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Delaware
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5961
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52-2372260
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Primary
Standard Industrial Classification Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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Title
of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
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Amount
to be Registered(1)
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Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Unit
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Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
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Amount
of Registration Fee
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value per share
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24,113,447(3)
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$6.475(2)
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$156,134,569.33
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$16,706.40
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PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
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1
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RISK
FACTORS
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6
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SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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23
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SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS
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24
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USE
OF PROCEEDS
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33
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DETERMINATION
OF OFFERING PRICE
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33
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DIVIDEND
POLICY
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33
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PRICE
RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
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33
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EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN
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34
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DILUTION
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35
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SELECTED
HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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35
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SUPPLEMENTARY
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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37
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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38
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BUSINESS
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51
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MANAGEMENT
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65
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PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS
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72
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
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74
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DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
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76
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PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
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81
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LEGAL
MATTERS
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84
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EXPERTS
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84
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CHANGE
IN ACCOUNTANTS
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84
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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85
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Common
stock offered
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24,113,447 shares
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Offering
Price
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Market
price or privately negotiated price
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Common
stock outstanding (1)
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20,333,333
shares as of February 7, 2006
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Use
of proceeds
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We
will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares offered
by the
selling stockholders. Any proceeds we receive from the selling
stockholders upon their exercise of warrants to purchase the shares
included in the shares that are being offered by them hereunder will
be
used for general working capital purposes and capital
expenditures.
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OTC
bulletin board symbol
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“UBHI.OB”
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Risk
Factors
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An
investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You
should
carefully consider the risk factors set forth under “Risk Factors”
beginning on page 6
and the other information contained in this prospectus before making
an
investment decision regarding our common
stock.
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1,721,700
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding
under our equity incentive plan, having a weighted exercise price
of $4.50
per share;
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778,300
shares of common stock reserved for future grant under our equity
compensation plan;
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3,250,005
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding
warrants,
at an exercise price of $5.85 per share;
and
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653,333
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding
warrants,
at an exercise price of $4.50 per
share.
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Predecessor
Company (1)
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uBid
(2)
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Nine
Months Ended
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4
Months Ended
July
31,
2000 |
Year
Ended
July
31,
2001 |
Year
Ended
July
31,
2002 |
8
Months Ended
March
31,
2003 |
9
Months Ended
December 31,
2003 |
Year
Ended
December 31,
2004 |
September 30,
2004 |
September 30,
2005 |
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Net
Revenues
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$
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119,073
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$
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436,184
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$
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385,995
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$
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103,484
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$
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65,656
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$
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87,002
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$
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66,964
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$
|
65,297
|
|||||||||
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Loss
From Operations (3)
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(48,011
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)
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(143,933
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)
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(184,132
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)
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(129,038
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)
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(340
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)
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(5,207
|
)
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(1,955
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)
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(4,975
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)
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Interest
Expense, Net
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(243
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)
|
742
|
8,279
|
6,006
|
630
|
1,102
|
894
|
1,497
|
||||||||||||||||
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Net
Loss
|
(47,768
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)
|
(144,675
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)
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(192,411
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)
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(135,044
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)
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(970
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)
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(6,309
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)
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(2,849
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)
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(6,472
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)
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Preferred
Stock Dividends
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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60
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60
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45
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45
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Net
Loss Available to
Common
Shareholders
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$
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(47,768
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)
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$
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(144,675
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)
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$
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(192,411
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)
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$
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(135,044
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)
|
$
|
(1,030
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)
|
$
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(6,369
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)
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$
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(2,894
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)
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$
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(6,517
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)
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Net
Loss per share: (4)
Basic
and Diluted EPS
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N/M
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N/M
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N/M
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N/M
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$
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(961
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)
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$
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(5,941
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)
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$
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(2,700
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)
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$
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(6,079
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)
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N/M
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N/M
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N/M
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N/M
|
1,072
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1,072
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1,072
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1,072
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Pro
Forma (5)
Net
Loss Per Share
Basic
and Diluted
|
N/M
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N/M
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N/M
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N/M
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(.41
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)
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(2.56
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)
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(1.16
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)
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(2.62
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)
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Weighted
average shares Basic and Diluted
|
N/M
|
N/M
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N/M
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N/M
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2,487,107
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2,487,107
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2,487,107
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2,487,107
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(1)
Predecessor financials for the four month period ended July 31,
2000 and
the years ended July 31, 2001 and 2002 and the eight months ended
March
31, 2003 were derived solely from the accounting records of CMGI,
the sole
shareholder of our predecessor (which acquired our business in
April
2000), and using the historical results of operations, and historical
basis of assets and liabilities of our predecessor's business.
The
statement of operations includes fees charged for certain corporate
functions historically provided to us by CMGI, including administrative
services (accounting, human resources, tax services, legal and
treasury),
inventory management and order fulfillment, information systems
operation
and administration, and advertising services. These fees were allocated
on
a specifically identifiable basis or using the relative percentages,
as
compared to CMGI's other business, of net revenues, payroll, net
cost of
goods sold, square footage, headcount or other.
(2)
The current uBid business was substantially acquired by Petters
Group in
April 2003 at which time purchase accounting was applied to adjust
all
carrying values to estimated current market value (after deduction
for
negative goodwill) and the business started accounting for all
of its
costs of operations without allocations of such costs from its
prior
parent. Due to these changes in ownership, differing styles of
operations
by the different owners and the application of purchase accounting,
the
financial results for the periods presented are not
comparable.
(3)
In April, 2000, CMGI acquired uBid and recorded $367.0 million
in goodwill
which it amortized over a three-year period before the impairment
of all
remaining goodwill of $89.4 million (as well as the impairment of
$3.9 million of property and equipment) during the period ended
March 31, 2003. Pro forma net loss for the four months ended
July 31, 2000 and the fiscal years ended July 31, 2001 and 2002
would have been $18.8 million, $17.6 million and
$70.4 million, had uBid not amortized goodwill during these periods.
Net loss per share would have been $6.12, $5.74 and $22.94.
(4)
Computation for periods ended before April 2003 is not meaningful
(N/M)
because there was no common stock outstanding during those periods
and for
periods thereafter, is based upon the number of common shares of
uBid
outstanding before the December 29, 2005 merger.
(5)
This pro forma data reflects the weighted average shares and loss
per
share as if the 1,072 common shares of uBid actually outstanding
for the
periods above had been converted into the number of common shares
that
resulted from applying the exchange ratio implicit upon the merger
of uBid
into a subsidiary of Cape Coastal Trading
Corporation.
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| § |
our
ability to increase our brand
awareness;
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| § |
our
ability to attract visitors to our website and convert those visitors
into
bidders and customers;
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| § |
our
ability to increase our customer
base;
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| § |
the
amount and timing of costs relating to the expansion of our operations,
including sales and marketing
expenditures;
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| § |
our
ability to sell products at auction at the price targets we
set;
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| § |
our
ability to introduce new types of merchandise, service offerings
or
customer services in a competitive
environment;
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| § |
our
ability to control our gross
margins;
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| § |
technical
difficulties consumers might encounter in using our
website;
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| § |
our
ability to manage third party outsourced
operations;
|
| § |
our
ability to sell our inventory in a timely manner and maintain customer
satisfaction;
|
| § |
delays
in shipments as a result of computer systems failures, strikes or
other
problems with our delivery service or credit card processing
providers;
|
| § |
the
availability and pricing of merchandise from manufacturers, suppliers
and
vendors;
|
| § |
the
amount of returns of our merchandise;
|
| § |
product
obsolescence and price erosion;
|
| § |
consumer
confidence in encrypted transactions on the
Internet;
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| § |
our
ability to obtain cost effective advertising on other entities’ websites;
and
|
| § |
the
effectiveness of offline advertising in generating additional traffic
to
our website.
|
| § |
Various
online auction houses such as eBay.com, Amazon.com Auctions, Yahoo!
Auctions, and Bidz.com.
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| § |
A
number of e-commerce companies focused primarily on excess and overstock
products with fixed price format, including Amazon.com, Overstock.com,
Shopping.com, eCost.com, BlueFly.com and
SmartBargains.com.
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| § |
A
variety of offline auction companies that offer similar merchandise
to
that available in our marketplace
supply.
|
| § |
Merchants
that have their own direct distribution channels for excess inventory
or
refurbished products.
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| § |
Companies
with substantial customer bases in the computer and peripherals catalog
business, including CDW Computer Centers, PC Connection and PC Mall,
some
of which already sell online or may devote more resources to e-commerce
in
the future.
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| § |
pursuing
growth opportunities, including more rapid expansion;
|
| § |
acquiring
complementary businesses;
|
| § |
making
capital improvements to improve our infrastructure;
|
| § |
hiring
qualified management and key employees;
|
| § |
developing
new services or products;
|
| § |
responding
to competitive pressures;
|
| § |
complying
with regulatory requirements such as licensing and registration;
and
|
| § |
maintaining
compliance with applicable laws.
|
| § |
portal
arrangements and agreements for anchor tenancy on other companies’
websites;
|
| § |
sponsorships;
|
| § |
promotional
placements;
|
| § |
banner
advertisements; and
|
| § |
other
online advertising including paid
searches.
|
| § |
competitors
may purchase exclusive rights to attractive space on one or more
key
websites;
|
| § |
our
online partners might be unable to deliver a sufficient number of
customer
visits or impressions;
|
| § |
significant
spending on these relationships may not increase our revenues in
the time
periods we expect or at all;
|
| § |
our
online partners could compete with us for limited online auction
revenues;
and
|
| § |
space
on websites may increase in price or cease to be available to us
on
reasonable terms or at all.
|
| § |
rapidly
changing technology;
|
| § |
evolving
industry standards and practices that could render our website and
proprietary technology obsolete;
|
| § |
changes
in consumer demands; and
|
| § |
frequent
introductions of new services or products that embody new
technologies.
|
| § |
result
in significant litigation costs;
|
| § |
divert
the attention of management;
|
| § |
divert
resources; or
|
| § |
require
us to enter into royalty and licensing agreements that may not be
available on terms acceptable to us or at
all.
|
| § |
differing
regulatory requirements;
|
| § |
longer
payment cycles;
|
| § |
export
restrictions;
|
| § |
problems
in collecting accounts receivable;
|
| § |
difficulties
in staffing and managing foreign
operations;
|
| § |
political
instability;
|
| § |
difficulties
in protecting our intellectual property
rights;
|
| § |
fluctuations
in currency exchange rates; and
|
| § |
potentially
adverse tax consequences.
|
| § |
actual
or anticipated variations in our operating
results;
|
| § |
changes
in the market valuations of other Internet or online service
companies;
|
| § |
announcements
of technological innovations by us or our
competitors;
|
| § |
announcements
by uBid or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic
partnerships, joint ventures or capital
commitments;
|
| § |
adoption
of new accounting standards affecting our
industry;
|
| § |
additions
or departures of key personnel;
|
| § |
introduction
of new services by uBid or our
competitors;
|
| § |
sales
of our common stock or other securities in the open market;
|
| § |
conditions
or trends in the Internet and online commerce industries;
and
|
| § |
other
events or factors, many of which are beyond our
control.
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Shares
of Common Stock Owned Prior to the Offering
|
Shares
of Common Stock Being Offered
|
Percentage
of Common Stock Outstanding
|
Shares
of Common Stock Owned Upon Completion of the Offering
(a)
|
||||||||||
|
Act
II Master Fund Ltd. (1)
|
208,334
|
208,334
|
1.02
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Alan
Carter (…)
|
16,887
|
16,887
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Alexandra
Global Master Fund Ltd. (2)
|
1,069,446
|
1,069,446
|
5.17
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Altitude
Global LLC (…)
|
47,611
|
47,611
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Anthony
John Banks (…)
|
12,000
|
12,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Anthony
Priore (……)(3)
|
20,881
|
20,881
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Bonanza
Master Fund Ltd. (4)
|
418,040
|
418,040
|
2.05
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
British
Columbia Investment Management Corporation (nominee: Hare & Co.)
(5)
|
106,500
|
106,500
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Broadlawn
Master Fund, Ltd. (6)
|
55,556
|
55,556
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Calico
Capital Group, LLC (7)
|
600,667
|
600,667
|
2.95
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Cari
Bloom Management, Inc. (8)
|
13,890
|
13,890
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
CMGI,
Inc. (……)(9)
|
436,172
|
436,172
|
2.15
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Colonial
Fund LLC (10)
|
138,890
|
138,890
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Cranshire
Capital, LP (11)
|
180,558
|
180,558
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Crown
Investment Partners, LP (12)
|
130,000
|
130,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
D.E.
Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C. (13)
|
1,250,000
|
1,250,000
|
6.07
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Dannan
Investments, LLC (14)
|
13,906
|
13,906
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
David
Cantor (…)
|
47,611
|
47,611
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Deanna
Munson (15)
|
263,205
|
263,205
|
1.29
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Fountainhead
Investments, Inc. (…)
|
78,237
|
78,237
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Garry
Goldberg (16)
|
62,496
|
62,496
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Government
of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd. (nominee: Ell &
Co.)(17)
|
128,625
|
128,625
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Howard
Hughes Medical Institute (nominee: Mac & Co.) (18)
|
198,750
|
198,750
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Integrity
Capital Management LLC (19)
|
138,890
|
138,890
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd. (20)
|
69,445
|
69,445
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
JMG
Capital Partners, LP (21)
|
180,558
|
180,558
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
JMG
Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd. (22)
|
180,555
|
180,555
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Jodi
Kirsch (…)
|
173,830
|
173,830
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
John
N. McVey and Mary Jane McVey (23)
|
27,778
|
27,778
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Joseph
V. DiScala (24)
|
113,670
|
113,670
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Kerry
McVey (23)
|
27,778
|
27,778
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Laborers’
District Council and Contractors’ of Ohio Pension Fund (nominee: Tarp
& Co.) (25)
|
36,375
|
36,375
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Mainfield
Enterprises Inc. (26)
|
694,445
|
694,445
|
3.39
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Man
Mac Breithorn 12B Ltd. (27)
|
180,555
|
180,555
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Manoharan
Sivashanmugam (……)(28)
|
11,600
|
11,600
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Mary
Jane Shapiro (…)
|
26,160
|
26,160
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
| … | Stockholder held shares of Cape Coastal Trading Corporation before the merger on December 29, 2005 that were not registered under the Securities Act. |
| …… | Stockholder held shares of uBid, Inc. before the merger on December 29, 2005 and acquired the shares to be offered herein in connection with the merger. |
|
Shares
of Common Stock Owned Prior to the Offering
|
Shares
of Common Stock Being Offered
|
Percentage
of Common Stock Outstanding
|
Shares
of Common Stock Owned Upon Completion of the Offering
(a)
|
||||||||||
|
Mary
L. Jeffries (29)
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Michael
L. O’Shaughnessy (30)
|
138,889
|
138,889
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Miguel
A. Martinez, Jr. (……) (31)
|
44,081
|
44,081
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Millennium
Partners, L.P. (32)
|
325,000
|
325,000
|
1.59
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
New
York Nurses Association Pension Plan (designee: Ell & Co.)
(33)
|
83,750
|
83,750
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Nite
Capital, L.P. (34)
|
83,334
|
83,334
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Ohio
Carpenters’ Pension Fund (nominee: Hammerhead & Co.)
(35)
|
56,000
|
56,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Oregon
Investment Council (nominee: Westcoast & Co.) (36)
|
349,250
|
349,250
|
1.71
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Paul
Traub (37)
|
28,125
|
28,125
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Petters
Company, Inc. (38)
|
305,556
|
305,556
|
1.48
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Petters
Group Worldwide, LLC (……)(39)
|
6,189,047
|
6,189,047
|
30.03
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Public
Sector Pension Investment Board (nominee: Mac & Co.)
(40)
|
261,500
|
261,500
|
1.28
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Q
Management, Inc. (…)
|
47,611
|
47,611
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Radian
Group Inc. (nominee Ell & Co.) (41)
|
36,500
|
36,500
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Robert
Tomlinson, Jr. (……)(42)
|
465,776
|
465,776
|
2.29
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Roger
Jenkins (43)
|
27,775
|
27,775
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
SG
Cowen & Co., LLC (44)
|
240,000
|
240,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Smithfield
Fiduciary LLC (45)
|
1,972,222
|
1,972,222
|
9.45
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Stenmark
Capital Partners, LP (46)
|
62,500
|
62,500
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Stephen
Rosenblum (…)
|
26,160
|
26,160
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Stewart
L. Cohen (47)
|
28,125
|
28,125
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Stuart
R. Romenesko Revocable Trust
dtd. October 7, 1999 (48) |
28,125
|
28,125
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
The
Crown Advisors #3 (49)
|
19,500
|
19,500
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
The
Crown Advisors #5 (50)
|
39,000
|
39,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
The
Dow Chemical Employees’ Retirement Plan (nominee: Kane & Co.)
(51)
|
192,375
|
192,375
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
The
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd. (nominee:
Ell
& Co.)(52)
|
362,625
|
362,625
|
1.78
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
The
Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Union Carbide Corporation
(nominee: Kane & Co.) (53)
|
146,813
|
146,813
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (nominee: Benchworthy & Co.)
(54)
|
230,250
|
230,250
|
1.13
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
ThinkEquity
Partners LLC (55)
|
80,000
|
80,000
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Thomas
J. Petters (……) (56)
|
7,605,714
|
7,605,714
|
36.36
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Thomas
Niedermeyer (46)
|
62,500
|
62,500
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Timothy
Takesue (……) (57)
|
465,776
|
465,776
|
2.29
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Truk
International Fund, LP (58)
|
6,250
|
6,250
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Truk
Opportunity Fund, LLC (59)
|
63,195
|
63,195
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Tudor
BVI Global Portfolio Ltd. (60)
|
269,673
|
269,673
|
1.32
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
Tudor
Proprietary Trading, L.L.C. (61)
|
145,209
|
145,209
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Vision
Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (62)
|
180,558
|
180,558
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
Witches
Rock Portfolio Ltd. (63)
|
1,668,452
|
1,668,452
|
8.07
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
WTC-CIF
Emerging Companies Portfolio (nominee: Finwell & Co.)
(64)
|
370,375
|
370,375
|
1.81
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
WTC-CTF
Emerging Companies Portfolio (nominee: Landwatch & Co.)
