UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission file number: 001-32034
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1030 Broad Street
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Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number:
(973) 630-5460
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
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Warrant to purchase Common Stock (expiring on November 4, 2018)
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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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 ask price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: $18,322,231 as of June 30, 2013, based on the $8.60 closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on such date.
The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock on March 25, 2014 was 10,760,784.
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FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements contained in this report with respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as ”anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “seek”, “estimate”, “project”, “could”, “may” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. Management wishes to caution the reader of the forward-looking statements that any such statements that are contained in this report reflect our current beliefs with respect to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, regulatory, technological, key employees, and general business factors affecting our operations, markets, growth, services, products, licenses and other factors, some of which are described in this report including in “Risk Factors” in Item 1A and some of which are discussed in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These forward-looking statements are only estimates or predictions. No assurances can be given regarding the achievement of future results, as actual results may differ materially as a result of risks facing our company, and actual events may differ from the assumptions underlying the statements that have been made regarding anticipated events.
These risk factors should be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. All written and oral forward looking statements made in connection with this report that are attributable to our company or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Given these uncertainties, we caution investors not to unduly rely on our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts’ expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
Notwithstanding the above, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) expressly state that the safe harbor for forward-looking statements does not apply to companies that issue penny stock. If we are ever considered to be an issuer of penny stock, the safe harbor for forward-looking statements may not apply to us at certain times.
Unless specifically set forth to the contrary, when used in this report the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” and similar terms refer to InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Tropical Communications, Inc., Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, T N S, Inc., ADEX Corporation, ADEX Puerto Rico, LLC and ADEXCOMM Corporation, AW Solutions Inc. and AW Solutions Puerto, LLC, Integration Partners – NY Corporation, RentVM, Inc., and our 49%- owned subsidiary, Rives-Monteiro Engineering, LLC.
Overview
We are a single-source provider of end-to-end information technology (IT) and next-generation network solutions to the telecommunications service provider (carrier) and corporate enterprise markets through cloud platforms and professional services. We offer cloud and managed services, professional consulting and staffing services, and voice, data and optical solutions to assist our customers in meeting their changing technology demands. Our cloud solutions offer enterprise and service-provider customers the opportunity to adopt an operational expense model by outsourcing to us rather than the capital expense model that has dominated in recent decades in IT infrastructure management. Our telecommunications staffing group offers a broad range of solutions to enterprise and service provider customers, including application development teams, analytics, project management, program management, unified communications, network management and field support services on a short and long-term basis. Our specialty contracting division offers enterprise and service provider customers engineering, design, installation and maintenance services that support the build-out and operation of some of the most advanced small cell, WiFi and distributed antenna system (DAS) networks.
We believe the migration of these complex networks from proprietary hardware-based solutions to software-defined networks (SDN) and cloud-based solutions provides our company a significant opportunity as we are one of only a few industry competitors that can span across both the legacy and next-generation networks that are actively being designed and deployed in the marketplace. We also believe we are in a position to assist our customers by offering competitive cloud and SDN solutions from a single source, while also maintaining our customers’ legacy hardware-based solutions.
We provide the following categories of offerings to our customers:
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Cloud and Managed Services.
Our cloud-based service offerings include platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), database as a service (DbaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Our cloud services encompass public, private and hybrid cloud offerings within compute, network and storage. In addition, our easy-to-use, intuitive portal assists customers in migrating through an extensive app store and allows customers quickly to add or subtract applications and services. Our experience in system integration and solutions-centric services helps our customers quickly to integrate and adopt cloud-based services. In addition, our managed-services offerings include network management, 24x7x365 monitoring, security monitoring, storage and backup services.
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Applications and Infrastructure/Specialty Contracting Services.
We provide an array of applications and services throughout North America and internationally, including unified communications, interactive voice response (IVR) and SIP-based call centers. We also offer structured cabling and other field installations. In addition, we design, engineer, install and maintain various types of WiFi and wide-area networks, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and small cell distribution networks for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), telecommunications original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), cable broadband multiple system operators (MSOs) and enterprise customers. Our services and applications teams support the deployment of new networks and technologies, as well as expand and maintain existing networks. We also design, install and maintain hardware solutions for the leading OEMs that support voice, data and optical networks.
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Professional Services.
We provide consulting and professional staffing solutions to the service-provider and enterprise market in support of all facets of IT and next-generation networks, including project management, network implementation, network installation, network upgrades, rebuilds, maintenance and consulting services. We leverage our international recruiting database, which includes more than 70,000 professionals, for the rapid deployment of our professional services. On a weekly basis, we deploy hundreds of telecommunications professionals in support of our worldwide customers. Our skilled recruiters assist telecommunications companies, cable broadband MSOs and enterprise clients throughout the project lifecycle of a network deployment and its maintenance.
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Our Recent and Pending Acquisitions
We continue to grow and expand our service offerings and geographic reach through strategic acquisitions. Since January 1, 2013, we have completed the following acquisitions:
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AW Solutions, Inc.
In April 2013, we acquired AW Solutions, Inc. and AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC (collectively, “AW Solutions”), a professional, multi-service line, telecommunications infrastructure company that provides outsourced services to the wireless and wireline industry. AW Solution’s services include network systems design, architectural and engineering services, program management and other technical services. The acquisition of AW Solutions broadened our suite of services and added new customers to which we can cross-sell our other services.
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Integration Partners-NY Corporation.
In January 2014, we acquired Integration Partners-NY Corporation (“IPC”), a full-service voice and data network engineering firm based in New York. IPC serves both corporate enterprises and telecommunications service providers. We believe the acquisition of IPC will support the cloud and managed services aspect of our business, as well as improve our systems integration and applications capabilities.
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RentVM, Inc.
In February 2014, we acquired RentVM, Inc. (“RentVM”), a New Jersey- based provider of infrastructure-as-a-service technology to software developers and to healthcare, education, and other small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises to enable public and private (enterprise) Cloud environments. RentVM expands our cloud and managed services capabilities by providing us a SDDC (Software Defined Data Center) platform to offer enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions.
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Telco Professional Services Division.
In November 2012, we executed a definitive agreement to acquire the Telco Professional Services and Handset Testing business division (“Telco”) of Tekmark Global Solutions, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company. We plan to integrate this professional service and telecommunications staffing business with our ADEX subsidiary in order to expand our project staffing business and our access to skilled labor.
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VaultLogix, LLC.
In March 2014, we executed a definitive agreement to acquire VaultLogix, LLC and certain related entitles (“VaultLogix”), a leading provider of cloud backup services to nearly 10,000 businesses around the world. VaultLogix safeguards a wide range of enterprise-class operating systems and applications through its unique combination of encryption, block-level data duplication and compression. In addition, through its partner program, VaultLogix offers software branding, a robust partner portal and dedicated account management. We believe the acquisition of VaultLogix will broaden our suite of cloud service offerings by adding VaultLogix’s cloud backup services to our wide range of cloud services, including IaaS, virtual desktop, hosted exchange, disaster recovery in the cloud and file sharing, and will add new customers and resellers to which we can cross-sell our other services.
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We intend to consummate the acquisition of VaultLogix during the second quarter of 2014, subject to our ability to finance all or a substantial portion of the purchase prices of such acquisitions through the sale of additional debt or equity securities. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms that are acceptable to us, if at all. Our acquisition of Telco also is dependent on our ability to obtain satisfactory financing for such acquisition, and there can be no assurance that such financing will be available to us.
The following is a summary of the material terms of the purchase agreements for our pending acquisitions.
VaultLogix.
On March 19, 2014, we entered into an Interest Purchase Agreement (the “VaultLogix Agreement”) with VaultLogix and the holders of all of the outstanding membership interests in VaultLogix, as sellers, to acquire from the sellers all of the outstanding membership interests of VaultLogix and certain related entities for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $44 million. On the closing of the acquisition, the purchase price will be paid to the sellers as follows: (i) $17 million in cash, (ii) $11.5 million in shares of our common stock at a price of $16.50 per share and (iii) $15.5 million in our unsecured convertible promissory notes. The VaultLogix Agreement provides that if the closing price of our common stock 180 days after the closing date is less than $14.85 per share, then we will issue to the sellers additional shares of our common stock as downside protection; provided, however, we will not be required to issue additional shares at a value less than $12.50 per share.
The promissory notes we issue at closing will bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum, and all principal and interest accrued under such notes will be payable on the third anniversary of the closing date. Such promissory notes will be convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to 102% of the closing price of our common stock on the trading day immediately prior to the closing date. A portion of the principal amount of such notes equal 20% of the principal amount on the closing date will not be convertible until the 15-month anniversary of the closing date. On a date when (i) the shares of our common stock that are issuable upon conversion of such notes are freely tradable without restriction or volume limitations under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, and (ii) the average closing price of our common stock is 105% or higher of the conversion price of such notes, we will have the right to force the conversion of such notes into shares of our common stock at the then-applicable conversion price. In addition, if on or after the maturity date of such notes, (i) we are restricted or otherwise unable to pay in cash all outstanding amounts due under such notes, (ii) such notes have not otherwise been paid in full within ten business days following the maturity date, or (iii) we are not at such time entitled force the conversion of such notes into our common stock, then, in the event that both (i) and (iii) above apply, we, and in the event that both (ii) and (iii) above apply, the holders of such notes, will have the right to convert all outstanding amounts owing under such notes into shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to the average closing price of our common stock on the three trading days immediately preceding the date of such conversion.
The VaultLogix Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. The closing remains subject to closing conditions, including the accuracy of representations and warranties of the parties in the VaultLogix Agreement and our ability to raise sufficient cash proceeds to consummate the acquisition. The VaultLogix Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to closing (i) by mutual consent of the parties, (ii) by either party if the closing has not occurred by April 30, 2014, (iii) by either party if the other party has breached any of its representations, warranties or covenants or (iv) by either party if a court or governmental authority has issued a final order or ruling prohibiting the transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will have the right to extend the April 30, 2014 termination date to May 31, 2014 by paying the sellers a nonrefundable deposit of $500,000, which will be applied to the cash portion of the purchase price. If on May 31, 2014, after such an extension of the termination date, we are unable to consummate the closing of the acquisition because we are unable to satisfy our conditions to closing, and the sellers have otherwise satisfied or are able to satisfy their conditions to closing, we will be required to pay the sellers a break-up fee in the amount of $500,000.
Mr. Mark Munro, our chairman and chief executive officer, was a member of the board of VaultLogix from March 2004 until February 2008, and was one of VaultLogix’s largest investors until that company was sold in February 2008. All outstanding debt or equity obligations owed by VaultLogix to Mr. Munro were paid in December 2009. Since December 2009, Mr. Munro has had no financial or other pecuniary interest in VaultLogix.
Mr. Daniel Sullivan, our chief financial officer, previously served as the chief financial officer of VaultLogix from January 2003 to July 2010. Mr. Sullivan also currently serves as a director of Tier 1 Solutions, Inc. and is a minority shareholder of that company. Tier 1 Solutions, Inc. owns 1% of the membership interests of VaultLogix.
Telco
. On November 19, 2012, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Tekmark Agreement”) to acquire all the property, assets and business of Telco from Tekmark Global Solutions, LLC. Under the terms of the Tekmark Agreement, at the closing of the acquisition, we will pay the seller an aggregate amount in cash equal to the difference between (i) the product of 5.0 multiplied by the Estimated Closing EBITDA (as defined) of Telco for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the month prior to the closing date (the “Estimated Closing TTM EBITDA”), less (ii) $2,600,000. In addition, we will issue to the seller a number of shares of common stock equal to the product of (i) the Estimated Closing TTM EBITDA, and (ii) the price of the common stock sold in this offering, rounded to the nearest whole share. We will also pay the seller additional cash compensation in an amount equal to the EBITDA (as defined) of Telco for the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the first calendar month commencing after the closing date (the “Initial Earnout Period”).
Following the closing, as additional consideration, we will make supplemental payments to the seller in cash for (i) the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the thirteenth calendar month commencing after the closing date (the “First Supplemental Earnout Period”) and (ii) the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the twenty-fifth calendar month commencing after the closing date (the “Second Supplemental Earnout Period”). The payment made for the First Supplemental Earnout Period will be an amount equal to the product of 2.0 multiplied by the positive difference, if any, between (a) the EBITDA of Telco for the First Supplemental Earnout Period, minus (b) the Closing TTM EBITDA (as defined). The payment made for the Second Supplemental Earnout Period will be an amount equal to the product of 2.0 multiplied by the positive difference, if any, between (y) the EBITDA of Telco for the Second Supplemental Earnout Period, minus (z) the Closing TTM EBITDA.
The Tekmark Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. The closing of the acquisition remains subject to closing conditions, including the accuracy of representations and warranties of the parties in the Tekmark Agreement and consummation of an equity or debt financing to secure sufficient funding for the transaction. Due to the passage of time since the Tekmark Agreement was signed, either we or Tekmark may terminate the Tekmark Agreement at any time prior to closing.
Advances in technology architectures have supported the rise of cloud computing, which enables the delivery of a wide variety of cloud-based services, such as platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), database as a service (DbaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Today, mission-critical applications can be delivered reliably, securely and cost-effectively to our customers over the internet without the need to purchase supporting hardware, software or ongoing maintenance. The lower total cost of ownership, better functionality and flexibility of cloud applications represent a compelling alternative to traditional on-premise solutions. As a result, enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud services to rapidly deploy and integrate applications without building out their own expensive infrastructure and to minimize the growth of their own IT departments and create business agility by taking advantage of accelerated time-to-market dynamics. Gartner, Inc. (Gartner) expects total cloud spending to increase from $132 billion worldwide in 2013 to $244 billion in 2017.
According to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cloud computing is on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management and effort and service provider interaction. NIST has identified five essential characteristics of cloud computing:
Cloud computing can generally be offered across the following four different deployment or service models:
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(PaaS) – allows users to develop their own web-based applications or to customize existing applications using one or more programming languages and development tools.
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(IaaS) – allows customers to access the equipment and hardware needed to perform computing operations, including storage, processing and networking components.
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Database as a Service
(DbaaS) – consists of a service that is managed by a cloud operator (public or private) that supports applications, without the application team assuming responsibility for traditional database administration functions. With a DBaaS, the application developers need not be database experts, nor should they have to hire a database administrator to maintain the database.
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Software as a Service
(SaaS) – consists of firms offering the capability to use software applications that are housed off of the user’s premises. This software is differentiated from the traditional software programs that are resident on and used in stand-alone computing environments.
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Cloud services enable the transition from Infrastructure 1.0 (mainframe computing to client-server computing) to Infrastructure 2.0. Current trends, such as cloud computing, software defined networks (meta orchestration), big data analytics, mobile, and social networks, are increasingly defining IT infrastructure needs and spending. Converged infrastructures, policy-based automation and other innovative technologies are providing the solutions enterprises will need to manage the exponential increase in the number of devices and data. The increasing demand for cloud services is fueling the growth of our managed services offerings, which are specifically designed to accelerate the adoption of cloud services by our two primary customer segments: enterprise and service providers.
The increased movement by enterprise businesses of their information technology services, applications and infrastructure to a cloud-based architecture will cause market revenue in this segment to surge by a factor of three from 2011 to 2017, according to a recent January 2014 IHS Technology report entitled
“Cloud & Big Data Report - A Paradigm Shift in the ICT Industry 2013.”
According to that same report, global business spending for infrastructure and services related to the cloud will reach an estimated $174.2 billion this year, up 20% from $145.2 billion in 2013. In a sign of the market’s strength, strong spending growth will continue during the next few years as enterprises race to come up with their own cloud-storage solutions. By 2017, enterprise spending on the cloud will amount to a projected $235.1 billion.
The Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) believes that there is a significant opportunity for service providers as well. Cisco projects a more than $60 billion direct mobile cloud service opportunity worldwide by 2016, with an additional cloud pull-through market of $335 billion.
Cloud spending is expected to rise across United States federal agencies as well. A new report by IDC Government Insights (September 2013) projects a rise in cloud government spending after fiscal year 2014. According to such report, Infrastructure as a service (Iaas) and private cloud in particular will lead government investment. Federal private cloud services spending is expected to reach $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2014, reaching $7.7 billion by 2017.
Increased functionality and proliferation of data through the usage of smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices has resulted in the significant adoption of such devices within corporate enterprises. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), there were 1.4 billion mobile internet users worldwide in 2013, and there will be 2.3 billion in 2017. According to Forrester Research, Inc. (2013 Mobility Workforce Adoption Trends) the number of “anytime, anywhere information workers”- those who use three or more devices, work from multiple locations, and use many apps - has risen from 23% of the global workforce in 2011 to 29% in 2012. According to Gartner, the number of tablets sold has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 97% between 2010 and 2014 worldwide, and is expected to surpass personal computers by annual number of units sold in 2016.
The rapid increase in data traffic, useage of wireless networks and evolution of services and technology are also driving telecommunications providers to undertake a number of initiatives to increase coverage, capacity and performance of their existing networks, including adding and upgrading cell sites nationwide.
To remain competitive and meet the rapidly-growing demand for state-of-the-art mobile data services, telecommunications and cable companies rely on outsourcing to provide a wide range of network and infrastructure services, as well as project staffing services, to help build out and maintain their networks. OEMs supplying equipment to those telecommunications and cable service providers also frequently rely on outsourced solutions for project management and network deployment. Demand for these “professional services”, whether utilizing a cloud platform or more traditional network solutions, is expected to continue to grow. According to the Telecommunications Industry Association 2012 ICT Market Review, the wireless telecommunications and network infrastructure outsourcing market has grown 9.5% per year since 2004 and is expected to continue to grow at a 5.9% rate through 2014, becoming a $21.6 billion market in 2014.
Our Competitive Strengths
We are a single-source provider of end-to-end IT and next-generation network solutions to the telecommunications service provider (carrier) and corporate enterprise markets through cloud platforms and professional services. We believe our market advantages center around our cloud-based applications and services portfolio and positioning. As a true infrastructure 2.0 provider, we add value by enabling applications and services while helping to contain costs. Customers now demand a partner that can provide end-to-end IT solutions, that offers a solution that allows the customer to move IT expenditures from capital costs to operating costs, and that offers the customer greater elasticity and the ability to rapidly deploy enterprise applications. We believe our strengths described below will enable us to continue to compete effectively and to take advantage of anticipated growth in our target markets:
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Customizable Cloud Integration Services
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Totally Secure Private and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
: While many cloud companies only offer public cloud services, leaving great risks of security challenges within a network, our ability to customize private and hybrid cloud architecture, with multiple levels of security, mitigates these risks.
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Licensed and Open Source SaaS Portfolio
: Our software as a service (SaaS) business utilizes the top licensed software in the marketplace, including offerings from Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Citrix. In addition, we utilize open source platforms that our skilled applications team can customize to fit our customers’ requirements.
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: We have established relationships with many leading wireless and wireline telecommunications providers, cable broadband MSOs, OEMs and others. Our current customers include Ericsson Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Century Link, Inc., AT&T Inc. and Hotwire Communications.
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Long-Term Master Service Agreements
: We have over 30 master service agreements with service providers and OEMs. Our relationships with our customers and existing master service agreements position us to continue to capture existing and emerging opportunities, both domestically and internationally. We believe the barriers are extremely high for new entrants to obtain master service agreements with service providers and OEMs unless there are established relationships and a proven ability to execute.
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: Our geographical reach and vast engineering talents enable our customers to take advantage of our end-to-end solutions and one-stop shopping.
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Proven Ability to Recruit, Manage and Retain High-Quality Personnel
: Our ability to recruit, manage and retain skilled labor is a critical advantage in an industry in which a shortage of skilled labor is often a key limitation for our customers and competitors alike. We own and operate an actively-maintained database of more than 70,000 telecom and IT personnel. We also employ highly-skilled recruiters and utilize an electronic hiring process that we believe expedites deployment of personnel and reduces costs. We believe this access to a skilled labor pool gives us a competitive edge over our competitors as we continue to expand.
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Strong Senior Management Team with Proven Ability to Execute.
Our highly-experienced management team has deep industry knowledge and brings an average of over 25 years of individual experience across a broad range of disciplines. We believe our senior management team is a key driver of our success and is well-positioned to execute our strategy.
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Our Growth Strategy
Under the leadership of our senior management team, we intend to build our sales, marketing and operations groups to support our rapid growth while focusing on increasing operating margins. While organic growth will be a main focus in driving our business forward, acquisitions will play a strategic role in augmenting existing product and service lines and cross-selling opportunities. We are pursuing several strategies, including:
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Expand Our Cloud-Based Service Offerings
. The IT and telecommunications industries have been undergoing a massive shift in recent years from proprietary hardware solutions to software-defined networking (SDN) and cloud-based solutions. This shift is being driven by many converging issues, including the ‘consumerization’ of IT, BYOD (bring your own device), meta orchestration of complex networks, video growth and the acceptance of open source network architecture. We are building a company that can manage the existing network infrastructures of the largest domestic and international corporations and service providers while also delivering a broad range of enterprise-grade cloud solutions. We believe the ability to provide such services is a critical differentiator as we already have relationships with many potential customers by offering services through our two operating divisions -- specialty contracting services and professional telecommunications staffing solutions. Each of our two operationg divisions intends to continue to expand by offering additional cloud services, such as cloud management of WiFi and DAS networks, on a virtualized wireless controller running on our cloud rather than installed throughout a corporate network, allowing better controls and cost savings for clients.
We expect to expand the services of our professional staffing division into services to support the roll-out of SDN and cloud solutions teams to both the service provider and enterprise markets. The growth in these deployments is expected to create a new market for professional services as customers in those markets typically do not have next-generation network professionals on staff. We expect this new services offering to be a significant growth opportunity through both of those multi-billion-dollar global markets.
Industry experts project that cloud-based IT and telecom solutions will outpace traditional hardware sales by 2016, which supports our strategy and growth plans
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Grow Revenues and Market Share through Selective Acquisitions.
We plan to continue to acquire private companies that enhance our earnings and offer complementary services or expand our geographic reach. We believe such acquisitions will help us to accelerate our revenue growth, leverage our existing strengths, and capture and retain more work in-house as a prime contractor for our clients, thereby contributing to our profitability. We also believe that increased scale will enable us to bid and take on larger contracts. We believe there are many potential acquisition candidates in the high-growth cloud computing space, the fragmented professional services markets, and in the applications and infrastructure arena.
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Aggressively Expand Our Organic Growth Initiatives.
Our customers include many leading wireless and wireline telecommunications providers, cable broadband MSOs, OEMs and enterprise customers. As we have expanded the breadth of our service offerings through both organic growth and selective acquisitions, we believe we have opportunities to expand revenues with our existing clients by marketing additional cloud and SDN service offerings to them, as well as by extending services to existing customers in new geographies.
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Expand Our Relationships with New Service Providers.
We plan to expand new relationships with smaller cable broadband providers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), integrated communication providers (IC’s), competitive access providers (CAPs), network access point providers (NAPs) and integrated communications providers (ICPs). We believe that the business model for the expansion of these relationships, leveraging our core strength and array of service solutions, will support our business model for organic growth.
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Increase Operating Margins by Leveraging Operating Efficiencies
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We believe that by centralizing administrative functions, consolidating insurance coverage and eliminating redundancies across our newly-acquired businesses, we will be positioned to offer more integrated end-to-end solutions and improve operating margins.
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Our Services
We provide cloud- and managed-service-based platforms, professional services, applications and infrastructure to both the telecommunications industry and corporate enterprises. Our cloud-based and managed services and our engineering, design, construction, installation, maintenance and project staffing services support the build-out, maintenance, upgrade and operation of some of the most advanced fiber optic, Ethernet, copper, wireless and satellite networks. Our breadth of services enables our customers to selectively augment existing services or to outsource entire projects or operational functions. We divide our service offerings into the following categories of services:
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Cloud and Managed Services.
We provide integrated cloud-based solutions that allow organizations around the globe to migrate and integrate their applications into a public, private or hybrid cloud environment. We combine engineering expertise with white glove service and support to maintain and support these complex global networks. We provide traditional hardware solutions and applications, cloud-based solutions and professional staffing services, which work as a seamless extension of a telecommunications service provider or enterprise end user.
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Applications and Infrastructure.
We provide an array of applications and services, including unified communications, voice recognition and call centers, as well as structured cabling, field installations and other IT and telecom infrastructure solutions. Our design, engineering, installation and maintenance of various types of local and wide-area networks, DAS systems, and other broadband installation and maintenance services augment ILECs, telecommunications OEMs, cable broadband MSOs and large end-users. Our services and applications support the deployment of new networks and technologies, as well as expand and maintain existing networks. We also sell hardware and applications for the leading OEMs that support voice, data and optical networks.
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Applications.
We apply our expertise in networking, converged communications, security, data center solutions and other technologies utilizing our skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customized solutions for our enterprise customers. We provide applications for managed data, converged services (single and multiple site), voice recognition, session initiation protocol (SIP trunking-Voice Over IP, streaming media and unified communication (UC)) collocation services and others. These applications can be serviced at our customers' premises or in our cloud solutions.
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Wireless and Wireline Installation, Commission and Integration.
Our telecommunications staffing group offers a full-range of solutions to OEMs, wireless carriers and enterprise customers throughout the United States, including wiring and field installation of various types of local, small cell and WiFi networks and DAS systems and outside plant work as it relates to those projects. Our technicians construct, install, maintain and integrate wireless communications and data networks for some of the largest cellular broadband and digital providers in the United States. Our projects include services to Verizon Communications and Ericsson in connection with their 4G/LTE network deployments throughout the United States.
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Turn-Key Communications Services.
Our specialty contracting services group addresses the growing demand for broadband-based unified communications and structured cabling for WiFi and DAS projects. Our services include switch conditioning, switch re-grooming, cable splicing and grounding audits. Our premise wiring services include design, engineering, installation, integration, maintenance and repair of telecommunications networks for voice, video and data inside various corporate enterprises, as well as state and local government properties. We provide outside plant telecommunications services primarily under hourly and per-unit-basis contracts to local telephone companies. We also provide these services to U.S. corporations, long distance telephone companies, electric utility companies, local municipalities and cable broadband MSOs.
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Disaster Recovery.
Our disaster recovery services provide emergency network restoration services to leading telecommunications carriers throughout the United States, including projects for Hurricane Sandy relief, Hurricane Katrina relief, Alabama Tornado relief and Southern California flood assistance. Customers include AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Century Link/Quest.
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Professional Services.
As a result of our acquisition of ADEX, we have a proprietary international recruiting database of more than 70,000 telecom and IT professionals, the majority of which are well-qualified engineering professionals and experienced project managers. We believe our skilled recruiters, combined with an entirely electronic staffing process, reduce our overall expenses for any project because of our efficient recruiting and deployment techniques. On a weekly basis, we deploy hundreds of telecommunications professionals in support of network infrastructure deployments worldwide.
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Customers
Our customers include many Fortune 1000 enterprises, wireless and wireline service providers, cable broadband MSOs and telecommunications OEMs. Our current service provider and OEM customers include leading telecommunications companies, such as Ericsson, Inc., Verizon Communications, Sprint Nextel Corporation and AT&T.
Our top four customers, Ericsson, Inc., Crown Castle, NX Utilities and Uline, accounted for approximately 57% of our total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2013. Our top four customers, Nexlink, Ericsson, Inc., Verizon Communications and Ericsson Caribbean, accounted for approximately 59% of our total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2012. Ericsson, Inc. and its affiliates, as an OEM provider for seven different carrier projects, accounted for approximately 41% and 33% of our total revenues in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from work performed under multi-year master service agreements and multi-year service contracts. We have entered into master service agreements (“MSAs”) with numerous service providers and OEMs, and generally have multiple agreements with each of our customers. MSAs are awarded primarily through a competitive bidding process based on the depth of our service offerings, experience and capacity. MSAs generally contain customer-specified service requirements, such as discrete pricing for individual tasks, but do not require our customers to purchase a minimum amount of services. To the extent that such contracts specify exclusivity, there are often a number of exceptions, including the ability of the customer to issue work orders valued above a specified dollar amount to other service providers, perform work with the customer’s own employees and use other service providers. Most of our MSAs may be cancelled by our customers upon minimum notice (typically 60 days), regardless of whether we are then in default. In addition, many of these contracts permit cancellation of particular purchase orders or statements of work without any prior notice. Our cloud-managed service offerings have multi-year agreements and provide the customers with service level commitments. This is one of the fastest growing portions of our business.
Suppliers and Vendors
We have supply agreements with major technology vendors, such as Ericsson, Avaya, Aruba, Juniper, F5, Microsoft, Ciena, Citrix and Cisco Systems. However, for a majority of the professional services we perform, our customers supply the necessary materials. We expect to continue to further develop our relationships with our technology vendors and to broaden our scope of work with each of our partners. In many cases, our relationships with our partners have extended for over a decade, which we attribute to our commitment to excellence. It is our objective to selectively expand our partnerships moving forward in order to expand our service offerings.
Competition
We provide cloud and managed services, professional services, and infrastructure and applications to the enterprise and service provider markets globally. Our markets are highly fragmented and the business is characterized by a large number of participants, including several large companies, as well as a significant number of small, privately-held, local competitors.
Our current and potential larger competitors include Amazon.com, Inc., Arrow Electronics, Inc., Black Box Corporation, CenturyLink Technology Solutions (formerly Savvis), Dimension Data, Dycom Industries, Inc., Goodman Networks, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company, Rackspace Hosting, Inc., SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., Tech Mahindra Limited, TeleTech Holdings, Inc. and Volt Information Sciences, Inc. A significant portion of our services revenue is currently derived from MSAs and price is often an important factor in awarding such agreements. Accordingly, our competitors may underbid us if they elect to price their services aggressively to procure such business. Our competitors may also develop the expertise, experience and resources to provide services that are equal or superior in both price and quality to our services, and we may not be able to maintain or enhance our competitive position. The principal competitive factors for our professional services include geographic presence, breadth of service offerings, technical skills, licensing price, quality of service and industry reputation. We believe we compete favorably with our competitors on the basis of these factors.
Safety and Risk Management
We require our employees to participate in internal training and service programs from time to time relevant to their employment and to complete any training programs required by law. We review accidents and claims from our operations, examine trends and implement changes in procedures to address safety issues. Claims arising in our business generally include workers’ compensation claims, various general liability and damage claims, and claims related to vehicle accidents, including personal injury and property damage. We insure against the risk of loss arising from our operations up to certain deductible limits in substantially all of the states in which we operate. In addition, we retain risk of loss, up to certain limits, under our employee group health plan. We evaluate our insurance requirements on an ongoing basis to help ensure we maintain adequate levels of coverage.
We carefully monitor claims and actively participate with our insurers in determining claims estimates and adjustments. The estimated costs of claims are accrued as liabilities, and include estimates for claims incurred but not reported. Due to fluctuations in our loss experience from year to year, insurance accruals have varied and can affect the consistency of our operating margins. If we experience insurance claims in excess of our umbrella coverage limit, our business could be materially and adversely affected.
Employees
As of December 31, 2013, we had 346 full-time employees and eight part-time employees, of whom 47 were in administration and corporate management, seven were accounting personnel and 300 were technical and project managerial personnel.
In general, the number of our employees varies according to the level of our work in progress. We maintain a core of technical and managerial personnel to supervise all projects and add employees as needed to complete specific projects. Because we also provide project staffing, we are well-positioned to respond to changes in our staffing needs.
Environmental Matters
A portion of the work we perform is associated with the underground networks of our customers. As a result, we are potentially subject to material liabilities related to encountering underground objects that may cause the release of hazardous materials or substances. We are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those regarding the removal and remediation of hazardous substances and waste. These laws and regulations can impose significant fines and criminal sanctions for violations. Costs associated with the discharge of hazardous substances may include clean-up costs and related damages or liabilities. These costs could be significant and could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.
Regulation
Our operations are subject to various federal, state, local and international laws and regulations, including licensing, permitting and inspection requirements applicable to electricians and engineers; building codes; permitting and inspection requirements applicable to construction projects; regulations relating to worker safety and environmental protection; telecommunication regulations affecting our fiber optic licensing business; labor and employment laws; and laws governing advertising.
We believe that we have all the licenses required to conduct our operations. Our failure to comply with applicable regulations could result in substantial fines or revocation of our operating licenses.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this report before purchasing our securities. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose some or all of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
A failure to successfully execute our strategy of acquiring other businesses to grow our company could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We intend to continue pursuing growth through the acquisition of companies or assets to expand our project skill-sets and capabilities, enlarge our geographic markets, add experienced management and increase critical mass to enable us to bid on larger contracts. However, we may be unable to find suitable acquisition candidates or to complete acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. Moreover, any completed acquisition may not result in the intended benefits. For example, while the historical financial and operating performance of an acquisition target are among the criteria we evaluate in determining which acquisition targets we will pursue, there can be no assurance that any business or assets we acquire will continue to perform in accordance with past practices or will achieve financial or operating results that are consistent with or exceed past results. Any such failure could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, any completed acquisition may not result in the intended benefits for other reasons and our acquisitions will involve a number of other risks, including:
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We may have difficulty integrating the acquired companies;
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Our ongoing business and management’s attention may be disrupted or diverted by transition or integration issues and the complexity of managing geographically or culturally diverse enterprises;
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We may not realize the anticipated cost savings or other financial benefits we anticipated;
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We may have difficulty applying our expertise in one market to another market;
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We may have difficulty retaining or hiring key personnel, customers and suppliers to maintain expanded operations;
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Our internal resources may not be adequate to support our operations as we expand, particularly if we are awarded a significant number of contracts in a short time period;
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We may have difficulty retaining and obtaining required regulatory approvals, licenses and permits;
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We may not be able to obtain additional equity or debt financing on terms acceptable to us or at all, and any such financing could result in dilution to our stockholders, impact our ability to service our debt within the scheduled repayment terms and include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations;
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We may have failed to, or were unable to, discover liabilities of the acquired companies during the course of performing our due diligence; and
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We may be required to record additional goodwill as a result of an acquisition, which will reduce our tangible net worth.
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Any of these risks could prevent us from executing our acquisition growth strategy, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We may be unable to successfully integrate our recent and future acquisitions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We recently acquired a number of companies, including AW Solutions in April 2013, IPC in January 2014 and RentVM in February 2014,
and have entered into a definitive agreements for the acquisition of
Telco and VaultLogix. The operation and management of recent acquisitions, or any of our future acquisitions, may adversely affect our existing income and operations or we may not be able to effectively manage any growth resulting from these transactions. Before we acquired them, these companies operated independently of one another. Until we establish centralized financial, management information and other administrative systems, we will rely on the separate systems of these companies, including their financial reporting systems.
Our success will depend, in part, on the extent to which we are able to merge these functions, eliminate the unnecessary duplication of other functions and otherwise integrate these companies (and any additional businesses with which we may combine in the future) into a cohesive, efficient enterprise. This integration process may entail significant costs and delays could occur. Our failure to integrate the operations of these companies successfully could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. To the extent that any acquisition results in additional goodwill, it will reduce our tangible net worth, which might adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, as well as our credit and bonding capacity.
We derive a significant portion of our revenue from master service agreements that may be cancelled by customers on short notice, or which we may be unable to renew on favorable terms or at all.
During each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we derived approximately 65% and 60%, respectively, of our revenues from master service agreements and long-term contracts, none of which require our customers to purchase a minimum amount of services. The majority of these contracts may be cancelled by our customers upon minimum notice (typically 60 days), regardless of whether or not we are in default. In addition, many of these contracts permit cancellation of particular purchase orders or statements of work without any notice.
These agreements typically do not require our customers to assign a specific amount of work to us until a purchase order or statement of work is signed. Consequently, projected expenditures by customers are not assured until a definitive purchase order or statement of work is placed with us and the work is completed. Furthermore, our customers generally require competitive bidding of these contracts. As a result, we could be underbid by our competitors or required to lower the price charged under a contract being rebid. The loss of work obtained through master service agreements and long-term contracts or the reduced profitability of such work could adversely affect our business or results of operations.
If we do not accurately estimate the overall costs when we bid on a contract that is awarded to us, we may achieve a lower than anticipated profit or incur a loss on the contract.
A significant portion of our revenues from our engineering and professional services offerings are derived from fixed unit price contracts that require us to perform the contract for a fixed unit price irrespective of our actual costs. We bid for these contracts based on our estimates of overall costs, but cost overruns may cause us to incur losses. The costs incurred and any net profit realized on such contracts can vary, sometimes substantially, from the original projections due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:
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onsite conditions that differ from those assumed in the original bid;
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delays in project starts or completion;
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fluctuations in the cost of materials to perform under a contract;
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availability and skill level of workers in the geographic location of a project;
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our suppliers’ or subcontractors’ failure to perform due to various reasons, including bankruptcy;
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claims or demands from third parties alleging damages arising from our work or from the project of which our work is a part.
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These factors may cause actual reduced profitability or losses on projects, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our contracts may require us to perform extra or change order work, which can result in disputes and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our contracts generally require us to perform extra or change order work as directed by the customer, even if the customer has not agreed in advance on the scope or price of the extra work to be performed. This process may result in disputes over whether the work performed is beyond the scope of the work included in the original project plans and specifications or, if the customer agrees that the work performed qualifies as extra work, the price that the customer is willing to pay for the extra work. Even when the customer agrees to pay for the extra work, we may be required to fund the cost of such work for a lengthy period of time until the change order is approved by the customer and we are paid by the customer.
To the extent that actual recoveries with respect to change orders or amounts subject to contract disputes or claims are less than the estimates used in our financial statements, the amount of any shortfall will reduce our future revenues and profits, and this could adversely affect our reported working capital and results of operations. In addition, any delay caused by the extra work may adversely impact the timely scheduling of other project work and our ability to meet specified contract milestone dates.
We derive a significant portion of our revenue from a few customers and the loss of one of these customers, or a reduction in their demand for our services, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our customer base is highly concentrated. Due to the size and nature of our contracts, one or a few customers have represented a substantial portion of our consolidated revenues and gross profits in any one year or over a period of several consecutive years. Ericsson Inc. and its affiliates accounted for approximately 41% of our total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2013 and 33% of our total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2012. Our top four customers, Ericsson, Inc., Crown Castle, NX Utilities and Uline, accounted for approximately 57% of our total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2013. Our top four customers, Ericsson, Inc., Nexlink, Verizon Communications and Ericsson Caribbean accounted for approximately 59% of our total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2012. Revenues under our contracts with significant customers may continue to vary from period to period depending on the timing or volume of work that those customers order or perform with their in-house service organizations. A limited number of customers may continue to comprise a substantial portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future. Because we do not maintain any reserves for payment defaults, a default or delay in payment on a significant scale could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. We could lose business from a significant customer for a variety of reasons, including:
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the consolidation, merger or acquisition of an existing customer, resulting in a change in procurement strategies employed by the surviving entity that could reduce the amount of work we receive;
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our performance on individual contracts or relationships with one or more significant customers are impaired due to another reason, which may cause us to lose future business with such customers and, as a result, our ability to generate income would be adversely impacted;
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the strength of our professional reputation; and
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key customers could slow or stop spending on initiatives related to projects we are performing for them due to increased difficulty in the credit markets as a result of the recent economic crisis or other reasons.
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Since many of our customer contracts allow our customers to terminate the contract without cause, our customers may terminate their contracts with us at will, which could impair our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our failure to adequately expand our direct sales force will impede our growth.
We will need to continue to expand and optimize our sales infrastructure in order to grow our customer base and our business. We plan to continue to expand our direct sales force, both domestically and internationally. Identifying and recruiting qualified personnel and training them requires significant time, expense and attention. Our business may be adversely affected if our efforts to expand and train our direct sales force do not generate a corresponding increase in revenue. If we are unable to hire, develop and retain talented sales personnel or if new direct sales personnel are unable to achieve desired productivity levels in a reasonable period of time, we may not be able to realize the intended benefits of this investment or increase our revenue.
Our business is labor intensive and if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel and skilled labor, or if we encounter labor difficulties, our ability to bid for and successfully complete contracts may be negatively impacted.
Our ability to attract and retain reliable, qualified personnel is a significant factor that enables us to successfully bid for and profitably complete our work. Our future success depends on our ability to attract, hire and retain project managers, estimators, supervisors, foremen, equipment operators, engineers, linemen, laborers and other highly-skilled personnel. Our ability to do so depends on a number of factors, such as general rates of employment, competitive demands for employees possessing the skills we need and the level of compensation required to hire and retain qualified employees. We may also spend considerable resources training employees who may then be hired by our competitors, forcing us to spend additional funds to attract personnel to fill those positions. Competition for employees is intense, and we could experience difficulty hiring and retaining the personnel necessary to support our business. Our labor expenses may also increase as a result of a shortage in the supply of skilled personnel. If we do not succeed in retaining our current employees and attracting, developing and retaining new highly-skilled employees, our reputation may be harmed and our future earnings may be negatively impacted.
If we are unable to attract and retain qualified executive officers and managers, we will be unable to operate efficiently, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We depend on the continued efforts and abilities of our executive officers, as well as the senior management of our subsidiaries, to establish and maintain our customer relationships and identify strategic opportunities. The loss of any one of them could negatively affect our ability to execute our business strategy and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Competition for managerial talent with significant industry experience is high and we may lose access to executive officers for a variety of reasons, including more attractive compensation packages offered by our competitors. Although we have entered into employment agreements with certain of our executive officers and certain other key employees, we cannot guarantee that any of them or other key management personnel will remain employed by us for any length of time.
Because we maintain a workforce based upon current and anticipated workloads, we may incur significant costs in adjusting our workforce demands, including addressing understaffing of contracts, if we do not receive future contract awards or if these awards are delayed.
Our estimates of future performance depend, in part, upon whether and when we will receive certain new contract awards. Our estimates may be unreliable and can change from time to time. In the case of larger projects, where timing is often uncertain, it is particularly difficult to project whether and when we will receive a contract award. The uncertainty of contract award timing can present difficulties in matching workforce size with contractual needs. If an expected contract award is delayed or not received, we could incur significant costs resulting from retaining more staff than is necessary. Similarly, if we underestimate the workforce necessary for a contract, we may not perform at the level expected by the customer and harm our reputation with the customer. Each of these may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Timing of the award and performance of new contracts could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
It is generally very difficult to predict whether and when new contracts will be offered for tender because these contracts frequently involve a lengthy and complex design and bidding process, which is affected by a number of factors, such as market conditions, financing arrangements and governmental approvals. Because of these factors, our results of operations and cash flows may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year, and the fluctuation may be substantial. Such delays, if they occur, could adversely affect our operating results for current and future periods until the affected contracts are completed.
Our operating results may fluctuate due to factors that are difficult to forecast and not within our control.
Our past operating results may not be accurate indicators of future performance, and you should not rely on such results to predict our future performance. Our operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past, and could fluctuate in the future. Factors that may contribute to fluctuations include:
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our inability to adjust certain fixed costs and expenses for changes in demand;
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Unanticipated delays due to adverse weather conditions, global climate change and difficult work sites and environments may slow completion of our contracts, impair our customer relationships and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Because some of our work is performed outdoors, our business is impacted by extended periods of inclement weather and is subject to unpredictable weather conditions, which could become more frequent or severe if general climatic changes occur. Generally, inclement weather is more likely to occur during the winter season, which falls during our second and third fiscal quarters. Additionally, adverse weather conditions can result in project delays or cancellations, potentially causing us to incur additional unanticipated costs, reductions in revenues or the payment of liquidated damages. In addition, some of our contracts require that we assume the risk that actual site conditions vary from those expected. Significant periods of bad weather typically reduce profitability of affected contracts, both in the current period and during the future life of affected contracts, which can negatively affect our results of operations in current and future periods until the affected contracts are completed.
Some of our projects involve challenging engineering, procurement and construction phases that may occur over extended time periods, sometimes up to several years. We may encounter difficulties in engineering, delays in designs or materials provided by the customer or a third party, equipment and material delivery delays, schedule changes, delays from customer failure to timely obtain rights-of-way, weather-related delays, delays by subcontractors in completing their portion of the project and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, but which may impact our ability to complete a project within the original delivery schedule. In some cases, delays and additional costs may be substantial, and we may be required to cancel a project and/or compensate the customer for the delay. We may not be able to recover any of these costs. Any such delays, cancellations, defects, errors or other failures to meet customer expectations could result in damage claims substantially in excess of revenue associated with a project. These factors could also negatively impact our reputation or relationships with our customers, which could adversely affect our ability to secure new contracts.
Environmental and other regulatory matters could adversely affect our ability to conduct our business and could require expenditures that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our operations are subject to laws and regulations relating to workplace safety and worker health that, among other things, regulate employee exposure to hazardous substances. While immigration laws require us to take certain steps intended to confirm the legal status of our immigrant labor force, we may nonetheless unknowingly employ illegal immigrants. Violations of laws and regulations could subject us to substantial fines and penalties, cleanup costs, third-party property damage or personal injury claims. In addition, these laws and regulations have become, and enforcement practices and compliance standards are becoming, increasingly stringent. Moreover, we cannot predict the nature, scope or effect of legislation or regulatory requirements that could be imposed, or how existing or future laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted, with respect to products or activities to which they have not been previously applied. Compliance with more stringent laws or regulations, as well as more vigorous enforcement policies of the regulatory agencies, could require us to make substantial expenditures for, among other things, pollution control systems and other equipment that we do not currently possess, or the acquisition or modification of permits applicable to our activities.
If we fail to maintain qualifications required by certain governmental entities, we could be prohibited from bidding on certain contracts.
If we do not maintain qualifications required by certain governmental entities, such as low voltage electrical licenses, we could be prohibited from bidding on certain governmental contracts. A cancellation of an unfinished contract or our exclusion from the bidding process could cause our work crews to be idled for a significant period of time until other comparable work becomes available, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. The cancellation of significant contracts or our disqualification from bidding for new contracts could reduce our revenues and profits and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Fines, judgments and other consequences resulting from our failure to comply with regulations or adverse outcomes in litigation proceedings could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
From time to time, we may be involved in lawsuits and regulatory actions, including class action lawsuits that are brought or threatened against us in the ordinary course of business. These actions may seek, among other things, compensation for alleged personal injury, workers’ compensation, violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws, employment discrimination, breach of contract, property damage, punitive damages, civil penalties, consequential damages or other losses, or injunctive or declaratory relief. Any defects or errors, or failures to meet our customers’ expectations could result in large damage claims against us. Claimants may seek large damage awards and, due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, we cannot accurately predict the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings. Any failure to properly estimate or manage cost, or delay in the completion of projects, could subject us to penalties.
The ultimate resolution of these matters through settlement, mediation or court judgment could have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Regardless of the outcome of any litigation, these proceedings could result in substantial cost and may require us to devote substantial resources to defend ourselves. When appropriate, we establish reserves for litigation and claims that we believe to be adequate in light of current information, legal advice and professional indemnity insurance coverage, and we adjust such reserves from time to time according to developments. If our reserves are inadequate or insurance coverage proves to be inadequate or unavailable, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may suffer.
We employ and assign personnel in the workplaces of other businesses, which subjects us to a variety of possible claims that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We employ and assign personnel in the workplaces of other businesses. The risks of these activities include possible claims relating to:
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Claims relating to any of the above could subject us to monetary fines or reputational damage, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
If we are required to reclassify independent contractors as employees, we may incur additional costs and taxes which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We use a significant number of independent contractors in our operations for whom we do not pay or withhold any federal, state or provincial employment tax. There are a number of different tests used in determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and such tests generally take into account multiple factors. There can be no assurance that legislative, judicial or regulatory (including tax) authorities will not introduce proposals or assert interpretations of existing rules and regulations that would change, or at least challenge, the classification of our independent contractors. Although we believe we have properly classified our independent contractors, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or other U.S. federal or state authorities or similar authorities of a foreign government may determine that we have misclassified our independent contractors for employment tax or other purposes and, as a result, seek additional taxes from us or attempt to impose fines and penalties. If we are required to pay employer taxes or pay backup withholding with respect to prior periods with respect to or on behalf of our independent contractors, our operating costs will increase, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Increases in the cost of fuel could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The price of fuel needed to run our vehicles and equipment is unpredictable and fluctuates based on events outside our control, including geopolitical developments, supply and demand for oil and gas, actions by the OPEC and other oil and gas producers, war and unrest in oil producing countries, regional production patterns and environmental concerns. Most of our contracts do not allow us to adjust our pricing. Accordingly, any increase in fuel costs could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our dependence on subcontractors and suppliers could increase our costs and impair our ability to complete contracts on a timely basis or at all.
We rely on third-party subcontractors to perform some of the work on our contracts. We also rely on third-party suppliers to provide materials needed to perform our obligations under those contracts. We generally do not bid on contracts unless we have the necessary subcontractors and suppliers committed for the anticipated scope of the contract and at prices that we have included in our bid. Therefore, to the extent that we cannot engage subcontractors or suppliers, our ability to bid for contracts may be impaired. In addition, if a subcontractor or third-party supplier is unable to deliver its goods or services according to the negotiated terms for any reason, we may suffer delays and be required to purchase the services from another source at a higher price. We sometimes pay our subcontractors and suppliers before our customers pay us for the related services. If customers fail to pay us and we choose, or are required, to pay our subcontractors for work performed or pay our suppliers for goods received, we could suffer an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our insurance coverage may be inadequate to cover all significant risk exposures.
We will be exposed to liabilities that are unique to the services we provide. While we intend to maintain insurance for certain risks, the amount of our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover all claims or liabilities, and we may be forced to bear substantial costs resulting from risks and uncertainties of our business. It is also not possible to obtain insurance to protect against all operational risks and liabilities. The failure to obtain adequate insurance coverage on terms favorable to us, or at all, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our operations are subject to hazards that may cause personal injury or property damage, thereby subjecting us to liabilities and possible losses, which may not be covered by insurance.
Our workers are subject to hazards associated with providing construction and related services on construction sites. For example, some of the work we perform is underground. If the field location maps supplied to us are not accurate, or if objects are present in the soil that are not indicated on the field location maps, our underground work could strike objects in the soil containing pollutants that could result in a rupture and discharge of pollutants. In such a case, we may be liable for fines and damages. These operating hazards can cause personal injury and loss of life, damage to or destruction of property, plant and equipment and environmental damage. Even though we believe that the insurance coverage we maintain is in amounts and against the risks that we believe are consistent with industry practice, this insurance may not be adequate to cover all losses or liabilities that we may incur in our operations. To the extent that we experience a material increase in the frequency or severity of accidents or workers’ compensation claims, or unfavorable developments on existing claims, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be adversely affected.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, or OSHA, establishes certain employer responsibilities, including the maintenance of a workplace free of recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious injury, compliance with standards promulgated by the Occupational Health and Safety and Health Administration and various recordkeeping, disclosure and procedural requirements. While we have invested, and will continue to invest, substantial resources in occupational health and safety programs, serious accidents or violations of OSHA rules may subject us to substantial penalties, civil litigation or criminal prosecution, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Defects in our specialty contracting services may give rise to claims against us, increase our expenses, or harm our reputation.
Our specialty contracting services are complex and our final work product may contain defects. We have not historically accrued reserves for potential claims as they have been immaterial. The costs associated with such claims, including any legal proceedings, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Risks Related to Our Industry
Our industry is highly competitive, with a variety of larger companies with greater resources competing with us, and our failure to compete effectively could reduce the number of new contracts awarded to us or adversely affect our market share and harm our financial performance.
The contracts on which we bid are generally awarded through a competitive bid process, with awards generally being made to the lowest bidder, but sometimes based on other factors, such as shorter contract schedules or prior experience with the customer. Within our markets, we compete with many national, regional, local and international service providers, including Arrow Electronics, Inc., Black Box Corporation, Dimension Data, plc, Dycom Industries, Inc., Goodman Networks, Inc., MasTec, Inc., TeleTech Holdings, Inc., Tech Mahindra, Ltd., Unisys Corporation, Unitek Global Services, Inc. and Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Price is often the principal factor in determining which service provider is selected by our customers, especially on smaller, less complex projects. As a result, any organization with adequate financial resources and access to technical expertise may become a competitor. Smaller competitors are sometimes able to win bids for these projects based on price alone because of their lower costs and financial return requirements. Additionally, our competitors may develop the expertise, experience and resources to provide services that are equal or superior in both price and quality to our services, and we may not be able to maintain or enhance our competitive position. We also face competition from the in-house service organizations of our customers whose personnel perform some of the services that we provide.
Some of our competitors have already achieved greater market penetration than we have in the markets in which we compete, and some have greater financial and other resources than we do. A number of national companies in our industry are larger than we are and, if they so desire, could establish a presence in our markets and compete with us for contracts. As a result of this competition, we may need to accept lower contract margins in order to compete against competitors that have the ability to accept awards at lower prices or have a pre-existing relationship with a customer. If we are unable to compete successfully in our markets, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be adversely affected.
Many of the industries we serve are subject to consolidation and rapid technological and regulatory change, and our inability or failure to adjust to our customers’ changing needs could reduce demand for our services.
We derive, and anticipate that we will continue to derive, a substantial portion of our revenue from customers in the telecommunications and utilities industries. The telecommunications and utilities industries are subject to rapid changes in technology and governmental regulation. Changes in technology may reduce the demand for the services we provide. For example, new or developing technologies could displace the wireline systems used for the transmission of voice, video and data, and improvements in existing technology may allow telecommunications providers to significantly improve their networks without physically upgrading them. Alternatively, our customers could perform more tasks themselves, which would cause our business to suffer. Additionally, the telecommunications and utilities industries have been characterized by a high level of consolidation that may result in the loss of one or more of our customers. Our failure to rapidly adopt and master new technologies as they are developed in any of the industries we serve or the consolidation of one or more of our significant customers could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Further, many of our telecommunications customers are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC, and other international regulators. The FCC and other regulators may interpret the application of their regulations in a manner that is different than the way such regulations are currently interpreted and may impose additional regulations, either of which could reduce demand for our services and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Economic downturns could cause capital expenditures in the industries we serve to decrease, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The demand for our services has been, and will likely continue to be, cyclical in nature and vulnerable to general downturns in the United States economy. The United States economy is still recovering from a recession, and growth in United States economic activity has remained slow. It is uncertain when these conditions will significantly improve. The wireless telecommunications industry and the staffing services industry are both particularly cyclical in nature and vulnerable to general downturns in the United States and international economies. Our customers are affected by economic changes that decrease the need for or the profitability of their services. This can result in a decrease in the demand for our services and potentially result in the delay or cancellation of projects by our customers. Slow-downs in real estate, fluctuations in commodity prices and decreased demand by end-customers for services could affect our customers and their capital expenditure plans. As a result, some of our customers may opt to defer or cancel pending projects. A downturn in overall economic conditions also affects the priorities placed on various projects funded by governmental entities and federal, state and local spending levels.
In general, economic uncertainty makes it difficult to estimate our customers’ requirements for our services. Our plan for growth depends on expanding our company both in the United States and internationally. If economic factors in any of the regions in which we plan to expand are not favorable to the growth and development of the telecommunications industries in those countries, we may not be able to carry out our growth strategy, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Risks Related to Our Financial Results and Financing Plans
We have a history of losses and may continue to incur losses in the future.
We have a history of losses and may continue to incur losses in the future, which could negatively impact the trading value of our common stock. We incurred losses from operations of $6.3 million and $2.8 million in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We incurred a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $25.4 million and $2.1 million in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We may continue to incur operating losses in future periods. These losses may increase and we may never achieve profitability for a variety of reasons, including increased competition, decreased growth in the unified communications industry and other factors described elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section. If we cannot achieve sustained profitability, our stockholders may lose all or a portion of their investment in our company.
We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and we cannot assure you that additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies will not occur in the future. If our internal control over financial reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud, which may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and may lead to a decline in our stock price.
We have historically had a small internal accounting and finance staff with limited experience in public reporting. This lack of adequate accounting resources has resulted in the identification of material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. A “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In connection with the audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, our management team identified material weaknesses relating to(i) our failure to effectively implement comprehensive entity-level internal controls, (ii) our lack of a sufficient complement of personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge and experience in the application of U.S. GAAP commensurate with our financial reporting requirements and, (iii) our lack of the quantity of resources necessary to implement an appropriate level of review controls to properly evaluate the completeness and accuracy of the transactions we enter into. We have taken steps, and plan to continue to take additional steps, to remediate these material weaknesses for the year ending December 31, 2014 to improve our financial reporting systems and implement new policies, procedures and controls. If we do not successfully remediate the material weaknesses described above, or if other material weaknesses or other deficiencies arise in the future, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results on a timely basis, which could cause our reported financial results to be materially misstated and require restatement which could result in the loss of investor confidence, delisting and/or cause the market price of our common stock to decline.
A lawsuit filed against us in March 2014, if decided in plaintiffs’ favor, may result in the payment of cash damages that could adversely affect our financial position and liquidity.
In March 2014, a purported class action suit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against our company, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, and certain other defendants alleging violations by the defendants (other than Mr. Munro) of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and other related provisions in connection with certain alleged courses of conduct that were intended to deceive the plaintiff and the investing public and to cause the members of the purported class to purchase shares of our common stock at artificially inflated prices based on untrue statements of a material fact or omissions to state material facts necessary to make the statements not misleading. The complaint also alleges that Mr. Munro and our company violated Section 20 of the Exchange Act as controlling persons of the other defendants. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, attorney and expert fees, and other unspecified litigation costs. As of the date of this filing, we have not submitted our response to the complaint. We deny the allegations in the complaint and are proceeding to vigorously defend the suit. However, as the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain, it is possible that the plaintiffs will prevail no matter how vigorously we defend ourselves, which could result in significant compensatory damages on the part of our company and Mr. Munro. Any such adverse decision in such litigation could have a material adverse affect on our financial position and liquidity and on our business and results of operations. In addition, regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and our ability to meet our payment obligations.
