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Commission
File No.: 000-51285
a21,
INC.
(Name
of Small Business Issuer in its
Charter)
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TEXAS
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74-2896910
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or
Organization)
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Identification
Number)
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PART
I
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ITEM
1. Description of Business
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1
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ITEM
2. Description of Property
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12
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ITEM
3. Legal Proceedings
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12
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ITEM
4. Submission Of Matters to a Vote Of Security Holders
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12
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PART
II
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ITEM
5. Market for Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Small
Business Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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13
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ITEM
6. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan Of
Operation
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13
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ITEM
7. Financial Statements
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18
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ITEM
8. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
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19
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ITEM
8A. Controls and Procedures
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19
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ITEM
8B. Other Information
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19
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PART
III
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ITEM
9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons;
Compliance With Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
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20
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ITEM
10. Executive Compensation
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23
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ITEM
11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and
Related Stockholder Matters
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27
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12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
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29
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ITEM
13. Exhibits
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30
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ITEM
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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31
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Consolidated
Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
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F-1
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·
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diversion
of management time and resources;
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difficulty
of assimilating the operations and personnel of the acquired
companies;
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potential
disruption of our ongoing business;
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difficulty
of incorporating acquired technology and rights into our products
and
services;
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unanticipated
expenses related to technology integration;
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difficulties
in maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures and
policies;
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impairment
of relationships with employees and customers as a result of any
integration of new management personnel; and
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potential
unknown liabilities associated with acquired
businesses.
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increased
time, effort and attention of our management to manage our foreign
operations;
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currency
devaluations and fluctuations in currency exchange rates, including
impacts of transactions in various currencies and translation of
various
currencies into dollars for U.S. reporting and financial covenant
compliance purposes;
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imposition
of or increases in customs duties and other tariffs;
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language
barriers and other difficulties in staffing and managing foreign
operations;
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longer
customer payment cycles and greater difficulties in collecting
accounts
receivable;
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uncertainties
of laws and enforcement relating to the protection of intellectual
property;
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Imposition
of or increases in currency exchange controls, including imposition
of or
increases in limitations on conversion of various currencies into
U.S.
dollars;
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imposition
of or increases in revenue, income or earnings taxes and withholding
and
other taxes;
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imposition
of or increases in investment or trade restrictions and other restrictions
or requirements by non-U.S. governments;
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inability
to definitively determine or satisfy legal requirements, inability
to
effectively enforce contract or legal rights and inability to obtain
complete financial or other information under local legal, judicial,
regulatory, disclosure and other systems; and
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nationalization
and other risks which could result from a change in government
or other
political, social or economic
instability.
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HIGH
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LOW
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2004
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First
Quarter
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$
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0.60
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$
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0.08
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Second
Quarter
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0.51
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0.22
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Third
Quarter
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0.33
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0.18
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Fourth
Quarter
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0.24
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0.12
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2005
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First
Quarter
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$
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0.13
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$
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0.09
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Second
Quarter
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0.20
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0.07
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Third
Quarter
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0.22
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0.13
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Fourth
Quarter
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0.48
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0.19
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2006
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First
Quarter (through March 27, 2006)
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$
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0.77
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$
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0.31
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Reports
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
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F-1,
F-3
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Consolidated
balance sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004
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F-4
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Consolidated
statements of operations for the years ended December
31, 2005 and 2004
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F-6
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Consolidated
statements of changes in stockholders' equity (capital deficiency)
and
comprehensive
(loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2005 and
2004
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F-7
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Consolidated
statements of cash flow for the years ended December
31, 2005and 2004
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F-10
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Notes
to consolidated financial statements
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F-13
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Report
of UK-based Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-2
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SuperStock
Limited (UK) consolidated financial statements for the years ended
December
31, 2005 and 2004
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F-36
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Name
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Age
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Position
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Albert
H. Pleus
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44
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Thomas
V. Butta
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49
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Vice
Chairman and President of a21, and Chief Executive Officer of SuperStock,
Inc.
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Haim
Ariav
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41
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Director
and Chief Creative Officer of a21, and President and Chief Creative
Officer of SuperStock, Inc.
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Thomas
Costanza
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39
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Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of a21, and Executive Vice
President
and Chief Financial Officer of SuperStock, Inc.