(65)
|
345,000
|
345,000
|
1.69
|
%
|
--
|
||||||||
|
XI
Capital Offshore Fund, Ltd. (66)
|
60,308
|
60,308
|
*
|
--
|
|||||||||
|
XI
Capital Partners LP (67)
|
120,250
|
120,250
|
*
|
--
|
|
(a)
|
Assumes all of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by the selling stockholders, including all shares of common stock underlying warrants held by the selling stockholders, are sold in the offering. |
| (1) |
Includes
166,667 shares of common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
41,667 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006.
|
| (2) |
Includes
555,556 shares of our common stock, warrants to acquire an additional
138,889 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
and warrants to acquire an additional 166,667 shares of common stock
at an
exercise price of $4.50 per share, all acquired at the closing on
December
29, 2005. Alexandra Global Master Fund Ltd. was one of the holders
of our
bridge notes and received the warrants to acquire 166,667 shares
of common
stock in connection with the issuance of the bridge notes. Includes
166,667 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
41,667 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006. Alexandra Investment
Management, LLC, serves as the investment advisor to Alexandra Global
Master Fund Ltd. By reason of such relationship, Alexandra Investment
Management, LLC, may be deemed to share dispositive power over the
shares
of common stock stated as beneficially owned by Alexandra Global
Master
Fund Ltd. Alexandra Investment Management, LLC disclaims beneficial
ownership of such shares of common stock. Messrs. Mikhail A. Filimonov
and
Dimitri Sogoloff are, respectively, the Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, a Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer and the President,
a Managing Member and the Chief Risk Officer, of Alexandra Investment
Management, LLC. By reason of such relationships, Mr. Filimonov and
Mr.
Sogoloff may be deemed to share dispositive power over the shares
of
common stock stated as beneficially owned by Alexandra Global Master
Fund,
Ltd. Each of Messrs. Filimonov and Sogoloff disclaims beneficial
ownership
of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by Alexandra Global
Master Fund Ltd. The address of Alexandra Global Master Fund Ltd.
is Citgo
Building, Wickams Cay, P.O. Box 662, Road Town, Tortola, British
Virgin
Islands. The address of Alexandra Investment Management, LLC and
Messrs.
Filimonov and Sogoloff is 767 Third Avenue, 39th
Floor, New York, New York, 10017.
|
| (3) |
Mr.
Priore serves as our Chief Marketing
Officer.
|
| (4) |
Includes
334,432 shares of common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
83,608 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on February 3,
2006.
|
| (5) |
Includes
65,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
16,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 20,200 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 5,050 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is
an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (6) |
Includes
44,445 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
11,111 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005.
|
| (7) |
Calico
Capital Group served as our financial advisor in the private offerings
and
acquired its shares at the closing on February 3,
2006.
|
| (8) |
Includes
11,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
2,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on February 3,
2006.
|
| (9) |
CMGI
was our parent and sole stockholder until the sale in April 2003
to Takumi
Interactive, Inc.
|
| (10) |
Includes
111,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on February 3,
2006.
|
| (11) |
Includes
111,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 33,334 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 8,334 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Mitchell P. Kopin, President of
Downsview Capital, Inc., the general partner of Cranshire Capital,
LP, has
sole investment control and dispositive power of the
securities.
|
| (12) |
Includes
80,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
20,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 24,000 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 6,000 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006.
|
| (13) |
Includes
1,000,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
250,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006. D.E. Shaw Valence
Portfolios, L.L.C. is an affiliate of a broker-dealer. Please see
“Plan of
Distribution” for more information regarding affiliates of
broker-dealers.
|
| (14) |
Includes
11,125 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
2,781 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on February 3,
2006.
|
| (15) |
Includes
210,565 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
52,640 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Ms. Munson is a vice
president of Petters Company, Inc., an affiliate of Petters Group,
which
is a holder of greater than 5% of our common
stock.
|
| (16) |
Includes
49,996 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
12,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005.
|
| (17) |
Includes
78,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
19,625 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 24,400 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 6,100 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (18) |
Includes
121,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
30,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 38,000 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 9,500 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (19) |
Includes
111,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29,
2005.
|
| (20) |
Includes
55,556 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
13,889 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Josh Silverman has
voting
and investment control over the shares held by Iroquois Master Fund
Ltd.
Mr. Silverman disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares.
|
| (21) |
Includes
111,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 33,334 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 8,334 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. JMG Capital Partners, LP is a California
limited partnership. Its general partner is JMG Capital Management,
LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and an investment adviser that
has
voting and dispositive power over JMG Capital Partners’ investments,
including the shares of our common stock described in this footnote.
The
equity interests of JMG Capital Management, LLC are owned by JMG
Capital
Management, Inc. a California corporation, and Asset Alliance Holding
Corp., a Delaware corporation. Jonathan M. Glaser is the Executive
Officer
and Director of JMG Capital Management, Inc. and has sole investment
discretion over JMG Capital Partners’ portfolio
holdings.
|
| (22) |
Includes
111,111 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 33,333 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 8,333 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. JMG Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd. is an
international business company organized under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands. JMG Trition’s investment manager is Pacific Assets
Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that has voting
and
dispositive power over JMG Triton’s investments, including the shares of
our common stock described in this footnote. The equity interests
of
Pacific Assets Management are owned by Pacific Capital Management,
Inc., a
California corporation and Asset Alliance Holding Corp., a Delaware
corporation. The equity interests of Pacific Capital Management are
owned
by Messrs. Roger Richter, Jonathan M. Glaser and Daniel A. David.
Messrs.
Glaser and Richter have sole investment discretion over JMG Triton’s
portfolio holdings.
|
| (23) |
Includes
22,222 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,556 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005.
|
| (24) |
Includes
90,936 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
22,734 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005.
|
| (25) |
Includes
22,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 7,100 shares
of our
common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 1,775 shares of
common
stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at the closing
on
February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an investment
adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is deemed
to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its client
accounts.
|
| (26) |
Includes
555,556 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
138,889 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Pursuant to an investment
management agreement, Avi Vigder has voting and dispositive control
over
the shares held by Mainfield Enterprises, Inc. Avi Vigder disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares held by Mainfield Enterprises,
Inc.
|
| (27) |
Includes
111,111 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 33,333 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 8,333 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006
|
| (28) |
Mr.
Sivashanmugam serves as our Vice-President,
Technology.
|
| (29) |
Includes
12,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
3,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006. Ms. Jeffries is the
chief
operating officer of Petters Group, a holder of greater than 5% of
our
common stock.
|
| (30) |
Includes
111,111 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Mr. O’Shaughnessy is
President of Petters Consumer Brands LLC, an affiliate of Petters
Group, a
holder of greater than 5% of our common
stock.
|
| (31) |
Mr. Martinez
serves as our Vice President,
Finance.
|
| (32) |
Includes
200,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 60,000 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 15,000 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Millennium Management, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, is the general partner of Millennium
Partners, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and
consequently may be deemed to have voting control and investment
discretion over securities owned by Millennium Partners, L.P. Israel
A.
Englander is the managing member of Millennium Management, L.L.C.
As a
result, Mr. Englander may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
any
shares deemed to be beneficially owned by Millennium Management,
L.L.C.
The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission
by
either of Millennium Management, L.L.C. or Mr. Englander as to beneficial
ownership of the shares of our common stock owned by Millennium Partners,
L.P. Millennium Partners, L.P. is an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
Please
see “Plan of Distribution” for more information regarding affiliates of
broker-dealers.
|
| (33) |
Includes
67,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
16,750 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Wellington Management
Company, LLP is an investment adviser registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Wellington Management Company, in
such capacity, is deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares
held by its client accounts.
|
| (34) |
Includes
66,667 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
16,667 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Keith Goodman, Manager
of
the General Partner of Nite Capital, LP, has voting and investment
control
over the shares held by Nite Capital LP. Mr. Goodman disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares.
|
| (35) |
Includes
36,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
9,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 8,800 shares
of our
common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 2,200 shares of
common
stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at the closing
on
February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an investment
adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is deemed
to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its client
accounts.
|
| (36) |
Includes
212,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
53,125 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 66,900 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 16,725 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (37) |
Includes
22,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,625 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Mr. Traub is a
consultant to Petters Group, a holder of greater than 5% of our common
stock.
|
| (38) |
Includes
warrants to acquire 305,556 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of
$5.85 per share, acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. This
total
gives effect to the 1,222,223 shares that were redeemed on February
6,
2006. Thomas J. Petters has sole investment and voting power over
the
shares underlying these warrants. Petters Company, Inc. is an affiliate
of
Petters Group, which is a holder of greater than 5% of our common
stock.
|
| (39) |
Includes
5,911,269 shares of our common stock (giving effect to the redemption
of
1,000,001 shares on February 6, 2006) and warrants to acquire 277,778
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired
at the closing on December 29, 2005 (of which 5,800,159 shares were
acquired in connection with the merger). Thomas J. Petters has sole
investment and voting power over these shares and warrants. Petters
Group
is a holder of greater than 5% of our common stock. Before the private
offerings, Petters Group owned approximately 66% of uBid’s common
stock.
|
| (40) |
Includes
159,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
39,875 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 49,700 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 12,425 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is
an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (41) |
Includes
22,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 7,200 shares
of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 1,800 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is
an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (42) |
This
total gives effect to the 222,222 shares that were redeemed on February
6,
2006. Mr. Tomlinson serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer
and as a member of the board of
directors.
|
| (43) |
Includes
22,220 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,555 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Mr. Jenkins is a strategic
partner of Petters Group, which is a holder of greater than 5% of
our
common stock.
|
| (44) |
Includes
warrants to acquire 172,500 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of
$4.50 per share, acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005 and
warrants
to acquire 67,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
$4.50 per
share, acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006. SG Cowen &
Co., LLC served as one of our placement agents in the private offerings.
SG Cowen & Co., LLC is a broker-dealer. Please see “Plan of
Distribution” for more information regarding
broker-dealers.
|
| (45) |
Includes
1,111,112 shares of our common stock, warrants to acquire an additional
277,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
and warrants to acquire an additional 166,666 shares of common stock
at an
exercise price of $4.50 per share, all acquired at the closing on
December
29, 2005. Smithfield Fiduciary was one of the holders of our bridge
notes
and received the warrants to acquire 166,666 shares of our common
stock in
connection with the issuance of the bridge notes. Includes 333,333
shares
of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 83,333
shares of
common stock and an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Highbridge Capital Management, LLC is
the
trading manager of Smithfield Fiduciary LLC and has voting control
and
investment discretion over securities held by Smithfield Fiduciary
LLC.
Glenn Dubin and Henry Swieca control Highbridge Capital Management,
LLC.
Each of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, Glenn Dubin and Henry
Swieca
disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by Smithfield
Fiduciary LLC.
|
| (46) |
Includes
50,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
12,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005.
|
| (47) |
Includes
22,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,625 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006.
|
| (48) |
Includes
22,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
5,625 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Mr. Romenesko serves
as
Chairman of the Board. He is also an executive vice president of
Petters
Group, a holder of greater than 5% of our common
stock.
|
| (49) |
Includes
12,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
3,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 3,600 shares
of our
common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 900 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006.
|
| (50) |
Includes
24,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
6,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 7,200 shares
of our
common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 1,800 shares of
common
stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at the closing
on
February 3, 2006.
|
| (51) |
Includes
116,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
29,125 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 37,400 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 9,350 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (52) |
Includes
221,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
55,375 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 68,600 shares
of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 17,150
shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (53) |
Includes
89,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
22,375 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 27,950 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 6,988 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (54) |
Includes
140,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
35,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 44,200 shares
of
common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 11,050 shares
of common
stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at the closing
on
February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an investment
adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is deemed
to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its client
accounts.
|
| (55) |
Includes
warrants to acquire 57,500 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of
$4.50 per share, acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005 and
warrants
to acquire 22,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
$4.50 per
share, acquired at the closing on February 3, 2006. ThinkEquity Partners
served as one of our placement agents in the private offering. ThinkEquity
Partners is a broker-dealer. Please see “Plan of Distribution” for more
information regarding
broker-dealers.
|
| (56) |
Includes
1,111,111 shares of our common stock held by Thomas J. Petters (issued
in
connection with the merger), 5,911,269 shares of common stock held
by
Petters Group Worldwide, LLC, warrants held by Petters Group to acquire
an
additional 277,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
$5.85
per share, warrants held by Petters Company, Inc. to acquire an additional
305,556 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85. The
shares
and warrants underlying common stock held by Petters Group and Petters
Company, Inc. were issued in connection with the closing on December
29,
2005. Thomas J. Petters has sole investment and voting power over
the
shares held by Petters Group and Petters Company, Inc. Thomas J.
Petters
and the Petters Group collectively own approximately 36.4% of our
outstanding shares of common stock. Before the private offerings,
Petters
Group owned approximately 66% of uBid, Inc.’s common stock.
|
| (57) |
This
total gives effect to the 222,222 shares that were redeemed on February
6,
2006. Mr. Takesue serves as our Executive Vice-President, Merchandising.
|
| (58) |
Includes
5,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
1,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Michael E. Fein and
Stephen
E. Saltzstein, as principals of Atoll Asset Management, LLC, the
Managing
Member of Truk International Fund, LP, exercise investment and voting
control over the securities owned by Truk International Fund, LP.
Both Mr.
Fein and Mr. Saltzstein disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities
owned by Truk International Fund,
LP.
|
| (59) |
Includes
50,556 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
12,639 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Michael E. Fein and
Stephen
E. Saltzstein, as principals of Atoll Asset Management, LLC, the
Managing
Member of Truk Opportunity Fund, LLC, exercise investment and voting
control over the securities owned by Truk Opportunity Fund, LLC.
Both Mr.
Fein and Mr. Saltzstein disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities
owned by Truk Opportunity Fund,
LLC.
|
| (60) |
Includes
215,738 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
53,935 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Tudor Investment Corporation
provides investment advisory services to The Tudor BVI Global Portfolio
Ltd. and may therefore be deemed the beneficial owner of these shares.
Paul Tudor Jones, II is the controlling shareholder of Tudor Investment
Corporation. Each of Tudor Investment Corporation and Mr. Jones expressly
disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.
|
| (61) |
Includes
116,167 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
29,042 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Paul Tudor Jones, II
is the
indirect controlling equity holder of Tudor Proprietary Trading,
L.L.C and
may therefore be deemed the beneficial owner of these shares. Mr.
Jones
expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of these
shares.
|
| (62) |
Includes
111,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
27,778 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 33,334 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 8,334 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006.
|
| (63) |
Includes
1,334,762 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
333,690 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per
share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Tudor Investment Corporation
provides investment advisory services to Witches Rock Portfolio Ltd.
and
may therefore be deemed the beneficial owner of these shares. Paul
Tudor
Jones, II is the controlling shareholder of Tudor Investment Corporation.
Each of Tudor Investment Corporation and Mr. Jones expressly disclaims
beneficial ownership of these
shares.
|
| (64) |
Includes
224,500 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
56,125 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 71,800 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 17,950 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (65) |
Includes
212,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
53,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 64,000 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 16,000 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940,
as amended. Wellington Management Company, in such capacity, is
deemed to share beneficial ownership over the shares held by its
client
accounts.
|
| (66) |
Includes
37,112 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
9,278 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 11,134 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 2,784 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006.
|
| (67) |
Includes
74,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional
18,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share,
acquired at the closing on December 29, 2005. Includes 22,200 shares
of
our common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 5,550 shares
of
common stock at an exercise price of $5.85 per share, acquired at
the
closing on February 3, 2006.
|
|
Plan
category
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options,
warrants
and rights
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and
rights
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
|
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
|
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
1,721,700
|
$4.50
|
778,300
|
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security
holders
|
3,063,336
|
$5.60
|
__
|
|
Total
|
4,785,036
|
__
|
778,300
|
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) |
Predecessor
(1)
|
uBid
(2)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
4
Months Ended July 31,
|
Year
ended
July 31, |
Year
ended
July 31, |
8
Months Ended March 31,
|
9
Months Ended December 31,
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2003
|
2004
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
119,073
|
$
|
436,184
|
$
|
385,995
|
$
|
103,484
|
$
|
65,656
|
$
|
87,002
|
$
|
66,964
|
$
|
65,297
|
|||||||||||
|
Cost
of Revenues
|
110,431
|
405,832
|
368,405
|
100,252
|
54,491
|
75,837
|
57,725
|
56,756
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
8,642
|
30,352
|
17,590
|
3,232
|
11,165
|
11,165
|
9,239
|
8,541
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
General
and Administrative (3)(4)
|
46,631
|
152,130
|
181,710
|
126,527
|
9,021
|
12,112
|
8,460
|
9,860
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Sales
and Marketing
|
10,022
|
22,155
|
20,012
|
5,743
|
2,484
|
4,260
|
2,734
|
3,656
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
56,653
|
174,285
|
201,722
|
132,270
|
11,505
|
16,372
|
11,194
|
13,516
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(48,011
|
)
|
(143,933
|
)
|
(184,132
|
)
|
(129,038
|
)
|
(340
|
)
|
(5,207
|
)
|
(1,955
|
)
|
(4,975
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Interest
Expense, Net
|
(243
|
)
|
742
|
8,279
|
6,006
|
630
|
1,102
|
894
|
1,497
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Loss
Before Income Taxes
|
(47,768
|
)
|
(144,675
|
)
|
(192,411
|
)
|
(135,044
|
)
|
(970
|
)
|
(6,309
|
)
|
(2,849
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Income
Tax Expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss
|
(47,768
|
)
|
(144,675
|
)
|
(192,411
|
)
|
(135,044
|
)
|
(970
|
)
|
(6,309
|
)
|
(2,849
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Preferred
Stock Dividend
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
60
|
60
|
45
|
45
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
(47,768
|
)
|
$
|
(144,675
|
)
|
$
|
(192,411
|
)
|
$
|
(135,044
|
)
|
$
|
(1,030
|
)
|
$
|
(6,369
|
)
|
$
|
(2,894
|
)
|
$
|
(6,517
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
Income (Loss) per share(5)(6):
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and Diluted EPS
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
$
|
(961
|
)
|
$
|
(5,941
|
)
|
$
|
(2,700
|
)
|
$
|
(6,079
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Weighted
average shares - Basic and Diluted
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
Sheet Data (as of period end):
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
current assets
|
$
|
60,532
|
$
|
63,806
|
$
|
34,759
|
$
|
17,349
|
$
|
11,257
|
$
|
11,817
|
$
|
9,789
|
$
|
9,739
|
|||||||||||
|
Total
assets
|
399,230
|
280,408
|
134,318
|
22,047
|
11,653
|
12,146
|
10,007
|
10,057
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
current liabilities, excluding debt
|
49,013
|
101,194
|
145,707
|
168,882
|
7,562
|
7,030
|
5,401
|
6,721
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Long-term
debt, including current maturities
|
-
|
-
|
1,807
|
1,405
|
3,986
|
11,320
|
7,349
|
16,012
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
shareholders’ equity (deficit)
|
350,217
|
179,214
|
(13,196
|
)
|
(148,240
|
)
|
105
|
(6,204
|
)
|
(2,743
|
)
|
(12,676
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
1)
Predecessor financials for the four month period ended July 31, 2000
and
years ended July 31, 2001, and 2002 and the eight-months ended March
31,
2003 were derived solely from the accounting records of CMGI, the
sole
shareholder of our predecessor (which acquired our business in April
2000), and using the historical results of operations, and historical
basis of assets and liabilities of such predecessor’s business. The
statements of operations includes fees charged for certain corporate
functions historically provided to us by CMGI, including administrative
services (accounting, human resources, tax services, legal and treasury),
inventory management and order fulfillment, information systems operation
and administration, and advertising services. These fees were allocated
on
a specifically identifiable basis or using the relative percentages,
as
compared to CMGI’s other businesses, of net revenues, payroll, net cost of
goods sold, square footage, headcount, or other.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
2)
The current uBid business was substantially acquired by Petters Group
in
April 2003 at which time purchase accounting was applied to adjust
all
carrying values to estimated current market value (after deduction
for
negative goodwill) and the business started accounting for all of
its
costs of operations without allocations of such costs from its prior
parent. Due to these changes in ownership, differing styles of
operations by the different owners and the application of purchase
accounting, the financial results for the periods presented are not
comparable.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
3)
Includes $148, $264, $198, and $275 of management fees charged to
uBid by
Petters Group for the periods ended December 31, 2003, 2004, and
the nine
months ended September 30, 2004, and 2005.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
4)
In April 2000, CMGI acquired uBid and recorded $367.0 million in
goodwill
which it amortized over a three year period prior to the impairment
of all
remaining goodwill of $89.4 million (as well as the impairment of
$3.9
million of property and equipment) during the period ended March
31, 2003.
