potential customers and the approval process for their products may result in our inability to continue to do business. Changing our software products, services and hosted solutions to allow our customers to comply with future changes in regulation or regulatory guidance, either domestically or internationally, could cause us to incur substantial costs. We cannot assure you that our product and service offerings will allow our customers and potential customers to stay in compliance with regulations and regulatory guidance as they develop. If our product and service offerings fail to allow our customers and potential customers to operate in a manner that is compliant with applicable regulations and regulatory guidance, clinical trial sponsors and other entities conducting clinical research may be unwilling to use our software products, services and hosted solutions.

OUR OPERATING RESULTS MAY FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY AND COULD CAUSE THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK TO FALL RAPIDLY AND WITHOUT NOTICE.

Our revenues and operating results are difficult to predict and may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter, particularly because of the rapidly evolving market in which we operate and our term license model. For instance, our quarterly results ranged from an operating loss of $1,626,694 for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 to an operating loss of $381,590 for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. Our results of operations in any given quarter will be based on a number of factors, including:

 

   

the extent to which TrialMaster achieves or maintains market acceptance;

 

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our ability to introduce new products and services and enhancements to our existing products and services on a timely basis;

 

   

the competitive environment in which we operate;

 

   

the timing of our product sales and the length of our sales and implementation cycles;

 

   

changes in our operating expenses;

 

   

our ability to hire and retain qualified personnel;

 

   

changes in the regulatory environment related to the clinical trial market;

 

   

the financial condition of our current and potential customers.

A significant portion of our operating expense is relatively fixed in nature and planned expenditures are based in part on expectations regarding future revenues. Accordingly, unexpected revenue shortfalls may decrease our gross margins and could cause significant changes in our operating results from quarter to quarter. Results of operations in any quarterly period should not be considered indicative of the results to be expected for any future period. In addition, our future quarterly operating results may fluctuate and may not meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors. If this occurs, the trading price of our common stock could fall substantially either suddenly or over time.

WE MAY BE REQUIRED TO SPEND SUBSTANTIAL TIME AND EXPENSE BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE REVENUES, IF ANY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO OUR CUSTOMER CONTRACTS.

The sales cycle for some of our software solutions frequently takes six months to a year or longer from initial customer contact to contract execution. During this time, we may expend substantial time, effort and financial resources without realizing any revenue with respect to the potential sale. In addition, in the case of our hosted EDC solutions, we do not begin recognizing revenue until implementation cycles are complete. Moreover, while we begin recognizing revenue upon completion of the scope of work detailed in our contracts, it may be difficult for us to rapidly increase our revenue through additional sales in any period, as revenue from new customers is recognized over the applicable license term, typically three months to five years. As a result, we may not recognize significant revenues, if any, from some customers despite incurring considerable expense related to our sales and implementation process. Even if we do realize revenues from a contract, our pricing model may keep us from recognizing a significant portion of these revenues during the same period in which sales and implementation expenses were incurred. Those timing differences could cause our gross margins and profitability to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter. Similarly, a decline in new or renewed client contracts in any one quarter will not necessarily be fully reflected in the revenue in that quarter and may negatively affect our revenue in future quarters. This could cause our operating results to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter.

THE LOSS OF ONE OR MORE MAJOR CUSTOMERS COULD MATERIALLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

Our top five customers accounted for approximately 45% of our revenues during 2007 and approximately 54% of our revenues during 2008. One customer accounted for 13% and another customer accounted for 10% of our revenues during 2007 or approximately $470,000 and $373,000, respectively. One customer accounted for 36% of our revenues during 2008, or approximately $2,238,198. These customers can terminate our services at any time. The loss of any of our major customers could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. We may not be able to maintain our customer relationships, and our customers may not renew their agreements with us, which could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition. A significant change in the liquidity or financial position of any of these customers could also have a material adverse effect on the collectibility of our accounts receivables, our liquidity and our future operating results.

WE COULD INCUR SUBSTANTIAL COSTS RESULTING FROM PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS RELATING TO OUR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR OUR CUSTOMERS’ USE OF OUR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

Any failure or errors in a customer’s clinical trial or adverse event reporting obligations caused or allegedly caused by our products or services could result in a claim for substantial damages against us by our customers or the clinical trial participants, regardless of our responsibility for the failure. Although we are entitled to indemnification under our customer contracts against claims brought against us by third parties arising out of our customers’ use of our products, we might find ourselves entangled in lawsuits against us that, even if unsuccessful, divert our resources and energy and adversely affect our business. Further, in the event we seek indemnification from a customer, we cannot assure you that a court will enforce our indemnification right if challenged by the customer obligated to indemnify us or that the customer will be able to fund any amounts for indemnification owed to us. We also cannot assure you that our existing general liability or professional liability insurance coverages will continue to be available on reasonable terms or will be available in amounts sufficient to cover one or more large claims, or that the insurer will not disclaim coverage as to any future claim.

 

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WE AND OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES COULD BE SUBJECTED TO GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION, REQUIRING US TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT COMPLIANCE COSTS OR TO CEASE OFFERING OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

The clinical trial process is subject to extensive and strict regulation by the FDA, as well as other regulatory authorities worldwide. Our electronic data capture, management and adverse event reporting products and services could be subjected to state, federal and foreign regulations. We cannot assure you that our products and service offerings will comply with applicable regulations and regulatory guidelines as they develop. If our products or services fail to comply with any applicable government regulations or guidelines, we could incur significant liability or be forced to cease offering our applicable products or services. Also, conforming our products and services to any applicable regulations and guidelines could substantially increase our operating expenses.

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO RETAIN OUR PERSONNEL AND HIRE ADDITIONAL SKILLED PERSONNEL, WE MAY BE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.

Our future success depends upon our ability to attract, train and retain highly skilled employees and contract workers, particularly our management team, sales and marketing personnel, professional services personnel and software engineers. Each of our executive officers and other employees could terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. The loss of any member of our management team might significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business or development objectives and could materially harm our business. In addition, because of the technical nature of our software products, services and hosted solutions and the dynamic market in which we compete, any failure to attract and retain qualified direct sales, professional services and product development personnel, as well as our contract workers, could have a material adverse affect on our ability to generate sales or successfully develop new software products, services and hosted solutions or software enhancements.

WE FACE INTENSE COMPETITION AND WILL HAVE TO COMPETE FOR MARKET SHARE.

There can be no assurance that our products will achieve or maintain a competitive advantage. There are currently a number of companies who market services and products for Web-based clinical trial data collection. Barriers to entry on the Internet are relatively low, and we expect competition to increase significantly in the future. We face competitive pressures from numerous actual and potential competitors, both online and offline, many of which have longer operating histories, greater brand name recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we do. We cannot assure you that the Web-based clinical trials maintained by our existing and potential competitors will not be perceived by clinical trial sponsors as being superior to ours.

WE MAY BE UNABLE TO PREVENT COMPETITORS FROM USING OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND WE WOULD FACE POTENTIALLY EXPENSIVE LITIGATION TO ASSERT OUR RIGHTS. IF WE CANNOT PROTECT OUR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, WE MAY LOSE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND SUFFER DECREASED REVENUES AND CASH FLOW.

We are dependent, in part, on proprietary data, analytical computer programs and methods and related know-how for our day-to-day operations. We rely on a combination of confidentiality agreements, contract provisions, license agreements, trademarks and trade secret laws to protect our proprietary rights. Although we intend to protect our rights vigorously, to the extent that our intellectual property and other proprietary rights are not adequately protected, third parties might gain access to our proprietary information, develop and market products or services similar to ours, or use trademarks similar to ours, each of which could materially harm our business. If we resort to legal proceedings to enforce our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of others, the proceedings could be burdensome and expensive, even if we were to prevail. There can be no assurance we will be successful in protecting our proprietary rights. If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights, or if our proprietary information and methods become widely available, we may lose any ability to obtain or maintain a competitive advantage within our market niche, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

CLAIMS THAT WE OR OUR TECHNOLOGIES INFRINGE UPON THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY MAY REQUIRE US TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT COSTS, TO ENTER INTO ROYALTY OR LICENSING AGREEMENTS OR TO DEVELOP OR LICENSE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY.

 

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We have been, and may in the future be, subject to claims that our technologies infringe upon the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of a third party. For instance, in April 2009, we settled a lawsuit against us which alleged that we infringed a patent claimed to be owned by the plaintiff. We incurred substantial professional fees in connection with this claim and agreed to enter into a license for the patent pursuant to which we issued warrants and agreed to pay royalties and future royalties in order to settle this litigation. In addition, this licensor could become subject to similar infringement claims. Although we believe that our software solutions do not infringe the patents or other intellectual property rights of any third party, we cannot assure you that our technology does not infringe patents or other intellectual property rights held or owned by others or that they will not in the future. Any future claims of infringement could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against such claims, even if the claims are without merit, and could distract our management from our business. Moreover, any settlement or adverse judgment resulting from such claims could require us to pay substantial amounts or obtain a license to continue to use the technology that is the subject of the claim, or otherwise restrict or prohibit our use of the technology. There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain a license from the third party asserting the claim on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, that we would be able to successfully develop alternative technology on a timely basis, if at all, or that we would be able to obtain a license from another provider of suitable alternative technology to permit us to continue offering, and our customers to continue using, the applicable technology. In addition, we generally provide in our customer agreements that we will indemnify our customers against third-party infringement claims relating to our technology provided to the customer, which could obligate us to fund significant amounts. Infringement claims asserted against us or our licensor may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition

FAILURE TO ADAPT TO EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AND USER DEMANDS COULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF USERS.

To be successful, we must adapt to rapidly changing technologies and user demands by continuously enhancing our products and services and introducing new products and services. If we need to modify our products and services or infrastructure to adapt to changes affecting clinical trials, we could incur substantial development or acquisition costs. As described below, we will be dependent upon the availability of additional financing to fund these development and acquisition costs. If these funds are not available to us, and if we cannot adapt to these changes, or do not sufficiently increase the features and functionality of our products and services, our users may switch to the product and service offerings of our competitors.

A SYSTEM FAILURE COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED REVENUES.

Any system failure, including network, software or hardware failure that causes an interruption in our service could affect the performance of our TrialMaster software and result in reduced revenues. The servers that host our software are backed-up by remote servers, but we cannot be certain that the back-up servers will not fail or cause an interruption in our service. Clinical trial data could also be affected by computer viruses, electronic break-ins or other similar disruptions. Our users will depend on Internet service providers, online service providers and other web site operators for access to our products. Each of these providers may have experienced significant outages in the past and could experience outages, delays and other difficulties due to system failures unrelated to our systems. Further, our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications and/or power failure, break-ins, hurricanes, earthquake and similar events. Regionalized power loss caused by hurricanes or other storms if occurring over a long period of time could adversely impact our ability to service our clients. Our insurance policies have low coverage limits and may not adequately compensate us for any such losses that may occur due to interruptions in our service.

WE MAY BE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY DEVELOP OUR SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND SUPPORT IN A MANNER THAT WILL ENABLE US TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES.

Our future success will depend on our ability to develop effectively the infrastructure, including additional hardware and software, and implement the services, including customer support, necessary to meet the demand for our services. In the event we are not successful in developing the necessary systems and implementing the necessary services on a timely basis, our revenues could be adversely affected, which would have a material adverse affect on our financial condition.

FAILURE TO MANAGE RAPID GROWTH EFFECTIVELY COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS.

We have been experiencing a period of growth that has placed a significant strain on our operational and financial resources and our personnel. To manage our anticipated future growth effectively, we must continue to maintain and may need to enhance our information technology infrastructure, financial and accounting systems and controls and manage expanded operations in geographically distributed locations. We also must attract, integrate, train and retain a significant number of qualified sales and marketing personnel, professional services personnel, software engineers and other management personnel. Our failure to manage our rapid growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

 

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IN THE COURSE OF CONDUCTING OUR BUSINESS, WE POSSESS OR COULD BE DEEMED TO POSSESS PERSONAL MEDICAL INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONDUCT OF CLINICAL TRIALS, WHICH IF WE FAIL TO KEEP PROPERLY PROTECTED, COULD SUBJECT US TO SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY.

Our software solutions are used to collect, manage and report information in connection with the conduct of clinical trails. This information is or could be considered to be personal medical information of the clinical trial participants. Regulation of the use and disclosure of personal medical information is complex and growing. Increased focus on individuals’ rights to confidentiality of their personal information, including personal medical information, could lead to an increase of existing and future legislative or regulatory initiatives giving direct legal remedies to individuals, including rights to damages, against entities deemed responsible for not adequately securing such personal information. In addition, courts may look to regulatory standards in identifying or applying a common law theory of liability, whether or not that law affords a private right of action. Since we receive and process personal information of clinical trial participants from our customers, there is a risk that we could be liable if there were a breach of any obligation to a protected person under contract, standard of practice or regulatory requirement. If we fail to properly protect this personal information that is in our possession or deemed to be in our possession, we could be subjected to significant liability.

OUR ABILITY TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS WOULD BE MATERIALLY AFFECTED IF WE WERE UNABLE TO PAY OUR OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.

At December 31, 2008, we had outstanding borrowings of approximately $8,041,800 of which

 

   

approximately $87,500, at 10% interest, was due June 2004. We are n default in the payment of principal and interest;

 

   

approximately $111,800, at 9% interest, is due in January 2011,

 

   

approximately $300,000, at 12% interest, is due in January 2011,

 

   

approximately $2,270,000 at 10% interest is due in August 2010,

 

   

approximately $5,075,000 at 12% interest is due in December 2010, and

 

   

approximately $197,500 at 9% interest is due in January 2011.

No assurance can be given that the holders of the 10% Convertible Notes will not seek immediate collection of the amounts due and owing. Further, no assurance can be given that faced with future principal repayment and interest obligations, our cash flow from operations or external financing will be available or sufficient to enable us to meet our financial obligations. If we are unable to meet our financial obligations, the lenders could obtain a judgment against us in the amount of the notes and foreclose on our assets. Such foreclosure would materially and adversely affect our ability to conduct our business.

OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAIN A GOING CONCERN QUALIFICATION.

Because of our significant operating losses, accumulated deficit and the uncertainty as to our ability to secure additional financing, the report of our independent auditors on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 contained an explanatory paragraph indicating there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

WE WILL LIKELY NEED ADDITIONAL FINANCING, THE TERMS OF WHICH MAY BE UNFAVORABLE TO OUR THEN EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS.

Our plan of operations will require us to raise additional working capital if our revenue projections are not realized, and even if our projections are realized, we may need to raise additional financing to meet our ongoing obligations. In addition, we may also need to raise additional funds to meet known needs or to respond to future business contingencies, which may include the need to:

 

   

fund more rapid expansion;

 

   

fund additional capital or marketing expenditures;

 

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develop new or enhanced features, services and products;

 

   

enhance our operating infrastructure;

 

   

respond to competitive pressures; or

 

   

acquire complementary businesses or necessary technologies.

If additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced, and these newly-issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing stockholders or debt holders. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, our ability to fund our operations, repay our outstanding debt obligations and remain in business may be significantly limited.

FUTURE SALES OF SHARES BY EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS AS WELL AS THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD RESULT IN A DECLINE IN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE STOCK.

At April 9, 2009 we had 76,579,951 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and 53,040,467 shares issuable upon the conversion of preferred stock or exercise of warrants or options. Of these shares, 41,327,289 are, or will be upon issuance, eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144. In general, Rule 144 permits a shareholder who has owned restricted shares for at least six months, to sell without registration, within a three-month period, up to one percent of our then outstanding common stock. In addition, shareholders other than our officers, directors or 5% or greater shareholders who have owned their shares for at least two years may sell them without volume limitation or the need for our reports to be current.

We cannot predict the effect, if any, that market sales of common stock or the availability of these shares for sale will have on the market price of the shares from time to time. Nevertheless, the possibility that substantial amounts of common stock may be sold in the public market could adversely affect market prices for the common stock and could damage our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.

THE EXERCISE OF OUTSTANDING OPTIONS AND WARRANTS AND THE CONVERSION OF OUTSTANDING SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK AND CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES WILL BE DILUTIVE TO OUR EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS.

As of April 9, 2009, we had a total of 50,290,318 shares of our common stock underlying options, warrants and other convertible securities and 2,750,149 shares of common stock underlying convertible preferred stock. The exercise of these warrants and options and/or the conversion of these convertible securities will have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders.

THERE IS ONLY A LIMITED TRADING MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK.

There is a limited trading market for our common stock. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest in us will lead to the development of an active trading market or how liquid that trading market might become. If a liquid trading market does not develop or is not sustained, investors may find it difficult to dispose of shares of our common stock and may suffer a loss of all or a substantial portion of their investment in our common stock.

BECAUSE OUR STOCK CURRENTLY TRADES BELOW $5.00 PER SHARE, AND IS QUOTED ON THE OTC BULLETIN BOARD, OUR COMMON STOCK IS CONSIDERED A “PENNY STOCK” WHICH CAN ADVERSELY EFFECT ITS LIQUIDITY.

If our common stock continues to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, and the trading price of our common stock remains less than $5.00 per share, our common stock is considered a “penny stock,” and trading in our common stock is subject to the requirements of Rule 15g-9 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under this rule, broker/dealers who recommend low-priced securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors must satisfy special sales practice requirements. The broker/dealer must make an individualized written suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written consent prior to the transaction.

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations also require additional disclosure in connection with any trades involving a “penny stock,” including the delivery, prior to any penny stock transaction, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and its associated risks. These requirements severely limit the liquidity of securities in the secondary market because few broker or dealers are likely to undertake these compliance activities. In addition to the applicability of the penny stock rules, other risks associated with trading in penny stocks could also be price fluctuations and the lack of a liquid market.

 

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PROVISIONS OF OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS MAY DELAY OR PREVENT A TAKE-OVER WHICH MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMON STOCKHOLDERS.

Provisions of our articles of incorporation and by-laws may be deemed to have anti-takeover effects, which include when and by whom special meetings of our stockholders may be called, and may delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt. In addition, our articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors, of which 4,125,224 shares are currently issued and outstanding. Our board of directors may, without stockholder approval, issue additional series of preferred stock with dividends, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock.

 

Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

 

ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

Our principal executive offices are located in commercial office space in approximately 10,200 square feet at 2101 West Commercial Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and our telephone number is (954) 473-1254. We lease these offices under the terms of a lease expiring in July 2011. Our annual rental payment under this lease is $296,400 plus sales tax.

Our European office is located in commercial office space in approximately 2,100 square feet at Graurheindorfer Strasse 35-39, Bonn, Germany. We lease these offices under the terms of a least expiring in December 2010. Our annual rental payment under this lease is 28,800 Euros or approximately $38,000.

Our secondary data site, which serves as our primary disaster recovery location, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and is leased from Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions. We lease this space under the terms of a lease expiring in March 2011. We expect our annual lease payment to be approximately $53,000 plus sales tax.

We maintain a business-continuity site for disaster recovery purposes in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. We lease from our landlord, Gold Coast 1-Vault, an office suite and cubicles that will allow us to maintain operations in the event of a disaster. Our annual rental payment is $90,000 plus sales tax. This lease expires in August 2011.

We believe these facilities and additional or alternative space available to us will be adequate to meet our needs for the foreseeable future.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On June 18, 2008 Datasci, LLC (“Datasci”) filed Civil Action No. 8:08-cv-01583-MJG in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Northern Division) against us under the caption Datasci, LLC Plaintiff, vs. Covance Inc. and OmniComm Systems, Inc., Defendants. Datasci asserted that our products and our services infringe a United States patent claimed to be owned by Datasci (Patent No. 6,496,827B2) entitled “Methods and Apparatus for the Centralized Collection and Validation of Geographically Distributed Clinical Study Data with Verification of Input Data to the Distributed System” (“Licensed Patent”). Datasci sought a judgment permanently enjoining us from infringing on the described patent and an unidentified amount of compensatory damages based on the alleged infringement, including lost profits, treble damages and attorney’s fees, court costs and interest. We filed an Answer to Datasci’s complaint on September 8, 2008 denying that we infringe the patent which Datasci claimed to own. The Answer also challenged the validity of the patent and asserted numerous affirmative defenses.

On April 9, 2009, we entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with DataSci, LLC (“DataSci”) which relates to the lawsuit filed on June 18, 2008 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by DataSci against OmniComm alleging infringement of the Licensed Patent. Pursuant to the Settlement and License Agreement, the parties agreed to enter into a Stipulated Order of Dismissal of the lawsuit filed by DataSci and DataSci granted us a worldwide, non-exclusive non-transferable right and license under the Licensed Patent the subject of the claim and the right to sublicense TrialMaster on a technology Transfer and Technology Transition basis. The license expressly excludes the right to make, use, sell, import, market, distribute, oversee the operation of, or service systems covered by a claim (if any) of the Licensed Patent to the extent such systems are used for creating and

 

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managing source documentation and conducting remote data validation in clinical trial studies using a tablet PC with stylus, touch screen device, digitizing tablet, digitizer pen, or similar mobile processing device (“Digitizing Device”), wherein the source documentation is electronic and is completed using a Digitizing Device. Under the terms of the license, we are obligated to pay royalties quarterly for sales of Licensed Products, as defined therein, from January 1, 2009 until the expiration of the Licensed Patent equal to two percent (2%) of OmniComm’s annual Gross Revenues or, alternatively, the annual minimum royalty payment(s), whichever is greater, during any calendar year as follows: 2009 - $130,000; 2010 - $200,000; 2011 - $300,000; and 2012 - until expiration of the Licensed Patent - $450,000 per year. In addition to the cash consideration the Company has issued a warrant for 1,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $.01 per share. The warrant has been granted for past use of the Licensed Patent. The warrant can be exercised by DataSci in month 24 or upon its sole discretion induce the Company to pay $300,000 in cash in lieu of exercising the warrant.

On March 31, 2008 Diane Strait filed an EEOC claim against OmniComm involving allegations of age discrimination by the Company in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The Company submitted a response to the EEOC Request for Information and Response to Supplemental Request for Information in August, 2008. There has been no additional activity from the EEOC on this file.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.

PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is traded on a limited basis on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol OMCM. The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid prices for our common stock as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board for the periods indicated. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions. The quotation of our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board does not assure that a meaningful, consistent and liquid market for such securities currently exists.

 

     HIGH    LOW

Fiscal 2007

     

1 st Quarter

   $ 0.61    $ 0.48

2 nd Quarter

   $ 0.66    $ 0.57

3 rd Quarter

   $ 0.71    $ 0.66

4 th Quarter

   $ 0.71    $ 0.64

Fiscal 2008

     

1 st Quarter

   $ 0.65    $ 0.53

2 nd Quarter

   $ 0.63    $ 0.52

3 rd Quarter

   $ 0.63    $ 0.35

4 th Quarter

   $ 0.40    $ 0.24

On April 9, 2009, the closing price of our common stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board was $0.25. At April 9, 2009 we had approximately 400 shareholders of record; however, we believe that we have in excess of approximately 1,000 beneficial owners of our common stock.

