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5-Oct-2009
Annual Report
Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements. However, certain accounting policies are particularly important to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations and require the application of significant judgment by our management; as a result they are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. In applying these policies, our management uses their judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used in the determination of certain estimates. Those estimates are based on knowledge of our industry, historical operations, terms of existing contracts, and our observance of trends in the industry, information provided by our customers and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate.
Our critical accounting policies include:
? Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue from licensing our software upon the installation and acceptance of the software by customers in accordance with Statement of Position 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition. When a software sales arrangement includes rights to customer support, the portion of the license fee allocated to such support is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement, normally one year. Revenue from professional services arrangements will be recognized in the month in which services are rendered over the term of the arrangement.
? Long-Lived Assets - We depreciate property and equipment and amortize intangible assets, including software development costs over the respective assets' estimated useful life and periodically review the remaining useful lives of our assets to ascertain that our estimate is still valid. If we determine a useful life has materially changed, we either change the useful life or write the asset down or if we determine the asset has exhausted its useful life, we write the asset off completely.
? Capitalized Software Development Costs - We capitalize software development costs incurred subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility and amortize them over the estimated lives of the related products. We discontinue capitalization of software when the software product is available to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed. Amortization of software costs begins when the developed product is available for sale to our customers. We amortize our software development costs over the estimated economic life and estimated number of units of the product to be sold.
? Stock Based Compensation - We account for stock based compensation under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, (revised 2004) Share-Based Payments. Under the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123R, we recognize stock-based compensation expense net of an estimated forfeiture rate and therefore only recognize compensation cost for those shares expected to vest over the service period of the award. Calculating stock-based compensation expense requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the option grant, stock price volatility, and the pre-vesting option forfeiture rate. We estimate the expected life of options granted based on historical exercise patterns. We estimate stock price volatility based on historical implied volatility in our stock. In addition, we are required to estimate the expected volatility rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. We estimate the forfeiture rate based on historical experience of our stock-based awards that are granted, exercised or cancelled.
? Income Taxes - We record federal and state income tax liability in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 - Accounting for Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes are provided on the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in our opinion, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS 157 Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. The adoption of the applicable provisions of SFAS 157 on July 1, 2008 did not have an impact on the Company's financial statements. SFAS 157 provides an exception of the application of the statement to the determination of fair value of nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed on a nonrecurring basis, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. We are evaluating the effect that adoption of the remaining provisions of this statement will have on our financial statements.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") No. 157-1, Application of FASB Statement No. 157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Other Accounting Pronouncements That Address Fair Value Measurements for Purposes of Lease Classification or Measurement under Statement 13". FSP 157-1 provides a scope exception from FASB No. 157, "Fair Value measurements" for the evaluation criteria on lease classification and capital lease measurement under FASB No. 13, Accounting for Leases and other related accounting pronouncements. The Company does not have any capital leases, accordingly, the Company did not apply the provisions of FSB 157-1.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position 157-2 (FSP 157-2), which
delayed the effective date by which companies must adopt the provisions of SFAS
157. FSP 157-2 defers the effective date of SFAS 157 to fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We are
evaluating the effect that adoption of the remaining provisions of this
statement will have on its financial statements.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Financial Statements. This Statement amends Accounting Research Bulletin 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling (minority) interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. We expect to implement SFAS 160 on July 1, 2009, but does not believe the adoption of the Statement will have a material impact on our financial statements.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141R, Business Combinations, which replaces SFAS 141. This Statement applies to all transactions or other events in which an entity obtains control of one or more businesses and requires that all assets and liabilities of an acquired business as well as any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree be recorded at their fair values at the acquisition date. Among other things, SFAS 141R requires the expensing of direct transaction costs, including deal costs and restructuring costs as incurred. Contingent consideration arrangements are to be recognized at their acquisition date fair values, with subsequent changes in fair value generally reflected in earnings. Pre-acquisition contingencies will also typically be recognized at their acquisition date fair values. In subsequent periods, contingent liabilities will be measured at the higher of their acquisition date fair values or the estimated amounts to be realized. In addition, material adjustments made to the initial acquisition purchase accounting will be required to be recorded back to the acquisition date. This will cause companies to revise previously reported results when reporting comparative financial information in subsequent filings. The Statement is effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Management does not expect that SFAS 141R would have an impact on the Company's financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of the acquisitions the Company may consummate after the effective date.
On January 1, 2008, FASB issued SFAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an amendment of FASB Statement No.
115. SFAS 159 permits entities to elect to measure eligible financial
instruments at fair value at specified election dates and report unrealized
gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in
earnings at each subsequent reporting date. This statement became effective for
the Company's current fiscal year. We did not elect the fair value option,
therefore, the adoption of the Statement did not have an impact on our financial
statements.
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. The Statement establishes enhanced disclosures about how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and its related interpretations, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The Statement encourages, but does not require, comparative disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. We expect to implement SFAS 161 July 1, 2009, but do not believe the adoption of the Statement will have a material impact on our financial statements.