Pro forma net loss for the four months ended July 31, 2000 and the
fiscal
years ended July 31, 2001 and 2002 would have been $18.8 million,
$17.6
million and $70.4 million, had uBid not amortized goodwill during
these
periods. Net loss per share would have been $6.12, $5.74 and
$22.94.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
5)
Computation for periods ended before April 2003 is not meaningful
(N/M)
because there was no common stock outstanding during those periods
and for
periods thereafter, based upon the number of common shares of uBid
outstanding before the December 29, 2005 merger.
Had
the private offerings, the merger with Cape Coastal Trading Corporation
and related transactions been completed on September 30, 2005,
the
unaudited pro forma balance sheet data as of that date would have
been as
follows:
|
|
Total
current assets
|
$ | 35,089 | ||
|
Total
assets
|
35,407 | |||
|
Total
current liabilities, excluding debt
|
6,724 | |||
|
Long-term
debt, including current maturities
|
570 | |||
|
Total
shareholders equity
|
28,113 |
|
Had
such transactions been consummated on January 1, 2004, unaudited pro
forma net loss for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the nine
months
ended September 30, 2005 would have been $5,630 and $5,007 and unaudited
pro forma loss per share would have been $0.28 and $0.25.
NOTE:
Pro forma data is presented for informational purposes only and does
not
purport to represent what the results of operations or financial
position
of uBid would have been had the transactions described above actually
occurred on the dates indicated, nor does it purport to project
the
financial
condition of uBid for any future period or as of any future date.
See
“Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information” presented elsewhere in this
prospectus.
6)
The effects reflecting the weighted average shares as if the 1,072
shares
of common stock of uBid actually outstanding for the periods ended
December 31, 2003, 2004 and the nine months ended September 30,
2004 and 2005 had been converted into the number of common
shares
that
resulted from applying the exchange ratio implicit upon the merger
would
be 2,487,107. Net loss per share would be $0.41, $2.56, $1.16 and
$2.62.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Selected
Quarterly Financial Data
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Unaudited
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
Note
(1)
|
Note
(2)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March
31,
|
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
March
31,
|
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
March
31,
|
June
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2003
|
2003
|
2003
|
2003
|
2004
|
2004
|
2004
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
28,221
|
$
|
19,634
|
$
|
23,314
|
$
|
22,708
|
$
|
26,632
|
$
|
20,254
|
$
|
20,078
|
$
|
20,038
|
$
|
26,818
|
$
|
19,885
|
$
|
18,594
|
||||||||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
(1,556
|
)
|
3,871
|
4,087
|
3,207
|
3,483
|
2,691
|
3,065
|
1,926
|
2,654
|
2,790
|
3,097
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income
(Loss) From operations
|
(109,792
|
)
|
101
|
45
|
(486
|
)
|
(117
|
)
|
(1,058
|
)
|
(780
|
)
|
(3,252
|
)
|
(1,775
|
)
|
(1,939
|
)
|
(1,261
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income (Loss)
|
(111,616
|
)
|
(58
|
)
|
(149
|
)
|
(763
|
)
|
(421
|
)
|
(1,332
|
)
|
(1,096
|
)
|
(3,460
|
)
|
(2,193
|
)
|
(2,446
|
)
|
(1,833
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
Stock Dividend
|
-
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
(111,616
|
)
|
$
|
(78
|
)
|
$
|
(169
|
)
|
$
|
(783
|
)
|
$
|
(436
|
)
|
$
|
(1,347
|
)
|
$
|
(1,111
|
)
|
$
|
(3,475
|
)
|
$
|
(2,208
|
)
|
$
|
(2,461
|
)
|
$
|
(1,848
|
)
|
|||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Income (Loss) per share: (3)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and Diluted EPS
|
N/M
|
$
|
(73
|
)
|
$
|
(158
|
)
|
$
|
(730
|
)
|
$
|
(407
|
)
|
$
|
(1,257
|
)
|
$
|
(1,036
|
)
|
$
|
(3,241
|
)
|
$
|
(2,059
|
)
|
$
|
(2,296
|
)
|
$
|
(1,724
|
)
|
|||||
|
Weighted
average shares - Basic & Diluted
|
N/M
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Predecessor
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Year
ended
July
31, 2002
|
8
Months
Ended
March
31, 2003
|
9
Months Ended
December
31, 2003
|
Year
ended
December
31, 2004
|
September
30,
2004
|
September
30,
2005
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
385,995
|
$
|
103,484
|
$
|
65,656
|
$
|
87,002
|
$
|
66,964
|
$
|
65,297
|
|||||||
|
Cost
of Revenues
|
368,405
|
100,252
|
54,491
|
75,837
|
57,725
|
56,756
|
|||||||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
17,590
|
3,232
|
11,165
|
11,165
|
9,239
|
8,541
|
|||||||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
General
and Administrative
|
181,710
|
126,527
|
9,021
|
12,112
|
8,460
|
9,860
|
|||||||||||||
|
Sales
and Marketing
|
20,012
|
5,743
|
2,484
|
4,260
|
2,734
|
3,656
|
|||||||||||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
201,722
|
132,270
|
11,505
|
16,372
|
11,194
|
13,516
|
|||||||||||||
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(184,132
|
)
|
(129,038
|
)
|
(340
|
)
|
(5,207
|
)
|
(1,955
|
)
|
(4,975
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Interest
Expense, Net
|
8,279
|
6,006
|
630
|
1,102
|
894
|
1,497
|
|||||||||||||
|
Loss
Before Income Taxes
|
(192,411
|
)
|
(135,044
|
)
|
(970
|
)
|
(6,309
|
)
|
(2,849
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Income
Tax Expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss
|
(192,411
|
)
|
(135,044
|
)
|
(970
|
)
|
(6,309
|
)
|
(2,849
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Preferred
Stock Dividend
|
-
|
-
|
60
|
60
|
45
|
45
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
(192,411
|
)
|
$
|
(135,044
|
)
|
$
|
(1,030
|
)
|
$
|
(6,369
|
)
|
$
|
(2,894
|
)
|
$
|
(6,517
|
)
|
|
|
Net
Income (Loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and Diluted EPS
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
$
|
(961
|
)
|
$
|
(5,941
|
)
|
$
|
(2,700
|
)
|
$
|
(6,079
|
)
|
|||||
|
Weighted
average shares - Basic and Diluted
|
N/M
|
N/M
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
|||||||||||||
|
Description
|
Nine
Month
Period
Ended
12-31-03 |
Eight
Month
Period Ended 3-31-03 |
(Decrease)
|
|||||||
|
Impairment
Charges previously described
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
93.3
|
$
|
(93.3
|
)
|
|||
|
Salary
and Benefits(1)
|
3.8
|
10.7
|
(6.9
|
)
|
||||||
|
Warehouse
Expense(2)
|
1.4
|
11.3
|
(9.9
|
)
|
||||||
|
Depreciation(3)
|
0.1
|
3.0
|
(2.9
|
)
|
||||||
|
Advertising
Expense(4)
|
2.4
|
5.7
|
(3.3
|
)
|
||||||
|
Credit
Card Fees
|
1.8
|
3.1
|
(1.3
|
)
|
||||||
|
Bad
Debt Expense
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
(0.3
|
)
|
||||||
|
Legal
and Audit Fees
|
0.3
|
1.2
|
(0.9
|
)
|
||||||
|
Other
|
1.7
|
3.7
|
(2.0
|
)
|
||||||
|
$
|
11.5
|
$
|
132.3
|
$
|
(120.8
|
)
|
||||
|
Payments
Due By Period
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Total
|
Less
than
1
year
|
1-3
Years
|
3-5
Years
|
After
5
Years
|
||||||||||||
|
Microsoft
Agreement
|
$
|
820
|
$
|
410
|
$
|
410
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
||||||
|
Operating
Leases
|
960
|
549
|
411
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
|
Totals
|
$
|
1,780
|
$
|
959
|
$
|
821
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
||||||
| § |
increases
in broadband penetration and Internet
usage;
|
| § |
increases
in consumer trust in online
shopping;
|
| § |
growth
in awareness of the convenience of online
shopping;
|
| § |
increases
in the selection of products available online to consumers;
and
|
| § |
improvements
in online payment technology.
|
| § |
Acceptance
by mainstream shoppers making purchases online.
It
is expected that mainstream consumers will drive the majority of
future
growth in the segment, as the increased use of simpler formats, such
as
fixed price format sales, will encourage mainstream shoppers to purchase
new and used goods from smaller sellers through auction formats.
|
| § |
Growth
in new categories.
To
date, consumer electronics, books and CDs have comprised the majority
of
online sales. However, several new categories including footwear,
designer
apparel and accessories and collectors’ items have begun to demonstrate
strong growth.
|
| § |
Growth
in retailer participation.
Retailers have begun considering moving marketing dollars and merchandise
offerings to performance-based marketplaces.
|
| § |
traditional
liquidation channels are fragmented and multi-layered greatly increasing
distribution and logistics costs;
|
| § |
lack
of a reliable, interactive mechanism for setting
prices;
|
| § |
high
costs of developing and maintaining a physical
infrastructure;
|
| § |
inability
to cost effectively reach a broad consumer audience;
and
|
| § |
limited
selection for buyers.
|
| § |
Establishing
Brand Recognition, Attracting New Customers and Building Customer
Loyalty.
It
is important for Internet retailers to establish a recognized and
trusted
brand-name online because consumers are generally wary of purchasing
products from unfamiliar retailers. Generating positive brand recognition
is critical to acquiring new customers. Online retailers may also
experience difficulty retaining their customers because of the relative
ease of switching to different websites and purchasing products from
other
online retailers.
|
| § |
Providing
a Broad and Available Product Selection.
In
order to appeal to consumers, online retailers must provide a large
selection of products readily available for delivery. However, it
is
difficult to keep such a broad selection of products ready for delivery
without incurring considerable inventory and warehouse costs.
|
| § |
Competing
with Low Prices.
Significant price competition exists between online retailers because
consumers are able to quickly compare prices on the Internet. Online
retailers must be able to provide a high value proposition in order
to
attract and retain customers.
|
| § |
Achieving
Sufficient Scale.
Online retailers must achieve sufficient scale to compete successfully
with other major online and offline retailers. Significant investments
are
required to build the infrastructure and implement the marketing
and sales
campaigns necessary to drive consumer website traffic and convert
website
visitors into customers. Therefore, online retailers must have access
to
adequate capital and generate sufficient revenues to achieve the
necessary
scale required to reach profitability.
|
| § |
Developing
Technology Infrastructure.
Online retailers must develop and implement flexible and scalable
technology systems to appropriately accommodate large product catalogs
with significant data storage needs, high volume transaction processing,
order fulfillment workflow and high quality customer support and
management.
|
| § |
Extensive
Security and Fraud Protection.
uBid’s online marketplace provides a trustworthy and secure buying
environment in which we minimize fraudulent activity and questionable
product quality frequently associated with purchase transactions
from
unestablished businesses, individual consumers and other non-commercial
parties. All merchants offering goods in our online marketplace are
required to successfully complete our merchant certification process,
which includes verification of the merchant’s trade and bank references
and other information which establishes that the merchant is in good
business standing. As a result of this certification, fraudulent
transactions in our marketplace are minimized. In addition, we require
all
buyers to provide a valid credit card before placing their initial
bid,
resulting in reductions to the occurrence of fraudulent
bidding.
|
| § |
Strong
Brand and Loyal Customer Base.
We
have strengthened our “trust” positioning over the past year through
advertising, marketing and promotional campaigns and consistent delivery
of quality products at low prices. We have amassed five million member
registrations since our inception in
1997.
|
| § |
Broad
and Deep Product Selection.
We
offer over 200,000 high quality, brand-name new, close-out, overstock
and
refurbished merchandise in over 200 categories including computer
products, consumer electronics, apparel, housewares, watches, jewelry,
travel, sporting goods, home improvement products and collectible
products
each day.
|
| § |
Compelling
Value to Consumers and Merchants.
We
attract new consumers and retain existing consumers by offering low
prices
on high quality, brand-name products in a marketplace supported by
both
auction style and fixed price formats. We provide additional value
to our
consumers by providing timely and accurate order processing, direct
fulfillment where applicable and in-house customer support. Sellers
are
attracted to uBid because of the large and growing number of potential
buyers. The frequency of product offerings and the ability to continuously
add new items allow merchants to liquidate inventory quickly to minimize
the risk of price erosion. In addition, our auction style and fixed
price
formats allow suppliers and sellers the opportunity to optimize sales
value while simultaneously liquidating excess merchandise directly
to a
nationwide audience, without conflicting with their primary distribution
channels.
|
| § |
Increased
Consumer and Merchant Base.
We
intend to continue expanding our consumer user base through focused
online
marketing tactics. These efforts include paid search listings, comparison
shopping, directory listings, affiliate banner ad programs and e-mail
marketing. We continue to further optimize our website to increase
our
free listings within popular search engines (e.g., Google and Yahoo).
In
addition, we have begun identifying key opportunity segments of our
database for targeted activation programs. These efforts have resulted
in
an increase in traffic to our website, which reached 3.4 million
unique
visitors in August 2005, an increase of 335% as compared to January
2005.
We have implemented a significant ongoing charity program, “uBid/uGive,”
which is expected to create positive market and branding exposure
for uBid
with minimal expenditures.
|
| § |
Product
Category Expansion.
We plan to continue to add product categories to offer consumers
a more
comprehensive collection of merchandise. We have been successful
in
increasing product categories including collectibles and antiques,
music,
movies, games and apparel while expanding the depth of merchandise
offered
in all categories, particularly jewelry and gifts, home and garden,
sports
and hobbies.
|
| § |
uBid
Certified Merchant Program Expansion.
We
believe this program will significantly drive future growth. We anticipate
capturing a large number of additional merchants by identifying and
targeting the growing population of competitors’ disenfranchised
merchants. We believe the UCM Program provides an attractive alternative
by offering a simpler merchant fee structure, volume discounts and
enhanced merchant services (such as dispute and collection assistance
and
relevant consumer statistics).
|
| § |
Acquisitions.
We
are actively reviewing synergistic acquisition opportunities which
are
expected to provide inorganic expansion into additional channels.
We are
also pursuing acquisitions of complementary technology and auction
services platforms.
|
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|
Sample
Registration
Page
|
| § |
Computer
Products:
Including items such as desktops, portable computers, computer
accessories, disk drives, modems, monitors/video equipment, components,
printers, scanners, digital cameras, software and home office
products.
|
| § |
Consumer
Electronics:
Including items such as home theater equipment, home audio equipment,
speakers, televisions, camcorders, VCRs, DVD players, portable audio
players and automobile audio
equipment.
|
| § |
Apparel
and Accessories:
Including items such as men’s, women’s and children’s casual, fitness, and
dress clothing, shoes and
accessories.
|
| § |
Jewelry
and Gifts:
Including items such as rings, earrings, watches, bracelets and loose
stones.
|
| § |
Home:
Including items such as appliances, vacuum cleaners, furniture, tools,
luggage, appliances, furnishings, art and lawn and
garden.
|
| § |
Sporting
Goods and Memorabilia:
Including items such as sports memorabilia and equipment for golf,
tennis,
health and fitness, outdoor sports, bicycles, water sports and team
sports.
|
| § |
Books,
Music and Videos:
Including items such as books, movies, video games, DVDs and
CDs.
|
| § |
Collectibles:
Including items such as dolls, stamps, coins, pottery, glass and
figurines.
|
| § |
Increasing
consumer awareness of uBid’s “trust” position.
uBid has created a unique position in the marketplace focused on
earning
consumer trust. This position of “trust” is supported by our focus on
business-to-consumer selling (versus consumer-to-consumer selling),
our
efforts to minimize fraudulent sellers by requiring all merchants
participating in the UCM Program to complete a merchant certification
process, significant investments in our customer support services,
internal product warehousing and payment transaction processing and
endorsements from various recognized third party security and privacy
programs. We believe this “trust” positioning will continue to set us
apart from our competitors and provide a meaningful difference in
attracting and maintaining
customers.
|
| § |
Expanding
and optimizing customer acquisition efforts.