Dividend Policy

Holders of our common stock are entitled to cash dividends when, and as may be declared by the board of directors. We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently expect to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the growth and development of our business and we do not anticipate that any cash dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future. Our future payment of dividends will be subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, expansion plans, financial condition and other relevant factors. We are currently restricted under Delaware corporate law from declaring any cash dividends due to our current working capital and stockholders’ deficit. There can be no assurance that cash dividends of any kind will ever be paid.

 

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A special note about penny stock rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our common stock should be considered to be a penny stock. A penny stock is subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell these securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of these securities. In addition, he must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. He must also provide certain written disclosures to the purchaser. Consequently, the penny stock rules may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities, and may negatively affect the ability of holders of shares of our common stock to sell them.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, including individual compensation arrangements, under our 1998 Incentive Stock Plan as of December 31, 2008.

 

     Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
   Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
   Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))

Plan Category

   (a)    (b)    (c)

Equity Compensation plans approved by stockholders:

        

1998 Stock Incentive Plan

   10,997,700    $ 0.46    1,502,300
                

Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders

   None      n/a    None
                

Total

   10,997,700    $ 0.46    1,502,300
                

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Not applicable to a smaller reporting company.

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

General

The following information should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Audited Financial Statements and Notes thereto and other information set forth in this report.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this Form 10-K that are not historical fact are “forward looking statements”. These statements can often be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “estimate”, “project”, “believe”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “intends”, or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. We wish to caution the reader that these forward-looking statements, contained in this Form 10-K regarding matters that are not historical facts, are only predictions. No assurance can be given that plans for the future will be consummated or that the future results indicated, whether expressed or implied, will be achieved. While sometimes presented with numerical specificity, these plans and projections and other forward-looking statements are based upon a variety of assumptions, which we consider reasonable, but which nevertheless may not be realized. Because of the number and range of the assumptions

 

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underlying our projections and forward-looking statements, many of which are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies that are beyond our reasonable control, some of the assumptions inevitably will not materialize, and unanticipated events and circumstances may occur subsequent to the date of this Form 10-K. Therefore, our actual experience and results achieved during the period covered by any particular projections or forward-looking statements may differ substantially from those projected. Consequently, the inclusion of projections and other forward- looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that these plans will be consummated or that estimates and projections will be realized, and actual results may vary materially. There can be no assurance that any of these expectations will be realized or that any of the forward-looking statements contained herein will prove to be accurate. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement made by it or on its behalf, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a healthcare technology company that provides Electronic Data Capture (“EDC”) solutions and related value-added services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Clinical Research Organizations (“CRO”), and other clinical trial sponsors via our Web-based software, TrialMaster. TrialMaster allows clinical trial sponsors and investigative sites to securely collect, validate, transmit, and analyze clinical study data including patient histories, patient dosing, adverse events, and other clinical trial information. All of our personnel are involved in the development and marketing of TrialMaster and its related products.

During fiscal 2008 we continued our efforts in executing its strategy. The primary focus of our strategy includes:

 

   

Stimulating demand by providing clinical trial Sponsors with high value eClinical applications and services;

 

   

Emphasizing low operating costs;

 

   

Expanding our business model by offering our software solution, TrialMaster, on a licensed basis in addition to our existing hosted-services solutions;

 

   

Providing EDC services to small and midsize Pharma, Bio-Tech, Medical Device Companies and CROs (Clinical Research Organizations); and

 

   

Differentiation through service.

According to a 2008 EvaluatePharma report, global R & D expenditures by the pharmaceutical and BioTech industries were approximately $120 billion in 2008, with approximately 50% of that amount spent by North American-based pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. A 2007 report by Health Industry Insights states that by the end of 2007, approximately 45% of all new Phase I-III studies were initiated using EDC. The report also states that the total addressable market for EDC and eClinical services is expected to grow from approximately $600MM currently to $1.8B in 2010. Our operating focus is first to increase our sales and marketing capabilities and penetration rate and secondly, to continue developing and improving TrialMaster to ensure our services and products remain an attractive, high-value EDC choice. During 2009 we anticipate continuing to increasing our marketing and sales personnel and will look to aggressively expand the scope of our CRO Preferred Program in order to increase our penetration of the domestic CRO market. Additionally, we believe we have established an effective presence in the European clinical trial market and will seek to aggressively expand the scope of our sales and marketing operations there.

Our ability to compete within the EDC industry is predicated on our ability to continue enhancing and broadening the scope of solutions offered through TrialMaster. Our R & D efforts are focused on developing new, complementary software solutions, as well as enhancing our existing software solutions through the addition of increased functionality. During fiscal 2007 and 2008, we spent approximately $917,000 and $897,000 respectively, on R & D activities, the majority of which represented salaries to our developers which include costs associated with customization of the TrialMaster software for our client’s projects.

 

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The Year-ended December 31, 2008 Compared With the Year-ended December 31, 2007

Results of Operations

A summarized version of our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 is included in the table below.

Summarized Statement of Operations

 

     For the years ended
December 31,
             
     2008     % of
Revenues
    2007     % of
Revenues
    $
Change
    %
Change
 

Total revenues

   $ 6,269,614       $ 3,723,841       $ 2,545,773     68.4 %

Cost of sales

     1,351,564     21.6 %     1,033,824     27.8 %     317,740     30.7 %
                                      

Gross margin

     4,918,050     78.4 %     2,690,017     72.2 %     2,228,033     82.8 %

Salaries, benefits and related taxes

     8,825,032     140.8 %     5,886,663     158.1 %     2,938,369     49.9 %

Rent

     554,475     8.8 %     342,255     9.2 %     212,220     62.0 %

Consulting

     302,502     4.8 %     320,360     8.6 %     (17,858 )   -5.6 %

Legal and professional fees

     612,634     9.8 %     291,959     7.8 %     320,675     109.8 %

Selling, general and administrative

     544,012     8.7 %     522,565     14.0 %     21,447     4.1 %
                                          

Total Operating Expenses

     12,116,899     193.3 %     7,906,033     212.3 %     4,210,866     53.3 %
                                          

Operating income (loss)

     (7,198,849 )   -114.8 %     (5,216,016 )   -140.1 %     (1,982,833 )   38.0 %

Interest Expense

     (3,300,654 )   -52.6 %     (57,777 )   -1.6 %     (3,242,877 )   5612.7 %

Interest income

     7,112     0.1 %     20,085     0.5 %     (12,973 )   -64.6 %

Patent litigation settlement

     (2,170,483 )   -34.6 %     —       0.0 %     (2,170,483 )   n/m  

Unrealized Gain on Derivatives

     2,114,194     33.7 %     —       0.0 %     2,114,194     n/m  
                                          

Net (loss)

     (10,594,561 )   -169.0 %     (5,253,708 )   -141.1 %     (5,340,853 )   101.7 %

Total preferred stock dividends

     (283,960 )   -4.5 %     (519,761 )   -14.0 %     235,801     -45.4 %
                                          

Net (loss) attributable to common stockholders

   $ (10,878,521 )   -173.5 %   $ (5,773,469 )   -155.0 %   $ (5,105,052 )   88.4 %
                                          

Results of Operations

Revenues for the year-ended December 31, 2008 were $6,269,614 compared to $3,723,841 for the year-ended December 31, 2007, an increase of 68.4%. Industry acceptance of EDC continues to increase. Industry estimates from Health Industry Insights are that EDC was a $500 million market in 2008, with an annualized 15% growth rate for the next three-to-five years. TrialMaster is currently sold primarily as an application service provider (“ASP”) that provides EDC and other services such as an enterprise management suite which assists its clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries in accelerating the completion of clinical trials. As we continue developing TrialMaster and our client relationships mature we expect some of our clients to deploy TrialMaster on a licensed, rather than ASP hosted basis. TrialMaster contracts provide for pricing that is based on both the size and duration of the

 

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clinical trial. Size parameters include the number of case report forms used to collect data and the number of sites utilizing TrialMaster. The client will pay a trial setup fee based on the previously mentioned factors, and then pay an on-going maintenance fee for the duration of the clinical trial that provides software, network and site support during the trial. During the year-ended 2007 approximately 63.2% of revenues were generated by trial setup activities, 27.9% were generated from on-going maintenance fees and approximately 8.9% was generated from fees charged for changes to on-going clinical trial engagements. During the year-ended 2008 we generated 74.0% of revenues from setup fees, 19.2% from on-going maintenance fees and 6.8% from project change orders. Generally, these contracts will range in duration from one month to several years. Setup fees are generally earned prior to the inception of a trial, however, the revenues will be recognized in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 “Revenue Recognition” which requires that the revenues be recognized ratably over the life of the contract. The maintenance fee revenues are earned and recognized monthly. Costs associated with contract revenues are recognized as incurred.

Our top five customers accounted for approximately 45% of our revenues during the year-ended December 31, 2007 and approximately 54% of our revenues during the year-ended December 31, 2008. One customer accounted for 13% and another accounted for 10% of our revenues during fiscal 2007. One customer accounted individually for 36% of our revenues during fiscal 2008. The loss of any of these contracts or these customers in the future could adversely affect our results of operations.

Cost of goods sold increased from $1,033,824 for the year-ended December 31, 2007 to $1,351,564 for the year-ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 30.7%. Cost of goods sold were approximately 27.8% of sales for the year-ended December 31, 2007 compared to 21.6% for the year-ended December 31, 2008. Cost of goods sold relates primarily to salaries and related benefits associated with the programmers, developers and systems analysts producing clinical trials on behalf of our clients. Salaries increased during 2008 due to the addition of four additional programmers and two additional quality analysts as part of our clinical trial operations.

We expect to increase development programming labor costs on an absolute basis as our trial revenues increase. We expect our cost of goods sold to approximate 25% of sales during fiscal 2009. We expect to continue to increase follow-on engagements from existing clients and expect to increase the phase I and CRO portions of our client base. In addition, we expect the cost of service for our licensing business to approximate 25% of revenues. TrialMaster, (V4.0) increased the efficiency of our trial building operations by approximately 20% through the use of additional automated tools, the ability to use our library of pre-existing CRFs and through the use of our “drag and drop” clinical trial building too. V4.0 was designed using Microsoft’s .NET framework. Microsoft ® .NET is described by Microsoft as a set of software technologies for connecting information, people, systems, and devices. This new generation of technology is based on Web services—small building-block applications that can connect to each other as well as to other, larger applications over the Internet.

Salaries and related expenses are our biggest expense at 74.5% of total Operating Expenses for the year-ended December 31, 2007 compared with 72.8% of total Operating Expenses for the year-ended December 31, 2008. Salaries and related expenses totaled $5,886,663 for the year-ended December 31, 2007 compared to $8,825,032 for the year-ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 49.9%. We currently employ approximately 61 employees out of our Ft. Lauderdale, Florida corporate office, 12 out-of-state employees and 14 employees out of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Bonn, Germany. We expect to increase personnel within our production and quality analysis functions in concert with anticipated increases in TrialMaster engagements during fiscal 2009. We will look to selectively add experienced sales and marketing personnel in fiscal 2009 in an effort to increase our market penetration, particularly in Europe, and to continue broadening our client base domestically. During the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 we incurred $980,823 and $1,321,004, respectively, in salary expense in connection with our adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, which establishes standards for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. This standard requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. We expect that the adoption of SFAS 123R will continue to have an impact on our results of operations in the future.

Rent and related expenses increased by $212,220 during the year-ended December 31, 2008 when compared to the year-ended December 31, 2007. We expanded our corporate office lease that runs through July 2011 to include a total of approximately 10,000 square feet. We established a disaster recovery site at a Cincinnati Bell owned Co-Location facility in Cincinnati, Ohio and will continue utilizing this facility for the foreseeable future since it is designed to ensure 100% production system up-time and to provide system redundancy. We lease co-location and disaster recovery space and services from Gold Coast 1-Vault in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area. This facility provides us with disaster recovery and business continuity services for our operations. This lease expires in August 2011. We currently lease office space in Bonn, Germany for our European subsidiary, OmniComm Europe, GmbH. That lease expires in December 2010.

 

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Consulting services expense was $320,360 for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared with $302,502 for the year ended December 31, 2008. Consulting services were comprised of fees paid to consultants for help with developing our computer applications and for fees incurred as part of our employee recruiting programs.

Legal and professional fees totaled $291,959 for the year-ended December 31, 2007 compared with $612,634 for the year-ended December 31, 2008, an increase of approximately $320,675. Professional fees include fees paid to our auditors for services rendered on a quarterly and annual basis in connection with our SEC filings and fees paid to our attorneys in connection with representation in matters involving litigation or for services rendered to us related to securities and SEC related matters. During 2008, we spent approximately $171,250 on legal fees associated with our defense in an alleged patent infringement lawsuit.

Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SGA”) were $522,565 for the year-ended December 31, 2007 compared to $544,012 for the year-ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 4.1%. These expenses relate primarily to costs incurred in running our offices in Fort Lauderdale and Bonn, Germany on a day-to-day basis and other costs not directly related to other captioned items in our income statement, and include the cost of office equipment and supplies, the costs of attending conferences and seminars and other expenses incurred in the normal course of business. The Company increased its marketing, sales and advertising expenditures by $133,974 from $150,139 for the year-ended December 31, 2007 to $284,113 for the year-ended December 31, 2008, an increase of approximately 89.2%. We expect SGA expenses to continue increasing as we intensify and extend our selling and marketing efforts.

Interest expense was $3,300,654 during the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $57,777 for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $3,242,877. Interest incurred to related parties was $216,810 during the year ended December 31, 2008 and $16,650 for the year ended December 31, 2007. The increase in interest expense can be attributed to debt financings that were completed during fiscal 2008. Included in interest expense during fiscal 2008 is the accretion of discounts recorded related to financial instrument derivatives that were deemed a part of those financings. The table below provides detail on the amounts of interest attributed to each of the financings.

 

Debt Description

   2008 Interest Expense    2007 Interest Expense    Change 2008
vs. 2007

Accretion of Discount from Derivatives

   $ 2,937,497    $ -0-    $ 2,937,497

Feb. 2008 Secured Convertible Debentures

     155,808      -0-      155,808

August 2008 Convertible Notes

     77,117      -0-      77,117

December 2008 Convertible Notes

     26,695      -0-      26,695
                    

Total

   $ 3,197,117    $ -0-    $ 3,197,117
                    

We evaluate the cost of capital available to us in combination with our overall capital structure and the prevailing market conditions in deciding what financing best fulfills our short and long-term capital needs. Given the difficult overall economic climate and in particular the difficulties micro-cap firms have experienced in obtaining financing, we believe the structure and terms of the transactions we entered into during 2008 were obtained at the best terms available to the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2008 we issued $9,340,000 in notes payable and Convertible Debt, including $7,070,000 to members of our Board of Directors and Officers of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2007, we issued $211,800 in promissory notes.

We recorded unrealized gains on derivative liabilities associated with the issuance of convertible debt that occurred during fiscal 2008. We recorded $2,114,194 during the year ended December 31, 2008 compared with $0 during the year ended December 31, 2007. The unrealized gains can be attributed to fair value calculations undertaken periodically on the warrant and conversion feature liabilities (discounts) recorded by us at the time the convertible debt was issued. Accordingly the warrant and conversion feature liabilities are increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation made.

There were arrearages of $210,574 in 5% Series A Preferred Stock dividends, $39,467 in Series B Preferred Stock dividends and $269,720 in Series C Preferred Stock dividends for the year-ended December 31, 2007, compared with arrearages of $206,692 in 5% Series A Preferred Stock dividends, $9,753 in Series B Preferred Stock dividends and $67,245 in Series C Preferred Stock dividends for the year-ended December 31, 2008. We deducted $519,761 and $283,960 from Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders’ for the year-ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008, respectively, relating to undeclared Series A, B and C Convertible Preferred Stock dividends.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. We have historically experienced negative cash flows and have relied on the proceeds from the sale of debt and equity securities to fund our operations. In addition, we have utilized stock-based compensation as a means of paying for consulting and salary related expenses.

The table provided below summarizes key measures of our liquidity and capital resources:

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

     December 31, 2008     December 31, 2007     Change

Cash

   2,035,818     481,961     1,553,857

Accounts Receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

   2,607,893     769,325     1,838,568

Current Assets

   4,742,273     1,288,914     3,453,359

Accounts Payable and accrued expenses

   1,085,700     696,281     389,419

Notes payable, current portion

   111,800     —       111,800

Patent litigation settlement liability, current portion

   241,464     —       241,464

Deferred revenue, current portion

   3,549,058     1,560,370     1,988,688

Convertible notes payable, current portion

   384,043     87,500     296,543

Current Liabilities

   5,372,065     2,344,151     3,027,914

Working Capital (Deficit)

   (629,792 )   (1,055,237 )   425,445
     Disclosure for the
years ended
     
     December 31, 2008     December 31, 2007      

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   (5,293,720 )   (3,594,090 )  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

   (539,428 )   (322,483 )  

Net cash provided by financing activities

   7,393,973     4,350,282    

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   1,553,857     443,707    

Cash and cash equivalents increased by $1,553,857 to $2,035,818 at December 31, 2008 from $481,961 at December 31, 2007. This was the result of cash provided by financing activities of $7,393,973 offset by cash used in operating activities of approximately $5,293,720 and $539,428 used in investing activities. The significant components of the activity include a loss from operations of approximately $10,594,561 offset by non-cash items of $4,893,069 and a net amount after repayments of debt of $7,393,973 we raised through the issuance of debt and equity securities offset by $539,428 used in investing activities and increases in cash of $407,773 from changes in working capital accounts.

We are not currently bound by any long or short-term agreements for the purchase or lease of capital expenditures. Any amounts expended for capital expenditures would be the result of an increase in the capacity needed to adequately service any increase in our business. To date we have paid for any needed additions to our capital equipment infrastructure from working capital funds and anticipate this being the case in the future.

Presently, we have approximately $650,000 planned for capital expenditures to further the Company’s growth during fiscal 2009 which will be funded through cash from operations.

 

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Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth our contractual obligations during the next five years as of December 31, 2008:

 

Contractual Obligations

   Payments Due by Period
     Total    Less than
1 year
    1-2
Years
    2-3 Years     3-5
Years

Long Term Debt (1)

   309,300    111,800  (2)   0
 
  197,500  (3)   0

Secured Convertible Debt (1)

   300,000    300,000  (4)   0     0     0

Convertible Notes (1)

   7,432,500    87,500  (5)   7,345,000  (6)    

Operating Lease Obligations

   1,162,167    450,596     463,471     248,100     —  

Patent Litigation Settlement

   1,955,392    255,392  (7)   500,000     300,000     900,000

Financial Advisory Agreement

   90,000    90,000  (8)   0     0     0
                           

Total

   11,249,359    1,295,288     8,308,471     745,600     900,000
                           

 

1. Amounts do not include interest to be paid.
2. Includes $111,800 of 9% notes payable that mature in January 2009.
3. Includes $197,500 of 9% notes payable that mature in January 2011.
4. Includes $300,000 of 12% Convertible Notes that mature in January 2009.
5. Includes $87,500 of 10% convertible notes currently in default and due that are convertible into shares of common stock at the option of the debenture holder at a conversion rate of $1.25 per share.
6. Includes $2,270,000 in 10% Convertible Notes that mature in August 2010 and $5,075,000 in 12% Convertible Notes that mature in December 2010.
7. Relates to guaranteed minimum payments owed in connection with our settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the Company by Datasci, LLC.
8. Relates to Financial Advisory fees paid to Noesis Capital Corp., our Placement Agent and a 5% shareholder in our Company.

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

We are currently in arrears on principal and interest payments owed totaling $159,752 on our 10% Convertible Notes. We were in default effective January 30, 2002.

On February 29, 2008, we sold an aggregate of $2,325,000 principal amount 10% Secured Convertible Debentures and common stock purchase warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,930,675 shares of our common stock, which debentures bear interest at 10% per annum, and matured on August 29, 2008. All of our assets serve as collateral under the outstanding Secured Convertible Debentures. On August 29, 2008, the Company repaid $1,000,000 of the Debentures. The remaining $1,325,000 was extended pursuant to an Extension Agreement (the “Extension). The maturity date was changed to December 1, 2008. In accordance with the Extension, the conversion price of the Debentures was changed from $0.595 per share to $0.50 per share. Additionally, the investors who agreed to the Extension were granted one warrant (the “Extension Warrants”) for each share of stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures at $0.50 per share conversion price. The exercise price of the Warrants was changed from $0.75 per share to $0.60 per share pursuant to the Extension. The exercise price of the Extension Warrants is $0.60 per share. On December 1, 2008 we repaid $500,000 of Debentures and on December 16, 2008 $525,000 of the Debentures were converted by four investors including two of our directors and one of our officers into a private placement of Convertible Notes. The remaining $300,000 was extended and the maturity date was changed to January 31, 2009. If we should default on these obligations, the holders could foreclose on our assets and we would be unable to continue our business and operations.

In May, 2008, we sold an aggregate of $210,000 principal amount Convertible Note and Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 264,706 shares of our Common Stock, which note carried interest at 10% per year and was due on September 30, 2010. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any securities we issue (“New Securities”) before

 

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maturity of the Convertible Note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. On June 10, 2008, we issued a promissory note with a principal amount of $300,000 to Cornelis Wit, our Chief Executive Officer and a Director. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any securities we issue (“New Securities”) before maturity of the Convertible Note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. The promissory note carried interest at 10% per annum and was due on September 30, 2010. On August 29, 2008 the Convertible Note and promissory notes were converted as part of a private placement of Convertible Notes that was closed on August 29, 2008.

On June 27, 2008, we issued a promissory note with a principal amount of $300,000 to Cornelis Wit, our Chief Executive Officer and a Director. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any securities we issue (“New Securities”) before maturity of the Convertible Note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. The promissory note carried interest at 10% per annum and was due on September 30, 2010. The promissory note dated June 27, 2008 was repaid on July 8, 2008.

On August 29, 2008, we sold, a $2,270,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 4,540,000 shares of our common stock to four accredited investors including our Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors. We received net proceeds of $2,270,000. The Convertible Notes, which bear interest at 10% per annum, are due on August 29, 2010. The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.50 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents (the “Conversion Feature”). Interest is convertible as provided in the Convertible Notes. We are not permitted to prepay the Convertible Notes without the prior written consent of the holders.