Effective April 1, 2008, the Company adopted EITF 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services Received for Use in Future Research and Development Activities. EITF 07-3 requires that nonrefundable advance payments for goods or services that will be used or rendered for future research and development activities be deferred and capitalized and recognized as an expense as the goods are delivered or the related services are performed. The adoption of EITF 07-3 did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
In April 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets, (FSP 142-3) which amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. The intent of FSP 142-3 is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under FASB 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under SFAS 141(R) and other U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. FSP 142-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years and early adoption is prohibited. The Company expects to implement FSP 142-3 on July 1, 2009. Management expects that FSP 142-3 could have an impact on the Company's future financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of the acquisitions, if any, the Company consummate after the effective date.
In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The new standard is intended to improve financial reporting by identifying a consistent framework, or hierarchy, for selecting accounting principles to be used in preparing financial statements that are presented in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for nongovernmental entities. The new standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS 162 to have a material impact on our financial statements.
In May 2008, FASB issued Staff Position APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement) (FSP APB 14-1). This FSP APB 14-1 specifies that issuers of such instruments should separately account for the liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect the entity's nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods. This FSP is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years, and shall be applied retrospectively to all periods presented. Early adoption is not permitted. We expect to implement APB 14-2 on July 1, 2009, but do not believe the FSP APB 14-1 would have a material impact on ourfinancial statements.
In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities, (FSP EITF 03-6-1). This FSP EITF 03-6-1 states that unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. FSP EITF 03-6-1 becomes effective for the Company on July 1, 2009. We do not expect that the adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 will have a material impact on our financial statements.
In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 165, Subsequent Events. The objective of this Statement is to establish general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. In particular, this Statement sets forth: (1) the period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, (2) the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements and (3) the disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. In accordance with this Statement, an entity should apply the requirements to interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company does not believe that the adoption of SFAS 165 would have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 (SFAS 168). SFAS 168 provides for the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the "Codification") to become the single official source of authoritative, nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Codification did not change GAAP but reorganizes the literature. SFAS 168 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Securities and Exchange Commission did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company's present or future financial statements.
PLAN OF OPERATIONS
As more fully described in "LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES", we had $1,996 in cash at June 30, 2009, and $298,752 remaining on the line of credit from Mr. Talari with which to satisfy our future cash requirements. Our management believes our cash and credit line will support only limited activities for the next twelve months. We are attempting to secure other sources of financing to develop our business plan, and to implement our sales and marketing plan. We believe full implementation of our plan of operations and completion of development of the R4 system will cost approximately $5 million. We have no assurance we will be able to obtain additional funding to sustain even limited operations beyond twelve months based on the available cash and balance of our line of credit with Mr. Talari. If we do not obtain additional funding, we may need to cease operations until we do so and, in that event, may consider a sale of our technology. Our plan of operations set forth below depends entirely upon obtaining additional funding.
We do not have any ongoing discussions, arrangements, understandings, commitments or agreements for additional funding. We will consider equity funding, either or both of a private sale or a registered public offering of our common stock; however, it seems unlikely that we can obtain an underwriter. We will consider a joint venture in which the joint venture partner provides funding to the enterprise. We will consider debt financing, both unsecured and secured by a pledge of our technology. As noted above, we may be forced to cease operations without additional funding, after our limited cash and line of credit with Mr. Talari are exhausted.
On February 1, 2008, we filed a registration statement on Form S-1, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, offering 5,000,000 shares of our authorized but unissued common stock for sale pursuant to this prospectus in a "self underwritten" public offering. Our registration statement has not yet been declared effective, and there is no assurance it will be declared effective. During the year ended June 30, 2009, we have not made any efforts to get the registration statement approved, however, once approved, our directors and executive officers will offer the shares on our behalf. Our directors and executive officers will not receive any compensation for sales of the shares which they may make. We will rely on Rule 3(a)4-11 in that none of our directors and executive officers have ever been either a registered securities broker-dealer or an affiliate or associated person thereof. If we complete our registration process, and the registration is approved, the offering will continue until we have sold the 5,000,000 shares or terminate the offering. We will receive the net proceeds from the sale of the 5,000,000 shares. There is no assurance we will be able sell all or any of these shares. We plan to attempt to recruit registered securities broker-dealers to assist us with the sale of the shares. In the event we are able to do so, we expect to pay commissions and other compensation of up to ten percent of the gross sales price, or $0.10 per share to participating broker dealers, none of whom will be permitted to sell more than 9.99% of the offering, unless we amend the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part to identify such broker-dealers as underwriters and to disclose their compensation arrangements.
We are in the process of preparing a Private Placement Memorandum to raise funds for our subsidiary PowerCon systems to continue the development of our Opticon R4 software and/or our Power Network Management System. We have not determined the number of shares to be offered through this Private Placement or the price at which we will offer those shares. Our directors and executive officers will offer the shares on PowerCon Systems' behalf, and will not receive any compensation for sales of the shares which they may make. There is no assurance PowerCon Systems will be able to sell all or any of the shares that will be offered through this Private Placement.