As of December 31, 2013, we had total indebtedness of approximately $38.3 million, consisting of $0.4 million of bank debt, $15.6 million of secured notes payable, $11.6 million of convertible debentures payable, $4.1 million of related-party indebtedness, $6.1 million of contingent consideration for our completed acquisitions, and $0.5 million of notes related to our acquisitions. Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences to our stockholders. For example, it could:
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A high level of indebtedness would increase the risk that we may default on our debt obligations. Our ability to meet our debt obligations and to reduce our level of indebtedness will depend on our future performance. General economic conditions and financial, business and other factors affect our operations and our future performance. Many of these factors are beyond our control. We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows to pay the interest on our debt and future working capital, borrowings or equity financing may not be available to pay or refinance such debt. Factors that will affect our ability to raise cash through an offering of our capital stock or a refinancing of our debt include financial market conditions, the value of our assets and our performance at the time we need capital.
We have in the past failed to comply with certain financial covenants of our loan documents and similar defaults in the future could adversely affect our financial condition and our ability to meet our payment obligations on our indebtedness.
On September 23, 2013, we entered into a revolving credit and security agreement dated as of September 20, 2013 (the “PNC Credit Agreement”) among our company, our subsidiaries, as guarantors, and PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC Bank”), as agent and a lender, that provided us a revolving credit facility in the principal amount of up to $10.0 million.
As of December 31, 2013, we were not in compliance with certain covenants in the PNC Credit Agreement, including covenants relating to the minimum EBITDA requirement and the fixed charge coverage ratio. On April 4, 2014, we terminated the PNC Credit Agreement.
We have in the past also breached certain covenants under another loan agreement that had resulted in various events of default under such agreement, which events of default were either cured or waived by the lenders thereunder.
As of the date of this report, we are not in default of any of the covenants of our outstanding indebtedness. However, any future breach of any of those covenants could result in defaults or events of default under such indebtedness, in which case, depending on the actions taken by the lenders thereunder or their successors or assignees, such lenders could elect to declare all amounts borrowed, together with accrued interest, to be due and payable. An event of default under such indebtedness could also create an event of default under our other debt agreements or securities. If following an event of default we are unable to repay the borrowings or interest then due under our loan agreements, the lenders could proceed against their collateral, if any, and if the indebtedness under any loan agreements or debt securities were to be accelerated, our assets may not be sufficient to repay such indebtedness in full.
Actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions that we use to prepare our financial statements.
To prepare financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions as of the date of the financial statements that affect the reported values of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Areas requiring significant estimates by our management include:
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At the time the estimates and assumptions are made, we believe they are accurate based on the information available. However, our actual results could differ from, and could require adjustments to, those estimates.
Risks Related to Our Operating History and Results of Operations
Our limited operating history as an integrated company, recent acquisitions and the rapidly-changing telecommunications market may make it difficult for investors to evaluate our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, and also impairs our ability to accurately forecast our future performance.
Although we were incorporated in 1999, we were a development stage company with limited operations until our 2010 merger with Digital Comm, Inc. We experienced rapid and significant expansion in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 due to a series of strategic acquisitions. We acquired three companies in 2012, one company in 2013 and two companies in the first quarter of 2014.
We also plan to complete the acquisition of VaultLogix in the second quarter of this year.
As a result of our recent acquisitions, our financial results are heavily influenced by the application of the acquisition method of accounting. The acquisition method of accounting requires management to make assumptions regarding the assets purchased and liabilities assumed to determine their fair market value. If our assumptions are incorrect, any resulting change or modification could adversely affect our financial conditions and/or results of operations.
Further, our limited operating history as an integrated company, combined with our short history operating as providers of staffing and cloud-based services, may not provide an adequate basis for investors to evaluate our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, and makes accurate financial forecasting difficult for us. Because we operate in the rapidly-evolving IT and telecommunications markets and because our business is rapidly changing due to a series of acquisitions, we may have difficulty in engaging in effective business and financial planning. It may also be difficult for us to evaluate trends that may affect our business and whether our expansion may be profitable. Thus, any predictions about our future revenue and expenses may not be as accurate as they would be if we had a longer operating history or operated in a more predictable market.
If we are unable to sustain our recent revenue growth rates, we may never achieve or sustain profitability.
We experienced significant growth in recent years, primarily due to our strategic acquisitions. Our net revenue increased to $51.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2013 from $17.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2012. In order to become profitable and maintain our profitability, we must, among other things, continue to increase our revenues. We may be unable to sustain our recent revenue growth, particularly if we are unable to develop and market our specialty contracting and telecommunications staffing services, increase our sales to existing customers or develop new customers. However, even if our revenues continue to grow, they may not be sufficient to exceed increases in our operating expenses or to enable us to achieve or sustain profitability.
Our inability to obtain additional capital may prevent us from completing our acquisition strategy and successfully operating our business; however, additional financings may subject our existing stockholders to substantial dilution.
Until we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue, if ever, we expect to finance our anticipated future strategic acquisitions,
including our acquisitions of Telco and VaultLogix
, through public or private equity offerings or debt financings. Additional funds may not be available when we need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more strategic acquisitions or business plans. In addition, we could be forced to discontinue product development and reduce or forego attractive business opportunities. To the extent that we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience significant dilution. In addition, debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. We may seek to access the public or private capital markets whenever conditions are favorable, even if we do not have an immediate need for additional capital at that time. Our access to the financial markets and the pricing and terms we receive in the financial markets could be adversely impacted by various factors, including changes in financial markets and interest rates.
Our forecasts regarding the sufficiency of our financial resources to support our current and planned operations are forward-looking statements and involve significant risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary as a result of a number of factors, including the factors discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, the costs and timing of our future acquisitions.
We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Jumpstart Our Businesses Startups Act of 2012 and, as a result, have elected to comply with the reduced disclosure and other reporting requirements available to us as an EGC.
Because we qualify as an emerging growth company, or EGC, under the Jumpstart Our Businesses Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, we have elected to comply with the reduced disclosure and other reporting requirements available to us as an EGC in connection with this report, and for a period of up to five years following our November 2013 offering of shares of common stock if we remain an EGC. For example, with respect to this report, we have provided only two fiscal years of audited financial information and selected financial data and have provided scaled-down disclosure on executive compensation, such as not including a “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” in this report. In addition, for as long as we remain an EGC, we are not subject to certain governance requirements, such as holding a “say-on-pay” and “say-on-golden-parachute” advisory votes, and we are not required to obtain an annual attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting from a registered public accounting firm pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We may take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an EGC. We can be an EGC for a period of up to five years after our November 2013 equity offering, although we will cease to be an EGC earlier than that if our total annual gross revenues equal or exceed $1 billion in a fiscal year, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt over a three-year period or if we become a “large accelerated filer” under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Accordingly, in this report you are not receiving the same level of disclosure as you would receive in an annual report on Form 10-K of a non-EGC issuer and, following this report, our stockholders will not receive the same level of disclosure that is afforded to stockholders of a non-EGC issuer. It is also possible that investors will find our shares of common stock to be less attractive because we have elected to comply with the reduced disclosure and other reporting requirements available to us as an EGC, which could adversely affect the trading market for our shares of common stock and the prices at which our stockholders may be able to sell shares of our common stock.
We exercise judgment in determining our provision for taxes in the United States and Puerto Rico that are subject to tax authority audit review that could result in additional tax liability and potential penalties that would negatively affect our net income.
The amounts we record in intercompany transactions for services, licenses, funding and other items affects our tax liabilities. Our tax filings are subject to review or audit by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and state, local and foreign taxing authorities. We exercise judgment in determining our worldwide provision for income and other taxes and, in the ordinary course of our business, there may be transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Examinations of our tax returns could result in significant proposed adjustments and assessment of additional taxes that could adversely affect our tax provision and net income in the period or periods for which that determination is made.
Risks Related to our Common Stock
Our common stock price has fluctuated widely in recent years, and the trading price of our common stock is likely to continue to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors and litigation.
In addition to changes to market prices based on our results of operations and the factors discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section, the market price of and trading volume for our common stock may change for a variety of other reasons, not necessarily related to our actual operating performance. The capital markets have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock. In addition, the average daily trading volume of the securities of small companies can be very low, which may contribute to future volatility. Factors that could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly include:
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Any of these factors, as well as broader market and industry factors, may result in large and sudden changes in the trading volume of our common stock and could seriously harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. This may prevent stockholders from being able to sell their shares at or above the price they paid for shares of our common stock, if at all. In addition, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, stockholders often institute securities class action litigation against that company. Our involvement in any class action suit or other legal proceeding could divert our senior management’s attention and could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and could impair our future ability to raise capital through common stock offerings. As of March 25, 2014, we had 10,760,784 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, of which 3,209,504 shares were designated by our transfer agent as restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC. The sale of these shares into the open market may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
In addition, at March 25, 2014, we also had outstanding $4,475,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible notes that are convertible into 703,616 shares of common stock and $10,626,000 aggregate principal amount of our 12% convertible debentures (the "Convertible Debentures") that also are convertible into shares of our common stock. However, we cannot currently determine the total number of shares of our common stock that may be issued upon the conversion or repayment of the Convertible Debentures because the total number of shares and the conversion prices or the prices at which we can issue our common stock to pay down the principal of and interest on the Convertible Debentures depend on a number of factors, including the prices and nature of any equity securities we may issue in the future and the market prices of our common stock in the periods leading up to any particular amortization payment date on which we elect to make amortization payments on the Convertible Debentures in shares of our common stock. See Note 8 to Notes to consolidated financial statements included in this report. In the second quarter of this year, we intend to file with the
SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act for the resale of up to 2,047,347 shares of our common stock that may be issuable upon the repayment or conversion of the Convertible Debentures a
nd the 36,567 additional shares of our common stock that were issued to the purchasers of the Convertible Debentures at the time of their issuance
. As of March 25, 2014, there were also outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 393,592 shares of our common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $4.40 per share, all of which warrants were exercisable as of such date. The conversion of a significant principal amount of our outstanding convertible debt securities into shares of our common stock, our repayment of a significant amount of principal, interest or other amounts payable under such debt securities in shares of our common stock or the exercise of outstanding warrants at prices below the market price of our common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. The market price of our common stock also may be adversely affected by our issuance of shares of our capital stock or convertible securities in connection with acquisitions, including our proposed acquisitions of VaultLogix ánd Telco, or in connection with other financing efforts.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, and certain provisions of Delaware corporate law, as well as certain of our contracts, contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control even if the change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders.
Delaware law, as well as our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, contains anti-takeover provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company, even if the change in control would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions could lower the price that future investors might be willing to pay for shares of our common stock. These anti-takeover provisions:
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authorize our board of directors to create and issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock, thereby increasing the number of outstanding shares, which can deter or prevent a takeover attempt;
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prohibit stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;
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establish a three-tiered classified board of directors requiring that not all members of our board be elected at one time;
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establish a supermajority requirement to amend our amended and restated bylaws and specified provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation;
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prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow less than a majority of stockholders to elect director candidates;
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establish limitations on the removal of directors;
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empower our board of directors to fill any vacancy on our board of directors, whether such vacancy occurs as a result of an increase in the number of directors or otherwise;
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provide that our board of directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws;
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provide that our directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in the election of directors;
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establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by our stockholders at stockholder meetings;
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eliminated the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders and, after June 30, 2014, to act by written consent; and
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provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for any derivative action, actions asserting a breach of fiduciary duty and certain other actions against us or any directors or executive officers.
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Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the terms of our stock incentive plans, the terms of our change in control agreements with our senior executives and other contractual provisions may also discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company. Section 203 generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for three years after the date the stockholder became an interested stockholder. Our stock incentive plans include change-in-control provisions that allow us to grant options or stock purchase rights that may become vested immediately upon a change in control. The terms of changes of control agreements with our senior executives and contractual restrictions with third parties may discourage a change in control of our company. Our board of directors also has the power to adopt a stockholder rights plan that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company even if the change in control is generally beneficial to our stockholders. These plans, sometimes called “poison pills,” are oftentimes criticized by institutional investors or their advisors and could affect our rating by such investors or advisors. If our board of directors adopts such a plan, it might have the effect of reducing the price that new investors are willing to pay for shares of our common stock.
Together, these charter, statutory and contractual provisions could make the removal of our management and directors more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our common stock. Furthermore, the existence of the foregoing provisions, as well as the significant common stock beneficially owned by our executive officers, key non-executive officer employees, and members of our board of directors, could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock. They could also deter potential acquirers of our company, thereby reducing the likelihood that you could receive a premium for your common stock in an acquisition.
We have never paid cash dividends and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock.
We have never paid cash dividends and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
We currently intend to retain any earnings to finance our operations and growth
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As a result, any short-term return on your investment will depend on the market price of our common stock, and only appreciation of the price of our common stock, which may never occur, will provide a return to stockholders. The decision whether to pay dividends will be made by our board of directors in light of conditions then existing, including, but not limited to, factors such as our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, business conditions, and covenants under any applicable contractual arrangements. Investors seeking cash dividends should not invest in our common stock.
If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common stock, the market price of our common stock and warrants will likely decline.
The trading market for our common stock and
warrants
will rely in part on the research and reports that equity research analysts, over whom we have no control, publish about us and our business. We may never obtain research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If no securities or industry analysts commence coverage of our company, the market price for our common stock and
warrants
could decline. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, the market price of our common stock and
warrants
could decline if one or more equity analysts downgrade our common stock or if those analysts issue unfavorable commentary, even if it is inaccurate, or cease publishing reports about us or our business.
None.
Our principal executive offices are located in Shrewsbury, New Jersey in segregated offices comprising an aggregate of approximately 2,040 square feet. We are occupying our offices
under a 36-month lease that expires in January 2017 and provides for monthly lease payments of $3,745 in the first year and increases of 2% per year thereafter.
Set forth below are the locations of the other properties leased by us, the businesses that use the properties, and the size of each such property. All of such properties are used by our company or by one of our subsidiaries principally as office facilities to house their administrative, marketing, and engineering and professional services personnel. We believe our facilities and equipment to be in good condition and reasonably suited and adequate for our current needs.
Location
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Owned or Leased
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User
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Size (Sq Ft)
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Tuscaloosa, AL
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Leased (1)
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Rives-Monteiro Engineering, LLC
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5,000
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Miami, FL
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Leased (2)
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Tropical Communications, Inc.
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6,000
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Temple Terrace, FL
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Leased (3)
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Adex Corporation
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2,500
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Alpharetta, GA
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Leased (4)
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Adex Corporation
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9,000
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Des Plaines, IL
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Leased (5)
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T N S, Inc.
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1,500
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Upland, CA
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Leased (6)
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Adex Corporation
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2,047
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Naperville, IL
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Leased (7)
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Adex Corporation
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1,085
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Alpharetta, GA
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Licensed (8)
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Adex Corporation
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1,000
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Longwood, FL
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Leased (9)
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AW Solutions
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7,750
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Puerto Rico
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Leased (10)
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AW Solutions
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1,575
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Del Ray Beach, FL
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Leased (11)
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Intercloud Systems, Inc
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700
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Parsippany, NJ
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Leased (12)
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Integration Partners – NY Corp.
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3,070
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(1)
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This facility is leased pursuant to a month-to-month lease that provides for monthly rental payments of $1,500 for the lease term.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a month-to-month lease that provides for aggregate rental payments of $1,792.25 per month for the lease term.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a 38-month lease that expires in December 2015 and provides for aggregate rental payments of $3,645.83 per month for the lease term.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a 36-month lease that expires in April 2014 and provides for aggregate rental payments of $8,440.00 per month for the first 12 months, $8,695.26 for the following 12 months and $8,956.12 for the final 12 months. We are currently negotiating an extension for this lease.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a month-to-month lease that provides for monthly payments of $1,163.75 for the lease term.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a month-to-month lease that provides for aggregate rental payments of $2,251.70 per month for the lease term.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a two-year lease that expires in July 2014 and provides for aggregate rental payments of $1,627.50 per month for the first 12 months and $1,672.71 for the next 12 months.
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This facility is licensed pursuant to a temporary license terminable by either party upon 30 days prior written notice and provides for aggregate payments of $200.00 per month. ADEX is also required to reimburse the licensor for its pro rata share of all utilities.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a three-year lease that expires in February 2015 and provides for monthly rental payments of $13,245 for the first year and for a 5% increase in the monthly rental payments in each of the second of third years.
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This facility is leased under a two-year lease that expires on January 1, 2015 and provides for monthly payments of $1,500 for the first year and a 3% increase in the monthly rental payments in the second year.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a 12-month lease that expires in July 2014 and provides for aggregate rental payments of $1,828.50 per month for the term of the lease.
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This facility is leased pursuant to a 48-month lease that expires in October 2017 and provides for aggregate monthly rental payments of $4,855.
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n March 2014, a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against our company, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, The DreamTeamGroup and MissionIR, as purported securities advertisers and investor relations firms, and John Mylant, a purported investor and investment advisor. The complaint was purportedly filed on behalf of a class of certain persons who purchased our common stock between November 5, 2013 and March 17, 2014. The complaint alleges violations by the defendants (other than Mark Munro) of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and other related provisions in connection with certain alleged courses of conduct that were intended to deceive the plaintiff and the investing public and to cause the members of the purported class to purchase shares of our common stock at artificially inflated prices based on untrue statements of a material fact or omissions to state material facts necessary to make the statements not misleading. The complaint also alleges that Mr. Munro and our company violated Section 20 of the Exchange Act as controlling persons of the other defendants. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, attorney and expert fees, and other unspecified litigation costs.
We intend to dispute these claims and to defend th
is litigation vigorously. However, due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of this litigation is uncertain. An unfavorable outcome in this litigation could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Currently, there is no other material litigation pending against our company other than as disclosed in the paragraphs above. From time to time, we may become a party to litigation and subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of our business. Although the results of such litigation and claims in the ordinary course of business cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Not Applicable.
Market Information
Our common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on October 31, 2013 under the symbol “ICLD”. Prior thereto, our common stock traded on the OTCQB Marketplace operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc. (the “OTCQB”). The following table sets forth the high and low closing sales prices of our common stock for the periods indicated. Information for the period from October 31, 2013 to December 31, 2013 is the high and low closing sales prices of our common stock based upon reports of transactions on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Information for all periods prior thereto is the high and low last sales prices of our common stock on the OTCQB based upon information provided by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. All prices give effect to the one-for-125 reverse stock split of our common stock effected on January 14, 2013 and the one-for-four reverse stock split of our common stock effected on August 1, 2013. Quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down commission, and may not represent actual transactions.
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012
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High
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Low
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First Quarter
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$
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7.90
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$
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2.05
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Second Quarter
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$
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3.75
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$
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1.05
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Third Quarter
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$
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10.00
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$
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1.95
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Fourth Quarter
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$
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18.50
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$
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6.08
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Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013
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First Quarter
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$
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36.00
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$
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8.00
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Second Quarter
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$
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13.80
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$
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8.00
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Third Quarter
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$
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12.50
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$
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6.00
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Fourth Quarter
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$
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18.36
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$
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2.31
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As of March 25, 2014, the closing sale price of our common stock, as reported by the NASDAQ Capital Market, was $7.98 per share.
Holders
At March 25, 2014, we had approximately 207 record holders of our common stock. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers or registered clearing agencies.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
We have appointed Corporate Stock Transfer, 3200 Cherry Creek Dr. South, Denver, CO 80209 to act as the transfer agent of our common stock.
Dividend Policy
We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, for use in the operation of our business and to fund future growth.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future
. The terms of our outstanding Convertible Debentures prohibit our payment of cash dividends. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors in light of conditions then-existing, including factors such as our results of operations, financial conditions and requirements, business conditions and covenants under any applicable contractual arrangements.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table summarizes the number of shares of our common stock authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2013.
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Plan Category
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Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options
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Weighted- Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options
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Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (excluding securities reflected in column(a))
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
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-
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-
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2,500,000
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Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
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-
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-
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-
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Total
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-
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-
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2,500,000
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The following tables set forth selected consolidated financial data for our company for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 that was derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. The financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by, reference to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and our historical financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.
Income Statement
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For the years ended
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December 31,
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2013
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2012
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Statement of Operations Data:
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Revenues
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$
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51,407,544
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|
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$
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17,089,549
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Gross profit
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|
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14,127,500
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|
|
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5,121,334
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Operating expenses
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|
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20,468,268
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|
|
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7,929,791
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Loss from operations
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|
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(6,340,768
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)
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|
|
(2,808,457
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)
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Total other expense
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|
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(19,074,751
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)
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|
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(1,097,863
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)
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Loss from continuing operations before (benefit from) income taxes
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|
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(25,415,519
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)
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|
|
(3,906,320
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)
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(Benefit from) income taxes
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|
|
(587,662
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)
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|
|
(2,646,523
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)
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Dividends on preferred stock
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|
|
(1,084,314
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)
|
|
|
(843,215
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)
|
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
|
|
|
(25,438,418
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)
|
|
|
(2,072,862
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)
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Net loss per share, basic and diluted
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$
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(7.85
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)
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|
$
|
(1.33
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)
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Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
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|
|
3,240,230
|
|
|
|
1,553,555
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|
|
|
As of
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|
|
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December 31,
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|
|
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2013
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|
|
2012
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Balance Sheet Data:
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
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$
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17,866,532
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$
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606,002
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Accounts receivable, net
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|
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7,821,942
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|
|
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7,660,642
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Total current assets
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|
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28,307,287
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|
|
|
10,183,971
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Goodwill and intangible assets, net
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|
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29,846,246
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|
|
|
23,926,695
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Total assets
|
|
|
60,690,056
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|
|
|
43,316,264
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Total current liabilities
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|
|
24,112,306
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|
|
|
14,860,502
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Long-term liabilities
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|
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38,254,057
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|
|
|
15,159,644
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|
Redeemable common and preferred stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
16,584,704
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Stockholders' (deficit)
|
|
|
(1,676,307
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)
|
|
|
(3,288,586
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)
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This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations contains certain statements that are forward-looking in nature relating to our business, future events or our future financial performance. Prospective investors are cautioned that such statements involve risks and uncertainties and that actual events or results may differ materially from the statements made in such forward-looking statements. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should specifically consider the various factors identified in this report, including the matters set forth under Item 1A “Risk Factors,” which could cause actual results to differ from those indicated by such forward-looking statements.
Overview
We were incorporated in 1999, but functioned as a development stage company with limited activities through December 2009. In January 2010, we acquired Digital Comm, Inc. (“Digital”), a provider of specialty contracting services primarily in the installation of fiber optic telephone cable. Until September 2012, substantially all of our revenue came from our specialty contracting services. In the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, primarily as a result of our acquisition of ADEX, approximately 35% and 38%, respectively, of our revenue was derived from specialty contracting services, with the remaining 65% and 62%, respectively, coming from our telecommunications staffing services.
In 2013, we e
valuated our reporting segments and determined that we operate
in two reportable segments, specialty contracting services and telecommunication staffing services. The telecommunication staffing services segment is comprised of the Adex reporting unit and provides contracted services to provide technical engineering and management solutions to large voice and data communications providers, as specified by their clients. Specialty contracting services revenues are derived from contracted services to provide technical engineering services along with contracting services to commercial and governmental customers. Our operating divisions have been aggregated into the two reporting segments due to their similar economic characteristics, products, production methods and distribution methods.
The specialty contracting service segment includes our AW Solutions, TNS, Tropical and RM Engineering reporting units.
Our revenue increased from $17.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $51.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Our net loss attributable to common stockholders increased from $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $25.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, our stockholders' deficit was $1.7 million. A significant portion of our services are performed under master service agreements and other arrangements with customers that extend for periods of one or more years. We are currently party to numerous master service agreements, and typically have multiple agreements with each of our customers. Master service agreements generally contain customer-specified service requirements, such as discrete pricing for individual tasks. To the extent that such contracts specify exclusivity, there are often a number of exceptions, including the ability of the customer to issue work orders valued above a specified dollar amount to other service providers, perform work with the customer’s own employees and use other service providers when jointly placing facilities with another utility. In most cases, a customer may terminate an agreement for convenience with written notice. The remainder of our services are provided pursuant to contracts for specific projects. Long-term contracts relate to specific projects with terms in excess of one year from the contract date. Short-term contracts for specific projects are generally of three to four months in duration.
During 2013 and 2012, the majority of our revenue and expenses was generated by our acquired companies. Of the $51.4 million in total revenues in the year ended December 31, 2013, $45.5 million was generated by the companies we acquired in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, $11.7 million of the total $17.1 million in revenues was generated by companies acquired in 2012.
Cost of revenues of the companies we acquired in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 accounted for $34.2 million of our $37.3 million cost of revenues during the year ended December 31, 2013. In 2012, $8.7 million of the total $12.0 million in cost of revenues was incurred by the companies we acquired in 2012.
Gross profit
generated by
the companies we acquired in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 accounted for $11.3 million of our $14.1 million gross profit during the year ended December 31, 2013. Gross profit
generated by
the companies we acquired in 2012 was $3.0 million of the total gross profit of $5.1 million in 2012.
Operating expenses, including salaries and wages and depreciation and amortization, for the companies we acquired in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 accounted for $8.2 million of our $20.5 million of operating expenses during the year ended December 31, 2013. Operating expenses for the companies we acquired in 2012 was $1.9 million of the total $7.9 million
of operating expenses during the year ended December 31, 2012.
The following table summarizes our revenues from multi-year master service agreements and other long-term contracts, as a percentage of contract revenues:
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Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Multi-year master service agreements and long-term contracts
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|
|
65
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%
|
|
|
60
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%
|
The percentage of revenue from long-term contracts varies between periods, depending on the mix of work performed under our contracts.
A significant portion of our revenue comes from several large customers. The following table reflects the percentage of total revenue from those customers that contributed at least 10% to our total revenue in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:
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Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Ericsson, Inc.
|
|
|
41
|
%
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
Nexlink
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
14
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%
|
We are a single-source provider of end-to-end IT and next-generation network solutions to the telecommunications service provider (carrier) and corporate enterprise markets through cloud platforms and professional services. We believe our market advantages center around our cloud-based applications and services portfolio and positioning. As a true infrastructure 2.0 provider, we add value by enabling applications and services while helping to contain costs. Customers now demand a partner that can provide end-to-end IT solutions, that offers a solution that allows the customer to move IT expenditures from capital costs to operating costs, and that offers the customer greater elasticity and the ability to rapidly deploy enterprise applications.
Telecommunications providers and enterprise customers continue to seek and outsource solutions in order to reduce their investment in capital equipment, provide flexibility in workforce sizing and expand product offerings without large increases in incremental hiring. As a result, we believe there is significant opportunity to expand both our United States and international telecommunications solutions services and staffing services capabilities. As we continue to expand our presence in the marketplace, we will target those customers going through new network deployments and wireless service upgrades.
We expect to continue to increase our gross margins by leveraging our single-source end-to-end network to efficiently provide a full spectrum of end-to-end IT and next-generation network solutions and staffing services to our customers. We believe our solutions and services offerings can alleviate some of the inefficiencies typically present in our industry, which result, in part, from the highly-fragmented nature of the telecommunications industry, limited access to skilled labor and the difficulty industry participants have in managing multiple specialty-service providers to address their needs. As a result, we believe we can provide superior service to our customers and eliminate certain redundancies and costs for them. We believe our ability to address a wide range of end-to-end solutions, network infrastructure and project-staffing service needs of our telecommunications industry clients is a key competitive advantage. Our ability to offer diverse technical capabilities (including design, engineering, construction, deployment, and installation and integration services) allows customers to turn to a single source for those specific specialty services, as well as to entrust us with the execution of entire turn-key solutions.
As a result of our recent acquisitions, we have become a multi-faceted company with an international presence. We believe this platform will allow us to leverage our corporate and other fixed costs and capture gross margin benefits. Our platform is highly scalable. We typically hire workers to staff projects on a project-by-project basis and our other operating expenses are primarily fixed. Accordingly, we are generally able to deploy personnel to infrastructure projects in the United States and beyond without incremental increases in operating costs, allowing us to achieve greater margins. We believe this business model enables us to staff our business efficiently to meet changes in demand.
Finally, given the worldwide popularity of telecommunications and wireless products and services, we will selectively pursue international expansion, which we believe represents a compelling opportunity for additional long-term growth.
Our planned expansion will place increased demands on our operational, managerial, administrative and other resources. Managing our growth effectively will require us to continue to enhance our operations management systems, financial and management controls and information systems and to hire, train and retain skilled telecommunications personnel. The timing and amount of investments in our expansion could affect the comparability of our results of operations in future periods.
Our recent and planned acquisitions have been and will be timed with additions to our management team of skilled professionals with deep industry knowledge and a strong track record of execution. Our senior management team brings an average of over 25 years of individual experience across a broad range of disciplines. We believe our senior management team is a key driver of our success and is well-positioned to execute our strategy.
Factors Affecting Our Performance
Changes in Demand for Data Capacity and Reliability.
Advances in technology architectures have supported the rise of cloud computing, which enables the delivery of a wide variety of cloud-based services, such as platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), database as a service (DbaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Today, mission-critical applications can be delivered reliably, securely and cost-effectively to our customers over the internet without the need to purchase supporting hardware, software or ongoing maintenance. The lower total cost of ownership, better functionality and flexibility of cloud applications represent a compelling alternative to traditional on-premise solutions. As a result, enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud services to rapidly deploy and integrate applications without building out their own expensive infrastructure and to minimize the growth of their own IT departments and create business agility by taking advantage of accelerated time-to-market dynamics.
The telecommunications industry has undergone and continues to undergo significant changes due to advances in technology, increased competition as telephone and cable companies converge, the growing consumer demand for enhanced and bundled services and increased governmental broadband stimulus funding. As a result of these factors, the networks of our customers increasingly face demands for more capacity and greater reliability. Telecommunications providers continue to outsource a significant portion of their engineering, construction and maintenance requirements in order to reduce their investment in capital equipment, provide flexibility in workforce sizing, expand product offerings without large increases in incremental hiring and focus on those competencies they consider core to their business success. These factors drive customer demand for our services.
The proliferation of smart phones and other wireless data devices has driven demand for mobile broadband. This demand and other advances in technology have prompted wireless carriers to upgrade their networks. Wireless carriers are actively increasing spending on their networks to respond to the explosion in wireless data traffic, upgrade network technologies to improve performance and efficiency and consolidate disparate technology platforms. These customer initiatives present long-term opportunities for us for the wireless services we provide. Further, the demand for mobile broadband has increased bandwidth requirements on the wired networks of our customers. As the demand for mobile broadband grows, the amount of cellular traffic that must be “backhauled” over customers’ fiber and coaxial networks increases and, as a result, carriers are accelerating the deployment of fiber optic cables to cellular sites. These trends are increasing the demand for the types of services we provide.
Our Ability to Recruit, Manage and Retain High-Quality IT
and
Telecommunications Personnel.
The shortage of skilled labor in the telecommunications industry and the difficulties in recruiting and retaining skilled personnel can frequently limit the ability of specialty contractors to bid for and complete certain contracts. In September 2012, we acquired ADEX, an IT and telecommunications staffing firm. Through ADEX, we manage a database of more than 70,000 IT and telecom personnel, which we use to locate and deploy skilled workers for projects. We believe our access to a skilled labor pool gives us a competitive edge over our competitors as we continue to expand. However, our ability to continue to take advantage of this labor pool will depend, in part, on our ability to successfully integrate ADEX into our business.
Our Ability to Integrate Our Acquired Businesses and Expand Internationally.
We completed six acquisitions since January 1, 2012 and plan to consummate additional acquisitions in the near term. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to successfully integrate these businesses into our global IT and telecommunications platform. In addition, we believe international expansion represents a compelling opportunity for additional growth over the long-term because of the worldwide need for IT and telecommunications infrastructure. As of December 31, 2013, our operations in Puerto Rico have generated $4.1 million in revenue. We plan to expand our global presence either through expanding our current operations or by acquiring subsidiaries with international platforms.
Our Ability to Expand and Diversify Our Customer Base.
Our customers for specialty contracting services consist of leading telephone, wireless, cable television and data companies. Ericsson Inc. is our principal telecommunications staffing services customer. Historically, our revenue has been significantly concentrated in a small number of customers. Although we still operate at a net loss, our revenue in recent years has increased as we have acquired additional subsidiaries and diversified our customer base and revenue streams. The percentage of our revenue attributable to our top 10 customers, as well as key customers that contributed at least 10% of our revenue in at least one of the years specified in the following table, were as follows:
Customer:
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Top 10 customers, aggregate
|
|
|
74
|
%
|
|
|
77
|
%
|
Customer:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nexlink
|
|
|
*
|
%
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
Ericsson, Inc.
|
|
|
41
|
%
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
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* Represented less than 10% of total revenues during the period.
Business Unit Transitions.
In the year ended December 31, 2012, approximately 38% of our revenue came from our specialty contracting services, and the remaining 62% came from our telecommunications staffing services. In the year ended December 31, 2013, approximately 35% of our revenue came from specialty contracting services, and the remaining 65% come from our telecommunications staffing services. The acquisition of ADEX in 2012 enabled us to shift our business focus from exclusively providing specialty contracting services to also providing professional staffing services, which has expanded our customer base.
Since January 1, 2012, we have acquired six other companies, and each of these acquisitions has either enhanced certain of our existing business units or allowed us to gain market share in new lines of business. For example, our acquisition of T N S in September 2012 extended the geographic reach of our structured cabling and digital antenna system services. Our acquisition of AW Solutions in April 2013 broadened our suite of services and added new customers to which we can cross-sell our other services. Our acquisition of IPC in January 2014 improved our systems integration capabilities. Our acquisition of RentVM in February 2014 expanded our cloud and managed services capabilities by providing us a software-defined data center (“SDDC”) platform to offer enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions
.
Our proposed acquisition of VaultLogix will broaden our suite of cloud service offerings by adding VaultLogix's cloud backup services to our wide range of cloud offerings and will add new customers to which we can cross-sell our other services. Our proposed acquisition of Telco will further expand our professional staffing business and our access to skilled labor
.
We expect these acquisitions to facilitate geographic diversification that should protect against regional cyclicality. We believe our diverse platform of services, capabilities, customers and geographies will enable us to grow as the market continues to evolve.
The table below summarizes the revenues for each of our reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
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|
Year ended December 31,
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|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Revenue from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
18,224,317
|
|
|
$
|
6,513,763
|
|
Telecommunications staffing services
|
|
$
|
33,183,227
|
|
|
$
|
10,575,786
|
|
As a percentage of total revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
|
35
|
%
|
|
|
38
|
%
|
Telecommunications staffing services
|
|
|
65
|
%
|
|
|
62
|
%
|
Impact of Pending and Recently-Completed Acquisitions
We have grown significantly and expanded our service offerings and geographic reach through a series of strategic acquisitions. Since January 1, 2012, we have completed six acquisitions. We expect to regularly review opportunities, and periodically to engage in discussions, regarding possible additional acquisitions. Our ability to sustain our growth and maintain our competitive position may be affected by our ability to identify, acquire and successfully integrate companies.
We intend to operate all of the companies we acquire in a decentralized model in which the management of the companies will remain responsible for daily operations while our senior management will utilize their deep industry expertise and strategic contacts to develop and implement growth strategies and leverage top-line and operating synergies among the companies, as well as provide overall general and administrative functions.
In November 2012, we executed a definitive agreement to acquire Telco, and in March 2014, we executed a definitive agreement to acquire VaultLogix.
It is our intention is to complete the VaultLogix acquisition within 90 days of the date of this report, subject to our ability to raise the necessary cash proceeds to complete such acquisition. After the completion of the VaultLogix acquisition and reflecting the consolidation of the companies that we acquired in 2014 in our results of operations, we expect our revenues, cost of revenues and operating expenses will increase substantially. Accordingly, our future results of operations may differ significantly from those described in this report. The impact of our 2014 acquisitions and our pending acquisition of VaultLogix is not reflected in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section. We have not yet determined when we will consummate the acquisition of Telco, if at all. The Telco acquisition also is dependent on our ability to obtain satsifactory financing and there can be no assurance that such financing will be available to us.
General Economic Conditions.
Within the context of a slowly-growing economy and the current volatility in the credit and equity markets, we believe the latest trends and developments support our steady industry outlook. We will continue to closely monitor the effects that changes in economic and market conditions may have on our customers and our business and we will continue to manage those areas of the business we can control.
Components of Results of Operations
Revenue.
In the year ended December 31, 2012, we derived approximately 38% of our revenue from our specialty contracting services and approximately 62% of our revenue from our telecommunications staffing and training services. In the year ended December 31, 2013, we derived approximately 35% of our revenue from our specialty contracting services and approximately 65% from our telecommunications staffing and training services.
Cost of Revenues.
Cost of revenues includes all direct costs of providing services under our contracts, including costs for direct labor provided by employees, services by independent subcontractors, operation of capital equipment (excluding depreciation and amortization), direct materials, insurance claims and other direct costs. Cost of revenues in the year ended December 31, 2013 was 73% of revenues as compared to 70% of revenues in the year ended December 31, 2012, primarily due to lower margins in our telecommunications staffing business. Cost of revenues in the telecommunications staffing business was 79% and 78% of revenues in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the specialty contracting business was 60% and 57% of revenues in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We are trying to increase efficiency in the year ending December 31, 2014 and will focus our efforts on improving margins.
We retain the risk of loss, up to certain limits, for claims related to automobile liability, general liability, workers’ compensation, employee group health and location damages. We are sometimes subject to claims for damages resulting from property and other damages arising in connection with our specialty contracting services. A change in claims experience or actuarial assumptions related to these risks could materially affect our results of operations.
For a majority of the contract services we perform, our customers provide all required materials while we provide the necessary personnel, tools and equipment. Materials supplied by our customers, for which the customer retains financial and performance risk, are not included in our revenue or costs of revenues. We expect cost of revenues to continue to increase if we succeed in continuing to grow our revenue.
General and Administrative Costs.
General and administrative costs include all of our corporate costs, as well as costs of our subsidiaries’ management personnel and administrative overhead. These costs primarily consist of employee compensation and related expenses, including legal, consulting and professional fees, information technology and development costs, provision for or recoveries of bad debt expense and other costs that are not directly related to performance of our services under customer contracts. Our senior management, including the senior managers of our subsidiaries, perform substantially all of our sales and marketing functions as part of their management responsibilities and, accordingly, we have not incurred material sales and marketing expenses. Information technology and development costs included in general and administrative expenses are primarily incurred to support and to enhance our operating efficiency. We expect these expenses to continue to generally increase as we expand our operations, but expect that such expenses as a percentage of revenues will decrease if we succeed in increasing revenues.
Goodwill and Indefintite Lived Intangible Assets
Goodwill was generated through the acquisitions we made during 2011, 2012 and 2013. As the total consideration we paid for our completed acquisitions exceeded the value of the net assets acquired, we recorded goodwill for each of the completed acquisitions (see Note 3.
Acquisitions and Deconsolidation of Subsidiary). At the date of acquisition, we performed a valuation to determine the value of the goodwill and intangible assets, along with the allocation of assets and liabilities acquired. The goodwill is attributable to synergies and economies of scale provided to we by the acquired entity.
We perform our annual impairment test at the reportable segment level. The two reporting segments are telecommunication staffing services and specialty contracting services. Telecommunications staffing services is comprised of the ADEX entities, and specialty contracting services is comprised of TNS, Tropical, AW Solutions and RM Engineering. The components within the specialty contracting reportable segment are each considered individual reporting units. These reporting units are aggregated to form one operating segment and reportable segment for financial reporting and for the evaluation of goodwill for impairment. The telecommunications staffing reporting segment consists of one operating segment, which in turn consists of one reporting unit comprised of a single component.
We perform the impairment testing at least annually (at December 31) or at other times if we believe that it is more likely than not that there may be an impairment to the carrying value of its goodwill. If it is more likely than not, that goodwill impairment exists, the second step of the goodwill impairment test should be performed to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any.
We consider the results of an income approach and a market approach in determining the fair value of the reportable segments. We evaluated the forecasted revenue using a discounted cash flow model for each of the reporting segments. We also noted no unusual cost factors that would impact operations based on the nature of the working capital requirements of the components comprising the reportable segments. Current operating results, including any losses, are evaluated by us in the assessment of goodwill and other intangible assets. The estimates and assumptions used in assessing the fair value of the reporting units and the valuation of the underlying assets and liabilities are inherently subject to significant uncertainties. Key assumptions used in the income approach in evaluating goodwill are forecasts for each of the reporting units revenue growth rates along with forecasted discounted free cash flows for each reporting unit, aggregated into each reporting segment. For the market approach, we used the guideline public company method, under which the fair value of a business is estimated by comparing the subject company to similar companies with publicly traded ownership interests. From these “guideline” companies, valuation multiples are derived and then applied to the appropriate operating statistics of the subject company to arrive at indications of value.
While we use available information to prepare estimates and to perform impairment evaluations, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates or related projections, resulting in impairment related to recorded goodwill balances. Additionally, adverse conditions in the economy and future volatility in the equity and credit markets could impact the valuation of our reporting units. We can provide no assurances that, if such conditions occur, they will not trigger impairments of goodwill and other intangible assets in future periods.
Events that could cause the risk for impairment to increase are the loss of a major customer or group of customers, the loss of key personnel and changes to current legislation that may impact our industry or its customers’ industries. However, based on our assessment of these factors, we believe the increase in the risk of impairment to be relatively low as our relationships with key customers and personnel are in good standing and we are unaware of any adverse legislation that may have a negative impact on us or our customers.
Based on this review, we determined that there was no impairment as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and as such, did not perform a step two analysis for impairment
.
With regard to other long-lived assets and intangible assets with indefinite-lives, we follow a similar impairment assessment. We will assess the quantitative factors to determine if an impairment test of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is necessary. If the quantitative assessment reveals that it is more likely than not that the asset is impaired, a calculation of the asset’s fair value is made. Fair value is calculated using many factors, which include the future discounted cash flows as well as the estimated fair value of the asset in an arm’s-length transaction. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the results of our analysis indicated that no impairment existed.
We review finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever an event occurs or circumstances change that indicates that the carrying amount of such assets may not be fully recoverable. Recoverability is determined based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of an asset and its eventual disposition. An impairment loss is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset to its carrying value. If we determine the fair value of an asset is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is incurred. Impairment losses, if any, are reflected in operating income or loss in the consolidated statements of operations during the period incurred.
Fair Value of Embedded Derivatives.
We used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the derivative liability related to the warrants and the put and effective price of future equity offerings of equity-linked financial instruments. We derived the fair value of warrants using the common stock price, the exercise price of the warrants, risk-free interest rate, the historical volatility, and our dividend yield. We do not have sufficient historical data to use our historical volatility; therefore the expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of comparable companies. We developed scenarios to take into account estimated probabilities of future outcomes. The fair value of the warrant liabilities is classified as Level 3 within our fair value hierarchy.
On August 6, 2010, we issued to UTA Capital LLC warrants to purchase 16% of our common stock on a fully-diluted basis, which were exercisable at $75.00 per share and provided for cashless exercise. Such warrants were cancelled in September 2012 in consideration of the issuance of 53,775 shares of our common stock. The relative fair value of such warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes Option pricing model. This amount, totaling approximately $872,311, was recorded as a derivative liability and debt discount and charged to interest expense over the life of the related promissory note. The warrants issued to UTA Capital LLC did not meet the criteria to be classified as equity in accordance with ASC 815-40-15-7D and were classified as derivative liabilities at fair value and marked to market because they were not indexed to our stock as the settlement amount was not fixed due to the variability of the number of shares issuable pursuant to such warrants. The derivative liability associated with this debt was revalued each reporting period and the increase or decrease was recorded to our consolidated statement of operations under the caption “change in fair value of derivative instruments.”
On February 14, 2011, we entered into an extension and modification agreement with UTA Capital LLC in connection with our outstanding note payable to UTA Capital LLC, which had a balance of $775,000 at December 31, 2010. The modification agreement provided for an extension of the original maturity date of the note from August 6, 2011 to September 30, 2011. In exchange for consenting to the modification agreement, UTA Capital LLC was issued 10,257 shares of our common stock, which had a fair value of $153,850 and was recorded as a debt discount. Additionally, as additional consideration for our failure to satisfy a certain covenant in the agreement, UTA Capital LLC was issued 4,000 shares of our common stock, which shares were recorded as a penalty paid to the lender and recorded as an expense. These shares were issued in 2012.
Pursuant to a Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 17, 2012, as amended, among our company, our subsidiaries, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent, or the "MidMarket Loan Agreement," on September 17, 2012, we issued warrants to the lenders to purchase an aggregate of 1,105,920 shares of common stock based on the fully-diluted shares outstanding at that time. The warrants were amended on November 13, 2012 in connection with the first amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement to increase the aggregate number of shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants to 1,501,882 shares
based on the fully-diluted shares outstanding at that time.
Pursuant to the second amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement dated March 22, 2013, the aggregate number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants was set at 187,386 shares. Pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of such warrants, upon the completion of the public offering of our common stock in November 2013, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise
of such warrants was reset to 234,233 shares. The warrants have an exercise price of $4.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrants, and will expire on September 17, 2014 provided certain Financial metrics have been met or on later dates until such financial metrics are met. The warrants have anti-dilution rights in connection with the exercise price. For financial reporting purposes, we have determined that the fair value of the anti-dilution rights is immaterial. If we issue stock, warrants or options at a price below the $4.00 per share exercise price, the price of the warrants resets to the lower price. As of December 31, 2013, the lenders had not exercised the warrants. These warrants meet the criteria in ASC 480 to be classified as liabilities because there is a put feature pursuant to which we have an obligation to repurchase such warrants. The derivative liability associated with this debt will be revalued each reporting period and the increase or decrease in value will be recorded to the consolidated statement of operations under the caption “change in fair value of derivative instruments.”
On September 17, 2012, when the warrants were issued, we recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $193,944. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the loan. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the Black-Scholes Option pricing model to determine the value of the warrants issued. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the remaining debt discount was $143,843 and $182,631, respectively.
The fair value of the MidMarket warrant derivative at each measurement date was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following factors, assumptions and methodologies:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of our common stock
|
|
$
|
18.36
|
|
|
$
|
0.68755-10.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
80
|
%
|
|
|
56.78-112
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise price
|
|
$
|
4.00 to $5.00
|
|
|
$
|
.95 to $500.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated life
|
|
8.5 months
|
|
|
|
1.75 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Risk free interest rate (based on 1 year treasury rate)
|
|
|
0.11
|
%
|
|
|
0.0266-0.12
|
%
|
We issued warrants to ICG USA, LLC and Venture Champion Asia Limited in connection with loans we received from those entities in April, August and October 2013. On April 30, 2013, August 28, 2013 and October 30, 2013, the dates on which the warrants were issued, we recorded derivative liabilities in the amount of $140,000, $35,000 and $19,000, respectively. Those amounts were recorded as a debt discount and are being amortized over the life of the related loans. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the binomial method to determine the value of the warrants issued. In applying the binomial method, we evaluated possible scenarios for the price of our common stock and other factors that would impact the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants.
In December 2013, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with various institutional investors pursuant to which we issued to such investors the Convertible Debentures in the original aggregate principal amount of $11,625,000 and an aggregate of 36,567 shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase amount of $11,625,002. The Convertible Debentures mature on June 13, 2015 and bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum and are payable in accordance with an amortization schedule.
The Convertible Debentures are convertible into shares of our common stock at the election of the holder thereof at a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) $6.36, or (ii) 85% of the price per share of our common stock in the first underwritten public offering we complete of not less than $10 million of our equity securities (a “Qualified Offering”). The conversion price is subject to customary anti-dilution provisions.
On the date of issuance of the Convertible Debentures, we recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $6,620,000 in connection with the embedded features of the Convertible Debentures, which was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the Convertible Debentures. The amount of the derivative liability was calculated using the binomial method.
The fair value of the embedded derivatives of the Convertible Debentures at the measurement date was calculated using a Monte Carlo model using the following factors, assumptions and methodologies:
|
|
December 31,
2013
|
|
Conversion price
|
|
$
|
6.36
|
|
Conversion trigger price
|
|
$
|
15.90
|
|
Risk free rate
|
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
Life of conversion feature (in years)
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
60
|
%
|
The fair value of the embedded derivatives of the Convertible Debenture at December 31, 2013 was calculated using a Monte Carlo model using the same factors, assumptions and methodologies as at the initial measurement date, with the exception of the life of the conversion feature which was changed to 1.45 years.
The aggregate fair value of our derivative liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 amounted to $19.9 million and $33,593, respectively.
Income Taxes.
In the year ended December 31, 2013, we booked a provision for state and local income taxes due of $90,459. Certain states do not recognize net operating loss carryforwards, and we have operations in some of those states. The provision for state and local income taxes was offset by an increase in deferred tax liabilities of $1,982,147. This tax benefit was a result of our acquisition of ADEX and T N S in 2012, which resulted in a deferred tax liability based on the value of the intangible assets acquired. This benefit was offset by the fact that ADEX and T N S were cash-basis taxpayers when they were acquired and were converted to accrual-basis taxpayers upon acquisition, which resulted in an increase in liability. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) of $4.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively, which will be available to reduce future taxable income and expense through 2030. Utilization of the net operating loss and credit carryforwards is subject to an annual limitation due to the ownership percentage change limitations provided by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards before utilization. We have adjusted our deferred tax asset to record the expected impact of the limitations.
Credit Risk.
We are subject to concentrations of credit risk relating primarily to our cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings. Cash and equivalents primarily include balances on deposit in banks. We maintain substantially all of our cash and equivalents at financial institutions we believe to be of high credit quality. To date, we have not experienced any loss or lack of access to cash in our operating accounts.
We grant credit under normal payment terms, generally without collateral, to our customers. These customers primarily consist of telephone companies, cable broadband MSOs and electric and gas utilities. With respect to a portion of the services provided to these customers, we have certain statutory lien rights that may, in certain circumstances, enhance our collection efforts. Adverse changes in overall business and economic factors may impact our customers and increase potential credit risks. These risks may be heightened as a result of economic uncertainty and market volatility. In the past, some of our customers have experienced significant financial difficulties and, likewise, some may experience financial difficulties in the future. These difficulties expose us to increased risks related to the collectability of amounts due for services performed. We believe that none of our significant customers were experiencing financial difficulties that would materially impact the collectability of our trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2013.
Contingent Consideration.
We recognize the acquisition-date fair value of contingent consideration as part of the consideration transferred in exchange for the acquiree or assets of the acquiree in a business combination. The contingent consideration is classified as either a liability or equity in accordance with ASC 480-10 (“
Accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity”
). If classified as a liability, the liability is remeasured to fair value at each subsequent reporting date until the contingency is resolved. Increases in fair value are recorded as losses on our consolidated statement of operations, while decreases are recorded as gains. If classified as equity, contingent consideration is not remeasured and subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity.
Litigation and Contingencies.
Litigation and contingencies are reflected in our consolidated financial statements based on management’s assessment of the expected outcome of such litigation or expected resolution of such contingency. An accrual is made when the loss of such contingency is probable and reasonably estimable. If the final outcome of such litigation and contingencies differs significantly from our current expectations, such outcome could result in a charge to earnings.
Results of Operations
The following table shows our results of operations for the year indicated. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative off the results that may be expected for any future period.
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Statement of Operations Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
51,407,544
|
|
|
$
|
17,089,549
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
37,280,044
|
|
|
|
11,968,215
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
14,127,500
|
|
|
|
5,121,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,120,404
|
|
|
|
345,566
|
|
Salaries and wages
|
|
|
8,341,011
|
|
|
|
3,802,158
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
7,875,723
|
|
|
|
3,782,067
|
|
Change in fair value and loss on contingent consideration
|
|
|
3,131,130
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
20,468,268
|
|
|
|
7,929,791
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(6,340,768
|
)
|
|
|
(2,808,457
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other expense
|
|
|
(19,074,751
|
)
|
|
|
(1,097,863
|
)
|
Loss from continuing operations before (benefit from) income taxes
|
|
|
(25,415,519
|
)
|
|
|
(3,906,320
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit from income taxes
|
|
|
(587,662
|
)
|
|
|
(2,646,523
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(24,827,857
|
)
|
|
|
(1,259,797
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued operations including gain on sale of subsidiary, net of tax
|
|
|
549,922
|
|
|
|
46,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(24,277,935
|
)
|
|
|
(1,213,199
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
|
|
|
76,169
|
|
|
|
16,448
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to InterCloud Systems, Inc.
|
|
|
(24,354,104
|
)
|
|
|
(1,229,647
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less dividends on Series C, D, E, F and H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(1,084,314
|
)
|
|
|
(843,215
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to InterCloud Systems, Inc. common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(25,438,418
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,072,862
|
)
|
Year ended December 31, 2013 compared to year ended December 31, 2012
Revenue.
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Dollars
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
18,224,317
|
|
|
$
|
6,513,763
|
|
|
$
|
11,710,554
|
|
|
|
180
|
%
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
33,183,227
|
|
|
|
10,575,786
|
|
|
|
22,607,441
|
|
|
|
214
|
%
|
Total
|
|
$
|
51,407,544
|
|
|
$
|
17,089,549
|
|
|
$
|
34,317,995
|
|
|
|
201
|
%
|
Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $51.4 million, which represented an increase of $34.3 million, or 201%, compared to total revenue of $17.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in total revenue during this period was attributed to revenue generated by our acquired companies. For the year ended December 31, 2012, 38% of our revenue was derived from our specialty contracting services and 62% of our revenue was derived from our telecommunications staffing services. For the year ended December 31, 2013, 35% of our revenue was derived from our specialty contracting services and 65% of our revenue was derived from our telecommunications staffing services.
In the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, $45.5 million and $11.7 million, respectively,
of our revenues were generated by
the companies we acquired. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, all of the revenue in the telecommunication staffing services segment came from
the companies we acquired in
2012, while revenues in the specialty contracting services segment from the companies we acquired in 2012 and 2013 amounted to $12.3 million and $1.0 million in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Cost of revenue and gross margin.
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Specialty c
ontracting
services
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Dollars
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
$
|
10,970,680
|
|
|
$
|
3,727,588
|
|
|
$
|
7,243,092
|
|
|
|
194
|
%
|
Gross margin
|
|
$
|
7,253,637
|
|
|
$
|
2,784,764
|
|
|
$
|
4,468,873
|
|
|
|
160
|
%
|
Gross profit percentage
|
|
|
40
|
%
|
|
|
43
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
$
|
26,309,364
|
|
|
$
|
8,240,627
|
|
|
$
|
18,068,737
|
|
|
|
219
|
%
|
Gross margin
|
|
$
|
6,873,864
|
|
|
$
|
2,336,570
|
|
|
$
|
4,537,294
|
|
|
|
194
|
%
|
Gross profit percentage
|
|
|
21
|
%
|
|
|
22
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
$
|
37,280,044
|
|
|
$
|
11,968,215
|
|
|
$
|
25,311,829
|
|
|
|
211
|
%
|
Gross margin
|
|
$
|
14,127,501
|
|
|
$
|
5,121,334
|
|
|
$
|
9,006,167
|
|
|
|
176
|
%
|
Gross profit percentage
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our cost of revenue increased $25.3 million from $12.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $37.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. This increase was primarily due to the acquisitions completed in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we had a revenue mix of 38% specialty contracting services as compared to telecommunications staffing services of 62%. For the year ended December 31, 2013, we had a revenue mix of 35% specialty contracting services as compared to telecommunications staffing services of 65%.
Our gross profit percentage was 27% for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to 30% for the year ended December 31, 2012. The decrease in gross margin was primarily a result of the increase in revenues in our telecommunications staffing services segment. The gross profit on our telecommunications staffing services segment were only 21%, which decreased the overall gross profit. It is expected that as the telecommunications staffing services portion of our total revenue increases, our overall gross profit percentage will continue to decline, while the gross profit dollars will increase. We expect to continue to see lower gross margins until such time as we generate a greater amount of revenue from services that generate higher margins than our telecommunications staffing services segment.
General and Administrative.
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Dollars
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
$
|
7,875,723
|
|
|
$
|
3,782,067
|
|
|
$
|
4,093,656
|
|
|
|
108
|
%
|
Percentage of revenue
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
|
22
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our general and administrative expenses increased $4.1 million, from $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $7.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. General and administrative expenses related to our specialty contracting segment increased by $0.4 million, or 34%, during the year ended December 31, 2013. General and administrative expenses relating to our telecommunications staffing segment increased by $1.5 million, or 318%, during the year ended December 31, 2013. General and administrative expenses incurred on behalf of our corporate center increased by $2.2 million, or 108%, during the year ended December 31, 2013.
The increases were primarily as a result of increased overhead expenses resulting from the acquisitions we completed in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. General and administrative expenses decreased to 15% of revenues in the year ended December 31, 2013, from 22% in the year ended December 31, 2012. This decrease in percentage was a result of the increased revenues, which did not cause a corresponding increase in general and administrative expenses.
Salaries and Wages.
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2013
|
|
2012
|
|
Dollars
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Salaries and wages
|
|
$
|
8,341,011
|
|
|
$
|
3,802,158
|
|
|
$
|
4,538,853
|
|
|
|
119
|
%
|
Percentage of revenue
|
|
|
16
|
%
|
|
|
22
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our salaries and wages increased $4.5 million from $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $8.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Salaries and wages expenses related to our specialty contracting segment increased by $0.4 million, or 20%, during the year ended December 31, 2013. Salaries and wages expenses relating to our telecommunications staffing segment increased by $2.5 million, or 277%, during the year ended December 31, 2013. Salaries and wages expenses incurred on behalf of our corporate center increased by $1.6 million, or 171%, during the year ended December 31, 2013.
The increases were primarily a result of an increase in the amount of stock compensation issued in 2013, as compared to 2012. Stock compensation increased from $0.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 to $3.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2013. The increase also results from an increase in the amount of employees during 2013 due to the acquisitions in late 2012 and in 2013.