On December 16, 2008, we sold, $5,075,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 10,150,000 shares of our common stock to eleven accredited investors including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operation Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Financial Officer and four of our Directors. We received net proceeds of $5,075,000. The Convertible Notes, which bear interest at 12% per annum, are due on December 16, 2010. The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.50 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents (the “Conversion Feature”). Interest is convertible as provided in the Convertible Notes.

From February 2007 to March 2007, an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of common stock were sold in connection with a private placement of our common stock. The gross proceeds of the private placement were $2,500,000 and we incurred no transaction fees in connection with the private placement. From September 2007 to December 2007, an aggregate of 2,081,773 shares of our common stock were sold in connection with a private placement of our common stock to accredited investors resulting in gross proceeds of $1,394,788. We incurred approximately $95,873 in fees in connection with the private placement.

Our selling efforts include marketing our products to several Fortune 1000 pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and several of the largest CROs. We began providing services to some of these entities during 2003 and we have experienced success in broadening our client roster over the past three fiscal years. Continued success in broadening our existing client relationships and forging new relationships should provide us the opportunity to limit our need for funding our operations via debt and equity capital. Continuing to obtain contracts with clients of this size and reputation will also increase the credibility of the Company to the clinical trial market.

We experienced increased success in marketing TrialMaster during fiscal 2008. We entered into approximately $18.1 million in contracts during the year for trials to be serviced over the next five years. These contracts included 54 clinical trial engagements with 18 new clients. These contracts may however, be terminated by our clients at any time. Our focus continues to include increasing our penetration of all phases of the clinical trial market with a continued emphasis on becoming the market leader in Phase I EDC services. We believe this market is an operating and strategic strength of the Company due to the inherent flexibility that our Phase I TrialMaster product provides us. We believe we have the ability to produce trials more quickly and economically than our competitors for this specialized and large market. During fiscal 2009, we will continue commercializing our products on a licensed basis and expect to experience increased success in penetrating the market for larger pharmaceutical, bio-technology and medical device clinical trial sponsors. Our clients will be able to partially or completely license TrialMaster. This business model provides our clients a more cost efficient means of deploying our EDC solutions on a large-scale basis. Our licensed products, falling under the auspices of either a Tech Transition (partial transfer with some services performed by OmniComm) or Tech Transfer, will allow us to broaden our potential client base, provides us with a high-margin revenue source and affords us the ability to improve our competitive position within the EDC industry. Additionally, we continue to focus on adding CROs as strategic and marketing partners. There is an

 

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industry-wide emphasis in establishing strategic relationships with CROs. These relationships provide marketing leverage in the form of joint marketing and sales efforts and provide an installed base of trained TrialMaster users. This installed base of users increases our ability to provide rapidly developed, cost effective solutions for our clients. Additionally, we believe we have established an effective presence in the European clinical trial market and will seek to aggressively expand the scope of our sales and marketing operations there.

We feel that the momentum established from new client acquisitions and our ability to retain clients for repeat engagements provide a good operating base from which to build during 2009. We expect to continue increasing the level of resources deployed in our sales and marketing efforts. We feel that a combination of our lean operating environment and increased success in new client acquisition, coupled with our ability to retain our existing clients will allow us to compete effectively within the EDC market.

Because of the losses we have experienced from operations we have needed to continue utilizing the proceeds from the sale of debt and equity securities to fund our working capital needs. We have used a combination of equity financing and short-term bridge loans to fund our working capital needs. Other than our current capital and capital we may raise from future debt or equity offerings or short-term bridge loans, we do not have any additional sources of working capital.

We may continue to require substantial funds to continue our research and development activities and to market, sell and commercialize our technology. We may need to raise substantial additional capital to fund our future operations. Our capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the problems, delays, expenses and complications frequently encountered by companies developing and commercializing new technologies; the progress of our research and development activities; the rate of technological advances; determinations as to the commercial potential of our technology under development; the status of competitive technology; the establishment of collaborative relationships; the success of our sales and marketing programs; the cost of filing, prosecuting and defending and enforcing intellectual property rights; and other changes in economic, regulatory or competitive conditions in our planned business. Estimates about the adequacy of funding for our activities are based upon certain assumptions, including assumptions that the research and development programs relating to our technology can be conducted at projected costs and that progress towards broader commercialization of our technology will be timely and successful. There can be no assurance that changes in our research and development plans or other events will not result in accelerated or unexpected expenditures.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, we raised an aggregate of $6,420,000 in principal amount of convertible debentures from Cornelis Wit, our Chief Executive Officer and a director of which $6,120,000 is outstanding as of December 31, 2008. Additionally, Guus van Kesteren, Director, and Atlantic Balanced Fund, a fund managed by Mentor Capital of which Fernando Montero, a director of OmniComm, is president, director and sole shareholder, purchased $160,000 and $200,000, respectively in principal amounts of convertible debentures during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. During the year ended December 31, 2007 Atlantic Balanced Fund, a fund managed by Mentor Capital of which Fernando Montero, a director of OmniComm, is president, director and sole shareholder participated in a private placement of our common stock and invested $1,250,000, Atlantic Security Bank, an entity in which Fernando Montero is a director and pursuant to an agreement with Atlantic Security Bank holds voting an dispositive control of shares in the Company, invested $1,000,000 and Fernando Montero invested $250,000 personally. While several of our directors have historically, either personally or through funds with which they are affiliated, provided substantial capital either in the form of debt or equity financing there can be no assurance that they will continue to provide any such funding to us on favorable term or at all.

To satisfy our capital requirements, including ongoing future operations, we may seek to raise additional financing through debt and equity financings. There can be no assurance that any such funding will be available to us on favorable terms or at all. If adequate funds are not available when needed, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our research and product development programs, and our business operations. If we are successful in obtaining additional financings, the terms of such financings may have the effect of diluting or adversely affecting the holdings or the rights of the holders of our common and preferred stock. Further, there can be no assurance that even if such additional capital is obtained or the planned cost reductions are implemented, that we will achieve positive cash flow or profitability or be able to continue as a business.

Our ability to continue in existence is dependent on our having sufficient financial resources to bring products and services to market. As a result of our significant losses, negative cash flows from operations, and accumulated deficits for the periods ending December 31, 2008, there is doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. In addition, our auditors Greenberg and Company, LLC, included language which qualified their opinion regarding our ability to continue as a going concern in their report dated February 12, 2009.

 

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the amounts reported. Note 2 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements describes the significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. Certain of these significant accounting policies are considered to be critical accounting policies, as defined below.

A critical accounting policy is defined as one that is both material to the presentation of our financial statements and requires management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments that could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Specifically, critical accounting estimates have the following attributes: 1) we are required to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time of the estimate; and 2) different estimates we could reasonably have used, or changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur, would have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Estimates and assumptions about future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be applicable and reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates may change as new events occur, as additional information is obtained and as our operating environment changes. These changes have historically been minor and have been included in the consolidated financial statements as soon as they became known. In addition, our Management is periodically faced with uncertainties, the outcomes of which are not within our control and will not be known for prolonged periods of time. Based on a critical assessment of its accounting policies and the underlying judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of those policies, our Management believes that our consolidated financial statements are fairly stated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), and present a meaningful presentation of our financial condition and results of operations.

Our Management believes that the following are our critical accounting policies:

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue represents cash advances received in excess of revenue earned on on-going contracts. Payment terms vary with each contract but may include an initial payment at the time the contract is executed, with future payments dependent upon the completion of certain contract phases or targeted milestones. In the event of contract cancellation, we are entitled to payment for all work performed through the point of cancellation.

Revenue Recognition Policy

OmniComm’s revenue model is transaction-based and can be implemented either as an ASP (application service provider) or licensed for implementation by a customer such as a pharmaceutical company. Revenues are derived from the set-up of clinical trial engagements; licensing arrangements, on-going maintenance fees incurred throughout the duration of an engagement; fees for report writing and project change orders. The clinical trials that are conducted using TrialMaster can last from a few months to several years. Most of the fees associated with our product including post-setup customer support in the form of maintenance charges are recognized ratably over the term of the clinical trial. Cost of sales is primarily comprised of programmer salaries and taxes and is expensed as incurred.

The Company recognizes sales, for both financial statement and tax purposes in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements (SAB 101)” and AICPA Statement of Position 97-2 (SOP 97-2) “Software Revenue Recognition” as amended by SOP 98-9. SAB 101 requires that revenues be recognized ratably over the life of a contract. The Company will periodically record deferred revenues relating to advance payments in contracts. Under its licensing arrangement the Company recognizes revenue pursuant to SOP 97-2. Under these arrangements the Company recognizes revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the service has been provided to the customer and/or delivery has occurred; (3) the collection of fees is probable; and (4) the fee is fixed or determinable. SOP 97-2, as amended, requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple elements to be allocated to each element based on the relative fair values of the elements. We have analyzed each element in our multiple element arrangements and determined that we have sufficient vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) to allocate revenues to license updates and product support. License revenues are recognized on delivery if the other conditions of SOP 97-2 are satisfied. License updates and product support revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. In arrangements where term licenses are bundled with license updates and

 

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product support and such revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement, we allocate the revenue to license revenue and to license updates and product support revenue based on the VSOE of fair value for license updates and product support revenue on perpetual licenses of similar products.

Stock Based Compensation.

Beginning on January 1, 2006 we began accounting for stock options under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payments” (SFAS 123(R)), which requires the recognition of the fair value of equity-based compensation. The fair value of stock options on the date of grant was estimated using a Binomial option valuation model. This model requires the input of subjective assumptions in implementing SFAS 123(R), including expected stock price volatility, estimated life and estimated forfeitures of each award. The fair value of equity-based awards is amortized over the vesting period of the award, and we have elected to use the straight-line method of amortization. Prior to the implementation of SFAS 123(R), we accounted for stock options and ESPP shares under the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”.

EFFECT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and for interim periods within those years. FSP FAS 142-3 provides guidance on the renewal or extension assumptions used in the determination of the useful life of a recognized intangible asset. The intent of FSP FAS 142-3 is to better match the useful life of the recognized intangible asset to the period of the expected cash flows used to measure its fair value. The Company does not expect FSP FAS 142-3 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2008, the FASB released FAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133.” This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. This statement requires that objectives for using derivative instruments be disclosed in terms of underlying risk and accounting designation, in order to better convey the purpose of derivative use in terms of the risks that the Company is intending to manage. Management is currently assessing and evaluating the new disclosure requirements for our derivative instruments.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007) Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141(R). SFAS No. 141(R) retains the fundamental requirements of the original pronouncement requiring that the purchase method be used for all business combinations. SFAS No. 141(R) defines the acquirer as the entity that obtains control of one or more businesses in the business combination, establishes the acquisition date as the date that the acquirer achieves control and requires the acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest at their fair values as of the acquisition date. SFAS No. 141(R) also requires that acquisition-related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company does not expect FSP FAS 142-3 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Our financial statements are set forth on Pages F-1 through F-39 attached hereto.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

 

ITEM 9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, being December 31, 2008, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) are

 

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effective such that the information relating to OmniComm, including our consolidating subsidiaries, required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act (1) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and (2) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of OmniComm’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on the assessment using those criteria, management concluded that the internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2008.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Our management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls over financial reporting that occurred subsequent to the ate of their evaluation and up to the filing date of this annual report on Form 10-K. There were no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, and therefore there were no corrective actions taken.

It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required in response to this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the sections “Nominees for the Board of Directors”, “Management”, “Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act “, and “Stock Option Plan”, in our Proxy Statement for our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 10, 2009 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required in response to this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement.

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required in response to this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement. The information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-B is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “1998 Stock Incentive Plan” in the Proxy Statement.

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS; AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required in response to this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

The information required in response to this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Ratification of the Appointment of Greenberg & Co., LLC as Independent Auditors for OmniComm Systems” in the Proxy Statement.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

The following documents are filed as a part of this report or are incorporated by reference to previous filings, if so indicated:

 

(a) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

2.1

  Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated July 22, 1998 (1)

2.2

  Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (2)

2.3

  Plan of Merger (3)

2.4

  Agreement and Plan of Acquisition of WebIPA dated January 26, 2000 (4)

3.1

  Certificate of Incorporation (5)

3.2

  Certificate of Designation – Series A Preferred Stock (6)

3.3

  Certificate of Increase – Series A Preferred Stock (7)

3.4

  Certificate of Designation –Series B Preferred Stock (8)

3.5

  Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (9)

3.6

  By-laws (10)

3.7

  Certificate of Amendment – Certificate of Designation – Series A Preferred Stock (11)

3.8

  Certificate of Amendment – Certificate of Incorporation (12)

3.9

  Certificate of Designation – Series C Preferred Stock (13)

4.1

  Form of Warrant Agreement including the Form of Warrant issued in connection with the Series B Preferred Stock offering (24)

4.2

  Form of Warrant Agreement including the Form of Warrant issued in connection with the Series C Preferred Stock offering (25)

4.3

  Form of 10% Convertible Note (26)

4.4

  Form of Placement Agent Unit Option issued to Commonwealth Associates, LP in connection with the Series B Preferred Stock offering (27)

4.5

  Form of Placement Agent Unit Option issued to Noesis Capital Corp. in connection with the Series C Preferred Stock offering (28)

4.6

  Form of Debenture dated February 29, 2008 (40)

4.7

  Form of Warrant February 29, 2008 (41)

 

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4.8    Form of Debenture dated August 29, 2008 *
4.9    Form of Warrant dated August 29, 2008*
4.10    Form of Debenture dated December 16, 2008 (47)
4.11    Form of Warrant December 16, 2008 (48)
10.1    Employment Agreement and Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Randall G. Smith (14)
10.2    Employment Agreement and Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Ronald T. Linares (15)
10.3    1998 Stock Incentive Plan (16)
10.4    Medical Advisory Board Agreement (17)
10.5    Standard Agreement – Proprietary Protection (18)
10.6    Employment Agreement and Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Cornelis F. Wit (19)
10.7    Employment Agreement and Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Charles Beardsley (20)
10.8    Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Cornelis F. Wit (21)
10.9    Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Randall G. Smith (29)
10.10    Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Ronald T. Linares (30)
10.11    Promissory Note issued to Guus van Kesteren (31)
10.12    Promissory Note issued to Cornelis F. With (32)
10.13    Amended and Restated Promissory Note between the Company and Cornelis F. Wit, dated March 31, 2005 (33)
10.14    Promissory Note between the Company and Cornelis F. Wit, dated June 30, 2005 (34)
10.15    Promissory Note between the Company and Guus van Kesteren, dated June 30, 2005 (35)
10.16    Promissory Note between the Company and Ronald T. Linares, dated June 30, 2005 (36)
10.17    Amended and Restated Promissory Note between the Company and Cornelis F. Wit, dated December 31, 2005 (43)
10.18    Amended and Restated Promissory Note between the Company and Guus van Kesteren dated December 31, 2005. (44)

 

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10.19    Promissory Note between the Company and Cornelis F. Wit, dated October 11, 2005. (45)
10.20    Lease Agreement for principal offices dated March 24, 2006 between OmniComm Systems, Inc. and RFP Mainstreet 2101 Commercial, LLC (37)
10.21    Employment Agreement and Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Stephen E. Johnson dated September 4, 2006 (38)
10.22    Securities Purchase Agreement dated February 29, 2008 by and between OmniComm Systems, Inc. and each individual or entity named on an executed counterpart of the signature page thereto (39)
10.23    Security Interest Agreement dated February 29, 2008 by and between OmniComm System, Inc. and the investors set forth on Schedule 1 thereto (42)
10.24    Amendment dated August 29, 2008 by and between OmniComm Systems, Inc. and Gemini Master Fund, Ltd. *
10.25    Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 16, 2008 by and between OmniComm Systems, Inc. and each individual or entity named on an executed counterpart of the signature page thereto (46)
14    OmniComm Systems, Inc. Code of Ethics (22)
21    Subsidiaries of the Company*
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002**
32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002**
99.1    OmniComm Systems, Inc. Audit Committee Charter (23)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with our Report on Form 8-K dated March 3, 1999.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(c) filed with our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB dated December 22, 1998.

 

(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(c) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form 10-SB dated July 27, 1999.

 

(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with our Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2000.

 

(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) filed with our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated February 6, 1997.

 

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(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form 10-SB dated August 25, 1999.

 

(7) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.

 

(8) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(D) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated September 17, 2001.

 

(9) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(E) filed with our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated December 27, 2001.

 

(10) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) filed with our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated February 6, 1997.

 

(11) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

 

(12) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

 

(13) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

 

(14) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a)(i) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated September 17, 2001.

 

(15) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a)(iii) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form SB-2 dated September 17, 2001.

 

(16) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form 10-SB dated July 27, 1999.

 

(17) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form 10-SB dated July 27, 1999.

 

(18) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) filed with our amended Registration Statement on Form 10-SB dated August 25, 1999.

 

(19) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002.

 

(20) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

 

(21) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 dated September 29, 2003

 

(22) Incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement filed on June 9 2003.

 

(23) Incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement filed on June 9 2003.

 

(24) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 dated September 29, 2003

 

(25) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 dated September 29, 2003

 

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(26) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 dated September 29, 2003

 

(27) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 dated September 29, 2003

 

(28) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 filed with our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 dated September 29, 2003

 

(29) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004.

 

(30) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004.

 

(31) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004.

 

(32) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004.

 

(33) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005.

 

(34) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005.

 

(35) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005.

 

(36) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2005.

 

(37) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006.

 

(38) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006.

 

(39) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with our Form 8-K dated March 5, 2008.

 

(40) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with our Form 8-K dated March 5, 2008.

 

(41) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with our Form 8-K dated March 5, 2008.

 

(42) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with our Form 8-K dated March 5, 2008.

 

(43) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 filed with our Form 10-K dated December 31, 2005.

 

(44) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 filed with our Form 10-K dated December 31, 2005.

 

(45) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 filed with our form 10-K dated December 31, 2007.

 

(46) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with our Form 8-K dated December 17, 2008

 

(47) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with our Form 8-K dated December 17, 2008

 

(48) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with our Form 8-K dated December 17, 2008

 

* Filed herewith
** Furnished herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 14, 2009

 

OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Cornelis F. Wit

  Cornelis F. Wit, Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Ronald T. Linares

  Ronald T. Linares, Chief Accounting and Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

    

Title

 

Date

/s/ Cornelis F. Wit

    

Chief (Principal) Executive

Officer, President and Director

  April 14, 2009
Cornelis F. Wit       

/s/ Randall G. Smith

    

Chairman, Chief

Technology Officer

  April 14, 2009
Randall G. Smith       

/s/ Ronald T. Linares

    

Chief (Principal) Accounting

and Financial Officer

  April 14, 2009
Ronald T. Linares       

/s/ Guus van Kesteren

     Director   April 14, 2009
Guus van Kesteren       

/s/ Matthew D. Veatch

     Director   April 14, 2009
Matthew D. Veatch       

/s/ Fernando Montero

     Director   April 14, 2009
Fernando Montero       

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

OmniComm Systems, Inc.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of OmniComm Systems, Inc. as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based upon our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis of designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statements presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of OmniComm Systems, Inc. at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has incurred losses and has a net capital deficiency that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in Note 3. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

GREENBERG & COMPANY LLC

Springfield, New Jersey

February 12, 2009, except for Note 17, which is dated April 9, 2009

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

     December 31,
2008
    December 31,
2007
 
      

ASSETS

    

CURRENT ASSETS

    

Cash

   $ 2,035,818     $ 481,961  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $150,933 and $2,586 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

     2,607,893       769,325  

Prepaid expenses

     98,562       37,628  
                

Total current assets

     4,742,273       1,288,914  

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

     769,228       434,699  

OTHER ASSETS

    

Intangible assets

     -0-       2,285  

Other assets

     17,641       16,229  
                

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 5,529,142     $ 1,742,127  
                

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

    

CURRENT LIABILITIES

    

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 1,085,700     $ 696,281  

Notes payable, current portion

     111,800       -0-  

Deferred revenue, current portion

     3,549,058       1,560,370  

Patent litigation settlement liability, current portion

     241,464       -0-  

Convertible notes payable, current portion

     384,043       87,500  
                

Total current liabilities

     5,372,065       2,344,151  
                

Notes payable—long term

     -0-       111,800  

Notes payable related parties—long term

     197,500       185,000  

Deferred revenue – long term

     885,200       1,071,904  

Convertible notes payable, related parties, net of current portion

     4,165,025       -0-  

Convertible notes payable, net of current portion

     156,752       -0-  

Patent litigation settlement liability

     1,929,019       -0-  

Conversion feature liability, related parties, net of current portion

     1,185,960       -0-  

Conversion feature liability, net of current portion

     71,942       -0-  

Warrant liability, related parties

     2,017,160       -0-  

Warrant liability

     620,801       -0-  
                

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     16,601,424       3,712,855  
                

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (See Note 11)

    

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

    

Undesignated preferred stock—$.001 par value. 4,022,500 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

     -0-       -0-  

Series B convertible preferred stock,—$.001 par value. 230,000 shares authorized, -0- and 48,000 issued and outstanding, respectively; liquidation preference $-0- and $480,000, respectively

     -0-       48  

Series C convertible preferred stock,—$.001 par value. 747,500 shares authorized, -0- and 337,150 issued and outstanding, respectively; liquidation preference $-0- and $3,371,500, respectively

     -0-       337  

5% Series A convertible preferred stock—$0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; 4,125,224 and 4,170,224 issued and outstanding, respectively; liquidation preference $4,125,224 and $4,170,224, respectively

     4,125       4,170  

Common stock – 150,000,000 shares authorized, 76,579,951 and 59,032,598 issued and outstanding, respectively, at $.001 par value

     77,546       59,786  

Additional paid in capital – preferred

     3,718,054       7,638,549  

Additional paid in capital – common

     33,430,270       27,893,433  

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)

     989       7,957  

Less: Treasury stock, cost method, 1,014,830 and 802,612 shares, respectively

     (503,086 )     (369,389 )

Accumulated deficit

     (47,800,180 )     (37,205,619 )
                

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

     (11,072,282 )     (1,970,728 )
                

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

   $ 5,529,142     $ 1,742,127  
                

See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to financial statements.