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Susan
O. Chiang
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40
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Executive
Vice President of SuperStock, Inc.
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Ardell
D. Albers
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Director
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Luke
A. Allen
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42
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Director
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Vincent
C. Butta
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44
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Director
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Philip
N. Garfinkle
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45
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Director
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C.
Donald Wiggins
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56
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Director
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Name
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Position
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Year
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Salary
($)
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Other
Annual Compensation ($)
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Restricted
Stock Awards ($)
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Stock
Options (#)
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Albert
H. Pleus
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Chairman
/ Chief Executive Officer
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2005
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$118,000
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$115,200
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(a)
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800,000
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2004
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$131,000
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(a)
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$30,000
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(a)
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—
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1,505,514
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2003
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—
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$180,000
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(a)
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Thomas
V. Butta
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Vice-Chairman
/ President / Prin. Fin. Officer
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2005
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$110,000
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$144,000
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(b)
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800,000
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2004
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$53,000
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Haim
Ariav
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Chief
Creative Officer
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2005
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$110,000
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$30,000
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(c)
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400,000
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2004
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$167,000
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(c)
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$9,000
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577,941
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2003
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$180,000
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(c)
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—
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Susan
O. Chiang
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Executive
Vice President, SuperStock, Inc.
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2005
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$93,000
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—
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$33,250
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(d)
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300,000
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2004
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$67,000
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(d)
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Option/SAR
Grants in Last Fiscal Year
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Individual
Grants
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Name
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Number
of Securities Underlying Options/SARs Granted (#)
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%
of Total Options/SARs Granted to Employees in Fiscal Year
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Exercise
or Base Price ($/Share)
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Expiration
Date
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Albert
H. Pleus
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800,000
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17.4
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$0.30
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April
2010
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Thomas
V. Butta
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800,000
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17.4
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$0.30
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April
2010
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Haim
Ariav
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400,000
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8.7
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$0.30
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April
2010
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Susan
O. Chiang
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300,000
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6.5
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$0.30
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September
2010
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Aggregate
Option/SAR Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and FY-End Option/SAR
Values
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Name
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Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)
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Value
Realized ($)
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Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options/SARs at FY-End (#)
Exercisable/Unexercisable
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Value
of Unexercised In-the Money Options/SARs at FY-End ($) (1)
Exercisable/Unexercisable
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Albert
H. Pleus
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1,705,514/600,000
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$68,200/$24,000
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Thomas
V. Butta
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200,000/600,000
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$8,000/$24,000
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Haim
Ariav
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1,654,608/300,000
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$105,600/$12,000
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Susan
O. Chiang
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75,000/225,000
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$3,000/$9,000
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May
1, 2005 Option
Grants
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Shares
of Restricted Stock
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Options
to Purchase Common Stock
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Luke
A. Allen
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140,000
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140,000
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Philip
N. Garfinkle
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140,000
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140,000
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C.
Donald Wiggins
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120,000
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120,000
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Vincent
C. Butta
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110,000
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110,000
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Name
and Address of
Beneficial
Owner (1)
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Amount
of Beneficial Ownership (2)
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Percentage
of Class
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Albert
H. Pleus
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6,618,607
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(3)
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8.32%
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Thomas
V. Butta
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2,194,284
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(4)
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2.82%
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Haim
Ariav
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3,480,610
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(5)
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4.40%
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Susan
Chiang
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1,382,885
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(6)
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1.77%
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Ardell
D. Albers
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155,000
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(7)
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0.20%
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Luke
A. Allen
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7,520,123
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(8)
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9.33%
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Vincent
C. Butta
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1,335,500
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(9)
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1.73%
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Philip
N. Garfinkle
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459,250
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(10)
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0.59%
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LCA
Capital Partners I, Inc.
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6,364,624
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(11)
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7.91%
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c/o
Luke A. Allen
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711
Fifth Avenue
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New
York, NY 10022
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C.
Donald Wiggins
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290,000
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(12)
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0.38%
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Heritage
Capital Group, Inc.
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225
Water Street, Suite 1250
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Jacksonville,
FL 32202
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John
Bohill
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4,479,721
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(13)
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5.81%
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Ahab
Capital Management, Inc.