We are in the process of discussions and negotiations with a major law firm in Washington D.C. specializing in applying for a grants made available by the Federal Government under the stimulus programs, and grants by the State of Florida to write grant requests on our behalf. Based on our discussions, we believe we may be eligible to receive grant funds under these programs. However, there is no assurance that the law firm will agree to write the grant requests for us, or whether we received any funds from these requests.
On September 14th, 2009, we offered employment to four individuals who, if the positions are accepted, will hold dual positions on OptiCon Systems and PowerCon Systems. These positions are as follows; Acting President & COO, Sales Vice President of International sales, Sales Vice President of Systems development, and Vice President of Business & Corporate Development. Their compensation package will include part cash and part shares of Opticon and PowerCon. There is no assurance that any of these individuals will accept the terms we have proposed.
The first phase in our plan of operations, subject to adequate funding, will be implementation of our sales and marketing plan. We plan to initially contact those companies to which Corning Cable licensed the Opticon Network Manager software to offer maintenance and professional services with respect to the R3 software we believe they continue to utilize. Since Corning Cable stopped supporting the R3 software, those companies still using the software have no means to maintain and support the software. We would be able to provide them with seamless integration with other programs or newer version of programs being used, and provide them with full maintenance and support. We have contacted a number of these companies, almost entirely in the United States, and have found that they have a keen interest in our software. We are unable to sell our customer's software until we are able to raise funds to provide adequate support for the software - see description of "International Operations" below.
We also plan to begin marketing to the MSO (cable companies) market. In parallel with this activity we plan to contact the consulting firms servicing the ISO market. These firms act as a technical staff for this market, as it is too costly for the individual ISOs to keep a full time technical staff. The consulting firms also provide strategic technical analysis for this market segment as the ISOs do not have the resources or staff to provide this function on their own.
We may explore the opportunities to locate local and regionally based companies in emerging markets with existing relationships with the key decision makers in Africa, and Middle East, that would be willing establish strategic relationships in those markets and establishing their own Network Operating Centers to increase our visibility and support our customers in those markets. We are considering the establishment of this concept as our business model for countries in these emerging markets.
Product Research and Development
Our OptiCon R4 software system is still under development and not ready for commercial licensing; we estimate it is seventy-five percent complete. We have budgeted $2.2 million to complete the development of the R4 system. We do not have financial or other resources to undertake this development. Without additional funding sufficient to cover this budgeted amount, we will not have the resources to conduct this development.
We anticipate that as funding is received, of which there is no assurance, and we will begin hiring the appropriate technical staff that will be able to handle support requirements for this market segment. We anticipate a need for up to forty-four employees by the end of the first year of full operation after funding. The number of employees we hire during the next twelve months will depend upon the level of funding and sales achieved.
Funding
To support our activities and provide the initial sales and support for entry into the large service provider and cable company marketplace, as noted above, we will require an initial investment of approximately $5 million. We expect this level of funding to carry us into the MSO and ISO marketplaces and provide the capital necessary to complete the development of OptiCon R4 system, our next generation product which is not now ready for commercial licensing. The following table depicts the areas of development, assuming attainment of different level of funding.
Level of Funding Level of Funding Level of Funding
$1,000,000 $2,500,000 $5,000,000
Securing adequate N/A Securing an additional
facilities (approximately 12,500 to 25,000 square
12,500 square feet of feet facility
space)
Hiring approximately 12 Hiring an additional 12 Hiring additional 12
product support, product support and product support,
marketing, and marketing staff, 3 marketing and
administrative staff product development administrative support
staff, and additional staff.
administrative staff.
Acquiring furniture and Acquire additional Upgrade computer systems
fixtures for the furniture and equipment to accommodate handling
facilities and staff, for staff, and acquire large MSO and ISO
acquire computer systems additional computers and companies
upgrade present system.
Hiring of product support N/A N/A
and development
department heads.
N/A Commence the development Complete the development
of OptiCon R4 software of the OptiCon R4 system.
system.
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Our previous efforts to secure funding have been unsuccessful.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Comparison year ended June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2008
For the year ended June 30, 2009, we incurred a net loss of $450,920. Of this loss, $209,994 consisting of depreciation and amortization of ($3,054) and deferred compensation to our officers ($84,000), as well as issuance of common stock in exchange for services ($108,790) did not require the use of cash. Increases in prepaid and other expenses, offset by increases in accounts payable, payroll, salary, and other accruals brought the total cash used in operations to $71,743.
For the year ended June 30, 2008, we incurred a net loss of $372,042. Of this loss, $198,698, consisting of depreciation of ($3,031) and compensation to our officers ($168,667), as well as issuance of common stock in exchange for services ($27,000) did not require the use of cash. Increases in prepaid and other expenses, offset by increases in accounts payable, payroll, salary, and other accruals brought the total cash used in operations to $167,025.
For the year ended June 30, 2009 compared to June 30, 2008, salaries and benefits decreased from $184,618 to $90,462 reflecting the termination of the employment agreements on July 31, 2007 for John Batton, our former CEO and Douglass Wright, our former vice-president. For the same period, legal expenses increased from $30,500 to $60,000, reflecting increase efforts of filing our annual report on Form 10-K and other general legal services. During the same . . .
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