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     For the years ended
December 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Total revenues

   $ 6,269,614     $ 3,723,841  
                

Cost of sales

     1,351,564       1,033,824  
                

Gross margin

     4,918,050       2,690,017  

Operating expenses

    

Salaries, benefits and related taxes

     8,825,032       5,886,663  

Rent & occupancy expenses

     554,475       342,255  

Consulting services

     302,502       320,360  

Legal and professional fees

     612,634       291,959  

Travel

     501,816       324,676  

Telephone and internet

     161,817       131,786  

Selling, general and administrative

     544,012       522,565  

Bad Debt Expense

     148,347       -0-  

Depreciation and amortization

     466,264       85,769  
                

Total operating expenses

     12,116,899       7,906,033  
                

Operating income (loss)

     (7,198,849 )     (5,216,016 )

Other income (expense)

    

Interest expense

     (3,300,654 )     (57,777 )

Interest income

     7,112       20,085  

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt

     (45,883 )     -0-  

Patent litigation settlement

     (2,170,481 )     -0-  

Unrealized Gain on Derivative Liabilities

     2,114,194       -0-  
                

(Loss) before taxes and preferred dividends

     (10,594,561 )     (5,253,708 )
                

Net income (loss)

     (10,594,561 )     (5,253,708 )
                

Preferred stock dividends in arrears Series A Preferred

     (206,962 )     (210,574 )

Preferred stock dividends in arrears Series B Preferred

     (9,753 )     (39,467 )

Preferred stock dividends in arrears Series C Preferred

     (67,245 )     (269,720 )
                

Total preferred stock dividends

     (283,960 )     (519,761 )
                

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

   $ (10,878,521 )   $ (5,773,469 )
                

Net (loss) per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.15 )   $ (0.10 )
                

Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     71,789,073       55,545,968  
                

See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to financial statements

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEM, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

     2008     2007  

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (10,594,561 )   $ (5,253,708 )

Adjustment to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Common stock issued on cashless exercise of options

     (1,387 )     (6,311 )

Common stock issued for services

     24,000       37,500  

Common stock issued for accrued interest

     28,130       76,051  

Common stock issued in lieu of salary

     15,389       -0-  

Unrealized loss on conversion of debt

     45,883       -0-  

Patent litigation settlement

     2,170,481       -0-  

Unrealized gain on warranty liability

     (2,114,194 )     -0-  

Interest expense from derivative instruments

     2,937,497       -0-  

Employee stock option expense

     1,321,004       980,823  

Depreciation and amortization

     466,264       85,769  

Interest expense from beneficial conversion of 10% Convertible Notes

     -0-       7,500  

Change in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (1,838,568 )     (482,617 )

Prepaid expenses

     (60,934 )     4,398  

Other assets

     873       (2,891 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     504,419       (29,312 )

Deferred revenue

     1,801,984       988,708  
                

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (5,293,720 )     (3,594,090 )
                

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

    

Purchase of property and equipment

     (539,428 )     (322,483 )
                

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (539,428 )     (322,483 )
                

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs

     -0-       4,023,965  

Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options

     7,753       113,267  

Stock subscription receivable

     -0-       1,250  

Repayments of notes payable

     (300,000 )     -0-  

Proceeds from convertible notes payable

     2,245,000       -0-  

Proceeds from convertible notes payable, related party

     6,641,220       -0-  

Payments on convertible notes payable

     (1,500,000 )     -0-  

Proceeds from notes payable

     300,000       211,800  
                

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     7,393,973       4,350,282  
                

Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents

     (6,968 )     9,998  

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     1,553,857       443,707  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     481,961       38,254  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 2,035,818     $ 481,961  
                

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEM, INC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND DECEMBER 31, 2007

(continued)

 

     For the years ended
December 31,
     2008    2007

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

     

Cash paid during the period for:

     

Income tax

   $ -0-    $ -0-
             

Interest

   $ 151,245    $ 10,400
             

Non-cash Transactions

     

Conversion of 10% Notes Payable into common stock

   $ -0-    $ 12,500

Common stock issued for accrued interest

   $ 28,130    $ 68,552

Common stock issued in exchange on lieu of pay for services

   $ 24,000    $ -0-

Common stock issued in exchange for notes payable

   $ -0-    $ 926,782

Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock into common stock

   $ 191,518    $ 20,000

Common stock tendered in exercise of incentive stock options

   $ 133,697    $ 17,528

Cashless exercise of warrants

   $ 589,681    $ -0-

Common stock issued for accrued expenses and placement agent fees

   $ -0-    $ 205,747

Common stock issued pursuant to anti-dilution provision

   $ 344,510    $ -0-

Conversion of series C preferred stock into shares of common stock

   $ 3,684,407    $ -0-

Common stock issued in lieu of salary

   $ 15,389    $ -0-

Conversion of Series A preferred stock into shares of common stock

   $ 45,000    $ 45,000

See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to financial statements

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2007 TO DECEMBER 31, 2008

 

                    Preferred Stock                                    
                    5% Series A Convertible     8% Series B Convertible     8% Series C Convertible     Accu-
mulated
Deficit
    Deferred
Com-

pensa-
tion
  Subs-
crip-
tion
Recei-

vable
    Accu-
mulated
Other
Compre-
hensive
Income
    Treasury
Stock
    Total
Share-
holders’
Equity
(Deficit)
 
    Common Stock   Addi-
tional
Paid
In
Capital
    Number
of

Shares
    $ 0.001
Par
Value
    Addi-
tional
Paid
In
Capital
    Number
of
Shares
    $ 0.001
Par
Value
    Addi-
tional
Paid
In
Capital
    Number
of
Shares
    $ 0.001
Par
Value
    Addi-
tional
Paid
In
Capital
             
    Number
of

Shares
    $ 0.001
Par
Value
                               

Balances at December 31, 2006

  47,972,091     $ 48,697     21,719,097     4,215,224     $ 4,215     $ 3,807,964     50,000     $ 50     $ 211,468     337,150     $ 337     $ 3,684,070     $ (31,951,911 )   $ 0   $ (1,250 )   $ (2,041 )   $ (351,861 )   $ (2,831,165 )
                                                                                                                                   

Conversion of Warrants

  1,410,000       1,410     351,056                                   352,466  

Issuance of common stock

  6,785,881       6,786     3,729,589                                   3,736,375  

Exercise of employee stock options

  595,364       595     123,989                                   124,584  

Common stock issued for notes payable and accrued interest

  1,853,563       1,854     860,053                                   861,907  

Common stock tendered in exercise of incentive stock options

  (28,734 )                                   (17,528 )     (17,528 )

Common stock issued in conversion of 10% Convertible Notes Payable

  38,541       39     26,732                                   26,771  

Employee stock option expense

        980,823                                   980,823  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

                                  9,998         9,998  

Collection on subscription receivable

                                1,250           1,250  

Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock

  80,000       80     19,920           (2,000 )     (2 )     (19,998 )                     —    

Common stock issued for accrued expenses

  295,893       296     37,204                                   37,500  

Conversion of Series A Preferred stock into common stock

  30,000       30     44,970     (45,000 )     (45 )     (44,955 )                        

Net loss for the period ended December 31, 2007

  —         —       —       —         —         —       —         —         —       —         —         —         (5,253,708 )     —       —         —         —         (5,253,708 )
                                                                                                                                   

Balances at December 31, 2007

  59,032,598       59,786     27,893,433     4,170,224       4,170       3,763,009     48,000       48       191,470     337,150       337       3,684,070       (37,205,619 )     0     (0 )     7,957       (369,389 )     (1,970,728 )
                                                                                                                                   

Conversion of Series A Preferred stock into common stock

  30,000       30     44,970     (45,000 )     (45 )     (44,955 )                           —    

Conversion of Series B Preferred stock into common stock

  1,920,000       1,920     189,598           (48,000 )     (48 )     (191,470 )                     —    

Conversion of Series C Preferred stock into common stock

  13,486,000       13,486     3,670,921                 (337,150 )     (337 )     (3,684,070 )               —    

Issuance of common stock for antidilution rights

  707,802       708     (708 )                                 —    

Foreign currency translation adjustment

                                  (6,968 )       (6,968 )

Issuance of common stock for services

  40,000       40     23,960                                   24,000  

Issuance of common stock for accrued interest

  50,100       50     28,080                                   28,130  

Employee stock option expense

        1,321,004                                   1,321,004  

Issuance of common stock in warrant exercise

  982,802       983     (983 )                                 —    

Adjustment for placement agent fees paid in 2007

        25,000                                   25,000  

Placement agent warrant expense

        80,085                                   80,085  

Common stock tendered for stock options

  (212,218 )                                   (133,697 )     (133,697 )

Exercise of employee stock options

  491,570       492     139,572                             —             140,063  

Common stock issued in lieu of wages

  51,296       51     15,338                                   15,390  

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2008

  —         —       —       —         —         —       —         —         —       —         —         —         (10,594,561 )     —       —         —         —         (10,594,561 )
                                                                                                                                   

Balances at December 31, 2008

  76,579,951     $ 77,546   $ 33,430,270     4,125,224     $ 4,125     $ 3,718,054     —       $ 0     $ 0     0     $ 0     $ 0     $ (47,800,180 )   $ 0   $ 0     $ 989     $ (503,086 )   $ (11,072,282 )
                                                                                                                                   

See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to financial statements

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1: ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

OmniComm Systems, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that provides Web-based electronic data capture (“EDC”) solutions and related value-added services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies, clinical research organizations, and other clinical trial sponsors located in the United States. TrialMaster™ allows clinical trial sponsors and investigative sites to securely collect, validate, transmit, and analyze clinical trial data.

Our ability to compete within the EDC industry is predicated on our ability to continue enhancing and broadening the scope of solutions offered through TrialMaster. Our research and development efforts are focused on developing new, complementary software solutions, as well as enhancing our existing software solutions through the addition of increased functionality. During fiscal 2008, we spent approximately $897,000 on research and development activities, the majority of which represented salaries to our developers. In fiscal 2007 we spent approximately $917,000 on research and development activities, which include costs associated with customization of the TrialMaster software for our client’s projects.

 

NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The Company’s accounts include those of all its wholly owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in conformity with (i) accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; and (ii) the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company ceased operations in the Netherlands through its subsidiary OmniTrial, BV (“OmniTrial”) in September 2000. At that time, OmniTrial B.V. (“OmniTrial”) submitted a petition for bankruptcy protection from the bankruptcy court of the Netherlands. The court has granted the Company’s petition for bankruptcy. Consequently, OmniTrial’s liabilities are not consolidated in the Company’s Balance Sheet.

ESTIMATES IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and footnotes thereto. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain reclassifications have been made in the 2007 financial statements to conform to the 2008 presentation. These reclassifications did not have any effect on net income (loss) or shareholders’ equity.

SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in one reportable segment which is the delivery of EDC services and products to clinical trial sponsors. The Company segregates its revenues based on the activity cycle used to generate its revenues. Accordingly, revenues are currently generated through three main activities. These activities include:

 

   

the initial setup activities associated with building, implementing and inititiating clinical trial projects;

 

   

change orders or change requests made by the clinical trial sponsor that require changes to the scope of the clinical trial project; and

 

   

the maintenance fees paid by our customers for clinical trial projects that have been implemented. The services provided include application hosting and related support services. Services for this offering are charged monthly as a fixed fee. Revenues are recognized ratably over the period of the service.

The fees associated with each business activity for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively are:

 

Business Activity

   2007    2008

Clinical Trial Setup

   $ 2,352,719    $ 4,642,914

Change Orders

     332,511      432,488

Maintenance Fees

     1,038,611      1,194,212
             

Total Revenues

   $ 3,723,841    $ 6,269,614
             

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid, short-term investments with maturities of 90 days or less. The carrying amount reported in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable are judged as to collectibility by management and an allowance for bad debts is established as necessary. The Company had recorded an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable of $150,933 and $2,586 as of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

Except as follows, the Company has no significant off-balance-sheet risk or credit risk concentrations. Financial instruments that subject the Company to potential credit risks are principally cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents with credit worthy financial institutions, however, the Company does maintain cash in its accounts from time-to-time that exceed the maximum federally insured limits. Concentrated credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited to creditworthy customers. The Company’s customers are principally located in the United States. The Company is directly affected by the overall financial condition of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries and management believes that credit risk exists and that any credit risk the Company faces has been adequately reserved for as of December 31, 2008. Prior to 2008 the Company has not historically experienced significant losses related to receivables from individual customers or groups of customers in any specific industry or geographic area. During fiscal 2008 the biotechnology industry experienced liquidity and funding difficulties. Several of the Company’s clients operate in this segment. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based on accounts past due according to contractual terms and historical collection experience. Actual losses when incurred are charged to the allowance. The Company’s losses related to collection of accounts receivable prior to fiscal 2008 were consistently within management’s expectations. The overall downturn in the U.S. economy impacted several of the Company’s clients during 2008. Due to these factors, no additional credit risk beyond amounts provided for collection losses, which the Company reevaluates on a monthly basis based on specific review of receivable agings and the period that any receivables are beyond the standard payment terms, is believed by management to be probable in the Company’s accounts receivable. The Company does not require collateral to mitigate credit risk.

One customer accounted for 13% and another customer accounted for 10% of our revenues during 2007 or approximately $470,000 and $373,000, respectively. One customer accounted for 36% of our revenues during 2008, or approximately $2,238,000. The following table summarizes the number of customers who individually comprise greater than 10% of total revenue and/or total accounts receivable and their aggregate percentage of the Company’s total revenue and gross accounts receivable.

 

       Revenues     Accounts Receivable  

Year ended December 31,

   # of
Customers
   Percentage
of Total
Revenues
    # of
Customers
   Percentage
of Total
Accounts
Receivable
 

2008

   1    36 %   2    71 %

2007

   2    23 %   3    64 %

The Company serves all of its hosting customers from third-party web hosting facilities located in the United States. The Company does not control the operation of these facilities, and they are vulnerable to damage or interruption. The Company maintains redundant systems that can be used to provide service in the event third-party web hosting facilities become unavailable, although in such circumstances, the Company’s service may be interrupted during the transition.

The following table summarizes activity in the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

     Year ended December 31,
     2008    2007

Beginning of period

   $ 2,586    $ 58,539

Bad debt expense

     148,347      -0-

Write-offs

     -0-      55,953
             

End of period

   $ 150,933    $ 2,586
             

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Additions and betterments are capitalized; maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the asset’s estimated useful life, which is 5 years for leasehold improvements, computers, equipment and furniture and 3 years for software. Gains or losses on disposal are charged to operations.

DEFERRED REVENUE

Deferred revenue represents cash advances received in excess of revenue earned on on-going contracts. Payment terms vary with each contract but may include an initial payment at the time the contract is executed, with future payments dependent upon the completion of certain contract phases or targeted milestones. In the event of contract cancellation, the Company is entitled to payment for all work performed through the point of cancellation. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had $4,434,258 in deferred revenues relating to contracts for services to be performed over periods ranging from 1 month to 5 years. The Company had $3,549,058 in deferred revenues that are expected to be recognized in the next twelve fiscal months.

REVENUE RECOGNITION POLICY

OmniComm’s revenue model is transaction-based and can be implemented either as an ASP (application service provider) or licensed for implementation by a customer such as a pharmaceutical company. Revenues are derived from the set-up of clinical trial engagements; licensing arrangements, on-going maintenance fees incurred throughout the duration of an engagement; fees for report writing and project change orders. The clinical trials that are conducted using TrialMaster can last from a few months to several years. Most of the fees associated with our product including post-setup customer support in the form of maintenance charges are recognized ratably over the term of the clinical trial. Cost of sales is primarily comprised of programmer salaries and taxes and is expensed as incurred.

The Company recognizes sales, for both financial statement and tax purposes in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements (SAB 101)” and AICPA Statement of Position 97-2 (SOP 97-2) “Software Revenue Recognition” as amended by SOP 98-9. SAB 101 requires that revenues be recognized ratably over the life of a contract. The Company will periodically record deferred revenues relating to advance payments in contracts. Under its licensing arrangement the Company recognizes revenue pursuant to SOP 97-2. Under these arrangements the Company recognizes revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the service has been provided to the customer and/or delivery has occurred; (3) the collection of fees is probable; and (4) the fee is fixed or determinable. SOP 97-2, as amended, requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple elements to be allocated to each element based on the relative fair values of the elements. We have analyzed each element in our multiple element arrangements and determined that we have sufficient vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) to allocate revenues to license updates and product support. License revenues are recognized on delivery if the other conditions of SOP 97-2 are satisfied. License updates and product support revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. In arrangements where term licenses are bundled with license updates and product support and such revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

arrangement, we allocate the revenue to license revenue and to license updates and product support revenue based on the VSOE of fair value for license updates and product support revenue on perpetual licenses of similar products.

ADVERTISING

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs were $284,113 and $150,139 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

Software development costs are included in research and development and are expensed as incurred. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 86 “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed”, (“SFAS 86”), requires the capitalization of certain development costs of software to be sold once technological feasibility is established, which the Company defines as completion to the point of marketability. The capitalized cost is then amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated product life. To date, the period between achieving technological feasibility and the general availability of such software has been short and software development costs qualifying for capitalization have been immaterial. Accordingly, the Company has not capitalized any software development costs under SFAS 86. Research and development expense was approximately $897,000 and $917,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 respectively.

EMPLOYEE EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS

The company has an employee equity incentive plan, which is more fully described in “Note 13: Employee Equity Incentive Plans.” On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment,” which addresses the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, with a primary focus on transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) is a revision to SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and supersedes Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and its related implementation guidance. SFAS No. 123(R) requires measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award (with limited exceptions). Incremental compensation costs arising from subsequent modifications of awards after the grant date must be recognized.

The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method, which requires the application of the accounting standard as of January 1, 2006, the first day of the Company’s fiscal year. The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 reflect the impact of SFAS No. 123(R). In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS No. 123(R).

SFAS No. 123(R) requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. Stock-based compensation recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 includes compensation expense for share-based awards granted prior to, but not fully vested as of January 1, 2006 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with SFAS No. 123 as well as

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

compensation expense for share-based awards granted from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008 in accordance with SFAS No. 123(R). The Company currently uses the American Binomial option pricing model to determine grant date fair value.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per Share”, (“SFAS 128”). SFAS 128 replaced the previously reported primary and fully diluted earnings per share with basic and diluted earnings per share. Unlike primary earnings per share, basic earnings per share excludes any dilutive effects of options, warrants, and convertible securities. The diluted earnings per share calculation is very similar to the previously utilized fully diluted earnings per share calculation method.

Basic earnings per share were calculated using the weighted average number of shares outstanding of 71,789,073 and 55,545,968 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. There were no differences between basic and diluted earnings per share. Options to purchase 10,997,770 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $.25 to $2.75 per share were outstanding at December 31, 2008. Stock warrants to purchase 22,717,757 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.25 to $0.60 per share were outstanding at December 31, 2008.

The Company’s convertible debt and convertible preferred stock have an anti-dilutive effect on net loss per share and were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share.

INCOME TAXES

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.”, (“SFAS 109”). SFAS 109 has as its basic objective the recognition of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities based upon all events that have been recognized in the financial statements as measured by the provisions of the enacted tax laws.

Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the estimated amount to be realized. Income tax expense represents the tax payable for the current period and the change during the period in the deferred tax assets and liabilities.

IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In March 2008, the FASB released FAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133.” This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. This statement requires that objectives for using derivative instruments be disclosed in terms of underlying risk and accounting designation, in order to better convey the purpose of derivative use in terms of the risks that the Company is intending to manage. Management is currently assessing and evaluating the new disclosure requirements for our derivative instruments.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007) Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141(R). SFAS No. 141(R) retains the fundamental requirements of the original pronouncement requiring that the purchase method be used for all business combinations. SFAS No. 141(R) defines the acquirer as the entity that obtains control of one or more businesses in the business combination, establishes the acquisition date as the date that the acquirer achieves control and requires the acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest at their fair values as of the acquisition date. SFAS No. 141(R) also requires that acquisition-related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company does not expect FSP FAS 142-3 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

In May 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and for interim periods within those years. FSP FAS 142-3 provides guidance on the renewal or extension assumptions used in the determination of the useful life of a recognized intangible asset. The intent of FSP FAS 142-3 is to better match the useful life of the recognized intangible asset to the period of the expected cash flows used to measure its fair value. The Company does not expect FSP FAS 142-3 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 3: OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY

We have experienced negative cash flow from operations and have funded our activities to date primarily from debt and equity financings. We will continue to require substantial funds to continue our research and development activities and to market, sell and commercialize our technology. We may need to raise substantial additional capital to fund our future operations. Our capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the problems, delays, expenses and complications frequently encountered by companies developing and commercializing new technologies; the progress of our research and development activities; the rate of technological advances; determinations as to the commercial potential of our technology under development; the status of competitive technology; the establishment of collaborative relationships; the success of our sales and marketing programs; and other changes in economic, regulatory or competitive conditions in our planned business.

Estimates about the adequacy of funding for our activities are based upon certain assumptions, including assumptions that the research and development programs relating to our technology can be conducted at projected costs and that progress towards the commercialization of our technology will be timely and successful. There can be no assurance that changes in our research and development plans, acquisitions or other events will not result in accelerated or unexpected expenditures.

To satisfy our capital requirements, we may seek additional financing through debt and equity financings. There can be no assurance that any such funding will be available to us on favorable terms or at all. If adequate funds are not available when needed, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our research and product development and marketing programs. If we are successful in obtaining additional financings, the terms of such financings may have the effect of diluting or adversely affecting the holdings or the rights of the holders of our common and preferred stock.

The ability of the Company to continue in existence is dependent on its having sufficient financial resources to bring products and services to market for marketplace acceptance. As a result of its significant losses, negative cash flows from operations, and accumulated deficits for the year ending December 31, 2008 there is doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

NOTE 4: PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, AT COST

Property and equipment consists of the following:

 

     December 31, 2007    December 31, 2008     
     Cost    Accumulated
Depreciation
   Cost    Accumulated
Depreciation
   Estimated
Useful Lives

Computer and office equipment

   $ 733,121    $ 480,747    $ 1,053,805    $ 574,963    5 years

Leasehold improvements

     46,871      17,348      55,751      26,698    5 years

Computer software

     473,537      350,559      675,392      449,123    3 years

Office furniture

     85,333      55,508      93,342      58,279    5 years
                              
   $ 1,338,862    $ 904,162    $ 1,878,290    $ 1,109,063   
                              

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $204,900 and $85,769 respectively.

 

NOTE 5: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND ACCRUED PAYROLL TAXES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

     December 31, 2007    December 31, 2008

Accounts payable

   $ 405,849    $ 652,124

Accrued payroll and related costs

     50,510      148,748

Other accrued expenses

     17,544      19,470

Accrued interest

     94,859      265,358

Accrued expenses of OmniTrial BV

     127,519      -0-
             

Total accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 696,281    $ 1,085,700
             

 

NOTE 6: EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders (which for the Company equals its net loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, and dilutive EPS adds the dilutive effect of stock options and other common stock equivalents. Antidilutive shares aggregating 52,040,467 and 30,473,460 have been omitted from the calculation of dilutive EPS for the years December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Provided below is reconciliation between numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per shares:

 

       Years Ended  
     December 31, 2007     December 31, 2008  
     Income
Numerator
    Shares
Denominator
   Per-Share
Amount
    Income
Numerator
    Shares
Denominator
   Per-Share
Amount
 

Basic EPS

   $ (5,773,469 )   55,545,968    $ (0.10 )   $ (10,878,521 )   71,789,073    $ (0.15 )

Effect of Dilutive Securities

              

None.