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20,200,000
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(14)
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26.21%
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299
Park Avenue
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New
York, NY 10171
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StarVest
Partners L.P.
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12,500,000
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(15)
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16.22%
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750
Lexington Avenue
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New
York, NY 10022
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CRT
Capital Group, LLC
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3,855,019
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(16)
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5.00%
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262
Harbor Drive
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Stamford,
CT 06902
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All
Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (9 Persons)
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23,436,259
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(3)-(10)
and (12)
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28.24%
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(1)
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Except
as otherwise stated, the address of a beneficial owner is c/o a21,
Inc.,
7660 Centurion Parkway, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
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(2)
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Under
the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner
of a
security if such person has or shares the power to vote or direct
the
voting of such security or the power to dispose or direct the disposition
of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner
of any
securities if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership
within 60 days of the date from which beneficial ownership is calculated.
Except as otherwise indicated the named entities or individuals have
sole
voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common
stock
beneficially owned.
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(3)
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Consists
of 2,366,667 shares held directly by Mr. Pleus; 1,046,338 shares
of our
common stock held by Whitney Holdings, Inc. and 533,334 shares of
our
common stock held by Whitney Holdings Group LLC, which are controlled
by
Mr. Pleus; 133,334 shares held by the Albert Pleus Family Trust of
which
Mr. Pleus is trustee; options to purchase 1,905,514 shares of our
common
stock; and warrants held by Whitney Holdings, Inc. to purchase 633,420
shares of our common stock. Does not include 2,996,524 shares and
warrants
to purchase 3,368,100 shares of our common stock held by LCA Capital
Partners I, Inc., in which Mr. Pleus is a minority stockholder and
does
not have either voting or investment power.
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(4)
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Consists
of 1,485,000 shares held directly by Mr. Butta; 50,000 shares held
by Mr.
Butta’s immediate family; options to purchase 400,000 shares of our common
stock; and warrants to purchase 259,283 shares of our common stock.
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(5)
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Consists
of 316,667 shares held directly by Mr. Ariav; options to purchase
1,754,608 shares of our common stock; 1,163,005 shares of our common
stock
held by Glossy Finish LLC which is controlled by Mr. Ariav; and warrants
held by Glossy Finish LLC to purchase 246,330 shares of our common
stock.
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(6)
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Consists
of 289,118 shares held directly by Ms. Susan Chiang and her husband
Kai
Chiang; warrants to purchase 17,436 shares; options to purchase 150,000
shares of our common stock; and participating preferred shares of
SuperStock that are exchangeable into 926,331 shares of our common
stock.
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(7)
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Consists
of 95,000 shares held directly by Mr. Albers; and options to purchase
60,000 shares of our common stock.
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(8)
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Consists
of 1,015,499 shares held directly by Mr. Allen; options to purchase
140,000 shares of our common stock; 2,996,524 shares and warrants
to
purchase 3,368,100 shares held by LCA Capital Partners I, Inc., which
is
controlled by Mr. Allen.
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(9)
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Consists
of 1,085,500 shares held directly by Mr. Butta; and options to purchase
250,000 shares of our common stock.
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(10)
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Consists
of 230,000 shares held directly by Mr. Garfinkle; 39,250 shares owned
by
the Philip Nathan Garfinkle Living Trust, for which Mr. Garfinkle
is
trustee; and options or warrants to purchase 190,000 shares of our
common
stock.
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(11)
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Consists
of 2,996,524 shares and warrants to purchase 3,368,100 shares held
by LCA
Capital Partners I, Inc. which is controlled by Mr. Allen. Does not
include any shares beneficially owned by Mr. Allen
individually.
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(12)
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Consists
of 170,000 shares held directly by Mr. Wiggins; and options to purchase
120,000 shares of our common stock.
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(13)
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Consists
of 4,479,721 shares held by Clonure Limited which is controlled by
Mr.
Bohill.
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(14)
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Consists
of 9,090,000 shares held by Ahab Partners, L.P.; and 11,110,000 shares
held by Ahab International Ltd. Jonathan Gallen has the sole power
to vote
and direct the disposition of the shares of our common stock held
by Ahab
Partners, L.P. and Ahab International Ltd.