Our marketing expenditures are primarily spent on attracting traffic
to
our website. Potential new customers are sourced through a range
of online
efforts including affiliate programs, paid search listings, shopping
comparison programs, online partnerships and e-mail marketing. In
addition, we are also evaluating new marketing channels such as offline
direct response television and radio, in-store media, event marketing
and
single partnerships with key online media companies to broaden our
customer demographics and drive larger incremental gains in customer
acquisition.
|
| § |
Implementing
a scalable, cost-effective customer retention program.
It
is critical to have a program that effectively manages new customer
relationships from acquisition to activation (1st
time bidding/buying) to repeat purchase. We have recently begun investing
in the implementation of our customer retention management. Our efforts
to
date have been focused on developing programs aimed at improving
bidding/buying behavior among key customer segments: 1) recent bidders,
2)
lapsed and long lapsed bidders, 3) inactive members (i.e., never
bid), 4)
registered members without a credit card on file, and 5) members
without
an opt-in e-mail address. In addition, we are working on a long term
customer retention management strategy, which is expected to include
development of a marketing data
warehouse.
|
| § |
Increasing
the availability of qualified merchants for the UCM
Program.
The recruiting of merchants to the UCM Program has become a primary
growth
focus. We are marketing to prospective merchants principally through
online media, including e-mail marketing and online trade media (e.g.,
auction industry newsletters), as well as offline through public
relations
and trade show events. We are also building our own merchant prospect
list
from several sources for use in direct solicitations via e-mail and
direct
mail. These efforts have resulted in a significant increase in the
volume
of qualified prospect applications for
processing.
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Sample
Auction Page
|
| § |
price;
|
| § |
product
quality and selection;
|
| § |
shopping
convenience;
|
| § |
order
processing and fulfillment;
|
| § |
customer
service; and
|
| § |
brand
recognition.
|
| § |
liquidation
e-tailers such as SmartBargains;
and
|
| § |
online
retailers such as Amazon.com auctions, eBay, Inc. and Buy.com,
Inc.
|
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
|||||
|
Robert
H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
49
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer and Director
|
|||||
|
Timothy
E. Takesue
|
37
|
Executive
Vice President, Merchandising
|
|||||
|
Anthony
Priore
|
48
|
Chief
Marketing Officer
|
|||||
|
Miguel
A. Martinez, Jr.
|
50
|
Vice
President, Finance and Secretary
|
|||||
|
Manoharan
Sivashanmugam
|
35
|
Vice
President, Technology
|
|||||
|
Stuart
R. Romenesko
|
42
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
|||||
|
Long-Term
Compensation
|
|||||||
|
Annual
Compensation
|
Awards
|
Payouts
|
|||||
|
Named
Executive Officer & Principal Position
|
Year
(4)
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Other
Annual Compensation ($)(2)
|
Restricted
Stock Award(s) ($)
|
Securities
Underlying Options/SARs (#)(5)
|
All
Other Compensation
($)
|
|
Robert
H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
2005
|
$250,000
|
--
|
$1,500
|
--
|
500,000
|
$31,500(1)
|
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
2004
|
$250,000
|
$125,000
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$25,410(1)
|
|
2003
(6)
|
$237,500
|
$175,000
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
Timothy
E. Takesue
|
2005
|
$225,000
|
--
|
$1,500
|
--
|
500,000
|
--
|
|
Executive
Vice President of Merchandising
|
2004
|
$225,000
|
$112,500
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
2003
(7)
|
$213,750
|
$175,000
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
Manoharan
Sivashanmugam
|
2005
|
$135,000
|
$10,000
|
$1,350
|
--
|
75,000
|
$131,711(3)
|
|
Vice
President of Technology
|
2004
|
$120,846
|
$2,500
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
2003
(8)
|
$104,131
|
$1,000
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
Anthony
Priore
|
2005
|
$135,192
|
$10,000
|
$329
|
--
|
150,000
|
--
|
|
Chief
Marketing Officer
|
2004
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
2003
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
Miguel
A. Martinez, Jr.
|
2005
|
$129,808
|
$50,000
|
$1,500
|
--
|
75,000
|
--
|
|
Vice
President, Finance
|
2004
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
2003
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
Individual
Grants
|
Potential
Realizable Value at Assumed
Annual Rate Of Stock Price Appreciation For Options Term (4) |
|||||||||
|
Name
|
Number
of
Securities Underlying Option/SARs Granted (#) |
Percent
of Total Options/SARs
Granted to Employees in Fiscal Year |
Exercise
or
Base Price ($/Sh) |
Expiration
Date
|
5%
($)
|
10%
($)
|
||||
|
Robert
Tomlinson(2)
|
500,000
|
29.04%
|
$4.50
|
December
29, 2015
|
$
|
2,758,850.98
|
$
|
5,725,758.06
|
||
|
Timothy
E. Takesue (2)
|
500,000
|
29.04%
|
$4.50
|
December
29, 2015
|
$
|
2,758,850.98
|
$
|
5,725,758.06
|
||
|
Anthony
Priore (3)
|
150,000
|
8.71%
|
$4.50
|
December
29, 2015
|
$
|
827,655.29
|
$
|
1,717,727.42
|
||
|
Miguel
A. Martinez (3)
|
75,000
|
4.36%
|
$4.50
|
December
29, 2015
|
$
|
413,827.65
|
$
|
858,863.71
|
||
|
Manoharan
Sivashanmugam (3)
|
75,000
|
4.36%
|
$4.50
|
December
29, 2015
|
$
|
413,827.65
|
$
|
858,863.71
|
||
|
Name
|
Shares
Acquired on Exercise
(#)
|
Value
Realized ($)
|
Number
of Shares Underlying
Unexercised Options/SARs at Fiscal Year-End (Exercisable/Unexercisable) |
Value
of Unexercised
In-The-Money Options/SARs at Fiscal Year-End (Exercisable/Unexercisable) |
|
Robert
Tomlinson (1)
|
--
|
--
|
0
/
500,000
|
$0.00
/ $0.00
|
|
Timothy
E. Takesue (1)
|
--
|
--
|
0
/
500,000
|
$0.00
/ $0.00
|
|
Anthony
Priore (2)
|
--
|
--
|
0
/
150,000
|
$0.00
/ $0.00
|
|
Miguel
A. Martinez (2)
|
--
|
--
|
0
/
75,000
|
$0.00
/ $0.00
|
|
Manoharan
Sivashanmugam (2)
|
--
|
--
|
0
/
75,000
|
$0.00
/ $0.00
|
|
Shares
Beneficially Owned
|
|||||||
|
Name
|
Number
|
Percent
(1)
|
|||||
|
Thomas
J. Petters (2)(9)
|
7,605,714
|
36.36
|
%
|
||||
|
Petters
Group Worldwide, LLC (3)(9)
|
6,189,047
|
30.03
|
%
|
||||
|
Tudor
Investment Corporation (4)(10)
|
2,083,334
|
10.04
|
%
|
||||
|
Smithfield
Fiduciary LLC (5)
|
1,972,222
|
9.45
|
%
|
||||
|
D.E.
Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C. (6)
|
1,250,000
|
6.07
|
%
|
||||
|
Alexandra
Global Master Fund Ltd. (7)
|
1,069,446
|
5.17
|
%
|
||||
|
Robert
H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
465,776
|
2.29
|
%
|
||||
|
Timothy
E. Takesue
|
465,776
|
2.29
|
%
|
||||
|
Miguel
A. Martinez, Jr.
|
44,081
|
0.22
|
%
|
||||
|
Anthony
Priore
|
20,881
|
0.10
|
%
|
||||
|
Manoharan
Sivashanmugam
|
11,600
|
0.06
|
%
|
||||
|
Stuart
R. Romenesko (8)
|
28,125
|
0.14
|
%
|
||||
|
All
directors and executive officers as
a group (6 people)
|
1,036,239
|
5.09
|
%
|
||||
| § |
20,333,333
shares of common stock;
|
| § |
0
shares of preferred stock;
|
| § |
Options
to purchase 1,721,700 shares of common stock granted to executives
and
other employees of uBid under our 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan;
|
| § |
Warrants
to purchase 320,000 shares of common stock issued to the placement
agents
in the private offerings;
|
| § |
Warrants
to purchase 333,333 shares of common stock issued to the Note Holders;
|
| § |
Warrants
to purchase 3,250,005 shares of common stock issued to the new investors
(including warrants to purchase 583,334 shares of our common stock
issued
to Petters Group and its
affiliates).
|
| § |
the
owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation;
|
| § |
an
affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15%
or more
of the voting stock outstanding of the corporation, at any time within
three years immediately prior to the relevant date; or
|
| § |
an
affiliate or associate of the persons described in the foregoing
bullet
points.
|
| § |
our
board approves the transaction that made the stockholder an interested
stockholder before to the date of that transaction;
|
| § |
after
the completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder
becoming an interested stockholder, that stockholder owned at least
85% of
our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced,
excluding shares owned by our officers and directors; or on or subsequent
to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved
by
our board and authorized at a meeting of our stockholders by an
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting
stock
not owned by the interested stockholder.
|
| § |
any
national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities
may be listed or quoted at the time of
sale;
|
| § |
ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
|
| § |
block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares
as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction;
|
| § |
purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for
its
account;
|
| § |
transactions
otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter
market;
|
| § |
through
the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options
exchange or otherwise;
|
| § |
an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
|
| § |
privately
negotiated transactions;
|
| § |
short
sales;
|
| § |
broker-dealers
may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number
of such
shares at a stipulated price per
share;
|
| § |
a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
|
| § |
any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
|
|
|
Page
|
|
uBid,
Inc.:
|
|
|
F-2
|
|
|
F-3
|
|
|
F-4
|
|
|
F-5
|
|
|
F-6
|
|
|
F-7
- F-23
|
|
|
uBid,
Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMGI, Inc.):
|
|
|
F-24
|
|
|
F-25
|
|
|
F-26
|
|
|
F-27
|
|
|
F-28
- F-40
|
|
|
Unaudited
Interim Financial Statements:
|
|
|
uBid,
Inc.:
|
|
|
F-41
|
|
|
F-42
|
|
|
F-43
|
|
|
F-44
- F-48
|
|
|
Unaudited
Pro forma Financial Information:
|
|
|
uBid,
Inc.:
|
|
| Introduction |
F-49
|
|
F-50
|
|
|
F-51
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Current
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
828
|
$
|
1,734
|
|||
|
Restricted
investments
|
3,670
|
1,659
|
|||||
|
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $8 and
$15, respectively
|
192
|
646
|
|||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
5,730
|
7,206
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
837
|
572
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
11,257
|
11,817
|
|||||
|
Property
and Equipment, net
|
396
|
329
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
11,653
|
$
|
12,146
|
|||
|
Liabilities
and Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity
|
|||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Flooring
facility
|
$
|
3,256
|
$
|
89
|
|||
|
Accounts
payable
|
2,404
|
4,469
|
|||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|||||||
|
Advertising
|
531
|
1,006
|
|||||
|
Other
|
1,371
|
1,466
|
|||||
|
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
1,666
|
1,910
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
9,228
|
8,940
|
|||||
|
Long-Term
Debt,
less current maturities
|
2,320
|
9,410
|
|||||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
11,548
|
18,350
|
|||||
|
Shareholders’
(Deficit) Equity
|
|||||||
|
Preferred
stock
|
1,060
|
1,120
|
|||||
|
Common
stock
|
–
|
–
|
|||||
|
Stock
warrant
|
75
|
75
|
|||||
|
Retained
deficit
|
(1,030
|
)
|
(7,399
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity
|
105
|
(6,204
|
)
|
||||
|
Total
Liabilities and Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity
|
$
|
11,653
|
$
|
12,146
|
|||
|
|
Period
from
March
7, 2003 (inception) to December 31, 2003
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2004
|
|||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
65,656
|
$
|
87,002
|
|||
|
Cost
of Revenues
|
54,491
|
75,837
|
|||||
|
Gross
profit
|
11,165
|
11,165
|
|||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
9,021
|
12,112
|
|||||
|
Sales
and marketing
|
2,484
|
4,260
|
|||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
11,505
|
16,372
|
|||||
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(340
|
)
|
(5,207
|
)
|
|||
|
Other
Income (Expense)
|
|||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(729
|
)
|
(1,188
|
)
|
|||
|
Interest
income
|
78
|
86
|
|||||
|
Miscellaneous
|
21
|
–
|
|||||
|
Total
other income (expense)
|
(630
|
)
|
(1,102
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
Loss
|
(970
|
)
|
(6,309
|
)
|
|||
|
Preferred
Stock Dividend
|
(60
|
)
|
(60
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
Loss Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
(1,030
|
)
|
$
|
(6,369
|
)
|
|
|
Net
Loss Per Share
|
|||||||
|
Basic
and Diluted
|
$
|
(961
|
)
|
$
|
(5,941
|
)
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Shares - Basic and Diluted
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
|||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
(1)
|
Common
(2)
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Dollars
|
Shares
|
Dollars
|
Retained Deficit |
Stock
(3) Warrant |
Shareholders’
Equity
(Deficit)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Balance,
March 7, 2003 (inception)
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
||||||||||
|
Stock
issuance
|
2,500
|
1,000
|
1,072
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1,000
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
75
|
75
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
stock dividend
|
–
|
60
|
–
|
–
|
(60
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(970
|
)
|
–
|
(970
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2003
|
2,500
|
1,060
|
1,072
|
-
|
(1,030
|
)
|
75
|
105
|
||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
stock dividend
|
–
|
60
|
–
|
–
|
(60
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(6,309
|
)
|
–
|
(6,309
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
2,500
|
$
|
1,120
|
1,072
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
(7,399
|
)
|
$
|
75
|
$
|
(6,204
|
)
|
||||||||
| (1) |
Voting
Series A convertible preferred; $400 par value; 5,000 shares
authorized;
2,500 issued shares and outstanding Series
B convertible preferred; $400 par value; 22,500 shares authorized;
no
shares issued.
|
|
(2)
|
Voting
common; $0.0001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; 1,072 shares
issued
and outstanding. Nonvoting
common; $0.0001 par value; 2,000 shares authorized; no shares
issued.
|
|
(3)
|
See
Note 15.
|
|
|
Period
from
March
7, 2003
(inception)
to
December
31, 2003
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2004
|
|||||
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|||||||
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(970
|
)
|
$
|
(6,309
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation
|
123
|
176
|
|||||
|
Non-cash
compensation expense
|
–
|
200
|
|||||
|
Changes
in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
73
|
(454
|
)
|
||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
(2,842
|
)
|
(1,476
|
)
|
|||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(338
|
)
|
265
|
||||
|
Accounts
payable
|
(1,839
|
)
|
2,065
|
||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
(608
|
)
|
370
|
||||
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(6,401
|
)
|
(5,163
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Acquisition
of uBid
|
(1,613
|
)
|
–
|
||||
|
Cash
acquired in acquisition of uBid
|
11,565
|
–
|
|||||
|
Capital
expenditures
|
(440
|
)
|
(109
|
)
|
|||
|
Change
in restricted investments
|
(3,670
|
)
|
2,011
|
||||
|
Net
cash provided by investing activities
|
5,842
|
1,902
|
|||||
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Change
in flooring facility
|
(113
|
)
|
(3,167
|
)
|
|||
|
Payments
on notes payable
|
–
|
(1,000
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of preferred stock
|
1,000
|
–
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of related-party debt
|
500
|
9,000
|
|||||
|
Payments
on long-term debt
|
–
|
(666
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
1,387
|
4,167
|
|||||
|
Net
Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
|
828
|
|
906
|
|||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents,
beginning of period
|
–
|
828
|
|||||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents,
end of period
|
$
|
828
|
$
|
1,734
|
|||
|
Supplemental
Cash Flow Disclosure
|
|||||||
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
593
|
$
|
1,056
|
|||
|
Supplemental
Disclosure of Noncash Financing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Long-term
debt relating to computer software licenses
|
$
|
80
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
1.
|
Organization
and Operations
|
uBid,
Inc. (the “Company”) operates a leading on-line marketplace that enables
itself, certified merchants, manufacturers, retailers, distributors
and
small businesses to offer high quality excess, new, overstock,
close-out,
refurbished and limited supply brand name merchandise to consumer
and
business customers. Through the Company’s website, located at www.ubid.com,
the Company offers merchandise across a wide range of product
categories
including but not limited to computer products, consumer electronics,
apparel, housewares, watches, jewelry, travel, sporting goods,
home
improvement products and collectibles. The Company’s marketplace employs a
combination of auction style and fixed price formats.
|
|
On
April 2, 2003, Takumi Interactive, Inc. (“Takumi”) bought certain assets
and liabilities of uBid, Inc. (“uBid”) from CMGI, Inc. and began
operations. On April 13, 2003, Takumi changed its legal name
in the state
of Delaware to uBid, Inc. (the “Company”). The Company is majority-owned
by the Petters Group Worldwide, LLC (“Petters Group”) of Minnetonka,
MN.
|
||
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
|
|
|
Use
of Estimates
|
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America requires
management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities
at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts
of
revenues and expenses during the respective reporting periods.
Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
|
|
|
Year-End
|
The
Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.
|
|
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with
a maturity
of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash
equivalents
include financial instruments that potentially subject the Company
to a
concentration of credit risk. The Company maintains its cash
balances in
three institutions and has concentration of credit risk to the
extent
deposits exceeded the federally insured
limits.
|
|
Restricted
Investments
|
The
Company maintains restricted collateral invested in certificates
of
deposit which mature within one year and are used as security
for the
Company’s office lease and purchases from suppliers. Interest on the
certificates of deposit is earned at 3.45% per annum.
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
Accounts
receivable consist of amounts due from customers, businesses,
and credit
cards billed for which payment has not yet been received at period-end.