     -0-     -0-      -0-       -0-     -0-      -0-  
                                          

Diluted EPS

   $ (5,773,469 )   55,545,968    $ (0.10 )   $ (10,878,521 )   71,789,073    $ (0.15 )

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

NOTE 7: SHORT TERM OBLIGATIONS

At December 31, 2008, the following information summarizes the Company’s short-term obligations.

 

     For the years ended  
     December 31, 2007     December 31, 2008  

Weighted average interest rate

     10.00 %     10.44 %

Weighted average short-term borrowings

   $ 87,500     $ 1,911,185  

Short-term debt discount amortization

   $ -0-     $ 2,497,800  

Interest expense on short-term debt

   $ 8,750     $ 188,647  

Debt acquisition costs amortized on short-term debt

   $ -0-     $ 261,365  

 

NOTE 8: NOTES PAYABLE

At December 31, 2008, the Company owed $309,300 in notes payable. The table below provides details as to the terms and conditions of the notes payable.

 

Origination Date

   Due
Date
   Interest
Rate
    Amount    Short
Term
   Long
Term

12/31/08

   01/31/11    9.00 %   $ 197,500    $ -0-    $ 197,500

01/16/07

   01/01/09    9.00 %     51,800      51,800      -0-

01/16/07

   01/01/09    9.00 %     60,000      60,000      -0-
                         
        $ 309,300    $ 111,800    $ 197,500
                         

 

NOTE 9: CONVERTIBLE NOTES

During the first quarter of 1999, the Company issued 10% Convertible Notes payable in the amount of $862,500 pursuant to a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum. There were costs of $119,625 associated with this offering. The net proceeds to the Company were $742,875. The notes bear interest at ten percent annually, payable semi-annually. The notes are convertible after maturity, which was June 30, 2004, into shares of common stock of the Company at $1.25 per share. As of December 31, 2008, approximately $775,000 of the Convertible Notes had been converted into 1,495,179 shares of common stock of the Company leaving an outstanding principal balance of $87,500.

As of December 31, 2008 the Company is in default on interest payments owed totaling $72,252 on its 10% Convertible Notes. The terms of the notes provide a payment grace period of thirty days in which to make required semi-annual interest payments. The Company has been in default since January 30, 2002. At the option of the note holders the full amount of the convertible notes could be declared in default. For the year ended December 31, 2008, we incurred and recorded $8,774 in interest expense on the 10% Convertible Notes.

SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES

On February 29, 2008, we sold an aggregate of $2,325,000 principal amount 10% Secured Convertible Debentures (the “Debentures”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 2,930,675 shares of our common stock to 12 accredited investors. After paying certain fees and expenses of $181,280 in the aggregate

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

(including payment to Emerging Growth Equities, Ltd., a broker dealer and member of FINRA who acted as the placement agent for this offering, of a commission and expense reimbursement aggregating $143,750), we received net proceeds of $2,156,220. We recorded debt acquisition costs of $261,365. We amortized the debt acquisition costs over the six month maturity of the Debentures. Emerging Growth Equities, Ltd., a broker dealer and member of FINRA acted as placement agent in the offering and as compensation therefore received a commission of $143,750. EGE also received a warrant to purchase at $0.75 per share 222,458 shares of our common stock, an estimated fair value of $80,085 was calculated for the warrants granted to EGE using the Binomial option pricing model.

The Debentures, which bear interest at 10% per annum, were originally due 6 months from their issuance date or on August 29, 2008. The Debentures were convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.595 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents (the “Conversion Feature”). Interest was convertible as provided in the Debentures. We were not permitted to prepay the Debentures without the prior written consent of the holders. We granted the holders a security interest in all of our assets to secure performance of our obligations under the Debentures and the other transaction agreements.

The Warrants, which have a cashless exercise provision, were exercisable until approximately four years after the closing at an exercise price of $0.75 per share before they were adjusted as part of the August 29, 2008 Extension Agreement that is more completely described in the disclosure below. The number of shares covered by the Warrants and the Warrant exercise price are subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents. The Warrants carry an anti-dilution provision that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the exercise of the Warrants. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Warrants to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Warrants were valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $1,055,043 was calculated and allocated to the Warrants and recorded as a liability to the issuance of the Debentures. The Warrant liability was amortized over the 6 month exercise period of the Debentures. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Warrant liability and accordingly the Warrant liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

The Debentures carried an anti-dilution provision or Conversion Feature that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the satisfaction of the Debentures or before the expiration date of the Warrants. In the event the Company issued common stock or any other security that is convertible into the Company’s common stock at a price below the Conversion Price of the Debentures the holders of the Debentures would be entitled to additional shares upon conversion. The additional shares issuable are equal to the ratio of the price of the subsequent financing divided by the Conversion Price. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Conversion Feature to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Conversion Feature was valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $593,950 was calculated and allocated to the Conversion Feature and recorded as a liability (or discount) to the issuance of the Debentures. The Conversion Feature liability (discount) was amortized over the six month maturity of the Debentures. In addition, a fair value calculation was undertaken periodically on the Conversion Feature liability and accordingly the Conversion Feature liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities. On the maturity date of August 29, 2008 $398,572 was recorded as unrealized gain and the value of the original conversion feature became zero.

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

On August 29, 2008 the Company repaid $1,000,000 of the Debentures. The remaining $1,325,000 was extended pursuant to an Extension Agreement (the “Extension). The maturity date was changed to December 1, 2008. The Debentures continued to bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum. In accordance with the Extension the conversion price of the Debentures was changed from $0.595 per share to $0.50 per share. Additionally, the investors who agreed to the Extension were granted one warrant (the “Extension Warrants”) for each share of stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures at the $0.50 per share conversion price stipulated in the Extension. The exercise price of the Warrants was changed from $0.75 per share to $0.60 per share pursuant to the Extension. The change of the exercise price of the Warrants increased the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants from 2,930,672 to 3,563,130. The amended exercise price of the Extension Warrants is $0.60 per share. On December 1, 2008 the Company repaid $500,000 of the Debentures. Four investors agreed to convert the principal amounts due under the Debentures into a round of financing that was consummated on December 16, 2008. The principal amount converted by these four investors was $525,000. The remaining six investors agreed to extend the maturity date of their Debentures to January 31, 2009. The principal amount extended to January 31, 2009 was $300,000. The Debentures will bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum until their January 31, 2009 maturity date. In exchange for granting the Company the extension to January 31, 2009 the group of six investors were granted a total of 50,000 four-year warrants at an exercise price of $0.60 per share with an expiration date of December 1, 2012. The security interest we granted the holders in all of our assets to secure our performance of our obligations under the Debentures remained in effect. Accordingly, if we should default under the repayment provisions of these obligations, the holders could seek to foreclose on all our assets in an effort to seek repayment under the obligations. If the holders were successful, we would be unable to conduct our business as it is presently conducted and we would be forced to discontinue our operations.

The Extension Warrants were valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $673,100 was calculated and allocated to the Extension Warrants and recorded as a liability to the issuance of the Debentures. The Warrant liability was amortized over the three month maturity period of the Debentures. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Warrant liability and accordingly the Warrant liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

The Conversion Feature pursuant to the Extension was valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $172,250 was calculated and allocated to the Conversion Feature and recorded as a liability (or discount) to the issuance of the Debentures. The Conversion Feature liability (discount) was amortized over the remaining three month maturity of the Debentures. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Conversion Feature liability and accordingly the Conversion Feature liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES

On June 10, 2008, we sold, $210,000 principal amount in a Convertible Note (the “Convertible Note”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 264,706 shares of our common stock to our Chief Executive Officer. We received net proceeds of $210,000.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The Convertible Note, which carried an interest of 10% per annum was due on June 10, 2009. The Convertible Note was convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.595 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents (the “Conversion Feature”). Interest is convertible as provided in the Convertible Note. On August 29, 2008, the noteholder agreed to convert the Convertible Note (the “Conversion”) into a private placement of Convertible Debentures that expire on August 29, 2010.

The Warrants, which have a cashless exercise provision, are exercisable until approximately four years after the closing at an exercise price of $0.75 per share before they were adjusted to $0.60 per share on August 29, 2008. The number of shares covered by the Warrants and the Warrant exercise price are subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents. The Warrants carry an anti-dilution provision that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the exercise of the Warrants. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Warrants to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Warrants were valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $91,059 was calculated and allocated to the Warrants and recorded as a liability to the issuance of the Debentures. The Warrant liability (discount) was originally being amortized over the 12 month exercise period of the Debentures. When the Convertible Note was converted to another Convertible Note on 8/29/08, loss on extinguishment of debt was recognized. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Warrant liability and accordingly the Warrant liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

The Convertible Note carried an anti-dilution provision or Conversion Feature that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the satisfaction of the Convertible Note or before the expiration date of the Warrants. In the event the Company issued common stock or any other security that is convertible into the Company’s common stock at a price below the Conversion Price of the Convertible Note, the holder of the Convertible Note would be entitled to additional shares upon conversion. The additional shares issuable are equal to the ratio of the price of the subsequent financing divided by the Conversion Price. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Conversion Feature to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Conversion Feature was valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $71,294 was calculated and allocated to the Conversion Feature and recorded as a liability (or discount) to the issuance of the Convertible Note. The Conversion Feature liability (discount) was originally being amortized over the 12 month maturity of the Convertible Note. When the Convertible Note was converted to another Convertible Note on 8/29/08, loss on extinguishment of debt was recognized. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Conversion Feature liability and accordingly the Conversion Feature liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities. As part of the Conversion transaction, the Conversion Feature liability (discount) was eliminated.

On August 29, 2008, we sold, $2,270,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 4,540,000 shares of our common stock to four accredited investors including our Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors. We received net proceeds of $2,270,000.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The Convertible Notes, which bear interest at 10% per annum with interest payable every three months, are due on August 29, 2010. The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.50 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents (the “Conversion Feature”). Interest is convertible as provided in the Convertible Notes. We are not permitted to prepay the Convertible Notes without the prior written consent of the holders.

The Warrants, which have a cashless exercise provision, are exercisable until approximately four years after the closing at an exercise price of $0.60 per share. The number of shares covered by the Warrants and the Warrant exercise price are subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents. The Warrants carry an anti-dilution provision that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the exercise of the Warrants. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Warrants to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Warrants were valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $1,153,160 was calculated and allocated to the Warrants and recorded as a liability to the issuance of the Convertible Notes. The Warrant liability will be amortized over the 24 month maturity of the Convertible Notes. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Warrant liability and accordingly the Warrant liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

The Convertible Note carries an anti-dilution provision or Conversion Feature that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the satisfaction of the Convertible Note or before the expiration date of the Warrants. In the event the Company issues common stock or any other security that is convertible into the Company’s common stock at a price below the Conversion Price of the Convertible Note the holder of the Convertible Note would be entitled to additional shares upon conversion. The additional shares issuable are equal to the ratio of the price of the subsequent financing divided by the Conversion Price. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Conversion Feature to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Conversion Feature was valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $898,920 was calculated and allocated to the Conversion Feature and recorded as a liability (or discount) to the issuance of the Convertible Note. The Conversion Feature liability (discount) will be amortized over the 24 month maturity of the Convertible Note. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Conversion Feature liability and accordingly the Conversion Feature liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

On December 16, 2008, we sold, $5,075,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 10,150,000 shares of our common stock to eleven accredited investors including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operation Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Financial Officer and four of our Directors. We received net proceeds of $5,075,000.

The Convertible Notes, which bear interest at 12% per annum with interest payable every three months, are due on December 16, 2010. The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.50 per share (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents (the “Conversion Feature”). Interest is convertible as provided in the Convertible Notes. We are not permitted to prepay the Convertible Notes without the prior written consent of the holders.

 

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OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The Warrants, which have a cashless exercise provision, are exercisable until approximately four years after the closing at an exercise price of $0.60 per share. The number of shares covered by the Warrants and the Warrant exercise price are subject to adjustment as provided in the transaction documents. The Warrants carry an anti-dilution provision that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the exercise of the Warrants. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Warrants to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Warrants were valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $852,600 was calculated and allocated to the Warrants and recorded as a liability to the issuance of the Convertible Notes. The Warrant liability will be amortized over the 24 month maturity of the Convertible Notes. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Warrant liability and accordingly the Warrant liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

The Convertible Note carries an anti-dilution provision or Conversion Feature that is tied to financings the Company conducts at any time prior to the satisfaction of the Convertible Note or before the expiration date of the Warrants. In the event the Company issues common stock or any other security that is convertible into the Company’s common stock at a price below the Conversion Price of the Convertible Note the holder of the Convertible Note would be entitled to additional shares upon conversion. The additional shares issuable are equal to the ratio of the price of the subsequent financing divided by the Conversion Price. That anti-dilution feature has caused the Conversion Feature to be treated as a derivative liability and accounted for in accordance with FAS 133. The Conversion Feature was valued using a Binomial option pricing model. A value of $517,650 was calculated and allocated to the Conversion Feature and recorded as a liability (or discount) to the issuance of the Convertible Note. The Conversion Feature liability (discount) will be amortized over the 24 month maturity of the Convertible Note. In addition, a fair value calculation is undertaken periodically on the Conversion Feature liability and accordingly the Conversion Feature liability is increased or decreased based on the fair value calculation. The resulting increase or decrease is reflected in operations as an unrealized gain or loss on derivative liabilities.

The following table summarizes the convertible debt activity the Company undertook during fiscal 2008.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

Origination Date

   Interest
Rate
    Original
Principal
   Allocated
Discount
   Total
Discount
Amortized
   Discount at
12/31/08

2/29/2008

   10 %   $ 2,325,000    $ 1,648,993    $ 1,648,993    $ -0-

6/10/2008

   10 %     210,000      162,352      40,588      -0-

8/29/2008

   10 %     1,325,000      845,350      845,350      -0-

8/29/2008

   10 %     2,270,000      2,052,080      342,013      1,710,067

12/1/2008

   12 %     300,000      6,914      3,457      3,457

12/16/2008

   12 %     5,075,000      1,370,250      57,094      1,313,156
                             
   TOTALS     $ 11,505,000    $ 6,085,939    $ 2,937,495    $ 3,026,680
                             

 

NOTE 10: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

A summary of the fair value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows:

 

     12/31/2008    Quoted prices in active markets
for identical liabilities (Level 1)

Derivatives:

     

Convertible feature liability

   $ 1,257,902    $ 1,257,902

Warrant liability

     2,637,961      2,637,961
             

Total of Derivatives

   $ 3,895,863    $ 3,895,863
             

The Income approach was used as a valuation technique .

 

     For the year ended December 31, 2008
Other Income

The amount of total gains or losses for the period included in earnings (or changes in net assets) attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets still held at the reporting date

   $ 2,114,194
      

Total gains or losses included in earnings

   $ 2,114,194
      

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

Derivatives are more fully disclosed in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

NOTE 11: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company currently leases office space under an operating lease. The minimum future lease payments required under the Company’s operating leases at December 31, 2008 are as follows:

 

2009

   $ 450,596

2010

     463,471

2011

     248,100

2012

     -0-

2013

     -0-
      

Total

   $ 1,162,167
      

In addition to annual base rental payments the Company pays for the operating expenses associated with its leased office space and is responsible for any escalation in operating expenses as determined in the lease. Rent expense was $554,475 and $342,255 for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

The Company’s corporate office lease expires in July 2011.

PATENT LITIGATION SETTLEMENT

On April 9, 2009, we entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with DataSci, LLC (“DataSci”) which relates to a lawsuit filed on June 18, 2008 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by DataSci against OmniComm alleging infringement of a U.S. Patent No. 6,496,827 B2 entitled “Methods and Apparatus for the Centralized Collection and Validation of Geographically Distributed Clinical Study Data with Verification of Input Data to the Distributed System” (“Licensed Patent”) claimed to be owned by DataSci. Pursuant to the agreement, the parties agreed to enter into a Stipulated Order of Dismissal of the lawsuit filed by DataSci and DataSci granted us a worldwide, non-exclusive non-transferable right and license under the Licensed Patent the subject of the claim and the right to sublicense TrialMaster on a technology Transfer and Technology Transition basis. The license expressly excludes the right to make, use, sell, import, market, distribute, oversee the operation of, or service systems covered by a claim (if any) of the Licensed Patent to the extent such systems are used for creating and managing source documentation and conducting remote data validation in clinical trial studies using a tablet PC with stylus, touch screen device, digitizing tablet, digitizer pen, or similar mobile processing device (“Digitizing Device”), wherein the source documentation is electronic and is completed using a Digitizing Device. Under the terms of the license, we are obligated to pay royalties quarterly for sales of Licensed Products, as defined therein, from January 1, 2009 until the expiration of the Licensed Patent equal to two percent (2%) of OmniComm’s annual Gross Revenues or, alternatively, the annual minimum royalty payment(s), whichever is greater. The annual minimum royalty payments per year are as follows:

 

2009

   $ 255,392

2010

     500,000

2011

     300,000

2012

     450,000

2013

     450,000

2014-2017

     1,800,000
      

Total

   $ 3,755,392
      

 

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

In December 2008, we renewed an employment agreement with Mr. Cornelis F. Wit to serve as our Chief Executive Officer and President through December 31, 2009. As part of the renewal the employment agreement will renew for successive one-year terms unless the employment agreement is expressly cancelled by either Mr. Wit or the Company ninety days prior to the end of the term. Mr. Wit receives an annual salary of $300,000 payable in cash and/or stock plus a bonus tied to our operating results. As part of the agreement incentive options are awardable under the agreement based upon sales and cash flow objectives. In the event that the we consummate a transaction with a third party resulting in the sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination involving all or a majority of our business, assets or stock, whether effected in one transaction or a series of transactions due to the initiative of Mr. Wit (whether or not during the term of the agreement), Mr. Wit will receive a fee equal to 2% of the aggregate consideration. The agreement also provides, among other things, for participation in employee benefits available to employees and executives. Under the terms of the agreement, we may terminate Mr. Wit’s employment upon 30 days notice of a material breach and Mr. Wit may terminate the agreement under the same terms and conditions. The employment agreement contains customary non-disclosure provisions, as well as a one year non-compete clause if Mr. Wit leaves the company voluntarily or a six month non-compete clause following his termination by us.

In December 2008, we renewed our employment agreement with Mr. Randall Smith to serve as our Chief Technology Officer. As part of the renewal the employment agreement will renew for successive one-year terms unless the employment agreement is expressly cancelled by either Mr. Smith or the Company ninety days prior to the end of the term. Under the terms of the agreement, as compensation for his services, Mr. Smith receives an annual salary of $260,000 to be paid in the form of cash and/or stock, as agreed upon by the parties, and he is eligible to receive a bonus based upon achieving technology related milestones. The agreement also provides, among other things, for participation in employee benefit plans or programs applicable to employees and executives. Under the terms of the agreement, we may terminate the employment of Mr. Smith upon 30 days notice of a material breach and Mr. Smith may terminate the agreement under the same terms and conditions. If Mr. Smith is terminated by us for any reason other than for cause, we must pay him severance benefits equal to six months salary. The employment agreement contains customary non-disclosure provisions, as well as a one year non-competition restriction following the termination of the agreement. The agreement renews automatically for one-year terms unless expressly cancelled by either Mr. Smith or the Company in writing ninety (90) days prior to termination of the term. The Company extended its employment agreement with Mr. Smith in December 2008 for one year under the terms of the existing employment agreement

In December 2008, we renewed our employment agreement with Mr. Ronald Linares to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. As part of the renewal the employment agreement will renew for successive one-year terms unless the employment agreement is expressly cancelled by either Mr. Linares or the Company ninety days prior to the end of the term. Under the terms of this agreement, Mr. Linares receives an annual salary of $205,000 to be paid in the form of cash and/or stock, as agreed upon by the parties, and he is eligible to receive additional incentive compensation based upon achieving financial milestones. The agreement also provides, among other things, for participation in employee benefit plans or programs applicable to employees and executives. Under the terms of the agreement, we may terminate the employment of Mr. Linares upon 30 days notice of a material breach and Mr. Linares may terminate the agreement under the same terms and conditions. If Mr. Linares is terminated by us for any reason other than for cause, we must pay him severance benefits equal to twelve months salary. The employment agreement contains customary non-disclosure provisions, as well as a one year non-competition restriction following the termination of the agreement. The agreement renews automatically for one-year terms unless expressly cancelled by either Mr. Linares or the Company in writing ninety (90) days prior to termination of the term. The Company extended its employment agreement with Mr. Linares in December 2008 for one year under the terms of the existing employment agreement

 

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In September 2006, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Stephen Johnson to serve as our Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. The employment agreement is for a three-year term. Under the terms of this agreement, Mr. Johnson receives an annual salary of $285,000 subject to annual adjustment for cost of living increases. Mr. Johnson is eligible for a bonus, payable on an annual basis, equal to 5% of the Company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). The agreement also provides, among other things, for participation in employee benefit plans or programs applicable to employees and executives. Under the terms of the agreement, we may terminate the employment of Mr. Johnson upon 30 days notice of a material breach and Mr. Johnson may terminate the agreement under the same terms and conditions. If Mr. Johnson is terminated by us for any reason other than for cause, we must pay him severance benefits equal to three months salary for every year of service up to a maximum of twelve months. The employment agreement contains customary non-disclosure provisions.

 

NOTE 12: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Guus van Kesteren, a member of our Board of Directors, is a consultant to Noesis Capital Corp. Noesis Capital Corp. has acted as a placement agent for the sale of our securities in various offerings since 1999.

In December 2008, the Company issued a promissory note for $197,500 that included $112,500 in accrued expenses associated with financial services provided by Noesis Capital Corp., the Company’s Placement Agent for several equity and debt transactions since 1999. The amount was borrowed under a promissory note bearing interest at 9% per annum payable with a maturity date of January 31, 2011. Included in the principal amount due under this promissory note is $85,000 that was originally owed under a $185,000 principal amount promissory note with a maturity date of January 1, 2009. The remaining $100,000 in principal amount owed was converted into a Convertible Note dated December 16, 2008.

During March 2007, Fernando Montero, who was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors on July 27, 2007, purchased 500,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $0.50 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $250,000. In addition, Atlantic Balanced Fund, a corporation formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“ABF”) purchased 2,500,000 shares of our common stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $1,250,000. Mentor Capital Corporation is the fund manager for ABF and has voting and dispositive control over the shares held by ABF. Mr. Montero is the president, director and sole owner of Mentor Capital Corporation and may be considered the beneficial owner of the 2,500,000 shares held by ABF.