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(15)
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Consists
of 12,500,000 shares held by StarVest Partners, L.P. Deborah Farrington,
Jeanne Sullivan and Laura Sachar possess voting and dispositive power
over
the shares held by StarVest Partners, L.P.
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(16)
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Consists
of 3,855,019 shares held by CRT Capital Group, LLC. Christopher Young
is
the Managing Partner of CRT Capital Group.
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Plan
Category
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Number
of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Options, Warrants & Rights
Weighted Outstanding
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Average
Exercise Price
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Number
of Shares Available for Future Issuance (1)
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Equity
compensation plans
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approved
by security holders
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1,335,000
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$0.25
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496,264
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Equity
compensation plans not
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approved
by security holders (2)
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3,212,623
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$0.34
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EXHIBIT
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NUMBER
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DESCRIPTION
OF EXHIBIT
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3.1(a)
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Articles
of Incorporation of a21, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State
of the
State of Texas on October 29, 1998 (1).
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3.1(b)
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Amendment
to Articles of Incorporation of a21, Inc., as filed with the Secretary
of
State of the State of Texas filed on May 2, 2002 (2).
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3.2
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Bylaws
of a21, Inc., as amended to date (3).
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4.1
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Form
of Amended and Restated Common Stock Purchase Warrant
(13)
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10.1*
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2002
Directors, Officers and Consultants Stock Option, Stock Warrant and
Stock
Award Plan (4).
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10.2*
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Amendment
No. 1 to a21, Inc. 2002 Directors, Officers and Consultants Stock
Option,
Stock Warrant and Stock Award Plan (5).
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10.3
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Sale
and Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2004, by and between
SuperStock, Inc., as Seller, and NL Ventures IV, L.P., as Purchaser
(6).
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10.4
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Lease
Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2004, between NL Ventures IV Centurion,
L.P., as Landlord, and SuperStock, Inc., as Tenant. (7)
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10.5*
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Employment
Agreement between a21, Inc., SuperStock, Inc. and Susan Chiang
(8)
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10.6*
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Employment
Agreement between a21, Inc., SuperStock, Inc. and Albert
Pleus(12)
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10.7*
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Employment
Agreement between a21, Inc., SuperStock, Inc. and Thomas C. Butta
(12)
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10.8*
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Employment
Agreement between a21, Inc., SuperStock, Inc. and Haim Ariav
(12)
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10.9*
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Employment
Agreement between a21, Inc., SuperStock, Inc. and Thomas Costanza
(11)
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10.10
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Loan
Agreement dated as of November 8, 2005 among a21, Inc., SuperStock,
Inc.,
Ahab International, Ltd. and Ahab Partners, L.P. (9)
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10.11
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Notes
dated as of November 8, 2005 between SuperStock, Inc. and each of
Ahab
International, Ltd. and Ahab Partners, L.P. (9)
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10.12
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Security
Agreement dated as of November 8, 2005 between SuperStock, Inc. and
Ahab
Partners, L.P., as agent (9)
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10.13
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Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of November 8, 2005, among Cohanzick Credit
Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., Gabriel Capital, L.P., John L. Steffens,
Ahab Partners, L.P and Ahab International, Ltd. (9)
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10.14
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Share
Purchase Agreement between Louis Anthony Lockley Ingram, John Bohill,
Cathal John Sheehy, SuperStock Limited and a21, Inc., dated October
12,
2005 (10)
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10.15
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Sale
and Purchase Agreement between Clonure Limited and SuperStock Limited
dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.16
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Minority
Sale and Purchase Agreement between Andrew Eric Lawson Smith and
SuperStock Limited dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.17
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Minority
Sale and Purchase Agreement between David Jeffrey, Sumi
Jeffrey and
SuperStock Limited dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.18
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Minority
Sale and Purchase Agreement between Ruth Ingram and
SuperStock Limited dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.19
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Subscription
Agreement by Clonure Limited dated October 12, 2005
(10)
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10.20
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Subscription
Agreement by Louis Ingram dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.21
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Subscription
Agreement by David Jeffery dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.22
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Exchange
Agreement between a21, Inc., Clonure Limited, Louis Anthony Lockley
Ingram
and David Jeffrey dated October 12, 2005 (10)
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10.23
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Service
Agreement between LCJ Acquisitions Limited and Cathal Sheehy, dated
October 12, 2005 (10)
|
|
|
10.24
|
Service
Agreement between LCJ Acquisitions Limited and John Bohill, dated
October
12, 2005 (10)
|
|
|
10.25
|
Service
Agreement between LCJ Acquisitions Limited and Louis Ingram, dated
October
12, 2005 (10)
|
|
|
10.26
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Non-negotiable 12% Promissory Note
(13)
|
|
|
14.
|
Code
of Ethics
|
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant.