An
allowance for doubtful accounts is maintained at a level management
believes is sufficient to cover potential losses based on historical
trends and known current factors.
|
|
|
Activity
relating to the allowance for doubtful accounts is summarized
as
follows:
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Balance,
beginning of period
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
15
|
|||
|
Charged
to costs and expenses
|
23
|
1
|
|||||
|
Write-offs,
retirements and recoveries
|
(8
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
|||
|
Balance,
end of period
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
8
|
|||
|
Merchandise
Inventories
|
Merchandise
inventories consist of merchandise purchased for resale and are
valued at
the lower of specifically identified cost or market. The Company
establishes allowances for damages, excess and obsolete inventory
equal to
the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated
market
value based upon assumptions about future demand and market
conditions.
|
||
|
Property
and Equipment
|
Property
and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated/amortized on
a
straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related
assets
as follows:
|
||
| Furniture and fixtures |
7
years
|
||
| Computer software and hardware | 3 years | ||
|
Maintenance
and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Major betterments
are
capitalized and depreciated over the remaining useful lives of
the
respective assets. Gains and losses on disposal of assets are
credited or
charged to income.
|
|||
|
Long-Lived
Assets
|
Long-lived
assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances
indicate the remaining useful life of any long-lived assets may
warrant
revision or that the remaining carrying value of such assets
may not be
recoverable. When factors indicate that such assets should be
evaluated
for possible impairment, the Company uses an estimate of the
undiscounted
cash flows over the remaining life of the asset in measuring
whether the
asset is recoverable. No impairment has been recognized through
December
31, 2004.
|
|
|
Financial
Instruments
|
The
carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash, cash
equivalents,
restricted investments, accounts receivable, flooring facility,
accounts
payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of
the
short-term nature of these amounts. The Company’s long-term debt
approximates fair value based on instruments with similar
terms.
|
|
|
Revenue
Recognition
|
The
Company sells merchandise under two types of arrangements, direct
purchase
sales and revenue sharing arrangements.
|
|
|
For
direct purchase sales, the Company is responsible for conducting
the
auction for merchandise owned by the Company, billing the customer,
shipping the merchandise to the customer, processing merchandise
returns
and collecting accounts receivable. In accordance with the provisions
of
Staff Accounting Bulletin 104, the Company recognizes revenue
when the
following revenue recognition criteria are met: (1) persuasive
evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) the product has been shipped
(FOB Shipping Point) and the customer takes ownership and assumes
the risk
of loss; (3) the selling price is fixed or determinable; and
(4) collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
|
||
|
For
sales of merchandise under revenue-sharing agreements, the Company
is
responsible for conducting the auction for merchandise owned
by third
parties, billing the customer, arranging for a third party to
complete
delivery to the customer, processing merchandise returns and
collecting
accounts receivable. The Company bears no physical inventory
loss or
returns risk related to these sales. The Company records commission
revenue at the time of shipment.
|
|
Commission
revenues recognized under revenue sharing arrangements were $799
and
$1,827 for the periods ended December 31, 2003 and 2004,
respectively.
|
||
|
Shipping
and Handling Costs
|
Shipping
costs that are billable to the customer are included in revenue
and all
shipping costs that are payable to vendors are included in cost
of
revenues in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
|
|
|
Merchandise
Return Policy
|
The
Company’s return policy, for all selling arrangements, is that merchandise
sold by the Company can be returned within 15 days. Returns are
subject to
a 15% restocking fee. However, the Company, although not obligated
to do
so, may accept merchandise returns outside the 15-day period
if a product
is defective or does not conform to the specifications of the
item sold at
auction, and attempts to work with its customers to resolve complaints
about merchandise. The Company provides an accrual for estimated
future
returns at the time of shipment based on historical
experience.
|
|
|
Advertising
Costs
|
The
Company has marketing relationship agreements with various online
companies such as portal networks, contextual sites, search engines
and
affiliate partners. Agreements have varying terms including 1-14
day
cancellation clauses. Advertising costs are generally charged
to the
Company monthly per vendor agreements, which typically are based
on
visitors and/or registrations delivered to the site or at a set
fee.
Agreements do not provide for guaranteed renewal and may be terminated
by
the Company without cause.
Advertising
costs are charged to expense as incurred. Total advertising costs
for 2003
and 2004 periods were $2,141 and $3,756, respectively.
|
|
|
Phantom
Stock Appreciation Plan
|
The
Company has a Phantom Stock Appreciation Plan. The Company applies
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees” and related interpretations in accounting for the Plan.
Compensation cost is recognized at its intrinsic value when
earned.
|
|
Income
Taxes
|
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method.
Under this
method, deferred income taxes are recognized by applying enacted
statutory
tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the
income tax
bases and financial reporting amounts of existing assets and
liabilities.
A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than
not that all
or some portion of deferred income tax assets will not be
realized.
|
|
|
Net
Loss Per Share
|
The
Company computes loss per share under Statement of Financial
Accounting
Standards (“SFAS”) No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” The statement requires
presentation of two amounts: basic and diluted loss per share.
Basic loss
per share is computed by dividing the loss available to common
stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding.
Dilutive
earnings per share would include all common stock equivalents
unless
anti-dilutive. As of the periods ended December 31, 2003 and
2004, the
Company has not included the outstanding warrants (exercisable
into 188
shares) or convertible preferred stock (convertible into 2,500
shares) as
common stock equivalents because the effect would be
anti-dilutive.
|
|
|
New
Accounting Pronouncements
|
In
November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 151, “Inventory Costs - an
amendment of Accounting Research Bulletins (“ARB”) No. 43 Chapter 4”. This
statement amends the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4 to clarify
the
accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight,
handling costs and wasted material. This statement requires that
these
items be recognized as current period costs and also requires
that
allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion
be
based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. This
statement
is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years
beginning
after June 15, 2005. The Company will apply the guidance prospectively.
The Company is in the process of determining what impact, if
any, the
application of this guidance will have on the Company’s financial
position, results of operations or cash
flows.
|
|
3.
|
Business
Combination
|
As
described in Note 1, on April 2, 2003, the Company completed
the purchase
of certain operating assets and assumption of certain liabilities
of uBid
from CMGI. The Company has accounted for this business combination
in
accordance with SFAS No. 141, Business
Combinations,
using the purchase method to record new cost basis for the assets
acquired
and liabilities assumed. The purchase price was allocated to
the assets
and liabilities based on their respective fair values. As of
the date of
acquisition, the fair value of the net assets acquired exceeded
the
purchase price paid to CMGI resulting in negative goodwill. The
negative
goodwill was allocated to all acquired long-term assets other
than
deferred income taxes.
|
|
The
allocation of cash paid for the uBid purchase as of April 2,
2003 is
summarized as follows:
|
|
|
||||
|
Cash
|
$
|
11,565
|
||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
265
|
|||
|
Inventories
|
2,910
|
|||
|
Other
current assets
|
500
|
|||
|
Flooring
facility
|
(3,369
|
)
|
||
|
Accounts
payable
|
(3,889
|
)
|
||
|
Accrual
expenses
|
(2,888
|
)
|
||
|
Long-term
debt
|
(1,406
|
)
|
||
|
Total
purchase price
|
3,688
|
|||
|
Less
note issued to seller
|
(2,000
|
)
|
||
|
Less
warrant issued to seller
|
(75
|
)
|
||
|
Cash
paid for uBid at closing
|
$
|
1,613
|
||
|
4.
|
Merchandise
Inventories
|
Merchandise
inventories consist of the
following:
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
$
|
6,665
|
$
|
6,375
|
|||
|
Inventory
in transit
|
–
|
1,352
|
|||||
|
Less
reserves
|
(935
|
)
|
(521
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
5,730
|
$
|
7,206
|
|||
|
Activity
relating to inventory reserves is summarized as
follows:
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Balance,
beginning of period
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
(935
|
)
|
||
|
Charged
to costs and expenses
|
(3,257
|
)
|
(1,216
|
)
|
|||
|
Write-offs
|
2,322
|
1,630
|
|||||
|
Balance,
end of period
|
$
|
(935
|
)
|
$
|
(521
|
)
|
|
|
5.
|
Major
Suppliers
|
During
the period ended December 31, 2003, Sony Electronics, Inc. (“Sony”) and
Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”), accounted for 52.1% and 15.2%,
respectively, of the Company’s inventory purchases. Amounts
due at December 31, 2003 included in accounts payable and flooring
facility were approximately $2,522 and $692, respectively, due
to these
vendors.
Two
vendors, Sony and HP, accounted for 54.7% and 10.9%, respectively,
of the
Company’s inventory purchases during the year ended December 31, 2004.
Amounts due at December 31, 2004 included in accounts payable
and flooring
facility were approximately $2,166 and $30, respectively, due
to these vendors.
|
|
6.
|
Property
and Equipment
|
Property
and equipment consist of the
following:
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Computer
hardware
|
$
|
288
|
$
|
225
|
|||
|
Computer
software
|
178
|
214
|
|||||
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
53
|
53
|
|||||
|
519
|
492
|
||||||
|
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(123
|
)
|
(163
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
396
|
$
|
329
|
|||
|
Depreciation
expense was $123 and $176 for the periods ended December 31,
2003 and
2004, respectively.
|
||
|
7.
|
Related
Party Transactions
|
The
majority shareholder of the Company is Petters Group. The following
represents significant transactions between the Company and Petters
Group
during 2003 and 2004.
|
|
Service
Assistance
|
The
Company has entered into an advisory agreement with Petters Group,
whereby
Petters Group provides financial and management consulting services
to the
Company for a fee of approximately $264 per year. General and
administrative expenses include approximately $198 and $264 for
management
fees payable to the Petters Group for services rendered during
2003 and
2004, respectively.
|
|
|
Product
Purchases
|
The
Company purchases products from Petters Group for direct purchase
sales.
Purchases from Petters Group were $486 and $1,473 for the periods
ended
December 31, 2003 and 2004. At December 31, 2003 and 2004, amounts
due to
Petters Group included in accounts payable were $200 and $442,
respectively.
|
|
Promissory
Notes
|
The
Company had a convertible promissory note of $500 due to the
Petters
Group. This note bore an annual interest rate of 8%. In the event
of
default, this note was convertible into 1,250 shares of Series A
preferred stock. This note and related unpaid, earned interest
was due and
paid in full April 1, 2005.
|
|
|
On
April 2, 2003, the Company entered into a secured revolving credit
agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Petters Group for up to $5,000. On
November 22, 2004, the Company entered into a second secured
revolving
credit agreement for up to $4,000. Both agreements are secured
by a
subordinated security interest in all of the assets of the Company.
Both
agreements were renewed on March 21, 2005 and will expire on
March 31,
2006. Borrowings bear an annual interest rate of 14%. At December
31, 2003
and 2004, outstanding borrowings under both agreements totaled
$0 and
$9,000, respectively. There are no financial covenants provided
for in the
agreements.
|
||
|
Interest
Expense
|
A
summary of the interest expense on related-party debt is as
follows:
|
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
$500
note payable
|
$
|
53
|
$
|
67
|
|||
|
$5,000
revolver
|
–
|
624
|
|||||
|
$4,000
revolver
|
–
|
42
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
53
|
$
|
733
|
|||
|
8.
|
Flooring
Facility
|
During
2003 and 2004, the Company maintained a short-term $6,000 and
$1,500
secured flooring facility with IBM (the “Flooring Facility”),
respectively, whereby IBM made payments on behalf of the Company
to its
vendors. Under the terms of the agreement, the Flooring Facility
does not
bear interest if outstanding balances are paid within the terms
specific
to each vendor; otherwise, interest is accrued on outstanding
balances at
the prime rate plus 6.5% (effectively 11.5% at December 31, 2004).
The
Company accounts for the Flooring Facility as a financing arrangement
whereby amounts owed to IBM are recorded at the net present value
|
|
of
the indebtedness and the difference between the debt recorded
and the
amount paid is accreted through interest expense using the effective
yield
method at a rate of 1% per month. Interest expense for the periods
ended
December 31, 2003 and 2004 relating to the Flooring Facility
was $371 and
$432, respectively.
|
||
|
As
of December 31, 2003 and 2004, amounts outstanding under the
Flooring
Facility consist of the following:
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Face
value
|
$
|
3,289
|
$
|
90
|
|||
|
Less
discount
|
(33
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|||
|
Present
value
|
$
|
3,256
|
$
|
89
|
|||
|
During
2003, the Flooring Facility was secured by a security interest
in all of
the assets of the Company and a security deposit of $3,500. During
2004,
the Flooring Facility was secured only by a security deposit
of $1,500.
See Note 2, restricted investments, for further explanation.
|
||
|
For
2003, the Flooring Facility contained certain restrictions on
additional
borrowings, guarantees, disposals of assets, transactions with
affiliates,
mergers and acquisitions, and dividends. In addition, the Company
was
required to maintain a specified net worth, leverage ratio and
fixed
charge coverage ratio. The Company was in compliance with all
covenants as
of December 31, 2003. There were no such restrictions for
2004.
|
|
9.
|
Long-Term
Debt
|
Long-term
debt consists of:
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Notes
payable to related party (Note 7)
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
9,500
|
|||
|
Note
payable to CMGI
|
2,000
|
1,000
|
|||||
|
Other
- Microsoft agreement
|
1,486
|
820
|
|||||
|
3,986
|
11,320
|
||||||
|
Less
current maturities
|
1,666
|
1,910
|
|||||
|
Long-term
debt, less current portion
|
$
|
2,320
|
$
|
9,410
|
|||
|
On
April 2, 2003, the Company signed a secured promissory note totaling
$2,000 payable to CMGI. The note bears an annual rate of interest
equal to
1.5% above the rate of interest reported by The
Wall Street Journal
as
its United States prime rate (effectively 6.5% at December 31,
2004) due
monthly. Each change in the prime rate becomes effective on the
day the
corresponding change takes place. The interest rate shall not
exceed the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law. The first principal
payment was
due on April 2, 2004 in the amount of $1,000. The second principal
payment
was due on April 2, 2005 in the amount of $1,000 plus all interest
accrued
since April 2, 2003. The note was secured by a subordinated security
interest in all of the assets of the Company.
|
||
|
On
November 10, 2003, the Company entered into an amended Microsoft
Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft, Inc. (the “Microsoft Agreement”).
This Microsoft Agreement enables the Company to license one or
more of
Microsoft’s license products across the Company’s platform to ensure that
the entire Company’s enterprise will be licensed. Under the terms of the
agreement, amounts are payable in quarterly installments of approximately
$102 through December 31, 2006. The Company accounted for
the
|
|
amended
agreement by adjusting the then present balance of the obligation
under
the existing agreement to the
new obligation under the amended agreement. The incremental additional
obligation of $80 associated with the amended agreement was capitalized
in
computer software and is being amortized over its estimated useful
life.
Accumulated amortization was $0 at December 31, 2003 and $27
at December
31, 2004.
|
||
|
As
of December 31, 2004, the total amount due to Microsoft was $820,
for
which $410 is due in 2005 and $410 is due in 2006. The total
amount due to
Microsoft at December 31, 2003 was $1,486.
|
||
|
On
July 21, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with Banco
Popular
North America (“Banco Popular”) under which the Company obtained a $5,000
irrevocable letter of credit (“iLOC”) for the benefit of Sony. This iLOC
is used as a security deposit for inventory purchases from Sony.
Sony may
draw upon the iLOC in the event the Company is in payment default.
The
iLOC bears an annual rate of interest of 2%. Sony then reimburses
the
Company 0.5%. The iLOC is secured by all of the assets of the
Company.
Petters Group has provided a guarantee to Banco Popular for the
full
$5,000 in the event Sony draws upon the iLOC. In addition, Banco
Popular
has entered into inventory buyback agreements with Sony and the
Petters
Group. Sony and Petters Group have agreed to buy back the Sony
product
from the Company in the event of a default. The iLOC agreement
expires on
July 21, 2006.
|
||
|
The
iLOC agreement contains certain restrictions on additional borrowings,
guarantees, disposals of assets, transactions with affiliates,
mergers and
acquisitions. The Company was in compliance with all the covenants
as of
December 31, 2004.
|
|
10.
|
Employee
Benefit Plans
|
The
Company participates in a multiemployer 401(k) savings plan sponsored
by
the Petters Group. The plan is open to all full-time eligible
employees
who have attained age 21 and have completed 30 days of service.
Participants may make tax-deferred contributions of up to $13
of annual
compensation (subject to other limitations specified by the Internal
Revenue Code). Employee contributions of up to $3 are currently
matched by
the Company at a rate of 50%. Employees are 100% vested in their
pretax
contributions at all times and become fully vested in the
employer-matching contribution after two years of service. During
the
periods ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, the Company incurred
$29 and $59
of expenses, respectively, related to the 401(k) matching component
of
this plan.
|
|
11.
|
Contingent
Liabilities
|
From
time to time, the Company is subject to claims and administrative
proceedings, including product liability matters, resulting from
the
conduct of its business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate
disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse
effect on
the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
In
addition, the Company maintains product liability insurance that
is
evaluated annually and considered adequate. There were no significant
contingencies as of December 31, 2004.
|
|
12.
|
Income
Taxes
|
The
income tax provision for the periods ended December 31 is as
follows:
|
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Current
provision:
|
|||||||
|
Federal
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
State
|
–
|
–
|
|||||
|
Deferred
benefit
|
(373
|
)
|
(2,479
|
)
|
|||
|
(Benefit)
expense for income taxes
|
(373
|
)
|
(2,479
|
)
|
|||
|
Less
increase in valuation allowance
|
373
|
2,479
|
|||||
|
Income
tax provision
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
The
income tax benefit at the federal statutory tax rate is reconciled
to the
actual expense for income taxes as follows for the periods ended
December
31:
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Federal
income tax benefit at federal statutory
rate
|
$
|
(327
|
)
|
$
|
(2,159
|
)
|
|
|
Effect
of state income taxes
|
(46
|
)
|
(320
|
)
|
|||
|
Increase
in valuation allowance
|
373
|
2,479
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
Components
of deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as
follows:
|
|
December
31,
|
2003
|
2004
|
|||||
|
Deferred
income tax assets
|
|||||||
|
Net
operating loss carryforward
|
$
|
318
|
$
|
2,782
|
|||
|
Related
party accruals
|
–
|
27
|
|||||
|
Inventory
|
510
|
279
|
|||||
|
Allowance
for doubtful account
|
7
|
3
|
|||||
|
Fixed
assets
|
52
|
36
|
|||||
|
Gross
deferred income tax assets
|
887
|
3,127
|
|||||
|
Deferred
income tax liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Fixed
assets
|
(310
|
)
|
(188
|
)
|
|||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
(204
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
|||
|
Gross
deferred income tax liabilities
|
(514
|
)
|
(275
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
deferred income tax assets
|
373
|
2,852
|
|||||
|
Less
valuation allowance
|
(373
|
)
|
(2,852
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
deferred income tax asset
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
The
Company has provided a valuation allowance against its deferred
income tax
assets as it is more likely than not that the deferred income
tax assets
will not be realized.
|
|
The
Company has an estimated net operating loss carryforward as of
December
31, 2004 of $7,300 that expires in 2024.
|
||
|
13.
|
Leases
|
The
Company leases office space and certain equipment under operating
leases.