Depreciation and Amortization.
|
|
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Dollars
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
1,120,404
|
|
|
$
|
345,566
|
|
|
$
|
774,838
|
|
|
|
224
|
%
|
Percentage of revenue
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $0.8 million to $1.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $0.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2012. Depreciation and amortization expenses related to our specialty contracting segment increased by $0.5 million, or 239%, during the year ended December 31, 2013. Our depreciation and amortization expenses relating to our telecommunications staffing segment increased by $0.2 million, or 200%, during the year ended December 31, 2013. Depreciation and amortization expenses incurred on behalf of our corporate center increased by $0.1 million, or 97%, during the year ended December 31, 2013.
The increases were a result of the acquisitions completed in 2013 and 2012.
Changes in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities.
The aggregate fair value of derivative liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 amounted to approximately $19.9 million and $0.03 million, respectively.
As a result of the change in the fair value of our derivative instruments, we recorded a loss of $14.2 million and a gain of $0.2 million in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The loss in the year ended December 31, 2013 was primarily a result of the increases in the fair value of our common stock, which increased the fair value of the derivative instruments.
Net Gain
on Deconsolidation of Subsidiary.
During 2012, we sold 60% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Digital Comm, Inc. ("Digital"). In connection with such sale, we recognized a gain on deconsolidation of $0.5 million, based on the negative investment carrying amount. We made additional investments in Digital of approximately $0.2 million during 2012, at which time we wrote off the remaining balance of our investment in Digital. The result for the year was a net gain of $0.5 million on the deconsolidation of Digital.
Net gain on Discontinued Operations.
During 2013, we sold our 100% membership interest in Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC. In connection with such sale, we recognized a gain on discontinued operations of $0.2 million.
Interest Expense.
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Dollars
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$
|
5,574,228
|
|
|
$
|
1,699,746
|
|
|
$
|
3,874,482
|
|
|
|
228
|
%
|
Interest expense increased $3.9 million from $1.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 to $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily due to increases in our outstanding debt obligations. Included in interest expense is the amortization of debt discount and deferred loan costs. In the year ended December 31, 2013, amortization was $1.4 million compared to $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Net Loss Attributable to our Common Stockholders.
Net loss attributable to our common stockholders was $25.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012.
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
Dollars
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
2,427,369
|
|
|
$
|
(699,459
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,126,828
|
|
|
|
447
|
%
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
1,069,808
|
|
|
|
820,375
|
|
|
|
249,433
|
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(9,837,945
|
)
|
|
|
(2,929,373
|
)
|
|
|
(6,908,572
|
)
|
|
|
236
|
%
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(6,340,768
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,808,457
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,532,311
|
)
|
|
|
126
|
%
|
Operating loss increased $3.5 million from $2.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 to $6.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily due to increases in our stock compensation expense, professional service changes and costs attributable to being a public company.
Liquidity, Capital Resources
and Cash Flows
We have satisfied our capital and liquidity needs primarily through sales of equity securities, debt offerings and bank borrowings. As of December 31, 2013, we had cash of $17.9 million, which was exclusively denominated in U.S. dollars and consisted of bank deposits. As of December 31, 2013, none of our cash was held by foreign subsidiaries.
Indebtedness.
MidMarket Loan Agreement
. On September 17, 2012, we entered into the MidMarket Loan Agreement, pursuant to which the lenders thereunder provided us with senior secured first lien term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $13,000,000. We used a portion of the proceeds of such loans to finance our recent acquisitions, to repay certain outstanding indebtedness and to pay related fees, costs and expenses.
On November 13, 2012, we entered into a first amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement, pursuant to which the lenders provided us with additional senior secured first lien term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 and made certain other amendments to the MidMarket Loan Agreement. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, loans in the principal amount of $13.9 million and $15.0 million, respectively, were outstanding under the MidMarket Loan Agreement. In March 2014, the lenders under the MidMarket Loan Agreement assigned the loans under such agreement to certain institutional investors that subsequently converted the principal amount of such loans into an aggregate of 1,180,361 shares of our common stock at a conversion price of
$10.50
per share. However, if 85% of the volume weighted average price of our common stock on April 14, 2014 is less than $10.50, we are obligated to issue to such institutional investors additional shares of common stock so that the average conversion price of the loans under the MidMarket Loan Agreement is such lower price. At the time of such conversion, all accrued interest on such loans was paid in full in cash.
Pursuant to the MidMarket Loan Agreement, we issued to the lenders warrants to purchase 187,386 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $5.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrants, on or before September 17, 2014, subject to extension if certain of our financial statements have not been delivered to the holders of such warrants in a timely manner showing that certain financial thresholds have been met. Upon the completion of a public offering of our common stock in November 2013, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants was increased to 234,233 shares and the exercise price of such warrants was reduced to $4.00 per share.
PNC Bank Revolving Credit Facility.
On September 20, 2013, we entered into the PNC Credit Agreement wit
h PNC Bank, as agent and a lender, and each of our subsidiaries, as borrowers or guarantors. The PNC Credit Agreement provided us a revolving credit facility in the principal amount of up to $10,000,000, subject to certain borrowing base and other restrictions, that was secured by substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, including a pledge of the equity interests of our subsidiaries pursuant to a pledge agreement. The maturity date of the revolving credit facility was June 17, 2014, subject to certain extensions.
Interest on advances under the revolving credit facility was payable in arrears on the first day of each month with respect to Domestic Rate Loans (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement) and at the end of each interest period, with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement). Interest charges were computed on the greater of (x) $5,000,000 or (y) the actual principal amount of advances outstanding during the month at a rate per annum equal to, (i) in the case of Domestic Rate Loans, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement) plus 0.50% per annum, or (ii) in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the LIBOR rate plus 2.75% per annum. Prior to each advance, we had the option of making such advance a Domestic Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
The loans were subject to a borrowing base equal to the sum of (a) 88% of our eligible accounts receivable,
plus
(b) the lesser of (i) 65% of our Eligible Milestone Receivables (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement) and (ii) $500,000,
minus
(c) the aggregate maximum undrawn amount of all outstanding letters of credit under the revolving credit facility, and
minus
(d) $2,500,000 (prior to the release of the availability block). Initially, the borrowing base was reduced by a $2,500,000 availability block that could have been be eliminated on September 30, 2014 if we were to meet certain financial conditions and were not in default under the revolving credit facility.
As of December 31, 2013, we had borrowing availability under the PNC Credit Agreement of $1.5 million, and had a prepaid loan balance of $0.1 million. However, as of December 31, 2013, we were not in compliance with all of the covenants of the PNC Credit Agreement. We terminated the PNC Credit Agreement on April 4, 2014 and, pursuant to the terms of the PNC Credit Agreement, we incurred a termination charge of approximately $300,000 in connection with such termination.
12% Convertible Debentures.
On December 13, 2013, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors pursuant to which we issued to such investors the Convertible Debentures in an original aggregate principal amount of $11,625,000 and an aggregate of 36,567 shares of our common stock. In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Debentures, we paid a fee to Aegis Capital of $989,000, resulting in net proceeds to us of $10,636,002.
The Convertible Debentures bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum, and are payable in accordance with an amortization schedule, with monthly payments beginning on July 13, 2014 and ending on the final maturity date of June 13, 2015. At our election, subject to compliance with certain terms and conditions in the purchase agreement, the monthly amortization payments may be paid by the issuance of shares of our common stock at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the conversion price of the Convertible Debentures at that time and (ii) 75% of the average of the daily volume weighted average price, or VWAP, of our common stock for the five-trading-day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the trading day that is five days prior to the applicable monthly amortization date.
The Convertible Debentures are convertible into shares of our common stock at the election of the holder thereof at a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) $6.36, or (ii) 85% of the price per share of our common stock in our next underwritten public offering of not less than $10 million of our equity securities, subject in each case to customary anti-dilution provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Convertible Debentures held a particular holder will not be convertible if such conversion would result in such holder owning more than 4.99% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock after such conversion. Beginning on June 13, 2014, we may elect to force the holder of a Convertible Debenture to convert all, but not less than all, amounts outstanding under such Convertible Debenture into shares of our common stock at the applicable conversion price; provided, that we may only elect such forced conversion if certain conditions are met, including the condition that our common stock has been trading at 150% or higher of the applicable conversion price for 30 consecutive trading days with an average daily trading volume of not less than $1,000,000 of shares per day.
We may redeem a Convertible Debenture, in whole or in part, for cash at a redemption price, or the Redemption Amount, equal to 115% of the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, plus an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued on such Convertible Debenture through December 13, 2014. If we complete an underwritten public offering of at least $10 million of our equity securities while the Convertible Debentures remain outstanding, (i) each holder of a Convertible Debenture has the option to force the redemption of a portion of such holder’s Convertible Debentures for a redemption price equal to the Qualified Offering Amount (as defined below), and (ii) we have the option to force the redemption of each holder’s Convertible Debentures in an amount equal to or less than the Qualified Offering Amount. The “Qualified Offering Amount means, with respect to each Convertible Debenture, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 50% of the Redemption Amount and (ii) (a) 50% of the gross proceeds we receive in such public offering of equity securities multiplied by (b)(x) the Redemption Amount of such Convertible Debenture, divided by (y) the Redemption Amount of all Convertible Debentures issued pursuant to the Convertible Debenture purchase agreement.
Upon the acceleration of a Convertible Debenture following an event of default, as defined in the Convertible Debentures, the Mandatory Default Amount (as defined below) of such Convertible Debenture shall become due and payable in cash. The “Mandatory Default Amount” means the sum of (a) the greater of (i) the outstanding principal amount of such Convertible Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus all interest that would have been earned thereon through December 13, 2014 if such interest has not yet accrued, divided by the lower of (A) the conversion price of the Convertible Debentures on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is demanded (if demand or notice is required to create an event of default) or otherwise due or (B) the conversion price of the Convertible Debentures on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is paid in full, multiplied by the higher of (x) the VWAP of our common stock on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is demanded or otherwise due or (y) the VWAP of our common stock on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is paid in full, or (ii) 115% of the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, plus all interest that would have been earned through December 13, 2014 if such interest has not yet accrued, and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of such Convertible Debenture. After the occurrence of an event of default that results in the acceleration of the Convertible Debentures, the interest rate on the Convertible Debentures will accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Additionally, upon the occurrence of an event of default, at the holder’s election each Convertible Debenture will become convertible into shares of our common stock at the lesser of (i) the conversion price of the Convertible Debentures, and (ii) 70% of the average VWAP of our common stock for the five trading days in the preceding twenty trading days that have the lowest VWAP during such period.
Related Party Promissory Notes.
On July 5, 2011, we entered into a definitive master funding agreement with MMD Genesis LLC (“MMD Genesis”), a company the three principals of which are our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, one of our directors, Mark F. Durfee, and Douglas Shooker, the principal of Forward Investments LLC, the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock. Pursuant to the master funding agreement, MMD Genesis made loans to us from time to time to fund certain of our working capital requirements and a portion of the cash purchase prices of our business acquisitions. All such loans originally bore interest at the rate of 2.5% per month and matured on June 30, 2014. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, outstanding loans from MMD Genesis in the aggregate principal amount of $3,925,000 and $350,000, respectively, were outstanding.
On January 1, 2014, the outstanding principal amount of the loans from MMD Genesis in the amount of $3,925,000, and accrued interest thereon in the amount of $963,746, was restructured and, in lieu thereof, we issued to the principals of MMD Genesis LLC or their designees the following notes:
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a note issued to Mark Munro 1996 Charitable Remainder UniTrust in the principal amount of $275,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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a note issued to CamaPlan FBO Mark Munro IRA in the principal amount of $346,904 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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a note issued to 1112 Third Avenue Corp., a company controlled by Mark Munro, in the principal amount of $375,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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a note issued to Mark Munro in the principal amount of $737,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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a note issued to Pascack Road, LLC, a company controlled by Mark Durfee, in the principal amount of $1,575,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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a note issued to Forward Investments, LLC in the principal amount of $650,000 that bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015 and is convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share; and
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a note issued to Forward Investments, LLC in the principal amount of $2,825,000 that bears interest at the rate of 2% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015 and is convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share.
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On February 4, 2014 and March 28, 2014, Forward Investments, LLC made loans to us for working capital purposes in the amounts of $1.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Such loans are evidenced by promissory notes that bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum, mature on June 30, 2015 and are convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share.
ICG Convertible Promissory Notes
. On April 26, 2013, we entered into a purchase agreement, or the ICG Purchase Agreement, with ICG USA, LLC, or ICG, pursuant to which we agreed to sell, and ICG agreed to purchase, unsecured convertible promissory notes, or the ICG Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,725,000, for an aggregate purchase price of up to $1,500,000, at up to three separate closings, with each such closing subject to customary closing conditions.
We received aggregate proceeds under the ICG Purchase Agreement of $1,500,000, with the difference between the amount of proceeds we received and the aggregate principal amount of the ICG Notes we issued representing an up-front interest payment, with no additional interest being owed on the ICG Notes. On April 30, 2013, at the first closing of the sale of ICG Notes under the ICG Purchase Agreement, we issued to ICG an ICG Note in the principal amount of $862,500 for a purchase price of $750,000, representing an up-front interest charge of $112,500. On August 28, 2013, at the second closing of the sale of ICG Notes under the ICG Purchase Agreement, we issued to ICG an ICG Note in the principal amount of $287,500 for a purchase price of $250,000, representing an up-front interest charge of $37,500.
On October 30, 2013, at the third closing of the sale of ICG Notes under the ICG Purchase Agreement, we issued to ICG an ICG Note in the principal amount of $575,000 for a purchase price of $500,000, representing an up-front interest charge of $75,000.
The initial ICG Note in the principal amount of $862,500 matured on the earlier of (i) the six-month anniversary of the original date of issuance of such ICG Note, or (ii) ten trading days after the consummation of any capital raise resulting in gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000. The ICG Note in the principal amount of $287,500 matured on the earlier of (i) the six-month anniversary of the original date of issuance of such ICG Note, or (ii) 90 trading days of after the consummation of any public offering resulting in gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000. If, however, we did not complete a capital raise by the six-month anniversary of the original date of issuance of either such ICG Note, then ICG could have elected to be repaid the principal amount of such ICG Note by either (a) receiving 25% of our future monthly cash flows until such time as all principal due under such ICG Note has been repaid and/or (b) converting the unpaid principal amount of such ICG Note into shares of our common stock. If, following such six-month period, ICG made such election to convert, the outstanding principle balance of the ICG Notes was convertible into shares of common stock at a price per share equal to 80% of the lesser of (i) the average of the closing bid prices of the common stock for each of the ten trading days preceding the date of conversation or (ii) the closing bid price of our common stock on the date of conversion, but in no event less than $11.60 per share.
At December 31, 2013, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the three ICG Notes was $1,725,000. On March 4, 2014, the entire principal amount of the three ICG Notes was converted into 161,215 shares of our common stock.
Pursuant to the ICG Purchase Agreement, in connection with the issuance of each ICG Note, we also issued to ICG two-year warrants, or the ICG Warrants, to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares into which the related ICG Note may be converted on the date of issuance of such ICG Note. The ICG Warrants were exercisable at an exercise price of 4.80 per share. In November 2013, ICG exercised all of the warrants on a cashless basis and received 138,396 shares of common stock.
At the initial closing under the ICG Purchase Agreement, we paid to Aegis Capital Corp., the representative of the underwriters in our November 2013 equity offering, a placement agent fee in the amount of $69,000 for its services as placement agent for the securities sold at such closing. At the second closing under the ICG Purchase Agreement, we paid to Aegis Capital Corp. a placement agent fee in the amount of $23,000 for its services as placement agent for the securities sold at such closing. At the third closing under the ICG Purchase Agreement, we paid to Aegis Capital Corp. a placement agent fee of $34,750 for its services as placement agent for the securities sold at such closing.
Wellington Promissory Note
. On September 17, 2012, we entered into a promissory note, or the Wellington Note, with Wellington Shields & Co. LLC, or Wellington, as evidence of the fees we owed to Wellington for services rendered relating to the MidMarket Loan Agreement. The Wellington Note was for a term of 35 days with interest in arrears from September 17, 2012 at the lowest applicable federal rate of interest. As of December 31, 2012, $95,000 of principal plus accrued interest remained outstanding on the Wellington Note and we were in default due to our failure to pay such amounts in full. The Wellington Note was paid in full in May 2013.
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with UTA Capital LLC
. On August 6, 2010, we secured a working capital loan from UTA Capital LLC, with Digital Comm as the borrower. In connection with such loan, we issued to UTA Capital, LLC warrants initially to purchase 41,905 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $75.00 per share. The warrants were exchanged for 52,190 shares of common stock on September 6, 2012. We paid off the remaining outstanding balance of this loan in September 2012.
Obligations Under Purchase Agreements for Recent Acquisitions
In connection with the acquisitions of our subsidiaries, we entered into purchase agreements pursuant to which we agreed to certain on-going financial and other obligations. The following is a summary of the material terms of the purchase agreements for our recent and pending acquisitions for which we have on-going financial obligations.
T N S, Inc.
On September 17, 2012, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “T N S Agreement”) with the stockholders of T N S pursuant to which we acquired all the outstanding capital stock of T N S for the following consideration paid or issued by us at the closing: (i) cash in the amount of $700,000, (ii) 4,150 shares of our Series F Preferred Stock, of which 575 shares are contingent and are subject to cancellation in whole or in part if T N S does not meet certain operating results for the year ending September 30, 2013, and (iii) 10,000 shares of our common stock.
In addition, in the T N S Agreement, we agreed that, upon completion of this offering, we will issue to the sellers an aggregate number of shares of common stock equal to (i) $200,000 divided by (ii) the offering price per share of our common stock in this offering. We have valued such obligation at $259,550 as of the acquisition date and recorded such amount as a liability as of such date.
As additional consideration, we agreed to pay the sellers an amount equal to 20% of T N S’s adjusted EBITDA in excess of $1,275,000 for each of the three 12-month periods immediately following the closing date. During such 36-month period, we agreed to operate T N S in the ordinary course with the commercially-reasonable objective of maximizing the amount payable to the sellers with respect to such three 12-month periods. Finally, in the event the adjusted EBITDA of T N S for the 12-month period beginning October 1, 2012 is greater or less than $1,250,000, we also agreed to issue or cancel, as appropriate, shares of Series F Preferred Stock based on an agreed-upon formula. We valued the contingent consideration likely to be paid at $557,933 as of the date of the acquisition.
In the T N S Agreement, we granted the sellers the right to put to us the shares of common stock issued at the closing for $50.00 per share, beginning 18 months after the closing and continuing for 60 days thereafter. In addition, the holders of the Series F Preferred Stock could demand that an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock be redeemed beginning on November 27, 2012 at a redemption price of $1,000 per share, with the redemption to occur within 20 days of such request. The holders could have also requested that an additional 575 shares of Series F Preferred Stock be redeemed beginning on September 17, 2013 and that any additional shares of Series F Preferred Stock be redeemed beginning on September 17, 2014.
On December 21, 2013 we entered into agreement with TNS sellers to satisfy all our outstanding obligations related to the TNS agreement. Based on the terms of that agreement we settled all our remaining obligations to the TNS sellers by converting the 1,150 shares of Series F Preferred Stock owned by such sellers, along with the settlement of the common shares with a put option, issued additional shares to settle contingent consideration and the shares to be issued in connection with our public offering which aggregated to 466,702 shares of our common stock. At the time of settlement, there was no contingent consideration outstanding. The shares issued to settle the contingent consideration arrangement resulted in a loss of $2.2 million.
Rives-Monteiro Engineering LLC and Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC.
On November 15, 2011, we entered into, and on December 14, 2011 we amended, a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Rives-Monteiro Agreement”) with the two members of RM Engineering and RM Leasing (collectively Rives-Monteiro) pursuant to which we acquired 49% of the membership interests of RM Engineering, were granted the right to purchase the remaining 51% of RM Engineering for $1.00 and acquired all of the membership interests of RM Leasing for the following consideration: (i) a cash payment in the amount of $300,000, of which $100,000 was paid on December 29, 2011, the date of consummation of the acquisitions, $100,000 was payable on or before March 29, 2012, and $100,000 was payable on or before June 29, 2012, (ii) 15,000 shares of common stock, (iii) the assumption of indebtedness in the aggregate amount of $211,455, (iv) an amount equal to 50% of the net income of RM Engineering during the 18-month period following date of acquisition of RM Engineering, and (v) warrants to purchase up to 1,000 additional shares of common stock at a price equal to the lower of a 25% discount to the market price of the common stock on the date of exercise or $150.00 per share, for each $500,000 of EBITDA earned by RM Engineering during the 24-month period following the date of acquisition of RM Engineering. The cash payments in the aggregate amount of $200,000 were not paid when due in March and June 2012, and the parties have agreed that such payments will be made on or prior to the closing of this offering. We valued the contingent consideration likely to be paid at $126,287 as of December 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2013, we determined, based upon the operating results of RM Engineering since the date of acquisition, that the fair value of this contingent consideration should be adjusted to $0 and no contingent consideration will be earned.
AW Solutions.
On April 3, 2013, we entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “AWS Agreement”) with AW Solutions Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC and each of the equity owners of such companies pursuant to which we acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of AW Solutions Inc. and the membership interests of AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $8,760,097, subject to certain customary working capital adjustments.
At the closing of the acquisition on April 15, 2013, we made a cash payment to the sellers in the amount of $475,000 (the “Closing Date Cash Payment”), and made a cash payment in the amount of $25,000 to an escrow agent to be held in escrow in accordance with the terms of an escrow agreement. We also issued promissory notes (the “AW Notes”) to each of the sellers in the aggregate principal amount of $2,107,804. The AW Notes bear interest at the rate of 0.22% per annum and are payable within five business days of the earlier of (i) the date of consummation of this offering or (ii) September 30, 2013. On the maturity date of the AW Notes, 5% of the then-outstanding principal balance of the AW Notes will be delivered by us to the escrow agent to be held in escrow. The AW Notes are secured by a lien on the accounts receivable of AW Solutions as of the closing date pursuant to a security agreement among the sellers, AW Solutions and our company. If we default on the AW Notes, the sellers may exercise their lien on the accounts receivable of AW Solutions. As additional consideration for the purchase of AW Solutions, we issued to the sellers an aggregate of 203,735 shares of our common stock. Any amounts remaining held in escrow by the escrow agent not subject to any claims shall be released to the sellers nine months after the closing date.
The AWS Agreement provides for certain earn-out payments to the Sellers based on the first and second anniversary EBITDA of AW Solutions. Following the first anniversary of the closing date, we will calculate the EBITDA of AW Solutions for the twelve-month period beginning on the closing date and ending on the first anniversary of the closing date (the “First Anniversary EBITDA”), which will be subject to review by the sellers in accordance with the AWS Agreement. If required, we will make an earn-out payment to the Sellers based on the First Anniversary EBITDA as follows (the “First EBITDA Adjustment”):
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if the First Anniversary EBITDA is less than $2,000,000, the First EBITDA Adjustment will be zero;
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if the First Anniversary EBITDA is equal to or greater than $2,000,000 and less than or equal to $3,000,000, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to the First Anniversary EBITDA and will be paid by us to the sellers in cash;
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if the First Anniversary EBITDA is greater than $3,000,000 and less than or equal to $4,000,000, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 1.5 times the First Anniversary EBITDA and will be paid by us to the sellers in cash;
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if the First Anniversary EBITDA is greater than $4,000,000 and less than or equal to $5,000,000, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.0 times the First Anniversary EBITDA, of which 50% will be paid by us to the sellers in cash and 50% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the first anniversary of the closing date; or
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if the First Anniversary EBITDA is greater than $5,000,000, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.25 times the First Anniversary EBITDA, of which 50% will be paid by us to the sellers in cash and 50% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the first anniversary of the closing date.
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Following the second anniversary of the closing date, we will calculate the EBITDA of AW Solutions for the twelve-month period beginning on the first anniversary of the closing date and ending on the second anniversary of the closing date (the “Second Anniversary EBITDA”), which will be subject to review by the sellers in accordance with the AWS Agreement. We will make an earn-out payment to the sellers based on the Second Anniversary EBITDA as follows (the “Second EBITDA Adjustment”):
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if the Second Anniversary EBITDA is less than or equal to the First Anniversary EBITDA, then the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be zero;
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if the Second Anniversary EBITDA exceeds the First Anniversary EBITDA (the “EBITDA Growth Amount”) by an amount less than $1,000,000, the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.0 times the EBITDA Growth Amount and will be paid us to the sellers in cash;
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if the EBITDA Growth Amount is equal to or greater than $1,000,000 and less than $3,000,000, then the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.25 times the EBITDA Growth Amount, of which 88.88% will be paid by us to the sellers in cash and 11.12% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the second anniversary of the closing date; or
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if the EBITDA Growth Amount is equal to or greater than $3,000,00, then the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.5 times the EBITDA Growth Amount, of which 80% will be paid by us to the sellers in cash and 20% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on second anniversary of the closing date.
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On December 31, 2013, we evaluated the amount of contingent consideration to be paid and increased the amount by $1.7 million to $4.4 million.
RentVM.
On February 3, 2014, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “RentVM Agreement”) with RentVM and the stockholders of RentVM pursuant to which we acquired all the outstanding capital stock of RentVM. In consideration for such shares of capital stock, at closing we issued 400,000 shares of our common stock, of which (i) an aggregate of 331,601 of the shares were issued to the sellers and (ii) 68,399 of the shares were placed in escrow (the “Escrow Shares”). The Escrow Shares secure, among other things, the sellers’ indemnification obligations under the RentVM Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided no claim for indemnity has been made, or if a claim has been made and there are sufficient Escrow Shares remaining to satisfy such claim, the sellers may request a release of up to 25% of the remaining Escrow Shares to cover personal tax liabilities associated with the acquisition.
Up to and including the 90th calendar day following the closing date of the acquisition, we have the option to purchase from the sellers, on a pro rata basis, for an aggregate option purchase price of $1,000,000 in cash, a number of shares of our common stock equal to the quotient of $1,000,000 divided by $14.62 (the closing price of our common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the RentVM Agreement).
Integration Partners – NY Corporation
. Effective as of January 1, 2014, we consummated the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of IPC, pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2013 and amended on January 1, 2014 (the “IPC Agreement”), by and among IPC, the sole stockholders of IPC and our company. The purchase price for the acquisition was paid as follows:
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an aggregate of $12,509,747 was paid to owners of IPC;
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a convertible promissory note was issued to an owner of IPC in the original principal amount of $6,254,873;
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45,676 shares of our common stock will be issued to an owner of IPC or his designee(s);
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5,886 shares of our common stock will be issued to certain owners of IPC or their respective designee(s); and
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$941,594 and 47,080 shares of our common stock was placed in escrow to secure the sellers’ indemnification and certain other obligations under the IPC Agreement.
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As additional earn-out consideration, pursuant to the terms of the IPC Agreement, we will pay to a former owner of IPC an amount equal to (i) the product of 0.6 multiplied by the EBITDA of IPC for the 12-month period beginning on January 1, 2014 (the “Forward EBITDA”), plus (ii) in the event that the Forward EBITDA exceeds the closing trailing-twelve-month EBITDA by 5.0% or more, an amount equal to 2.0 multiplied by this difference, which amount will be payable in cash, or at our election, shares of our common stock. We will record any contingent consideration paid as compensation expense in the period earned.
The promissory note we issued at closing accrues interest at the rate of 8% per annum, and all principal and interest accruing thereunder is due and payable on December 31, 2014. At the election of the holder of such promissory note, such promissory note is convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $16.99 per share (subject to equitable adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations and other similar events). Beginning on July 1, 2014, if our common stock is trading at a price of greater than or equal to $16.99 for ten consecutive trading days, we may elect to force the conversion of such promissory note.
Proceeds from Equity Issuances.
In the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we raised net proceeds of $5.8 million and $6.9 million, respectively, through public and private sales of equity securities.
Accounts Receivable
We had gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2013 and 2012 of $8.6 million and $8.2 million, respectively. Accounts receivable at December 31, 2012 was significant relative to the annual revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012 for the following reasons:
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We acquired ERFS on December 17, 2012. The revenue we recorded for ERFS for the year ended December 31 2012 was $146,036, while the accounts receivable for ERFS included in our consolidated accounts receivable at December 31, 2012 was $821,357.
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We acquired T N S on September 17, 2012. The revenue that was included for T N S from September 17, 2012 through December 31, 2012 was $1,042,367, while the amount of accounts receivable included in our consolidated accounts receivable on December 31, 2012 was $558,849.
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We acquired the ADEX entities on September 17, 2012. The revenue that was included for the ADEX entities from September 17, 2012 through December 31, 2012 was $10,577,197, while the amount of accounts receivable included in our consolidated accounts receivable on December 31, 2012 was $6,758,439.
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Our days sales outstanding calculated on an annual basis was not meaningful at December 31, 2012 because we had owned the companies noted above only for a short period. Our days sales outstanding as of December 31, 2013 was 61 days, which we believe is more representative of what should be expected going forward.
Working Capital
At December 31, 2013, we had working capital of approximately $4.2 million, as compared to a working capital deficit of approximately $4.7 million at December 31, 2012. The increase of $8.9 million in our working capital from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013 was primarily the result of an increase in cash of approximately $17.3 million resulting primarily from the proceeds of our sale of $11.6 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Debentures and $2.0 million of additional debt securities in December 2013. The increase in current assets was offset, in part, by the increase in current liabilites at December 31, 2013 that was due primarily to an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $5.2 million. The increase in accounts payable was primarily the result of increased legal and accounting fees and expenses of approximately $1.0 million, a significant portion of which related to services provided for our public offering of equity securities in the fourth quarter of 2013, accrued interest of $1.7 million and accrued dividends on preferred stock of $0.5 million.
The increase in our working capital at December 31, 2013 was attributable, in part, to our requirement for a cash payment of approximately $12.5 million in connection with our acquisition of IPC on January 1, 2014. Giving effect to such cash payment on January 1, 2014 and to the increase in our working capital in the amount of approximately $0.8 million due to our consolidation of the working capital of IPC as of such date, on a pro forma basis we would have had a working capital deficit of approximately $7.6 million at December 31, 2013. We raised $11.6 million through the issuance of the Convertible Debentures, and an additional $2.0 million through the sale of debt securities, in December 2013. The proceeds of such financings were used for the cash portion of the purchase price of IPC.
On or prior to December 31, 2014, we have obligations relating to the payment of indebtedness as follows:
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$3,925,000 with respect to our note payable to MMD Genesis, which is due in June 2014;
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approximately $259,000 with respect to the bank line of credit of RM Engineering, which is due in July 2014;
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an amount payable to the sellers of AW Solutions in May 2014, which will be calculated based upon the EBITDA of AW Solutions and for which we have recorded a contingent liability for contingent consideration in the amount of approximately $2.6 million
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$5.3 million payable to the holders of the Convertible Debentures, which is payable in six monthly installments commencing in July 2014; and
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$6.3 million payable to a seller of IPC in respect of a convertible promissory note that matures on December 31, 2014.
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We anticipate meeting our cash obligations on our indebtedness that is payable on or prior to December 31, 2014 from earnings from operations, including in particular the operations of ADEX, T N S, AW Solutions and IPC, each of which we recently acquired, and possibly from the proceeds of additional indebtedness and equity raises. We anticipate meeting our cash obligations in connection with our acquisitions of VaultLogix and Telco from the sale of additional debt or equity securities. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to obtain any additional financing on terms that are acceptable to us, if at all.
We anticipate that our earnings from operations and a portion of the proceeds from the additional financings discussed above will be sufficient to fund our debt repayment obligations. If we are not successful in obtaining additional financing, we expect that we will be able to renegotiate and extend certain of our notes payable as required to enable us to meet our debt obligations as they become due, although there can be no assurance we will be able to do so.
Cash Flows
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The following summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated has been derived from our historical consolidated financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this report:
Summary of Cash Flows
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Year ended December 31,
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2012
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Net cash provided by (used in) operations
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$
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2,792,934
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(2,975,942
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Net cash used in investing activities
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(233,377
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(13,735,393
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Net cash provided by financing activities
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15,053,126
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17,269,028
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Net cash used in operating activities.
We have historically experienced cash deficits from operations as we continued to expand our business and sought to establish economies of scale. Our largest uses of cash for operating activities are for general and administrative expenses. Our primary source of cash flow from operating activities is cash receipts from customers. Our cash flow from operations will continue to be affected principally by the extent to which we grow our revenues and increase our headcount.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 of $2.8 million was primarily attributable to a net loss of $24.3 million offset by increases in the fair value of our derivative liability and our accounts payable and accrued expenses of $14.2 million and $6.3 million, respectively.
Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 of $3.0 million was primarily attributable to a net loss of $1.2 million and an increase in net accounts receivable of $1.4 million primarily due to revenue growth for the year ended December 31, 2012, which was offset in part by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $2.1 million.
Net cash used in investing activities
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Net cash used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $1.2 million and $13.7 million, respectively, consisting primarily of cash used for acquisitions and purchases of capital equipment.
Net cash provided by financing activities
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Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $15.1 million, which resulted primarily from the proceeds of $17.1 million we received from the sale of the Convertible Debentures and other borrowings, the public offering of our common stock which generated $2.8 million, net of issuance costs, and the proceeds of $0.8 million we received from the sale of preferred stock, offset in part by repayments of notes and loans payable of $3.0 million, increase in deferred loan costs of $1.8 million and the redemption of outstanding preferred stock of $3.0 million.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $17.3 million, which resulted primarily from the proceeds from the loans under the MidMarket Loan Agreement and the sale of preferred shares.
Rental Obligations.
We and our operating subsidiaries have real property leases as described in this report under Item 2. – Properties. These leases expire on various dates through 2017.
The future minimum obligation during each year through 2017 under the leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year is as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
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Future Minimum
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Lease Payments
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2014
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$
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449,567
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2015
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219,705
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2016
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112,641
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2017
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66,710
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Total
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848,623
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Capital expenditures
We had capital expenditures of $124,273 and $89,258 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We expect our capital expenditures for the 12 months ending December 31, 2014 to be consistent with our prior spending. These capital expenditures will be primarily utilized for equipment needed to generate revenue and for office equipment. We expect to fund such capital expenditures out of our working capital.
Off-balance sheet arrangements
During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Contingencies
We are involved in claims and legal proceedings arising from the ordinary course of our business. We record a provision for a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If these estimates and assumptions change or prove to be incorrect, it could have a material impact on our financial statements.
Critical accounting policies and estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our historical and pro forma consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported therein and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate these estimates and assumptions, including those related to recognition of revenue for costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, the fair value of reporting units for goodwill impairment analysis, the assessment of impairment of intangibles and other long-lived assets, income taxes, asset lives used in computing depreciation and amortization, allowance for doubtful accounts, stock-based compensation expense for performance-based stock awards derivatives, contingent consideration and accruals for contingencies, including legal matters. These estimates and assumptions require the use of judgment as to the likelihood of various future outcomes and as a result, actual results could differ materially from these estimates.
We have identified the accounting policies below as critical to the accounting for our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations because they involve making significant judgments and estimates that are used in the preparation of our historical and pro forma consolidated financial statements. The impact of these policies affects our reported and expected financial results and are discussed in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” We have discussed the development, selection and application of our critical accounting policies with the Audit Committee of our board of directors, and the Audit Committee has reviewed the disclosure relating to our critical accounting policies in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
Other significant accounting policies, primarily those with lower levels of uncertainty than those discussed below, are also important to understanding our historical consolidated financial statements. The notes to our consolidated financial statements in this report contain additional information related to our accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies described herein, and should be read in conjunction with this discussion.
Emerging Growth Company.
On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act, was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, reduce certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. As an “emerging growth company,” we may delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies until the earlier of the date that (i) we are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) we affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period for complying with such new or revised accounting standards. We have elected not to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. As a result, our financial statements will be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards. Upon issuance of new or revised accounting standards that apply to our financial statements, we will disclose the date on which we will adopt the recently-issued accounting guidelines.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Our revenues are generated from two reportable segments, specialty contracting services and telecommunication staffing services. We recognize revenue only when the price is fixed or determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service is performed, and collectability of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
The specialty contracting services segment is comprised of TNS, Tropical, AW Solutions and RM Engineering. Specialty contracting services revenues are derived from contracted services to provide technical engineering services along with contracting services to commercial and governmental customers. The contracts of TNS, Tropical and RM Engineering provide that payment for our services may be based on either 1) direct labor hours at fixed hourly rates or 2) fixed-price contracts. The services provided under the contracts are generally provided within a month. Occasionally, the services may be provided over a period of up to six months.
AW Solutions recognizes revenue using the percentage of completion method. Revenues and fees on these contracts are recognized specifically utilizing the efforts-expended method, which uses measures such as task duration and completion. The efforts-expended approach is an input method used in situations where it is more representative of progress on a contract than the cost-to-cost or the labor-hours methods. We use labor hours as the basis for the percentage of completion calculation, which is measured principally by the percentage of labor hours incurred to date for each contract to the estimated total labor hours for each contract at completion. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts, if any, are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Changes in job performance conditions and final contract settlements may result in revisions to costs and income, which are recognized in the period revisions are determined.
AW Solutions also generates revenue from service contracts with certain customers. These contracts are accounted for under the proportional performance method. Under this method, revenue is recognized in proportion to the value provided to the customer for each project as of each reporting date.
The revenues of the telecommunication staffing service segment, which is comprised of the ADEX subsidiaries, are derived from contracted services to provide technical engineering and management solutions to large voice and data communications providers, as specified by their clients. The contracts provide that payments made for our services may be based on either 1) direct labor hours at fixed hourly rates or 2) fixed-price contracts. The services provided under the contracts are generally provided within a month. Occasionally, the services may be provided over a period of up to four months. If it is anticipated that the services will span a period exceeding one month, depending on the contract terms, we will provide either progress billing at least once a month or upon completion of the clients' specifications. The aggregate amount of unbilled work-in-progress recognized as revenues was insignificant at December 31, 2013 and 2012.
We sometimes require customers to provide a deposit prior to beginning work on a project. When this occurs, the deposit is recorded as deferred revenue and is recognized in revenue when the work is complete.
During 2013 and 2012, we did not recognize any revenue from cloud-based services.
Allowances for Doubtful Accounts.
We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the failure of our customers to make required payments. Management analyzes the collectability of accounts receivable balances each period. This analysis considers the aging of account balances, historical bad debt experience, changes in customer creditworthiness, current economic trends, customer payment activity and other relevant factors. Should any of these factors change, the estimate made by management may also change, which could affect the level of our future provision for doubtful accounts. We recognize an increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts when it is probable that a receivable is not collectable and the loss can be reasonably estimated. Any increase in the allowance account has a corresponding negative effect on our results of operations. We believe that none of our significant customers were experiencing financial difficulties that would materially impact our trade accounts receivable or allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets.
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had goodwill in the amount of $17.1 million and $14.8
million, respectively. We did not recognize any goodwill impairment during the years ended December 31, 2013 or 2012.
We account for goodwill in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) ASC Topic 350,
Intangibles-Goodwill and Other
(ASC Topic 350). Our reporting units and related indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested annually during the fourth fiscal quarter of each year in accordance with ASC Topic 350 in order to determine whether their carrying value exceeds their fair value. In addition, they are tested on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change between annual tests that would more likely than not reduce their fair value below carrying value. If we determine the fair value of goodwill or other indefinite-lived intangible assets is less than their carrying value as a result of the tests, an impairment loss is recognized. Impairment losses, if any, are reflected in operating income or loss in the consolidated statements of operations during the period incurred.
In accordance with ASC Topic 360,
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets
, we review finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever an event occurs or circumstances change which indicates that the carrying amount of such assets may not be fully recoverable. Recoverability is determined based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of an asset and its eventual disposition. An impairment loss is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset to its carrying value. If we determine the fair value of an asset is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is incurred. Impairment losses, if any, are reflected in operating income or loss in the consolidated statements of operations during the period incurred.
We use judgment in assessing if goodwill and intangible assets are impaired. Estimates of fair value are based on our projection of revenues, operating costs, and cash flows taking into consideration historical and anticipated future results, general economic and market conditions, as well as the impact of planned business or operational strategies. To measure fair value, we employ a combination of present value techniques which reflect market factors. Changes in our judgments and projections could result in significantly different estimates of fair value potentially resulting in additional impairments of goodwill and other intangible assets.
Our goodwill resides in multiple reporting units that are aggregated into our two reporting segments for our goodwill impairment testing. One reporting segment is composed of our telecommunications staffing services, which is comprised of the ADEX entities. The other reporting segment, specialty contracting services, is an aggregation of our TNS, Tropical, RM Engineering and AW Solutions reporting units. The profitability of individual reporting units may suffer periodically from downturns in customer demand and other factors resulting from the cyclical nature of our business, the high level of competition existing within our industry, the concentration of our revenues from a limited number of customers, and the level of overall economic activity. During times of slowing economic conditions, our customers may reduce capital expenditures and defer or cancel pending projects. Individual reporting units may be relatively more impacted by these factors than us as a whole. As a result, demand for the services of one or more of our reporting units could decline resulting in an impairment of goodwill or intangible assets in one of our reporting segments.
Certain of our business units also have other intangible assets, including customer relationships, trade names and non-compete agreements. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we believed the carrying amounts of these intangible assets were recoverable. However, if adverse events were to occur or circumstances were to change indicating that the carrying amount of such assets may not be fully recoverable, the assets would be reviewed for impairment and the assets could be impaired.
Stock-Based Compensation.
Our stock-based award programs are intended to attract, retain and reward employees, officers, directors and consultants, and to align stockholder and employee interests. We granted stock-based awards to individuals in both 2013 and 2012. Our policy going forward will be to issue awards under our 2012 Employee Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Compensation expense for stock-based awards is based on the fair value of the awards at the measurement date and is included in operating expenses. The fair value of stock option grants is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on certain assumptions including: expected volatility based on the historical price of our stock over the expected life of the option, the risk-free rate of return based on the United States treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant for the expected term of the option, the expected life based on the period of time the options are expected to be outstanding using historical data to estimate option exercise and employee termination; and dividend yield based on history and expectation of dividend payments. Stock options generally vest ratably over a three-year period and are exercisable over a period up to ten years.
The fair value of restricted stock is estimated on the date of grant and is generally equal to the closing price of our common stock on that date. The price of our common stock price has varied greatly during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. Some of the factors that influenced the market price of our stock during these periods include:
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the closing of four acquisitions (ADEX, T N S, ERFS and AW Solutions in 2012 and 2013);
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increasing indebtedness to fund such acquisitions;
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the entering into of a definitive agreement to acquire IPC and Telco
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the approval and eventual effectuation of a 1-for-125 reverse stock split in January 2013 and a one-for-four reverse stock split in August 2013, which caused uncertainty and volatility; and
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our stock being very thinly traded prior to the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market in October 2013, resulting in large fluctuations.
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The total amount of stock-based compensation expense ultimately is based on the number of awards that actually vest and fluctuates as a result of performance criteria, as well as the vesting period of all stock-based awards. Accordingly, the amount of compensation expense recognized during any fiscal year may not be representative of future stock-based compensation expense. In accordance with ASC Topic 718,
Compensation – Stock Compensation
(ASC Topic 718), compensation costs for performance-based awards are recognized over the requisite service period if it is probable that the performance goal will be satisfied. We use our best judgment to determine probability of achieving the performance goals in each reporting period and recognize compensation costs based on the number of shares that are expected to vest.
The following tables summarize our stock-based compensation for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
Year Ended December 31, 2013
Date
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Shares of
Common Stock
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Closing Stock
Price
on Grant Date
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Fair Value
Per Share
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Fair Value
of
Instrument
Granted
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2/6/2013
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5,000
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$
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2.88
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$
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2.88
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$
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14,400
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2/15/2013
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6,250
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3.38
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3.38
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21,125
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3/26/2013
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5,000
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3.00
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3.00
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15,000
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12/4/2013
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139,500
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9.59
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9.59
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1,337,805
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12/30/2013
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11,700
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17.41
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17.41
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203,697
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Year Ended December 31, 2012
Date
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Shares of
Common Stock
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Closing Stock
Price
on Grant Date
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Fair Value
Per Share
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Fair Value
of
Instrument
Granted
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8/8/2012
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4,000
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$
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6.00
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$
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6.00
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$
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24,000
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9/19/2012
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6,000
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8.50
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8.50
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51,000
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10/9/2012
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8,000
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12.05
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12.05
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96,400
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10/19/2012
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5,000
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13.50
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13.50
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67,500
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11/16/2012
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10,000
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10.00
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10.00
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100,000
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Since December 31, 2013, there have been no grants of stock-based compensation.
Income Taxes.
We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. This approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. ASC Topic 740,
Income Taxes
(ASC Topic 740), prescribes a two-step process for the financial statement recognition and measurement of income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. The first step evaluates an income tax position in order to determine whether it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of the position. The second step measures the benefit to be recognized in the financial statements for those income tax positions that meet the more likely than not recognition threshold. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, recognition and classification of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Under ASC Topic 740, companies may recognize a previously-unrecognized tax benefit if the tax position is effectively (rather than ”ultimately”) settled through examination, negotiation or litigation.
Contingencies and Litigation.
In the ordinary course of our business, we are involved in certain legal proceedings. ASC Topic 450,
Contingencies
(ASC Topic 450), requires that an estimated loss from a loss contingency should be accrued by a charge to income if it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. In determining whether a loss should be accrued, we evaluate, among other factors, the probability of an unfavorable outcome and the ability to make a reasonable estimate of the amount of loss. If only a range of probable loss can be determined, we accrue for our best estimate within the range for the contingency. In those cases where none of the estimates within the range is better than another, we accrue for the amount representing the low end of the range in accordance with ASC Topic 450. As additional information becomes available, we reassess the potential liability related to our pending contingencies and litigation and revise our estimates. Revisions of our estimates of the potential liability could materially impact our results of operations. Additionally, if the final outcome of such litigation and contingencies differs adversely from that currently expected, it would result in a charge to earnings when determined.
Distinguishing of Liabilities From Equity.
We rely on the guidance provided by ASC 480,
Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity
, to classify certain redeemable and/or convertible instruments, such as our preferred stock. We first determine whether the particular financial instrument should be classified as a liability. We will determine the liability classification if the financial instrument is mandatorily redeemable, or if the financial instrument, other than outstanding shares, embodies a conditional obligation that we must or may settle by issuing a variable number of our equity shares.
Once we determine that the financial instrument should not be classified as a liability, we determine whether the financial instrument should be presented under the liability section or the equity section of the balance sheet (“temporary equity”). We will determine temporary equity classification if the redemption of the preferred stock or other financial instrument is outside our control (i.e. at the option of the holder). Otherwise, we account for the financial instrument as permanent equity.
Initial Measurement.
We record our financial instruments classified as liability, temporary equity or permanent equity at issuance at the fair value, or cash received.
Subsequent Measurement.
We record the fair value of our financial instruments classified as liabilities at each subsequent measurement date. The changes in fair value of our financial instruments classified as liabilities are recorded as other expense/income.
Temporary Equity.
At each balance sheet date, we re-evaluate the classification of our redeemable instruments, as well as the probability of redemption. If the redemption amount is probable or the instrument is currently redeemable, we record the instrument at its redemption value. Upon issuance, the initial carrying amount of a redeemable equity security it its fair value. If the instrument is redeemable currently at the option of the holder, it will be adjusted to its maximum redemption amount at each balance sheet date. If the instrument is not redeemable currently and it is not probable that it will become redeemable, it is recorded at its fair value. If it is probable the instrument will become redeemable it will be recognized immediately at its redemption value. The resulting increases or decreases in the carrying amount of a redeemable instrument will be recognized as adjustments to additional paid-in capital.
Business Combinations.
We account for our business combinations under the provisions of ASC 805-10,
Business Combinations
(ASC 805-10), which requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including non-controlling interests, are recorded at the date of acquisition at their respective fair values. ASC 805-10 also specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of the tangible net assets and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combinations and are expensed as incurred. If the business combination provides for contingent consideration, we record the contingent consideration at fair value at the acquisition date and any changes in fair value after the acquisition date are accounted for as measurement-period adjustments if they pertain to additional information about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date and that we obtained during the measurement period. Changes in fair value of contingent consideration resulting from events after the acquisition date, such as earn-outs, are recognized as follows: (i) if the contingent consideration is classified as equity, the contingent consideration is not re-measured and its subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity, or (ii) if the contingent consideration is classified as an asset or a liability, the changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.
Smaller reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
Our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations and stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for each of the two years in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, together with the related notes and the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth on pages F-1 to F-48 of this report.
None.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective such that the information relating to our company, required to be disclosed in our Securities and Exchange Commission reports (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure as a result of material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures. The material weaknesses relate to our inability to timely file our reports and other information with the SEC as required under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as described later in this section. To remediate the material weaknesses in disclosure controls and procedures related to our inability to timely file reports and other information with the SEC, we plan to hire additional experienced accounting and other personnel to assist with filings and financial record keeping.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed 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. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
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pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;
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provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
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provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
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Because of the 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.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in
Internal Control-Integrated Framework
(1992). Management’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of our internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of these controls. Based on this assessment, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that as of December 31, 2013, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as a result of the material weaknesses identified in our disclosure controls and procedures.
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of December 31, 2013 the following material weaknesses existed:
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We did not effectively implement comprehensive entity-level internal controls, as evidenced by the following control deficiencies:
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Entity Level Internal Control Evaluation.
We did not formally consider entity-wide controls that are pervasive across our company when considering whether control activities are sufficient to address identified risks.
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Assessment of Information Technology.
We did not formally evaluate the extent of our needed information technology controls in relation to our assessment of processes and systems supporting financial reporting.
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Ongoing and Separate Evaluations.
We did not effectively create and maintain effective evaluations on the progress of our remediation efforts nor the consistent evaluations of the operating effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.
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Reporting Deficiencies.
We did not perform timely and sufficient internal or external reporting of our progress and evaluation of prior year material weaknesses or the current fiscal year internal control deficiencies.
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We lack a sufficient complement of personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge and experience in the application of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, commensurate with our financial reporting requirements. The monitoring of our accounting and reporting functions were either not designed and in place or not operating effectively. As a result, numerous adjustments to our financial statements were identified and this fact, coupled with the lack of personnel, limits our ability to prepare and timely issue our required filings with the SEC.
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We lack the quantity of resources to implement an appropriate level of reveiw controls to properly evaluate the completeness and accuracy of transactions entered into by the Company.
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Remediation of Internal Control Deficiencies and Expenditures
It is reasonably possible that, if not remediated, one or more of the material weaknesses described above could result in a material misstatement in our reported financial statements that might result in a material misstatement in a future annual or interim period.
We believe that we are addressing the deficiencies that affected our internal control over financial reporting and we are developing specific action plans for each of the above material weaknesses. Because the remedial actions require hiring of additional personnel, upgrading certain of our information technology systems and relying extensively on manual review and approval, the successful operation of these controls for at least several quarters may be required before management may be able to conclude that the material weaknesses have been remediated. We intend to continue to evaluate and strengthen our internal control over financial reporting. These efforts require significant time and resources. If we are unable to establish adequate internal control over financial reporting, we may encounter difficulties in the audit or review of our financial statements by our independent registered public accounting firm, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on our ability to prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to comply with our SEC reporting obligations.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
None.
Executive Officers and Directors
The following sets forth information about our executive officers and directors as of March 31, 2014
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Name
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Position
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Age
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Mark Munro
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Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
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51
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Mark F. Durfee
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Director
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57
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Charles K. Miller
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Director
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53
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Neal L. Oristano
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Director
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58
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Frank Jadevaia
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President
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54
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Daniel J. Sullivan
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Chief Financial Officer
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56
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Roger M. Ponder
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Chief Operating Officer
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61
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Scott Davis
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Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
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42
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The following is information about the experience and attributes of the members of our board of directors and senior executive officers as of the date of this report. The experience and attributes of our directors discussed below provide the reasons that these individuals were selected for board membership, as well as why they continue to serve in such positions.
Mark Munro, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
. Mr. Munro has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as the Chairman of our Board since December 2011. Mr. Munro is also the Founder and has been President of Munro Capital Inc., a private equity investment firm, since 2005. Mr. Munro has been the Chief Executive Officer and owner of 1112 Third Ave Corp., a real estate holding company, since October 2000. He has also been an investor in private companies for the last seven years, including VaultLogix, LLC, a provider of online data backup solutions for business data. Prior to forming Munro Capital, Mr. Munro founded, built and sold Eastern Telcom Inc., a telecommunication company, from 1990 to 1996. Mr. Munro has been directly involved in over $150 million of private and public transactions as both an investor and entrepreneur. Mr. Munro received his B.A. in economics from Connecticut College. Mr. Munro brings extensive business experience, including years as a successful entrepreneur and investor, to our board of directors and executive management team.
Mark F. Durfee, Director.
Mr. Durfee has been a member of our board of directors since December 2012. Mr. Durfee has been a principal at Auerbach Acquisition Associates II, Inc., a private equity fund, since August 2007. Mr. Durfee also worked for Kinderhook Capital Management, LLC, an investment manager, as a partner from January 1999 to December 200, at which he was responsible for investing in over 40 middle market companies. He has been a director of Home Sweet Home Holdings, Inc., a wholesaler of home furnishings, since January 2012. Mr. Durfee received his B.S. from the University of Wyoming in finance. Mr. Durfee brings over 25 years of experience as a private equity investor to our board of directors.
Charles K. Miller, Director.
Mr. Miller has been a member of our board of directors since November 2012. He has been the Chief Financial Officer of Tekmark Global Solutions, LLC, a provider of information technology, communications and consulting services, since September 1997. Mr. Miller received his B.S. in accounting and his M.B.A. from Rider University and is a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey. Mr. Miller brings over 30 years’ of financial experience to our board of directors.
Neal L. Oristano, Director.
Mr. Oristano has been a member of our board of directors since December 2012. Mr. Oristano has been the Vice President - Service Provider Sales Segment at Cisco Systems Inc., an internet protocol-based networking and products company, since August 2011. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President - Service Provider Sales at Juniper Networks, Inc., a networking software and systems company, from July 2004 to July 2011. Mr. Oristano received his B.S. from St. Johns University in marketing. Mr. Oristano brings 33 years of technology experience, including enterprise and service provider leadership, to our board of directors.
Frank Jadevaia, President.
Mr. Jadevaia has served as our President since January 2014. From November
2005
to January 2014, prior to our acquisition of IPC, Mr. Jadevaia was a Managing Partner at IPC. From November 2001 to November 2006, he was a Vice President of Sales of Nortel Networks Corporation, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Mr. Jadevaia received his B.S. from Bloomfield College in business. Mr. Jadevaia brings extensive enterprise and service provider management experience to our executive management team.
Daniel J. Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Sullivan has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2011 and as a member of our board of directors from 2011 to November 2012. Mr. Sullivan has been the Chief Financial Officer for Munro Capital Inc., a diversified finance company, since August 2010. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer for VaultLogix LLC, an Internet vaulting company, from January 2003 to July 2010. Mr. Sullivan received his B.S. in accounting from the University of Massachusetts and his M.B.A. from Southern New Hampshire University (formerly New Hampshire College). Mr. Sullivan brings extensive experience in finance for both publicly-traded and private companies to our executive management team.
Roger M. Ponder, Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Ponder has served as our Chief Operating Officer since November 2012. Mr. Ponder has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Broadband LLC, a provider of consulting services to private equity and institutional banking entities in the telecommunications, cable and media/internet sectors, since August 2009. From January 2005 to August 2009, he was the President - Midwest/Kansas City Division of Time Warner Cable. Mr. Ponder was a member of the United Way Board of Trustees’ - Kansas City from January 2006 to January 2011. Mr. Ponder received his B.S. from Rollins College in Business Administration and Economics. Mr. Ponder brings extensive business development, strategic planning and operational experience to our executive management team.
Scott Davis, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Mr. Davis has served as our Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing since February 2014. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Davis was President of NTSDirect, a value-added distributor of telecommunications equipment, from November 2010 to February 2014. From August 2006 to November 2010, Mr. Davis was Executive Director, Officer of Xeta Technologies Inc., a publicly-held technology integrator that was sold to Paetec Holding Corp. in 2011. Prior thereto, Mr. Davis held various positions with Nortel Networks, Inc., most recently as a Vice President of its Channel Partner Organization. Mr. Davis received his B.S. in entrepreneurial studies from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA in Finance from North Central College. Mr. Davis brings extensive experience in marketing and sales to our executive management team.
Board Composition
Our board of directors consists of four members, all of whom, with the exception of our chief executive officer, Mr. Munro, are “independent directors,” as defined in applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ. All directors will hold office until their successors have been elected. Officers are appointed and serve at the discretion of our board of directors. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership of, and transactions in, our equity securities with the SEC. Such executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders also are required to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
Based on a review of the copies of such reports and the written representations of such reporting persons, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders were complied with during 2012, with the exception of
Statements of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for our chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Mark Munro, filed on January 2, 2013, January 7, 2013, January 17, 2013, June 3, 2013, July 1, 2013, August 3, 2013 and December 19, 2013; Statements of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for our director, Mark F. Durfee, filed on January 17, 2013, August 7, 2013 and December 19, 2013; an Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 for our director, Charles K. Miller, filed on April 18, 2013 and Statements of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for Mr. Miller filed on August 22, 2013 and December 19, 2013; an Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 for our director, Neal L. Oristano, filed on February 10, 2013; a Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for our chief financial officer, Daniel J. Sullivan, filed on December 19, 2013; Statements of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for our chief operating officer, Roger M. Ponder, filed on January 16, 2013 and December 19, 2013; a Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for our senior vice president and corporate secretary, Lawrence M. Sands, filed on December 19, 2013; and a Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 for American Financial Group, Inc., the beneficial owner of more than 10% of our common stock at the time of filing, filed on April 1, 2013.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors. We will provide a copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, without charge, to any person desiring a copy, by written request to our company at 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
Changes in Stockholder Procedures to Recommend Director Nominees
On November 16, 2012, our board of directors approved new amended and restated bylaws for our company (the “Amended Bylaws”). The Amended Bylaws substantially revised our prior bylaws, including the addition of an advance notice bylaw setting forth the requirements for stockholders to propose matters to be considered at a meeting of stockholders (including the nomination of candidates for election to our board of directors).