In September 2007, Cornelis Wit, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director, invested $100,500 in private placement of our common stock at a price of $0.67 per share and was issued 150,000 shares of our common stock.

In December 2007, Noesis Capital Corp., the Company’s Placement Agent for several equity and debt transactions since 1999 converted amounts owed to it for accrued financial advisory fees and for fees earned as Placement Agent in offerings completed in March 2007 and December 2007. A total of $37,500 in financial advisory fees and $160,748 in Placement Agent fees were converted into common stock of the Company at a price of $0.67 per share. Noesis Capital Corp. was issued a total of 295,893 shares of common stock of the Company.

We incurred $16,650 in interest expense on a note payable to Noesis Capital Corp., the Placement Agent for the Company during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

On February 29, 2008, we sold an aggregate of $2,325,000 principal amount 10% Secured Convertible Debentures and common stock purchase warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,930,675 shares of our common stock to 12 accredited

 

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investors. As part of the transaction Cornelis Wit, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Guus van Kesteren, Director, Ronald T. Linares, Chief Financial Officer, and Atlantic Balanced Fund, a fund managed by Mentor Capital of which Fernando Montero, a director of OmniComm, is president, director and sole shareholder, purchased $150,000, $150,000, $25,000 and $200,000, respectively, principal amount of debentures and received 189,076, 189,076, 31,513 and 252,101 warrants, respectively. Interest expense incurred and payable to Directors and Officers of the Company in connection with the Secured Convertible Debenture totaled $42,000 through December 31, 2008. The Debentures matured originally on August 29, 2008. On August 29 2008, the Company repaid $1,000,000 of the Debentures. The remaining $1,325,000 in principal was extended pursuant to an Extension Agreement that included: an extension of the maturity date to December 1, 2008; reduced the conversion price of the Debenture from $0.595 per share to $0.50 per share; reduced the exercise price of the warrants attached to the Debenture from $0.75 per share to $0.60 per share; and resulted in the issuance of 2,650,000 warrants to the investors agreeing to the extension of the Debentures including warrants to our officers and directors as follows: Cornelis F. Wit, 300,000 warrants, Guus van Kesteren, 300,000 warrants, Ronald T. Linares, 50,000 warrants and .Atlantic Balanced Fund, 400,000 warrants.

As of December 31, 2008, we have an aggregate of $6,120,000 principal amount of convertible debentures and promissory notes outstanding to Cornelis Wit, our Chief Executive Officer and a director, and have issued certain warrants to Mr. Wit, as follows:

 

   

On February 14, 2008, $150,000 principal amount promissory note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of this promissory note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 10% per annum and was due on December 31, 2009. On December 16, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on December 16, 2010.

 

   

On June 10, 2008, $210,000 principal amount Convertible Note and common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 264,706 shares of our common stock. We received net proceeds of $210,000. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any securities we issue (“New Securities”) before maturity of the Convertible Debenture on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Debenture, which carried an interest rate of 10% per annum, was due on June 10, 2009. On August 29, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Debenture into a private placement of Convertible Debentures that expire on August 29, 2010.

 

   

On June 10, 2008, $300,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of this promissory note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 10% per annum and was due on June 30, 2010. On August 29, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on August 29, 2010.

 

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On June 27, 2008, $300,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note is convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of this Convertible Note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 10% per annum and was due on June 30, 2010. This note was repaid on July 8, 2008.

 

   

During August 2008, $1,260,000 principal amount Convertible Note that is part of a private placement of Convertible Debentures that expire on August 29, 2010.

 

   

On September 17, 2008, $150,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of the Convertible Note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum and was due on December 31, 2009. On December 16, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on December 16, 2010.

 

   

On September 29, 2008, $400,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of the Convertible Note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum and was due on December 31, 2009. On December 16, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on December 16, 2010.

 

   

On October 17, 2008, $1,000,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of this promissory note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum and was due on December 31, 2009. On December 16, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on December 16, 2010.

 

   

On November 17, 2008, $1,450,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of this promissory note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum and was due on December 31, 2009. On December 16, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on December 16, 2010.

 

   

On December 8, 2008, $1,200,000 principal amount Convertible Note. This note was convertible at the option of the holder into any New Securities we issue before maturity of this promissory note on the same terms and conditions of the sale of the New Securities. This Convertible Note carried an interest rate of 12% per annum and was due on December 31, 2009. On December 16, 2008 Mr. Wit agreed to convert this Convertible Note into a private placement of Convertible Debentures, which Convertible Debentures are due on December 16, 2010.

On August 29, 2008, we sold, $2,270,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 4,540,000 shares of our common stock to four accredited investors including Mr. Wit our Chief Executive Officer as discussed above, and one of our

 

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Directors. The Convertible Notes bear interest at 10% and are due on August 29, 2010. As part of the transaction Cornelis Wit, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Guus van Kesteren, Director, purchased $1,770,000 and $150,000, respectively, principal amount of notes, which are convertible into 3,540,000 shares and 300,000 shares, respectively, and received 3,540,000 and 300,000 warrants, respectively. Interest expense incurred and payable to Directors and Officers of the Company in connection with the Convertible Note totaled $65,753 through December 31, 2008.

On December 16, 2008, we sold, $5,075,000 principal amount Convertible Debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Debenture Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 10,150,000 shares of our common stock to eleven accredited investors including Mr. Wit our Chief Executive Officer, as discussed above, and Mr. Smith our Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Johnson our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Linares our Chief Financial Officer and two members of our Board of Directors, Mr. Veatch and Mr. van Kesteren. The Convertible Debentures bear interest at 12% and are due on December 16, 2010. As part of the transaction Cornelis Wit, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Guus van Kesteren, Director, purchased $4,350,000 and $160,000, respectively, principal amount of Debentures, which are convertible into 8,700,000 shares and 320,000 shares, respectively, and received 8,700,000 and 320,000 warrants, respectively. As a result, Mr. Wit and Mr. van Kesteren are considered to be beneficial owners of approximately 30% and 5%, respectively, of our issued and outstanding and issuable upon conversion shares of common stock. Noesis Capital Corp. placement agent for the sale of our securities in various offerings since 1999 converted $100,000 in promissory notes and received 200,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. Atlantic Balanced Fund, a fund managed by Mentor Capital of which Fernando Montero, a director of OmniComm, is president, director and sole shareholder, converted $200,000 that was originally invested into a round of financing of Secured Convertible Debentures in February 2008 and received 400,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company. Mr. Montero is considered to be the beneficial owner of approximately 10% of our issued and outstanding and issuable upon conversion shares of our common stock. Additionally the following officers and directors invested in the Convertible Debentures: Mr. Smith $5,000, Mr. Johnson, $25,000, Mr. Veatch $15,000 and Mr. Linares $125,000. The officers and directors received 10,000, 50,000, 30,000 and 250,000 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, respectively Interest expense incurred and payable to Directors and Officers of the Company in connection with the Convertible Note totaled $26,196 through December 31, 2008.

During the year ended December 31, 2008 we have incurred $216,810 in interest expense payable to related parties.

FINANCIAL ADVISORY AGREEMENT

During December 2006, the Company extended its financial advisory agreement with Noesis Capital. Under the agreement Noesis Capital will assist the Company in performing certain financial advisory services including the sale of securities, and the possible sale, merger or other business combination involving the Company. Pursuant to this agreement, the Company is obligated to pay $90,000 in professional fees annually. The amendment changed the termination date of the agreement to December 31, 2009.

 

NOTE 13: POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The Company does not have a policy to cover employees for any health care or other welfare benefits that are incurred after employment (post-retirement). Therefore, no provision is required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions” or Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 112, “Employers’ Accounting for Post-employment Benefits – an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 5 and 43”.

 

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NOTE 14: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Our authorized capital stock consists of 150,000,000 shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share, of which 5,000,000 shares have been designated as 5% Series A Preferred, 230,000 shares have been designated as Series B Preferred Stock and 747,500 shares have been designated as Series C Preferred Stock.

As of December 31, 2008 we had the following outstanding securities:

 

   

76,579,951 shares of common stock issued and outstanding;

 

   

22,717,757 warrants issued and outstanding to purchase shares of our common stock;

 

   

4,125,224 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding,

 

   

-0- shares of our Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding;

 

   

-0- shares of our Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding;

 

   

12% Convertible Debentures; and

 

   

10% Convertible Notes.

Common Stock

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote. Holders of our voting securities do not have cumulative voting rights. Holders of common stock are entitled to share in all dividends that the Board of Directors, in its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, subject to the preferences of the Series A Preferred Stockholders, Series B Preferred Stock holders and Series C Preferred Stockholders, each outstanding share of common stock entitles its holder to participate in all assets that remain after payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the common stock.

Holders of common stock have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption provisions for the common stock. The rights of the holders of common stock are subject to any rights that may be fixed for holders of preferred stock, when and if any preferred stock is outstanding. All outstanding shares of common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

From February 2007 through March 2007, we sold an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock to three accredited investors resulting in gross proceeds of $2,500,000. This private placement was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D. Fernando Montero, who was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors on July 27, 2007, purchased 500,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $0.50 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $250,000. In addition, Atlantic Balanced Fund, a corporation formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“ABF”) purchased 2,500,000 shares of our common stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $1,250,000. Mentor Capital Corporation is the fund manager for ABF and has voting and dispositive control over the shares held by ABF. Mr. Montero is the president, director and sole owner of Mentor Capital Corporation and may be considered the beneficial owner of the 2,500,000 shares held by ABF. The Company did not use a placement agent for this offering and accordingly no financial advisory or placement commissions were paid.

From September 2007 through December 2007, we sold an aggregate of 2,081,773 shares of our common stock resulting in gross proceeds of $1,394,788. Other than Cornelis Wit, our President and Chief Executive Officer and a

 

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Director, and Noesis Capital Corp., placement agent for various offerings of our common stock since 1999, none of the investors were our affiliates. Noesis Capital Corp. converted financial advisory fees of $37,500 and placement agent fees totaling $160,748 into shares of our common stock as part of this private placement. Noesis Capital Corp, an NASD Member firm, acted as placement agent in the offering and as compensation therefore received a commission equal to 8% of the sales made for an aggregate fee of $95,873. Noesis also received a warrant to purchase at $0.67 per share, 5% of the shares sold, or 89,434 shares of our common stock, an estimated fair value of $40,749 was calculated for the warrants granted to Noesis Capital Corp. using the Binomial option pricing model.

Preferred stock

Our Board of Directors, without further stockholder approval, may issue preferred stock in one or more series from time to time and fix or alter the designations, relative rights, priorities, preferences, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of each series. In addition, the Board of Directors may fix and determine all privileges and rights of the authorized preferred stock series including:

 

   

dividend and liquidation preferences,

 

   

voting rights,

 

   

conversion privileges, and

 

   

redemption terms.

Our Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock which ranks senior to our common stock for the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation. In addition, our Board of Directors can fix limitations and restrictions, if any, upon the payment of dividends on our common stock to be effective while any shares of preferred stock are outstanding.

Series A Preferred Stock

In 1999, our Board of Directors designated 5,000,000 shares of our preferred stock as 5% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), of which 4,125,224 shares are issued and outstanding.

The designations, rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred include:

 

   

the shares are not redeemable,

 

   

each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of our common stock at any time at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $1.50 per share, or if not so converted after one year from issuance, at any time at our option if the closing bid price of our common stock has exceeded $3.00 for 20 consecutive trading days, our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market or other national stock exchange, and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock are registered under a registration statement,

 

   

the conversion price has certain anti-dilution protections for any stock splits, stock dividends, and corporate reorganizations, and certain other corporate transactions and issuances of securities at below the applicable conversion price per share. The Series A Preferred Stockholders have waived their rights to an anti-dilution adjustment reducing their conversion price as a result of the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock,

 

   

the shares of Series A Preferred Stock pay a cumulative dividend at a rate of 5% per annum based on the stated value of $1.00 per share, payable when and as declared by the Board of Directors, or upon conversion or liquidation. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have priority to our common stock and are junior to Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock. At our option, dividends can be paid in cash or shares of common stock valued at the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock,

 

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in the event of our liquidation or winding up, each share of Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference equal to $1.00 per share,

 

   

the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of our common stock, on the basis of one vote for each share of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

There were cumulative arrearages of $1,329,906 and $1,122,944, or $0.31 and $0.26 per share, on the Series A Preferred Stock for undeclared dividends as of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

The Company has 135,000 shares of its 5% Series A Preferred stock that have been converted by the shareholders into shares of our common stock. Pursuant to Delaware General Corporate Law, once the Company has a positive net worth, the cumulative dividends would be payable in either cash or in shares of our common stock upon the declaration of dividends by our board of directors.

In addition, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock were granted certain demand and piggy-back registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

Series B Preferred Stock

In August 2001, our Board of Directors designated 200,000 shares of our preferred stock as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”). A Corrected Certificate of Designations was filed on February 7, 2002 with the Delaware Secretary of State increasing the number of shares authorized as Series B Preferred Stock to 230,000 shares, of which -0- shares are issued and outstanding.

The designations, rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock include:

 

   

the stated value of each share is $10.00 per share,

 

   

the shares are not redeemable,

 

   

each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of our common stock at the option of the holder at any time commencing January 31, 2002 at the option of the holder at $0.25 per share, as adjusted, and the shares automatically convert, subject to limitations based on trading volume, into shares of our common stock at $0.25 per share at such time as we complete a public offering raising proceeds in excess of $25 million at an offering price of at least $0.75 per share. We may require all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to convert in the event the closing bid price of our common stock exceeds $0.50 for 20 consecutive trading days, and our common stock has been listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market or other comparable national stock exchange or the OTC Bulletin board and a registration statement registering the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock has been declared effective,

 

   

the conversion price has certain anti-dilution protections for any stock splits, stock dividends, and corporate reorganizations, and certain other corporate transactions and issuances of securities at below the applicable conversion price per share or market value of the common stock,

 

   

the shares of Series B Preferred Stock pay a cumulative dividend at a rate of 8% per annum based on the stated value of $10.00 per share, payable when and as declared by the Board of Directors, or upon conversion or liquidation. At our option, dividends can be paid in cash or shares of common stock valued at the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock,

 

   

each share of Series B Preferred Stock will rank senior to our Series A Preferred and pari passu with our Series C Preferred Stock,

 

   

in the event of our liquidation or winding up, each share of Series B Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference equal to $10.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends, and

 

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(continued)

 

   

the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, together with the holders of our common stock, on the basis of one vote for each share of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock,

There were cumulative arrearages of $609,904 and $600,151, or $3.05 and $3.00 per share, on the Series B Preferred Stock dividends as of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

The Company has 200,000 shares of its Series B Preferred stock that have been converted by the shareholders into shares of our common stock. Pursuant to Delaware General Corporate Law, once the Company has a positive net worth, the cumulative dividends would be payable in either cash or in shares of our common stock upon the declaration of dividends by our board of directors.

In addition, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock were granted certain mandatory and piggy-back registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and are entitled to vote one member to our Board of Directors.

Series C Preferred Stock

In March 2002, our Board of Directors designated 747,500 shares of our preferred stock as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of which -0- shares are issued and outstanding.

The designations, rights and preferences of the Series C Preferred Stock include:

 

   

the stated value of each share is $10.00 per share,

 

   

the shares are not redeemable,

 

   

each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible at any time, at the option of the holder, into a number of shares of common stock determined by dividing the stated value per share of the Series C Preferred Stock by $0.25, which is the Series C Conversion Price. The Series C Preferred Stock will automatically convert, subject to limitations based on trading volume, into shares of our common stock upon a public offering of our securities raising gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000 at a per share price greater than 2.5 times the Series C Conversion Price per share, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or other similar transaction. In addition, the Series C Preferred Stock will automatically convert into shares of our common stock at the Series C Conversion Price at such time as the closing bid price for our common stock has traded at two times the then prevailing Series C Conversion Price for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, provided that (i) a public trading market exists for our common stock on a national securities exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market, or the over the counter market; and (ii) the Conversion Shares have been registered for resale and are not subject to any lock-up and the number of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock which can be converted in any 30-day period will be limited to the number of shares of common stock underlying the Series C Preferred Stock equal to 10 times the average daily trading volume during the 20-day look-back period set forth above,

 

   

the conversion price has certain anti-dilution protections for any stock splits, stock dividends, and corporate reorganizations, and certain other corporate transactions and issuances of securities at below the applicable conversion price per share or market value of the common stock,

 

   

the shares of Series C Preferred Stock pay a cumulative dividend at a rate of 8% per annum based on the stated value of $10.00 per share, payable when and as declared by the Board of Directors, or upon conversion or liquidation. At our option, dividends can be paid in cash or shares of common stock valued at the conversion price of the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

   

each share of Series C Preferred Stock will rank pari passu with our Series B Preferred Stock and senior to our Series A Preferred Stock,

 

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in the event of our liquidation or winding up, each share of Series C Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference equal to $10.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends, and

 

   

the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, together with the holders of our common stock, on the basis of one vote for each share of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock.

There were cumulative arrearages of $1,469,593 and $1,402,348, or $4.36 and $4.16 per share, on the Series C Preferred Stock for undeclared dividends as of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

The Company has 337,150 shares of its Series C Preferred stock that have been converted by the shareholders into shares of our common stock. Pursuant to Delaware General Corporate Law, once the Company has a positive net worth, the cumulative dividends would be payable in either cash or in shares of our common stock upon the declaration of dividends by our board of directors.

In addition, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock were granted certain mandatory and piggy-back registration rights covering the shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock and are entitled to vote two members to our Board of Directors.

The following table presents preferred dividends accreted for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and the per share effect of the preferred dividends if their effect was not anti-dilutive.

 

    

Dividends Accreted in

(dollars)

   Dividends per share
     Years ended December 31,    Years ended December 31,
     2007    2008    2007    2008

Preferred stock dividends in arrears Series A

   $ 210,574    $ 206,962    $ 0.05    $ 0.05

Preferred stock dividends in arrears Series B

   $ 39,467    $ 9,753    $ 0.80    $ 0.81

Preferred stock dividends in arrears Series C

   $ 269,720    $ 67,245    $ 0.80    $ 0.79

Warrants

We have issued and outstanding warrants to purchase a total of 22,717,757 shares of our common stock, including:

 

   

warrants to purchase 393,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share expiring May 2009 which were issued by us in connection with the Series C Preferred Stock offering, which warrants contain a cashless exercise provision. The holders of the warrants were granted certain mandatory and piggy-back registration rights covering the shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants.

 

   

warrants to purchase 328,400 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share expiring on dates ranging from May 2009 to September 2010 which were issued by us to the placement agent of two offerings of our common stock that were conducted during 2003.

 

   

warrants to purchase 270,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share expiring December 2009 which were issued by us in connection with a private placement of common stock that occurred during 2004, which warrants contain a cashless exercise provision and piggyback registration rights.

 

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(continued)

 

   

Warrants to purchase 185,356 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share expiring in March 2014 which were issued in connection with a private placement of common stock that was conducted in 2007.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 100,707 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share expiring in December 2012 which were issued in connection with a private placement of common stock that was conducted in 2007.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 222,458 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share expiring in February 2012 which were issued by us to the placement agent of an offering of our Secured Convertible Debentures in February 2008.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 264,706 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share expiring in June 2012 which were by us in connection with a private placement of our Convertible Notes in June 2008.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 3,563,130 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share expiring in February 2012 which were issued by us in connection with a private placement of our Secured Convertible Debentures in February 2008.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 2,650,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share expiring in August 2012 which were issued by us in connection with an extension of Secured Convertible Debentures which occurred in August 2008.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 4,540,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share expiring in August 2012 which were issued by us in connection with a private placement of our Convertible Debentures in August 2008.

 

   

Warrants to purchase 10,200,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share expiring in December 2012 which were issued by us in connection with a private placement of our Secured Convertible Debentures in December 2008.

10% Convertible Notes

From February 1999 to May 1999, we issued 10% convertible notes (“10% Convertible Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $862,500. The 10% Convertible Notes pay 10% interest and were due and payable on June 2004. The holders have the right to convert the principal and interest amount into shares of our common stock at a rate of $1.25 per share. From 2000 to 2007, certain of the note holders converted an aggregate of $775,000 principal amount of the notes according to their terms into 1,456,638 shares of our common stock. In addition, the holders of the 10% Convertible Notes were granted certain demand and piggy-back registration rights for the shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of the 10% Convertible Notes.

Secured Convertible Debentures

On February 29, 2008, we sold an aggregate of $2,325,000 principal amount 10% Secured Convertible Debentures (the “Debentures”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 2,930,675 shares of our common stock exercisable at a price of $0.75 per share for four years subsequent to the closing of the transaction to 12 accredited investors. After paying certain fees and expenses of $181,280 in the aggregate (including payment to Emerging Growth Equities, Ltd., a broker dealer and member of FINRA who acted as the placement agent for this offering, of a commission and expense reimbursement aggregating $143,750), we received net proceeds of $2,156,220. We recorded debt acquisition costs of $261,365. The Debentures, which bear interest at 10% per annum, were due 6 months from their issuance date. The Debentures were convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.595 per share.

On August 29, 2008 the Company repaid $1,000,000 of the Debentures. The remaining $1,325,000 was extended pursuant to an Extension Agreement (the “Extension). The maturity date was changed to December 1, 2008. The

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

Debentures continued to bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum. In accordance with the Extension the conversion price of the Debentures was changed from $0.595 per share to $0.50 per share. Additionally, the exercise price on the Warrants was lowered from $0.75 per share to $0.60 per share. In conjunction with the lowering of the exercise price and the Extension the investors received an additional 3,282,455 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share for a period of four years after their extension. On December 1, 2008 the Company repaid $500,000 of the Debentures. Four investors agreed to convert the principal amounts due under the Debentures into a round of financing that was consummated on December 16, 2008. The principal amount converted by these four investors was $525,000. The remaining six investors agreed to extend the maturity date of their Debentures to January 31, 2009. The principal amount extended to January 31, 2009 was $300,000. The Debentures will bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum until their January 31, 2009 maturity date. The six investors received an additional 50,000 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share for a period of four years after their extension.

Convertible Debentures

On August 29, 2008, we sold, $2,270,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 4,540,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share before August 31, 2012 to four accredited investors including our Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors. We received net proceeds of $2,270,000. The Convertible Notes, which bear interest at 10% per annum, are due on August 29, 2010. The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.50 per share.

On December 16, 2008, we sold, $5,075,000 principal amount Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (the “Convertible Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 10,150,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share before August 31, 2012 to eleven accredited investors including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operation Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Financial Officer and four of our Directors. We received net proceeds of $5,075,000. The Convertible Notes, which bear interest at 12% per annum, are due on December 16, 2010. The Convertible Notes are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based upon a conversion rate of $0.50 per share.