The length of the lease terms is three years. Total rent expense
from
operating leases was approximately $486 and $568 in 2003 and
2004,
respectively.
|
|
The
following is a schedule, by year, of future minimum rental payments
required under operating leases that have initial or remaining
noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of December
31,
2004:
|
|
|
2004
|
|||
|
2005
|
$
|
549
|
||
|
2006
|
369
|
|||
|
2007
|
42
|
|||
|
Total
|
$
|
960
|
||
|
14.
|
Phantom
Stock
Appreciation
Plan
|
The
Company had a Phantom Stock Appreciation Plan in which certain
employees
had been issued phantom shares which were subject to certain
vesting
provisions. The plan was implemented on July 1, 2003 and issued
phantom
shares were scheduled to vest over four years. As of December
31, 2004,
there were approximately 65 participants and 59,850 phantom shares
had
vested. A rollforward of the phantom shares issued
follows:
|
|
|
||||
|
Shares
issued and outstanding at March 7, 2003
|
–
|
|||
|
New
shares issued during 2003
|
271,400
|
|||
|
Shares
issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003
|
271,400
|
|||
|
New
shares issued during 2004
|
54,400
|
|||
|
Shares
canceled
|
(17,500
|
)
|
||
|
Shares
issued and outstanding at December 31, 2004
|
308,300
|
|||
|
The
Company recorded no compensation expense in 2003. Compensation
expense of
$200, was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2004 in
accordance
with the plan agreement and based on an independent third party
valuation.
The
Plan was terminated in July 2005. See Note 17.
|
||
|
15.
|
Stock
Warrant
|
The
Company entered into a warrant agreement with CMGI pursuant to
the terms
of the asset purchase agreement dated April 2, 2003. The warrant
agreement
provides CMGI with the right to purchase shares of nonvoting
common stock
equal to up to 5% of the total fully converted common shares
then
outstanding, representing 188 shares as of the acquisition date,
at an
exercise price of $.01 per share. The warrant is immediately
exercisable
and has a term of five years. The warrant was assigned an estimated
fair
value of $75 in connection with the asset purchase agreement
and was
determined by the board of directors based upon the value of
the preferred
stock issued by the Company in connection with its initial capitalization.
No portion of the warrant was exercised as of December 31,
2004.
|
|
16.
|
Series
A Convertible
Preferred
Stock
|
As
of December 31, 2003 and 2004, the Company had 2,500 shares of
voting
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding. These shares
are
convertible at the option of the holder into one share of voting
common
stock at a conversion price of $400 per share which approximated
fair
value at the date of issuance. The voting Series A Preferred
Stock
automatically converts to voting
|
|
common
stock in the event of a public offering. Dividends on the voting
Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock accrue yearly at an annual rate of
6% and are
payable in full before any dividends are paid on any other class
of
stock.
|
||
|
17.
|
Subsequent
Events
|
Effective
April 2005, the Company entered into a 90 day debt agreement
with Lancelot
Inventors Fund, L.P., which was extended for one year on July
26, 2005.
This agreement provides for borrowings of $5,000. The note bears
an annual
rate of interest of 14% due monthly. The note is due in full
on or before
July 25, 2006 and is guaranteed by Petters Company, Inc. and
Thomas J.
Petters, a shareholder in Petters Group Worldwide, LLC. The outstanding
balance was retired with a portion of the proceeds from the merger
described below.
Effective
July 2005, the Company terminated the Phantom Stock Appreciation
Plan. The
total expense incurred/recorded in conjunction with the plan
termination
was $463 in accordance with the plan agreement based on an independent
third-party valuation. Payouts required under the plan were made
with a
portion of the proceeds from the merger described below.
On
December 29, 2005 the Company merged into a subsidiary of a public
shell
company and thereby became a wholly-owned subsidiary of that
company.
Commensurate with the merger, the combined company closed on
the first
part of an equity offering in which it raised approximately
$45,000 in a combination of cash and the cancellation of the
Company’s
related
party debt. On February 3, 2006, the combined company closed
on the second
part of the equity offering raising additional capital, which
was used
primarily to redeem shares obtained by the Company’s
shareholders as part of the merger and first part of the private
offering.
The merger will be treated as a recapitalization of the Company
for
financial accounting purposes.
|
|
July
31, 2002
|
March
31, 2003
|
||||||
|
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Current
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
2,234
|
$
|
1,108
|
|||
|
Restricted
investments
|
13,425
|
10,457
|
|||||
|
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $542 and
$92, respectively
|
4,671
|
305
|
|||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
12,173
|
4,140
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
2,256
|
1,339
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
34,759
|
17,349
|
|||||
|
Goodwill,
net
|
89,368
|
–
|
|||||
|
Property
and Equipment, net
|
10,191
|
4,698
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
134,318
|
$
|
22,047
|
|||
|
Liabilities
and Parent’s Deficit
|
|||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Flooring
facility
|
$
|
5,602
|
$
|
5,247
|
|||
|
Accounts
payable
|
9,265
|
2,252
|
|||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|||||||
|
Advertising
|
1,972
|
401
|
|||||
|
Other
|
2,834
|
1,332
|
|||||
|
Advances
from parent
|
126,034
|
159,650
|
|||||
|
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
803
|
803
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
146,510
|
169,685
|
|||||
|
Long-Term
Debt,
less current maturities
|
1,004
|
602
|
|||||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
147,514
|
170,287
|
|||||
|
Parent’s
Deficit
|
|||||||
|
Contributed
capital
|
390,832
|
390,832
|
|||||
|
Retained
deficit
|
(404,028
|
)
|
(539,072
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
Parent’s Deficit
|
(13,196
|
)
|
(148,240
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
Liabilities and Parent’s Deficit
|
$
|
134,318
|
$
|
22,047
|
|||
|
|
Year
Ended
July
31, 2002
|
Eight
Months
Ended
March
31, 2003
|
|||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
385,995
|
$
|
103,484
|
|||
|
Cost
of Revenues
|
368,405
|
100,252
|
|||||
|
Gross
profit
|
17,590
|
3,232
|
|||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
56,337
|
30,268
|
|||||
|
Sales
and marketing
|
20,012
|
5,743
|
|||||
|
Amortization
and depreciation
|
125,373
|
2,974
|
|||||
|
Impairment
of property and equipment
|
–
|
3,917
|
|||||
|
Impairment
of goodwill
|
–
|
89,368
|
|||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
201,722
|
132,270
|
|||||
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(184,132
|
)
|
(129,038
|
)
|
|||
|
Other
Income (Expense)
|
|||||||
|
Interest
expense - parent
|
(6,468
|
)
|
(5,711
|
)
|
|||
|
Interest
expense - other
|
(2,509
|
)
|
(542
|
)
|
|||
|
Interest
income
|
698
|
247
|
|||||
|
Total
other expense
|
(8,279
|
)
|
(6,006
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
Loss
|
(192,411
|
)
|
(135,044
|
)
|
|||
|
Retained
Deficit,
beginning of period
|
(211,617
|
)
|
(404,028
|
)
|
|||
|
Retained
Deficit,
end of period
|
$
|
(404,028
|
)
|
$
|
(539,072
|
)
|
|
|
Year
Ended
July
31, 2002
|
Eight
Months
Ended
March
31, 2003
|
||||||
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|||||||
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(192,411
|
)
|
$
|
(135,044
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|||||||
|
Amortization
and depreciation
|
3,336
|
2,974
|
|||||
|
Goodwill
amortization
|
122,037
|
–
|
|||||
|
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
–
|
93,285
|
|||||
|
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
7
|
4,366
|
|||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
5,718
|
8,033
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(46
|
)
|
917
|
||||
|
Accounts
payable
|
(16,808
|
)
|
(7,013
|
)
|
|||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
(2,237
|
)
|
(3,073
|
)
|
|||
|
Fees
and interest charged by parent
|
18,966
|
8,148
|
|||||
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(61,438
|
)
|
(27,407
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Capital
expenditures
|
(5,029
|
)
|
(1,398
|
)
|
|||
|
Change
in restricted investments
|
(1,655
|
)
|
2,968
|
||||
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(6,684
|
)
|
1,570
|
||||
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Change
in flooring facility obligation
|
5,602
|
(355
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash
advances from parent
|
62,899
|
25,468
|
|||||
|
Payments
on long-term debt
|
(1,493
|
)
|
(402
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
67,008
|
24,711
|
|||||
|
Net
Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
|
(1,114
|
)
|
|
(1,126
|
)
|
|
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents,
beginning of period
|
3,348
|
2,234
|
|||||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents,
end of period
|
$
|
2,234
|
$
|
1,108
|
|||
|
Supplemental
Cash Flow Disclosure
|
|||||||
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
2,509
|
$
|
542
|
|||
|
Software
acquired under a licensing agreement
|
$
|
3,300
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
1.
|
Organization
and
Operations
|
uBid,
Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CMGI, Inc., operates a
leading on-line marketplace that enables itself, certified
merchants,
manufacturers, retailers, distributors and small businesses
to offer high
quality excess, new, overstock, close-out, refurbished and
limited supply
brand name merchandise to consumer and business customers
primarily
located in the United States. Through the Company’s website, located at
www.ubid.com,
the Company offers merchandise across a wide range of product
categories
including but not limited to computer products, consumer
electronics,
apparel, housewares, watches, jewelry, travel, sporting goods,
home
improvement products and collectibles. The Company’s marketplace employs a
combination of auction style and fixed price formats.
|
| As a wholly owned subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. the Company did not have common stock outstanding, therefore no loss per share data is presented. | ||
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant
Accounting
Policies
|
|
|
Use
of Estimates
|
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America requires
management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements, and the reported
amounts of
revenues and expenses during the respective reporting periods.
Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
|
|
|
Year-End
|
The
Company’s fiscal year ends on July 31.
|
|
|
Cash
and CashEquivalents
|
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased
with a maturity
of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and
cash equivalents
include financial instruments that potentially subject the
Company to a
concentration of credit risk. The Company maintains its cash
balances in
three institutions and has concentration of credit risk to
the extent
deposits exceeded the federally insured
limits.
|
|
Restricted
Investments
|
The
Company maintains restricted collateral invested in certificates
of
deposit which mature within one year and are used as security
for
irrevocable letters of credit (“iLOC’s) the Company issued for the benefit
of suppliers of merchandise inventory ($4,425 at July 31,
2002 and $3,457
at March 31, 2003) and as security for the IBM flooring facility
as
described in Note 7. The certificates of deposit earn interest
at rates
ranging from 1% to 2%. The classification is determined based
on the
expected term of the collateral requirement and not necessarily
the
maturity date of the underlying securities. Restricted investment
balances
at July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003 were $13,425 and $10,457,
respectively.
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
Accounts
receivable consist of amounts due from customers, businesses,
and credit
cards billed for which payment has not yet been received
at period-end. An
allowance for doubtful accounts is maintained at a level
management
believes is sufficient to cover potential losses based on
historical
trends and known current factors.
|
|
| Activity relating to the allowance for doubtful accounts is summarized as follows: |
|
July
31, 2002
|
March
31, 2003
|
||||||
|
Balance,
beginning of period
|
$
|
1,093
|
$
|
542
|
|||
|
Write
offs
|
(551
|
)
|
(450
|
)
|
|||
|
Balance,
end of period
|
$
|
542
|
$
|
92
|
|||
|
Merchandise
Inventories
|
Merchandise
inventories consist of merchandise purchased for resale and
are valued at
the lower of specifically identified cost or market. The
Company
establishes allowances for damages, excess and obsolete inventory
equal to
the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated
market
value based upon assumptions about future demand and market
conditions.
|
|
|
Property
and Equipment
|
Property
and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated/amortized
on a
straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of
the related assets
as follows:
|
||
| Furniture and fixtures | 7 years | ||
| Computer software and hardware | 3 years | ||
|
In
accordance with Statement of Position 98-1 “Accounting for the costs of
computer software developed or obtained for internal use,” internal and
external costs incurred to develop internal-use computer
software are
expensed during the preliminary project stage and capitalized
during the
application development stage and amortized over three
years beginning
when the software is first put in use.
Maintenance
and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Major betterments
are
capitalized and depreciated over the remaining useful lives
of the
respective assets. Gains and losses on disposal of assets
are credited or
charged to income.
|
|||
|
Long-Lived
Assets
|
On
August 1, 2002, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting
Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets.” Under SFAS No. 144, the Company is required to test
certain long-lived assets or group of assets for recoverability
whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the Company
may not be
able to recover the asset’s carrying amount. SFAS No. 144 defines
impairment as the condition that exists when the carrying
amount of a
long-lived asset or group exceeds its fair value. When
events or changes
in circumstances dictate an impairment review of a long-lived
asset or
group, the Company will evaluate recoverability by determining
whether the
undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use
and eventual
disposition of that asset or group cover the carrying value
at the
evaluation date. If the undiscounted cash flows are not
sufficient to
cover the carrying value, the Company will measure any
impairment loss as
the excess of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset
or group over
its fair value (generally determined by a discounted cash
flows model or
independent appraisals). For its held for sale assets,
the Company will
evaluate recoverability by determining whether the expected
sales price
less costs to sell cover the carrying value. Impairment
in this case is
measured by any excess in the carrying value compared to
the estimated
sales price less costs to sell.
|
||
|
On
August 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets”, which required the Company to stop amortizing goodwill
(which was previously being amortized over a three year
period) and to
instead start testing for impairment at least annually
and whenever events
or circumstances indicated a possible decrease in value.
On a pro forma
basis, net loss for the year ended July 31, 2002 would
have been $70.4
million had the Company not amortized goodwill during
the
period.
Goodwill
impairment assessments are performed in two steps. In
the first step, the
carrying value of the Company’s total net assets are compared to the
estimated fair value of the Company. If fair value is
less than carrying
value, the second step is performed by assuming that
the fair value is
paid for the Company and normal purchase accounting is
performed to
compute an “implied goodwill.” The impairment is then measured as the
amount, if any, that the carrying value of goodwill exceeds
the “implied
goodwill”. Management determines fair value of the Company based
on a
combination of the discounted cash flow methodology,
which is based upon
converting expected cash flows to present value, and
the market approach,
which includes analysis of market price multiples of
companies engaged in
lines of business similar to the Company. The market
price multiples are
selected and applied to the Company based on the relative
performance,
future prospects and risk profile of the Company in comparison
to the
guideline companies. Management predominantly utilizes
third-party
valuation experts in its determination of fair value.
No impairment was
recognized in the Company’s transition assessment performed upon adoption
of this new pronouncement.
|
|
In
January 2003, CMGI’s management decided to divest the Company’s operations
either through sale of net assets or its equity interest
in the Company.
See Note 13 for a description of the April 2003 sale
of the Company. With
the decision to divest, CMGI effectively ceased funding
the operations of
the Company, including funding for advertising and inventory
purchases,
thereby significantly impacting the attractiveness of
the Company’s
website and, absent a sale of the Company, significantly
reducing the
Company’s ability to generate positive cash flows in the future.
Accordingly, management reassessed its previous impairment
decisions
regarding all of its long-lived assets. Based on internal
analysis -
principally reflecting prices for similar assets, management
determined
that the carrying value of the Company’s property and equipment was
impaired and recorded an impairment charge of $1.9 million
for computer
hardware and furniture and fixtures and $2.0 million
for computer
software. Based on the estimated sales price of the business
as described
in Note 13, management determined that the carrying value
of goodwill was
fully impaired and therefore recorded an $89.4 million
impairment
charge.
|
||
| Activity relating to goodwill amortization and impairment charges is summarized as follows: |
|
July
31, 2002
|
March
31, 2003
|
||||||
|
Balance,
beginning of period - net
|
$
|
211,405
|
$
|
89,368
|
|||
|
Less
amortization
|
122,037
|
–
|
|||||
|
Less
impairment charges
|
–
|
89,368
|
|||||
|
Balance,
end of period
|
$
|
89,368
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
Financial
Instruments
|
The
carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash equivalents,
restricted investments, accounts receivable, flooring facility,
accounts
payable, advances from parent, and accrued expenses approximate
fair value
because of the short-term nature of these amounts. The Company’s long-term
debt consists of software acquired under a licensing agreement
obligation which approximates fair
value.
|
|
Revenue
Recognition
|
The
Company sells merchandise under two types of arrangements,
direct purchase
sales and revenue sharing arrangements.
|
|
|
For
direct purchase sales, the Company is responsible for conducting
the
auction for merchandise owned by the Company, billing the
customer,
shipping the merchandise to the customer, processing merchandise
returns
and collecting accounts receivable. The Company recognizes
revenue when
the following revenue recognition criteria are met: (1) persuasive
evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) the product has been shipped
(FOB Shipping Point) and the customer takes ownership and
assumes the risk
of loss; (3) the selling price is fixed or determinable; and
(4) collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
|
||
|
For
sales of merchandise under revenue-sharing agreements, the
Company is
responsible for conducting the auction for merchandise owned
by third
parties, billing the customer, arranging for a third party
to complete
delivery to the customer, processing merchandise returns
and collecting
accounts receivable. The Company bears no physical inventory
loss or
returns risk related to these sales. The Company records
commission
revenue at the time of shipment.
|
||
|
Commission
revenues recognized under revenue sharing arrangements were
$1,810 and
$462 for the periods ended July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003,
respectively.
|
||
|
Shipping
and Handling Costs
|
Shipping
costs that are billable to the customer are included in revenue
and all
shipping costs that are payable to vendors are included in
cost of revenue
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations
and retained
deficit.
|
|
Merchandise
Return Policy
|
The
Company’s return policy, for all selling arrangements, is that merchandise
sold by the Company can be returned within 15 days. Returns
are subject to
a 15% restocking fee. However, the Company, although not
obligated to do
so, may accept merchandise returns outside the 15-day period
if a product
is defective or does not conform to the specifications of
the item sold at
auction, and attempts to work with its customers to resolve
complaints
about merchandise. The Company provides an accrual for estimated
future
returns at the time of shipment based on historical
experience.
|
|
Advertising
Costs
|
The
Company has marketing relationship agreements with various
online
companies such as portal networks, contextual sites, search
engines and
affiliate partners. Agreements have varying terms including
1-14 day
cancellation clauses. Advertising costs are generally charged
to the
Company monthly per vendor agreements, which typically
are based on
visitors and/or registrations delivered to the site or
at a set fee.
Agreements do not provide for guaranteed renewal and may
be terminated by
the Company without cause.