Pursuant to the Amended Bylaws, nominations of persons for election to our board of directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if our board of directors has first determined that directors are to be elected at such special meeting) may be made at such meeting (i) by or at the direction of our board of directors, including by any committee or persons appointed by the board of directors, or (ii) by any stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of our shares) both at the time of giving the required notice (as discussed below) and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) complied with the notice procedures as to such nomination as described below.
For nominations to be made at an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide a “timely” notice (as described below) thereof in writing and in “proper form” (as described below) to our Secretary and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such timely notice at the times and in the forms as described below. Without qualification, if our board of directors has first determined that directors are to be elected at such special meeting, then for nominations to be made at a special meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to our at our principal executive offices and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms described below. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described below.
To be “timely” with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices not earlier than the close of business on the 120
th
day and not later than the close of business on the 90
th
day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120
th
day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the ninetieth 90
th
day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made
To be “timely” with respect to a special meeting, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting by a stockholder must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices not earlier than the close of business on the 120
th
day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90
th
day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public disclosure of the date of such special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such special meeting was first made.
To be in a “proper form”, a stockholder’s notice to our Secretary is required to set forth:
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As to the stockholder providing the notice and each other Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of the stockholder providing the notice and of the other Proposing Persons, and (B) any Disclosable Interests (as defined in the Amended Bylaws) of the stockholder providing the notice (or, if different, the beneficial owner on whose behalf such notice is given) and/or each other Proposing Person;
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As to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required by the Amended Bylaws to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice if such proposed nominee were a Proposing Person, (B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (C) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among the stockholder providing the notice (or, if different, the beneficial owner on whose behalf such notice is given) and/or any Proposing Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, his or her respective affiliates and associates and any other persons with whom such proposed nominee (or any of his or her respective affiliates and associates) is Acting in Concert (as defined in the Amended Bylaws), on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such stockholder or beneficial owner, as applicable, and/or such Proposing Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and
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We may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (including one or more accurately completed and executed questionnaires and executed and delivered agreements) as may reasonably be required by us to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of our company or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.
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For purposes of the Amended Bylaws, the term “Proposing Person”
means: (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made, (iii) any affiliate or associate of such beneficial owner (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) and (iv) any other person with whom such stockholder or such beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates) is Acting in Concert.
A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and, if different, as of the date that is ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or mailed and received by our Secretary at our principal executive offices not later than five business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
The chairman of our board of directors or any other officer presiding at the meeting shall have the power, if the facts warrant, to determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with the Amended Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
In addition to the requirements described herein with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to any such nominations.
Staggered Board
Pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, our board of directors has been divided into three classes and the members of each class serve for a staggered, three-year term. Upon the expiration of the term of a class of directors, a director in that class will be elected for a three-year term at the annual meeting of stockholders in the year in which his or her term expires. The classes currently are composed as follows:
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Mark F. Durfee is a Class I director, whose term will expire at the fiscal annual meeting of stockholders for the year ending December 31, 2013;
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Neal L. Oristano is a Class II director, whose term will expire at the fiscal annual meeting of stockholders for the year ending December 31, 2014; and
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Mark Munro and Charles K. Miller are Class III directors, whose terms will expire at the fiscal annual meeting of stockholders for the year ending December 31, 2015.
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Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of our directors. This classification of our board of directors may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control of our company.
Board Committees
Our board of directors has established the committees described below and may establish others from time to time. The charters for each of our committees are available on our corporate website.
Audit Committee.
Our audit committee is comprised of Mark F. Durfee, Charles K. Miller and Neal L. Oristano. Mr. Miller is the chairperson of the committee. Our board of directors has determined that each member of the audit committee is “independent” for audit committee purposes as that term is defined in the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ. Our board of directors has designated Charles K. Miller as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The audit committee’s responsibilities include:
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reviewing annually a report by the independent registered public accounting firm regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s internal quality control procedures and various issues relating thereto;
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reviewing and discussing with management and the independent registered public accounting firm our annual and quarterly financial statements and related disclosures;
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establishing policies and procedures for the receipt and retention of accounting related complaints and concerns, including a confidential, anonymous mechanism for the submission of concerns by employees;
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periodically reviewing legal compliance matters, including any securities trading policies, periodically reviewing significant accounting and other financial risks or exposures to our company, reviewing and, if appropriate, approving all transactions between our company or its subsidiaries and any related party (as described in Item 404 of Regulation S-K);
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reviewing the audit committee report required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules to be included in our annual proxy statement.
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The audit committee also has the power to investigate any matter brought to its attention within the scope of its duties. It also has the authority to retain
counsel and advisors to fulfill its responsibilities and duties.
Compensation Committee.
Our compensation committee is comprised of Mark F. Durfee, Charles K. Miller and Neal L. Oristano. Mr. Oristano is the chairperson of the committee. Our board of directors has determined that each member of the compensation committee is an independent director for compensation committee purposes as that term is defined in the applicable rules of NASDAQ, is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(d)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act and is an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. The compensation committee’s responsibilities include, among other things:
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annually evaluating the performance of our chief executive officer in light of such corporate goals and objectives and approving the compensation of our chief executive officer;
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annually reviewing and approving the compensation of our other executive officers;
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annually reviewing our compensation, welfare, benefit and pension plans, and similar plans;
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reviewing and making recommendations to the board of directors with respect to director compensation; and
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reviewing for inclusion in our proxy statement the report of the compensation committee required by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The compensation committee also has the power to investigate any matter brought to its attention within the scope of its duties. It also has the authority to retain counsel and advisors to fulfill its responsibilities and duties.
Governance and Nominating Committee.
Our Governance and Nominating Committee, or nominating committee, is comprised of Mark F. Durfee, Charles K. Miller and Neal L. Oristano. Mr. Durfee is the chairperson of the committee. Our board of directors has determined that each of the committee members is an independent director for nominating committee purposes as that term is defined in the applicable rules of NASDAQ. The nominating committee’s responsibilities include, among other things:
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recommending to the board of directors the persons to be nominated for election as directors and to each of the board of directors’ committees;
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monitoring and evaluating the performance of the board of directors and leading the board in an annual self-assessment of its practices and effectiveness.
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The Governance and Nominating Committee also has the power to investigate any matter brought to its attention within the scope of its duties. It also has the authority to retain counsel and advisors to fulfill its responsibilities and duties.
Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, we have adopted provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:
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These limitations of liability do not alter director liability under the U.S. federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies, such as an injunction or rescission.
In addition, our bylaws provide that:
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we will indemnify our directors, officers and, at the discretion of our board of directors, certain employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law; and
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we will advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to our directors and to our officers and certain employees, in connection with legal proceedings, subject to limited exceptions.
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We also have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our executive officers and directors. These agreements provide that we will indemnify each of our executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law and will advance expenses to each indemnitee in connection with any proceeding in which indemnification is available.
We
expect to
obtain general liability insurance that covers certain liabilities of our directors and officers arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The above provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. The provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions. We believe that these provisions, the indemnification agreements and the insurance are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced directors and officers.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or officers where indemnification will be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceedings that might result in a claim for such indemnification.
This section describes the material elements of compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to Mark Munro, our Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence M. Sands, our Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, and Daniel J. Sullivan, our Chief Financial Officer. These individuals are referred to as the “named executive officers” in this report. The following table provides a summary of compensation paid for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 to the named executive officers:
Summary Compensation Table
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Non-Equity
Incentive
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All
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Base
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Plan
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Other
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Name and Principal
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Fiscal
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Salary
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Bonus
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Awards
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Compensation
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Compensation
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Total
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Position
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Year
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($)
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($)
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($)(1)
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($)
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($)
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($)
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($)
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Mark Munro
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2013
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$
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88,267
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$
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$
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479,500
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$
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$
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$
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$
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567,767
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Chief Executive Officer
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2012
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Lawrence M. Sands
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2013
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124,431
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239,750
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14,400
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378,581
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Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary
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2012
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120,000
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12,000
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132,000
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Daniel J. Sullivan
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2013
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126,923
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239,750
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366,673
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Chief Financial Officer
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2012
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85,000
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85,000
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Roger M. Ponder
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2013
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81,923
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239,750
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321,673
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Chief Operating Officer (4)
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2012
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(1)
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The amounts shown reflect the grant date fair value of each award computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718,
Compensation-Stock Compensation.
The assumptions used to calculate the value of stock awards are described under the caption “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
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Stock-Based Compensation” in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this report and in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this report.
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Mr. Munro began receiving cash compensation for his services in May 2013.
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Effective January 1, 2014, Mr. Sands remained an employee but was no longer an executive officer of our company. The amount reflected in the “All Other Compensation” column for Mr. Sands represents his car allowance for 2013 and 2012.
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While Mr. Ponder became our Chief Operating Officer on November 2012, by agreement with Mr. Ponder, he commenced receiving cash compensation in May 2013.
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Employment and Severance Agreements
In February
2014
, we entered into three-year employment agreements with our President, Frank Jadevaia, and our Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Scott Davis (the "2014 Employment Agreements") pursuant to which such executive officers are entitled to the following compensation:
Executive
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Frank Jadevaia
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President
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$400,000
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Scott Davis
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Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
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$225,000
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Up to 100% of base salary
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The 2014 Employment Agreements are each for a term of three-years, provided that such agreements will be automatically extended for additional one-year terms unless either party gives written notice of termination not less than sixty (60) days prior to the termination of the then-current term. Each executive is entitled to the annual compensation described above, and is eligible to a receive an annual incentive bonus as determined by our board of directors of a percentage of such executive's base salary as described above. During the term of employment, each executive is entitled to participate all employee pension and welfare benefit plans and programs, and fringe benefit plans and programs, made available to our employees generally, subject to the eligibility and participations restrictions of each such plan or program. Each executive also is entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by such executive in connection with carrying out such executive's duties.
The 2014 Employments Agreements are terminable by us for at any time, (i) for Cause (as defined in the 2014 Employment Agreements), (ii) without Cause upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the executive, (iii) in the event of the executive's death, or (iv) in the event of the executive's disability, as determined in good faith by our board of directors. Each executive may terminate the agreement at any time upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice; provided, however, that each executive may terminate the agreement immediately for Good Reason (as defined in the 2014 Employment Agreements) if we have not remedied the circumstances giving rise to the basis of such termination for Good Reason within the applicable cure period. If the executive's employment is terminated without Cause or by the executive for Good Reason, in addition to payment of any accrued obligations, such executive will be entitled to certain severance benefits based on such executive's base salary and targeted incentive bonus amount then in effect, and such executive shall also be entitled to incentive bonuses with respect to the current year that would otherwise have been payable to such executive had such executive's employment not been terminated.
Pursuant to the 2014 Employment Agreements, each executive also is subject to customary confidentiality restrictions and work-product provisions, and each executive also is subject to customary non-competition covenants
and non-solicitation covenants with respect to our employees, consultants and customers.
We do not maintain any retirement plans, tax-qualified or nonqualified, for our executives or other employees.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
We do not have any outstanding restricted stock or stock option awards held by our named executive officers.
Equity Incentive Plans
2012 Performance Incentive Plan
.
On November 16, 2012, we adopted our 2012 Performance Incentive Plan, or the 2012 Plan, to provide an additional means to attract, motivate, retain and reward selected employees and other eligible persons. Our stockholders approved the plan on or about November 22, 2012. Employees, officers, directors and consultants that provide services to us or one of our subsidiaries may be selected to receive awards under the 2012 Plan.
Our board of directors, or one or more committees appointed by our board or another committee (within delegated authority), administers the 2012 Plan. The administrator of the 2012 Plan has broad authority to:
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select participants and determine the types of awards that they are to receive;
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determine the number of shares that are to be subject to awards and the terms and conditions of awards, including the price (if any) to be paid for the shares or the award and establish the vesting conditions (if applicable) of such shares or awards;
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cancel, modify or waive our rights with respect to, or modify, discontinue, suspend or terminate any or all outstanding awards, subject to any required consents;
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construe and interpret the terms of the 2012 Plan and any agreements relating to the Plan;
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accelerate or extend the vesting or exercisability or extend the term of any or all outstanding awards subject to any required consent;
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subject to the other provisions of the 2012 Plan, make certain adjustments to an outstanding award and authorize the termination, conversion, substitution or succession of an award; and
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allow the purchase price of an award or shares of our common stock to be paid in the form of cash, check or electronic funds transfer, by the delivery of previously-owned shares of our common stock or by a reduction of the number of shares deliverable pursuant to the award, by services rendered by the recipient of the award, by notice and third party payment or cashless exercise on such terms as the administrator may authorize or any other form permitted by law.
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A total of 2,342,346 shares of our common stock is authorized for issuance with respect to awards granted under the 2012 Plan. The share limit will automatically increase on the first trading day in January of each year by an amount equal to lesser of (i) 4% of the total number of outstanding shares of our common stock on the last trading day in December in the prior year, (ii) 2,000,000 shares, or (iii) such lesser number as determined by our board of directors. Any shares subject to awards that are not paid, delivered or exercised before they expire or are canceled or terminated, or fail to vest, as well as shares used to pay the purchase or exercise price of awards or related tax withholding obligations, will become available for other award grants under the 2012 Plan.
As of the date of this report, stock grants of an aggregate of 139,500 shares have been made under the 2012 Plan, and 2,191,146 shares authorized under the 2012 Plan remain available for award purposes.
Awards under the 2012 Plan may be in the form of incentive or nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock bonuses, restricted stock, stock units and other forms of awards including cash awards. The administrator may also grant awards under the plan that are intended to be performance-based awards within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Awards under the plan generally will not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, except that the plan administrator may authorize certain transfers.
Nonqualified and incentive stock options may not be granted at prices below the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. Incentive stock options must have an exercise price that is at least equal to the fair market value of our common stock, or 110% of fair market value of our common stock in the case of incentive stock option grants to any 10% owner of our common stock, on the date of grant. These and other awards may also be issued solely or in part for services. Awards are generally paid in cash or shares of our common stock. The plan administrator may provide for the deferred payment of awards and may determine the terms applicable to deferrals.
As is customary in incentive plans of this nature, the number and type of shares available under the 2012 Plan and any outstanding awards, as well as the exercise or purchase prices of awards, will be subject to adjustment in the event of certain reorganizations, mergers, combinations, recapitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends or other similar events that change the number or kind of shares outstanding, and extraordinary dividends or distributions of property to the stockholders. In no case (except due to an adjustment referred to above or any repricing that may be approved by our stockholders) will any adjustment be made to a stock option or stock appreciation right award under the 2012 Plan (by amendment, cancellation and regrant, exchange or other means) that would constitute a repricing of the per-share exercise or base price of the award.
Generally, and subject to limited exceptions set forth in the 2012 Plan, if we dissolve or undergo certain corporate transactions such as a merger, business combination or other reorganization, or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, all awards then-outstanding under the 2012 Plan will become fully vested or paid, as applicable, and will terminate or be terminated in such circumstances, unless the plan administrator provides for the assumption, substitution or other continuation of the award. The plan administrator also has the discretion to establish other change-in-control provisions with respect to awards granted under the 2012 Plan. For example, the administrator could provide for the acceleration of vesting or payment of an award in connection with a corporate event that is not described above and provide that any such acceleration shall be automatic upon the occurrence of any such event.
Our board of directors may amend or terminate the 2012 Plan at any time, but no such action will affect any outstanding award in any manner materially adverse to a participant without the consent of the participant. Plan amendments will be submitted to stockholders for their approval as required by applicable law or any applicable listing agency. The 2012 Plan is not exclusive – our board of directors and compensation committee may grant stock and performance incentives or other compensation, in stock or cash, under other plans or authority.
The 2012 Plan will terminate on November 16, 2022. However, the plan administrator will retain its authority until all outstanding awards are exercised or terminated. The maximum term of options, stock appreciation rights and other rights to acquire common stock under the 2012 Plan is ten years after the initial date of the award.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
.
On November 16, 2012, we adopted the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the Purchase Plan, to provide an additional means to attract, motivate, retain and reward employees and other eligible persons by allowing them to purchase additional shares of our common stock. Our stockholders approved the plan on or about November 22, 2012. The below summary of the Purchase Plan is what we expect the terms of offerings under the plan to be.
The Purchase Plan is designed to allow our eligible employees and the eligible employees of our participating subsidiaries to purchase shares of our common stock, at semi-annual intervals, with their accumulated payroll deductions.
Share Reserve
. A total of 585,586 shares of our common stock is available for issuance under the Purchase Plan. The share limit will automatically increase on the first trading day in January of each year by an amount equal to lesser of (i) 1% of the total number of outstanding shares of our common stock on the last trading day in December in the prior year, (ii) 500,000 shares, or (iii) such lesser number as determined by our board of directors.
Offering Periods
. The Purchase Plan will operate as a series of offering periods. Offering periods will be of six months’ duration unless otherwise provided by the plan administrator, but in no event less than three months or longer than 27 months. The timing of the initial offering period under the plan will be established by the plan administrator.
Eligible Employees
. Individuals scheduled to work more than 20 hours per week for more than five calendar months per year may join an offering period on the start date of that period. Employees may participate in only one offering period at a time.
Payroll Deductions; Purchase Price
. A participant may contribute up to 15% of his or her cash earnings through payroll deductions, and the accumulated deductions will be applied to the purchase of shares on each semi-annual purchase date. Unless otherwise provided in advance by the plan administrator, the purchase price per share will be equal to 85% of the fair market value per share on the start date of the offering period or, if lower, 85% of the fair market value per share on the semi-annual purchase date. The number of shares a participant may purchase under the Purchase Plan is subject to certain limits imposed by the plan and applicable tax laws.
Change in Control
. If we are acquired by merger or sale of all or substantially all of our assets or more than 50% of our voting securities, then all outstanding purchase rights will automatically be exercised on or prior to the effective date of the acquisition, unless the plan administrator provides for the rights to be settled in cash or exchanged or substituted on the transaction. Unless otherwise provided in advance by the plan administrator, the purchase price will be equal to 85% of the market value per share on the start date of the offering period in which the acquisition occurs or, if lower, 85% of the fair market value per share on the purchase date.
Other Plan Provisions
. No new offering periods will commence on or after November 16, 2032. Our board of directors may at any time amend, suspend or discontinue the Purchase Plan. However, certain amendments may require stockholder approval.
Director Compensation
In November 2012, our board of directors approved a new compensation policy for members of the board who are not employed by us or any of our subsidiaries (“non-employee directors”). The policy became effective on January 1, 2013. Under the policy, each non-employee director continuing to serve in such capacity after an annual meeting of our stockholders will receive an award of restricted stock units, with the number of units to be determined by dividing $30,000 by the per-share closing price of our common stock on the grant date. A non-employee director who is appointed to the board after the date of the first annual meeting that occurs after January 1, 2013 (other than in connection with an annual meeting and who has not been employed by us or one of our subsidiaries in the preceding six months) will receive a grant of restricted stock units, with the number of units to be determined by dividing $30,000 by the per-share closing price of our common stock on the grant date and prorating that number based on the period of time that has elapsed since the last annual meeting. Each of these grants will vest on a quarterly basis through the date of the next annual meeting (or, if earlier, the first anniversary of the date of grant). A non-employee director who is appointed to the board prior to the date of the first annual meeting that occurs after January 1, 2013 will be eligible to receive an equity award as determined by the board of directors in its discretion.
In addition, our director compensation policy provides that a non-employee director who serves as Chairman of the Board will receive an annual cash retainer of $35,000. A non-employee director who serves on our Audit Committee will receive an annual cash retainer of $20,000, a non-employee director who serves on our Compensation Committee will receive an annual cash retainer of $10,000, and a non-employee director who serves on our Governance and Nominating Committee will receive an annual cash retainer of $10,000. Non-employee directors also are entitled to receive a fee of $1,500 for each meeting of the board or a board committee that they attend in person (with the director being entitled to one meeting fee if meetings of the board and a board committee are held on the same day). We also reimburse our non-employee directors for their reasonable travel expenses incident to attending meetings of our board or board committees.
The following table sets forth information about the compensation of the non-employee members of our board of directors who served as a director during the year ended December 31, 2013. Other than as set forth in the table and described more fully below, during the year ended December 31, 2013, we did not pay any fees, make any equity awards or non-equity awards or pay any other compensation to the non-employee members of our board of directors. Mr. Munro, our Chief Executive Officer, receives no compensation for his service as a director, and is not included in the table below.
Name
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Fees earned or
paid in
cash ($)
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|
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Stock awards
(
$) (1)
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|
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Option
awards ($)
|
|
|
Non-equity
incentive
plan
compensation
($)
|
|
|
Nonqualified
deferred
compensation
earnings ($)
|
|
|
All other
compensation
($)
|
|
Total ($)
|
|
Mark F. Durfee
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
97,554
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
97,554
|
|
Charles K. Miller
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
|
102,349
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
132,349
|
|
Neal L. Oristano
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
97,554
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
97,554
|
|
(1)
|
The amounts shown reflect the grant date fair value of each award computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718,
Compensation-Stock Compensation.
The assumptions used to calculate the value of stock awards are described under the caption “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Stock-Based Compensation” in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this report and in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this report.
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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None of the members of our Compensation Committee is or has at any time during the past year been an officer or employee of ours. None of our executive officers currently serves or in the past year has served as a member of the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our board or Compensation Committee.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 25, 2014 by:
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each person known by us to be a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock;
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each of our named executive officers; and
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all directors and executive officers as a group.
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The amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days after, March 25, 2014. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed a beneficial owner of securities as to which he has no economic interest. Except as indicated by footnote, to our knowledge, the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
In the table below, the percentage of beneficial ownership of our common stock is based on 10,760,784 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 25, 2014. Unless otherwise noted below, the address of the persons listed on the table is c/o InterCloud Systems, Inc., 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702.
Name of Beneficial Owner
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Number of Shares Beneficially Owned
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Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned
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Executive Officers and Directors
|
|
|
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Mark Munro
(1)
|
|
|
742,063
|
|
6.9%
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Mark F. Durfee
(2)
|
|
|
846,134
|
|
7.9%
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Frank Jadevaia
(3)
|
|
|
423,032
|
|
3.8%
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Charles K. Miller
|
|
|
36,203
|
|
*
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Neal Oristano
|
|
|
59,651
|
|
*
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Daniel J. Sullivan
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
*
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Lawrence B. Sands
|
|
|
34,330
|
|
**
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Roger Ponder
|
|
|
25,600
|
|
*
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Scott Davis
|
|
|
-
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All named executive officers and directors as a group
|
|
|
2,192,013
|
|
19.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5% or More Stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward Investments LLC
(4)
|
|
|
919,227
|
|
8.5%
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___________
* Less than 1.0%.
(1)
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Includes (i) 493,790 shares of common stock held by Mr. Munro, (ii) 171,775 shares of common stock held by Mark Munro IRA, (iii) 69,715 shares held by 1112 Third Avenue Corp., (iv) 2,014 shares of common issuable upon exercise of warrants to purchase common stock held by 1112 Third Avenue Corp., and (v) 4,769 shares held by MMD Genesis LLC. Mr. Munro has sole voting and investment power over the shares held by 1112 Third Avenue Corp. Mr. Munro, Mr. Mark Durfee and Mr. Douglas Shooker share voting and investment power over the shares held by MMD Genesis LLC.
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(2)
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Includes (i) 14,149 shares held by Mr. Durfee, (ii) 827, 216 shares held by Pascack Road LLC, and (ii) 4,769 shares held by MMD Genesis LLC. Mr. Durfee has sole voting and investment power over the shares held by Pascack Road LLC. Mr. Durfee, Mr. Mark Munro and Mr. Douglas Shooker share voting and investment power over the shares held by MMD Genesis LLC.
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(3)
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Includes (i) 54,881 shares of common stock, and (ii) 368,151 shares of common issuable upon conversion of a convertible promissory note (based on the original principal amount of such note).
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(4)
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Pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed by Forward Investments LLC with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2011, Douglas Shooker is the manager of Forward Investments LLC. The address of Forward Investments LLC is 1416 North Donnelly, Mt. Dora, Florida 32757.
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Procedures for Approval of Related Party Transactions
A “related party transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship in which we or any of our subsidiaries was, is or will be a participant, and which involves an amount exceeding $120,000, and in which any related party had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A “related party” includes
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any person who is, or at any time during the applicable period was, one of our executive officers or one of our directors;
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any person who beneficially owns more than 5% of our common stock;
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any immediate family member of any of the foregoing; or
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●
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any entity in which any of the foregoing is a partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person has a 10% or greater beneficial ownership interest.
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In March 2014, our board of directors adopted a written related party transactions policy. Pursuant to this policy, the audit committee of our board of directors will review all material facts of all related party transactions and either approve or disapprove entry into the related party transaction, subject to certain limited exceptions. In determining whether to approve or disapprove entry into a related party transaction, our audit committee shall take into account, among other factors, the following: (i) whether the related party transaction is on terms no less favorable to us than terms generally available from an unaffiliated third-party under the same or similar circumstances, (ii) the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction and (iii) whether the transaction would impair the independence of a non-employee director.
Related Party Transactions
The following transactions were entered into prior to the adoption of the approval procedures described above.
Loan Transactions.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, MMD Genesis LLC, a company the three principals of which are our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, one of our directors, Mark F. Durfee, and Douglas Shooker, the principal of Forward Investments LLC, the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock, made loans to us from time to time in the aggregate principal amount of $3,675,000 to fund certain of our working capital requirements and a portion of the cash purchase price of our acquisition of IPC. At December 31, 2012, we had outstanding loans from MMD Genesis in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000. All such loans originally matured on June 30, 2014. In October 2013, we made a principal payment in the aggregate amount of $100,000 with respect to such loans. No other payments of principal or interest have been made by us with respect to such loans, and at December 31, 2013, loans in the aggregate principal amount of $3,925,000 were outstanding.
On January 1, 2014, the outstanding principal amount of the loans from MMD Genesis in the amount of $3,925,000, and accrued interest thereon in the amount of $994,996, was restructured and, in lieu thereof, we issued to the principals of MMD Genesis LLC or their designees the following notes:
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·
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a note issued to Mark Munro 1996 Charitable Remainder UniTrust in the principal amount of $275,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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·
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a note issued to CamaPlan FBO Mark Munro IRA in the principal amount of $346,904 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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|
·
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a note issued to 1112 Third Avenue Corp., a company controlled by Mark Munro, in the principal amount of $375,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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·
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a note issued to Mark Munro in the principal amount of $737,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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·
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a note issued to Pascack Road, LLC, a company controlled by Mark Durfee, in the principal amount of $1,575,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
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·
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a note issued to Forward Investments, LLC in the principal amount of $650,000 that bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015 and is convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share; and
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|
·
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a note issued to Forward Investments, LLC in the principal amount of $2,825,000 that bears interest at the rate of 2% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015 and is convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share.
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We have not made any payments of principal or interest on any of the promissory notes issued on January 1, 2014.
On February 4, 2014 and March 28, 2014, Forward Investments, LLC made loans to us for working capital purposes in the amounts of $1.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Such loans are evidenced by promissory notes that bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum, mature on June 30, 2015 and are convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share. We have not made any payments of principal or interest on such promissory notes.
Series E Preferred Stock Financing.
Between September 2012 and April 2013, we sold an aggregate of 3,350 shares of our Series E Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $3,350,000. In addition to such shares, the purchaser of Series E Preferred Stock also received two-year warrants to purchase in the aggregate a number of shares of common stock equal to 4.87% of the number of outstanding shares of common stock on a fully-diluted basis at a purchase price of $500 per share. These sales were made to “accredited investors” within the meaning of the Securities Act, including to certain of our affiliates. Charles K. Miller, a director, purchased 25 shares for a purchase price of $25,000 and a company owned by our Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, purchased 25 shares for a purchase price of $25,000. All of the outstanding shares of our Series E Preferred Stock were converted into an aggregate of 534,819 shares of common stock in August 2013. All of the two year warrants that were issued in connection with the sale of the Series E Preferred Stock were exercised in December 2013 on a cashless basis to purchase an aggregate of 138,396 shares of our common stock.
Restricted Stock Grants.
On December 2, 2013, our board of directors approved a grant under our 2012 Performance Incentive Plan of 50,000 shares of our common stock to our Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, and grants under such plan of 25,000 shares to each of our Chief Financial Officer, Daniel J. Sullivan, our Chief Operating Officer, Roger M. Ponder, and our Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Lawrence M. Sands. The closing sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on December 2, 2013 was $9.59 per share. For additional information regarding such stock grants, see Item 11. "Executive Compensation—Summary Compensation Table."
Independence of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors consists of four members: Messrs. Mark Munro, Mark Durfee, Charles Miller and Neal Oristano. Our board of directors determined that all of the members of our board of directors, except our chief executive officer, Mr. Munro, are “independent directors” as defined in applicable rules of the SEC and NASDAQ. All directors will hold office until their successors have been elected. Officers are appointed and serve at the discretion of our board of directors.
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed by BDO USA, LLP, our principal accountants for the year ended December 31, 2013, for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements included in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, for the reviews of the financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and for services in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were approximately $1,065,000 and $375,000 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees
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Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Audit fees
|
|
$
|
1,065,000
|
|
|
$
|
375,000
|
|
Audit related fees
|
|
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185,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Tax fees
|
|
|
7,500
|
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
Other fees
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
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In 2013, fees associated with the audit of our annual financial statements and reviews of our quarterly financial statements amounted to approximately $340,000, and f
ees in connection with our registration statement on Form S-1 that was filed in connection with our November 2013 equity offering amounted to approximately $725,000.
Audit-related fees included charges totaling approximately $125,000 associated with the audit of Integration Partners-NY Corporation as filed with Amendment No. 1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K
and fees totaling approximately $60,000 associated with the audit of AW Solutions, LLC as part of our acquisition of that company.
All Other Fees
Other than as reported above, we did not engage our principal accountants to render any other services to us during the last two fiscal years.
Exhibits
The exhibits required by this item are listed on the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
Financial Statements
Our financial statements and the related Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are presented in the “F” pages following this report after the “Index to Financial Statements” attached hereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 8, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Mark Munro
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Mark Munro
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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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
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Mark Munro
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
the Board of Directors
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April 8, 2014
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Mark Munro
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Daniel Sullivan
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Chief Financial Officer
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Daniel Sullivan
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(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
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Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Mark Durfee
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Director
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Mark Durfee
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/s/ Charles K. Miller
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Director
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Charles K. Miller
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/s/ Neal L. Oristano
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Director
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Neal L. Oristano
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Exhibit
Number
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Description of Document
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2.1
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2010, between Digital Comm, Inc. and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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2.2
†
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2011, between William DeVierno and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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2.3
†
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011, between Margarida Monteiro, Carlos Monteiro and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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2.4
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Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2011, between Margarida Monteiro, Carlos Monteiro and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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2.5
†
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Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2012, between Tekmark Global Solutions, LLC and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.7 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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2.6
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Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2012, among ADEX Corporation, Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC and Mark Vigneri (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.9 of Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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2.7
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2012, between T N S, Inc., Joel Raven and Michael Roeske and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2012, between ADEX Corporation, ADEXCOMM Corporation, ADEX Puerto Rico, LLC, Peter Leibowitz, Gary McGuire, Marc Freedman and Justin Leibowitz and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.6 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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Purchase Agreement, dated April 3, 2013, by and among the Company, AW Solutions, Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC, Keith W. Hayter, Bobby A. Varma, James Partridge, Emmanuel Poulin and Jeffrey Dubay (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2013).
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2.10
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Amendment No. 1 to Purchase Agreement, dated April 9, 2013, by and among the Company, AW Solutions, Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC, Keith W. Hayter, Bobby A. Varma, James Partridge, Emmanuel Poulin and Jeffrey Dubay (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2013).
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2.11
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Amendment No. 2 to Purchase Agreement, dated April 15, 2013, by and among the Company, AW Solutions, Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC, Keith W. Hayter, Bobby A. Varma, James Partridge, Emmanuel Poulin and Jeffrey Dubay (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 19, 2013).
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2013, by and among the Company, Integration Partners-NY Corporation, and Barton F. Graf, David C. Nahabedian and Frank Jadevaia (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2013).
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2.13
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Amendment No. 1 to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2014, by and among the Company, Integration Partners-NY Corporation, and Barton F. Graf, David C. Nahabedian and Frank Jadevaia (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2014).
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2014, by and among RentVM, Inc., Aqeel Asim, Awais Daud and Ali Fayazi and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 7, 2014).
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Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2014, among VaultLogix, LLC, Data Protection Services, LLC, U.S. Data Security Acquisition, LLC, London Bay – VL Acquisition Company, LLC, Tier 1 Solutions, Inc. and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 25, 2014).
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Exhibit
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Description of Document
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3.1
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment dated August 16, 2001, and the Certificate of Amendment dated September 4, 2008, filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 3, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.2
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated January 10, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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3.3
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated July 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 2, 2013).
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3.4
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Series A Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on July 11, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.5
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Series B Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 28, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.6
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Amendment No. 1 to Series B Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 23, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.7
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Series C Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 10, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.8
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Series D Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 5, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.9
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Series E Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 18, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.10
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Series F Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (Registration No. 333-185293) with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.11
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Series G Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.12
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Series H Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (Registration No. 333-185293) with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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3.13
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Series I Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 6, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2012).
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3.14
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated as of November 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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4.1
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Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on August 5, 2013).
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10.1
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Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011, by and between the Company, Digital Comm Inc. and MMD Genesis LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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10.2
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Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2012, between Billy Caudill and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.3
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Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2012, between and the Company and UTA Capital, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.4
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Promissory Note, dated as of September 13, 2012, issued by Billy Caudill to the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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Exhibit
Number
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Description of Document
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10.5
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Promissory Note, dated as of September 17, 2012, issued by Company in connection with the acquisition of ADEX Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.6
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Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2012, among Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC and Tropical Communications, Inc. in favor of MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.7
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Assumption and Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2012, among and the Company, ADEX Corporation, T N S, Inc. and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.8
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Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2012, by the Company in favor of MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.9
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Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2012, among and the Company, Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Tropical Communications, Inc., the lenders party thereto and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.10
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First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2012, among and the Company, Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Tropical Communications, Inc., the lenders party thereto and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.11
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Second Amendment, Consent and Waiver, dated as of March 22, 2013, among the Company, Rives- Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Tropical Communications, Inc., ADEX Corporation, T N S, Inc., the lenders party thereto and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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10.12
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Third Amendment and Consent, dated as of September 20, 2013, by and among the Company, ADEX Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., T N S, Inc., ADEXCOMM Corporation, Tropical Communications, Inc., Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, and Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 24, 2013).
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10.13
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Fourth Amendment and Consent, dated as of September 30, 2013, by and among the Company, ADEX Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., T N S, Inc., ADEXCOMM Corporation, Tropical Communications, Inc., Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, and Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 4, 2013).
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10.14
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Fifth Amendment and Consent, dated as of October 17, 2013, by and among the Company, ADEX Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., T N S, Inc., ADEXCOMM Corporation, Tropical Communications, Inc., Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, and Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 17, 2013).
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10.15
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Form of Warrant, dated September 17, 2012, issued by the Company in connection with the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.16
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First Amendment, dated November 13, 2012, to Form of Warrant of the Company dated September 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.17
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Promissory Note, dated September 17, 2012, of the Company issued to Wellington Shields & Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (Registration No. 333-185293) with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.18
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Assumption and Joinder Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2013, between ADEXCOMM Corporation and Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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Exhibit
Number
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Description of Document
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10.19
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Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2013, between the Company and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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10.20
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Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2013, between the ADEX Corporation and MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013).
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10.21
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Form of Subscription Agreement for Series E Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.22
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Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant of the Company issued in connection with the Series E Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.23
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Letter Agreement, dated November 1, 2012, between the Company and Gideon Taylor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.24
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Letter Agreement, dated November 6, 2012, between the Company and Billy Caudill (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.25
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2012 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s Information Statement filed with the SEC on December 17, 2012).
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10.26
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Form of Indemnification Agreement with Executive Officers and Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.27
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Director Compensation Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012).
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10.28
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to the Company’s Information Statement filed with the SEC on December 17, 2012).
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10.29
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Security Agreement, dated April 5, 2013, among the Company, AW Solutions, Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC, Keith W. Hayter, Bobby A. Varma, James Partridge, Emmanuel Poulin and Jeffrey Dubay (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 19, 2013).
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10.30
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Form of Promissory Note issued by the Company to the sellers in connection with the acquisition of AW Solutions, Inc. and AW Solutions Puerto Rico (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 19, 2013).
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10.31
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Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2013, by and among the Company and ICG USA, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2013).
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10.32
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Form of Unsecured Convertible Note issued by the Company to ICG USA, LLC on April 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2013).
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10.33
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Form of Amended and Restated Unsecured Convertible Note issued by the Company to ICG USA, LLC in respect of note originally issued on April 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 to Amendment No. 5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on August 5, 2013).
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10.34
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Form of Warrant issued by the Company to ICG USA, LLC on April 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2013).
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10.35
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Form of Amended and Restated Warrant issued by the Company to ICG USA, LLC in respect of warrant originally issued on April 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to Amendment No. 5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on August 5, 2013).
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10.36
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Form of Unsecured Convertible Note issued by the Company to ICG USA, LLC on August 28, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2013).
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10.37
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Form of Warrant issued by the Company to ICG USA, LLC on August 28, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2013).
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10.38
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Letter Agreements of holders of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock as to order of conversion of such shares to common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on May 21, 2013).
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Exhibit
Number
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Description of Document
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10.39
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Form of Warrant Agreement by and between the Company and Corporate Stock Transfer and form of Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Amendment No. 7 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed on September 10, 2013).
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10.40
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Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2013, by and among the Company, ADEX Corporation, ADEX Puerto Rico LLC, AW Solutions, Inc., AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC, T N S, Inc., ADEXCOMM Corporation, Tropical Communications, Inc., Rives-Monteiro Engineering LLC, Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC, the financial institutions party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 24, 2013).
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10.41
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Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2013, by and among InterCloud Systems, Inc., ADEX Corporation and PNC Bank, National Association, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 24, 2013).
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10.42
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Form of Representative's Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Amendment No. 11 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed on October 17, 2013).
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10.43
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Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013, between the Company and the purchasers of the 12% Convertible Debentures (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2013).
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10.44
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Form of 12% Convertible Debenture dated December 13, 2013, issued by the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2013).
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10.45
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 13, 2013, between the Company and purchasers of the 12% Convertible Debentures (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2013).
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10.46
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Voting Agreement, dated December 13, 2013, by and among the Company and various stockholders of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2013).
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10.47
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Convertible Promissory Note, dated January 1, 2014, issued by the Company to Frank Jadevaia (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2014).
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10.48
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Employment Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2014, by and between the Company and Frank Jadevaia, as amended by a Letter Agreement dated March 25, 2014.
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10.49
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Employment Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2014, by and between the Company and Scott Davis, as amended by a Letter Agreement dated March 25, 2014.
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10.50
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Exchange Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2014, by and among the Company, Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Tropical Communications, Inc., ADEX Corporation, T N S, Inc., ADEXCOMM Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., and Integration Partners-NY Corporation and Dominion Capital LLC and 31 Group LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 14, 2014).
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10.51
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Letter Agreement, dated April 4, 2014, amending the Exchange Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2014, by and among the Company, Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC, Tropical Communications, Inc., ADEX Corporation, T N S, Inc., ADEXCOMM Corporation, AW Solutions, Inc., and Integration Partners-NY Corporation and Dominion Capital LLC and 31 Group LLC.
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10.52
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Joint Marketing Agreement, dated November 8, 2013, by and between RedChip Companies Inc. and the Company.
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10.53
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Investor Relations Agreement, dated July 31, 2012, by and between CSIR Group, LLC and the Company.
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21.1
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List of Subsidiaries.
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31.1
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Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended.
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31.2
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Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended.
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32.1
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Certification
of our Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.2
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Certification
of our Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101.CAL
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
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101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
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101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
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101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
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†
Certain schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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F-2
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F-3
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F-4
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F-5
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F-6
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F-7 to F-47
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To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of InterCloud Systems, Inc. as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financials statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financials reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of InterCloud Systems, Inc. at December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ BDO USA, LLP
New York, New York
April 8, 2014
(Formerly known as GENESIS GROUP HOLDINGS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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December 31,
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ASSETS
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2013
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2012
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Current Assets:
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|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
17,866,532
|
|
|
$
|
606,002
|
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $737,761 and $522,297, respectively
|
|
|
7,821,942
|
|
|
|
7,660,642
|
|
Deferred loan costs
|
|
|
1,528,241
|
|
|
|
298,517
|
|
Loans receivable
|
|
|
285,954
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Prepaid registration costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
523,410
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
804,618
|
|
|
|
232,067
|
|
Current assets of discontinued operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
863,333
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
28,307,287
|
|
|
|
10,183,971
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
362,227
|
|
|
|
184,866
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
17,070,329
|
|
|
|
14,820,852
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
12,775,917
|
|
|
|
9,105,843
|
|
Deferred loan costs, net of current portion
|
|
|
1,502,152
|
|
|
|
1,528,262
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
672,144
|
|
|
|
55,070
|
|
Non-current assets of discontinued operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,437,400
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
60,690,056
|
|
|
$
|
43,316,264
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
8,880,512
|
|
|
$
|
3,860,235
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
50,505
|
|
|
|
72,528
|
|
Income taxes payable
|
|
|
430,417
|
|
|
|
123,605
|
|
Bank debt, current portion
|
|
|
318,050
|
|
|
|
261,742
|
|
Notes, acquisitions
|
|
|
508,093
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Notes, related parties
|
|
|
4,030,607
|
|
|
|
378,102
|
|
Contingent consideration
|
|
|
4,513,937
|
|
|
|
4,624,367
|
|
Term loans, current portion, net of debt discount
|
|
|
5,380,185
|
|
|
|
3,618,211
|
|
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,921,712
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
24,112,306
|
|
|
|
14,860,502
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank debt, net of current portion
|
|
|
123,744
|
|
|
|
207,831
|
|
Notes, related parties, net of current portion
|
|
|
105,694
|
|
|
|
96,994
|
|
Deferred tax liability
|
|
|
1,522,516
|
|
|
|
2,374,356
|
|
Term loans, net of current portion, net of debt discount
|
|
|
15,009,498
|
|
|
|
11,841,158
|
|
Long term contingent consideration
|
|
|
1,614,882
|
|
|
|
557,933
|
|
Derivative financial instruments at estimated fair value
|
|
|
19,877,723
|
|
|
|
33,593
|
|
Long term liabilities of discontinued operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
47,779
|
|
Total long-term liabilities
|
|
|
38,254,057
|
|
|
|
15,159,644
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities
|
|
|
62,366,363
|
|
|
|
30,020,146
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redeemable common stock, $0.0001 par value, with $12.50 put option, 0 and 10,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $500,000 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
499,921
|
|
Redeemable Series B, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, authorized 60,000 shares, 0 and 37,500 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $2,216,760 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,216,760
|
|
Redeemable Series C, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 10% cumulative annual dividend; $1,000 stated value, authorized 1,500 shares; 0 and 1,500 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $1,500,000 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
Redeemable Series D, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 10% cumulative annual dividend; $1,000 stated value, authorized 1,000 shares; 0 and 608 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $605,872 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
605,872
|
|
Redeemable Series E, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 12% cumulative annual dividend; $1,000 stated value, 3,500 shares authorized; 0 and 2,575 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $2,575,000 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,575,000
|
|
Redeemable Series F, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 12% cumulative annual dividend; 4,800 shares authorized, 0 and 4,150 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $3,575,000 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,575,000
|
|
Redeemable Series G, convertible preferred stock, 12% cumulative annual dividend; 3,500 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Redeemable Series H, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 10% cumulative monthly dividend up to 150%; 2,000 shares authorized, 0 and 1,425 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $1,425,000 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,425,000
|
|
Redeemable Series I, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, authorized 4,500 shares; 0 and 4,500 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, $4,500,000 liquidation preference
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,187,151
|
|
Total redeemable common and preferred stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
16,584,704
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders' Deficit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A, convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value 20,000,000 authorized; 0 and 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
Common stock; $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 8,558,631 and 489,018 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
|
|
|
856
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
Common stock warrants, no par
|
|
|
2,805
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
36,020,424
|
|
|
|
9,095,517
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(37,943,341
|
)
|
|
|
(12,455,783
|
)
|
Total InterCloud Systems, Inc. stockholders' deficit
|
|
|
(1,919,256
|
)
|
|
|
(3,360,017
|
)
|
Non-controlling interest
|
|
|
242,949
|
|
|
|
71,431
|
|
Total stockholders' deficit
|
|
|
(1,676,307
|
)
|
|
|
(3,288,586
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, non-controlling interest and stockholders’ deficit
|
|
$
|
60,690,056
|
|
|
$
|
43,316,264
|
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(Formerly known as GENESIS GROUP HOLDINGS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
For the years ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
51,407,544
|
|
|
$
|
17,089,549
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
37,280,044
|
|
|
|
11,968,215
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
14,127,500
|
|
|
|
5,121,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,120,404
|
|
|
|
345,566
|
|
Salaries and wages
|
|
|
8,341,011
|
|
|
|
3,802,158
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
7,875,723
|
|
|
|
3,782,067
|
|
Change in fair value and loss on contingent consideration
|
|
|
3,131,130
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
20,468,268
|
|
|
|
7,929,791
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(6,340,768
|
)
|
|
|
(2,808,457
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
|
|
|
(14,156,361
|
)
|
|
|
198,908
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(5,574,228
|
)
|
|
|
(1,699,746
|
)
|
Equity loss attributable to affiliate
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(50,539
|
)
|
Net gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary and write-off of related investment in subsidiary
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
453,514
|
|
Commission income
|
|
|
1,823,838
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(992,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Other income
|
|
|
(176,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total other expense
|
|
|
(19,074,751
|
)
|
|
|
(1,097,863
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes
|
|
|
(25,415,519
|
)
|
|
|
(3,906,320
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit from income taxes
|
|
|
(587,662
|
)
|
|
|
(2,646,523
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(24,827,857
|
)
|
|
|
(1,259,797
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from discontinued operations including gain on sale of subsidiary, net of tax
|
|
|
549,922
|
|
|
|
46,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(24,277,935
|
)
|
|
|
(1,213,199
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest
|
|
|
76,169
|
|
|
|
16,448
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to InterCloud Systems, Inc.
|
|
|
(24,354,104
|
)
|
|
|
(1,229,647
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less dividends on Series C, D, E, F and H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
(1,084,314
|
)
|
|
|
(843,215
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss attributable to InterCloud Systems, Inc's. common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(25,438,418
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,072,862
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share attributable to InterCloud Systems, Inc's. common stockholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
(8.02
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.36
|
)
|
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes
|
|
$
|
0.17
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
Net loss per share
|
|
$
|
(7.85
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.33
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
|
|
|
3,240,230
|
|
|
|
1,553,555
|
|
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
|
|
|
3,240,230
|
|
|
|
1,553,555
|
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(Formerly known as GENESIS GROUP HOLDINGS INC.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
From January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Series A
Convertible
|
|
|
Additional
Paid-in
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance January 1, 2012
|
|
|
317,510
|
|
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
200
|
|
|
$
|
7,871,322
|
|
|
$
|
(10,382,921
|
)
|
|
$
|
105,522
|
|
|
$
|
(2,405,845
|
)
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to convertible notes payable
|
|
|
44,318
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
153,212
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
153,216
|
|
Issuance of shares to officers for compensation
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
29,999
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to completed acquisition
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
77,499
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
77,500
|
|
Reclassification to temporary equity
|
|
|
(10,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(77,496
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(77,496
|
)
|
Issuance of shares to non-employees for services
|
|
|
33,000
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
338,897
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
338,900
|
|
Stock based compensation for options issued to consultant
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
45,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
45,000
|
|
Issuance of shares for extinguishment of debt and cancellation of warrants
|
|
|
52,190
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
352,758
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
352,763
|
|
Conversion of Series D Preferred Stock
|
|
|
32,000
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
352,341
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
352,344
|
|
Distribution to non-controlling interest
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(50,539
|
)
|
|
|
(50,539
|
)
|
Change in value of redeemable securities
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(248,015
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(248,015
|
)
|
Contributed capital by CEO for waiver of salary
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
Preferred dividends
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(843,215
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(843,215
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,229,647
|
)
|
|
|
16,448
|
|
|
|
(1,213,199
|
)
|
Ending balance, December 31, 2012
|
|
|
489,018
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
$
|
9,095,517
|
|
|
$
|
(12,455,783
|
)
|
|
$
|
71,431
|
|
|
$
|
(3,288,586
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of shares for preferred dividends
series C,D,E and F
|
|
|
112,256
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
958,811
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
958,822
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to convertible notes payable
|
|
|
43,790
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
425,239
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
425,243
|
|
Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(2,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
(200
|
)
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock
|
|
|
2,452,742
|
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,216,515
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,216,760
|
|
Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock
|
|
|
1,262,440
|
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,499,874
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
Conversion of Series D Preferred Stock
|
|
|
42,839
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
605,868
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
605,872
|
|
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock
|
|
|
534,819
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,349,947
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,350,000
|
|
Conversion of Series H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
483,015
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,424,952
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,425,000
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to convertible debentures
|
|
|
36,567
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
382,487
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
382,491
|
|
Warrants issued pursuant to public offering
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
7,288
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,288
|
|
Issuance of shares upon conversion exercise of warrants
|
|
|
586,692
|
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
|
(448,296
|
)
|
|
|
(4,483
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,060,193
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,055,769
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to acquisition
|
|
|
356,297
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
5,408,842
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
5,408,878
|
|
Issuance of shares upon exercise of options
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
14,999
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to debt restructuring
|
|
|
20,375
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
248,573
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
248,575
|
|
Issuance of shares to employees and directors
|
|
|
154,700
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,572,973
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,572,988
|
|
Issuance of shares to non-employees for services
|
|
|
23,879
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
211,418
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
211,421
|
|
Conversion of Series F Preferred Shares and settlement of contingent consideration
|
|
|
466,702
|
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,235,280
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,235,327
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to public offering
|
|
|
1,437,500
|
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,808,820
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,808,964
|
|
Conversion of put shares to common shares
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
499,920
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
499,921
|
|
Preferred dividends
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,084,314
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,084,314
|
)
|
Change in non-controlling interest in subsidiary
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(76,169
|
)
|
|
|
171,518
|
|
|
|
95,349
|
|
Other
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(49,140
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(49,140
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(24,277,935
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending balance, December 31, 2013
|
|
|
8,558,631
|
|
|
$
|
856
|
|
|
|
301,704
|
|
|
$
|
2,805
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
36,020,424
|
|
|
$
|
(37,943,341
|
)
|
|
$
|
242,949
|
|
|
$
|
(1,676,307
|
)
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
(Formerly known as GENESIS GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
For the year ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(24,277,935
|
)
|
|
|
(1,213,199
|
)
|
Adjustments to arrive at net loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
549,922
|
|
|
|
46,598
|
|
Net loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(24,827,857
|
)
|
|
|
(1,259,797
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash provided by (used in) operations:
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,120,404
|
|
|
|
345,566
|
|
Provision for bad debts
|
|
|
546,823
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Amortization of debt discount and deferred debt issuance costs
|
|
|
1,239,282
|
|
|
|
163,590
|
|
Issuance of shares to non-employees for services
|
|
|
211,418
|
|
|
|
383,900
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative instruments
|
|
|
14,156,361
|
|
|
|
(198,908
|
)
|
Issuance of common shares for extinguishment of debt and cancellation of warrants
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
352,763
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
992,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series F Preferred Shares and settlement of contingent consideration
|
|
|
2,161,938
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Share based compensation
|
|
|
1,572,988
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on debt restructuring
|
|
|
248,575
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to convertible notes payable
|
|
|
187,243
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Fair value of shares issued to officer
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
382,344
|
|
Change in deferred taxes
|
|
|
(1,122,523
|
)
|
|
|
(2,800,972
|
)
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration
|
|
|
3,272,737
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Cancellation of contingent consideration
|
|
|
(141,607
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Equity loss attributable to affiliate
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
50,539
|
|
Net gain on deconsolidation of Digital subsidiary and write off of related investment in subsidiary
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(453,514
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
1,275,782
|
|
|
|
(1,431,135
|
)
|
Other assets
|
|
|
(4,096,902
|
)
|
|
|
(769,695
|
)
|
Convertible notes receivable
|
|
|
(600,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loans receivable
|
|
|
(285,954
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
(22,023
|
)
|
|
|
72,528
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
5,833,675
|
|
|
|
2,020,992
|
|
Income taxes payable
|
|
|
306,812
|
|
|
|
123,605
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations
|
|
|
748,762
|
|
|
|
42,252
|
|
Total adjustments
|
|
|
27,620,791
|
|
|
|
(1,716,145
|
)
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
2,792,934
|
|
|
|
(2,975,942
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advances to affiliate
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(179,061
|
)
|
Purchases of equipment
|
|
|
(124,273
|
)
|
|
|
(89,258
|
)
|
Payments made pursuant to disposal of business
|
|
|
(297,321
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Consideration paid for acquisitions, net of cash received
|
|
|
188,217
|
|
|
|
(13,467,074
|
)
|
Convertible notes receivable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(233,377
|
)
|
|
|
(13,735,393
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of preferred stock, net of issuance costs
|
|
|
775,000
|
|
|
|
6,954,429
|
|
Cash redemption of Series F preferred stock
|
|
|
(3,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Cash Paid for Preferred Dividends
|
|
|
(360,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Increase in deferred loan costs
|
|
|
(1,823,094
|
)
|
|
|
(1,339,043
|
)
|
Increase in loans receivable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Proceeds from bank borrowings
|
|
|
77,500
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
Repayments of bank borrowings
|
|
|
(149,416
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Repayments of notes and loans payable
|
|
|
(2,171,730
|
)
|
|
|
(2,105,730
|
)
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to public offering
|
|
|
5,237,491
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Registration costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Proceeds from third party borrowings
|
|
|
14,090,726
|
|
|
|
15,187,796
|
|
Proceeds from related party borrowings
|
|
|
3,950,000
|
|
|
|
849,439
|
|
Repayment of related party borrowings
|
|
|
(329,791
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Repayments of acquisition notes payable
|
|
|
(925,960
|
)
|
|
|
(2,378,648
|
)
|
Distribution to non-controlling interest
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(50,539
|
)
|
Net cash provided by financing activities of discontinued operations
|
|
|
(317,600
|
)
|
|
|
1,324
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
15,053,126
|
|
|
|
17,269,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash
|
|
|
17,612,683
|
|
|
|
557,693
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash, beginning of period
|
|
|
606,002
|
|
|
|
89,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Less cash related to discontinued operations
|
|
|
(352,153
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)
|
|
|
(40,976
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)
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Cash, end of period
|
|
|
17,866,532
|
|
|
|
606,002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
|
1,269,187
|
|
|
|
581,229
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
|
165,256
|
|
|
|
9,890
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued on debt conversion
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
153,216
|
|
Common stock issued for acquisition not completed
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
290,766
|
|
Forfeiture of officers compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
Addition to debt discount
|
|
|
6,814,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock
|
|
|
2,216,760
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series D Preferred Stock
|
|
|
605,872
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock
|
|
|
3,350,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series F Preferred Stock
|
|
|
1,404,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Series H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
1,425,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of preferred shares into common shares
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
352,344
|
|
Issuance of shares pursuant to convertible debentures
|
|
|
382,492
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Issuance of shares for preferred dividends
|
|
|
958,822
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Put Shares
|
|
|
499,921
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Redeemable common stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
499,921
|
|
Redeemable preferred stock issued for acquisition
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
8,320,054
|
|
Promissory notes issued for acquisition
|
|
|
2,107,804
|
|
|
|
2,378,668
|
|
Preferred stock issued in settlement of debt obligation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
616,760
|
|
Preferred dividends
|
|
|
1,084,314
|
|
|
|
843,215
|
|
Fair value of warrants accounted for as derivatives and corresponding increase in debt discount
|
|
|
194,000
|
|
|
|
193,944
|
|
Notes payable to satisfy liabilities associated with deferred loan costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
610,000
|
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
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InterCloud Systems, Inc. (formerly known as Genesis Group Holdings, Inc. and Genesis Realty Group, Inc.) (the “Company”) was incorporated on November 22, 1999 under the laws of the State of Delaware. Prior to December 31, 2009, the Company was a development-stage company and had limited activity. The Company’s initial activities were devoted to developing a business plan, structuring and positioning itself to take advantage of available acquisition opportunities and raising capital for future operations and administrative functions. The Company began filing periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission in November 2000. On October 31, 2013, the Company’s common stock and warrants were listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbols "ICLD" and "ICLDW," respectively.
On August 1, 2008, the Company authorized an increase in the number of shares of common stock to 500,000,000 shares of common stock and authorized 50,000,000 shares of a new class of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
On January 14, 2010, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Digital Comm, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Digital”), in exchange for 50,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company. Digital was originally formed on September 13, 2006 and, on January 14, 2010, was reorganized as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Digital is a provider of specialty contracting services, primarily in the installation of fiber optic telephone cable. These services are provided throughout the United States and include engineering, construction, maintenance and installation services to telecommunications providers, underground facility locating services to various utilities, including telecommunications providers, and other construction and maintenance services to electric and gas utilities and others. On September 13, 2012, the Company sold 60% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Digital to the Company’s former president and a former director (See Note 3. Acquisitions and Deconsolidation of Subsidiary).
For financial accounting purposes, the acquisition of Digital was treated as a recapitalization of the Company with the former stockholders of the Company retaining approximately 40% of the outstanding common stock.
This transaction has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition and, accordingly, the transaction has been treated as a recapitalization of Digital, with Digital as the accounting acquirer.