Other Comprehensive Gain (Loss)

Due to the availability of net operating losses and related deferred tax valuations, there is no tax effect associated with any component of other comprehensive gain (loss). The following table lists the beginning balance, yearly activity and ending balance of the components of accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss).

 

     Foreign Currency
Translation
    Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Gain (Loss)
 

Balance January 1, 2007

   $ (2,041 )   $ (2,041 )

2007 Activity

     9,998       9,998  
                

Balance December 31, 2007

     7,957       7,957  

2008 Activity

     (6,968 )     (6,968 )
                

Balance December 31, 2008

   $ 989     $ 989  
                

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

NOTE 15: EMPLOYEE EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS

Stock Option Plan

Description of Stock Option Plan

In 1998, the Company’s Board of Directors and shareholders approved the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan of OmniComm Systems, Inc. (the “1998 Plan”). The 1998 Plan provides for granting Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Phantom Stock Unit Awards and Performance Share Units. Pursuant to the 1998 Plan, the Company may grant options to purchase up to 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The term of each option may not exceed ten years from the date of grant, and options vest in accordance with a vesting schedule established by the Plan administrator. As of December 31, 2008, substantially all of the Company’s employees were participating in the 1998 Plan.

The maximum term for any option grant under the 1998 Plan is ten years from the date of the grant; however, options granted under the 1998 Plan will generally expire ten years from the date of grant for most employees and seven years from the date of grant for officers and directors of the company. Options granted to employees generally vest either upon grant or in two installments with the first installment vesting 50% upon completion of one full year from date of grant and on an annual basis over the next year of the employee’s employment. The vesting period typically begins on the date of hire for new employees and on the date of grant for existing employees.

At December 31, 2008, there were 1,502,230 shares available for grant as options or other forms of share-based compensation under the 1998 Plan.

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the 1998 Plan:

 

     Number
of Shares
    Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
(per share)
    Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in Years)
   Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
in (000’s)

Outstanding at December 31, 2007

   9,320,270     $ 0.43       

Granted

   3,472,500       0.55       

Exercised

   (602,500 )     (0.35 )     

Forfeited/cancelled/expired

   (1,192,500 )     (0.55 )     
                   

Outstanding at December 31, 2008

   10,997,770     $ 0.46     4.18    $ 247
                   

Vested and exercisable at December 31, 2008

   6,909,270     $ 0.39     2.53    $ 155
                   

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price at fiscal year end and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2008. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised, the difference between the closing stock price on the date of exercise and the exercise price, for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were $165,350 and $270,926, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The total fair value of shares vested for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were:

 

Fair value of options vested during the year ended December 31, 2007

   $ 558,793

Fair value of options vested during the year ended December 31, 2008

   $ 1,035,664

Cash received from stock option exercises for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was $7,753 and $113,267, respectively. Due to the Company’s net loss position, no windfall tax benefit has been realized during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

The following table summarizes information concerning options outstanding at December 31, 2008:

 

     Options
Outstanding
in (000’s)
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
(per share)
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life

(in Years)
   Options
Exercisable
in (000’s)

Exercise Price range (per share):

           

$ 0.00 - $ 0.25

   2,877    $ 0.25    2.6    2,462

$ 0.28 - $ 0.45

   1,810      0.33    4.4    1,730

$ 0.48 - $ 2.75

   6,311      0.59    4.9    2,717
                     
   10,998    $ 0.46    4.18    6,909
                     

The weighted average fair value (per share) of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2008, and December 31, 2007 using the American Binomial option-pricing model was $0.35 and $0.50, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recognized total stock-based compensation expense of $1,360,393 related to stock option and other share-based awards made from its equity compensation plan, including $24,000 of stock-based compensation related to restricted stock grants.

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recognized total stock-based compensation expense of $1,018,323 related to stock option and other share-based awards made from its equity compensation plan, including $37,500 of stock-based compensation related to restricted stock grants.

Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for those plans under the recognition and measurement provisions of APB No. 25. Accordingly, the Company generally recognized compensation expense only when it granted options with an exercise price below the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock.

Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006, the Company applied the intrinsic value-based method of accounting prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations including Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation: An Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25” (issued in March 2000), to account for its fixed plan stock options. Under this method, compensation expense was recorded on the date of grant only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price. SFAS No. 123 and SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure” (an amendment to SFAS No. 123), established accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair value-based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. As permitted by the accounting standards, the Company had elected to continue to apply the intrinsic value-based method of accounting described above, and had adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148. The Company amortized deferred compensation on a graded vesting methodology in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 28, “Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable Stock Award Plans.”

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

As a result of adopting SFAS No. 123(R), the impact to the Company’s net loss for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, was $1,321,004 and $980,823 greater, respectively, than if the Company had continued to account for its stock options under APB No. 25. The table below gives effect to the impact of SFAS No. 123(R) on the Company’s Statement of Operations.

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2007     2008  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders (as reported)

   $ (5,773,469 )   $ (10,878,521 )

Salary expense recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 123(R)

     (980,823 )     (1,321,004 )
                

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders (adjusted)

     (4,792,646 )     (9,557,517 )
                

Net (loss) per share, basic and diluted (as reported)

   $ (0.10 )   $ (0.15 )
                

Net (loss) per share, basic and diluted (adjusted)

   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.13 )
                

Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     55,545,968       71,789,073  
                

Basis for Fair Value Estimate of Share-Based Payments

Based on analysis of its historical volatility, the Company expects that the future volatility of its share price is likely to be similar to the historical volatility the Company experienced since the Company’s commercialization activities were initiated during the second half of 2000. The Company used a volatility calculation utilizing the Company’s own historical volatility to estimate its future volatility for purposes of valuing the share-based payments granted during fiscal 2007 and 2008. Actual volatility, and future changes in estimated volatility, may differ substantially from the Company’s current estimates.

The Company utilizes the historical data available regarding employee and director exercise activity to calculate an expected life of the options. The table below presents the weighted average expected life in years of options granted under the Plan as described above. The risk-free rate of the stock options is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant, which corresponds with the expected term of the option granted.

The following table summarizes weighted average grant date fair value activity for the 1998 Plan:

 

     Weighted
Average Grant-Date
Fair Value
     2007    2008

Stock options granted during the year ended December 31,

   $ 0.50    $ 0.35

Stock options vested during the year ended December 31,

   $ 0.39    $ 0.43

Stock options forfeited during the year ended December 31,

   $ 0.40    $ 0.45

During the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 2,388,333 and 1,423,336 stock options vested, respectively. The aggregate fair value of the vested options was $1,035,664 and $558,793, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The fair value of share-based payments was estimated using the American Binomial option pricing model with the following assumptions and weighted average fair values for grants made during the periods indicated.

 

     Stock Options for
Year Ended December 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Risk-free interest rate

     1.37 %     4.35 %

Dividend yield

     0 %     0 %

Expected volatility

     81.7 %     92.1 %

Expected life of options (years)

     5.0       6.0  

Weighted average fair value of grants (per option)

   $ 0.35     $ 0.50  

A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested shares as of December 31, 2007, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2008 is as follows:

 

     Shares    Weighted
Average Grant-Date

Fair Value

Nonvested Shares at January 1, 2008

   3,079,333    $ 0.45

Nonvested Shares at December 31, 2008

   4,088,500    $ 0.38

As of December 31, 2008, approximately $1,323,393 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.94 years.

 

NOTE 16: INCOME TAXES

The tax expense (benefit) for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% to income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes as follows:

 

     12/31/07     12/31/08  

Current tax expense (benefit):

    

Income tax at statutory rates

   $ -0-     $ -0-  
                

Deferred tax expense (benefit):

    

Bad debt allowance

     (-0- )     (55,823 )

Operating loss carryforward

     (1,607,886 )     (2,289,991 )

Patent litigation settlement

     -0-       (816,753 )
                
     (1,607,886 )     (3,162,567 )
                

Valuation allowance

     1,607,886       3,162,567  
                

Total tax expense (benefit)

   $ -0-     $ -0-  
                

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

     12/31/07     12/31/08  

Deferred tax assets:

    

Amortization of intangibles

   $ 283,698     $ 283,698  

Bad debt allowance

     -0-       55,823  

Patent litigation liability accrual

     -0-       816,753  

Operating loss carryforwards

     10,512,958       12,137,829  
                

Gross deferred tax assets

     10,796,656       13,294,103  
          

Valuation allowance

     (10,796,656 )     (13,294,103 )
                

Net deferred tax asset

   $ -0-     $ -0-  
                

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The Company has net operating loss carryforwards (NOL) for income tax purposes of approximately $34,502,000. This loss is allowed to be offset against future income until the year 2028 when the NOL’s will expire. Other timing differences relate to depreciation and amortization for the stock acquisition of Education Navigator in 1998. The tax benefits relating to all timing differences have been fully reserved for in the valuation allowance account due to the lack of operating history and the substantial losses incurred through December 31, 2008.

 

NOTE 17: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 9, 2009, we entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with DataSci, LLC (“DataSci”) which relates to a lawsuit filed on June 18, 2008 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by DataSci against OmniComm alleging infringement of a U.S. Patent No. 6,496,827 B2 entitled “Methods and Apparatus for the Centralized Collection and Validation of Geographically Distributed Clinical Study Data with Verification of Input Data to the Distributed System” (“Licensed Patent”) claimed to be owned by DataSci. Pursuant to the Settlement and License Agreement, the parties agreed to enter into a Stipulated Order of Dismissal of the lawsuit filed by DataSci and DataSci granted us a worldwide, non-exclusive non-transferable right and license under the Licensed Patent the subject of the claim and the right to sublicense TrialMaster on a technology Transfer and Technology Transition basis. The license expressly excludes the right to make, use, sell, import, market, distribute, oversee the operation of, or service systems covered by a claim (if any) of the Licensed Patent to the extent such systems are used for creating and managing source documentation and conducting remote data validation in clinical trial studies using a tablet PC with stylus, touch screen device, digitizing tablet, digitizer pen, or similar mobile processing device (“Digitizing Device”), wherein the source documentation is electronic and is completed using a Digitizing Device. Under the terms of the license, we are obligated to pay royalties quarterly for sales of Licensed Products, as defined therein, from January 1, 2009 until the expiration of the Licensed Patent equal to two percent (2%) of OmniComm’s annual Gross Revenues or, alternatively, the annual minimum royalty payment(s), whichever is greater, during any calendar year as follows: 2009 - $130,000; 2010 - $200,000; 2011 - $300,000; and 2012 - until expiration of the Licensed Patent - $450,000 per year. The Licensed Patent is scheduled to expire in 2017. In addition to the cash consideration the Company has issued a warrant for 1,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $.01 per share. The warrant has been granted for past use of the Licensed Patent. The warrant can be exercised by DataSci in month 24 or upon its sole discretion induce the Company to pay $300,000 in cash in lieu of exercising the warrant.

As part of this transaction the Company recorded a liability in the amount of $2,170,481 and a corresponding charge to its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2008. The recorded liability corresponds to the guaranteed payments stipulated in the Settlement and License Agreement including the guaranteed minimum payment associated with the warrant that was granted to DataSci. The present value of the aggregate guaranteed payments was calculated using a discount rate equal to the cost of capital the Company experienced during the second half of 2008 which is 12%.

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.8    Form of Debenture dated August 29, 2008
4.9    Form of Warrant dated August 29, 2008
10.24    Amendment dated August 29, 2008 by and between OmniComm Systems, Inc. and Gemini Master Fund, Ltd.
21    Subsidiaries of the Company
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

EXHIBIT 4.8

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

No.  08-03-01    US $xxx,xxx.xx

O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC .

10% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE SERIES 08

DUE August 29, 2010

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC . , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), promises to pay to XXXXXXX, the registered holder hereof (the “Holder”), the principal sum of XXXXXXXX and 00/100 Dollars (US $xxx,xxx.xx) on August 29, 2010 (the “Maturity Date”) and to pay interest on the principal sum outstanding from time to time in arrears at the rate of 10% per annum, accruing from August 29, 2008 the date of initial issuance of this Debenture (the “Issue Date”), on the date (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) which is the earlier of (i) the next Conversion Date (as defined below), (ii) the date which is three months from the Issue Date and every three months thereafter, or (iii) the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Interest shall accrue monthly (pro-rated on a daily basis for any period longer or shorter than a month) from the later of the Issue Date or the previous Interest Payment Date and shall be payable, subject to the other provisions of this Debenture, in cash or in Common Stock. If not paid in full on an Interest Payment Date, interest shall be fully cumulative and shall accrue on a daily basis, based on a 365-day year, monthly or until paid, whichever is earlier. Additional provisions regarding the payment of interest are provided in Section 4(D) below (the terms of which shall govern as if this sentence were not included in this Debenture).

This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

1. The Debentures will initially be issued in denominations determined by the Company, but are exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer or exchange.

 

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2. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from all payments of principal of, and interest on, this Debenture any amounts required to be withheld under the applicable provisions of the United States income tax laws or other applicable laws at the time of such payments, and Holder shall execute and deliver all required documentation in connection therewith.

3. This Debenture has been issued subject to investment representations of the original purchaser hereof and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and other applicable state and foreign securities laws. In the event of any proposed transfer of this Debenture, the Company may require, prior to issuance of a new Debenture in the name of such other person, that it receive reasonable transfer documentation that is sufficient to evidence that such proposed transfer complies with the Act and other applicable state and foreign securities laws and the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Company’s Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture be overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

4. A. (i) At any time on or after the Issue Date and prior to the time this Debenture is paid in full in accordance with its terms (including, without limitation, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, as defined below, or, if the Debenture is not fully paid or converted after the Maturity Date), the Holder of this Debenture is entitled, at its option, subject to the following provisions of this Section 4, to convert this Debenture at any time into shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company at the Conversion Price (as defined below). Any such conversion is referred to as a “Voluntary Conversion.”

 

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(ii) On the Maturity Date the Company shall pay the principal and accrued interest (through the actual date of payment) of any portion of this Debenture which is then outstanding.

(iii) For purposes of this Debenture, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

“Conversion Price” means the Fixed Conversion Price or the Interest Conversion Price, as the case may be.

“Fixed Conversion Price” means $0.50 (which amount is subject to adjustment as provided herein)

“Interest Conversion Price” means (i) the VWAP for the ten (10) Regular Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately before the relevant Conversion Date, multiplied by (ii) ninety percent (90%).

“Regular Trading Day,” “Reporting Service,” “Trading Day,” and “VWAP” have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

“Conversion Date” means the date on which the Holder faxes or otherwise delivers a Notice of Conversion to the Company so that it is received by the Company on or before such specified date.

“Conversion Shares” has the meaning ascribed to in Section 4(H) hereof.

B. A Voluntary Conversion shall be effectuated by the Holder by faxing a notice of conversion (“Notice of Conversion”) to the Company as provided in this paragraph. The Notice of Conversion shall be executed by the Holder of this Debenture and shall evidence such Holder’s intention to convert this Debenture or a specified portion hereof in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A. Delivery of the Notice of Conversion shall be accepted by the Company by hand, mail or courier delivery at the address specified in said Exhibit A or at the facsimile number specified in said Exhibit A (each of such address or facsimile number may be changed by notice given to the Holder in the manner provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

 

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C. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in no event (except (i) as specifically provided herein as an exception to this provision, or (ii) while there is outstanding a tender offer for any or all of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock) shall the Holder be entitled to convert any portion of this Debenture, or shall the Company have the obligation to convert such Debenture (and the Company shall not have the right to pay interest hereon in shares of Common Stock) to the extent that, after such conversion or issuance of stock in payment of interest, the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted portion of the Debentures or other convertible securities or of the unexercised portion of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock), and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Debentures with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (after taking into account the shares to be issued to the Holder upon such conversion). For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such sentence. Nothing herein shall preclude the Holder from disposing of a sufficient number of other shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder so as to thereafter permit the continued conversion of this Debenture.

D. (i) Subject to the terms of Section 4(C) and to the other terms of this Section 4(D), interest on the principal amount of this Debenture payable on an Interest Payment Date shall be due and payable, at the option of the Holder, in cash or in shares of Common Stock on the Interest Payment Date.

(ii) If the interest payable hereunder is to be paid in cash, the Company shall make such payment within three (3) Trading Days after the Interest Payment Date.

(iii) If interest is to be paid in Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock to be received shall be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the interest by the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

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E. Anything in the other provisions of this Debenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not have the right to prepay any or all of the outstanding principal of this Debenture, without the prior written consent of the Holder in each instance (which consent may be withheld for any reason or no reason, in the sole discretion of the Holder).

F. (i) The following provisions apply to the issuances of Common Stock in payment of the amounts due under this Debenture, whether as principal or interest, as provided in the preceding provisions of this Section 4.

(ii) No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but the number of shares issuable shall be rounded to the nearest whole share.

(iii) All shares issuable with respect to a Conversion Date or an Interest Payment Date shall be deemed “Conversion Shares” for all purposes of this Debenture. Certificates representing the relevant Conversion Shares (“Conversion Certificates”) will be delivered to the Holder at the address specified in the relevant Notice of Conversion. which address the Holder may change from time to time, via express courier, by electronic transfer or otherwise, within three (3) Trading Days (such third Trading Day, the “Delivery Date”) after the relevant Conversion Date. The Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of the shares issuable to it in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Debenture on the Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be.

G. Except as may specified in a specific provision of this Debenture, any payments under this Debenture shall be applied in the following order of priority: (i) first to amounts due to the Holder for accrued but unpaid interest on this Debenture; and (ii) then, to principal of this Debenture in the inverse order of maturity.

5. No provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency or where contemplated

 

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herein in shares of its Common Stock, as applicable, as herein prescribed. This Debenture and all other Debentures now or hereafter issued of similar terms are direct obligations of the Company.

6. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or the interest on, this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

7. All payments contemplated hereby to be made “in cash” shall be made in immediately available good funds of United States of America currency by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Holder to the Company (which account may be changed by notice similarly given). All payments of cash and each delivery of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder as contemplated hereby shall be made to the Holder at the address last appearing on the Debenture Register of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder from time to time; except that the Holder can designate, by notice to the Company, a different delivery address for any one or more specific payments or deliveries.

8. If, for as long as this Debenture remains outstanding, the Company enters into a merger (other than where the Company is the surviving entity) or consolidation with another corporation or other entity or a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another person (collectively, a “Sale”), the Company will require, in the agreements reflecting such transaction, that the surviving entity expressly assume the obligations of the Company hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company enters into a Sale and the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to receive stock, securities or property in respect of or in exchange for Common Stock, then as a condition of such Sale, the Company and any such successor, purchaser or transferee will agree that the Debenture may thereafter be converted on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth above into the kind and

 

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amount of stock, securities or property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Debenture might have been converted immediately before such merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, subject to adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable. In the event of any such proposed Sale, (i) the Holder hereof shall have the right to convert by delivering a Notice of Conversion to the Company within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice of such Sale from the Company, except that Section 4(C) shall not apply to such conversion.

9. If, at any time while any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, the Company spins off or otherwise divests itself of a part of its business or operations or disposes of all or of a part of its assets in a transaction (the “Spin Off”) in which the Company, in addition to or in lieu of any other compensation received and retained by the Company for such business, operations or assets, causes securities of another entity (the “Spin Off Securities”) to be issued to security holders of the Company, the Company shall cause (i) to be reserved Spin Off Securities equal to the number thereof which would have been issued to the Holder had all of the Holder’s Debentures outstanding on the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the amount and number of Spin Off Securities to be issued to security holders of the Company (the “Outstanding Debentures”) been converted as of the close of business on the Trading Day immediately before the Record Date (the “Reserved Spin Off Shares”), and (ii) to be issued to the Holder on the conversion of all or any of the Outstanding Debentures, such amount of the Reserved Spin Off Shares equal to (x) the Reserved Spin Off Shares multiplied by (y) a fraction, of which (I) the numerator is the principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures then being converted, and (II) the denominator is the principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures.

10. If, at any time while any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, the Company effectuates a stock split or reverse stock split of its Common Stock or issues a dividend on its Common Stock consisting of shares of Common Stock, the prices used in determining the Conversion Price from dates prior to such action or and any other fixed amounts calculated as contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Agreements shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such action.

 

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11. The Holder of the Debenture, by acceptance hereof, agrees that this Debenture is being acquired for investment and that such Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of this Debenture or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof except under circumstances which will not result in a violation of the Act or any applicable state Blue Sky or foreign laws or similar laws relating to the sale of securities.

12. This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida for contracts to be wholly performed in such state and without giving effect to the principles thereof regarding the conflict of laws. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the County of Broward or the state courts of the State of Florida sitting in the County of Broward in connection with any dispute arising under this Debenture and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non coveniens , to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions. To the extent determined by such court, the Company shall reimburse the Holder for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Holder in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under any of this Debenture.

13. JURY TRIAL WAIVER. The Company and the Holder hereby waive a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the Parties hereto against the other in respect of any matter arising out of or in connection with this Debenture.

14. A. The term “Change in Control” means the transaction or series of transactions occurring after the Issue Date which result in one or more third parties (collectively, the “Acquiror”) acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of either (i) the voting rights of stockholders of the Company or (ii) the fair market value of the assets of the Company (and for such purposes the assets of Subsidiaries shall be considered assets of the Company).

 

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B. If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, there is a Change in Control, the Holder will have the right at any time thereafter, by written notice to the Company (the “Change in Control Demand Notice”), to demand payment in full of the outstanding principal of this Debenture together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon. The Company will be obligated to pay such amount (with interest calculated through the actual date of payment; such total, the “Change in Control Redemption Amount” ) by the date (the “Change in Control Redemption Due Date”) which is five (5) Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of the Change in Control Demand Notice.

C. (i) The Change in Control Redemption Amount shall be payable in cash, except as provided in clause (ii) of this subparagraph 14(C).

(ii) If, but only if, no later than the Change in Control Redemption Due Date, the Company can deliver to the Holder registered shares of Common Stock which the Holder can resell without restriction, the Company may elect to pay the Control Redemption Amount in such shares. The number of shares to be so delivered shall be equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares equal to the outstanding principal of the Debenture divided by the Fixed Conversion Price in effect on the Change in Control Redemption Date (or earlier payment date), plus (y) the number of shared equal to the accrued but unpaid interest being paid divided by the Interest Conversion in effect on the Change in Control Redemption Date (or earlier payment date); provided, however, that the provisions of Section 4(C) hereof shall apply to the number of shares issuable to the Holder.