Advertising
costs are charged to expense as incurred. Total advertising
costs for
periods ended July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003 were $18,807
and $5,203,
respectively.
|
|
|
Income
Taxes
|
The
Company is included in the consolidated income tax returns
of CMGI, Inc.
However, income taxes have been calculated for the Company
as if it filed
its tax returns on a stand alone basis in accordance with
the requirements
of SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes.”
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method.
Under this
method, deferred income taxes are recognized by applying
enacted statutory
tax rates applicable to future years to differences between
the income tax
basis and financial reporting amounts of existing assets
and liabilities.
A valuation allowance is provided when it is more than
likely than not
that all or some portion of the deferred income tax assets
will not be
realized.
|
|
|
New
Accounting
Pronouncements
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In
January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 ("FIN 46"),
“Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities an Interpretation
of ARB 51.”
The primary objectives of FIN 46 are to provide guidance
on the
identification of entities for which control is achieved
through means
other than through voting rights (“variable interest entities" or “VIEs”)
and how to determine when and which business enterprise
should consolidate
the VIE (the “primary beneficiary”). This new model for consolidation
applies to an entity in which either (1) the equity investors (if
any) do not have a controlling financial interest or (2) the equity
investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities
without receiving additional subordinated financial support
from other
parties. In addition, FIN 46 requires that both the primary
beneficiary
and all other enterprises with a significant variable interest
in a VIE
make additional disclosures. The effective date for FIN
46 is immediate
for entities created after December 31, 2003 and by the
beginning of the
first annual period beginning after December 15, 2004 for
all other
entities. FIN 46 is not expected to have a material effect
on the
Company’s financial statements.
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3.
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Merchandise
Inventories
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Merchandise
inventories consist of the
following:
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July
31, 2002
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March
31, 2003
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||||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
$
|
13,594
|
$
|
5,750
|
|||
|
Less
reserves
|
1,421
|
1,610
|
|||||
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Total
|
$
|
12,173
|
$
|
4,140
|
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Activity
relating to inventory reserves is summarized as
follows:
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July
31, 2002
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March
31, 2003
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Balance,
beginning of period
|
$
|
2,529
|
$
|
1,421
|
|||
|
Charged
to costs and expenses
|
5,816
|
1,411
|
|||||
|
Write-offs
|
(6,924
|
)
|
(1,222
|
)
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Balance,
end of period
|
$
|
1,421
|
$
|
1,610
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4.
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Major
Suppliers
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During
the period ended July 31, 2002, Sony Electronics, Inc. (“Sony”) and
Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) accounted for 15% and 10%, respectively, of
the Company’s inventory purchases. Amounts due at July 31, 2002
included in accounts payable and the flooring facility were
approximately $2,269 and $1,573, due these vendors, respectively.
Two
vendors, Sony and HP, accounted for 28.0% and 10.0%, respectively,
of the
Company’s inventory purchases during the period ended March 31, 2003.
At
March 31, 2003 approximately $2,760 and $579, were included
in the
accounts payable and the flooring facility to these vendors,
respectively.
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5.
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Property
and Equipment
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Property
and equipment consist of the
following:
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July
31, 2002
|
March
31, 2003
|
||||||
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Computer
hardware
|
$
|
2,434
|
$
|
2,122
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|||
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Computer
software
|
10,502
|
9,773
|
|||||
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Furniture
and fixtures
|
2,833
|
1,355
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|||||
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15,769
|
13,250
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||||||
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Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(5,578
|
)
|
(8,552
|
)
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Total
|
$
|
10,191
|
$
|
4,698
|
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|
Amortization
and depreciation expense was $3,336 and $2,974 for the periods
ended July
31, 2002 and March 31, 2003, respectively.
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6.
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Related
Party
Transactions
|
The
statements of operations and retained deficit include fees
charged for
certain corporate functions historically provided to us by
CMGI, Inc.
including administrative services (accounting, human resources,
tax
services, legal, and treasury), inventory management and
order
fulfillment, information systems operation and administration,
and
advertising services. These fees were allocated on a specifically
identifiable basis or using the relative percentages, as
compared to CMGI,
Inc.’s other businesses, of net revenues, payroll, net cost of
goods sold,
square footage, headcount, or other. Management believes
that the basis of
the allocation is reasonable and amounts allocated are not
materially
different than what would have been incurred as an unaffiliated
entity.
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The
Company also receives advances from CMGI, Inc. which are
due on demand.
Interest is charged at rates ranging from 7% to 9%.
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Activity
relating to advances, fees, and interest is summarized as
follows:
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July
31, 2002
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March
31, 2003
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Balance,
beginning of period
|
$
|
44,169
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$
|
126,034
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|||
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Cash
advances
|
62,899
|
25,468
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|||||
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Fees
allocated
|
12,498
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2,437
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|||||
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Interest
charged
|
6,468
|
5,711
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|||||
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Balance,
end of period
|
$
|
126,034
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$
|
159,650
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7.
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Flooring
Facility
|
During
2002 and 2003, the Company maintained a short-term $15,000
and $7,000
secured flooring facility with IBM (the “Flooring Facility”),
respectively, whereby IBM made payments on behalf of the
Company to its
vendors. Under the terms of the agreement, the Flooring
Facility does not
bear interest if outstanding balances are paid within the
terms specific
to each vendor; otherwise, interest is accrued on outstanding
balances at
the prime rate plus 6.5%. The Company accounts for the
Flooring Facility
as a financing arrangement whereby amounts owed to IBM
are recorded at the
net present value of the indebtedness and the difference
between the debt
recorded and the amount paid is accreted through interest
expense using
the effective yield method at a rate of 1% per month. Interest
expense for
the periods ended July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003 relating
to the
Flooring Facility was $1,142 and $404, respectively.
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As
of July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003, amounts outstanding
under the
Flooring Facility consist of the
following:
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2002
|
2003
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||||||
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Face
value
|
$
|
5,658
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$
|
5,299
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|
Less
discount
|
56
|
52
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|||||
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Present
value
|
$
|
5,602
|
$
|
5,247
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During
2002, the Flooring Facility was secured by a security interest
in all of
the assets of the Company, a security deposit of $9,000 and
a $6,000 CMGI
Inc. parent guarantee. During 2003, the Flooring Facility was
secured only
by a security deposit of $7,000. The security deposits are
included as
restricted investments in the Company’s balance sheets.
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For
2003, the Flooring Facility contained certain restrictions
on additional
borrowings, guarantees, disposals of assets, transactions with
affiliates,
mergers and acquisitions, and dividends. In addition, the Company
was
required to maintain a specified net worth, leverage ratio
and fixed
charge coverage ratio. The Company was in compliance with all
covenants as
of March 31, 2003.
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8.
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Long-Term
Debt
|
In
December 2001, the Company entered into a Microsoft Enterprise
Agreement
with Microsoft, Inc. (the “Microsoft Agreement”) under which the Company
purchased specialized software. The Company capitalized $3,300
of computer
software, which is being amortized over its estimated useful
life. The
Microsoft Agreement enables the Company to license one or
more of
Microsoft’s license products across the Company’s platform to ensure that
the entire Company’s enterprise will be licensed. Under the terms of the
agreement, amounts are payable in quarterly installments
of $493 and $201
for the periods ended of July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003,
respectively.
As
of March 31, 2003, the total amount due to Microsoft was
$1,405, for which
$803 is due in the following twelve months and the remaining
$602 is due
by December 2004. Total accumulated amortization balances
related to the
original $3,300 of capitalized software was $548 and $1,278
as of July 31,
2002 and March 31, 2003,
respectively.
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9.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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The
Company participates in a multiemployer 401(k) savings plan
sponsored by
CMGI, Inc. The plan is open to all full-time eligible employees
who have
attained age 21. Participants may make tax-deferred contributions
of up to
15% of annual compensation (subject to other limitations
specified by the
Internal Revenue Code). Employee contributions of up to 6%
are currently
matched by the Company at a rate of 33.3%. Employees are
100% vested in
their pretax contributions at all times and become fully
vested in the
employer-matching contribution after three years of service.
During the
periods ended July 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003, the Company
incurred $114
and $71 of expenses, respectively, related to the 401(k)
matching
component of this plan.
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10.
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Contingent
Liabilities
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From
time to time, the Company is subject to claims and administrative
proceedings, including product liability matters, resulting
from the
conduct of its business. In the opinion of management, the
ultimate
disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse
effect on
the financial position or results of operations of the Company.
In
addition, the Company maintains product liability insurance
that is
evaluated annually and considered adequate. There were no
significant
contingencies as of March 31,
2003.
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11.
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Income
Taxes
|
The
income tax provision for the periods ended July 31, 2002 and
March 31,
2003 is as follows:
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2002
|
2003
|
|||||
|
Current
provision:
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Federal
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$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
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State
|
–
|
–
|
|||||
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Deferred
benefit
|
(74,523
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)
|
(51,226
|
)
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|
Benefit
for income taxes
|
(74,523
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)
|
(51,226
|
)
|
|||
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Less
increase in valuation allowance
|
74,523
|
51,226
|
|||||
|
Income
tax provision
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
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The
income tax benefit at the federal statutory tax rate is reconciled
to the
actual expense for income taxes as follows for the periods
ended:
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2002
|
2003
|
||||||
|
Federal
income tax benefit at federal statutory
rate
|
$
|
(65,420
|
)
|
$
|
(45,915
|
)
|
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|
Effect
of state income taxes
|
(9,103
|
)
|
(5,311
|
)
|
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|
Increase
in valuation allowance
|
74,523
|
51,226
|
|||||
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Total
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
|||
|
Components
of deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as
follows:
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July
31, 2002
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March
31, 2003
|
||||||
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Deferred
income tax assets
|
|||||||
|
Net
operating loss carryforward
|
$
|
73,981
|
$
|
96,237
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|||
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Goodwill
|
74,318
|
102,821
|
|||||
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Inventory
|
554
|
628
|
|||||
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Allowance
for doubtful account
|
210
|
36
|
|||||
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Fixed
assets
|
833
|
1,018
|
|||||
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Gross
deferred income tax assets
|
149,896
|
200,740
|
|||||
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Deferred
income tax liabilities
|
|||||||
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Prepaid
expenses
|
685
|
303
|
|||||
|
Gross
deferred income tax liabilities
|
685
|
303
|
|||||
|
Net
deferred income tax assets
|
149,211
|
200,437
|
|||||
|
Less
valuation allowance
|
(149,211
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)
|
(200,437
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
deferred income tax asset
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
|||
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The
Company has provided a valuation allowance against its deferred
income tax
assets as it is more likely than not that the deferred income
tax assets
will not be realized.
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The
Company has an estimated net operating loss carryforward as
of March 31,
2003 of $248,000 which expires between 2020 and 2023.
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12.
|
Leases
|
The
Company leases office space and certain equipment under operating
leases
expiring during November, 2004. Total rent expense from operating
leases
was approximately $3,641 and $1,584 for the periods ended July
31, 2002
and March 31, 2003, respectively. The Company’s future obligation under
these leases was $1,440 through November
2004.
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13.
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Subsequent
Events
|
On
April 2, 2003, Takumi Interactive, Inc. (“Takumi”), an investment vehicle
of Petters Group Worldwide, LLC of Minnetonka, MN. and management
bought
the majority of the assets and liabilities (primarily excluding
the
advances from CMGI, Inc.) of the Company from CMGI, Inc. for
$3,688 in
cash, notes and warrants. On April 13, 2003, Takumi changed
its legal name
in the state of Delaware to uBid, Inc.
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December
31,
|
September
30,
|
||||||
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||
|
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Current
Assets
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,734
|
$
|
479
|
|||
|
Restricted
investments
|
1,659
|
1,659
|
|||||
|
Accounts
receivable, net
|
646
|
386
|
|||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
7,206
|
6,526
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
572
|
689
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
11,817
|
9,739
|
|||||
|
Property
and Equipment, net
|
329
|
318
|
|||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
12,146
|
$
|
10,057
|
|||
|
Liabilities
and Shareholders' (Deficit) Equity
|
|||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Flooring
facility
|
$
|
89
|
$
|
364
|
|||
|
Accounts
payable
|
4,469
|
3,803
|
|||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|||||||
|
Advertising
|
1,006
|
593
|
|||||
|
Other
|
1,466
|
1,961
|
|||||
|
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
1,910
|
15,910
|
|||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
8,940
|
22,631
|
|||||
|
Long-term
Debt, less current maturities
|
9,410
|
102
|
|||||
|
Total
Liabilities
|
18,350
|
22,733
|
|||||
|
Shareholders'
Deficit
|
|||||||
|
Preferred
stock
|
1,120
|
1,165
|
|||||
|
Common
stock
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
Stock
warrant
|
75
|
75
|
|||||
|
Retained
deficit
|
(7,399
|
)
|
(13,916
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
Shareholders' (Deficit) Equity
|
(6,204
|
)
|
(12,676
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
Liabilities and Shareholders' (Deficit) Equity
|
$
|
12,146
|
$
|
10,057
|
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|
See
accompany notes to financial
statements.
|
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|
Three
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
20,078
|
$
|
18,594
|
$
|
66,964
|
$
|
65,297
|
|||||
|
Cost
of Revenues
|
17,013
|
15,497
|
57,725
|
56,756
|
|||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
3,065
|
3,097
|
9,239
|
8,541
|
|||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
2,812
|
3,111
|
8,460
|
9,860
|
|||||||||
|
Sales
and marketing
|
1,033
|
1,247
|
2,734
|
3,656
|
|||||||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
3,845
|
4,358
|
11,194
|
13,516
|
|||||||||
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(780
|
)
|
(1,261
|
)
|
(1,955
|
)
|
(4,975
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other
Income (Expense)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
(333
|
)
|
(606
|
)
|
(953
|
)
|
(1,581
|
)
|
|||||
|
Interest
income
|
17
|
34
|
59
|
84
|
|||||||||
|
Total
other income (expense)
|
(316
|
)
|
(572
|
)
|
(894
|
)
|
(1,497
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
Loss
|
(1,096
|
)
|
(1,833
|
)
|
(2,849
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
|||||
|
Preferred
Stock Dividend
|
(15
|
)
|
(15
|
)
|
(45
|
)
|
(45
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net
Loss Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
(1,111
|
)
|
$
|
(1,848
|
)
|
$
|
(2,894
|
)
|
$
|
(6,517
|
)
|
|
|
Net
Loss per share - Basic and Diluted
|
$
|
(1,036
|
)
|
$
|
(1,724
|
)
|
$
|
(2,700
|
)
|
$
|
(6,079
|
)
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Shares - Basic and Diluted
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
1,072
|
|||||||||
|
See
accompany notes to financial
statements.
|
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|
Nine
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||
|
September
30
|
September
30
|
||||||
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|||||||
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(2,849
|
)
|
$
|
(6,472
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
|
|||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation
|
137
|
127
|
|||||
|
Non-cash
compensation expense
|
—
|
463
|
|||||
|
Changes
in assets and liabilities
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
(758
|
)
|
260
|
||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
655
|
680
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(115
|
)
|
(117
|
)
|
|||
|
Accounts
payables
|
1,091
|
(666
|
)
|
||||
|
Accrued
expenses
|
(164
|
)
|
(383
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(2,003
|
)
|
(6,108
|
)
|
|||
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Capital
expenditures
|
(31
|
)
|
(116
|
)
|
|||
|
Change
in restricted investments
|
2,000
|
—
|
|||||
|
Net
cash provided by investing activities
|
1,969
|
(116
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash
Flows From financing Activities
|
|||||||
|
Change
in flooring facility
|
(3,015
|
)
|
275
|
||||
|
Payments
on notes payable
|
—
|
(1,500
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of related-party debt
|
3,363
|
6,500
|
|||||
|
Payments
on long-term debt
|
—
|
(306
|
)
|
||||
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
348
|
4,969
|
|||||
|
Net
Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
|
314
|
|
(1,255
|
)
|
||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, beginning of period
|
828
|
1,734
|
|||||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, end of period
|
$
|
1,142
|
$
|
479
|
|||
|
Supplemented
Cash Flow Disclosure
|
|||||||
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
$
|
830
|
$
|
1,414
|
|||
|
See
accompany notes to financial
statements.
|
|||||||
|
Organization
and
Operations
|
uBid,
Inc. (the “Company”), operates a leading on-line marketplace that enables
itself, certified merchants, manufacturers, retailers, distributors
and
small businesses to offer high quality excess, new, overstock,
close-out,
refurbished and limited supply brand name merchandise to consumer
and
business customers primarily located in the United States.
Through the
Company’s website, located at www.ubid.com, the Company offers
merchandise across a wide range of product categories including
but not
limited to computer products, consumer electronics, apparel,
housewares,
watches, jewelry, travel, sporting goods, home improvement
products and
collectibles. The Company’s marketplace employs a combination of auction
style and fixed price formats.
|
|||||
|
Our
unaudited financial statements reflect normal recurring adjustments
that
are necessary to present fairly the Company's financial position
and
results of operations on a basis consistent with that of our
prior audited
financial statements. As permitted by rules and regulations
of the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to quarterly
reports, we
have condensed or omitted certain information and disclosures
normally
included in financial statements prepared in accordance with
accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP").
Results for
interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results
that may be
expected for a full year. These interim financial statements
should be
read along with our audited financial statements.
|
||||||
|
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America requires
management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts
of
revenues and expenses during the respective reporting periods.
Actual
results could differ from those
estimates.
|
||||||
|
2.
|
Related
Party
Transactions
|
The
majority shareholder of the Company is Petters Group Worldwide,
LLC
("Petters Group"). The following represents significant transactions
between the Company and Petters Group during 2004 and
2005.
|
||||
|
Service
Assistance
|
The
Company has entered into an advisory agreement with Petters
Group, whereby
Petters Group provides financial and management consulting
services to the
Company for a fee of approximately $264 for the year ended
December 31,
2004 and approximately $360 for the year ended December 31,
2005. General
and administrative expenses include approximately $198 and
$270 for
management fees payable to the Petters Group for services rendered
during
the nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2005,
respectively.
|
|||||
|
Product
Purchases
|
The
Company purchases products from Petters Group for direct purchase
sales.