The historical financial statements are a continuation of the financial statements of Digital, and any difference of the capital structure of the combined entity as compared to Digital’s historical capital structure is due to the recapitalization of the acquired entity.
Since September 2012, the Company has also completed the following acquisitions:
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ADEX Corporation
. In September 2012, the Company acquired ADEX Corporation (“ADEX”), an Atlanta-based provider of staffing solutions and other services to the telecommunications industry. ADEX’s project staffing solutions diversified the Company’s ability to service the Company’s customers domestically and internationally throughout the project lifecycle.
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T N S, Inc.
In September 2012, the Company also acquired T N S, Inc. (“TNS”), a Chicago-based structured cabling company and DAS installer that supports voice, data, video, security and multimedia systems within commercial office buildings, multi-building campus environments, high-rise buildings, data centers and other structures. T N S extends the Company's geographic reach to the Midwest area and the Company's client reach to end-users, such as multinational corporations, universities, school districts and other large organizations that have significant ongoing cabling needs.
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Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC
. In November 2012, the Company's ADEX subsidiary acquired Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC (“ERFS”), an environmental remediation and disaster recovery company. The acquisition of this company augmented ADEX’s disaster recovery service offerings. On November 21, 2013, the Company’s ADEX subsidiary sold ERFS to the former owner of ERFS (see Note 17. Discontinued Operations).
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AW Solutions Inc.
On April 15, 2013, the Company acquired all the outstanding capital stock of AW Solutions, Inc. (“AWS”), a Florida corporation, and all outstanding membership interests of AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC (“AWS Puerto Rico”), a Puerto Rico limited liability company (collectively, the “AWS Entities”). The AWS Entities are professional multi-service line, telecommunications infrastructure companies that provide outsourced services to the wireless and wireline industry.
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On December 7, 2012, the Company’s stockholders approved a reverse stock split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-125. The reverse stock split became effective on January 14, 2013. On May 15, 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved a reverse stock split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-4. The reverse stock split became effective on August 1, 2013. All applicable share and per-share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock splits.
2.
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals considered necessary in order to prepare the financial statements have been included.
Liquidity
During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company suffered recurring losses from operations and had a stockholders deficit of $1,676,307. The Company may raise capital through the sale of equity securities, through the sale of debt securities, or through borrowings from principals and/or financial institutions. The Company's management believes that actions presently being taken to obtain additional funding provide the opportunity for the Company to continue as a going concern. However, there can be no assurance that additional financing that is necessary for the Company to continue its business will be available to the Company on acceptable terms, or at all.
In February and March 2013, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $3 million from Forward Investments, LLC, the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the Company's common stock. Such loans are evidenced by convertible promissory notes that mature on June 30, 2015.
The Company plans to generate cash flow to address liquidity concerns through five potential sources. The first potential source is operating cash flow from its subsidiaries. In addition, the Company will now generate income from the AWS entities for the full fiscal year following its acquisitions of the AWS entities in April 2013. The second source is from the recently-completed acquisitions of Integration Partners – NY Corportion (“IPC”) in January 2014 and RentVM, Inc. (“RentVM”) in February 2014. See (Note 18. Subsequent Events). The Company expects that these entities will contribute positively to the Company’s consolidated cash flows from operations after they are integrated into the business. The third potential source of generating cash is for the Company to secure a new loan from lenders. The Company recently terminated its receivables loan facility with PNC Bank and incurred a charge of approximately $300,000 in connection with such termination. The fourth potential source of generating cash flow is through the consummation of the potential acquisitions of the Telco Professional Services and Handset Testing business division (“Telco”) of Tekmark Global Solutions, LLC and VaultLogix, Inc. (“VaultLogix”). Finally, the fifth potential source of generating cash flow is through future equity or debt financings.
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND ACCOUNTING FOR INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATE COMPANY
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, which include Tropical Communications, Inc. (“Tropical”) (since August 2011), Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC (“RM Leasing”) (since October 2011), ADEX (since September 2012), TNS (since September 2012), and AWS (since April 2013). All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The Company consolidates all entities in which it has a controlling voting interest and a variable interest in a variable interest entity (“VIEs”) in which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rives-Montiero Engineering, LLC ("RM Engineering") (since December 2011), in which the Company owns an interest of 49%. RM Engineering is a variable interest entity ("VIE") because it meets the following criteria: (i) the entity has insufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties and the 51% owner guarantees its debt, (ii) the voting rights of some investors are not proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of the legal entity, and (iii) substantially all of the legal entity’s activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights. The Company has the ability to exercise its call option to acquire the remaining 51% of RM Engineering for a nominal amount and thus makes all significant decisions related to RM Engineering even though it absorbs only 49% of the losses. Additionally, substantially all of the entity’s activities either involve or are conducted on behalf of the entity by the 51% holder of RM Engineering.
The consolidation of RM Engineering resulted in increases of $1.0 million in assets and $398,000 in liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and $3.1 million in revenue and $158,000 in net income in the consolidated statement of operations as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.
The consolidation of RM Engineering resulted in increases of $848,433 in assets and $362,087 in liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and $2.6 million in revenue and $26,147 in net income in the consolidated statement of operations as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.
The consolidated financial statements through December 31, 2012 include the accounts of Digital Comm Inc.(“Digital”), in which the Company owned a 100% interest until September 13, 2012, and a 40% interest through December 31, 2012. The Company accounted for its 40% interest under the equity method of accounting through December 31, 2012.
These financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring accruals which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of such statements. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Changes in estimates and assumptions are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known. Use of estimates includes the following: 1) valuation of derivative instruments and preferred stock, 2) allowance for doubtful accounts, 3) estimated useful lives of property and equipment, 4) valuation of contingent consideration, 5) revenue recognition related to certain contracts entered into by the Company accounted for using the percentage of completion method, 6) estimates related to deferred tax assets, 7) valuation of intangible assets and 8) goodwill impairment.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company acquired six companies between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013. With each acquisition, the Company evaluated the newly-acquired company's sources of revenues and costs of revenues.
During 2012, the Company had reported only one reporting segment.
Based on acquisitions made in 2013, the Company determined that it operates in two reportable operating segments - as a specialty contractor and as a telecommunications staffing provider. The specialty contracting segment provides engineering and professional consulting services and voice, data and optical solutions. The engineering, design, installation and maintenance services support the build-out and operation of enterprise, fiber optic, Ethernet and wireless networks. The telecommunications staffing segment provides outsourced services to the wireless and wireline industry.
The Company’s two operating segments have been aggregated into one of the two reportable segments due to their similar economic characteristics, products, or production and distribution methods. One of the Company's reportable segments is telecommunication staffing, which consists of the ADEX entities. The other reportable segment is specialty contracting services, which is comprised of the remaining operating units, TNS, AWS, Tropical and RM Engineering.
Refer to Note 16. Segment Information for a detailed discussion on the change in reporting segments.
CASH
Cash consists of checking accounts and money market accounts. The Company considers all highly-liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. Management reviews a customer’s credit history before extending credit. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. Estimates of uncollectible amounts are reviewed each period, and changes are recorded in the period in which they become known. Management analyzes the collectability of accounts receivable each period. This review considers the aging of account balances, historical bad debt experience, changes in customer creditworthiness, current economic trends, customer payment activity and other relevant factors. Should any of these factors change, the estimate made by management may also change. Allowance for doubtful accounts was $737,761 and $522,297 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
The Company accounts for its business combinations under the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 805-10,
Business Combinations
("ASC 805-10"), which requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including non-controlling interests, are recorded at the date of acquisition at their respective fair values. ASC 805-10 also specifies criteria that intangible assets acquired in a business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of the tangible net assets and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combinations and are expensed as incurred. If the business combination provides for contingent consideration, the Company records the contingent consideration at fair value at the acquisition date and any changes in fair value after the acquisition date are accounted for as measurement-period adjustments if they pertain to additional information about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date and that the Company obtained during the measurement period. Changes in fair value of contingent consideration resulting from events after the acquisition date, such as earn-outs, are recognized as follows: 1) if the contingent consideration is classified as equity, the contingent consideration is not re-measured and its subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity, or 2) if the contingent consideration is classified as an asset or a liability, the changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.
The estimated fair value of net assets acquired, including the allocation of the fair value to identifiable assets and liabilities, was determined using Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy (see Fair Value Measurements in Note 2). The estimated fair value of the net assets acquired was determined using the income approach to valuation based on the discounted cash flow method. Under this method, expected future cash flows of the business on a stand-alone basis are discounted back to a present value. The estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets, consisting of customer relationships, the trade names and non-compete agreements acquired, also were determined using an income approach to valuation based on excess cash flow, relief of royalty and discounted cash flow methods.
The discounted cash flow valuation method requires the use of assumptions, the most significant of which include: future revenue growth, future earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, estimated synergies to be achieved by a market participant as a result of the business combination, marginal tax rate, terminal value growth rate, weighted average cost of capital and discount rate.
The excess earnings method used to value customer relationships requires the use of assumptions, the most significant of which include: the remaining useful life, expected revenue, survivor curve, earnings before interest and tax margins, marginal tax rate, contributory asset charges, discount rate and tax amortization benefit.
The most significant assumptions under the relief of royalty method used to value tradenames include: estimated remaining useful life, expected revenue, royalty rate, tax rate, discount rate and tax amortization benefit. The discounted cash flow method used to value non-compete agreements includes assumptions such as: expected revenue, term of the non-compete agreements, probability and ability to compete, operating margin, tax rate and discount rate. Management, with the assistance of a third-party valuation specialist, has developed these assumptions on the basis of historical knowledge of the business and projected financial information of the Company. These assumptions may vary based on future events, perceptions of different market participants and other factors outside the control of management, and such variations may be significant to estimated values.
GOODWILL AND INDEFINTITE LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill was generated through the acquisitions made by the Company during 2011, 2012 and 2013. As the total consideration paid exceeded the value of the net assets acquired, the Company recorded goodwill for each of the completed acquisitions (see Note 3.
Acquisitions and Deconsolidation of Subsidiary). At the date of acquisition, the Company performed a valuation to determine the value of the intangible assets, along with the allocation of assets and liabilities acquired. The goodwill is attributable to synergies and economies of scale provided to us by the acquired entity.
The Company performs its annual impairment test at the reportable segment level. The two reporting segments are telecommunication staffing services and specialty contracting services. Telecommunications staffing services is comprised of the ADEX entities, and specialty contracting services is comprised of TNS, Tropical, AW Solutions and RM Engineering. The components within the specialty contracting reportable segment are each considered individual reporting units. These reporting units are aggregated to form one operating segment and reportable segment for financial reporting and for the evaluation of goodwill for impairment. The telecommunications staffing reporting segment consists of one operating segment, which in turn consists of one reporting unit comprised of a single component.
The Company performs the impairment testing at least annually (at December 31) or at other times if we believe that it is more likely than not that there may be an impairment to the carrying value of its goodwill. If it is more likely than not that goodwill impairment exists, the second step of the goodwill impairment test should be performed to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any.
The Company considered the results of an income approach and a market approach in determining the fair value of the reportable segments. The Company evaluated the forecasted revenue using a discounted cash flow model for each of the reporting segments. The Company also noted no unusual cost factors that would impact operations based on the nature of the working capital requirements of the components comprising the reportable segments. Current operating results, including any losses, are evaluated by the Company in the assessment of goodwill and other intangible assets. The estimates and assumptions used in assessing the fair value of the reporting units and the valuation of the underlying assets and liabilities are inherently subject to significant uncertainties. Key assumptions used in the income approach in evaluating goodwill are forecasts for each of the reporting units revenue growth rates along with forecasted discounted free cash flows for each reporting unit, aggregated into each reporting segment. For the market approach, the Company used the guideline public company method, under which the fair value of a business is estimated by comparing the subject company to similar companies with publicly traded ownership interests. From these “guideline” companies, valuation multiples are derived and then applied to the appropriate operating statistics of the subject company to arrive at indications of value.
While the Company used available information to prepare estimates and to perform impairment evaluations, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates or related projections, resulting in impairment related to recorded goodwill balances. Additionally, adverse conditions in the economy and future volatility in the equity and credit markets could impact the valuation of the Company's reporting units. The Company can provide no assurances that, if such conditions occur, they will not trigger impairments of goodwill and other intangible assets in future periods.
Events that could cause the risk for impairment to increase are the loss of a major customer or group of customers, the loss of key personnel and changes to current legislation that may impact the Company’s industry or its customers’ industries. However, based on the Company’s assessment of these factors, the Company believes the increase in the risk of impairment to be relatively low as its relationships with key customers and personnel are in good standing and it is unaware of any adverse legislation that may have a negative impact on the Company or its customers.
Based on this review, the Company determined that there was no impairment as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and as such, did not perform a step two analysis for impairment
.
With regard to other long-lived assets and intangible assets with indefinite-lives, the Company follows a similar impairment assessment. The Company will assess the quantitative factors to determine if an impairment test of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is necessary. If the quantitative assessment reveals that it is more likely than not that the asset is impaired, a calculation of the asset’s fair value is made. Fair value is calculated using many factors, which include the future discounted cash flows as well as the estimated fair value of the asset in an arm’s-length transaction. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the results of the Company’s analysis indicated that no impairment existed.
The Company's revenues are generated from two reportable segments, specialty contracting services and telecommunication staffing services. The Company recognizes revenue only when the price is fixed or determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service is performed, and collectability of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
The specialty contracting services segment is comprised of TNS, Tropical, AW solutions and RM Engineering.
Specialty contracting services revenues are derived from contracted services to provide technical engineering services along with contracting services to commercial and governmental customers. The contracts of TNS, Tropical and RM Engineering provide that payment for the Company's services may be based on either 1) direct labor hours at fixed hourly rates or 2) fixed-price contracts. The services provided under the contracts are generally provided within a month. Occasionally, the services may be provided over a period of up to six months.
AW Solutions recognizes revenue using the percentage of completion method. Revenues and fees on these contracts are recognized specifically utilizing the efforts-expended method, which uses measures such as task duration and completion. The efforts-expended approach is an input method used in situations where it is more representative of progress on a contract than the cost-to-cost or the labor-hours methods. The Company uses labor hours as the basis for the percentage of completion calculation, which is measured principally by the percentage of labor hours incurred to date for each contract to the estimated total labor hours for each contract at completion. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts, if any, are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Changes in job performance conditions and final contract settlements may result in revisions to costs and income, which are recognized in the period revisions are determined.
AW Solutions also generates revenue from service contracts with certain customers. These contracts are accounted for under the proportional performance method. Under this method, revenue is recognized in proportion to the value provided to the customer for each project as of each reporting date.
The revenues of the Company's telecommunication staffing service segment, which is comprised of the ADEX subsidiaries, are derived from contracted services to provide technical engineering and management solutions to large voice and data communications providers, as specified by their clients. The contracts provide that payments made for the Company's services may be based on either 1) direct labor hours at fixed hourly rates or 2) fixed-price contracts. The services provided under the contracts are generally provided within a month. Occasionally, the services may be provided over a period of up to four months. If it is anticipated that the services will span a period exceeding one month, depending on the contract terms, the Company will provide either progress billing at least once a month or upon completion of the clients' specifications. The aggregate amount of unbilled work-in-progress recognized as revenues was insignificant at December 31, 2013 and 2012.
The Company sometimes requires customers to provide a deposit prior to beginning work on a project. When this occurs, the deposit is recorded as deferred revenue and is recognized in revenue when the work is complete.
During 2013 and 2012, the Company did not recognize any revenue from cloud-based services.
LONG-LIVED ASSETS, INCLUDING DEFINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Long-lived assets, other than goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles, are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable through the estimated undiscounted future cash flows derived from such assets.
Definite-lived intangible assets primarily consist of non-compete agreements and customer relationships. For long-lived assets used in operations, impairment losses are only recorded if the asset's carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted, probability-weighted future cash flows. The Company measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and the estimated fair value. When an impairment exists, the related assets are written down to fair value.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Useful lives are: 3-7 years for vehicles; 5-7 years for equipment; 5 years for small tools; and 3 years for computer equipment. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred and major improvements are capitalized. When assets are sold or retired, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is included in other income.
DEFERRED LOAN COSTS
Deferred loan costs are capitalized and amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the terms of the related debt agreements. The amount of amortization of deferred loan costs, which was recorded as interest expense, in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $670,694 and $144,264, respectively.
CONCENTRATIONS
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade receivables. The Company maintains its cash balances with high-credit-quality financial institutions. Deposits held with banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. These deposits may be withdrawn upon demand and therefore bear minimal risk. The Company limits the amount of credit exposure through diversification and management regularly monitors the composition of its investment portfolio.
The Company provides credit to customers on an uncollateralized basis after evaluating client creditworthiness. The Company’s largest customer, Ericsson, Inc. and its affiliates, accounted for 41% and 33% of consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. In addition, amounts due from this customer represented 26% and 33% of trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. A significant reduction in business from this significant customer or its failure to pay outstanding trade accounts receivable could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
The Company’s customers in its specialty contracting services and telecommunications staffing services are located within the United States of America and Puerto Rico. Revenues generated within the United States of America accounted for approximately 92% and 95% of consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Revenues generated from Puerto Rico accounted for approximately 8% and 5% of consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The Company has obligations contingent on the performance of its subsidiaries. These contingent obligations, payable to the former owners of the subsidiaries, are based on metrics that contain escalation clauses. The Company believes that the amounts recorded within the liabilities section of the consolidated balance sheets are indicative of fair value and are also considered the most likely payout of these obligations. If conditions were to change, these liabilities could potentially impact the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and future cash flows.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to various contingencies. The Company records any contingencies in the consolidated financial statements when it is probable that a liability will be incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable, or otherwise disclosed, in accordance with ASC Topic 450,
Contingencies
("ASC 450"). Significant judgment is required in both the determination of probability and the determination as to whether a loss is reasonably estimable. In the event the Company determines that a loss is not probable, but is reasonably possible, and it becomes possible to develop what the Company believes to be a reasonable range of possible loss, then the Company will include disclosures related to such matter as appropriate and in compliance with ASC 450. To the extent there is a reasonable possibility that the losses could exceed the amounts already accrued, the Company will, when applicable, adjust the accrual in the period in which the determination is made, disclose an estimate of the additional loss or range of loss, indicate that the estimate is immaterial with respect to its financial statements as a whole or, if the amount of such adjustment cannot be reasonably estimated, disclose that an estimate cannot be made.
In March 2014, a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, The DreamTeamGroup and MissionIR, as purported securities advertisers and investor relations firms, and John Mylant, a purported investor and investment advisor. The complaint was purportedly filed on behalf of a class of certain persons who purchased the Company's common stock between November 5, 2013 and March 17, 2014. The complaint alleges violations by the defendants (other than Mark Munro) of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and other related provisions in connection with certain alleged courses of conduct that were intended to deceive the plaintiff and the investing public and to cause the members of the purported class to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at artificially inflated prices based on untrue statements of a material fact or omissions to state material facts necessary to make the statements not misleading. The complaint also alleges that Mr. Munro and the Company violated Section 20 of the Exchange Act as controlling persons of the other defendants. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, attorney and expert fees, and other unspecified litigation costs.
The Company intends to dispute these claims and to defend th
is litigation vigorously. However, due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of this litigation is uncertain. An unfavorable outcome in this litigation could materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.
Currently, there is no other material litigation pending against the Company other than as disclosed in the paragraphs above. From time to time, the Company may become a party to litigation and subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of the Company's business. Although the results of such litigation and claims in the ordinary course of business cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes that the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations or financial condition. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
DISTINGUISHMENT OF LIABILITIES FROM EQUITY
The Company relies on the guidance provided by ASC Topic 480,
Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity
, to classify certain redeemable and/or convertible instruments, such as the Company’s preferred stock. The Company first determines whether a financial instrument should be classified as a liability. The Company will determine the liability classification if the financial instrument is mandatorily redeemable, or if the financial instrument, other than outstanding shares, embodies a conditional obligation that the Company must or may settle by issuing a variable number of its equity shares.
Once the Company determines that a financial instrument should not be classified as a liability, the Company determines whether the financial instrument should be presented between the liability section and the equity section of the balance sheet (“temporary equity”). The Company will determine temporary equity classification if the redemption of the preferred stock or other financial instrument is outside the control of the Company (i.e. at the option of the holder). Otherwise, the Company accounts for the financial instrument as permanent equity.
Initial Measurement
The Company records its financial instruments classified as liability, temporary equity or permanent equity at issuance at the fair value, or cash received.
Subsequent Measurement
Financial instruments classified as liabilities
The Company records the fair value of its financial instruments classified as liabilities at each subsequent measurement date. The changes in fair value of its financial instruments classified as liabilities are recorded as other expense/income.
Temporary equity
At each balance sheet date, the Company reevaluates the classification of its redeemable instruments, as well as the probability of redemption. If the redemption amount of an instrument is probable or an instrument is currently redeemable, the Company records the instrument at its redemption value. Upon issuance, the initial carrying amount of a redeemable equity security is recorded at its fair value. If the instrument is redeemable currently at the option of the holder, it will be adjusted to its maximum redemption amount at each balance sheet date. If the instrument is not redeemable currently and it is not probable that the instrument will become redeemable, the instrument is recorded at its fair value. If it is probable the instrument will become redeemable, it will be recognized immediately at its redemption value. The resulting increases or decreases in the carrying amount of a redeemable instrument will be recognized as adjustments to additional paid-in capital. Changes in the fair value of redeemable securities will be reflected as an increase or decrease in net income or loss attributable to common stockholders on the consolidated statements of operations.
INCOME TAXES
The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. This approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets when management estimates, based on available objective evidence, that it is more likely than not that the benefit will not be realized for the deferred tax assets. The Company, and its subsidiaries, conduct business, and file income, franchise or net worth tax returns, in thirty nine (39) states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Company determines its filing obligations in a jurisdiction in accordance with existing statutory and case law.
Significant management judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes, and in particular, any valuation allowance recorded against the Company’s deferred tax assets. Deferred tax assets are regularly reviewed for recoverability. The Company currently has significant deferred tax assets resulting from net operating loss carryforwards and deductible temporary differences, which should reduce taxable income in future periods. The realization of these assets is dependent on generating future taxable income.
In June 2006, the FASB issued ASC Topic 740,
Income Taxes
(“ASC Topic 740”)
(formerly FASB Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109
) which prescribes a two-step process for the financial statement recognition and measurement of income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. The first step evaluates an income tax position in order to determine whether it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of the position. The second step measures the benefit to be recognized in the financial statements for those income tax positions that meet the more likely than not recognition threshold. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, recognition and classification of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Penalties and interest, if incurred, would be recorded as a component of current income tax expense. As of December 31, 2013, and 2012, the Company has no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718,
Compensation-Stock Compensation
("ASC Topic 718"). Under the fair value recognition provisions of this topic, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, based on the terms of the awards. The Company adopted a formal stock option plan in December 2012 and it had not issued any options under the plan as of December 31, 2013. The Company issued options prior to the adoption of this plan, but the amount was not material as of December 31, 2013. Historically, the Company has awarded stock grants to certain of its employees and consultants that did not contain any performance or service conditions. Compensation expense included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations includes the fair value of the awards at the time of issuance. When common stock was issued, it was valued at the trading price on the date of issuance and was expensed as it was issued. All stock grants were fully vested in 2013 and 2012.
2012 PERFORMANCE INVENTIVE PLAN and EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
On November 16, 2012, the Company adopted its 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity Incentive Plan") and its Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Stock Purchase Plan"). Both plans were established to attract, motivate, retain and reward selected employees and other eligible persons. For the Equity Incentive Plan, employees, officers, directors and consultants who provide services to the Company or one of the Company’s subsidiaries may be selected to receive awards. A total of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock is authorized for issuance with respect to awards granted under the Equity Incentive Plan. The number of authorized shares under the Equity Incentive Plan will automatically increase on the first trading day in January of each year (commencing with January 2014) by an amount equal to lesser of (i) 4% of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day in December in the prior year, (ii) 2,000,000 shares, or (iii) such lesser number as determined by the Company’s board of directors. Any shares subject to awards that are not paid, delivered or exercised before they expire or are canceled or terminated, or fail to vest, as well as shares used to pay the purchase or exercise price of awards or related tax withholding obligations, will become available for other award grants under the Equity Incentive Plan. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, no awards had been granted under the Equity Incentive Plan, and the full number of shares authorized under the Equity Incentive Plan was available for award purposes.
The Stock Purchase Plan is designed to allow the Company’s eligible employees and the eligible employees of the Company’s participating subsidiaries to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, at semi-annual intervals, with their accumulated payroll deductions. A total of 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock was initially available for issuance under the Stock Purchase Plan. The share limit will automatically increase on the first trading day in January of each year (commencing with January 2014) by an amount equal to lesser of (i) 1% of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day in December in the prior year, (ii) 500,000 shares, or (iii) such lesser number as determined by the Company’s board of directors. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, no shares had been purchased under the Stock Purchase Plan.
NET LOSS PER SHARE
Basic loss per common share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed in a manner similar to the basic loss per share, except that the weighted-average number of shares outstanding is increased to include all common shares, including those with the potential to be issued by virtue of warrants, options, convertible debt and other such convertible instruments. Diluted earnings per share contemplates a complete conversion to common stock of all convertible instruments only if they are dilutive in nature with regards to earnings per share. As the Company incurred net losses for all periods, basic loss per share and diluted loss per share were the same.
The anti-dilutive shares of common stock outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
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December 31,
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|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
160,000
|
|
Series B Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
18,080,050
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
13,560,038
|
|
Series D Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
194,560
|
|
Series E Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
5,119,460
|
|
Series F Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,047,319
|
|
Series G Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Series H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,345,548
|
|
Series I Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,135,647
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
681,200
|
|
|
|
8,614,274
|
|
Convertible Debenture
|
|
|
2,039,858
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
2,721,058
|
|
|
|
50,256,896
|
|
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
ASC Topic 820 "
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
" ("ASC Topic 820") provides a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
ASC Topic 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity's own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs).
The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820 are described as follows:
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Level 1— Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.
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●
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Level 2— Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
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Level 3— Inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability.
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The following section describes the valuation methodologies that the Company used to measure, for disclosure purposes, its financial instruments at fair value.
Debt
The fair value of the Company’s debt, which approximates the carrying value of the Company's debt, as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was estimated at $31.6 million and $21.2 million, respectively.
Factors that the Company considered when estimating the fair value of its debt include market conditions, liquidity levels in the private placement market, variability in pricing from multiple lenders and term of debt. The level of the debt would be considered as level 2.
Additional Disclosures Regarding Fair Value Measurements
The carrying value of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term maturity of those items.
Preferred Stock
The Company used the Option-Pricing Method backsolve ("OPM backsolve") method to determine the fair value of its preferred stock at December 31, 2012. The OPM backsolve method derives the implied equity value for the Company from a transaction involving the Company's preferred securities issued on an arms-length basis. The Company used assumptions, including exercise price, risk free rate, expected term of liquidity, volatility, dividend yield and solved for the value of equity such that value for the most recent financing equals the amount paid. The OPM backsolve method treats convertible preferred stock, common stock, options and warrants as series of call options on the total equity value of a company, with exercise price based on the liquidation preference of the convertible preferred stock. Therefore, the common stock has value only if the funds available for distribution to the stockholders exceed the value of the liquidation preference at the time of a liquidity event, such as a merger, sale or initial public offering, assuming the company has funds available to make a liquidation preference meaningful and collectible by the stockholders. The OPM backsolve method uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to price the call options. The Company obtained an appraisal from a third party to assist in the computation of such values. The fair value of the Company's preferred stock at issuance is classified as Level 3 within the Company's fair value hierarchy.
During 2013, in connection with the sale of the Company's ERFS subsidiary, the Company received from the buyer, all outstanding shares of Series I Preferred Stock, and subsequently retired all of the Series I Preferred Stock. Prior to the transaction, the Company used the option pricing method to determine the fair value of the Series I Preferred Stock.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had no outstanding preferred stock.
Contingent Consideration
The fair value of the Company’s contingent consideration is based on the Company’s evaluation as to the probability and amount of any earn-out that will be achieved based on expected future performance by the acquired entity. The Company utilizes a third-party valuation firm to assist in the calculation of the contingent consideration at the acquisition date. The Company evaluates the forecast of the acquired entity and the probability of earn-out provisions being achieved when it evaluates the contingent consideration at initial acquisition date and at each reporting period. The amount of contingent consideration is measured at each reporting period and adjusted as necessary.
Derivative Warrant Liabilities
MidMarket Derivative Warrants
The Company used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the derivative liability related to warrants issued in 2012 to the lenders under the MidMarket loan agreement and the put and effective price of future equity offerings of equity-linked financial instruments. The Company derived the fair value of warrants using the common stock price, the exercise price of the warrants, the risk-free interest rate, the historical volatility, and the Company's dividend yield. The Company does not have sufficient historical data to use its historical volatility; therefore the expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of comparable companies. The Company developed scenarios to take into account estimated probabilities of future outcomes. The fair value of the warrant liabilities is classified as Level 3 within the Company's fair value hierarchy.
At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the amount of the derivative liability for the warrants issued to its lender, MidMarket Capital, in 2012 under the Company's term loan facility was computed using the Black-Scholes Option pricing model. The change in the fair value of derivative balance was recorded as a loss of $3,246,313
and a gain of $33,593
on the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
In connection with the valuation of the warrants issued in 2012, the Company believed the common stock price had not fully adjusted for the potential future dilution from the private placements of preferred stock completed in 2011 through 2012, primarily due to the trading restrictions on the unregistered shares of common stock issued and issuable from the conversion of debt and warrants, certain conversion restrictions, and the anti-dilution adjustment features of the warrants. Therefore, the Company used a common stock price implied by a recent preferred stock financing transaction that was consummated on an arms-length basis. In the OPM backsolve method, the valuation resulted in a model-derived common stock value ranging from $0.012 to $0.08 per share. In the second quarter of 2013, the Company determined that the use of the trading price of the Company’s common stock was more indicative of the fair value of the common stock and the Company began using the traded price of its common stock to determine fair value. The Company determined the anti-dilution rights of the warrants were immaterial based on the various outcomes derived from the scenarios developed. The Company will continue to classify the fair value of the warrants as a liability until the warrants are exercised, expire or are amended in a way that would no longer require the warrants to be classified as a liability.
ICG Derivative Warrants
For the warrants issued to ICG in April 2013, August 2013 and October 2013, the Company used the binomial method to derive the fair value of the warrants.
The Company issued warrants to one of its lenders, ICG USA, LLC ("ICG"), in April 2013, August 2013 and October 2013. On April 26, 2013, the date on which the warrants were first issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $140,000. On August 28, 2013, when the second group of warrants was issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $35,000. These amounts were recorded as debt discounts and are being amortized over the life of the related term loan. On October 30, 2013, when the third group of warrants was issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $19,000.
In December 2013, ICG exercised all of the warrants on a cashless basis and received 138,396 shares of common stock.
The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments carried at fair value at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2013 and 2012 consisted of:
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Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in Active
|
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
Markets for
|
|
Observable
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
Identical Assets
|
|
Inputs
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
(Level 1)
|
|
(Level 2)
|
|
(Level 3)
|
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant derivatives
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
19,877,723
|
|
Long term contingent consideration
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,614,882
|
|
Contingent consideration
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,513,937
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair value
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
26,006,542
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant derivatives
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
33,593
|
|
Long term contingent consideration
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
557,933
|
|
Contingent consideration
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,624,367
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair value
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
5,215,893
|
|
The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
|
|
Amount
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
180,164
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative
|
|
|
(198,908
|
)
|
Warrant derivatives fair value on date of issuance
|
|
|
193,944
|
|
Fair value of long term consideration recorded at date of acquisition
|
|
|
557,933
|
|
Fair value of contingent consideration recorded at date of acquisition
|
|
|
4,482,760
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2012
|
|
$
|
5,215,893
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of warrant derivative
|
|
|
14,156,361
|
|
Warrant derivatives fair value and fair value of conversion feature on date of issuance
|
|
|
6,814,000
|
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration
|
|
|
3,131,130
|
|
Settlement of derivative liabilities
|
|
|
(6,185,478
|
)
|
Fair value of long term consideration recorded at date of acquisition
|
|
|
932,051
|
|
Fair value of contingent consideration recorded at date of acquisition
|
|
|
1,942,585
|
|
Balance December 31, 2013
|
|
$
|
26,006,542
|
|
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain 2012 activities and balances were reclassified to conform to classifications used in the current period.
3.
|
ACQUISITIONS AND DECONSOLIDATION OF SUBSIDIARY
|
2012 Acquisitions
Acquisition of TNS, Inc.
On September 17, 2012, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of T N S, an Illinois corporation based in Des Plaines, Illinois. T N S is a provider of structured cabling and distributed antenna systems primarily in the Chicago, Illinois area. The purchase consideration for T N S was $5,486,372, which was comprised of (i) $700,000 in cash, (ii) 10,000 shares of common stock of the Company, (iii) additional shares of common stock of the Company to be issued upon the completion by the Company of an underwritten public offering, which shares were valued at the acquisition date at $259,550, were recorded as a liability as of such date and the number of which shares will be determined by dividing $200,000 by the price per share of the common stock in the offering, and (iv) 4,150 shares of Series F Preferred Stock of the Company, which shares were valued at $4,026,822.
Of the 4,150 shares of Series F Preferred Stock issued to the sellers of T N S on September 17, 2012, 575 shares (the “Contingent Shares”) were contingent as they were subject to cancellation in whole or in part if T N S did not meet certain operating results during the earn-out period. If the operating results of T N S exceeded certain thresholds during the earn-out period, the Company was required to issue to the sellers of T N S additional shares of Series F Preferred Stock. The Company was also obligated to pay additional cash consideration and to issue additional shares of Series F Preferred Stock to the T N S sellers if T N S exceeded certain operating thresholds for the three years ending September 30, 2015. The Company had classified its contingent obligation as a liability in the amount of $557,933 on the Company’s balance sheet because the contingent consideration was a fixed monetary amount that was based on the earnings of T N S during the earn-out period that the Company was required to settle with a variable number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock and additional cash payments. The contingent consideration of $557,993 recognized by the Company was an estimate of the fair value of the contingent consideration.
The Company originally granted the T N S sellers the right to put the 10,000 shares of common stock to the Company for $50.00 per share beginning on March 17, 2014. The holders of the Series F Preferred Stock also could demand that an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Series F Preferred be redeemed beginning on November 27, 2012, with the redemption to occur within 20 days of such request. Such holders could also request that an additional 575 shares of Series F Preferred be redeemed beginning on September 17, 2013 and that any additional shares of Series F Preferred be redeemed beginning on September 17, 2014. The Contingent Shares could not be redeemed during the earn-out period. Both the Series F Preferred shares and the shares of common stock that were subject to a put option were accounted for as temporary equity because the decision as to the redemption or retirement of such shares rested with the holders of such shares. On December 24, 2013, the Company and the former owners of TNS agreed that the Series F Preferred Stock, including the contingent shares, could be redeemed and converted to common stock of the Company. The shares of Series F Preferred Stock that were not part of the contingent consideration were converted into common stock. The conversion of these shares was done in accordance with the Series F Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation. As a result, there was no impact on the Company's consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013.
The acquisition was accounted for as a stock purchase. As the total consideration paid exceeded the value of the net assets acquired, the Company recorded approximately $4,000,000 of goodwill. The goodwill is attributable to synergies and economies of scale provided to the Company. The goodwill is not tax deductible. The amount of acquisition-related costs for the acquisition of T N S was $81,836, which was recorded on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations as general and administrative expenses.
Acquisition of ADEX Entities
On September 17, 2012, the Company acquired all the outstanding capital stock of ADEX, a New York corporation, and ADEXCOMM Corporation, a New York corporation (“ADEXCOMM”), and all outstanding membership interests of ADEX Puerto Rico LLC, a Puerto Rican limited liability company (“ADEX Puerto Rico”, and together with ADEX and ADEXCOMM, collectively, the ADEX Entities. The ADEX Entities are collectively an international service organization that provides turnkey services and project staffing solutions exclusively to the telecommunication industry. ADEX assists telecommunications companies throughout the project life cycle of any network deployment. The purchase consideration for the ADEX Entities was $17,321,472, which was paid with $12,819,594 in cash, which payment included the repayment of debt due from the ADEX entities to a lender of approximately $1,241,000, a note in the amount of $1,046,000 and a note in the amount of $1,332,668, which was equal to the net working capital of the ADEX Entities as of the closing date, and contingent consideration in the amount of $2,123,210 that was recorded as a liability at the date of acquisition. The notes were secured by 1,500 shares of Series G Preferred Stock. The payment of contingent consideration was secured by the issuance of 2,000 shares of Series G Preferred Stock. As additional consideration, the Company agreed to pay the ADEX sellers an amount of cash equal to the product of 0.75 (the “Multiplier”) multiplied by the adjusted EBITDA of the ADEX Entities for the twelve months beginning October 1, 2012, (the “Forward EBITDA”). If the Forward EBITDA is less than $2,731,243, the Multiplier shall be adjusted to 0.50, and if the Forward EBITDA is greater than $3,431,243, the Multiplier shall be adjusted to 1.0. The Company also agreed to pay the ADEX sellers an amount of cash equal to the amount, if any, by which the Forward EBITDA is greater than $3,081,243. The Company and former owners of ADEX agreed that the amount of contingent consideration owed under the terms of the purchase agreement was $1,778,669, which resulted in a gain on change in contingent consideration of $344,541 on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. In connection with the contingent consideration arrangement, the Company reserved 2,000 shares of Series G Preferred Stock. These shares are redeemable in the event the Company defaults on its obligation to make the required payments. The acquisition was accounted for as a stock purchase. As a result of the total consideration paid exceeding the net assets acquired; the Company recorded approximately $10.5 million of goodwill. The goodwill is attributable to synergies and economies to scale provided to the Company. The goodwill is not tax deductible. The amount of acquisition-related costs for the acquisition of the ADEX entities was $152,189, which amount was recorded on the Company's consolidated statement of operations as general and administrative expenses.
Acquisition of Environmental Remediation and Financial Services, LLC
On December 17, 2012, ADEX acquired 100% of the membership interests in ERFS, a New Jersey limited liability company. ERFS is an environmental remediation company that provides in site remediation of oil, chemicals and ground/water. The purchase consideration for ERFS was $6,651,050, which was paid with 4,500 shares of Series I Preferred Stock, which shares were valued at $4,187,151. The seller of ERFS was entitled to redeem up to $750,000 of the Series I Preferred Stock on or after March 31, 2013. As additional consideration, the Company agreed to pay the ERFS seller 1.5 times EBITDA for the twelve-month period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, provided that the EBITDA for such twelve-month period exceeds the EBITDA for the twelve month period prior to closing by $10,000. This earn-out consideration was valued at $2,463,899. The Series I Preferred shares were classified within temporary equity because the redemption of those shares rested with the holders of those instruments. The goodwill is attributable to synergies and economies of scale provided to the Company. The acquisition was accounted for as a stock purchase. The goodwill is not tax deductible. The Company did not incur any acquisition-related costs for the year ended December 31, 2012.
During 2013, the Company’s management decided to exit its environmental remediation and disaster recovery services business conducted by ERFS (see Note 17, Discontinued Operations). The Series I Preferred Stock issued as part of the purchase price of ERFS, along with the contingent consideration payable to the sellers of ERFS, were received by the Company and retired as part of the proceeds of the sale of ERFS.
The final purchase consideration for the 2012 acquisitions of TNS, the ADEX Entities and ERFS were calculated as follows:
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|
TNS
|
|
|
ADEX Entities
|
|
|
ERFS
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
700,000
|
|
|
$
|
12,819,594
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Promissory notes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,378,668
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Contingent consideration/working capital adjustment
|
|
|
259,550
|
|
|
|
2,123,210
|
|
|
|
2,463,899
|
|
Preferred stock, based on OPM backsolve method
|
|
|
4,026,822
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,187,151
|
|
Common stock, based on redemption value
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total purchase price
|
|
$
|
5,486,372
|
|
|
$
|
17,321,472
|
|
|
$
|
6,651,050
|
|
The final purchase consideration was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:
|
|
TNS
|
|
|
ADEX Entities
|
|
|
ERFS
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$
|
474,732
|
|
|
$
|
5,801,858
|
|
|
$
|
798,135
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
4,002,654
|
|
|
|
10,474,212
|
|
|
|
4,863,149
|
|
Intangible assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer list / relationships
|
|
|
1,790,048
|
|
|
|
3,309,143
|
|
|
|
1,967,000
|
|
URL's
|
|
|
2,552
|
|
|
|
2,552
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Tradenames
|
|
|
347,182
|
|
|
|
2,888,382
|
|
|
|
361,000
|
|
Non-competes
|
|
|
79,670
|
|
|
|
116,047
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
14,224
|
|
|
|
75,849
|
|
|
|
185,271
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
12,227
|
|
|
|
63,493
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(254,807
|
)
|
|
|
(1,053,398
|
)
|
|
|
(1,135,872
|
)
|
Notes payable - bank
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
)
|
Notes payable - related party
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(8,700
|
)
|
Notes payable - other
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(50,167
|
)
|
Long-term deferred tax liability
|
|
|
(969,883
|
)
|
|
|
(4,305,400
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total allocation of purchase consideration
|
|
$
|
5,486,372
|
|
|
$
|
17,321,472
|
|
|
$
|
6,651,050
|
|
2013 Acquisitions
Acquisition of AW Solutions Inc.
On April 15, 2013, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of AW Solutions, Inc. (“AWS”), a Florida corporation, and all of the outstanding membership interests of AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC (“AWS Puerto Rico”), a Puerto Rico limited liability company (collectively, the “AWS Entities”). The AWS Entities are professional multi-service line, telecommunications infrastructure companies that provide outsourced services to the wireless and wireline industry. The purchase consideration for the AWS Entities was $8,760,097, which was paid with $500,000 in cash, common stock valued at $2,607,804, a 45-day promissory note valued at $2,107,804, a note in the principal amount of $1,033,743, which was equal to the net working capital of AWS on the date of acquisition, and contingent consideration, which was valued at $2,510,746 and was recorded as a liability at the date of acquisition. The contingent consideration payable, if any, will be based on the EBITDA of the AWS Entities for the twelve months following the date of acquisition. The contingent consideration also consists of a formula tied to the EBITDA growth for the thirteenth through twenty-fourth months after the date of acquisition. The Company estimated the contingent consideration based on the expected growth of AWS. The Company had an independent valuation performed of the acquisition to determine the value of the contingent consideration and the value of the stock issued on the acquisition date.
As the total consideration paid by the Company for AW Solutions exceeded the net assets acquired, the Company recorded approximately $2.2 million of goodwill. The goodwill is attributable to synergies and economies of scale provided to the Company. The goodwill is tax deductible. The amount of acquisition-related costs for the acquisition of AW Solutions was $124,500, which amount was recorded on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations as general and administrative expenses.
The final purchase consideration for the 2013 acquisition of the AWS Entities was calculated as follows:
Cash
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
Common stock, based on redemption value
|
|
|
2,607,804
|
|
Promissory notes
|
|
|
2,107,804
|
|
Working capital note
|
|
|
1,033,743
|
|
Contingent consideration
|
|
|
2,510,746
|
|
Total consideration
|
|
$
|
8,760,097
|
|
The final purchase consideration was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
as
follows:
Current assets
|
|
$
|
2,676,922
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,249,477
|
|
Intangible assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Customer list / relationships
|
|
|
3,381,000
|
|
Trade names
|
|
|
884,000
|
|
Non-compete
|
|
|
371,000
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
207,566
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
9,832
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(1,019,700)
|
|
Total allocation of purchase consideration
|
|
$
|
8,760,097
|
|
Unaudited pro forma results of operations data of the Company as if the acquisitions of the ADEX Entities, TNS, and the AWS Entities had occurred as of January 1, 2012 are as follows:
|
|
Pro Forma Results
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
54,072,078
|
|
|
$
|
49,782,343
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(25,675,959
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,298,960
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss per share
|
|
$
|
(7.92
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.78
|
)
|
Pro forma data does not purport to be indicative of the results that would have been obtained had these events actually occurred at January 1, 2012 and is not intended to be a projection of future results.
The pro forma adjustments for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 consist of the amortization of intangible assets with an identifiable life, customer lists and non-compete agreements in the amount of $597,375 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. The Company also borrowed the cash portion of the purchase consideration and has recorded interest expense in the amount of $1,560,000 in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
The amount of revenues and income of the acquired companies since the acquisition date included in the Company's consolidated statements of operations are as follows:
2013 Acquisitions
|
|
AWS Entities
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
7,508,928
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
$
|
1,418,796
|
|
2012 Acquisitions
|
|
ADEX Entities
|
|
|
TNS
|
|
|
ERFS
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
10,577,197
|
|
|
$
|
1,042,367
|
|
|
$
|
146,036
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
$
|
807,832
|
|
|
$
|
78,404
|
|
|
$
|
46,598
|
|
NOTES – CONTINGENT CONSIDERATION
The Company has issued contingent consideration in connection with the acquisitions the Company completed during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. The following describes the contingent consideration arrangements.
Tropical:
As additional consideration, the Company agreed to issue additional shares of common stock in the Company based on a formula tied to the future earnings of Tropical. The contingent consideration to be paid to the former owners of Tropical was as follows: 50% of the net income of Tropical for the 18 months following the acquisition, along with warrants with an exercise price of $150.00 per share for up to 1,000 shares of Company common stock for each $500,000 of EBITDA generated by Tropical in the two years after the date of acquisition. The Company determined the fair value of contingent consideration to be $15,320. The potential range of contingent consideration could have ranged from $0, in the event Tropical had zero or negative net income, to unlimited, as there was no cap on the amount that could have been earned. The Company recorded contingent consideration in the amount of $15,320 as a liability on its consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2012, the amount of contingent consideration had not changed. As of December 31, 2013, the Company determined that, based on the results of Tropical since the date of acquisition, no contingent consideration was payable, and the fair value of the contingent consideration was adjusted to $0.
RM Engineering:
As additional consideration, the Company agreed to pay 50% of the net income of RM Engineering for the 18-month period following the closing, as well as cashless exercise warrants with an exercise price of $150.00 per share for up to 1,000 additional shares for each $500,000 in net income generated by
RM Engineering
during the 24-month period following closing. The Company determined the fair value of the contingent consideration likely to be paid at $126,287. The potential range of contingent consideration could have ranged from $0, in the event RM Engineering had zero or negative net income, to unlimited, as there is no cap on the amount that could have been earned. The Company recorded this $126,287 contingent consideration as a liability on its consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2012, the amount of contingent consideration had not changed. As of December 31, 2013, the Company determined that, based on the results of RM Engineering, no contingent consideration was payable, and the fair value of the contingent consideration was adjusted to $0.
ADEX:
As additional consideration, the Company agreed to pay the ADEX sellers an amount of cash equal to the product of 0.75 (the “Multiplier”) multiplied by the adjusted EBITDA of the ADEX Entities for the twelve months beginning October 1, 2012, (the “Forward EBITDA”). If the Forward EBITDA was less than $2,731,243, the Multiplier was to be adjusted to 0.50, and if the Forward EBITDA was greater than $3,431,243, the Multiplier was to be adjusted to 1.0. The Company also agreed to pay the ADEX sellers an amount of cash equal to the amount, if any, by which the Forward EBITDA was greater than $3,081,243. In connection with these obligations, the Company reserved 2,000 shares of Series G Preferred Stock. These shares were redeemable in the event the Company defaulted on its obligation to make the required payments. The shares of Series G Preferred were to be automatically cancelled if required payments were made in cash by the Company. The Company valued the amount of contingent consideration likely to be paid at $2,123,210 as of the date of acquisition. As of December 31, 2012, the amount of contingent consideration had not changed. On December 31, 2013, the Company recorded a gain on the change in contingent consideration of $344,551 based on an agreement reached between the Company and the former owners of ADEX that the amount of contingent consideration to be paid was $1,778,669. The $1,778,669 was recorded as a contingent consideration payable on the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013.
T N S:
Additional consideration was also to be paid to the T N S sellers in the event certain operating results were achieved by T N S. The holders of the Series F Preferred Stock could have demanded that an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Series F Preferred be redeemed beginning on November 27, 2012, with the redemption to occur within 20 days of such request. The holders also could have requested that an additional 575 shares of Series F Preferred be redeemed beginning on September 17, 2013 and that an additional 575 shares of Series F Preferred be redeemed beginning on September 17, 2014. In the event that certain operating results were achieved or not achieved by T N S, additional shares of Series F Preferred Stock could have been issued, or issued shares of Series F Preferred Stock could have been cancelled, based on an agreed upon formula. The Company valued the contingent consideration likely to be paid at $259,550 as of the date of acquisition. As of December 31, 2012, the amount of contingent consideration had not changed. At September 30, 2013, the Company evaluated the contingent consideration and recorded a gain in change of contingent consideration of $0.6 million. In December 2013, the Company and the former owners of T N S agreed to release the Company and T N S from any and all further obligations in connection with the contingent considerations. As part of the agreement, the Company redeemed an additional 1,150 shares of Series F Preferred Stock related to the aforementioned agreement. In addition, the Company issued to the former owners of T N S 89,653 shares of common stock. This agreement resulted in a loss on change in contingent consideration of $2.2 million, which was recorded on the Company's statement of operations as a loss on change in fair value of contingent consideration.
ERFS
: As additional consideration, the Company agreed to pay the ERFS seller 1.5 times EBITDA for the twelve-month period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, provided that the EBITDA for such twelve-month period exceeded the EBITDA for the twelve month period prior to closing by $10,000. The Company valued the contingent consideration likely to be paid at $2.1 million. The contingent consideration could have ranged from $0, in the event ERFS EBITDA for the 12 months following closing was less than $10,000 over ERFS EDITDA for the 12 months period prior to closing, to unlimited as there was no cap on the amount that could have been earned. The Company recorded the $2.4 million contingent consideration as a liability on its consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2012, the amount of contingent consideration had not changed. On November 21, 2013, the Company consummated the sale of ERFS to the president of ERFS. As consideration for the sale, the Company's contractual obligation to pay contingent consideration and working capital consideration was cancelled. In connection with such sale, the reserve for contingent consideration in the amount of $2.5 million was included in income from discontinued operations, net of taxes on the Company's consolidated statement of operations.
AWS Entities
: As additional consideration, the Company agreed to pay the AWS seller certain earn-out payments based on the first and second anniversary EBITDA of the AWS Entities.
First Anniversary
: Following the first anniversary of the closing date, the Company will calculate the EBITDA of the AWS Entities for the twelve-month period beginning on the closing date and ending on the first anniversary of the closing date (the “First Anniversary EBITDA”), which will be subject to review by the sellers in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. If required, the Company will make an earn-out payment to the sellers based on the First Anniversary EBITDA as follows (the “First EBITDA Adjustment”): (i) if the First EBITDA is less than $2.0 million the First EBITDA Adjustment will be zero; (ii) if the First Anniversary EBITDA is equal to or greater than $2.0 million and less than or equal to $3.0 million then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to the First Anniversary EBITDA and will be paid by the Company to the sellers in cash; (iii)
if the First Anniversary EBITDA is greater than $3.0 million and less than or equal to $4.0 million, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 1.5x the First Anniversary EBITDA and will be paid by the Company to the sellers in cash; (iv) if the First Anniversary EBITDA is greater than $4.0 million and less than or equal to $5.0 million, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.0x the First Anniversary EBITDA, of which 50% will be paid by the Company to the sellers in cash and 50% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the first anniversary of the closing date; or (v) if the First Anniversary EBITDA is greater than $5.0 million, then the First EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.25x the First Anniversary EBITDA, of which 50% will be paid by the Company to the sellers in cash and 50% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the first anniversary of the closing date.
Second Anniversary:
Following the second anniversary of the closing date, the Company will calculate the EBITDA of the AWS Entities for the twelve-month period beginning on the first anniversary of the closing date and ending on the second anniversary of the closing date (the “Second Anniversary EBITDA”), which will be subject to review by the sellers in accordance with the purchase agreement. The Company will make an earn-out payment to the sellers based on the Second Anniversary EBITDA as follows (the “Second EBITDA Adjustment”): (i) if the Second Anniversary EBITDA is less than or equal to the First Anniversary EBITDA, then the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be zero; (ii) if the Second Anniversary EBITDA exceeds the First Anniversary EBITDA (the “EBITDA Growth Amount”) by an amount less than $1.0 million, the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.0x the EBITDA Growth Amount and will be paid by Company to the sellers in cash;
(iii) if the EBITDA Growth Amount is equal to or greater than $1.0 million and less than $3.0 million, then the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.25x the EBITDA Growth Amount, of which 88.88% will be paid by Company to the sellers in cash and 11.12% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the second anniversary of the closing date; or (iv) if the EBITDA Growth Amount is equal to or greater than $3.0 million, then the Second EBITDA Adjustment will be equal to 2.5x the EBITDA Growth Amount, of which 80% will be paid by Company to the sellers in cash and 20% will be paid by the issuance to the sellers of unregistered shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the second anniversary of the closing date.
The Company determined the fair value of the contingent consideration to be $2,510,746 at the date of acquisition. As of December 31, 2013, the amount of contingent consideration had been recorded as $4.4 million, which resulted in a loss from change in fair value of contingent consideration of $1.8 million that has been recorded on the Company's consolidated statement of operations as a loss on change in contingent consideration. The amount of contingent consideration increased based on a revised forecast for the remainder of the earn-out period.
2012 Deconsolidation
Deconsolidation of Digital Comm, Inc. Subsidiary
On September 13, 2012, the Company sold 60% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Digital to the Company’s former president and a former director. As consideration for the purchase, the former president issued to the Company a non-recourse promissory note in the principal amount of $125,000. The note is secured by the purchased shares. Immediately subsequent to the transaction, the Company wrote off the $125,000 promissory note from its former president, as it deemed it unlikely that he could repay the note. At the date of deconsolidation, the Company wrote off all of its receivables from Digital of $880,000 and adjusted the negative investment carrying amount at the time of deconsolidation to zero, which resulted in a net gain of approximately $528,000. Subsequent to the sale of 60% of its ownership interest in Digital, the Company continued to fund the cash flow of Digital into December 2012. These amounts were approximately $179,000, which the Company subsequently wrote down to zero, as the Company has determined that the equity investment is uncollectible as Digital has limited operations and limited ability to repay the amount owed. The Company did not attribute any value to its equity investment in Digital at December 31, 2012 based on Digital's historical recurring losses and expected future losses, and the fact that Digital's liabilities far exceeded the value of its tangible and intangible assets at such date.
In the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company's investment in Digital had been written off and was reflected at value of zero.
The following information summarizes the results of operations of Digital for the year ended December 31, 2012 and for the period from January 1, 2012 through September 12, 2012, the date of deconsolidation.
|
|
January 1, 2012 through
|
|
|
|
September 12, 2012
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
1,691,956
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
|
139,675
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(473,918
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(251,412
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(725,330
|
)
|
4.
|
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|
At December 31, 2013 and 2012, property and equipment consisted of the following:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Vehicles
|
|
$
|
695,694
|
|
|
$
|
474,153
|
|
Computers and Office Equipment
|
|
|
427,504
|
|
|
|
174,768
|
|
Equipment
|
|
|
262,104
|
|
|
|
304,942
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,385,302
|
|
|
|
953,863
|
|
Less accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(1,023,075
|
)
|
|
|
(768,997
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
$
|
362,227
|
|
|
$
|
184,866
|
|
On September 30, 2012, the Company sold 60% of its interest in its Digital subsidiary. As a result of the deconsolidation of Digital, the Company sold capital equipment with an original purchase price of $330,669 and accumulated depreciation of $113,111.
On November 21, 2013 the Company sold its ERFS subsidiary. As a result of the transaction, the Company sold property and equipment related to ERFS with an original purchase price of $204,990 and accumulated depreciation of $52,120.
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $154,478 and $118,047, respectively.
5.
|
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
|
Goodwill
The following table sets forth the changes in the Company's goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 resulting from the above-described acquisitions by the Company of its operating subsidiaries.
|
|
Tropical
|
|
|
RM Engineering
|
|
|
ADEX
|
|
|
TNS
|
|
|
AW Solutions
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Balance December 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
174,746
|
|
|
$
|
169,240
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
343,986
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisitions
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,474,212
|
|
|
|
4,002,654
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
14,476,866
|
|
Balance December 31, 2012
|
|
|
174,746
|
|
|
|
169,240
|
|
|
|
10,474,212
|
|
|
|
4,002,654
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
14,820,852
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisitions
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,249,477
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Balance December 31, 2013
|
|
$
|
174,746
|
|
|
$
|
169,240
|
|
|
$
|
10,474,212
|
|
|
$
|
4,002,654
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
17,070,329
|
|
The following table summarizes the Company’s intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
|
December 31, 2012
|
|
|
Estimated
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Useful
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Net Book
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Net Book
|
|
|
Life
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Customer relationship and lists
|
10 yrs
|
|
$
|
9,094,299
|
|
|
|
(1,022,273
|
)
|
|
$
|
8,072,026
|
|
|
$
|
5,709,049
|
|
|
$
|
(208,623
|
)
|
|
$
|
5,500,426
|
|
Non-compete agreements
|
2-3 yrs
|
|
|
570,638
|
|
|
|
(175,517
|
)
|
|
|
395,121
|
|
|
|
199,638
|
|
|
|
(18,991
|
)
|
|
|
180,647
|
|
URL's
|
Indefinite
|
|
|
10,208
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,208
|
|
|
|
10,208
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,208
|
|
Trade names
|
Indefinite
|
|
|
4,298,562
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,298,562
|
|
|
|
3,414,562
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,414,562
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total intangible assets
|
|
|
$
|
13,973,707
|
|
|
$
|
(1,197,790
|
)
|
|
$
|
12,775,917
|
|
|
$
|
9,333,457
|
|
|
$
|
(227,614
|
)
|
|
$
|
9,105,843
|
|
The Company uses the straight-line method to determine the amortization expense for its definite lived intangible assets, which approximates amortization that would have been recognized if determined by an accelerated method.