15. The term “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

 

  a. The Company shall default in the payment of principal or interest on this Debenture or any other amount due hereunder (including payment of a Change in Control Redemption Amount or a Redemption Amount, as defined below) when due and such default, except with respect to a Change in Control Redemption Amount or a Redemption Amount, shall continue for a period of five (5) Trading Days; or

 

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  b. Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein, or in any certificate or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Debenture or the Securities Purchase Agreement shall be false or misleading in any material respect at the time made; or

 

  c. The Company fails to authorize or to cause its Transfer Agent to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Debenture (provided, however, that for purposes of this provision, such failure to cause the Transfer Agent to issue such shares shall not be deemed to occur until two (2) Trading Days after the Delivery Date), fails to transfer or to cause its Transfer Agent to transfer any certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of this Debenture and when required by this Debenture, and such transfer is otherwise lawful, or fails to remove any restrictive legend on any certificate or fails to cause its Transfer Agent to remove such restricted legend, in each case where such removal is lawful, as and when required by this Debenture, and any such failure shall continue uncured for ten (10) Trading Days; or

 

  d. The Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any material respect, any other covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of any Debenture (other than a failure to pay money) and such failure shall continue uncured for a period of ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt written notice from the Holder of such failure; or

 

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The Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any material respect, any covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company and such failure, if capable of being cured, shall continue uncured for a

 

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period of ten (10) days after the Holder gives the Company written notice thereof (but if not capable of being cured, such thirty day period shall be deemed expired immediately upon the giving of such notice); or

 

  f. The Company shall (1) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature; (2) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; or (3) apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property or business; or

 

  g. A trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of its property or business without its consent and shall not be discharged within sixty (60) days after such appointment; or

 

  h. Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental agency shall assume custody or control of the whole or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company and shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days thereafter; or

 

  i. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars in the aggregate shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or other assets and shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days or in any event later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or

 

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Bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company and, if instituted

 

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against the Company, shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days after such institution or the Company shall by any action or answer approve of, consent to, or acquiesce in any such proceedings or admit the material allegations of, or default in answering a petition filed in any such proceeding; or

 

  k. The Company shall have its Common Stock suspended from trading on, or delisted from, the Principal Trading Market for in excess of ten (10) Trading Days.

(ii) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, then,

(x) unless and until such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default), at the option of the Holder and in the Holder’s sole discretion, but without further notice from the Holder, the unpaid amount of this Debenture, computed as of such date, will bear interest at the rate (the “Default Rate”) equal to eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the highest rate allowed by law, whichever is lower, from the date of the Event of Default to until and including the date actually paid; and any partial payments shall be applied as provided in Section 4(I) hereof; and

(y) at any time thereafter, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default), at the option of the Holder and in the Holder’s sole discretion, the Holder may elect to redeem all or part of the Unconverted Debenture (as defined below) on the terms provided in Section 16 hereof.

16. A. The Company acknowledges that if there is an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to immediately redeem all or any part of the outstanding portion of this Debenture for an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined

 

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below). The Redemption Amount shall be paid in cash by the Company to the Holder. The Redemption Amount shall be applied in the priority provided in Section 4(I) hereof.

B. For purposes of this Debenture, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

“Unconverted Debenture” means the principal amount of this Debenture which has not been converted as of the relevant date.

“Redemption Payment Date” means the date on which the Company actually pays the Redemption Amount.

“Redemption Amount” means the amount equal to:

 

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V

  x
    
   CP  

where:

“V” means the principal of an Unconverted Debenture plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon;

“CP” means the Conversion Price in effect on the date (the “Redemption Notice Date”) of the Redemption Notice (as defined below); provided, however, if the Redemption Amount is not paid in full on or before the Redemption Due Date, “CP” means the lower of (x) the Conversion Price in effect on the Redemption Notice Date or (y) the lowest Conversion Price in effect during the period commencing on the Redemption Due Date and ending on the Redemption Payment Date; and

“M” means the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Redemption Notice Date and ending on the Redemption Payment Date.

 

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C. The Holder of an Unconverted Debenture may elect to redeem a portion of such Unconverted Debenture without electing to redeem the balance of the Unconverted Debenture. The Holder’s option to redeem all or part of the Unconverted Debenture shall be exercised by the Holder giving written notice of the exercise of this provision by the Holder (a “Redemption Notice”) at any time after a relevant Event of Default has occurred but before such Event of Default is cured. The Redemption Notice shall specify (a) the date (the “Redemption Due Date”) on which the Redemption Amount shall be paid, which date shall be at least five (5) Trading Days after the date (a “Redemption Notice Date”) on which the Holder Redemption Notice is given, and (b) the wire instructions for the account to which the Redemption Amount is to be paid; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to accelerate the date of such payment.

D. If all of the Unconverted Debentures are being redeemed pursuant to this Section 16, then, upon payment in full of the Redemption Amount for all of the Unconverted Debentures in accordance with the provisions of this Section 16, the Holder shall deliver the Debenture to the Company marked “paid in full”.

E. If the Redemption Amount is not timely paid by the Company, the Redemption Amount shall accrue interest at the Default Rate and the Holder may declare the Redemption Amount, together with such interest, due under this Debenture immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kinds, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything herein or in any note or other instruments contained to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Holder may immediately enforce any and all of the Holder’s rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the equitable remedy of specific performance and injunctive relief.

17. Nothing contained in this Debenture shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to receive dividends or to consent or receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company, unless and to the extent converted in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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19. In the event for any reason, any payment by or act of the Company or the Holder shall result in payment of interest which would exceed the limit authorized by or be in violation of the law of the jurisdiction applicable to this Debenture, then ipso facto the obligation of the Company to pay interest or perform such act or requirement shall be reduced to the limit authorized under such law, so that in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay any such interest, perform any such act or be bound by any requirement which would result in the payment of interest in excess of the limit so authorized. In the event any payment by or act of the Company shall result in the extraction of a rate of interest in excess of a sum which is lawfully collectible as interest, then such amount (to the extent of such excess not returned to the Company) shall, without further agreement or notice between or by the Company or the Holder, be deemed applied to the payment of principal, if any, hereunder immediately upon receipt of such excess funds by the Holder, with the same force and effect as though the Company had specifically designated such sums to be so applied to principal and the Holder had agreed to accept such sums as an interest- free prepayment of this Debenture. If any part of such excess remains after the principal has been paid in full, whether by the provisions of the preceding sentences of this Section or otherwise, such excess shall be deemed to be an interest-free loan from the Company to the Holder, which loan shall be payable immediately upon demand by the Company. The provisions of this Section shall control every other provision of this Debenture.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: August 29, 2008

O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC .

 

By:

 

 

  Ronald T. Linares
  (Print Name)
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Title)

 

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EXHIBIT 4.9

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

No.  08-03-xx

O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC .

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

CLASS 2008-3

1. Issuance . In consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC . , a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), xxxxxxxxx or registered assigns (the “Holder”) is hereby granted the right to purchase at any time, on or after the Issue Date (as defined below) until 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), XXXXXXXX (xxx,xxx) fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at an initial exercise price per share (the “Exercise Price”) of $0.60 per share, subject to further adjustment as set forth herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2008 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), to which the Company and Holder (or Holder’s predecessor in interest) are parties. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement. This Warrant was originally issued to the Holder or the Holder’s predecessor in interest on August 29, 2008 (the “Issue Date”).

2. Exercise of Warrants .

2.1 General .

(a) This Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time commencing on the Issue Date. Such exercise shall be effectuated by submitting to the Company (either by delivery to the Company or by facsimile transmission as provided in Section 8 hereof) a completed and duly executed Notice of Exercise (substantially in the form attached to this Warrant Certificate) as provided in the Notice of Exercise (or revised by notice given by the Company as contemplated by the Section headed “NOTICES” in the Securities Purchase Agreement). The date such Notice of Exercise is faxed to the Company shall be the “Exercise Date,” provided that, if such exercise represents the full exercise of the outstanding balance of the Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant tenders this Warrant Certificate to the Company within five (5) Trading Days thereafter. The Notice of Exercise shall be executed by the Holder of this Warrant and shall indicate (i) the number of shares then being purchased pursuant to such exercise and (ii) whether the exercise is a cashless exercise.

 

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(b) If the Notice of Exercise form elects a “cashless” exercise, the Holder shall thereby be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (w) the excess of the Current Market Value (as defined below) over the total cash exercise price of the portion of the Warrant then being exercised, divided by (x) the Market Price of the Common Stock. For the purposes of this Warrant, the terms (y) “Current Market Value” shall mean an amount equal to the Market Price of the Common Stock, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, and (z) “Market Price of the Common Stock” shall mean the average Closing Price of the Common Stock for the three (3) Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Exercise Date.

(c) If the Holder provides on the Notice of Exercise form that the Holder has elected a “cash” exercise (or if the cashless exercise referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph (b) is not available in accordance with its terms), the Exercise Price per share of Common Stock for the shares then being exercised shall be payable, at the election of the Holder, in cash or by certified or official bank check or by wire transfer in accordance with instructions provided by the Company at the request of the Holder.

(d) Upon the appropriate payment, if any, of the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased, together with the surrender of this Warrant Certificate (if required), the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so purchased. The Company shall deliver such certificates representing the Warrant Shares in accordance with the instructions of the Holder as provided in the Notice of Exercise (the certificates delivered in such manner, the “Warrant Share Certificates”) within three (3) Trading Days (such third Trading Day, a “Delivery Date”) of (i) with respect to a “cashless exercise,” the Exercise Date or the Automatic Exercise Date, as the case may be, or, (ii) with respect to a “cash” exercise, the later of the Exercise Date or the date the payment of the Exercise Price for the relevant Warrant Shares is received by the Company.

(e) The Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of the shares issuable to it in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.1 on the Exercise Date.

2.2 Limitation on Exercise . Notwithstanding the provisions of this Warrant, the Securities Purchase Agreement or of the other Transaction Agreements, in no event (except (i) as specifically provided in this Warrant as an exception to this provision, (ii) during the forty-five (45) day period prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) while there is outstanding a tender offer for any or all of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock) shall the Holder be entitled to exercise this Warrant, or shall the Company have the obligation to issue shares upon such exercise of all or any portion of this Warrant to the extent that, after such exercise the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unexercised portion of the Warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or through the ownership of the unconverted portion of convertible securities), and (2) the number of shares

 

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of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (after taking into account the shares to be issued to the Holder upon such exercise). For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such sentence. Nothing herein shall preclude the Holder from disposing of a sufficient number of other shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder so as to thereafter permit the continued exercise of this Warrant.

2.3 Automatic Exercise. If any portion of this Warrant remains unexercised as of the Expiration Date and the Market Price of the Common Stock as of the Expiration Date is greater than the applicable Exercise Price as of the Expiration Date, then, without further action by the Holder, this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised automatically on the date (the “Automatic Exercise Date”) which is the day immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date (or, in the event that the Expiration Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) as if the Holder had duly given a Notice of Exercise for a “cashless” exercise as contemplated by Section 2.1(b) hereof, and the Holder (or such other person or persons as directed by the Holder) shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on such Automatic Exercise Date. This Warrant shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Company on the Automatic Exercise Date by virtue of this Section 2.3 without any action by the Holder.

2.4 Certain Definitions . As used herein, the term “Expiration Date” means the date which is the last calendar day of the month in which the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date occurs.

3. Reservation of Shares . The Company hereby agrees that, at all times during the term of this Warrant, there shall be reserved for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant, one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of its Common Stock as shall be required for issuance of the Warrant Shares for the then unexercised portion of this Warrant. For the purposes of such calculations, the Company should assume that the outstanding portion of this Warrants was exercisable in full at any time, without regard to any restrictions which might limit the Holder’s right to exercise all or any portion of this Warrant held by the Holder.

4. Mutilation or Loss of Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) receipt of reasonably satisfactory indemnification, and (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date and any such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant shall thereupon become void.

 

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5. Rights of the Holder . The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company, either at law or equity, and the rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant and are not enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth herein.

6. Protection Against Dilution and Other Adjustments .

6.1 Adjustment Mechanism . If an adjustment of the Exercise Price is required pursuant to this Section 6 (other than pursuant to Section 6.4), the Holder shall be entitled to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock as will cause (i) (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock Holder is entitled to purchase pursuant to this Warrant following such adjustment, multiplied by (y) the adjusted Exercise Price per share, to equal the result of (ii) (x) the dollar amount of the total number of shares of Common Stock Holder is entitled to purchase before adjustment, multiplied by (y) the total Exercise Price before adjustment.

6.2 Capital Adjustments . In case of any stock split or reverse stock split, stock dividend, reclassification of the Common Stock, recapitalization, merger or consolidation (where the Company is not the surviving entity), the provisions of this Section 6 shall be applied as if such capital adjustment event had occurred immediately prior to the date of this Warrant and the original Exercise Price had been fairly allocated to the stock resulting from such capital adjustment; and in other respects the provisions of this Section shall be applied in a fair, equitable and reasonable manner so as to give effect, as nearly as may be, to the purposes hereof. A rights offering to stockholders shall be deemed a stock dividend to the extent of the bargain purchase element of the rights. The Company will not effect any consolidation or merger, unless prior to the consummation thereof, the successor or acquiring entity (if other than the Company) and, if an entity different from the successor or acquiring entity, the entity whose capital stock or assets the holders of the Common Stock of the Company are entitled to receive as a result of such consolidation or merger assumes by written instrument the obligations under this Warrant (including under this Section 6) and the obligations to deliver to the holder of this Warrant such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the holder may be entitled to acquire.

6.3 Adjustment for Spin Off . If, for any reason, prior to the exercise of this Warrant in full, the Company spins off or otherwise divests itself of a part of its business or operations or disposes all or of a part of its assets in a transaction (the “Spin Off”) in which the Company does not receive compensation for such business, operations or assets, but causes securities of another entity (the “Spin Off Securities”) to be issued to security holders of the Company, then the Company shall cause (i) to be reserved Spin Off Securities equal to the number thereof which would have been issued to the Holder had all of the Holder’s unexercised Warrants outstanding on the record date (the “Record Date”) for determining the amount and number of Spin Off Securities to be issued to security holders of the Company (the “Outstanding Warrants”) been exercised as of the close of business on the Trading Day immediately before the Record Date (the “Reserved Spin Off Shares”), and (ii) to be issued to the Holder on the exercise of all or

 

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any of the Outstanding Warrants, such amount of the Reserved Spin Off Shares equal to (x) the Reserved Spin Off Shares, multiplied by (y) a fraction, of which (I) the numerator is the amount of the Outstanding Warrants then being exercised, and (II) the denominator is the amount of the Outstanding Warrants.

6.4 Adjustment for Certain Transactions . Reference is made to the provisions of Section 4(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The number of shares covered by this Warrant and the Exercise Price shall be adjusted as provided in the applicable provisions of said Section 4(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

7. Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act . This Warrant has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “1933 Act”) and has been issued to the Holder for investment and not with a view to the distribution of either the Warrant or the Warrant Shares. Neither this Warrant nor any of the Warrant Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be sold, transferred, pledged or hypothecated in the absence of an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to such security or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that registration is not required under the 1933 Act. Each certificate for the Warrant, the Warrant Shares and any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall contain a legend on the face thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company, setting forth the restrictions on transfer contained in this Section.

8. Late Delivery of Warrant Shares . Reference is made to Section 5(b) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

9. Notices . Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in manner provided in the Section headed “NOTICES” in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

10. Supplements and Amendments; Whole Agreement . This Warrant may be amended or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. This Warrant contains the full understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and there are no representations, warranties, agreements or understandings other than expressly contained herein and therein.

 

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11. Governing Law . This Warrant shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York for contracts to be wholly performed in such state and without giving effect to the principles thereof regarding the conflict of laws. Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the County of New York or the state courts of the State of New York sitting in the County of New York in connection with any dispute arising under this Warrant and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non conveniens , to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions. To the extent determined by such court, the Company shall reimburse the Holder for any reasonable legal fees and disbursements incurred by the Holder in enforcement of or protection of any of its rights under any of the Transaction Agreements.

12. JURY TRIAL WAIVER . The Company and the Holder hereby waive a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the Parties hereto against the other in respect of any matter arising out or in connection with this Warrant.

13. Remedies . The Company stipulates that the remedies at law of the Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant are not and will not be adequate and that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or otherwise.

14. Counterparts . This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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15. Descriptive Headings . Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: August 29 , 2008

 

O MNI C OMM S YSTEMS , I NC .
By:  

 

 

Ronald T. Linares

  (Print Name)
 

Chief Financial Officer

  (Title)

 

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EXHIBIT 10.24

AMENDMENT

This AMENDMENT (“ Amendment ”) is made as of this 28th day of August, 2008 by and between OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), and                     ., a                      corporation (“ Holder ”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (“ Purchase Agreement ”) dated as of February 29, 2008 by and between the Company and the Holder, among others, on or about February 29, 2008 the Company sold and issued to the Holder (i) a 10% Secured Convertible Debenture Series 08 Due August 29, 2008 (“ Debenture ”), which Debenture is convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share (“ Common Stock ”), and (ii) a Common Stock Purchase Warrant Class 2008-1 to purchase up to                      shares of Common Stock (“ Warrant ”); initial capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement, the Debenture or the Warrant, as the case may be; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to extend the Maturity Date of the Debenture in consideration for the amendments and other terms set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants set forth in this Amendment, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Debenture Term Extension . Notwithstanding anything contained in the Debenture, the Debenture is hereby amended such that the “Maturity Date” as set forth therein shall be amended and extended to December 1, 2008.

Conversion Price Reduction . Notwithstanding anything contained in the Debenture, the Debenture is hereby amended such that the “Fixed Conversion Price” as set forth therein shall be reduced from $0.59 to $0.50 (which new Fixed Conversion Price shall remain subject to adjustment as provided in the Debenture).

Warrant Price Reduction . Notwithstanding anything contained in the Warrant, the Warrant is hereby amended such that the “Exercise Price” as set forth therein shall be reduced from $0.75 to $0.60 (which new Exercise Price shall remain subject to adjustment as provided in the Warrant) (“New Exercise Price”). Promptly following execution of this Amendment, the original Warrant shall be replaced with a substitute Warrant in the form of Exhibit A, which Warrant contained in such Exhibit A has been redlined to show changes from the original Warrant.

Additional Warrant . The Company shall issue to the Holder an additional Common Stock Purchase Warrant Class 2008-1 (“Additional Warrant”) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock at the New Exercise Price with an Expiration Date of August 31, 2012, which Additional Warrant shall be in the same form as the Warrant and delivered to the Holder within three (3) business days following the date hereof.

Personal Guarantee . Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Company shall cause the president of the Company, Cornelis F. Wit, to execute and deliver to the Holder a personal guarantee in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto guaranteeing the obligations of the Company under the Debenture.

Rule 144 . The Company acknowledges and agrees that, for purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), the holding period for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or cashless exercise of, or otherwise pursuant to, the Debenture and/or Warrant shall have commenced on February 29, 2008 (the date of original issuance of the Debenture and the Warrant). Without limiting the foregoing, if at any time it is determined that such holding period does not relate back to such date, the Company will promptly cause the registration of all such underlying shares under the Securities Act (without regard to any beneficial ownership or issuance limitations contained in the Debenture and/or Warrant). In connection with any registration of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section, the Company and the Holder shall enter into a registration rights agreement containing customary and reasonable provisions regarding the registration of securities under the Securities Act.

 

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Disclosure . To the extent the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, either alone or together with other similar transactions with other holders of Debentures, constitute material non-public information concerning the Company or are otherwise required to be publicly disclosed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, the Company shall, within three (3) business days following the date on which this Amendment is executed by all parties hereto, issue a press release and/or Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and the Investors shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

Security Continued . The Company’s obligations under the Debenture and Warrants, including without limitation this Amendment, the Debenture as amended, the Warrant as amended and the Additional Warrant, shall be secured by all the assets of the Company pursuant to the security agreement entered into by the Company in favor of the Holder, among others, in connection with the Purchase Agreement as if this Amendment, the Debenture as amended, the Warrant as amended and the Additional Warrant were each in effect at the time of execution of such security agreement and referenced therein. The Company shall execute such other agreements, documents and financing statements reasonably requested by the Holder, which will be filed at the Company’s expense with the applicable jurisdictions and authorities.

Miscellaneous.

Full Force and Effect . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each of the Purchase Agreement, the Debenture, the Warrant and the other agreements and transactions contemplated thereby (“Transaction Documents”), shall remain in full force and effect. Except for the modifications contained herein, this Amendment shall not in any way waive or prejudice any of the rights or obligations of the Holder or the Company under the Transaction Documents, under any law, in equity or otherwise, and such modifications shall not constitute a waiver or modification of any other provision of the Transaction Documents nor a waiver or modification of any subsequent default or breach of any obligation of the Company or of any subsequent right of the Holder.

Consent to Jurisdiction, Etc . Each of the Company and the Holder agree that any legal action or proceeding relating to or arising out of or under this Amendment may be brought in the state or federal courts in the State of New York, County of New York, and each party accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereby waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding any claim that (i) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any of the above-named courts by reason of any immunity or otherwise, (ii) its properties are exempt or immune from setoff, execution or attachment, either prior to judgment or in aid of execution or (iii) any suit, action or proceeding so brought is in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such courts.

Authority . Each party hereto hereby represents and warrants to the other party that the execution and delivery by such party of this Amendment, and the performance by such party of its obligations hereunder, have been duly and validly authorized by such party, with no other action on the part of such party being necessary. This Amendment has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

Notices . All notices, requests and other communications hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally, by courier or by facsimile transmission or mailed (first class postage prepaid) to the parties at the addresses or facsimile numbers set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be executed by facsimile.

Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

OMNICOMM SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

 

 

(Print Name)

 

(Title)  
Holder.  
By:  

 

  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY

 

OmniCommerce Systems, Inc.   (Inactive)
OmniComm Europe GmbH.   (Active)

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, CORNELIS WIT, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of OmniComm Systems, 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 y 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 officers 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 designated 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 changes 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 officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of the internal controls 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 controls 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 controls over financial reporting.

 

By:  

/s/ Cornelis Wit

  Cornelis Wit
  Chief Executive Officer
  April 14, 2009

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, RONALD T. LINARES, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of OmniComm Systems, 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 officers 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 15-d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designated 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 changes 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 officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of the internal controls 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 controls 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 controls over financial reporting.

 

By:  

/s/ Ronald T. Linares

  Ronald T. Linares
  Chief Accounting and Financial Officer

April 14, 2009

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

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

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of OmniComm Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, being, Cornelis F. Wit, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Cornelis F. Wit

Cornelis F. Wit
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

April 14, 2009

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

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

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of OmniComm Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, being, Ronald T. Linares, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Ronald T. Linares

Ronald T. Linares
Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting and Financial Officer

April 14, 2009