Purchases from Petters Group were $698 and $760 for the nine
months ended
September 30, 2004 and the nine months ended September 30,
2005,
respectively. At December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2005,
amounts due to
Petters Group included in accounts payable were $442 and $2,
respectively.
|
|||||
|
Promissory
Notes
|
The
Company had a convertible promissory note of $500 due to the
Petters
Group. This note beared an annual interest rate of 8%. In the
event of
default, this note was convertible into 1,250 share of Series
A preferred
stock. This note and related unpaid, earned interest was due
and paid in
full April 1, 2005.
|
|||||
|
On
April 2, 2003, the Company entered into a secured revolving
credit
agreement with the Petters Group for up to $5,000. On November
22, 2004,
the Company entered into a second secured revolving credit
agreement for
up to $4,000. In the first quarter of 2005, the Company amended
the second
agreement with the Petters Group and increased the revolving
line to
$5,500. The Company borrowed an additional $1,500 in April
2005. Both
agreements are secured by a subordinated security interest
in all of the
assets of the Company. Both agreements were renewed on March
21, 2005 and
will expire on March 31, 2006. Borrowings bear an annual interest
rate of
14%. At December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2005, outstanding
borrowings
under both agreements totaled $9,000 and $10,500. There are
no financial
covenants provided for in the agreements.
|
||||||
|
On
April 27, 2005, the Company entered into a 90 day debt agreement
with
Lancelot Investors Fund, L.P., which was extended for one year
on July 26,
2005 through July 26, 2006. This agreement provides for borrowings
of
$5,000. The note beared an annual interest rate of 14% due
monthly. The
note is guaranteed by Petters Company, Inc. and Thomas J. Petters,
a
shareholder. There are no financial covenants provided for
in the
agreements.
|
||||||
|
A
summary of the interest expense on related-party debt is
as
follows:
|
||||||
|
Interest
Expense
|
|
|||||
|
For
the nine months ended September 30,
|
2004
|
2005
|
|||||
|
$500
note payable
|
$
|
31
|
$
|
10
|
|||
|
$5,000
note payable Lancelot Capital, LLC
|
—
|
102
|
|||||
|
$5,000
revolver
|
449
|
524
|
|||||
|
$4,000
revolver increased to $5,500 in April 2005
|
—
|
521
|
|||||
|
Total
|
$
|
480
|
$
|
1,157
|
|||
|
3.
|
Long-Term
Debt
|
Long-term
debt consists of :
|
||||
|
For
the nine months ended September 30,
|
2004
|
2005
|
|||||
|
Notes
payable to related party
|
$
|
9,500
|
$
|
10,500
|
|||
|
Note
payable to Lancelot Capital, LLC
|
—
|
5,000
|
|||||
|
Note
payable to CMGI
|
1,000
|
—
|
|||||
|
Other
- Microsoft agreement
|
820
|
512
|
|||||
|
11,320
|
16,012
|
||||||
|
Less
current maturities
|
1,910
|
15,910
|
|||||
|
Long-term
debt, less current portion
|
$
|
9,410
|
$
|
102
|
|||
|
On
April 2, 2003, the Company signed a secured promissory note
totaling
$2,000 payable to CMGI, Inc. the prior owner of this Company,
in
conjunction with the purchase of assets and assumption of liabilities
from
CMGI, Inc. by the Company. The note beared an annual rate of
interest
equal to 1.5% above the rate of interest reported by The Wall
Street
Journal as its United States prime rate (effectively 6.5% at
December 31,
2004) due monthly. Each change in the prime rate became effective
on the
day the corresponding change took place. The interest rate
shall not
exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. The first
principal
payment was paid on April 2, 2004 in the amount of $1,000.
The second
principal payment was paid on April 2, 2005 in the amount of
$1,000 plus
all the interest accrued since April 2, 2003. The note was
secured by a
subordinated security interest in all of the assets of the
Company.
|
||||||
|
On
April 27, 2005, we entered into a 90 day
debt agreement with Lancelot Investors Fund, L. P., which was
extended for
one year on July 26, 2005. This agreement provides for borrowing
of $5.0
million. The note bears an annual interest rate of 14% due
monthly. The
note is due in full on or before July 25, 2006 and is guaranteed
by
Petters Company, Inc. and Thomas J. Petters, a stockholder.
There are no
financial covenants provided for in the agreements.
|
||||||
|
On
November 10, 2003, the Company entered into an amended Microsoft
Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft, Inc. (the "Microsoft Agreement").
This Microsoft agreement enables the Company to license one
or more of
Microsoft 's license products across the Company's platform
to ensure that
the entire Company's enterprise will be licensed. Under the
terms of
the agreement, amounts are payable in quarterly installments of
approximately $102 through December 31,
2006.
|
||||||
|
4.
|
Phantom
Stock
Appreciation
Plan
|
The
Company had a Phantom Stock Appreciation Plan in which certain
employees
had been issued phantom shares which were subject to certain
vesting
provisions. The plan was implemented on July 1, 2003 and issued
phantom
shares were scheduled to vest over four years. As of December
31, 2004,
there were approximately 65 participants and 59,850 phantom
shares had
vested.
|
||||
|
The
Company recorded compensation expense of $200 during the year
ended
December 31, 2004 in accordance with the plan agreement and
based on an
independent third party valuation.
|
||||||
|
Effective
July 2005, the Company terminated the Phantom Stock Appreciation
Plan. The
total expense incurred / recorded in conjunction with the termination
was
$463 in accordance with the plan agreement based on an independent
third-party valuation. Payouts will be made immediately upon
consummation
of the merger agreement described in Note 5 or at a date to
be determined
in the future.
|
||||||
|
5.
|
Subsequent
Events
|
On
October 3, 2005 the Company issued unsecured 12% promissory
notes in the
aggregate amount of $5.0 million to two institutional investors,
note
holders. The notes are due and payable at the earlier of
the closing of
the transaction described below or March 31, 2006. In connection
with the
issuance of the notes and the merger described below, the
Company agreed
to issue to the note holders warrants to purchase 333,333
shares of common
stock for a period of three years at the purchase price of
$4.50. On the
closing date of the merger described below, the notes were
exchanged for
shares sold in the merger.
|
||||
|
On
December 29, 2005 the Company merged into a subsidiary
of a public shell
company and thereby became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
that company.
Commensurate with the merger, the combined company closed
on the first
part of an equity offering in which it raised approximately
$45,000 in a combination of cash and the cancellation of the
Company’s
related
party debt. On February 3, 2006, the combined company closed
on the second
part of the equity offering raising additional capital,
which was used
primarily to redeem shares obtained by the Company’s
shareholders as part of the merger and first part of the
private offering.
The merger will be treated as a recapitalization of the
Company for
financial accounting
purposes.
|
||||||
|
|
uBid
Actual
(1)
|
|
Cape
Coastal
Trading
Corporation
Actual
(1)
|
Merger
Adjustments
(2)
|
Post- Merger
|
Issue Bridge
Notes |
First Closing
(3) |
Pro
forma
First
Closing
|
Second
Closing (4)
|
Pro
forma Second Closing
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Current
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
479
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
479
|
$
|
5,000
|
$
|
15,350
|
$
|
20,829
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
20,829
|
||||||||||
|
Restricted
investments
|
1,659
|
1,659
|
$
|
5,000
|
6,659
|
6,659
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accounts
receivable, net
|
386
|
386
|
|
386
|
386
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Merchandise
inventories
|
6,526
|
6,526
|
|
6,526
|
6,526
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
689
|
689
|
|
689
|
689
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Current Assets
|
9,739
|
–
|
–
|
9,739
|
5,000
|
20,350
|
35,089
|
–
|
35,089
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Property
and Equipment, net
|
318
|
318
|
318
|
318
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Assets
|
$
|
10,057
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
10,057
|
$
|
5,000
|
$
|
20,350
|
$
|
35,407
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
35,407
|
||||||||||
|
Liabilities
and Shareholders' (Deficit) Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
3,803
|
$
|
3
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
3,806
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
3,806
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
3,806
|
||||||||||
|
Flooring
Facility
|
364
|
364
|
364
|
364
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
2,554
|
2,554
|
2,554
|
2,554
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Current
Portion of Long Term Debt
|
410
|
410
|
410
|
410
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Note
Payable Related Parties
|
15,500
|
58
|
15,558
|
(15,500
|
)
|
58
|
58
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Bridge
Notes
|
5,000
|
(5,000
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
22,631
|
61
|
–
|
22,692
|
5,000
|
(20,500
|
)
|
7,192
|
–
|
7,192
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Long-term
debt, less current maturities
|
102
|
–
|
–
|
102
|
–
|
–
|
102
|
–
|
102
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Redeemable common stock |
–
|
–
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
–
|
10,000
|
12,000
|
(12,000
|
) |
–
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Shareholders'
(Deficit) Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
stock (5)
|
1,165
|
(1,165
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
stock, par value (6)
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
17
|
6
|
23
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Paid-in
capital
|
14
|
(844
|
) |
(830
|
) |
27,176
|
26,346
|
22,858
|
49,204
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock
warrants
|
75
|
(75
|
)
|
4,103
|
4,103
|
1,136
|
5,239
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Treasury stock, at cost
|
(12,000 | ) | (12,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Retained
deficit
|
(13,916
|
)
|
(77
|
)
|
77
|
(13,916
|
)
|
(437
|
)
|
(14,353
|
)
|
|
(14,353
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Total
Shareholders' (Deficit) Equity
|
(12,676
|
)
|
(61
|
)
|
(2,000
|
) |
(14,737
|
)
|
–
|
30,850
|
16,113
|
12,000
|
28,113
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
|
$
|
10,057
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
10,057
|
$
|
5,000
|
$
|
20,350
|
$
|
35,407
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
35,407
|
||||||||||
| 1) |
Actual
historical balances as of September 30,
2005.
|
| 2) |
Reflects
the reclassification within equity to present the exchange
of shares in
the merger with a resulting 9,399,331 shares outstanding
(uBid
stockholders (8,800,000 shares) and Cape Coastal Trading
Corporation
stockholders (599,331 shares with 444,444 of such uBid stockholder
shares
being redeemable for up to $2,000).
|
| 3) |
Reflects
gross proceeds of approximately $29,500 from issuing 10,000,003
units
(including warrants to purchase 2,500,003 shares of common
stock valued at
$1.31 per share), the exchange of the $5,000 of bridge notes
and $10,500
of related party debt from Petters Group and affiliates into
units
(2,222,224 shares from such units being eligible for redemption
for up to
$10,000) and the use of a portion of those proceeds to retire $5,000
of existing related party debt from Lancelot and payment
transaction fees
of $4,150. Also, reflects the issuance of warrants to purchase
230,000
shares of common stock to the placement agents at a value
of $1.70 per
share and the issuance of warrants to the bridge note holders
to purchase
333,333 shares of common stock at a value of $1.31 per share
- the latter
warrant issuance is being reflected as interest expense due
to the
simultaneous conversion of those bridge notes. The increase
in restricted
investments is for the $5,000 provided to Banco Popular to
release
Lancelot and Petters Group from their obligations under the
letter of
credit guaranty.
|
| 4) |
Reflects
additional gross proceeds of $13,500 from issuing an additional
3,000,000
units (including warrants to purchase 750,002 shares of common
stock at a
value of $1.31 per share) and the use of those proceeds to
pay additional
transaction fees of $1,500 and the redemption of 2,666,668
shares of
common stock from the uBid stockholders for $12,000. Also
reflects the
issuance of additional warrants to purchase 90,000 shares
of common stock
to the placement agents at a value of $1.70 per share and
the issuance of
600,667 shares of common stock to Calico Capital Group for
services
rendered in the private offerings.
|
| 5) |
After
its reincorporation from a New York corporation to a Delaware
corporation, Cape Coastal Trading Corporation had 25,000,000
shares of
blank-check preferred stock authorized. No shares of preferred
stock were
issued in the merger or the private
offerings.
|
| 6) |
After
the reverse stock split and reincorporation, Cape Coastal
Trading
Corporation had 200,000,000 shares of authorized common stock
at a $0.001
par value with 19,399,334 shares outstanding after the first
private
offering on December 29, 2005 (the "First Closing") and 20,333,333
shares
outstanding after the closing on February 3, 2006 (the "Second
Closing").
This excludes shares issuable upon the exercise of issued
warrants of
3,903,338 shares. Also excludes 2,500,000 shares of common
stock reserved
for issuance under the 2005 Equity Plan, options for which
1,721,700
shares were granted upon the First
Closing.
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2004
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
As
Reported (1)
|
Adjustments
(2)
|
Pro
Forma
|
As
Reported (1)
|
Adjustments
(2)
|
Pro
Forma
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net
Revenues
|
$
|
87,002
|
$
|
87,002
|
$
|
65,297
|
$
|
65,297
|
|||||||||||
|
Cost
of Revenues
|
75,837
|
75,837
|
56,756
|
56,756
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Gross
Profit
|
11,165
|
11,165
|
8,541
|
8,541
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
General
and Administrative
|
12,112
|
12,112
|
9,860
|
9,860
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Sales
and Marketing
|
4,260
|
4,260
|
3,656
|
3,657
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total
operating expenses
|
16,372
|
16,372
|
13,516
|
13,517
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(5,207
|
)
|
(5,207
|
)
|
(4,975
|
)
|
(4,976
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Interest
Expense, Net
|
1,102
|
(679
|
)
|
423
|
(1,497
|
)
|
(1,466
|
)
|
31
|
||||||||||
|
Loss
Before Income Taxes
|
(6,309
|
)
|
679
|
(5,630
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
1,466
|
(5,007
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Income
Tax Expense
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss
|
(6,309
|
)
|
679
|
(5,630
|
)
|
(6,472
|
)
|
1,466
|
(5,007
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Preferred
Stock Dividend
|
60
|
(60
|
)
|
45
|
(45
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net
Loss Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
(6,369
|
)
|
$
|
739
|
$
|
(5,630
|
)
|
$
|
(6,517
|
)
|
$
|
1,511
|
$
|
(5,007
|
)
|
|||
| Net Loss Per Share | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and Diluted
|
$ | (5,941 | ) | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | (6,079 | ) | $ | (0.25 | ) | |||||||
|
Weighted
Average Shares – Basic and Diluted
|
1,072 | 20,332,261 | 20,333,333 | 1,072 | 20,332,261 | 20,333,333 | |||||||||||||
| (1) |
Actual
historical balances for the periods indicated.
|
| (2) |
Reduction
of related party interest expense due to the assumed conversion
or
retirement of related debt in conjunction with the private
offerings and
issuance of common shares in the merger and private
offerings.
|
|
Amount
|
||||
|
SEC
registration fee
|
$
|
16,706.40
|
||
|
Printing
and engraving expenses*
|
||||
|
Legal
fees and expenses*
|
||||
|
Accounting
fees and expenses*
|
||||
|
Miscellaneous
fees and expenses*
|
||||
|
Total*
|
||||
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated as of December 15, 2005, by and between
Cape
Coastal Trading Corporation, a New York corporation and Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005 (File
No.
000-50995).
|
|
2.2
|
Merger
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of December 29, 2005,
by and
among Cape Coastal Trading Corporation, uBid Acquisition Co., Inc.
and
uBid, Inc.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
3.2
|
Bylaws.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.1
|
Form
of Warrant to be issued to the Investors.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.2
|
Form
of Warrant to be issued to the Placement Agents.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.3
|
Form
of Warrant to be issued to the Note Holders.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.4
|
Form
of Lockup Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
5.1
|
Opinion
of McGuireWoods LLP.*
|
|
|
10.1
|
Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of January 13, 2005, by and between Cape
Coastal Trading Corporation, a New York corporation and Kwajo
Sarfoh.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2005 (File
No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.2
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement by and among Cape Coastal Trading
Corporation, uBid, Inc. and the Investors named therein.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
10.3
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 by and between Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation and Robert H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.4
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 by and between Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation and Timothy E. Takesue.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.5
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 by and between Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation and Anthony Priore.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.6
|
2005
Equity Incentive Plan, effective as of December 15, 2005.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.7
|
Form
of Incentive Stock Option Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.8
|
Form
of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.9
|
Form
of Indemnity Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
16.1
|
Letter
re Change in Certifying Accountant.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
16.2
|
Letter
re change in Certifying Accountant.*
|
|
|
21.1
|
List
of Subsidiaries.*
|
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of McGuireWoods LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
|
|
|
23.2
|
Consent
of BDO Seidman, LLP*
|
| uBid.com Holdings, Inc. | ||
| |
|
|
| By: | /s/ Robert H. Tomlinson, Jr. | |
|
Name: Robert H. Tomlinson, Jr. Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
||
|
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
|
/s/
Robert
H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
|
President,
Chief Executive Officer
|
February 10,
2006
|
|
|
Robert
H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
|
|
||
|
/s/
Miguel
A. Martinez,
Jr.
|
Vice
President, Finance (Principal Financial
|
February 10,
2006
|
||
|
Miguel
A. Martinez, Jr.
|
Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer)
|
|||
|
/s/
Stuart
R. Romenesko
|
Director
|
February 10,
2006
|
||
|
Stuart
R. Romenesko
|
|
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated as of December 15, 2005, by and between
Cape
Coastal Trading Corporation, a New York corporation and Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005 (File
No.
000-50995).
|
|
2.2
|
Merger
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of December 29, 2005,
by and
among Cape Coastal Trading Corporation, uBid Acquisition Co., Inc.
and
uBid, Inc.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
3.2
|
Bylaws.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.1
|
Form
of Warrant to be issued to the Investors.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.2
|
Form
of Warrant to be issued to the Placement Agents.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
4.3
|
Form
of Warrant to be issued to the Note Holders.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
4.4
|
Form
of Lockup Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
5.1
|
Opinion
of McGuireWoods LLP.*
|
|
|
10.1
|
Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of January 13, 2005, by and between Cape
Coastal Trading Corporation, a New York corporation and Kwajo
Sarfoh.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2005 (File
No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.2
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement by and among Cape Coastal Trading
Corporation, uBid, Inc. and the Investors named therein.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.3
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 by and between Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation and Robert H. Tomlinson, Jr.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.4
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 by and between Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation and Timothy E. Takesue.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.5
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 by and between Cape Coastal
Trading Corporation and Anthony Priore.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.6
|
2005
Equity Incentive Plan, effective as of December 15, 2005.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.7
|
Form
of Incentive Stock Option Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
Reference
|
|
10.8
|
Form
of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2005
(File No.
000-50995).
|
|
10.9
|
Form
of Indemnity Agreement.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
16.1
|
Letter
re Change in Certifying Accountant.
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006 (File No.
000-50995).
|
|
16.2
|
Letter
re change in Certifying Accountant.*
|
|
|
21.1
|
List
of Subsidiaries.*
|
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of McGuireWoods LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
|
|
|
23.2
|
Consent
of BDO Seidman, LLP*
|