Amortization expense related to the purchased intangible assets was $965,926 and $235,091 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
On November 21, 2013 the Company disposed of it subsidiary ERFS which carried goodwill of $4,863,149 and intangible assets consisting of net customer relationships of $1,786,692 and tradenames of $361,000.
The estimated future amortization expense for the next five years and thereafter is as follows:
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
$
|
1,098,574
|
|
2015
|
|
|
1,079,128
|
|
2016
|
|
|
945,319
|
|
2017
|
|
|
909,250
|
|
2018
|
|
|
909,250
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
3,525,626
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
8,467,147
|
|
6.
|
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
|
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, accrued expenses consisted of the following:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Accrued interest and preferred dividends
|
|
$
|
2,274,638
|
|
|
$
|
864,607
|
|
Accrued trade payables
|
|
|
5,361,442
|
|
|
|
2,138,249
|
|
Accrued compensation
|
|
|
1,244,432
|
|
|
|
857,379
|
|
|
|
$
|
8,880,512
|
|
|
$
|
3,860,235
|
|
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, bank debt consisted of the following:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
One installment note, monthly principal and interest of $533, interest 9.05%, secured by vehicles, maturing July 2016
|
|
$
|
17,064
|
|
|
$
|
23,463
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Five lines of credit, monthly principal and interest, interest ranging from $0 to $13,166, interest ranging from 5.5% to 9.75%, guaranteed personally by principal shareholders of acquired companies, maturing between July 2013 and February 2020
|
|
|
424,730
|
|
|
|
446,110
|
|
|
|
|
441,794
|
|
|
|
469,573
|
|
Less: Current portion of bank debt
|
|
|
(318,050
|
)
|
|
|
(261,742
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term portion of bank debt
|
|
$
|
123,744
|
|
|
$
|
207,831
|
|
Future maturities of bank debt are as follows:
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
$
|
318,050
|
|
2015
|
|
|
55,543
|
|
2016
|
|
|
28,621
|
|
2017
|
|
|
7,210
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
29,970
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
441,794
|
|
The Company’s assets securing the bank debt had a carrying value of $75,000 and $25,000 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
At December 31, 2013 and 2012, there were no covenants related to the bank debt.
The interest expense associated with the bank debt during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 amounted to $33,769 and $185,479, respectively. The weighted average interest rate on bank debt during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was 7.6% and 8.2%, respectively.
At December 31, 2013 and 2012, term loans consisted of the following:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
PNC revolving credit facility, secured by accounts receivable
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Term loan, MidMarket Capital, net of debt discount of $143,843 and $182,631
|
|
|
13,706,157
|
|
|
|
14,817,369
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible promissory notes, unsecured, matured in December 2012
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
27,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Promissory note, unsecured, non-interest bearing due July 2011, with 16,000 common shares equity component
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
9,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Promissory notes, unsecured, matured in October 2012
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
195,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Promissory notes, unsecured, maturing in January 2014
|
|
|
1,725,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18% convertible promissory note maturing in January 2013
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
210,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition promissory note to former shareholders of RM Engineering and RM Leasing, unsecured, non-interest bearing, imputed interest immateral, matured in March 2012 and June 2012
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12% convertible debentures payable, net of debt discount of $6,666,476 and $0, respectively
|
|
|
4,958,526
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
20,389,683
|
|
|
|
15,459,369
|
|
Less: Current portion of term loans
|
|
|
(5,380,185
|
)
|
|
|
(3,618,211
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term portion term loans, net of debt discount
|
|
$
|
15,009,498
|
|
|
$
|
11,841,158
|
|
Future annual principal payments are as follows:
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
$
|
10,825,000
|
|
2015
|
|
|
7,925,001
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2,762,500
|
|
2017
|
|
|
5,687,501
|
|
2018
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
Principal payments
|
|
|
27,200,002
|
|
Term Loan – MidMarket Capital
On September 17, 2012, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with the lenders referred to therein, MidMarket Capital Partners, LLC, as agent for the lenders (the “Agent”), and certain subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors (the “MidMarket Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the MidMarket Loan Agreement, on September 17, 2012 and November 13, 2012, the lenders thereunder provided the Company senior secured first lien term loans in an aggregate amount of $15,000,000 (the “MidMarket Loans”). Interest on the MidMarket Loans accrued at the rate of 12% per annum. A portion of the proceeds of the MidMarket Loans were used to finance the acquisitions of the ADEX Entities and T N S, to repay certain outstanding indebtedness (including all indebtedness owed to UTA Capital LLC) and to pay fees, costs and other expenses related thereto. The remainder of the MidMarket Loans could be used by the Company to finance certain other acquisitions and for working capital and long-term financing needs.
The MidMarket Loans were to mature on September 17, 2017, provided that if the Company failed to raise by March 14, 2014 at least $20,000,000 in connection with a public offering of voting equity securities of the Company, the MidMarket Loans were to mature on June 17, 2014. If we did not complete an acquisition of an additional operating business within 90 days of September 17, 2012, the Company was required to repay $750,000 of the MidMarket Loans. The Company completed the acquisition of ERFS on December 17, 2012, which satisfied this covenant.
On October 17, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement to provide that, (i) if prior to March 17, 2014, the Company failed to raise at least $5,000,000 in gross proceeds in an underwritten public offering of the Company’s equity securities, the maturity date of the original MidMarket Loans were to be accelerated to June 17, 2014, or (ii) if prior to March 17, 2014 the Company raised at least $5,000,000 but less than $20,000,000 in gross proceeds in an underwritten public offering of the Company’s equity securities, the maturity date of the original MidMarket Loans were to be accelerated to December 30, 2014.
In connection with the MidMarket Loans, deferred loan costs of $1,800,051 were recorded. These costs were being amortized over the life of the loan using the effective interest method.
Subject to certain exceptions, all obligations of the Company under the MidMarket Loans were unconditionally guaranteed by each of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries. In addition, the obligation of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors in respect of the MidMarket Loans was secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors, subject to certain customary exceptions.
Pursuant to the MidMarket Loan Agreement, the Company issued warrants to the lenders, which entitle the lenders to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to 10% of the fully-diluted shares of the common stock of the Company on the date on which the warrants first became exercisable, which was December 6, 2012. The warrants were amended on November 13, 2012 as part of the first amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement discussed below. At that time, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants was increased from 10% of the fully-diluted shares to 11.5% of the fully-diluted shares. The warrants have an exercise price of $4.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the warrants, and will expire on September 17, 2014, but are subject to extension until certain financial performance targets are met. The warrants have anti-dilution rights in connection with the exercise price. If the Company issues stock, warrants or options at a price below the $4.00 per share exercise price, the exercise price of the warrants resets to the lower price. In connection with an amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement, on March 22, 2013, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants has been fixed at 234,233 shares. In accordance with ASC Topic 480, the warrants are classified as liabilities because there is a put feature that requires the Company to repurchase any shares of common stock issued upon exercise of the warrants. The derivative liability associated with this debt will be revalued each reporting period and the increase or decrease will be recorded to the consolidated statement of operations under the caption “change in fair value of derivative instruments.” At each reporting date, the Company performs an analysis of the fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes pricing model and adjusts the fair value accordingly.
On September 17, 2012, when the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $193,944. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and was being amortized over the life of the MidMarket Term Loans. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the Black-Scholes pricing model to determine the value of the warrants issued. On December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company used the Black Scholes pricing method to determine the fair value of the warrants on those dates, and determined the fair value was $3,279,906 and $33,593, respectively. The Company recorded the change in the fair value of the derivative liability as a loss in fair value of derivative liability for the year ended December 31, 2013 of $3,246,313 and a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability in the year ended December 31, 2012 of $160,351.
As of December 31, 2012, certain events of default had occurred and were continuing under the MidMarket Loan Agreement, including events of default relating to a number of financial covenants under the loan agreement. On March 22, 2013, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into an amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement pursuant to which, among other agreements, all of the existing events of default by the Company were waived and the financial covenants that gave rise to certain of the events of default were amended.
Interest expense on the MidMarket Loan was $2,394,825 and $491,943 in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
In March 2014, the entire outstanding principal of the MidMarket Loans was converted into common stock of the Company (see Note 18, Subsequent Events).
Convertible Promissory Notes, Unsecured.
In June 2012, the Company issued an 8% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $27,500 that bore interest at the rate of 8% per annum and matured in December 2012. This note was convertible into common stock of the Company, at the holder’s option, at a conversion price equal to 50% of the average of the three lowest closing prices of the common stock within the 10-day period prior to the conversion date. In January 2013, this note was converted in accordance with its terms into 7,207 shares of common stock.
Promissory Note, unsecured
In September 2012, the Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $530,000 to Wellington Shields & Co. This note bore interest at the lowest rate permitted by law unless the Company was in default on repayment, at which time the note was to bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum. This note was due in October 2012 and the Company was in default as of March 31, 2013 and accruing interest at the higher amount. The amount outstanding as of March 31, 2013 was $175,000. This note was paid in full as of May 2, 2013 and the Company has received a general release from Wellington Shields & Co. The Company recorded other income of $80,000, as the debt was repaid for $95,000.
18% Convertible Promissory Note
In July 2012, the Company issued an 18% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $210,000 that matured in January 2013. The principal and interest on this note were convertible, at the holder’s option, into the Company’s common stock at a rate equal to 50% of the average of the three lowest closing prices of the common stock within the 10-day period prior to the conversion date. During 2012, the Company recognized interest expense of $11,130 on this note. During March 2013, the note was converted into 36,584 shares of common stock. Upon conversion, the beneficial conversion feature was recorded as interest expense in the amount of $280,819. The loss was not materially different than the incremental intrinsic value resulting from the resolution of the contingently adjustable conversion ratios and the corresponding adjustments to the conversion prices.
Promissory Note, Unsecured
On May 26, 2011, the Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $50,000. In connection with the issuance of this promissory note, the Company issued to the lender 16,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. This note bore no interest until the occurrence of an event of default, at which time the note was to bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum on the remaining balance. This note was due in June 2011, and was considered in default at December 31, 2012. This note was repaid in full in May 2013. This note had a principal balance of $0 as of December 31, 2013 and $9,500 as of December 31, 2012.
Acquisition Promissory Note
On December 29, 2011, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of RM Engineering. Upon its acquisition of RM Engineering, the Company assumed unsecured, non-interest bearing acquisition promissory notes to former shareholders of RM Engineering due in March and June 2012. These notes were repaid in full in 2013. As of December 31, 2012, these notes were in default. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, these notes had a principal balance of $0 and $200,000, respectively.
Term Loan Maturing in January 2014
During April 2013, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the "ICG Purchase Agreement") with ICG USA, LLC (“ICG”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and ICG agreed to purchase, unsecured, convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,725,000 for an aggregate purchase price of up to $1,500,000, at up to two separate closings. Pursuant to such agreement, on April 30, 2013, the Company issued to ICG a promissory note in the principal amount of $862,500 for a purchase price of $750,000, with the difference between the purchase price and the principal amount of the note representing an up-front interest payment in lieu of any additional interest on such note. This note matured on the tenth trading day following the earlier of (i) the closing by the Company of a public offering of equity securities resulting in gross proceeds of at least $20 million or (ii) any capital raise by the Company of at least $3 million. If the Company did not complete a capital raise within 180 days of the date of funding (October 26, 2013), then the lender could have elected to be repaid on this note by either receiving 25% of the Company's future monthly cash flows until such time as the unpaid principal had been repaid, or converting the unpaid principal amount into shares of the Company’s common stock. At the end of the six-month period, if ICG elected to convert, this note was convertible into common shares at a price per share equal to 80% of the lessor of a) the average of the closing bid prices of the common stock for each of the ten trading days preceding the date of conversion, or b) the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion, but in no event less than $11.60 per share. On November 5, 2013, the Company completed a capital raise of greater than $3 million and, as a result, the note was no longer convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock.
Pursuant to the ICG Purchase Agreement, in August 2013, the Company issued to ICG a promissory note in the principal amount of $287,500 for a purchase price of $250,000, with the difference between the purchase price and the principal amount of the note representing an up-front interest payment in lieu of any additional interest on such note. This note matured on the thirtieth trading day following the earlier of the closing of any capital raise by the Company of at least $3 million or October 26, 2013. If the Company did not complete a capital raise within 180 days of the date of funding (February 28, 2014), then the lender could have elected to be repaid on this note by either receiving 25% of the Company's future monthly cash flows until such time as the unpaid principal has been repaid, or converting the unpaid principal amount into shares of the Company’s common stock. At the end of the six month period, if ICG made the election to convert, this note was convertible into common stock at a price per share equal to 80% of the lessor of a) the average of the closing bid prices of the common stock for each of the ten trading days preceding the date of conversion, or b) the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion, but in no event less than $11.60 per share. On November 5, 2013, the Company completed a capital raise of greater than $3 million, and the note was no longer convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock.
Pursuant to the ICG Purchase Agreement, in October 2013, the Company issued to an affiliate of ICG a promissory note in the principal amount of $575,000 for a purchase price of $500,000, with the difference between the purchase price and the principal amount of the note representing an up-front interest payment in lieu of any additional interest on the such note. This note matured in January 2014.
At the time of this issuance, the outstanding notes held by ICG were assigned by ICG to such affiliate of ICG and the maturity date of such notes was extended to January 2014.
In March 2014, the Company and ICG agreed to convert the remaining unpaid principal amount of the three notes into common stock (see Note 18, Subsequent Events).
Pursuant to the ICG Purchase Agreement, in connection with the issuance of the notes, ICG was also issued two warrants to purchase a number of common shares equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares into which the note may be converted on the date of issuance of the note. The warrants are exercisable at an exercise price equal to the lesser of a) 120% of the price per share at which the Company sells its common stock in a public offering or b) the exercise price of any warrants issued to investors in an offering of the Company’s securities resulting in gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000, provided, however, that if no such offering closed by October 30, 2013, then the exercise price for the warrant would be equal to 120% of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 30, 2013. The Company completed an offering of its common stock on November 5, 2013. The exercise price of the warrants was fixed at $4.80. The warrants meet the criteria in accordance with ASC 815 to be classified as liabilities as the number of shares to be issued upon conversion of the warrants and the strike price of the warrants is variable. On April 26, 2013, the date on which the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $140,000. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and was being amortized over the life of the related term loan. The Company recorded the change in the fair value of the derivative liability as a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability of $130,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013.
The Company issued additional warrants to its lender, ICG, in August 2013. On August 28, 2013, the date on which the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $35,000. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and was being amortized over the life of the related term loan. The Company recorded the change in the fair value of the derivative liability as a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability of $35,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013. The additional warrants were fair valued using the binomial method.
The Company issued additional warrants to its lender, an affiliate of ICG, in October 2013. On October 30, 2013, the date on which the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $19,000. The additional warrants were fair valued using the binomial method. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and was being amortized over the life of the related term loan. The Company recorded the change in fair value of the derivative liability as a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability of $19,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013. In October 2013, ICG and its affiliate exercised all of their warrants and the Company recorded a cumulative loss of $952,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013, which amount is included in changes in the value of the derivative instruments from their issuance dates.
PNC Bank Revolving Credit Facility
On September 23, 2013, the Company entered into a revolving credit and security agreement dated as of September 20, 2013 (the "PNC Credit Agreement"), wit
h PNC Bank, as agent and a lender, and each of the Company’s subsidiaries, as borrowers or guarantors. The PNC Credit Agreement provided the Company a revolving credit facility in the principal amount of up to $10,000,000, subject to a borrowing base (as further described below), that was secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s subsidiaries, including a pledge of the equity interests of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to a pledge agreement. The maturity date of the revolving credit facility was June 17, 2014.
Interest on advances under the revolving credit facility was payable in arrears on the first day of each month with respect to Domestic Rate Loans (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement) and at the end of each interest period with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement). Interest charges were computed on the greater of (x) $5,000,000 or (y) the actual principal amount of advances outstanding during the month at a rate per annum equal to, (i) in the case of Domestic Rate Loans, the sum of the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement) plus 0.50% per annum, or (ii) in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the LIBOR rate plus 2.75% per annum. Prior to each advance, the Company had the option of making such advance a Domestic Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
The loans were subject to a borrowing base equal to the sum of (a) 88% of the Company’s eligible accounts receivable,
plus
(b) the lesser of (i) 65% of the Company’s Eligible Milestone Receivables (as defined in the PNC Credit Agreement) and (ii) $500,000,
minus
(c) the aggregate maximum undrawn amount of all outstanding letters of credit under the revolving credit facility, and
minus
(d) $2,500,000 (prior to the release of the availability block). Initially, the borrowing base was reduced by a $2,500,000 availability block, which would have been eliminated on September 30, 2014 if the Company met certain financial conditions and was not in default under the revolving credit facility.
The PNC Credit Agreement contained customary events of default and covenants, including, but not limited to, financial covenants requiring a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and minimum earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). In connection with the Company’s acquisition of IPC, described in subsequent events, the Company was required to have availability under the PNC loan of $3 million. In order to satisfy this requirement, the Company prepaid the loan in the amount of $108,000 and, as of December 31, 2013, the balance of the loan was a prepayment of $108,000, which was recorded as other current assets on the Company’s balance sheet.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had borrowing availability under the PNC Credit Agreement of $1.5 million. However, as of December 31, 2013, the Company was not in Compliance with all of the covenants of the PNC Credit Agreement. The Company terminated the PNC Credit Agreement on April 4, 2014.
12% Convertible Debentures
In December 2013 the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with various institutional investors pursuant to which the Company issued to such investors convertible debentures in the original aggregate principal amount of $11,625,000 (the "Convertible Debentures") and an aggregate of 36,567 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase amount of $11,625,002.
The Convertible Debentures mature on June 13, 2015 and bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum
and are payable in accordance with an amortization schedule, with monthly payments beginning on July 13, 2014 and ending on the final maturity date of June 13, 2015. At the Company’s election, subject to compliance with certain terms and conditions in the purchase agreement, the monthly amortization payments may be paid by the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price (as defined below) and (ii) 75% of the average of the VWAP (the daily volume weighted average price) of the Company’s common stock for the five-trading-day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the trading day that is five days prior to the applicable monthly amortization date.
The Convertible Debentures are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the election of the holder thereof at a conversion price (the “Conversion Price”) equal to the lesser of (i) $6.36, or (ii) 85% of the price per share of the Company’s common stock in the first underwritten public offering of not less than $10 million of the Company’s equity securities (a “Qualified Offering”). The Conversion Price is subject to customary anti-dilution provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Convertible Debenture of a particular holder will not be convertible if such conversion would result in such holder owning more than 4.99% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock after such conversion.
The Company may redeem a Convertible Debenture, in whole or in part, for cash at a redemption price (the “Redemption Amount”) equal to 115% of the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, plus an amount equal to the interest that would have accrued on the Convertible Debenture through the one year anniversary of the issuance date. Upon the occurrence of a Qualified Offering while the Convertible Debentures remain outstanding, (i) each holder of a Convertible Debenture has the option to force the redemption of a portion of such holder's Convertible Debenture for a redemption price equal to the Qualified Offering Amount (as defined below), and (ii) the Company has the option to force the redemption of portion of holder’s Convertible Debenture in an amount equal to or less than the Qualified Offering Amount. The “Qualified Offering Payment” means, with respect to each Convertible Debenture, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 50% of the Redemption Amount and (ii) (a) 50% of the gross proceeds of the Qualified Offering multiplied by (b)(x) the Redemption Amount of such Convertible Debenture, divided by (y) the Redemption Amount of all Convertible Debentures issued pursuant to the purchase agreement.
Beginning on June 13, 2014, the Company may elect to force the holder of a Convertible Debenture to convert all, but not less than all, amounts outstanding under the Convertible Debenture into shares of the Company’s common stock at the applicable Conversion Price; provided, that the Company may only elect such forced conversion if certain conditions are met, including the condition that the Company’s common stock has been trading at 150% or higher of the applicable Conversion Price for 30 consecutive trading days with an average daily trading volume of not less than $1,000,000 of shares per day.
Upon the occurrence of an event of default (as defined in the Convertible Debentures), the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Debentures, plus accrued but unpaid interest, plus all interest that would have been earned through December 13, 2014 if such interest has not yet accrued, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount. The “Mandatory Default Amount” means the sum of (a) the greater of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus all interest that would have been earned through December 13, 2014 if such interest has not yet accrued, divided by the Conversion Price on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either (A) demanded (if demand or notice is required to create an event of default) or otherwise due or (B) paid in full, whichever has a lower Conversion Price, multiplied by the VWAP of the Company’s common stock on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either (x) demanded or otherwise due or (y) paid in full, whichever has a higher VWAP, or (ii) 115% of the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Debenture, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, plus all interest that would have been earned through December 13, 2014 if such interest has not yet accrued, and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of the Convertible Debenture. After the occurrence of an event of default that results in the acceleration of the Convertible Debentures, the interest rate on the Convertible Debentures shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Additionally, upon the occurrence of an event of default, at the holder’s election each Convertible Debenture shall become convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price, and (ii) 70% of the average VWAP of the Company’s common stock for the five trading days in the preceding twenty trading days that have the lowest VWAP during such period.
The Company recorded a debt discount in the amount of $382,492 in connection with the 36,567 shares of the Company's common stock issued pursuant to the purchase agreement, which amount is being amortized over the life of the Convertible Debentures. The Company also recorded a debt discount in the amount of $6,620,000 in connection with the embedded features of the Convertible Debentures, which amount is being amortized over the life of the Convertible Debentures.
The Company used a Monte Carlo simulation on the date of issuance to fair value the embedded conversion features.
9.
|
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
|
The Company evaluates and accounts for derivatives conversion options embedded in its convertible and freestanding instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 815,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
("
ASC Topic 815").
MidMarket Warrants
The Company issued warrants to the lenders under the MidMarket Loan Agreement in 2012. These warrants were outstanding at December 31, 2013.
The terms of the warrants issued pursuant to the MidMarket Loan Agreement in 2012 originally provided, among other things, that the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants amounted to 11.5% of the Company’s fully-diluted outstanding common stock and common stock equivalents, whether the common stock equivalents were fully vested and exercisable or not, and that the initial exercise price of such warrants was $5.00 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment. Pursuant to an amendment to the MidMarket Loan Agreement, on March 22, 2013, the number of shares for which the warrants are exercisable was fixed at 187,386 shares. On September 17, 2012, when the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $193,944. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the original life of the MidMarket Loans. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the Black-Scholes pricing model to determine the value of the warrants issued. On December 31, 2012, the Company used the Black - Scholes pricing model to determine the fair value on that date and determined that the fair value was $33,593 and recorded the decrease in implied fair value as a gain on change in derivative liability. On December 31, 2013, the Company used the Black - Scholes option pricing method to determine the fair value of the warrants and derived an implied fair value of $3,279,906, which is included in derivative financial instruments at estimated fair value on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company recorded the increase in fair value of the derivative liability as a loss on change in fair value of derivative liability of $3,246,313 in change in fair value of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013.
The fair value of the MidMarket warrant derivative at each measurement date was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following factors, assumptions and methodologies:
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of Company’s common stock
|
|
$
|
18.36
|
|
|
$
|
0.68755-10.00
|
|
Volatility (closing prices of 3-4 comparable public companies, including the Company’s historical volatility)
|
|
|
80
|
%
|
|
|
56.78-112
|
%
|
Exercise price
|
|
$
|
4.00 - $5.00
|
|
|
$
|
0.95-10.00
|
|
Estimated life
|
|
|
8.5 months
|
|
|
1.75 years
|
|
Risk free interest rate (based on 1-year treasury rate)
|
|
|
0.11
|
%
|
|
|
0.0266-0.12
|
%
|
Series E Warrants
The Company also issued warrants associated with the issuance of its Series E Preferred Stock in 2012 and 2013.
The terms of the warrants issued to the holders of Series E Preferred Stock provided that, among other things, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants amounted to 4.99% of the Company’s fully-diluted outstanding common shares and common share equivalents, whether the common share equivalents were fully vested and exercisable or not, and that the exercise price of such warrants was $500 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment.
The warrants provided for variability involving the effective amount of common share equivalents issued in future equity offerings of equity-linked financial instruments. Additionally, the warrants did not contain an exercise contingency. Accordingly, the settlement of the warrants would not have equaled the difference between the fair value of a fixed number of shares of the Company’s common stock and a fixed stock price. Accordingly, such warrants were not indexed to the Company’s stock price. The Company accounted for such variability associated with its warrants as derivative liabilities.
In December 2013, the Company made a concession to the holders of the Company's Series E Preferred Stock to issue a fixed number of shares of common stock to satisfy these warrants. The Company obtained approval and agreement of such stockholders at December 31, 2013; however, the shares of common stock were not issued until January 2014, which resulted in a liability of $977,817, based on a Black-Scholes calculation, as of December 31, 2013.
The fair value of the Series E warrants derivative at each measurement date was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following factors, assumptions and methodologies:
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of Company’s stock
|
|
$
|
18.36
|
|
|
$
|
0.68755
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
80
|
%
|
|
|
112
|
%
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
500
|
|
|
|
0.5 months
|
|
|
2.75 years
|
|
Risk free interest rate (based on 1-year treasury rate)
|
|
|
0.11
|
%
|
|
|
0.0266
|
%
|
ICG warrants
The Company issued warrants to its lender, ICG, in April 2013. On April 26, 2013, the date on which the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $140,000. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the related loan. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the binomial method to determine the value of the warrants issued. The binomial method evaluated possible scenarios for the price of the Company’s common stock and other factors that would impact the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants. At April 26, 2013, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants was 37,177.
The Company issued additional warrants to its lender, ICG, in August 2013. On August 28, 2013, the date on which the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $35,000. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the related loan. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the binomial method to determine the value of the warrants issued. The binomial method evaluated possible scenarios for the price of the Company’s common stock and other factors which would impact the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants. At August 28, 2013, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants was 12,392.
The Company issued additional warrants to its lender, ICG, in October 2013. On October 30, 2013, the date on which the warrants were issued, the Company recorded a derivative liability in the amount of $19,000. The amount was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the life of the related loan. The amount of the derivative liability was computed by using the binomial method to determine the value of the warrants issued. The binomial method evaluated possible scenarios for the price of the Company’s common stock and other factors which would impact the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants. At October 30, 2013, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants was 22,308.
In November 2013, ICG exercised all of its warrants and the Company recorded a change in fair value of the derivative liability of $952,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013.
A summary of the transactions related to the derivative liability for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
Derivative liability at January 1, 2012
|
|
$
|
38,557
|
|
Fair value of derivative
at issuance, recognized as debt discount
|
|
|
193,944
|
|
Decrease in fair value of derivative liability,
recognized as other income
|
|
|
(198,908
|
)
|
Derivative liability at December 31, 2012
|
|
|
33,593
|
|
Fair value of derivative
at issuance, recognized as debt discount
|
|
|
6,814,000
|
|
Increase in fair value of derivative liability,
recognized as other income
|
|
|
14,156,361
|
|
Settlement of derivative liability
|
|
|
(1,126,231
|
)
|
Derivative liability at December 31, 2013
|
|
$
|
19,877,723
|
|
The (benefit from) income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Federal
|
|
$
|
(297,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
State
|
|
|
90,459
|
|
|
|
48,232
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
437,704
|
|
|
|
106,217
|
|
Total current
|
|
$
|
231,163
|
|
|
$
|
154,449
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$
|
(699,146
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,530,775
|
)
|
State
|
|
|
(119,679
|
)
|
|
|
(270,197
|
)
|
Total deferred
|
|
|
(818,825
|
)
|
|
|
(2,800,972
|
)
|
Total (benefit) from income taxes
|
|
$
|
(587,662
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,646,523
|
)
|
The Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows:
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
%
|
|
Federal tax benefit at statutory rate
|
|
|
(34.0
|
)
|
|
|
(34.0
|
)
|
Permanent differences
|
|
|
20.1
|
|
|
|
(6.7
|
)
|
State tax benefit, net of Federal benefits
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(2.4
|
)
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
Effect of foreign income taxed in rates other than the U.S. Federal statutory rate
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
2.8
|
|
Net change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
12.9
|
|
|
|
(29.5
|
)
|
Foreign tax credits
|
|
|
(1.6
|
)
|
|
|
(2.8
|
)
|
(Benefit)
|
|
|
(2.2
|
)
|
|
|
(69.1
|
)
|
The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Net operating loss carry forwards
|
|
$
|
4,300,870
|
|
|
$
|
2,058,644
|
|
Accruals and reserves
|
|
|
277,667
|
|
|
|
301,000
|
|
Credits
|
|
|
543,704
|
|
|
|
106,000
|
|
Stock based compensation
|
|
|
266,598
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
5,388,839
|
|
|
|
2,465,644
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
(17,590
|
)
|
|
|
(15,000
|
)
|
Section 481 adjustment
|
|
|
(897,854
|
)
|
|
|
(1,347,000
|
)
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
(1,918,911
|
)
|
|
|
(3,479,000
|
)
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
(2,834,355
|
)
|
|
|
(4,841,000
|
)
|
Less: Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(4,076,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax liabilities
|
|
$
|
(1,522,516
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,374,356
|
)
|
The Company performs an analysis each year to determine whether the expected future income will more likely than not be sufficient to realize the deferred tax assets. The Company's recent operating results and projections of future income weighed heavily in the Company's overall assessment. Prior to 2012, there were no provisions (or benefits) for income taxes because the Company had sustained cumulative losses since the commencement of operations. In 2012, a benefit from income taxes of $2,646,523 from continuing operations was recorded. The tax benefit in 2012 was primarly a result of the release of the valuation allowance as a result of the recognition of offsetting deferred tax liabilities.
At December 31, 2013, the Company again reviewed the need for a valuation allowance against its deferred tax asset. As a result of this review it was determined that, based on 2013 results and projected future taxable income, an increase in the valuation allowance was necessary. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recorded a benefit from income taxes from continuing operations of $292,662, which includes the change in the net valuation allowance of approximately $4,061,151.
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL’s”) of approximately $11,410,000 and $5,600,000, and state not operating loss carryforwards (NOL’s) of approximately $9,790,000 and $5,600,000, respectively that will be available to reduce future taxable income, if any. These NOL’s begin to expire in 2025. In addition, as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had federal tax credit carryforwards of $544,000 and $106,000, respectively, available to reduce future taxes. These credits begin to expire in 2022.
Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provide for annual limitations on the utilization of net operating loss and credit carryforwards if the Company were to undergo an ownership change, as defined in Section 382 of the Code. In general, an ownership change occurs whenever the percentage of the shares of a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by 5-percent shareholders, as defined in Section 382 of the Code, increases by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of the shares of such corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by such 5-percent shareholders at any time over the preceding three years. In the event such ownership change occurs, the annual limitation may result in the expiration of the net operating losses prior to full utilization. The Company has completed a study to assess whether an ownership change has occurred or whether there have been multiple ownership changes since the Company became a “loss corporation” under the Code. As disclosed the Company has taken these limitations into account in determining its available NOL’s.
During 2012, the Company acquired ownership of three entities that had historically used the cash method of accounting for tax purposes. Section 446 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, requires that the Company prepare its tax returns using the accrual method of accounting. As a result of this change from cash to accrual accounting for income tax purposes, the Company will recognize $2,386,000 of income over the period 2014 through 2015. During 2012 and 2013, the Company acquired 100% of a Puerto Rican limited liability company, thereby subjecting the Company to Puerto Rico income taxes on any Puerto Rico-sourced taxable income. Such taxes paid are considered foreign taxes that may be credited against federal income taxes payable in future years.
The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate primarily as a result permanent differences due to certain non-cash charges.
The Company applies the standard relating to accounting (ASC 740-10) for uncertainty in income taxes, which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company is required to recognize in the financial statements the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. There were no significant unrecognized tax benefits recorded as of December 31, 2013, and there was no change to the unrecognized tax benefits during 2013 and 2012.
The Company does not have any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits will increase or decrease through December 31, 2014. The unrecognized tax benefits may increase or change during the next year for items that arise in the ordinary course of business.
The Company’s continuing practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters as a component of income tax expense. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, there was no accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income taxes and to income taxes in various states in the United States. Tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to apply. Due to the Company's net operating loss carryforwards, all years remain open to examination by the major domestic taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject. In addition, all of the net operating loss and credit carryforwards that may be used in future years are still subject to adjustment. The Company is not currently under examination by any tax jurisdiction.
11.
|
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
|
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash in financial institutions. At December 31, 2012, substantially all of the Company’s cash was in one bank subject to FDIC’s insurance of $250,000 per depositor per insured bank. The Company maintains deposits in federally insured financial institutions. Cash held with financial institutions may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits; however, management believes the Company is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial position of the financial institutions in which those deposits are held.
The Company grants credit under normal payment terms, generally without collateral, to its customers. These customers primarily consist of telephone companies, cable television multiple system operators and electric and gas utilities. With respect to a portion of the services provided to these customers, the Company has certain statutory lien rights that may in certain circumstances enhance the Company’s collection efforts. Adverse changes in overall business and economic factors may impact the Company’s customers and increase credit risks. These risks may be heightened as a result of the current economic developments and market volatility. In the past, some of the Company’s customers have experienced significant financial difficulties and likewise, some may experience financial difficulties in the future. These difficulties expose the Company to increased risks related to the collectability of amounts due for services performed. The Company believes that none of its significant customers were experiencing financial difficulties that would impact the collectability of the Company’s trade accounts receivable as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.
As of, and for the years ended, December 31, 2013 and 2012, concentrations of significant customers were as follows:
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ericsson, Inc.
|
|
|
26
|
%
|
|
|
41
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C2 Utility
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
Ericsson Caribbean
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Nexlink
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
14
|
%
|
Ericsson, Inc.
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
Geographic Concentration Risk
Substantially all of the Company’s customers are located within the United States.
12.
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
|
The Company leases certain of its property under leases that expire on various dates through 2017. Some of these agreements include escalation clauses and provide for renewal options ranging from one to five years.
Rent expense incurred under the Company’s operating leases amounted to $463,589 and $174,513 during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The future minimum obligation during each year through 2017 under the leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year is as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
Future Minimum
Lease Payments
|
|
2014
|
|
$
|
415,907
|
|
2015
|
|
|
174,060
|
|
2016
|
|
|
65,976
|
|
2017
|
|
|
54,980
|
|
2018
and thereafter
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
710,923
|
|
13.
|
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
|
Common Stock:
Reverse stock splits
On December 7, 2012, the Company’s stockholders approved a reverse stock split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-125. The reverse stock split became effective on January 14, 2013. On May 15, 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved up to a 1-for-4 reverse stock split. A 1-for-4 reverse stock split became effective on August 1, 2013. All applicable share and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock splits.
Public Offering
On November 5, 2013, the Company completed an offering of its common stock in which the Company sold 1,250,000 shares of common stock at a price of $4.00 per share. In connection with the offering, 625,000 warrants to purchase 625,000 shares of common stock were also sold at $0.01 per warrant. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering after underwriting discounts and expenses was $4,550,010. Of the 625,000 warrants sold, 448,296 were exercised as of December 31, 2013.
Basis for determining fair value of shares issued
The Company determines the value at which to record common stock issued in connection with acquisitions, debt conversions and settlements, loan modifications and employee and non-employee compensation arrangements, using the market price of the common stock on the date of acquisition.
Issuance of shares of common stock to third parties for services
During 2012, the Company issued an aggregate of 33,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for consulting services rendered by various consultants. The shares were valued at an average price of $10.28 per share for a value of $338,900.
During 2013, the Company issued 23,879 shares of the Company’s common stock to consultants in exchange for consulting services relating to corporate matters. The shares were valued at an average fair value of $8.85 per share and were immediately vested. The Company recorded $211,421 to stock compensation expense.
Issuance of shares of common stock to employees, directors, and officers
During 2012, the Company issued 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to directors and officers for services rendered. The shares were valued at $3.00 per share for a value of $30,000. The shares were immediately vested.
During 2013, the Company issued 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to two employees for services rendered. The shares were valued at $11.52 per share for a value of $57,601. The shares were immediately vested.
During 2013, the Company issued 149,700 shares of the Company’s common stock to six employees and two directors or services rendered. The shares were valued at $10.51 per share for a value of $1,572,988. The shares were immediately vested.
Issuance of shares pursuant to convertible notes payable
During 2012, the Company issued 44,318 shares of its common stock pursuant to convertible notes payable at a weighted-average price of $3.44 per share, for a value of $153,216.
During 2013, the Company issued 7,206 shares of the Company’s common stock to a third-party lender in connection with the conversion of notes payable aggregating $27,500. Upon conversion, $144,130 was recorded as interest expense related to the beneficial conversion feature.
During 2013, the Company issued 36,584 shares of the Company’s common stock to a third-party lender in connection with the conversion of notes payable aggregating $210,000. Upon conversion, $281,113 was recorded as interest expense related to the beneficial conversion feature.
On December 13, 2013, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors pursuant to which the Company issued to such investors 12% convertible debentures. During December 2013, 36,567 shares of common stock were issued as a debt discount in the amount $382,487 as part of the debenture issuance.
In April 2013, the Company entered into an agreement for the acquisition of AW Solutions. As part of the acquisition, the Company issued a note in the amount of $2,107,804 to the former owners of AW Solutions. On December 31, 2013, the Company settled the remaining principal and interest on the note with the issuance of 152,562 shares of common stock. The shares were issued with a fair value of $18.36 per share, for a total fair value of $2,801,038, which resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $992,000.
Issuance of shares to satisfy obligations pursuant to warrants
During 2012, the Company issued 52,190 shares of its common stock to UTA in exchange for UTA exercising common stock warrants with a cashless exercise. The common stock was valued at the price of $6.76 per share. The total value of the shares issued was $352,763, and recorded as interest expense.
On April 26, 2013, August 28, 2013 and October 30, 2013, the Company issued warrants to ICG USA, LLC and Venture Champion Asia Limited in connection with loans received from those entities in April, August and October 2013. These warrants were fully exercised with the issuance of 138,396 shares of common stock.
Issuance of shares pursuant to penalty to waive covenant
During 2013, the Company issued an aggregate of 20,375 shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with a loan modification of the MidMarket Loan. The shares were valued at a price of $12.20 per share. The aggregate consideration for the issuance of the shares of common stock amounted to $248,575, which amount was recorded as interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations.
Issuance of shares pursuant to preferred dividends
During 2013, the Company issued 112,256 shares of the Company’s common stock in satisfaction of accrued preferred stock dividends in an amount equal to $958,822.
Issuance of shares pursuant to conversion of preferred stock
During 2013, the Company issued 39,487 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 566 shares ($565,660) of Series D Preferred Stock.
During 2013, the Company issued 40,000 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 2,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Of such shares 8,000 shares of common stock were issued to Lawrence Sands, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, and 16,000 shares of common stock were issued to each of Billy Caudill and Gideon Taylor, each of whom was a former officer and director of the Company.
In 2013, the Company issued 3,352 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 42 shares ($40,212) of Series D Preferred Stock.
In 2013, the Company issued 2,452,742 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 37,500 shares ($2,216,760) of Series B Preferred Stock.
In 2013, the Company issued 1,262,440 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 1,500 shares ($1,500,000) of Series C Preferred Stock.
In 2013, the Company issued 534,819 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 3,350 shares ($3,350,000) of Series E Preferred Stock.
In 2013, the Company issued 483,015 shares of common stock upon the conversion of 1,425 shares ($1,425,000) of
Series
H Preferred Stock.
Issuance of shares pursuant to settlement of TNS contingent consideration and settlement of Series F Preferred Stock
On December 21, 2013 we entered into agreement with TNS sellers to satisfy all our outstanding obligations related to the TNS agreement. Based on the terms of that agreement we settled all our remaining obligations to the TNS sellers by converting the 1,150 shares of Series F Preferred Stock owned by such sellers, along with the settlement of the common shares with a put option, issued additional shares to settle contingent consideration and the shares to be issued in connection with our public offering which aggregated to 466,702 shares of our common stock. At the time of settlement, there was no contingent consideration outstanding. The shares issued to settle the contingent consideration arrangement resulted in a loss of $2.2 million.
Issuance of shares pursuant to exercise of stock options
During 2013, the Company issued 5,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of common stock options.
Issuance of shares pursuant to completed acquisition
During 2013, the Company issued 203,735 shares of common stock, valued at $12.80 per share, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of AWS. The shares were valued in the aggregate at $2,607,804.
Issuance of shares pursuant to completed business combinations
During 2012, the Company issued 10,000 shares of its common stock with a fair market price of $7.75 per share in connection with the acquisition of TNS. The total value of the stock issued was $77,500.
Preferred Stock
The Company evaluated and concluded that its Series B, C, E, F, G and H Preferred Stock did not meet the criteria in ASC 480-10 and thus were not considered liabilities. The Company evaluated and concluded that the embedded conversion feature in its Series B, C, E, G and H Preferred Stock did not meet the criteria of ASC 815-10-25-1 and did not need to be bifurcated. In accordance with ASR 268 and ASC 480-10-S99, these equity securities were required to be classified outside of permanent equity because they were redeemable for cash. These instruments are no longer outstanding.
The Company evaluated and concluded that its Series D Preferred Stock did not meet any the criteria in ASC 480-10 and thus was not considered a liability. The Company evaluated and concluded that the embedded conversion feature in the Series D Preferred Stock did not meet the criteria of ASC 815-10-25-1 and did not need to be bifurcated. In accordance with ASR 268 and ASC 480-10-S99, the shares of Series D Preferred Stock were required to be classified outside of permanent equity because such shares were redeemable for cash. These shares are no longer outstanding.
The Company evaluated and concluded that its Series I Preferred Stock did not meet any the criteria in ASC 480-10 and thus was not considered a liability. The Company evaluated and concluded that the embedded conversion feature in the Series I Preferred Stock did not meet the criteria of ASC 815-10-25-1 and did not need to be bifurcated. In accordance with ASR 268 and ASC-480-10, the shares of Series I Preferred Stock were required to be classified outside of permanent equity because such shares were redeemable for cash. These shares are no longer outstanding.
Series A
On June 1, 2011, the Company designated 20,000,000 of its 50,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, as Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The Series A Preferred Stock had no dividend rights and was convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion ratio of .08 shares of common stock for every one share of Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock was redeemable at a price of $0.0001 per share and entitled the holder to voting rights at a ratio of .08 votes for every one share of Series A Preferred Stock.
On June 1, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 2,000,000 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to three of the Company’s principal officers valued at the fair market value of $1.00 per share and recorded in the accompanying financials statements as stock compensation expense. The carrying amount of the Series A Preferred Stock was based on the par value of the Series A Preferred stock of $0.001 per share, or $200, the difference of $1,999,800 between the fair value of the Series A Preferred Stock at date of issuance and the carrying value of $200, was recorded as additional paid in capital.
As of December 31, 2012, the Series A Preferred Stock was convertible into 40,000 shares of common stock. This conversion was based on a conversion ratio of .08 shares of common stock for each share of Series A Preferred Stock. On February 7, 2013, holders converted all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into 40,000 shares of common stock.
Series B
On June 28, 2011, the Company designated 60,000 of its authorized shares of preferred stock as Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The Series B Preferred Stock had no dividend rights and each share of Series B Preferred Stock was convertible into such number of shares of common stock of the Company as is equal to 0.00134% of the Company’s total common stock outstanding on a fully-diluted basis. The Series B Preferred Stock was redeemable, at the option of the holder, at a price of $1,000 per share, and entitled the holders to one vote for each share of common stock to be received on an as if converted basis. In June 2011, the Company sold and received subscriptions for the sale of 15,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share from three individuals and a trust. One of the individuals is, and the trust is a related party to, the current chief executive officer of the Company. During 2012, the Company sold, and received subscriptions from four individuals for the purchase of, 16,021 shares of Series B Preferred stock for cash consideration in the aggregate amount of $1,585,000. Three individuals also converted a principal amount of debt and accrued interest thereon in the aggregate amount of $616,760 into 6,479 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. On June 25, 2013, holders converted all 37,500 outstanding shares of Series B Preferred stock into 2,452,742 shares of common stock.
Series C
On December 23, 2011, the Company designated 1,500 shares of the authorized shares of preferred stock as Series C Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”). Series C Preferred Stock had a stated value of $1,000.00 per share, and entitled holders to receive cumulative dividends at the rate of 10% of the stated value per annum, payable quarterly. Holders of Series C Preferred Stock have a two-year option to convert their shares of Series C Preferred Stock to common stock at a rate per share equal to 0.025% of the issued and outstanding common stock at the time of the conversion. On June 25, 2013, holders converted all 1,500 outstanding shares of Series C Preferred stock into 1,262,440 shares of common stock.
Series D
On December 31, 2011, the Company designated 1,000 shares of its authorized shares of preferred stock as Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”). The Series D Preferred Stock had an initial stated value of $1,000 per share and entitled holders to receive cumulative dividends at the annual rate of 10% of the stated value per share, payable quarterly in cash or shares of common stock, at the election of the Company, beginning on March 31, 2012. The Series D Preferred Stock was non-voting, non-redeemable and was convertible at any time the market capitalization of the Company’s common stock exceeded $15 million or the shares of common stock were trading at a per share price in excess of $43.75 per share for a 10-day trading period. The number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion was calculated by dividing the stated amount of the Series D Preferred Stock by the closing price of the common stock on the last business date preceding written notice by the Company to the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock of the Company’s decision to convert such shares. On December 31, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 408 shares of Series D Preferred Stock to one of the Company’s former principal officers in settlement of a note payable due the officer aggregating $405,872, including unpaid interest. On January 30, 2013, holders converted 566 shares of Series D Preferred Stock into 39,487 shares of common stock. On May 12, 2013, holders converted all 42 remaining outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock into 3,352 shares of common stock.
Series E
On September 17, 2012, the Company designated 3,500 shares of its authorized shares of preferred stock as Series E Preferred Stock (the “Series E Preferred Stock”). Series E Preferred Stock had a stated value of $1,000 per share, and was entitled to cumulative dividends at a rate of 12% per annum, payable quarterly, beginning on September 30, 2012. The dividends were payable in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option. Holders of Series E Preferred Stock had a one-year option to convert their shares of Series E Preferred Stock to common stock of the Company. In aggregate, the shares of Series E Preferred Stock were convertible into a number of shares of common stock amounting to 9.8% of the fully-diluted capitalization of the Company. The shares of Series E Preferred Stock were redeemable at $1,000 per share, at the option of the holder. On August 6, 2013, holders converted all 3,350 outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock into 534,819 shares of common stock.
On September 17, 2012, the Company designated 4,800 shares of its authorized shares of preferred stock as Series F Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”). Series F Preferred Stock had an initial stated value of $1,000 per share, and entitled the holders to receive cumulative dividends at the rate of 12% per annum, payable quarterly, beginning on September 30, 2012. The dividends were payable in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option. Holders of Series F Preferred Stock had an option to convert their shares of Series F Preferred Stock to common stock on the fourth day after the Company’s associated registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and for a period of one year thereafter. The shares of Series F Preferred Stock were convertible at the lesser of (i) the last quoted price of the common stock on the third day following the effective date of the associated registration statement or (ii) the average of the last reported sale price of the common stock for each of the three trading days prior to the date of conversion. The shares of Series F Preferred Stock were redeemable at $1,000 per share, at the option of the holder. During 2013, the holders liquidated 3,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock for cash considerations. On December 24, 2013, Company and the holders executed a settlement agreement and the holders converted the remaining 1,150 shares of Series F Preferred Stock into 377,049 shares of common stock. The Series F Preferred Stock was converted using a conversion price of $3.05 per share, and the fair value of the Company's common stock on the date of conversion was $10.50.
The former owners of Series F Preferred Stock also settled the put option shares and received the shares to be issued as part of the Company's public stock offering. As a result of the settlement agreement Company recorded a loss on settlement of contingent consideration of $2.2 million.
On September 17, 2012, the Company designated 2,000 shares of its authorized preferred stock as Series G Preferred Stock (the “Series G Preferred Stock”). Series G Preferred Stock had an initial stated value of $1,000 per share, and entitled the holders to receive cumulative dividends at a rate of 12% per annum, payable quarterly, beginning on September 30, 2012. The dividends were payable in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option. Holders of Series G Preferred Stock had an option to convert their shares of Series G Preferred Stock into the Company’s common stock upon the occurrence of a default of payment of an earn-out or working capital loan in connection with the Company’s acquisition of the ADEX Entities and after the associated registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shares of Series G Preferred Stock were convertible at the rate equal to the earn-out or working capital loan payment that is under default divided by $1,000 and by the lesser of (i) the last quoted price of the common stock on third day following the effective date of the associated registration statements or (ii) the average of the last reported sale price of the common stock for each of the three trading days prior to the date of conversion. The shares of Series G Preferred Stock were redeemable at the amount of earnout or working capital loan upon the occurrence of default, at their then carrying value, at the option of the holder. The Series G Preferred Stock was cancelled in February 2014 upon the settlement of the ADEX contingent consideration.
Series H
On October 25, 2012, the Company designated 2,000 shares of its authorized preferred stock as Series H Preferred Stock (the “Series H Preferred Stock”). Series H Preferred Stock had an initial stated value of $1,000 per share, and entitled the holders to receive cumulative dividends at a rate of 10% per month, up to 150%. The dividends were payable in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option, upon conversion or redemption. Holders of Series H Preferred Stock had a one-year option to convert their shares of Series H Preferred Stock to common stock, beginning 90 days after the date of issuance. In the aggregate, the shares of Series H Preferred Stock were convertible into a number of shares of common stock amounting to 4.49% of the fully-diluted capitalization of the Company. The shares of Series H Preferred Stock were redeemable at $1,000 per share, at the option of the holder, beginning 180 days after the date of their issuance. The Company could have delayed the payment of the redemption amount by paying interest thereon at the rate of 2% per month until paid. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company received subscription agreements and cash and issued 1,425 shares of Series H Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,425,000. On December 31, 2013, holders converted all 1,425 outstanding shares of Series H Preferred Stock into 483,015 shares of common stock.
In connection with the conversion, the Company received a commission in the amount of $1,823,838, which is included in other income on the consolidated statements of operations, from an investor who purchased all of the outstanding shares of Series H Preferred Stock from the holders and then converted the total amount of outstanding shares of Series H Preferred Stock.
Series I
On November 30, 2012, the Company designated 4,500 shares of its authorized preferred stock as Series I Preferred Stock (the “Series I Preferred Stock”). Series I Preferred Stock had an initial stated value of $1,000 per share. Holders of Series I Preferred Stock had an option to convert their shares of Series I Preferred Stock to common stock on the earlier of the 30th day after the associated registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission or 120 days after the date of their issuance. The shares of Series I Preferred Stock were convertible into common stock at the rate equal to the average of the last reported sale price of the common stock for each of the three trading days prior to the date of conversion. The shares of Series I Preferred Stock were redeemable at $1,000 per share, at the option of the holder, beginning on the 31st day after the associated registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and until the Company had redeemed up to $750,000 of Series I Preferred Stock. On November 21, 2013, the Company acquired and cancelled the 4,500 shares of Series I Preferred Stock as part of the sale of its ERFS subsidiary. As of that date, there were no remaining shares of Series I Preferred Stock outstanding
.
A summary of the transactions related to the Company’s preferred stock classified as temporary equity during 2012 and 2013 is as follows:
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Common Stock
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Series B
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Series C
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Series D
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Series E
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Series F
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Series H
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Series I
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Shares
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$
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Balance January 1, 2012
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-
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-
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15,000
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$
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15,000
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-
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$
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-
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608
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$
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605,872
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-
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$
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-
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-
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$
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-
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-
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$
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-
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-
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$
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-
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Issuance pursuant to private placement
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-
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-
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16,021
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1,585,000
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1,500
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1,500,000
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-
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-
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2,575
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2,575,000
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-
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-
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1,425
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1,425,000
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-
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-
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Issuance pursuant to unpaid 2012 salary
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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400
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352,344
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Issuance from conversion of debt and interest
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-
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-
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6,479
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616,760
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Conversion of Preferred stock into common shares
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-
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|
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-
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-
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|
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-
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-
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-
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(400
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)
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(352,344
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)
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|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Issuance pursuant to private acquisition
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10,000
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499,921
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-
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|
-
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-
|
|
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-
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-
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|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
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|
-
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4,150
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|
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3,575,000
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|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
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|
4,500
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|
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|
4,187,151
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Balance December 31, 2012
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10,000
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$
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499,921
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37,500
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$
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2,216,760
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|
|
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1,500
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|
|
$
|
1,500,000
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|
|
|
608
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|
|
$
|
605,872
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|
|
|
2,575
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|
|
$
|
2,575,000
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|
|
|
4,150
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|
|
$
|
3,575,000
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|
|
|
1,425
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|
|
$
|
1,425,000
|
|
|
|
4,500
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|
|
$
|
4,187,151
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Issuance pursuant to sale of shares
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
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|
775
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|
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775,000
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|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
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|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
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Conversion of put option shares to common shares
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(10,000
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)
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|
|
(499,921
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)
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-
|
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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|
-
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-
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-
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|
-
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|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
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|
-
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|
Redeemed for cash
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|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
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|
-
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|
-
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|
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|
-
|
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|
-
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|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(3,000
|
)
|
|
|
(3,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Conversion of Preferred stock into common shares
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(37,500
|
)
|
|
|
(2,216,760
|
)
|
|
|
(1,500
|
)
|
|
|
(1,500,000
|
)
|
|
|
(608
|
)
|
|
|
(605,872
|
)
|
|
|
(3,350
|
)
|
|
|
(3,350,000
|
)
|
|
|
(1,150
|
)
|
|
|
(575,000
|
)
|
|
|
(1,425
|
)
|
|
|
(1,425,000
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Repurchase upon sale of ERFS
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(4,500
|
)
|
|
|
(4,187,151
|
)
|
Balance December 31, 2013
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
The Company calculated the dividends on the preferred stock for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 as follows:
Preferred Dividends
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
Preferred
Shares
|
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
Dividend
|
|
Accrual
|
|
Accrued
|
|
|
|
at December 31
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
Period
|
|
Dividends
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
January - June
|
|
$
|
89,261
|
|
Series D Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
January - March
|
|
|
3,000
|
|
Series E Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
January - April
|
|
|
221,003
|
|
Series F Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
January - December
|
|
|
437,050
|
|
Series H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
**
|
|
January - March
|
|
|
334,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,084,314
|
|
Preferred Dividends
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
|
Preferred
Shares
|
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
Dividend
|
|
Accrual
|
|
Accrued
|
|
|
|
at December 31
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
Period
|
|
Dividends
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock
|
|
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
January - December
|
|
$
|
175,450
|
|
Series D Preferred Stock
|
|
|
608
|
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
January - December
|
|
|
61,340
|
|
Series E Preferred Stock
|
|
|
2,575
|
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
September - December
|
|
|
82,675
|
|
Series F Preferred Stock
|
|
|
4,150
|
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
September - December
|
|
|
145,250
|
|
Series H Preferred Stock
|
|
|
1,425
|
|
|
|
**
|
|
October - December
|
|
|
378,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
843,215
|
|
* The stated dividend rate was 10%; however, if the dividends were not paid, the dividend rate became 12%.
** Dividends accrued on the Series H Preferred Stock at the rate of 10% per month for a maximum amount of dividends equal to 150% of the stated amount.
Series C Preferred Stock was issued from January 2012 through July 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
Series D Preferred Stock was outstanding for the entire year.
|
|
|
|
|
Series E Preferred Stock was issued from August 2012 through December 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
Series F Preferred Stock was issued to the former shareholders on TNS in connection with the acquisition of TNS on September 17, 2012.
|
|
Series H Preferred Stock was issued from October 2012 through November 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had outstanding the following loans from related parties:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Promissory notes, 30% interest, maturing in June 2013, unsecured
|
|
$
|
3,925,000
|
|
|
$
|
350,000
|
|
Promissory note with company under common ownership by former owner of Tropical, 9.75% interest, monthly payments of interest only of $1,007, unsecured and personally guaranteed by officer, due November 2016
|
|
|
105,694
|
|
|
|
105,694
|
|
Owner of IPC, unsecured, 15% interest, due on demand
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Former owners of RM Leasing, unsecured, non-interest bearing, due on demand
|
|
|
5,607
|
|
|
|
19,402
|
|
|
|
|
4,136,301
|
|
|
|
475,096
|
|
Less: current portion of debt
|
|
|
(4,030,607
|
)
|
|
|
(378,102
|
)
|
Long-term portion of notes payable, related parties
|
|
$
|
105,694
|
|
|
$
|
96,994
|
|
The interest expense associated with the related-party notes payable in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 amounted to $1,046,280 and $83,609, respectively.
Related Party Promissory Note Payable
On July 5, 2011, the Company entered into a definitive master funding agreement with MMD Genesis LLC (“MMD Genesis”), a company the three principals of which are the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, one of the Company’s directors, Mark F. Durfee, and Douglas Shooker, the principal of Forward Investments LLC, the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the master funding agreement, MMD Genesis has made loans to us from time to time to fund certain of our working capital requirements and a portion of the cash purchase prices of the Company’s business acquisitions. All such loans originally bore interest at the rate of 2.5% per month and matured on June 30, 2014. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had outstanding loans from MMD Genesis in the aggregate principal amount of $3,925,000 and $350,000, respectively, were outstanding.
On January 1, 2014, the outstanding principal amount of the loans from MMD Genesis in the amount of $3,925,000, and accrued interest thereon in the amount of $963,746, was restructured and, in lieu thereof, the Company issued to the principals of MMD Genesis LLC or their designees the following notes:
·
|
a note issued to Mark Munro 1996 Charitable Remainder UniTrust in the principal amount of $275,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
|
·
|
a note issued to CamaPlan FBO Mark Munro IRA in the principal amount of $346,904 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
|
·
|
a note issued to 1112 Third Avenue Corp., a company controlled by Mark Munro, in the principal amount of $375,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
|
·
|
a note issued to Mark Munro in the principal amount of $737,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
|
·
|
a note issued to Pascack Road, LLC, a company controlled by Mark Durfee, in the principal amount of $1,575,000 that bears interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matures on March 31, 2016;
|
·
|
a note issued to Forward Investments, LLC in the principal amount of $650,000 that bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015 and is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share; and
|
·
|
a note issued to Forward Investments, LLC in the principal amount of $2,825,000 that bears interest at the rate of 2% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015 and is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share, and reflects certain penalties and consulting fees of $1,000,000 which were incurred and outstanding as of December 31, 2013.
|
On February 4, 2014 and March 28, 2014, Forward Investments, LLC made loans to the Company for working capital purposes in the amounts of $1.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Such loans are evidenced by promissory notes that bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum, mature on June 30, 2015 and are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $6.36 per share.
Series B Preferred Stock Financing
Between July 2011 and December 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 37,500 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock at for an aggregate purchase price of $2,216,760 to certain of the Company’s existing stockholders that qualified as “accredited investors” within the meaning of the Securities Act, including certain of the Company’s affiliates. Forward Investment LLC, which owns more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding capital stock, purchased 13,615 shares for a purchase price of $825,000. Mark Munro 1996 Charitable Remainder Trust, which owns more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding capital stock, purchased 1,051 shares for a purchase price of $100,000. Additionally, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, purchased 7,902 shares for a purchase price of $469,460, Charles Miller, a director of the Company, purchased 263 shares for a purchase price of $25,000 and Mark Durfee, a director of the Company, purchased 12,564 shares for a purchase price of $725,000.
Series C Preferred Stock Financing
Between January 2012 and July 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 1,500 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000. These sales were made to “accredited investors” within the meaning of the Securities Act, including certain of the Company’s affiliates. A company owned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, purchased 75 shares for a purchase price of $75,000 and Neal Oristano, a director of the Company, purchased 50 shares for a purchase price of $50,000.
Series E Preferred Stock Financin
g
Between September 2012 and January 2013, the Company sold an aggregate of 2,725 shares of its Series E Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $2,725,000. These sales were made to “accredited investors” within the meaning of the Securities Act, including certain of the Company’s affiliates. Charles K. Miller, a director of the Company, purchased 25 shares for a purchase price of $25,000. A company owned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Munro, purchased 25 shares for a purchase price of $25,000.
The Company acquired six companies between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013. With each acquisition, the Company evaluated the newly-acquired company’s sources of revenues and costs of revenues. The Company assessed each individual subsidiary's gross margin and determined that one distinct operating segment existed as of December 31, 2012. Due to continued expansion in 2013, the Company evaluated its recent acquisitions and their impact upon the segments structure as of December 31, 2013. The Company has determined that its two reportable segments are specialty contracting services and telecommunications staffing services.
The Company identified its operating segments based on the services provided by its various operations and the financial information used by its chief operating decision maker to make decisions regarding the allocation of resources to and the financial performance of the operating segments. The reporting segments represent an aggregation of individual operating segments with similar economic characteristics. The specialty contracting services segment is an aggregation of the operations of Tropical, RM Leasing, T N S and AWS. The telecommunications staffing services segment is an aggregation of the operations of ADEX.
In addition to the two operating segments, the Company has determined that certain costs related to the general operations of the Company cannot be reasonably allocated to each individual segment. These costs are not part of the factors that the chief operating decision maker uses to calculate gross margin. As such, the Company has chosen to present those costs within a general “Corporate” line item for presentation purposes.
The information presented below presents various segment information as it would have been stated if the Company operated as two distinct segments as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.
Segment information relating to the Company's results of continuing operations was as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Revenue by Segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
18,224,317
|
|
|
$
|
6,513,763
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
33,183,227
|
|
|
|
10,575,786
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
51,407,544
|
|
|
$
|
17,089,549
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income (Loss) by Segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
2,427,369
|
|
|
$
|
(699,459
|
)
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
1,069,808
|
|
|
|
820,375
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(9,837,945
|
)
|
|
|
(2,929,373
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(6,340,768
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,808,457
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets by Segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
21,341,243
|
|
|
$
|
16,933,296
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
22,277,926
|
|
|
|
23,809,382
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
17,070,887
|
|
|
|
2,573,586
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
60,690,056
|
|
|
$
|
43,316,264
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Profit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
7,253,636
|
|
|
$
|
2,784,764
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
6,873,864
|
|
|
|
2,336,570
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
14,127,500
|
|
|
$
|
5,121,334
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
Domestic
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues by Segment by Geographic Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
15,324,300
|
|
|
$
|
2,900,017
|
|
|
$
|
18,224,317
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
32,004,663
|
|
|
|
1,178,564
|
|
|
|
33,183,227
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
47,328,963
|
|
|
$
|
4,078,581
|
|
|
$
|
51,407,544
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Domestic
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues by Segment by Geographic Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
6,513,763
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
6,513,763
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
9,688,861
|
|
|
|
886,925
|
|
|
|
10,575,786
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
16,202,624
|
|
|
$
|
886,925
|
|
|
$
|
17,089,549
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
Domestic
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Operating Income (Loss) by Segment by Geographic Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
1,509,090
|
|
|
$
|
918,279
|
|
|
$
|
2,427,369
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
880,695
|
|
|
|
189,113
|
|
|
|
1,069,808
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(9,837,945
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(9,837,945
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(7,448,160
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,107,392
|
|
|
$
|
(6,340,768
|
)
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Domestic
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Operating Income (Loss) by Segment by Geographic Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
(699,459
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(699,459
|
)
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
605,232
|
|
|
|
215,143
|
|
|
|
820,375
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
(2,929,373
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(2,929,373
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(3,023,600
|
)
|
|
$
|
215,143
|
|
|
$
|
(2,808,457
|
)
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
Domestic
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Gross Profit by Segment by Geographic Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
6,175,755
|
|
|
$
|
1,077,881
|
|
|
$
|
7,253,636
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
6,649,557
|
|
|
|
224,307
|
|
|
|
6,873,864
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
12,825,312
|
|
|
$
|
1,302,188
|
|
|
$
|
14,127,500
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Domestic
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Gross Profit by Segment by Geographic Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty contracting services
|
|
$
|
2,784,764
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,784,764
|
|
Telecommunication staffing services
|
|
|
2,095,567
|
|
|
|
241,003
|
|
|
|
2,336,570
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
4,880,331
|
|
|
$
|
241,003
|
|
|
$
|
5,121,334
|
|
For the year ended December 31, 2013, revenues from the largest customer of the specialty contracting services and telecommunications staffing services segments was $3.8 million and $21.1 million, respectively, which represented 7% and 41%, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated revenue.
17.
|
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
|
During 2013, the Company’s management decided to exit its environmental remediation and disaster recovery services business. On November 21, 2013, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ADEX, completed its disposal of its wholly-owned subsidiary, ERFS. The Company completed the sale of ERFS for $297,321 in cash, payment of certain operating expenses related to the sale, repurchase and cancellation of 4,500 shares of Series I Preferred Stock, and cancellation of certain contingent considerations related to the acquisition of ERFS in December 2012.
In connection with such sale, ERFS was removed as a guarantor and party under the MidMarket Loan Agreement and the loan agreement with PNC Bank, N.A., and was released from any obligations with respect thereto.
The following table shows the major classes assets and liabilities of the Company’s discontinued operations at December 31, 2013 and 2012.
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
40,976
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
821,357
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
Current assets of discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
863,333
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
182,758
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,863,149
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,328,000
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
63,493
|
|
Other assets of discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
7,437,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
304,229
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
848,913
|
|
Bank debt, current portion
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
90,354
|
|
Notes, related parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
Contingent Consideration
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
363,899
|
|
Term loans, current portion, net of debt discount
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
14,317
|
|
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
1,921,712
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes, related parties, net of current portion
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
8,700
|
|
Term loans, net of current portion, net of debt discount
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
39,079
|
|
Other liabilities of discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
47,779
|
|
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
3,050,128
|
|
|
$
|
146,036
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
$
|
539,616
|
|
|
$
|
46,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sale of subsidiary
|
|
$
|
349,604
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
$
|
330,000
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
549,922
|
|
|
$
|
46,598
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted income per share attributable to discontinued operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per share
|
|
$
|
0.17
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
The following shows the calculation of the net gain on discontinued operations attributable to affiliate
Consideration Received from the sale of ERFS
|
|
|
|
Return and cancellation of Series I Preferred Stock
|
|
$
|
4,925,827
|
|
Cancellation of contingent obligation to the sellers of ERFS
|
|
|
2,463,899
|
|
Total consideration received
|
|
|
7,389,726
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation of assets sold net of liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
|
1,030,313
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
4,863,149
|
|
Intangible assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Customer lists
|
|
|
1,786,672
|
|
Tradenames
|
|
|
361,000
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
155,382
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
81,535
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(1,535,250
|
)
|
Net assets sold
|
|
|
6,742,801
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid to effect sale
|
|
|
297,321
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net gain on discontinued operations attributable to affiliate
|
|
$
|
349,604
|
|
On January 28, 2014, the Company appointed Mr. Frank Jadevaia as President of the Company. Mr. Jadevaia is the President and a former shareholder of Integration Partners-NY Corporation (“IPC”), a New Jersey corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary we acquired in January 2014.
As set forth below, Mr. Jadevaia, is a former shareholder of IPC and was a party to the Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company, IPC and the other IPC sellers. In connection therewith, the Company issued Mr. Jadevaia shares of our common stock and a convertible promissory note as noted below.
Completion of IPC Acquisition
Effective as of January 1, 2014, the Company consummated the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of IPC. The acquisition of IPC was effected pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2013 (the “IPC Agreement”), by and among the Company, IPC, and Barton F. Graf, Jr. , David C. Nahabedian and Frank Jadevaia , as the sole shareholders of IPC. On January 1, 2014, the Company entered into an amendment to the IPC Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the IPC Agreement was amended to provide that one-third (1/3) of the amount of the purchase price to be placed in escrow would be in the form of shares of the Company’s common stock. The purchase price for the acquisition was paid as follows:
·
|
an aggregate of $12,509,747 was paid to Messrs. Nahabedian and Graf;
|
·
|
a convertible promissory note was issued to Mr. Jadevaia in the original principal amount of $6,254,873 (the “Jadevaia Note”);
|
·
|
45,676 shares of our common stock was issued to Mr. Jadevaia or his designee(s);
|
·
|
5,886 shares of our common stock was issued to each of Messrs. Nahabedian and Graf or their respective designee(s); and
|
·
|
$941,594 was placed in escrow, and 47,080 shares of our common stock were issued in the name of Mr. Jadevaia or his designee(s) and placed in escrow, with Christiana Trust, a division of Wilmington Savings Society, FSB, as escrow agent, securing the sellers’ indemnification and certain other obligations under the IPC Agreement.
|
As additional earn-out consideration, pursuant to the terms of the IPC Agreement, as amended, the Company will pay to Mr. Jadevaia an amount equal to (i) the product of 0.6 multiplied by the EBITDA of IPC for the 12-month period beginning on January 1, 2014 (the “Forward EBITDA”), plus (ii) in the event that the Forward EBITDA exceeds the closing trailing-twelve-month EBITDA by 5.0% or more, an amount equal to 2.0 multiplied by this difference, which amount will be payable in cash or, at the Company's election, shares of the Company’s common stock.
This amount will be recorded as compensation in the period in which it is earned, as Mr. Jadevaia became the President of the Company upon completion of this transaction.
The Jadevaia Note accrues interest at the rate of 8% per annum, and all principal and interest accruing thereunder is due and payable on December 31, 2014. At the election of Mr. Jadevaia, the Jadevaia Note is convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at a conversion price of $16.99 per share (subject to equitable adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations and other similar events). Beginning on July 1, 2014, if the Company’s common stock is trading at a price greater than or equal to $16.99 for ten consecutive trading days, the Company may elect to force the conversion of the Jadevaia Note.
Completion of RentVM Acquisition
On February 3, 2014, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with RentVM, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“RentVM”), Aqeel Asim, Awais Daud and Ali Fayazi, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of RentVM. In consideration for the acquisition, at the closing the Company issued 400,000 shares of its common stock, of which (i) an aggregate of 331,601 shares were issued to the sellers and (ii) 68,399 shares were placed in escrow. The escrowed shares will remain in escrow until such time as the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The escrowed shares will secure, among other things, the sellers’ indemnification obligations under the purchase agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided no claim for indemnity has been made, or if a claim has been made and there are sufficient escrowed shares remaining to satisfy such claim, the sellers may request a release of up to 25% of the remaining escrowed shares to cover personal tax liabilities associated with the acquisition.
Up to and including the 90th calendar day following the closing date of the acquisition, the Company will have the option to purchase from sellers, on a pro rata basis, for an aggregate option purchase price of $1,000,000 in cash, a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the quotient of $1,000,000 divided by $14.62, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the purchase agreement.
Conversion of ICG Debt
On March 4, 2014, pursuant to the ICG Purchase Agreement, ICG converted the outstanding principal amount of $1,725,000 under the three ICG Notes into an aggregate of 161,215 shares of common stock of the Company. The fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion was $15.37 per share, resulting in the fair value of the common shares issued being $2,477,875.
Elimination of MidMarket Debt
Pursuant to Assignment and Assumption Agreements, each dated as of March 12, 2014, Great American Insurance Company (“GAIC”) and Great American Life Insurance Company (“GALIC”, and together with GAIC, the “MidMarket Lenders”) assigned the MidMarket Loans to 31 Group LLC and Dominion Capital LLC (the “Assignees”). Pursuant to an Exchange Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2014, among the parties to the MidMarket Loan Agreement and the Assignees (the “Exchange Agreement”), the Assignees agreed to convert the outstanding principal amount of the MidMarket Loans into shares the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $10.50 per share. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, in full satisfaction of the MidMarket Loans, the Company (i) issued 561,197 and 619,164 shares of its common stock to Dominion Capital LLC and 31 Group LLC, respectively, and (ii) paid an aggregate of $276,575 in cash to the Assignees in respect of accrued but unpaid interest under the MidMarket Loans. The Exchange Agreement further provides that if 85% of the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock on
April 14, 2014
is less than $10.50, the Company shall issue an additional number of shares of the Company’s common stock such that average conversion price of the MidMarket Loans is such lower price.
On the date of the elimination of debt, the fair value of the Company’s common stock was $11.87, resulting in the total fair value of shares issued of $14,010,885. On that date, the principal amount of debt outstanding was $12,670,000, resulting in a loan extinguishment of debt of $1,335,885.
VaultLogix Definitive Stock Purchase Agreement
On March 19, 2014, the Company entered into an Interest Purchase Agreement (the “VaultLogix Agreement”) with VaultLogix and the holders of all of the outstanding membership interests in VaultLogix, as sellers, to acquire from the sellers all of the outstanding membership interests of VaultLogix and certain related entities for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $44 million. On the closing of the acquisition, the purchase price will be paid to the sellers as follows: (i) $17 million in cash, (ii) $11.5 million in shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $16.50 per share and (iii) $15.5 million in the Company’s unsecured convertible promissory notes. The VaultLogix Agreement provides that if the closing price of the Company’s common stock 180 days after the closing date is less than $14.85 per share, then the Company will issue to the sellers additional shares of the Company’s common stock as downside protection; provided, however, the Company will not issue additional shares at a value less than $12.50 per share.
The promissory notes the Company issues at closing will bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum, and all principal and interest accrued under such notes will be payable on the third anniversary of the closing date. Such promissory notes will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to 102% of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the trading day immediately prior to the closing date. A portion of the principal amount of such notes equal 20% of the principal amount on the closing date will not be convertible until the 15-month anniversary of the closing date. On a date when (i) the shares of the Company’s common stock that are issuable upon conversion of such notes are freely tradable without restriction or volume limitations under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, and (ii) the average closing price of the Company’s common stock is 107% or higher of the conversion price of such notes, the Company will have the right to force the conversion of such notes into shares of the Company’s common stock at the then-applicable conversion price. In addition, if on or after the maturity date of such notes, (i) the Company is restricted or otherwise unable to pay in cash all outstanding amounts due under such notes, (ii) such notes have not otherwise been paid in full within ten business days following the maturity date, or (iii) the Company is not at such time entitled force the conversion of such notes into its common stock, then, in the event that both (i) and (iii) above apply, the Company, and in the event that both (ii) and (iii) above apply, the holders of such notes, will have the right to convert all outstanding amounts owing under such notes into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock on the three trading days immediately preceding the date of such conversion.
The VaultLogix Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. The closing remains subject to closing conditions, including the accuracy of representations and warranties of the parties in the VaultLogix Agreement and the Company’s ability to raise sufficient cash proceeds to consummate the acquisition. The VaultLogix Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to closing (i) by mutual consent of the parties, (ii) by either party if the closing has not occurred by April 30, 2014, (iii) by either party if the other party has breached any of its representations, warranties or covenants or (iv) by either party if a court or governmental authority has issued a final order or ruling prohibiting the transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will have the right to extend the April 30, 2014 termination date to May 31, 2014 by paying the sellers a nonrefundable deposit of $500,000, which will be applied to the cash portion of the purchase price. If on May 31, 2014, after such an extension of the termination date, the Company is unable to consummate the closing of the acquisition because it is unable to satisfy its conditions to closing, and the sellers have otherwise satisfied or are able to satisfy their conditions to closing, the Company will be required to pay the sellers a break-up fee in the amount of $500,000.
Mr. Mark Munro, the Company’s chairman and chief executive officer, was a member of the board of VaultLogix from March 2004 until February 2008, and was one of VaultLogix’s largest investors until that company was sold in February 2008. All outstanding debt or equity obligations owed by VaultLogix to Mr. Munro were paid in December 2009. Since December 2009, Mr. Munro has had no financial or other pecuniary interest in VaultLogix.
Mr. Daniel Sullivan, the Company’s chief financial officer, previously served as the chief financial officer of VaultLogix from January 2003 to July 2010. Mr. Sullivan also currently serves as a director of Tier 1 Solutions, Inc. and is a minority shareholder of that company. Tier 1 Solutions, Inc. owns 1% of the membership interests of VaultLogix.
Termination of PNC Credit Agreement
On April 4, 2014, the Company terminated the PNC Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms of such agreement and satisfied in full all of its obligations thereunder. In connection with the early termination of the PNC Credit Agreement, the Company paid to PNC Bank an early termination fee of $200,000.
F-48
Exhibit 10.48
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(this
"
Agreement
")
is made and entered into
this 15th day of February 2014 (the
"
Effective Date
"),
by and between
InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"
Company
"),
and
Frank Jadevaia
(the
"
Executive
").
RECITALS
THE PARTIES ENTER THIS AGREEMENT
on the basis of the following facts, understandings and intentions:
A.
The Company desires to employ the Executive, and the Executive desires to accept such employment, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
B
.
This Agreement shall be effective immediately and shall govern the employment relationship between the Executive and the Company from and after the Effective Date, and, as of the Effective Date, supersedes and negates all previous agreements and understandings with respect to such relationship (the
"
Prior Employment Agreement
").
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the above recitals incorporated herein and the mutual covenants and promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby expressly acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Retention and Duties
.
1.1
Retention.
The Company does hereby hire, engage and employ the Executive for
the Period of Employment (as such term is defined in Section 2) on the terms and conditions expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Executive does hereby accept and agree to such hiring, engagement and employment, on the terms and conditions expressly set forth in this Agreement. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 5.5 of this Agreement.
1.2
Duties.
During the Period of Employment, the Executive shall serve the
Company as its President ("President") and shall have the powers, authorities, duties and obligations of management usually vested in such position for a company of a similar size and similar nature of the Company, and such other powers, authorities, duties and obligations commensurate with such positions as the Company's Board of Directors (the
"
Board
")
and the Company's CEO may assign from time to time, all subject to the directives of the Board, and the corporate policies of the Company as they are in effect from time to time throughout the Period of Employment (including, without limitation, the Company's employee handbook, business conduct and ethics policies, and other
personnel policies, as they may change from time to time). During the Period of
Employment, the Executive shall report to the CEO and the Board.
1.3
No Other Employment; Minimum Time Commitment.
During the Period of
Employment, the Executive shall (i) devote substantially all of the Executive's business time, energy and skill to the performance of the Executive's duties for the Company, (ii) perform such duties in a faithful, effective and efficient manner to the best of his abilities, and (iii) hold no other employment without the express written approval of the Board. The Executive's service on the boards of directors (or similar body) of other business entities is subject to the approval of the Board. The Company shall have the right to require the Executive to resign from any board or similar body (including, without limitation, any association, corporate, civic or charitable board or similar body) which he may then serve if the Board reasonably determines that the Executive's service on such board or body interferes with the effective discharge of the Executive's duties and responsibilities to the Company or that any business related to such service is then in competition with any business of the Company or any of its Affiliates, successors or assigns.
1.4
No Breach of Contract.
The Executive hereby represents to the Company and
agrees that: (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Executive and the Company and the performance by the Executive of the Executive's duties hereunder do not and shall not constitute a breach of, conflict with, or otherwise contravene or cause a default under, the terms of any other agreement or policy to which the Executive is a party or otherwise bound or any judgment, order or decree to which the Executive is subject; (ii) the Executive will not enter into any new agreement that would or reasonably could contravene or cause a default by the Executive under this Agreement; (iii) the Executive has no information (including, without limitation, confidential information and trade secrets) relating to any other Person which would prevent, or be violated by, the Executive entering into this Agreement or carrying out his duties hereunder; (iv) the Executive is not bound by any employment, consulting, non-compete, confidentiality, trade secret or similar agreement (other than this Agreement) with any other Person; (v) to the extent the Executive has any confidential or similar information that he is not free to disclose to the Company, he will not disclose such information to the extent such disclosure would violate applicable law or any other agreement or policy to which the Executive is a party or by which the Executive is otherwise bound; and (vi) the Executive understands the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Executive set forth herein and the Executive consents to such reliance.
1.5
Location.
The Executive's principal place of employment shall be the
Company's offices in
New Jersey.
2.
Period of Employment.
The "Period of Employment" shall be a period of
three
years
commencing on the Effective Date and ending at the close of business on the
third
anniversary of the Effective Date (the
"
Termination Date
");
provided, however, that this
Agreement shall be automatically renewed, and the Period of Employment shall be automatically extended for one (1) additional year on the Termination Date and each anniversary of the Termination Date thereafter, unless either party gives written notice at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Period of Employment (including any renewal thereof) of such party's desire to terminate the Period of Employment (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18). The term "Period of Employment" shall include any extension thereof pursuant to the preceding sentence. Provision of notice that the Period of Employment shall not be extended or further extended, as the case may be, shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement and shall not constitute "Good Reason" for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Period of Employment is subject to earlier termination as provided below in this Agreement.
3.
Compensation.
3.1
Base Salary.
During the Period of Employment, the Company shall pay the
Executive a base salary (the
"
Base Salary
"),
which shall be paid in accordance with the Company's regular payroll practices in effect from time to time but not less frequently than in monthly installments. The Executive's Base Salary shall be at an annualized rate of
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($400,000). The Board (or a committee thereof) may, in its sole discretion, increase (but not decrease) the Executive's rate of Base Salary.
3.2
Incentive Bonus.
Commencing on January 1, 2014, the Executive shall be
eligible to receive an incentive bonus for each fiscal year of the Company that occurs during the Period of Employment
("
Incentive Bonus
").
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Executive must be employed by the Company at the time the Company pays incentive bonuses to employees generally with respect to a particular fiscal year in order to be eligible for an Incentive Bonus for that year (and, if the Executive is not so employed at such time, in no event shall he have been considered to have "earned" any Incentive Bonus with respect to the fiscal year). The Executive's target Incentive Bonus amount for a particular fiscal year of the Company shall equal 75%of the Executive's Base Salary paid by the Company to the Executive for that fiscal year; provided that the Executive's actual Incentive Bonus amount for a particular fiscal year shall be determined by the Board (or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion, based on performance objectives (which may include corporate, business unit or division, financial, strategic, individual or other objectives) established with respect to that particular fiscal year by the Board (or a committee thereof).
3.3
Stock Option Grant.
Subject to approval by the Board (or a committee thereof),
the Company will grant the Executive a stock option (the
"
Option
")
to purchase
592,000
shares of the Company's common stock at a price per share not less than the per-share fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, as reasonably determined by the Board (or a committee thereof). [The Option will vest with respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the Option
on the first anniversary of the grant date of the Option. The remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares subject to the Option
will
vest in 24 months substantially equal monthly installments thereafter. In each case, the vesting of the Option is subject to the Executive's continued employment by the Company through the respective vesting date. The maximum term of the Option will be ten (10) years, subject to earlier termination upon the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, a change in control of the Company and similar events. The Option shall be intended as an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the "
Code
"), subject to the terms and conditions of Section 422 of the Code (including, without limitation, the Code limitation on the number of options that may become exercisable in any given year and still qualify as such an incentive stock option). The Option shall be granted under the Company's 2012 Performance Incentive Plan and shall be subject to such further terms and conditions as set forth in the Company's standard form of award agreement for stock options granted under the plan.
4.
Benefits.
4.1
Retirement. Welfare and Fringe Benefits.
During the Period of Employment,
the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all employee pension and welfare benefit plans and programs, and fringe benefit plans and programs, made available by the Company to the Company's employees generally, in accordance with the eligibility and participation provisions of such plans and as such plans or programs may be in effect from time to time.
4.2
Reimbursement of Business Expenses.
The Executive is authorized to incur
reasonable expenses in carrying out the Executive's duties for the Company under this Agreement and shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses the Executive incurs during the Period of Employment in connection with carrying out the Executive's duties for the Company, subject to the Company's expense reimbursement policies and any pre-approval policies in effect from time to time. The Executive agrees to promptly submit and document any reimbursable expenses in accordance with the Company's expense reimbursement policies to facilitate the timely reimbursement of such expenses.
4.3
Vacation and Other Leave
.
During the Period of Employment, the Executive's
annual rate of vacation accrual shall be
four
(4) weeks per year, with such vacation to accrue and be subject to the Company's vacation policies in effect from time to time, including any policy which may limit vacation accruals and/or limit the amount of accrued but unused vacation to carry over from year to year. The Executive shall also be entitled to all other holiday and leave pay generally available to other executives of the Company.
5.
Termination.
5.1
Termination by the Company.
The Executive's employment by the Company,
and the Period of Employment, may be terminated at any time by the Company:
(i) with Cause, with no less than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Executive (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18), or (iii) in the event of the Executive's death, or (iv) in the event that the Board determines in good faith that the Executive has a Disability.
5.2
Termination by the Executive.
The Executive's employment by the Company,
and the Period of Employment, may be terminated by the Executive with no less than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Company (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18); provided, however, that in the case of a termination for Good Reason or a Change of Control event as defined herein, the Executive may provide immediate written notice of termination once the applicable cure period (as contemplated by the definition of Good Reason) has lapsed if the Company has not reasonably cured the circumstances that gave rise to the basis for the Good Reason termination.
5.3
Benefits upon Termination.
If the Executive's employment by the Company is
terminated during the Period of Employment for any reason by the Company or by the Executive, upon change of control event(section5.5d), or upon or following the expiration of the Period of Employment (in any case, the date that the Executive's employment by the Company terminates is referred to as the
"
Severance Date
"),
the Company shall have no further obligation to make or provide to the Executive, and the Executive shall have no further right to receive or obtain from the Company, any payments or benefits except as follows:
(a) The Company shall pay the Executive (or, in the event of his death, the Executive's estate) any Accrued Obligations;
(b) If, during the Period of Employment, the Executive's employment with the Company terminates as a result of a termination by the Company without Cause (other than due to the Executive's death or Disability) or a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason, the Executive shall be entitled to the following benefits:
(i)
The Company shall pay the Executive (in addition to the Accrued
Obligations), subject to tax withholding and other authorized deductions, an amount equal to the sum of (x)
twenty-four (24)
months of Executive's Base Salary at the monthly rate in effect on the Severance Date, plus (y)
two
(2) times the Executive's Target Bonus for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Severance Date occurs. Such amount is referred to hereinafter as the
"
Severance Benefit
."
Subject to Section 21(b), the Company shall pay the Severance Benefit to the Executive in a lump sum or, at the option of the Executive, in equal monthly installments (rounded down to the nearest whole cent) over a period of
twelve
(12) consecutive months, with the first installment payable on (or within ten (10) days following) the sixtieth (60
th
) day following the Executive's Separation from Service.
(ii)
The Company will pay or reimburse the Executive for his premiums charged to continue medical coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("
COBRA
"), at the same or reasonably equivalent medical coverage for the Executive (and, if applicable, the Executive's eligible dependents) as in effect immediately prior to the Severance Date, to the extent that the Executive elects such continued coverage; provided that the Company's obligation to make any payment or reimbursement pursuant to this clause (ii) shall, subject to Section 21(b), commence with continuation coverage for the month following the month in which the Executive's Separation from Service occurs and shall cease with continuation coverage for the
six
month
(6
th
) month following the month in which the Executive's Separation from Service occurs (or, if earlier, shall cease upon the first to occur of the Executive's death, the date the Executive becomes eligible for coverage under the health plan of a future employer, or the date the Company ceases to offer group medical coverage to its active executive employees or the Company is otherwise under no obligation to offer COBRA continuation coverage to the Executive). To the extent the Executive elects COBRA coverage, he shall notify the Company in writing of such election prior to such coverage taking effect and complete any other continuation coverage enrollment procedures the Company may then have in place
(iii) The Company shall promptly pay to the Executive any Incentive Bonus that would otherwise be paid to the Executive had his employment by the Company not terminated with respect to any fiscal year that ended before the Severance Date, to the extent not theretofore paid (such payment to be made at the time bonuses for the fiscal year are paid to the Company's executives generally).
(iv) As to each then-outstanding stock option and other equity-based award granted by the Company to the Executive that vests based solely on the Executive's continued service with the Company, the Executive shall vest as of the Severance Date in any portion of such award in which the Executive would have vested thereunder if the Executive's employment with the Company had continued for
twelve
(12) months after the Severance Date (and any portion of such award that is not vested after giving effect to this acceleration provision shall terminate on the Severance Date). As to each outstanding stock option or other equity-based award granted by the Company to the Executive that is subject to performance-based vesting requirements, the vesting of such award will continue to be governed by its terms, provided that for purposes of any service-based vesting requirement under such award, the Executive's employment with the Company will be deemed to have continued for
Twelve
(12) months after the Severance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Severance Date occurs on or after the date of a Change in Control Event, each stock option and other equity-based award granted by
the Company to the Executive, to the extent then outstanding and unvested, shall be fully vested as of the Severance Date.
(c) If, during the Period of Employment, the Executive's employment with the Company terminates as a result of the Executive's death or Disability, the Company shall pay the Executive the amount contemplated by Section 5.3(b)(iii).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3, if the Executive breaches his obligations under Section 6 of this Agreement at any time, from and after the date of such breach and not in any way in limitation of any right or remedy otherwise available to the Company, the Executive will no longer be entitled to, and the Company will no longer be obligated to pay, any remaining unpaid portion of the Severance Benefit or any remaining unpaid amount contemplated by Section 5.3(b)(iii) or 5.3(c), or to any continued Company-paid or reimbursed coverage pursuant to Section 5.3(b)(ii); provided that, if the Executive provides the Release contemplated by Section 5.4, in no event shall the Executive be entitled to benefits pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or 5.3(c), as applicable, of less than $5,000 (or the amount of such benefits, if less than $5,000), which amount the parties agree is good and adequate consideration, in and of itself, for the Executive's Release contemplated by Section 5.4.
(e) The foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3 shall not affect: (i) the Executive's receipt of benefits otherwise due terminated employees under group insurance coverage consistent with the terms of the applicable Company welfare benefit plan; (ii) the Executive's rights under COBRA to continue health coverage; or (iii) the Executive's receipt of benefits otherwise due in accordance with the terms of the Company's 401(k) plan (if any).
5.4
Release; Exclusive Remedy; Leave.
(a) This Section 5.4 shall apply notwithstanding anything else contained in
this Agreement or any stock option or other equity-based award agreement to the contrary. As a condition precedent to any Company obligation to the Executive pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or 5.3(c) or any other obligation to accelerate vesting of any equity-based award in connection with the termination of the Executive's employment, the Executive shall provide the Company with a valid, executed general release agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(with such changes as may be reasonably required to such form to help ensure its enforceability in light of any changes in applicable law) (the
"
Release
"),
and such Release shall have not been revoked by the Executive pursuant to any revocation rights afforded by applicable law. The Company shall provide the final form of Release to the Executive not later than seven (7) days following the Severance Date, and the Executive shall be required to execute and return the Release to the Company within twenty-one (21) days (or forty-five (45) days if such longer period of time is required to make the Release maximally enforceable under applicable law) after the Company provides the form of Release to the Executive.
(b) The Executive agrees that the payments and benefits contemplated by Section 5.3 (and any applicable acceleration of vesting of an equity-based award in accordance with the terms of such award in connection with the termination of the Executive's employment) shall constitute the exclusive and sole remedy for any termination of his employment and the Executive covenants not to assert or pursue any other remedies, at law or in equity, with respect to any termination of employment. The Company and the Executive acknowledge and agree that there is no duty of the Executive to mitigate damages under this Agreement. All amounts paid to the Executive pursuant to Section 5.3 shall be paid without regard to whether the Executive has taken or takes actions to mitigate damages. The Executive agrees to resign, on the Severance Date, as an officer and director of the Company and any Affiliate of the Company, and as a fiduciary of any benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, and to promptly execute and provide to the Company any further documentation, as requested by the Company, to confirm such resignation.
(c) In the event that the Company provides the Executive notice of
termination without Cause pursuant to Section 5.1 or the Executive provides the Company notice of termination pursuant to Section 5.2, the Company will have the option to place the Executive on paid administrative leave during the notice period.
5.5
Certain Defined Terms.
(a) As used herein,
"
Accrued Obligations
"
means:
(i) any Base Salary that had accrued but had not been paid on or before the Severance Date;
(ii) any accrued but unused vacation as of the Severance Date; and
(iii) any reimbursement due to the Executive pursuant to Section 4.2 for expenses reasonably incurred by the Executive on or before the Severance Date and documented and pre-approved, to the extent applicable, in accordance with the Company's expense reimbursement policies in effect at the applicable time.
(b) As used herein,
"
Affiliate
"
of the Company means a Person that directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company. As used in this definition, the term "control," including the correlative terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with," means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.
(c) As used herein,
"
Cause
"
shall mean, as reasonably determined by the
Board (excluding the Executive, if he is then a member of the Board) based on the information then known to it, that one or more of the following has occurred:
(i) the Executive is convicted of, pled guilty or pled
nolo contendere
to a felony (under the laws of the United States or any relevant state, or a similar crime or offense under the applicable laws of any relevant foreign jurisdiction);
(ii) the Executive has engaged in acts of fraud, dishonesty or other acts of willful misconduct in the course of his duties hereunder;
(iii) the Executive willfully fails to perform or uphold his duties under this Agreement and/or willfully fails to comply with reasonable directives of the Board; or
(iv) a breach by the Executive of any other provision of Section 6, or any material breach by the Executive of any other contract he is a party to with the Company or any of its Affiliates.
(d) As used herein,
"
Change in Control Event
"
shall mean
(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"
Exchange
Act
")) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 30% of either (1) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the
"
Outstanding Company Common Stock
")
or (2) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the
"
Outstanding Company Voting Securities
");
provided, however, that, for purposes of this clause (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control Event; (A) any acquisition directly from the Company, (B) any acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or a successor, (D) any acquisition by any entity pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections (iii)(1), (2) and (3) of this definition below, (E) any acquisition by a Person described in and satisfying the conditions of Rule 13d-1(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act, or (F) any acquisition by a Person who is the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and/or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities on the Effective Date (or an affiliate, heir, descendant, or related party of or to such Person);
(ii) Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the
"
Incumbent Board
")
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (including for these purposes, the new members whose election or nomination was so approved, without counting the member and his predecessor twice) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;
(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a
"
Business Combination
"),
in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets directly or through one or more subsidiaries (a
"
Parent
"))
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination or Parent) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 30% of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such entity, except to the extent that the ownership in excess of 30% existed prior to the Business Combination, and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors or trustees of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or
(iv) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company other than in the context of a transaction that does not constitute a Change in Control Event under clause (iii) above.
(e) As used herein,
"
Disability
"
shall mean a physical or mental impairment
which, as reasonably determined by the Board, renders the Executive unable to perform the essential functions of his employment with the Company, even with reasonable accommodation that does not impose an undue hardship on the Company, for more than 90 days in any 180-day period, unless a longer period is required by federal or state law, in which case that longer period would apply.
(f) As used herein,
"
Good Reason
"
shall mean the occurrence (without the
Executive's consent) of any one or more of the following conditions:
(i) a material diminution in the Executive's rate of Base Salary; greater than 10 %
(ii)
a material diminution in the Executive's authority, duties, or responsibilities; any change in current reporting structure or personnel
(iii)
a material change in the geographic location of the Executive's principal office with the Company (for this purpose, in no event shall a relocation of such office to a new location that is not more than fifty (50) miles from the current location of the Company's executive offices constitute a "material change"); or
(iv)
a material breach by the Company of this Agreement;
provided, however, that any such condition or conditions, as applicable, shall not constitute Good Reason unless both (x) the Executive provides written notice to the Company of the condition claimed to constitute Good Reason within sixty (60) days of the initial existence of such condition(s) (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18), and (y) the Company fails to remedy such condition(s) within thirty (30) days of receiving such written notice thereof; and provided, further, that in all events the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company shall not constitute a termination for Good Reason unless such termination occurs not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days following the initial existence of the condition claimed to constitute Good Reason.
(g) As used herein, the term
"
Person
"
shall be construed broadly and shall
include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(h) As used herein, a
"
Separation from Service
"
occurs when the Executive
dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment with the Company that constitutes a "separation from service" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(h)(1), without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.
5.6.
Notice of
Termination
.
Any termination of the Executive's employment under this Agreement shall be communicated by written notice of termination from the terminating party to the other party. This notice of termination must be delivered in accordance with Section 18 and must indicate the specific provision(s) of this Agreement relied upon in effecting the termination.
5.7
Limitation on Benefits.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement and benefits provided to, or for the benefit of, the Executive under any other Company plan or agreement (such payments or benefits are collectively referred to as the
"
Benefits
")
would be subject to the excise tax (the
"
Excise Tax
")
imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Benefits shall be reduced (but not below zero) if and to the extent that a reduction in the Benefits would result in the Executive retaining a larger amount, on an after-tax basis (taking into account federal, state and local income taxes and the Excise Tax), than if the Executive received all of the Benefits (such reduced amount is referred to hereinafter as the
"
Limited Benefit Amount
").
Unless the Executive shall have given prior written notice specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the Limited Benefit Amount, any such notice consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest thereunder, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Benefits by first reducing or eliminating those payments or benefits which are not payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the Determination (as hereinafter defined). Any notice given by the Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the Executive's rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.
(b) A determination as to whether the Benefits shall be reduced to the Limited Benefit Amount pursuant to this Agreement and the amount of such Limited Benefit Amount shall be made by the Company's independent public accountants or another certified public accounting firm of national reputation designated by the Company (the
"
Accounting Firm
")
at the Company's expense. The Accounting Firm shall provide its determination (the
"
Determination
"),
together with detailed supporting calculations and documentation to the Company and the Executive within ten (10) business days of the date of termination of the Executive's employment, if applicable, or such other time as requested by the Company or the Executive (provided the Executive reasonably believes that any of the Benefits may be subject to the Excise Tax), and if the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive with respect to any Benefits, it shall furnish the Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable to
the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such Benefits. Unless the Executive provides written notice to the Company within ten (10) business days of the delivery of the Determination to the Executive that he disputes such Determination, the Determination shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive.
6.
Protective Covenants.
6.1
Confidential Information; Inventions.
(a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive's performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under his control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term
"
Confidential Information
"
means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), including business, marketing and mergers and acquisitions plans and strategies, (ii) products or services (including product road maps and strategies), (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) suppliers, customers and clients, as well as supplier, customer or client lists, preferences and/or contracts and contract terms, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all
similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published (other than a disclosure by the Executive in breach of this Agreement) in a form generally available to the public prior to the date the Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the term
"
Work Product
"
means all inventions,
innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable, copyrightable, registerable as a trademark, reduced to writing, or otherwise) which relates to the Company's or any of its Affiliates' actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive (whether or not during usual business hours, whether or not by the use of the facilities of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the Effective Date) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing. All Work Product that the Executive may have discovered, invented or originated during his employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to the Effective Date, that he may discover, invent or originate during the Period of Employment or at any time in the period of twelve (12) months after the Severance Date, shall be the exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates, as applicable, and Executive hereby assigns all of Executive's right, title and interest in and to such Work Product to the Company or its applicable Affiliate, including all intellectual property rights therein. Executive shall promptly disclose all Work Product to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem necessary to protect or perfect its (or any of its Affiliates', as applicable) rights therein, and shall assist the Company, at the Company's expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company's (or any of its Affiliates', as applicable) rights therein. The Executive hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect the Company, the Company's (and any of its Affiliates', as applicable) rights to any Work Product.
6.2
Restriction on Competition.
The Executive agrees that if the Executive were to
become employed by, or substantially involved in, the business of a competitor of the Company or any of its Affiliates during the [twelve (12)/)] month period following the Severance Date, it would be very difficult for the Executive not to rely on or use the Company's and its Affiliates' trade secrets and confidential
information. Thus, to avoid the inevitable disclosure of the Company's and its Affiliates' trade secrets and confidential information, and to protect such trade secrets and confidential information and the Company's and its Affiliates' relationships and goodwill with customers, during the Period of Employment and for a period of [twelve (12)/ months after the Severance Date, the Executive will not directly or indirectly through any other Person engage in, enter the employ of, render any services to, have any ownership interest in, nor participate in the financing, operation, management or control of, any Competing Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the phrase "directly or indirectly through any other Person engage in" shall include, without limitation, any direct or indirect ownership or profit participation interest in such enterprise, whether as an owner, stockholder, member, partner, joint venturer or otherwise, and shall include any direct or indirect participation in such enterprise as an employee, consultant, director, officer, licensor of technology or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement,
"
Competing Business
"
means a Person anywhere in the continental United States and elsewhere in the world, excluding Nottingham Enterprises, where the Company and its Affiliates engage in business, or reasonably anticipate engaging in business, on the Severance Date (the
"
Restricted Area
")
that at any time during the Period of Employment has competed, or any and time during the [twelve (12)/ month period following the Severance Date competes, with the Company or any of its Affiliates in any business related to
[describe business].
Nothing herein shall prohibit the Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded, so long as the Executive has no active participation in the business of such corporation,
6.3
Non-Solicitation of Employees and Consultants.
During the Period of
Employment and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Severance Date, the Executive will not directly or indirectly through any other Person induce or attempt to induce any employee or independent contractor of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to leave the employ or service, as applicable, of the Company or such Affiliate, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any such Affiliate, on the one hand, and any employee or independent contractor thereof, on the other hand.
6.4
Non-Interference with Customers.
During the Period of Employment and for a
period of twelve (12) months after the Severance Date, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly through any other Person, use any of the Company's trade secrets to influence or attempt to influence customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, lessors, joint venturers, associates, consultants, agents, or partners of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to divert their business away from the Company or such Affiliate, and the Executive will not otherwise use the Company's trade secrets to interfere with, disrupt or attempt to disrupt the business relationships, contractual or otherwise, between the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any of its or their customers, suppliers, vendors, lessors, licensors, joint venturers, associates, officers,
employees, consultants, managers, partners, members or investors, on the other hand.
6.5
Cooperation.
Following the Executive's last day of employment by the
Company, the Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company and its Affiliates in connection with: (a) any internal or governmental investigation or administrative, regulatory, arbitral or judicial proceeding involving the Company and any Affiliates with respect to matters relating to the Executive's employment with or service as a member of the Board or the board of directors of any Affiliate (collectively,
"Litigation");
or (b) any audit of the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate with respect to the period of time when the Executive was employed by the Company or any Affiliate ("
Audit
"). The Executive acknowledges that such cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to, the Executive making himself available to the Company or any Affiliate (or their respective attorneys or auditors) upon reasonable notice for: (i) interviews, factual investigations, and providing declarations or affidavits that provide truthful information in connection with any Litigation or Audit; (ii) appearing at the request of the Company or any Affiliate to give testimony without requiring service of a subpoena or other legal process; (iii) volunteering to the Company or any Affiliate pertinent information related to any Litigation or Audit; (iv) providing information and legal representations to the auditors of the Company or any Affiliate, in a form and within a time frame requested by the Board, with respect to the Company's or any Affiliate's opening balance sheet valuation of intangibles and financial statements for the period in which the Executive was employed by the Company or any Affiliate; and (v) turning over to the Company or any Affiliate any documents relevant to any Litigation or Audit that are or may come into the Executive's possession. [The Company shall reimburse the Executive for reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with providing the services under this Section 6.5, including lodging and meals, upon the Executive's submission of receipts. If, due to an actual or potential conflict of interest, it is necessary for the Executive to retain separate counsel in connection with providing the services under this Section 6.5, and such counsel is not otherwise supplied by and at the expense of the Company (pursuant to indemnification rights of the Executive or otherwise), the Company shall further reimburse the Executive for the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel.]
6.6
Understanding of Covenants.
The Executive acknowledges that, in the course
of his employment with the Company and/or its Affiliates and their predecessors, he has become familiar, or will become familiar, with the Company's and its Affiliates' and their predecessors' trade secrets and with other confidential and proprietary information concerning the Company, its Affiliates and their respective predecessors and that his services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees that the foregoing covenants set forth in this Section 6 (together, the
"
Restrictive Covenants
")
are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company's
and its Affiliates' trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information, good will, stable workforce, and customer relations.
Without limiting the generality of the Executive's agreement in the preceding paragraph, the Executive (i) represents that he is familiar with and has carefully considered the Restrictive Covenants, (ii) represents that he is fully aware of his obligations hereunder, (iii) agrees to the reasonableness of the length of time, scope and geographic coverage, as applicable, of the Restrictive Covenants, (iv) agrees that the Company and its Affiliates currently conducts business throughout the Restricted Area, and (v) agrees that the Restrictive Covenants will continue in effect for the applicable periods set forth above in this Section 6 regardless of whether the Executive is then entitled to receive severance pay or benefits from the Company. The Executive understands that the Restrictive Covenants may limit his ability to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company and any of its Affiliates, but he nevertheless believes that he has received and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits as an employee of the Company and as otherwise provided hereunder or as described in the recitals hereto to clearly justify such restrictions which, in any event (given his education, skills and ability), the Executive does not believe would prevent him from otherwise earning a living. The Executive agrees that the Restrictive Covenants do not confer a benefit upon the Company disproportionate to the detriment of the Executive.
6.7
Enforcement.
The Executive agrees that the Executive's services are unique and
that he has access to Confidential Information and Work Product. Accordingly, without limiting the generality of Section 17, the Executive agrees that a breach by the Executive of any of the covenants in this Section 6 would cause immediate and irreparable harm to the Company that would be difficult or impossible to measure, and that damages to the Company for any such injury would therefore be an inadequate remedy for any such breach. Therefore, the Executive agrees that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Section 6, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to and without limitation upon all other remedies the Company may have under this Agreement, at law or otherwise, to obtain specific performance, injunctive relief and/or other appropriate relief (without posting any bond or deposit) in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Section 6, or require the Executive to account for and pay over to the Company all compensation, profits, moneys, accruals, increments or other benefits derived from or received as a result of any transactions constituting a breach of this Section 6 if and when final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator, as applicable, is so entered against the Executive. The Executive further agrees that the applicable period of time any Restrictive Covenant is in effect following the Severance Date, as determined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, such period of time shall be extended by the same amount of time that Executive is in breach of any Restrictive Covenant.
7.
Withholding Taxes.
Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the Company may withhold (or cause there to be withheld, as the case may be) from any amounts otherwise due or payable under or pursuant to this Agreement such federal, state and local income, employment, or other taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. Except for such withholding rights, the Executive is solely responsible for any and all tax liability that may arise with respect to the compensation provided under or pursuant to this Agreement.
8.
Successors and Assigns.
(a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's legal representatives.
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor or assignee, as applicable, which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.
9.
Number and Gender; Examples.
Where the context requires, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and any gender shall include all other genders. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates.
10.
Section Headings.
The section headings of, and titles of paragraphs and subparagraphs contained in, this Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation thereof.
11.
Governing Law.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the state of Florida or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Florida to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the state of Florida will control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction's choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.
12.
Severability.
It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public
policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn (as to geographic scope, period of duration or otherwise) so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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Entire Agreement.
This Agreement embodies the entire agreement of the parties hereto respecting the matters within its scope. This Agreement supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements of the parties hereto that directly or indirectly bears upon the subject matter hereof [(including, without limitation, the Prior Employment Agreement)]. Any prior negotiations, correspondence, agreements, proposals or understandings relating to the subject matter hereof shall be deemed to have been merged into this Agreement, and to the extent inconsistent herewith, such negotiations, correspondence, agreements, proposals, or understandings shall be deemed to be of no force or effect. There are no representations, warranties, or agreements, whether express or implied, or oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof, except as expressly set forth herein.
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Modifications.
This Agreement may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by a formal, definitive written agreement expressly referring to this Agreement, which agreement is executed by both of the parties hereto.
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Waiver.
Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.
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Arbitration.
Except as provided in Sections 6.6 and 17, Executive and the Company agree that any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, its enforcement or interpretation, or because of an alleged breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of its provisions, or any other controversy arising out of Executive's employment, including, but not limited to, any state or federal statutory claims, shall be
submitted to arbitration in [Miami, Florida], before a sole arbitrator (the "Arbitrator") selected from the American Arbitration Association, as the exclusive forum for the resolution of such dispute; provided, however, that provisional injunctive relief may, but need not, be sought by either party to this Agreement in a court of law while arbitration proceedings are pending, and any provisional injunctive relief granted by such court shall remain effective until the matter is finally determined by the Arbitrator. Final resolution of any dispute through arbitration may include any remedy or relief which the Arbitrator deems just and equitable, including any and all remedies provided by applicable state or federal statutes. At the conclusion of the arbitration, the Arbitrator shall issue a written decision that sets forth the essential findings and conclusions upon which the Arbitrator's award or decision is based. Any award or relief granted by the Arbitrator hereunder shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties acknowledge and agree that they are hereby waiving any rights to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the parties against the other in connection with any matter whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement or Executive's employment. The parties agree that the Company shall be responsible for payment of the forum costs of any arbitration hereunder, including the Arbitrator's fee, but that each party shall bear its own attorneys fees and other expenses.
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17.
Remedies.
Each of the parties to this Agreement and any such person or entity granted
rights hereunder whether or not such person or entity is a signatory hereto shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically to recover damages and costs for any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that each party may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for provisional injunctive or equitable relief and/or other appropriate equitable relief (without posting any bond or deposit) in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement. Each party shall be responsible for paying its own attorneys' fees, costs and other expenses pertaining to any such legal proceeding and enforcement regardless of whether an award or finding or any judgment or verdict thereon is entered against either party.
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Notices.
Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service.
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if to the Company:
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
331 Newman Springs, Blvd Suite 104
Red Bank, NJ 07702
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
with a copy to:
Pryor, Cashman
PRYOR CASHMAN
LLP
7 Times Square, New York, NY
10036-6569
Attention: Ali Panjwani, Esq
if to the Executive, to the address most recently on file in the payroll records of the Company.
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Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. Photographic copies of such signed counterparts may be used in lieu of the originals for any purpose.
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Legal Counsel; Mutual Drafting.
Each party recognizes that this is a legally binding contract and acknowledges and agrees that they have had
the
opportunity to consult with legal counsel of their choice. Each party has cooperated in the drafting, negotiation and preparation of this Agreement. Hence, in any construction to be made of this Agreement, the same shall not be construed against either party on the basis of that party being the drafter of such language. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that he has read and understands this Agreement, is entering into it freely and voluntarily, and has been advised to seek counsel prior to entering into this Agreement and has had ample opportunity to do so.
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(a) It is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement shall either be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code (including the Treasury regulations and other published guidance relating thereto)
("
Code Section 409A
")
so as not to subject the Executive to payment of any additional tax, penalty or interest imposed under Code Section 409A. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to avoid the imputation of any such additional tax, penalty or interest under Code Section 409A yet preserve (to the nearest extent reasonably possible) the intended benefit payable to the Executive.
(b) If the Executive is a "specified employee" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of the Executive's Separation from Service, the Executive shall not be
entitled
to any payment or benefit pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or
(c) until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after his or her Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of the Executive's death. The provisions of this Section 21(b) shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Code Section 409A. Any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive upon or in the six (6) month period following the Executive's Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 21(b) shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six (6) months after the Executive's Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty (30) days, after the date of the Executive's death).
(c) To the extent that any benefits pursuant to Section 5.3(b)(ii) or reimbursements
pursuant to Section 4.2 are taxable to the Executive, any reimbursement payment due to the Executive pursuant to any such provision shall be paid to the Executive on or before the last day of the Executive's taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred. The benefits and reimbursements pursuant to such provisions are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such benefits and reimbursements that the Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such benefits or reimbursements that the Executive receives in any other taxable year.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company and the Executive have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
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"COMPANY"
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
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Lawrence Sands
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Corporate Secretary
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"EXECUTIVE"
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/s/ Frank Jadevaia
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Frank Jadevaia
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INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
331 Newman Springs Road
Building 1, Suite 104
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
March 25, 2014
Mr. Frank
Jadevaia
131 Ridge Rd.
Rumson, NJ 07760
Dear Mr. Jadevaia:
Reference is made to the Employment Agreement dated February 15, 2014 between InterCloud Systems, Inc. (the
"
Company
")
and you (the
"
Executive
").
Defined terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Employment Agreement.
This letter will confirm our understanding and agreement that Section 3.3 of the Employment Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
"3.3 [Reserved]"
Except as set forth herein, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
If the foregoing accurately sets forth your understanding and agreement as to the matters set forth, please acknowledge your agreement by signing below and returning to the undersigned a copy of this letter.
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Very truly yours,
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
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Name:
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Lawrence Sands
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
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Exhibit 10.49
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(this
“
Agreement
”)
is made and entered into this 21st day of February 2014 (the
“
E
ffective Date
”),
by and between InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“
Compan
y
”),
and
Scott Davis
(the
“
Execut
i
ve
”).
RECITALS
THE PARTIES ENTER THIS AGREEMENT
on the basis of the following facts, understandings and intentions:
A.
The Company desires to employ the Executive, and the Executive desires to accept such employment, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
B.
This Agreement shall be effective immediately and shall govern the employment relationship between the Executive and the Company from and after the Effective Date, and, as of the Effective Date, supersedes and negates all previous agreements and understandings with respect to such relationship (the
“
Prior Employment Agreement
”).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the above recitals incorporated herein and the mutual covenants and promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby expressly acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Retention and Duties.
1.1
Retention.
The Company does hereby hire, engage and employ the Executive for
the Period of Employment (as such term is defined in Section 2) on the terms and conditions expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Executive does hereby accept and agree to such hiring, engagement and employment, on the terms and conditions expressly set forth in this Agreement. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 5.5 of this Agreement.
1.2
Duties.
During the Period of Employment, the Executive shall serve the
Company as its Senior Vice President in charge of World Wide Sales and Marketing of the Company (“SVP Sales”) and shall have the powers, authorities, duties and obligations of management usually vested in such position for a company of a similar size and similar nature of the Company, and such other powers, authorities, duties and obligations commensurate with such positions as the Company’s Board of Directors (the
“
Board
”)
and the Company’s President may assign from time to time, all subject to the directives of the Board, and the corporate policies of the Company as they are in effect from time to time throughout the Period of Employment (including, without limitation, the Company’s employee handbook, business conduct and ethics policies, and other personnel policies, as they may change from time to time). During the Period of
Employment, the Executive shall report to the President of the Company, its CEO and the Board.
1.3
No Other Employment; Minimum Time Commitment.
During the Period of
Employment, the Executive shall (i) devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time, energy and skill to the performance of the Executive’s duties for the Company, (ii) perform such duties in a faithful, effective and efficient manner to the best of his abilities, and (iii) hold no other employment without the express written approval of the Board. The Executive’s service on the boards of directors (or similar body) of other business entities is subject to the approval of the Board. The Company shall have the right to require the Executive to resign from any board or similar body (including, without limitation, any association, corporate, civic or charitable board or similar body) which he may then serve if the Board reasonably determines that the Executive’s service on such board or body interferes with the effective discharge of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company or that any business related to such service is then in competition with any business of the Company or any of its Affiliates, successors or assigns.
1.4
No Breach of Contract.
The Executive hereby represents to the Company and
agrees that: (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Executive and the Company and the performance by the Executive of the Executive’s duties hereunder do not and shall not constitute a breach of, conflict with, or otherwise contravene or cause a default under, the terms of any other agreement or policy to which the Executive is a party or otherwise bound or any judgment, order or decree to which the Executive is subject; (ii) the Executive will not enter into any new agreement that would or reasonably could contravene or cause a default by the Executive under this Agreement; (iii) the Executive has no information (including, without limitation, confidential information and trade secrets) relating to any other Person which would prevent, or be violated by, the Executive entering into this Agreement or carrying out his duties hereunder; (iv) the Executive is not bound by any employment, consulting, non-compete, confidentiality, trade secret or similar agreement (other than this Agreement) with any other Person; (v) to the extent the Executive has any confidential or similar information that he is not free to disclose to the Company, he will not disclose such information to the extent such disclosure would violate applicable law or any other agreement or policy to which the Executive is a party or by which the Executive is otherwise bound; and (vi) the Executive understands the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Executive set forth herein and the Executive consents to such reliance.
1.5
Location.
The Executive’s principal place of employment shall be the
Company’s offices in
Dallas Fort Worth
The Executive agrees that he will be regularly present at that office, once it is established. The Executive acknowledges that he will be required to travel from time to time in the course of performing his duties for the Company.
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Period of Employment.
The “Period of Employment” shall be a period of
three
years commencing on the Effective Date and ending at the close of business on the
third
anniversary of the Effective Date (the
“
Termination Date
”);
provided, however, that this Agreement shall be automatically renewed, and the Period of Employment shall be automatically extended for one (1) additional year on the Termination Date and each anniversary of the Termination Date thereafter, unless either party gives written notice at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Period of Employment (including any renewal thereof) of such party’s desire to terminate the Period of Employment (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18). The term “Period of Employment” shall include any extension thereof pursuant to the preceding sentence. Provision of notice that the Period of Employment shall not be extended or further extended, as the case may be, shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement and shall not constitute “Good Reason” for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Period of Employment is subject to earlier termination as provided below in this Agreement.
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3.1
Base Salary.
During the Period of Employment, the Company shall pay the
Executive a base salary including an annual assigned commission package (the
“
Base Salary
”),
which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices in effect from time to time but not less frequently than in monthly installments. The Executive’s Base Salary shall be at an annualized rate of
Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($225,000). The Board (or a committee thereof) may, in its sole discretion, increase (but not decrease) the Executive’s rate of Base Salary, except for salary reductions of no more than 15% that are applied generally to similarly situated executives of the Company.
3.2
Incentive Bonus.
Commencing on January 1, 2014, the Executive shall be
eligible to receive an incentive bonus for each fiscal year of the Company that occurs during the Period of Employment
(“
Incentive Bonus
”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Executive must be employed by the Company at the time the Company pays incentive bonuses to employees generally with respect to a particular fiscal year in order to be eligible for an Incentive Bonus for that year (and, if the Executive is not so employed at such time, in no event shall he have been considered to have “earned” any Incentive Bonus with respect to the fiscal year). The Executive’s target Incentive Bonus amount for a particular fiscal year of the Company shall equal 100% of the Executive’s Base Salary paid by the Company to the Executive for that fiscal year; provided that the Executive’s actual Incentive Bonus amount for a particular fiscal year shall be determined by the Board (or a committee thereof) in its sole discretion, based on performance objectives (which may include corporate, business unit or division, financial, strategic, individual or other objectives) established with respect to that particular fiscal year by the Board (or a committee thereof).
3.3
Stock Option Grant.
Subject to approval by the Board (or a committee thereof),
the Company will grant the Executive a stock option (the
“
Option
”)
to purchase
350,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share not less than the per-share fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, as reasonably determined by the Board (or a committee thereof).
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The Option will vest with respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the Option on the first anniversary of the grant date of the Option. The remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares subject to the Option will vest in 24 months substantially equal monthly installments thereafter. In each case, the vesting of the Option is subject to the Executive’s continued employment by the Company through the respective vesting date. The maximum term of the Option will be ten (10) years, subject to earlier termination upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, a change in control of the Company and similar events. The Option shall be intended as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “
Code
”), subject to the terms and conditions of Section 422 of the Code (including, without limitation, the Code limitation on the number of options that may become exercisable in any given year and still qualify as such an incentive stock option). The Option shall be granted under the Company’s 2012 Performance Incentive Plan and shall be subject to such further terms and conditions as set forth in the Company’s standard form of award agreement for stock options granted under the plan.
4.
Benefits.
4.1
Retirement, Welfare and Fringe Benefits.
During the Period of Employment,
the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all employee pension and welfare benefit plans and programs, and fringe benefit plans and programs, made
available by the Company to the Company’s employees generally, in accordance with the eligibility and participation provisions of such plans and as such plans or programs may be in effect from time to time.
4.2
Reimbursement of Business Expenses.
The Executive is authorized to incur
reasonable expenses in carrying out the Executive’s duties for the Company under this Agreement and shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses the Executive incurs during the Period of Employment in connection with carrying out the Executive’s duties for the Company, subject to the Company’s expense reimbursement policies and any pre-approval policies in effect from time to time. The Executive agrees to promptly submit and document any reimbursable expenses in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies to facilitate the timely reimbursement of such expenses.
4.3
Vacation and Other Leave.
During the Period of Employment, the Executive’s
annual rate of vacation accrual shall be
four
(4) weeks per year, with such vacation to accrue and be subject to the Company’s vacation policies in effect from time to time, including any policy which may limit vacation accruals and/or limit the amount of accrued but unused vacation to carry over from year to year.
The Executive shall also be entitled to all other holiday and leave pay generally available to other executives of the Company.
5.
Termination.
5.1
Termination by the Company.
The Executive’s employment by the Company,
and the Period of Employment, may be terminated at any time by the Company: (i) with Cause, with no less than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Executive (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18), , or (iii) in the event of the Executive’s death, or (iv) in the event that the Board determines in good faith that the Executive has a Disability.
5.2
Termination by the Executive.
The Executive’s employment by the Company,
and the Period of Employment, may be terminated by the Executive with no less than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the Company (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18); provided, however, that in the case of a termination for Good Reason, the Executive may provide immediate written notice of termination once the applicable cure period (as contemplated by the definition of Good Reason) has lapsed if the Company has not reasonably cured the circumstances that gave rise to the basis for the Good Reason termination.
5.3
Benefits upon Termination.
If the Executive’s employment by the Company is
terminated during the Period of Employment for any reason by the Company or by the Executive, upon Change of Control event(as defined below ), or upon or following the expiration of the Period of Employment (in any case, the date that the Executive’s employment by the Company terminates is referred to as the
“
Severance Date
”),
the Company shall have no further obligation to make or provide to the Executive, and the Executive shall have no further right to receive or obtain from the Company, any payments or benefits except as follows:
(a) The Company shall pay the Executive (or, in the event of his death, the Executive’s estate) any Accrued Obligations;
(b) If, during the Period of Employment, the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates as a result of a termination by the Company without Cause (other than due to the Executive’s death or Disability) or a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason ( other than a Change of Control Event ) , the Executive shall be entitled to the following benefits:
(i) The Company shall pay the Executive (in addition to the Accrued
Obligations), subject to tax withholding and other authorized deductions, an amount equal to the sum of (x)
twelve (12)
months of Executive’s Base Salary at the monthly rate in effect on the Severance Date (except in connection with a Change of Control event, in which case the Executive shall receive twenty (24) months of Base Salary), plus (y)
one
(1) times the Executive’s pro-rated Target Bonus for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Severance Date occurs( except in connection with a Change
of Control event, in which case the Executive shall receive two (2) times the full Target Bonus). Such amount is referred to hereinafter as the
“
Severance Benefit
.”
Subject to Section 21(b), the Company shall pay the Severance Benefit to the Executive in equal monthly installments (rounded down to the nearest whole cent) over a period of
twelve
(12) consecutive months, with the first installment payable on (or within ten (10) days following) the sixtieth (60
th
) day following the Executive’s Separation from Service.
(ii) The Company will pay or reimburse the Executive for his
premiums charged to continue medical coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“
COBRA
”), at the same or reasonably equivalent medical coverage for the Executive (and, if applicable, the Executive’s eligible dependents) as in effect immediately prior to the Severance Date, to the extent that the Executive elects such continued coverage; provided that the Company’s obligation to make any payment or reimbursement pursuant to this clause (ii) shall, subject to Section 21(b), commence with continuation coverage for the month following the month in which the Executive’s Separation from Service occurs and shall cease with continuation coverage for the
six month
(6
th
) month following the month in which the Executive’s Separation from Service occurs (or, if earlier, shall cease upon the first to occur of the Executive’s death, the date the Executive becomes eligible for coverage under the health plan of a future employer, or the date the Company ceases to offer group medical coverage to its active executive employees or the Company is otherwise under no obligation to offer COBRA continuation coverage to the Executive). To the extent the Executive elects COBRA coverage, he shall notify the Company in writing of such election prior to such coverage taking effect and complete any other continuation coverage enrollment procedures the Company may then have in place
(iii) The Company shall promptly pay to the Executive any Incentive Bonus that would otherwise be paid to the Executive had his employment by the Company not terminated with respect to any fiscal year that ended before the Severance Date, to the extent not theretofore paid (such payment to be made at the time bonuses for the fiscal year are paid to the Company’s executives generally).
(iv) As to each then-outstanding stock option and other equity-based award granted by the Company to the Executive that vests based solely on the Executive’s continued service with the Company, the Executive shall vest as of the Severance Date in any portion of such award in which the Executive would have vested thereunder if the Executive’s employment with the Company had continued for
twelve
(12) months after the Severance Date (and any portion of such award that is not vested after giving effect to this acceleration provision shall terminate on the Severance Date). As to each outstanding stock option or other equity-
based award granted by the Company to the Executive that is subject to performance-based vesting requirements, the vesting of such award will continue to be governed by its terms, provided that for purposes of any service-based vesting requirement under such award, the Executive’s employment with the Company will be deemed to have continued for t
welve
(12) months after the Severance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Severance Date occurs on or after the date of a Change in Control Event, each stock option and other equity-based award granted by the Company to the Executive, to the extent then outstanding and unvested, shall be fully vested as of the Severance Date.
(c) If, during the Period of Employment, the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates as a result of the Executive’s death or Disability, the Company shall pay the Executive the amount contemplated by Section 5.3(b)(iii).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3, if the Executive breaches his obligations under Section 6 of this Agreement at any time, from and after the date of such breach and not in any way in limitation of any right or remedy otherwise available to the Company, the Executive will no longer be entitled to, and the Company will no longer be obligated to pay, any remaining unpaid portion of the Severance Benefit or any remaining unpaid amount contemplated by Section 5.3(b)(iii) or 5.3(c), or to any continued Company-paid or reimbursed coverage pursuant to Section 5.3(b)(ii); provided that, if the Executive provides the Release contemplated by Section 5.4, in no event shall the Executive be entitled to benefits pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or 5.3(c), as
applicable, of less than $5,000 (or the amount of such benefits, if less than $5,000), which amount the parties agree is good and adequate consideration, in and of itself, for the Executive’s Release contemplated by Section 5.4.
(e) The foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3 shall not affect: (i) the Executive’s receipt of benefits otherwise due terminated employees under group insurance coverage consistent with the terms of the applicable Company welfare benefit plan; (ii) the Executive’s rights under COBRA to continue health
coverage; or (iii) the Executive’s receipt of benefits otherwise due in accordance with the terms of the Company’s 401(k) plan (if any).
5.4
Release; Exclusive Remedy; Leave.
(a) This Section 5.4 shall apply notwithstanding anything else contained in
this Agreement or any stock option or other equity-based award agreement to the contrary. As a condition precedent to any Company obligation to the Executive pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or 5.3(c) or any other obligation to accelerate vesting of any equity-based award in connection with the termination of the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall provide the Company with a valid, executed general release agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
E
xhibit
A
with such changes as may be reasonably required to such form to help ensure its enforceability in light of any changes in applicable law) (the
“
Release
”),
and such
Release shall have not been revoked by the Executive pursuant to any revocation rights afforded by applicable law. The Company shall provide the final form of Release to the Executive not later than seven (7) days following the Severance Date, and the Executive shall be required to execute and return the Release to the Company within twenty-one (21) days (or forty-five (45) days if such longer period of time is required to make the Release maximally enforceable under applicable law) after the Company provides the form of Release to the Executive.
(b) The Executive agrees that the payments and benefits contemplated by Section 5.3 (and any applicable acceleration of vesting of an equity-based award in accordance with the terms of such award in connection with the termination of the Executive’s employment) shall constitute the exclusive and sole remedy for any termination of his employment and the Executive covenants not to assert or pursue any other remedies, at law or in equity, with respect to any termination of employment. The Company and the Executive acknowledge and agree that there is no duty of the Executive to mitigate damages under this Agreement. All amounts paid to the Executive pursuant to Section 5.3 shall be paid without regard to whether the Executive has taken or takes actions to mitigate damages. The Executive agrees to resign, on the Severance Date, as an officer and director of the Company and any Affiliate of the Company, and as a fiduciary of any benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, and to promptly execute and provide to the Company any further documentation, as requested by the Company, to confirm such resignation.
(c) In the event that the Company provides the Executive notice of
termination without Cause pursuant to Section 5.1 or the Executive provides the Company notice of termination pursuant to Section 5.2, the Company will have the option to place the Executive on paid administrative leave during the notice period.
5.5
Certain Defined Terms.
(a) As used herein,
“
Accrued Obligations
”
means:
(i) any Base Salary that had accrued but had not been paid on or before the Severance Date;
(ii) any accrued but unused vacation as of the Severance Date; and
(iii) any reimbursement due to the Executive pursuant to Section 4.2 for expenses reasonably incurred by the Executive on or before the Severance Date and documented and pre-approved, to the extent applicable, in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies in effect at the applicable time.
(b) As used herein,
“
Affiliate
”
of the Company means a Person that directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, the Company. As used in this definition, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.
(c) As used herein,
“
Cause
”
shall mean, as reasonably determined by the
Board (excluding the Executive, if he is then a member of the Board) based on the information then known to it, that one or more of the following has occurred:
(i) the Executive is convicted of, pled guilty or pled
nolo contendere
to a felony (under the laws of the United States or any relevant state, or a similar crime or offense under the applicable laws of any relevant foreign jurisdiction);
(ii) the Executive has engaged in acts of fraud, dishonesty or other acts of willful misconduct in the course of his duties hereunder;
(iii) the Executive willfully fails to perform or uphold his duties under this Agreement and/or willfully fails to comply with reasonable directives of the Board; or
(iv) a breach by the Executive of any other provision of Section 6, or any material breach by the Executive of any other contract he is a party to with the Company or any of its Affiliates.
(d) As used herein,
“
Change in Control Event
”
shall mean
(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
Exchange
Act
”)) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 30% of either (1) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the
“
Outstanding Company Common Stock
”
)
or (2) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the
“
Outstanding Company Voting Securities
”);
provided, however, that, for purposes of this clause (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control Event; (A) any acquisition directly from the Company, (B) any acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or a successor, (D) any acquisition by any entity pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections (iii)(1), (2) and (3) of this definition below, (E) any acquisition by a Person described in and satisfying the conditions of Rule 13d-1(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act, or (F) any acquisition by a Person who is the beneficial
owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and/or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities on the Effective Date (or an affiliate, heir, descendant, or related party of or to such Person);
(ii) Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the
“
Incumbent Board
”)
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (including for these purposes, the new members whose election or nomination was so approved, without counting the member and his predecessor twice) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;
(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a
“
Business Combinati
o
n
”),
in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets directly or through one or more subsidiaries (a
“
Parent
”))
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination or Parent) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 30% of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of
such entity, except to the extent that the ownership in excess of 30% existed prior to the Business Combination, and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors or trustees of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or a Parent were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or
(iv) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company other than in the context of a transaction that does not constitute a Change in Control Event under clause (iii) above.
(e) As used herein,
“
Di
sabilit
y
”
shall mean a physical or mental impairment which, as reasonably determined by the Board, renders the Executive unable to perform the essential functions of his employment with the Company, even with reasonable accommodation that does not impose an undue hardship on the Company, for more than 90 days in any 180-day period, unless a longer period is required by federal or state law, in which case that longer period would apply.
(f) As used herein,
“
Good Rea
s
on
”
shall mean the occurrence (without the Executive’s consent) of any one or more of the following conditions:
(i) a material diminution in the Executive’s rate of Base Salary; greater than 15%
(ii) a material diminution in the Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities; any change in current reporting structure or personnel (i.e Frank Jadevaia)
(iii) a material change in the geographic location of the Executive’s principal office with the Company that is demanded, without reimbursement of cost and expenses of the requested move( including two months of temporary living expenses, to a maximum aggregate of $10,000 for living and moving expenses) or
(iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement;
provided, however, that any such condition or conditions, as applicable, shall not constitute Good Reason unless both (x) the Executive provides written notice to the Company of the condition claimed to constitute Good Reason within sixty (60) days of the initial existence of such condition(s) (such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 18), and (y) the Company fails to remedy such condition(s) within thirty (30) days of receiving such written notice thereof; and provided, further, that in all events the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company shall not constitute a termination for Good Reason unless such termination occurs not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days following the initial existence of the condition claimed to constitute Good Reason.
(g) As used herein, the term
“
Person
”
shall be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(h) As used herein, a
“
Se
pa
ration from Service
”
occurs when the Executive dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment with the Company that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1), without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.
5.6.
Notice of Termination.
Any termination of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be communicated by written notice of termination from the terminating party to the other party. This notice of termination must be delivered in accordance with Section 18 and must indicate the specific provision(s) of this Agreement relied upon in effecting the termination.
5.7
Limitation on Benefits.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement and benefits provided to, or for the benefit of, the Executive under any other Company plan or agreement (such payments or benefits are collectively referred to as the
“
B
enefits
”)
would be subject to the excise tax (the
“
Excis
e
Tax
”)
imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code
”), the Benefits shall be reduced (but not below zero) if and to the extent that a reduction in the Benefits would result in the Executive retaining a larger amount, on an after-tax basis (taking into account federal, state and local income taxes and the Excise Tax), than if the Executive received all of the Benefits (such reduced amount is referred to hereinafter as the
“
Limited B
e
nefit Amount
”).
Unless the Executive shall have given prior written notice specifying a different order to the Company to effectuate the Limited Benefit Amount, any such notice consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest thereunder, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Benefits by first reducing or eliminating those payments or benefits which are not payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the Determination (as hereinafter defined). Any notice given by the Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the provisions of any other plan, arrangement or agreement governing the Executive’s rights and entitlements to any benefits or compensation.
(b) A determination as to whether the Benefits shall be reduced to the Limited Benefit Amount pursuant to this Agreement and the amount of such Limited Benefit Amount shall be made by the Company’s independent public accountants or another certified public accounting firm of national reputation designated by
the Company (the
“
Acco
un
ting Firm
”)
at the Company’s expense. The Accounting Firm shall provide its determination (the
“
Det
ermin
ation
”),
together with detailed supporting calculations and documentation to the Company and the Executive within ten (10) business days of the date of termination of the Executive’s employment, if applicable, or such other time as requested by the Company or the Executive (provided the Executive reasonably believes that any of the Benefits may be subject to the Excise Tax), and if the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive with respect to any Benefits, it shall furnish the Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable to the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such Benefits. Unless the Executive provides written notice to the Company within ten (10) business days of the delivery of the Determination to the Executive that he disputes such Determination, the Determination shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive.
6.
Protective Covenants.
6.1
Confidential Information; Inventions.
(a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under his control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term
“
Confidential
Information
”
means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), including business, marketing and mergers and acquisitions plans and strategies, (ii) products or services (including product road
maps and strategies), (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) suppliers, customers and clients, as well as supplier, customer or client lists, preferences and/or contracts and contract terms, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published (other than a disclosure by the Executive in breach of this Agreement) in a form generally available to the public prior to the date the Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the term
“
W
o
rk Product
”
means all inventions,
innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable, copyrightable, registerable as a trademark, reduced to writing, or otherwise) which relates to the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive (whether or not during usual business hours, whether or not by the use of the facilities of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company (including those conceived, developed or made prior to the Effective Date) together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing. All Work Product that the Executive may have discovered, invented or originated during his employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates prior to the Effective Date, that he may discover, invent or originate during the Period of Employment or at any time in the period of twelve (12) months after the Severance Date, shall be the exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates, as applicable, and Executive hereby assigns all of Executive’s right, title and interest in and to such Work Product to the Company or its applicable Affiliate, including all intellectual property rights therein. Executive shall promptly disclose all Work Product to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem necessary to protect or perfect its (or any of its Affiliates’, as applicable) rights therein, and shall assist the Company, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company’s (or any of its Affiliates’, as applicable) rights therein. The Executive hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or
other documents deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect the Company, the Company’s (and any of its Affiliates’, as applicable) rights to any Work Product.
6.2
Restriction on Competition.
The Executive agrees that if the Executive were to
become employed by, or substantially involved in, the business of a competitor of the Company or any of its Affiliates during the
[
twelve (12)/)
]
month period following the Severance Date, it would be very difficult for the Executive not to rely on or use the Company’s and its Affiliates’ trade secrets and confidential information. Thus, to avoid the inevitable disclosure of the Company’s and its Affiliates’ trade secrets and confidential information, and to protect such trade secrets and confidential information and the Company’s and its Affiliates’ relationships and goodwill with customers, during the Period of Employment and for a period of
[
twelve (12)/ months after the Severance Date, the Executive will not directly or indirectly through any other Person engage in, enter the employ of, render any services to, have any ownership interest in, nor participate in the financing, operation, management or control of, any Competing Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “directly or indirectly through any other Person engage in” shall include, without limitation, any direct or indirect ownership or profit participation interest in such enterprise, whether as an owner, stockholder, member, partner, joint venturer or otherwise, and shall include any direct or indirect participation in such enterprise as an employee, consultant, director, officer, licensor of technology or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement,
“
Competing
B
usiness
”
means a Person anywhere in the continental United States and elsewhere in the world, excluding Nottingham Enterprises, where the Company and its Affiliates engage in business, or reasonably anticipate engaging in business, on the Severance Date (the
“
Restricted
A
rea
”)
that at any time during the Period of Employment has competed, or any and time during the
[
twelve (12)/ month period following the Severance Date competes, with the Company or any of its Affiliates in any business related to
[describe business]
. Nothing herein shall prohibit the Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded, so long as the Executive has no active participation in the business of such corporation,
6.3
Non-Solicitation of Employees and Consultants
.
During the Period of
Employment and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Severance Date, the Executive will not directly or indirectly through any other Person induce or attempt to induce any employee or independent contractor of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to leave the employ or service, as applicable, of the Company or such Affiliate, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any such Affiliate, on the one hand, and any employee or independent contractor thereof, on the other hand.
6.4
Non-Interference with Customers
.
During the Period of Employment and for a
period of twelve (12) months after the Severance Date, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly through any other Person, use any of the Company’s trade
secrets to influence or attempt to influence customers, vendors, suppliers,
licensors, lessors, joint venturers, associates, consultants, agents, or partners of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to divert their business away from the Company or such Affiliate, and the Executive will not otherwise use the Company’s trade secrets to interfere with, disrupt or attempt to disrupt the business relationships, contractual or otherwise, between the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any of its or their customers, suppliers, vendors, lessors, licensors, joint venturers, associates, officers, employees, consultants, managers, partners, members or investors, on the other hand.
6.5
Cooperation
.
Following the Executive’s last day of employment by the
Company, the Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company and its Affiliates in connection with: (a) any internal or governmental investigation or administrative, regulatory, arbitral or judicial proceeding involving the Company and any Affiliates with respect to matters relating to the Executive’s employment with or service as a member of the Board or the board of directors of any Affiliate (collectively,
“
Litigation
”);
or (b) any audit of the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate with respect to the period of time when the Executive was employed by the Company or any Affiliate (“
Audit
”). The Executive acknowledges that such cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to, the Executive making himself available to the Company or any Affiliate (or their respective attorneys or auditors) upon reasonable notice for: (i) interviews, factual investigations, and providing declarations or affidavits that provide truthful information in connection with any Litigation or Audit; (ii) appearing at the request of the Company or any Affiliate to give testimony without requiring service of a subpoena or other legal process; (iii) volunteering to the Company or any Affiliate pertinent information related to any Litigation or Audit; (iv) providing information and legal representations to the auditors of the Company or any Affiliate, in a form and within a time frame requested by the Board, with respect to the Company’s or any Affiliate’s opening balance sheet valuation of intangibles and financial statements for the period in which the Executive was employed by the Company or any Affiliate; and (v) turning over to the Company or any Affiliate any documents relevant to any Litigation or Audit that are or may come into the Executive’s possession.
[
The Company shall reimburse the Executive for reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with providing the services under this Section 6.5, including lodging and meals, upon the Executive’s submission of receipts. If, due to an actual or potential conflict of interest, it is necessary for the Executive to retain separate counsel in connection with providing the services under this Section 6.5, and such counsel is not otherwise supplied by and at the expense of the Company (pursuant to indemnification rights of the Executive or otherwise), the Company shall further reimburse the Executive for the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel.
]
6.6
Understanding of Covenants
.
The Executive acknowledges that, in the course
of his employment with the Company and/or its Affiliates and their predecessors,
he has become familiar, or will become familiar, with the Company’s and its Affiliates’ and their predecessors’ trade secrets and with other confidential and proprietary information concerning the Company, its Affiliates and their respective predecessors and that his services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees that the foregoing covenants set forth in this Section 6 (together, the
“
Restrictive
Covenants
”)
are reasonable and necessary to protect the Company’s and its Affiliates’ trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information, good will, stable workforce, and customer relations.
Without limiting the generality of the Executive’s agreement in the preceding paragraph, the Executive (i) represents that he is familiar with and has carefully considered the Restrictive Covenants, (ii) represents that he is fully aware of his obligations hereunder, (iii) agrees to the reasonableness of the length of time, scope and geographic coverage, as applicable, of the Restrictive Covenants, (iv) agrees that the Company and its Affiliates currently conducts business throughout the Restricted Area, and (v) agrees that the Restrictive Covenants will continue in effect for the applicable periods set forth above in this Section 6 regardless of whether the Executive is then entitled to receive severance pay or benefits from the Company. The Executive understands that the Restrictive Covenants may limit his ability to earn a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company and any of its Affiliates, but he nevertheless believes that he has received and will receive sufficient consideration and other benefits as an employee of the Company and as otherwise provided hereunder or as described in the recitals hereto to clearly justify such restrictions which, in any event (given his education, skills and ability), the Executive does not believe would prevent him from otherwise earning a living. The Executive agrees that the Restrictive Covenants do not confer a benefit upon the Company disproportionate to the detriment of the Executive.
6.7
Enforcement
.
The Executive agrees that the Executive’s services are unique and
that he has access to Confidential Information and Work Product. Accordingly, without limiting the generality of Section 17, the Executive agrees that a breach by the Executive of any of the covenants in this Section 6 would cause immediate and irreparable harm to the Company that would be difficult or impossible to measure, and that damages to the Company for any such injury would therefore be an inadequate remedy for any such breach. Therefore, the Executive agrees that in the event of any breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Section 6, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to and without limitation upon all other remedies the Company may have under this Agreement, at law or otherwise, to obtain specific performance, injunctive relief and/or other appropriate relief (without posting any bond or deposit) in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Section 6, or require the Executive to account for and pay over to the Company all compensation, profits, moneys, accruals, increments or other benefits derived from or received as a result of any transactions constituting a breach of this Section 6 if and when final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator, as applicable, is so entered against
the Executive. The Executive further agrees that the applicable period of time any Restrictive Covenant is in effect following the Severance Date, as determined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, such period of time shall be extended by the same amount of time that Executive is in breach of any Restrictive Covenant.
7.
Withholding Taxes.
Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the Company
may withhold (or cause there to be withheld, as the case may be) from any amounts otherwise due or payable under or pursuant to this Agreement such federal, state and local income, employment, or other taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. Except for such withholding rights, the Executive is solely responsible for any and all tax liability that may arise with respect to the compensation provided under or pursuant to this Agreement.
8.
Successors and Assigns.
(a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives.
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor or assignee, as applicable, which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise.
9.
Number and Gender; Examples.
Where the context requires, the singular shall include
the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and any gender shall include all other genders. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates.
10.
Section Headings.
The section headings of, and titles of paragraphs and subparagraphs
contained in, this Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation thereof.
11.
Governing Law.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the state of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the state of Florida or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Florida to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the state of Florida will control the
interpretation and construction of this Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction
’
s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.
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Severability.
It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn (as to geographic scope, period of duration or otherwise) so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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Entire Agreement.
This Agreement embodies the entire agreement of the parties hereto respecting the matters within its scope. This Agreement supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements of the parties hereto that directly or indirectly bears upon the subject matter hereof
[
(including, without limitation, the Prior Employment Agreement)
]
. Any prior negotiations, correspondence, agreements, proposals or understandings relating to the subject matter hereof shall be deemed to have been merged into this Agreement, and to the extent inconsistent herewith, such negotiations, correspondence, agreements, proposals, or understandings shall be deemed to be of no force or effect. There are no representations, warranties, or agreements, whether express or implied, or oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof, except as expressly set forth herein.
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Modifications.
This Agreement may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by a formal, definitive written agreement expressly referring to this Agreement, which agreement is executed by both of the parties hereto.
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Waiver.
Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.
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Arbitration.
Except as provided in Sections 6.6 and 17, Executive and the Company agree that any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement, its enforcement or interpretation, or because of an alleged breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of its provisions, or any other controversy arising out of Executive’s employment, including, but not limited to, any state or federal statutory claims, shall be submitted to arbitration in
[
Miami, Florida
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, before a sole arbitrator (the
“
Arbitr
at
or
”)
selected from the American Arbitration Association, as the exclusive forum for the resolution of such dispute; provided, however, that provisional injunctive relief may, but need not, be sought by either party to this Agreement in a court of law while arbitration proceedings are pending, and any provisional injunctive relief granted by such court shall remain effective until the matter is finally determined by the Arbitrator. Final resolution of any dispute through arbitration may include any remedy or relief which the Arbitrator deems just and equitable, including any and all remedies provided by applicable state or federal statutes. At the conclusion of the arbitration, the Arbitrator shall issue a written decision that sets forth the essential findings and conclusions upon which the Arbitrator's award or decision is based. Any award or relief granted by the Arbitrator hereunder shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties acknowledge and agree that they are hereby waiving any rights to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the parties against the other in connection with any matter whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement or Executive’s employment. The parties agree that the Company shall be responsible for payment of the forum costs of any arbitration hereunder, including the Arbitrator’s fee, but that each party shall bear its own attorneys fees and other expenses.
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Remedies.
Each of the parties to this Agreement and any such person or entity granted rights hereunder whether or not such person or entity is a signatory hereto shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically to recover damages and costs for any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that each party may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for provisional injunctive or equitable relief and/or other appropriate equitable relief (without posting any bond or deposit) in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement. Each party shall be responsible for paying its own attorneys’ fees, costs and other expenses pertaining to any such legal proceeding and enforcement regardless of whether an award or finding or any judgment or verdict thereon is entered against either party.
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Notices.
Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service.
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if to the Company:
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
331 Newman Springs, Blvd Suite 104
Red Bank, NJ 07702
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
with a copy to:
Pryor, Cashman
P
RYOR
C
ASHMAN
LLP
7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036-6569
Attention: Ali Panjwani, Esq
if to the Executive, to the address most recently on file in the payroll records of the Company.
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Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. Photographic copies of such signed counterparts may be used in lieu of the originals for any purpose.
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Legal Counsel; Mutual Drafting.
Each party recognizes that this is a legally binding contract and acknowledges and agrees that they have had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel of their choice. Each party has cooperated in the drafting, negotiation and preparation of this Agreement. Hence, in any construction to be made of this Agreement, the same shall not be construed against either party on the basis of that party being the drafter of such language. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that he has read and understands this Agreement, is entering into it freely and voluntarily, and has been advised to seek counsel prior to entering into this Agreement and has had ample opportunity to do so.
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(a) It is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement shall either be
exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code (including the Treasury regulations and other published guidance relating thereto)
(“
Code Section
409A
”)
so as not to subject the Executive to payment of any additional tax, penalty or interest imposed under Code Section 409A. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to avoid the imputation of any such additional tax, penalty or interest under
Code Section 409A yet preserve (to the nearest extent reasonably possible) the intended benefit payable to the Executive.
(b) If the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of the Executive’s Separation from Service, the Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to Section 5.3(b) or
(c) until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after his or her Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. The provisions of this Section 21(b) shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Code Section 409A. Any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive upon or in the six (6) month period following the Executive’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 21(b) shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six (6) months after the Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty (30) days, after the date of the Executive’s death).
(c) To the extent that any benefits pursuant to Section 5.3(b)(ii) or reimbursements
pursuant to Section 4.2 are taxable to the Executive, any reimbursement payment due to the Executive pursuant to any such provision shall be paid to the Executive on or before the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred. The benefits and reimbursements pursuant to such provisions are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such benefits and reimbursements that the Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such benefits or reimbursements that the Executive receives in any other taxable year.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the Company and the Executive have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
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“COMPANY”
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
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Name:
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Lawrence Sands
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Title:
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Senior Vice President
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“EXECUTIVE”
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/s/ Scott Davis
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Scott Davis
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT
1.
Release
b
y Executive.
[
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(“
Ex
e
cutive
”),
on his own behalf and on behalf of his descendants, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators, assigns and successors, and each of them, hereby acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of and releases and discharges and covenants not to sue InterCloud Systems, Inc. (the
“
Com
p
any
”),
its divisions, subsidiaries, parents, or affiliated corporations, past and present, and each of them, as well as its and their assignees, successors, directors, officers, stockholders, partners, representatives, attorneys, agents or employees, past or present, or any of them (individually and collectively,
“
Rel
e
asees
”),
from and with respect to any and all claims, agreements, obligations, demands and causes of action, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, arising out of or in any way connected with Executive’s employment or any other relationship with or interest in the Company or the termination thereof, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any claim for severance pay, profit sharing, bonus or similar benefit, pension, retirement, life insurance, health or medical insurance or any other fringe benefit, or disability, or any other claims, agreements, obligations, demands and causes of action, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected resulting from any act or omission by or on the part of Releasees committed or omitted prior to the date of this General Release Agreement (this
“
A
greement
”)
set forth below, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, or any other federal, state or local law, regulation, ordinance, constitution or common law (collectively, the
“
C
laims
”);
provided, however, that the foregoing release does not apply to any obligation of the Company to Executive pursuant to any of the following: (1) Section 5.3 of the Employment Agreement dated as of ___________, 2013 by and
between the Company and Executive (the
“
Employment Agree
m
ent
”);
(2) any equity-based awards previously granted by the Company to Executive, to the extent that such awards continue after the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company in accordance with the applicable terms of such awards; (3) any right to indemnification that Executive may have pursuant to the Company’s bylaws, its corporate charter or under any written indemnification agreement with the Company (or any corresponding provision of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company) with respect to any loss, damages or expenses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees to the extent otherwise provided) that Executive may in the future incur with respect to his service as an employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (4) with respect to any rights that Executive may have to insurance coverage for such losses, damages or expenses under any Company (or subsidiary or affiliate) directors and officers liability insurance policy; (5) any rights to continued medical and dental coverage that Executive may have under COBRA; (6) any rights to payment of benefits that Executive may have under a retirement plan sponsored or maintained by the Company that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or (7) any deferred compensation or supplemental retirement benefits that Executive may be entitled to under a nonqualified deferred compensation or supplemental retirement plan of the Company. In addition, this release does not cover any Claim that cannot be so released as a matter of applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from filing a charge with or participating in an investigation conducted by any state or federal government agencies. Executive does waive, however, the right to receive any monetary or other recovery, should any agency or any other person pursue any claims on Executive’s behalf arising out of any claim released pursuant to this Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that he has received any and all leave and other benefits that he has been and is entitled to pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
2.
Acknowledgement of Payment of Wages.
Except for accrued vacation (which the
parties agree totals approximately
[
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days of pay) and salary for the current pay period,
Executive acknowledges that he has received all amounts owed for his regular and usual salary (including, but not limited to, any bonus, severance, or other wages), and usual benefits through the date of this Agreement.
3.
Waiver of Unknown Claims.
This Agreement is intended to be effective as a general release of and bar to each and every Claim hereinabove specified. Accordingly, Executive hereby expressly waives any rights and benefits conferred by Section 1542 of the California Civil Code and any similar provision of any other applicable state law as to the Claims. Section 1542 of the California Civil Code provides:
“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO A CLAIM WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
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Executive acknowledges that he later may discover claims, demands, causes of action or facts in addition to or different from those which Executive now knows or believes to exist with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and which, if known or suspected at the time of executing this Agreement, may have materially affected its terms. Nevertheless, Executive hereby waives, as to the Claims, any claims, demands, and causes of action that might arise as a result of such different or additional claims, demands, causes of action or facts.
4.
ADEA Waiver.
Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that by entering into this Agreement, he is waiving any and all rights or claims that he may have arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“
ADEA
”), which have arisen on or before the date of execution of this Agreement. Executive further expressly acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) In return for this Agreement, he will receive consideration beyond that which he was already entitled to receive before entering into this Agreement;
(b) He is hereby advised in writing by this Agreement to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement;
(c) He was given a copy of this Agreement on
[
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and informed that
he had twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement, that if he wished to execute this Agreement prior to expiration of such 21-day period, he should execute the Acknowledgement and Waiver attached hereto as
Exhibit A-1, and that any changes, whether material or immaterial, that are made to this Agreement during such 21-day period will not re-start or extend the 21-day period for Executive to consider this Agreement;
(d) Nothing in this Agreement prevents or precludes Executive from challenging or seeking a determination in good faith of the validity of this waiver under the ADEA, nor does it impose any condition precedent, penalties or costs from doing so, unless specifically authorized by federal law; and
(e) He was informed that he has seven (7) days following the date of execution of this Agreement in which to revoke this Agreement, and this Agreement will become null and void if
Executive elects revocation during that time. Any revocation must be in writing and must be received by the Company during the seven-day revocation period. In the event that Executive exercises his right of revocation, neither the Company nor Executive will have any obligations under this Agreement.
5.
No Transferred Claims.
Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he has not heretofore assigned or transferred to any person not a party to this Agreement any released matter or any part or portion thereof.
6.
Miscellaneous.
The following provisions shall apply for purposes of this Agreement:
(a)
Number and Gender.
Where the context requires, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and any gender shall include all other genders.
(b)
Section Headings.
The section headings of, and titles of paragraphs and subparagraphs contained in, this Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation thereof.
(c)
Governing Law.
This Agreement, and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement, as well as the legal relations hereby created between the parties hereto, shall be governed by and construed under, and interpreted and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, notwithstanding any Florida or other conflict of law provision to the contrary.
(d)
Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.
(e)
Modifications.
This Agreement may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by a formal, definitive written agreement expressly referring to this Agreement, which agreement is executed by both of the parties hereto.
(f)
Waiver.
No waiver of any breach of any term or provision of this Agreement shall be construed to be, nor shall be, a waiver of any other breach of this Agreement. No waiver shall be binding unless in writing and signed by the party waiving the breach.
(g)
Arbitration.
Any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the arbitration provisions of the Employment Agreement.
(h)
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and each counterpart, when executed, shall have the efficacy of a signed original. Photographic copies of such signed counterparts may be used in lieu of the originals for any purpose.
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The undersigned have read and understand the consequences of this Agreement and voluntarily sign it. The undersigned declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Florida that the foregoing is true and correct.
EXECUTED this
day of _____ 20___, at _____________County, ____________.
EXECUTED this
day of _____ 20___, at _____________County, ____________.
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“COMPANY”
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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[Title]
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EXHIBIT A-1
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WAIVER
I,
, hereby acknowledge that I was given 21 days to consider the foregoing
General Release Agreement and voluntarily chose to sign the General Release Agreement prior to the expiration of the 21-day period.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Florida that the foregoing is true and correct.
EXECUTED this
day of _____ 20___, at _____________County, ____________.
INTER CLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
331 Newman Springs Road
Building 1, Suite 104
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
March 25, 2014
Mr. Scott Davis
5204 N Meadow Ridge Circle
Mckinney, TX 75070
Dear Mr. Davis:
Reference is made to the Employment Agreement dated February 21, 2014 between InterCloud Systems, Inc. (the
"
Company
")
and you (the
"
Execu
tive
").
Defined terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Employment Agreement.
This letter will confirm our understanding and agreement that Section 3.3 of the Employment Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
"3.3 Reserved"
Except as set forth herein, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
If the foregoing accurately sets forth your understanding and agreement as to the matters set forth, please acknowledge your agreement by signing below and returning to the undersigned a copy of this letter.
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Very truly yours,
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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Exhibit 10.51
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
331 Newman Springs Road
Building 1, Suite 104
Red Bank, NJ 07701
April 4, 2014
Dominion Capital LLC
341 West 38th Street • Suite 800
New York NY 10018
Attn: Daniel Kordash
Head of Structured Products
Managing Partner
31 Group LLC
c/o Magna Group LLC
5 Hanover Square – 16
th
Floor
New York, New York 10003
Attn: Joshua Sason
Managing Member
Re:
Exchange Agreement
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Exchange Agreement dated as of March 13, 2014, by and among INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC. f/k/a GENESIS GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), RIVES-MONTEIRO LEASING, LLC, an Alabama limited liability company (“Rives”), TROPICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Florida corporation (“TCI”), ADEX CORPORATION, a New York corporation (“ADEX”), T N S, INC., an Illinois corporation (“TNS”), ADEXCOMM CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (“ADEXCOMM”), AW SOLUTIONS, INC., a Florida corporation (“AWS”), and INTEGRATION PARTNERS-NY CORPORATION, a New Jersey corporation (“IPC”), and DOMINION CAPITAL LLC and 31 GROUP LLC (collectively, the “Holders”) (the “Exchange Agreement”).
Schedule A-1 to the Exchange Agreement provides:
If on the third trading day following the Closing Date, 85% of the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date is less than $10.50, then an additional number of shares of Common Stock shall be issued so as to make the per share value at which the MM Debt Amount is exchanged such lower price.
We have agreed that in consideration of $5.00, and other consideration the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, as well as the agreements set forth herein and intending to be legally bound the parties to the Exchange Agreement agree to the following amendments to Schedule A-1:
No later than April 17, 2014, the Company shall issue to the Holders such additional shares equal to the difference between the lesser of (a) the Principal Amount of the Notes divided by 85% of the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on April 14, 2014 and the Principal Amount of the Notes divided by $10.50 per share or (b) the Principal Amount of the Notes divided by $10.00 and the Principal Amount of the Notes divided by $10.50 per share.
In addition, the Company covenants to the Holders that it will disclose the material terms of this amendment to the Exchange Agreement no later than with the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this amendment to the Exchange Agreement as of April 4, 2014.
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Lawrence
Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Senior Vice President
RIVES-MONTEIRO LEASING, LLC
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
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TROPICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
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ADEX CORPORATION
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By:
/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
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T N S, INC.
By:
/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
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ADEXCOMM CORPORATION
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By:
/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
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AW SOLUTIONS, INC.
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
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INTEGRATION PARTNERS-NY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Lawrence Sands
Name: Lawrence Sands
Title: Vice President
Exhibit 10.52
RedChip Agreement
This JOINT MARKETING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this day of November 8th, 2013, 2013 by and between RedChip Companies Inc., located at 500 Winderley Place, Suite 100, Maitland, Florida 32751 (hereinafter referred to as “RC”), and InterCloud Systems, Inc. (Hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) located at 331 Newman Springs Road, Building 1 Suite 104, Red Bank NJ, 07701.
WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
The Company hereby hires and employs RC as an independent contractor; and RC does hereby accept its position as an independent contractor to the Company, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
2. TERM
The initial term of the RC Investor Relations, Research and Media Program (the “IR Program Term”) shall be for six (6) months from the date of this Agreement. Agreement will extend for an additional six (6) months with 30 day verbal or written notice from Company, under the payment terms listed in Section 4.2 and 4.4 of this Agreement.
3. DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF RC
During the RC IR (the Investor Relations Program), RC shall have the following duties and obligations under this Agreement.
3.1
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RESEARCH -
RedChip Research Profile:
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3.1.1
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TIMING – Profile to be mailed within the first two months of contract signing and emailed within the first six weeks of contract signing.
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3.1.2
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THESIS – This report shall include the Development of Investment Thesis and a range of target prices based upon certain assumptions.
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3.1.3
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Distribution–
both Print and Digital;
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Print to include – four page report mailed to 50,000 targeted retail and institutional investors.
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Digital to include-e-mailing to 60,000 retail and institutional investors.
500 Winderley Place, Suite 100, Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 644-4256 phone * (407) 644-0758 fax
www.RedChip.com
3.1.7 DISTRIBUTE VIA COMPANY -
to include;
The Company will also have the right to distribute such report to whom it desires and in any quantity.
3.2) REDCHIP MESSAGING, ROAD-SHOWS, TELEMARKETING, TV
3.2.1 Develop and implement capital markets messaging reflected in news releases, shareholder letters, power point presentations, social media, and traditional media.
3.2.2 Develop and implement news flow strategy that is consistent, systematic and comprehensive.
3.4 REDCHIP TV ™, “Money Report with Dave Gentry” to include:
3.4.1 One interview per month on the RedChip Money Report™ show airing on Fox Business Network for the first three months of service, and thereafter quarterly.
3.4.2 One interview per month on the RedChip Money Report™ show airing on Bloomberg Europe for the first three months of service, and thereafter quarterly.
3.4.3 Interview and or host updates upon the announcement of significant news items.
3.5 RC will disseminate information about the Company; quantify book buying activity; and as appropriate, organize teleconferences, city-wide broker conferences, and on-site due diligence meetings with select groups of brokers, micro-cap analysts and fund managers; and focus on creating consistent increases in daily trading activity.
3.5.1 RC will be available to the Company to field any calls from firms, individual investors/shareholders and brokers inquiring about the Company.
3.5.2 RC will work to bring on new market makers.
3.5.3 RC will set up a minimum of three (3) one-two day road-shows with stock-brokers, family offices, fund managers, and Registered Investment Advisors, in cities to be determined by the Company and RedChip.
500 Winderley Place, Suite 100, Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 644-4256 phone * (407) 644-0758 fax
www.RedChip.com
3.6. RedChip will disseminate the Company’s press releases digitally to the RedChip Network™.
3.6.1 RC will execute a full build out of an investor relations web-page.
3.6.3 RC will write a minimum of three (3) blogs for the Company
3.6.4 RC will utilize its social media network to disseminate information on the company, including press-releases, blogs, TV interviews, and research.
3.6.5 RC will report to the Company its progress quarterly in a written report of all of its activities on behalf of the Company.
3.7 REDCHIP VIRTUAL CONFERENCES
3.7.1 Two (2) Company presentations during the 2014 Virtual conference series.
2014 Schedule
4. RC’S COMPENSATION
Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Company hereby covenants and agrees to pay RC as follows:
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$12,000 per month for the first six months of service, payment due immediately upon execution of this Agreement and thereafter on the 9
th
of each month
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$15,000 per month for months seven (7) through twelve (12), if Company chooses to renew, payment being due on the 9
th
of each month.
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7,500 shares of Rule 144 stock, due within ten (10) days of the execution of this Agreement.
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10,000 shares of stock for months seven (7) through twelve (12), if the Company chooses to renew, payment due within ten (10) days of the execution of the new Agreement.
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500 Winderley Place, Suite 100, Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 644-4256 phone * (407) 644-0758 fax
www.RedChip.com
5. RC’S EXPENSES AND COSTS
The Company shall pay all costs of food, beverage and rental of facility for broker/investor meetings provided all the above activities and budget were pre-approved by the Company.
6. COMPANY’S DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS
The Company shall have the following duties and obligations under this Agreement:
6.1 Cooperate fully and timely with RC so as to enable RC to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
6.2 The Company will act diligently and promptly in reviewing materials submitted to it from time to time by RC and inform RC of any inaccuracies of which it is aware contained therein prior to the dissemination of such materials.
6.3 Give full disclosure of all material facts or information concerning the Company to RC and update such information on a timely basis.
7. NONDISCLOSURE
Except as may be required by law, or in the course of normal business, neither the Company nor RC shall disclose the contents and provisions of this Agreement to any individual or entity without the other party’s prior consent.
Both the Company and RC shall instruct its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates of this obligation. If the Company shall provide any information to RC for background or other purposes which it shall identify as confidential or non-public information, RC shall not disclose such information to any party, except as may be required by law pursuant to a written opinion of competent counsel, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, and RC shall inform its employees, agents, officers, directors and agents of this obligation.
8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt request, postage prepaid to the parties hereto at their addresses indicated hereinafter. Either party may change his or its address for the purpose of this paragraph by written notice similarly given.
8.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to its subject matter and supersedes and voids all prior agreements between such Parties relation to such subject matter.
8.3 Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may be altered or amended, in whole or in part, only in writing signed by both parties.
500 Winderley Place, Suite 100, Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 644-4256 phone * (407) 644-0758 fax
www.RedChip.com
8.4 Waiver. No waiver of any breach or condition of its Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach or condition, whether of alike or different nature, unless such shall be signed by the person making such waivers and/or which so provides by its terms.
8.5 Captions. The captions appearing in this Agreement are inserted as matter of convenience and for reference and in no way affect this Agreement, define, limit or describe its scope or any of its provisions.
8.6 Situs. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without reference to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.
8.7 Benefits; Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the written consent of the other party.
8.8 Currency. In all instances, references to monies used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be United States dollars.
9. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in counterpart and by fax transmission, each counterpart being deemed an original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.
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InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Lawrence Sands
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Date :
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November 8, 2013
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Title:
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Senior Vice President
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Print Name
CONFIRMED AND AGREED
REDCHIP COMPANIES, INC. / REDCHIP COMPANIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Dave Gentry
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/s/ Jon Cunningham
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Duly Authorized
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Witness
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Dave Gentry
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Jon Cunningham
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Print Name
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Print Name
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500 Winderley Place, Suite 100, Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 644-4256 phone * (407) 644-0758 fax
www.RedChip.com
Exhibit 10.53
July 31, 2012
Mr. Lawrence Sands
Genesis Group Holdings, Inc.
2500 N. Military Trail, Suite 275
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Dear Lawrence,
The CSIR Group, LLC a New York corporation (“CSIR”) is pleased to offer investor relations services to Genesis Group Holdings Inc. (“GGHO” or “the Company”) pursuant to this Investor Relations agreement (“Agreement”) as outlined below:
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Scope of Engagement.
CSIR is hereby engaged to provide Investor Relations services to bring more investor awareness and interest in GGHO.
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Term
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The term of this Agreement shall be for an initial period of three (3) months, commencing on August 1, 2012.
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Fees.
The Company agrees to pay CSIR the following amounts (collectively, the “Fees”): A) A non-refundable fee (cash fee) to CSIR of $5,000 per month for the length of the term. The first month’s fees ($5,000) are payable upon execution of this Agreement; following the first month of service, the monthly cash fee is due on or before the 1
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of each month. B) A non-refundable equity fee of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s restricted Rule 144 Stock (equity fee), to be delivered to CSIR within 10 days upon signing of this contract.
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Expenses.
The Company will be responsible for all out-of-pocket expenses (wire distribution of press releases, conference logistics, travel arrangements, etc.) which are billed to the Company without markup. When possible, the Company will pay expenses directly and will set up its own account with a major news distribution network (PR newswire, business wire, etc.), teleconferencing provider, etc. CSIR will coordinate these efforts and set up accounts on behalf of the Company. The Company will also reimburse CSIR for all costs incurred traveling with GGHO management, at its request, to out-of-town conferences, management meetings and Company-sponsored events. Out-of-pocket expenses such as postage and photocopies are billable to GGHO at the beginning of each month. These expenses will not exceed $500 per month, unless approved in advance by the Company. The monthly retainer also does not include a monthly communications fee which pro-rates the costs of external databases, publications and other relevant third-party data resources. CSIR does not currently charge such a fee, but based on the Company’s needs may need to do so in the future. This fee will not be charged unless discussed in advance with the Company.
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Indemnity.
The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and holds harmless CSIR, its agents, representatives, employees, partners and independent contractors and all affiliates for any
losses, damages or expenses that may be incurred by CSIR or such other parties as a result of any breach of covenants, agreements, representation or warranty made hereunder or any other loss, damage, attorney’s fees, costs or expenses incurred by CSIR or such other parties resulting from the acts or actions of the Company hereunder.
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Confidentiality.
The parties acknowledge that during the course of this Agreement, each party will become acquainted with and will have access to information that is of a confidential and proprietary nature. Each of the parties further acknowledges that disclosure of such information could cause irreparable harm to the Company or CSIR that would not be compensable by money damages. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to keep such information
confidential except as necessary and required to satisfy for the services provided under the scope of this Agreement and shall not disclose or allow disclosure to any third persons without the consent of the other party. In the event that there is a breach of this confidentiality agreement, the parties agree that the offended party shall have an immediate right to seek injunctive relief.
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The Company’s Obligations / Provision of Information.
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Information.
The Company will provide CSIR with all material information relevant to CSIR engagement hereunder. The Company will ensure that information so supplied is true and accurate in all material respects and is not misleading, whether by omission or otherwise. CSIR is limited in its ability to conduct thorough due diligence and assumes that information provided by the Company, to the extent verifiable, is accurate and publicly made available through required EDGAR filings and as required by law.
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Authorization.
The Company confirms and undertakes that it has all necessary powers and has obtained or will obtain all necessary authorizations, consents, and approvals, including approvals from the board of directors of the Company, validly and lawfully required to enter into this Agreement, to conduct business as, when, and where it intends, and to conduct any and all services contemplated hereunder. The entering into of this Agreement does not violate the Company’s charter and/or Company’s bylaws or any other binding agreements.
8.3.
Accuracy.
In performing its services hereunder, CSIR shall be entitled to assume the accuracy and completeness of all financial and other information that may be furnished to CSIR and CSIR will not be responsible for independently verifying the accuracy and completeness of such information and the Company will review all materials prepared by CSIR for factual accuracy before its publication to the public.
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Authorization.
Except where the Company expressly instructs CSIR otherwise, CSIR is entitled to assume that instructions (whether or not in writing or orally communicated) have been properly authorized by the Company if they are given or purport to be given by an individual or person who is or purports to be and is reasonably believed by CSIR to be a director, employee, authorized agent or representative of the Company.
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Miscellaneous.
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a.
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Assignment.
This Agreement may not be assigned without the written consent of each of
the parties hereto; such consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
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b.
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Entire Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the Company and CSIR with reference to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements related thereto, whether written or oral.
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c.
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Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
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d.
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Currency.
Unless otherwise specified in writing, all monies payable to any member of CSIR hereunder shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.
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Affiliates.
In the context of this letter and, in particular, the provisions of this Agreement regarding the nature of CSIR’s engagement and Fees due to CSIR hereunder, the Company shall be deemed to include the Company and/or any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company (“Affiliates”) and, accordingly, all obligations of the Company hereunder shall be joint and several with its Affiliates.
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Governing Law & Jurisdiction.
This Agreement and all rights and obligations arising hereunder or in connection herewith are subject to and will be governed by and construed, performed and enforced in accordance with the laws of State of New York the parties agree that any dispute which may arise between them is arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be adjudicated only before a Federal court located in the New York County, in the State of New York with respect to any legal action or legal proceeding commenced by any party, and irrevocably waive any objection they now or hereafter may have respecting the venue of any such action or proceeding brought in such court or respecting the fact that such court is an inconvenient forum, relating or arising out of this Agreement.
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g.
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Acknowledgments.
The Company acknowledges that CSIR:
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is not providing any legal, accounting, or tax advice to the Company or any other person;
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is acting as an independent contractor to provide its services as described herein to GGHO, and that no employment, partnership, joint venture, or fiduciary relationship has been created by this Agreement;
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may subcontract a portion of the services to be performed by CSIR hereunder to experienced and capable service providers chosen discretionarily by CSIR officers;
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is not responsible for advising the Company in respect of any applicable laws and regulations, and the Company undertakes to obtain appropriate advice in respect of legal matters and all other laws and regulations which may be applicable in any relevant jurisdiction and promptly to communicate the obtained legal advice to CSIR insofar as the same is relevant to the carrying out of its services hereunder; and
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Will not incur any liability to the Company in respect of any breach of applicable laws or regulations where CSIR has acted in good faith in the absence of or in accordance with such provided advice.
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If the foregoing accurately reflects the agreement reached between the parties, please sign and return the attached copy of this Agreement to indicate your consent and acceptance of its terms, effective as of the date first set forth above.
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Yours truly:
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Accepted:
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CSIR Group, LLC
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Genesis Group Holdings Inc.
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Signature: /s/ Christine Petraglia
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Signature: /s/ Lawrence Sands
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Name: Christine J. Petraglia Principal
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Name: Lawrence Sands
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Name
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Ownership Percentage
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Jurisdiction of Organization
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Tropical Communications, Inc.
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100%
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Florida
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Rives-Monteiro Engineering, LLC
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49%
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Alabama
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Rives-Monteiro Leasing, LLC
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100%
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Alabama
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T N S, Inc.
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100%
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Illinois
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ADEX Corporation
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100%
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New York
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ADEXCOMM Corporation
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100%
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Florida
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ADEX Puerto Rico LLC
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100%
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Puerto Rico
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AW Solutions, Inc.
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100%
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Florida
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AW Solutions Puerto Rico, LLC
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100%
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Puerto Rico
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Integration Partners – NY Corporation
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100%
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New Jersey
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RentVM, Inc.
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100%
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New Jersey
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Mark Munro, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of InterCloud 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 present in this Annual Report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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b)
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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;
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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 Annual Report based on such evaluation; and
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d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financing 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
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5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: April 8, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Mark Munro
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Mark Munro
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Daniel Sullivan, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of InterCloud 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 present in this Annual Report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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b)
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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;
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c)
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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 Annual Report based on such evaluation; and
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d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financing 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
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5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: April 8, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Daniel Sullivan
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Daniel Sullivan
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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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 accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of InterCloud Systems, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2013, I, Mark Munro, Chief Executive Officer of InterCloud Systems, Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that:
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Such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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2.
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The information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year ended December 31, 2013, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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Date: April 8, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Mark Munro
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Mark Munro
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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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 accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of InterCloud Systems, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2013, I, Daniel Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer of InterCloud Systems, Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that:
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Such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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2.
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The information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year ended December 31, 2013, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of InterCloud Systems, Inc.
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Date: April 8, 2014
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By:
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/s/ Daniel Sullivan
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Daniel Sullivan
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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