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of BDO Seidman, LLP.
|
|
|
23.2
|
Consent
of Baker Tilly
|
|
|
23.3
|
Consent
of Eisner LLP.
|
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant
to
Rule 13a-14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
|
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant
to
Rule 13a-14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
|
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 .
|
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 .
|
|
(1)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form
SB-2, filed on December 1, 1998.
|
|
(2)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated
April 30, 2002, filed on May 15, 2002.
|
|
(3)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form
SB-2, filed on December 1, 1998.
|
|
(4)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form
S-8, filed on April 25, 2002.
|
|
(5)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form
S-8, filed on July 18, 2002.
|
|
(6)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB,
filed on April 14, 2004.
|
|
(7)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
on July 13, 2004.
|
|
(8)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
on October 25, 2005.
|
|
(9)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
on November 23, 2005.
|
|
(10)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A,
filed on December 27, 2005
|
|
(11)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
on January 9, 2006.
|
|
(12)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
on May 13, 2005.
|
|
(13)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
on June 30, 2006
|
| April 17, 2006 | ||
| a21, Inc. | ||
| |
|
|
| By: | /s/ Albert H. Pleus | |
|
Albert
H. Pleus
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
|
|
By: | /s/ Thomas Costanza |
|
Thomas
Costanza
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
||
|
SIGNATURE
|
TITLE
(CAPACITY)
|
Date
|
|
/s/
Albert H. Pleus
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Albert
H. Pleus
|
(Principal
Executive Officer), and Director
|
|
|
/s/
Thomas Costanza
|
Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Thomas
Costanza
|
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
|
/s/
Thomas V. Butta
|
Vice
Chairman, President, and Director
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Thomas
V. Butta
|
||
|
/s/
Haim
Ariav
|
Chief
Creative officer and Director
|
April
17,
2006
|
|
Haim
Ariav
|
||
|
/s/
Ardell
D. Albers
|
Director
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Ardell
D. Albers
|
||
|
/s/
Luke
A. Allen
|
Director
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Luke
A. Allen
|
||
|
/s/
Vincent
C. Butta
|
Director
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Vincent
C. Butta
|
||
|
/s/
Philip
N. Garfinkle
|
Director
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
Philip
N. Garfinkle
|
||
|
/s/
C.
Donald Wiggins
|
Director
|
April
17, 2006
|
|
C.
Donald Wiggins
|
|
|
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-1
|
|
Report
of previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated
balance sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004
|
F-4
|
|
Consolidated
statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2005 and
2004
|
F-6
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
statements of changes in stockholders' equity (capital deficiency)
and
comprehensive (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2005
and
2004
|
F-7
|
|
Consolidated
statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2005and
2004
|
F-10
|
|
Notes
to consolidated financial statements
|
F-13
|
|
Report
of UK-based Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
|
Financial
Statements for SuperStock Limited (UK) for the years ended December
31,
2005 and 2004
|
F-36
|
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
|||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
|||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
|
|
|||||||
|
DECEMBER
31,
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
|
ASSETS
|
|
||||||
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,194
|
$
|
717
|
|||
|
Accounts
receivable, net allowance for doubtful accounts of $57,000 and
$50,000
|
1,840
|
1,462
|
|||||
|
Inventory
|
156
|
---
|
|||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
277
|
200
|
|||||
|
Income
tax receivable
|
---
|
108
|
|||||
|
Total
current assets
|
3,467
|
2,487
|
|||||
|
Land
and building, net
|
7,153
|
7,329
|
|||||
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
449
|
547
|
|||||
|
Photo
collection, net
|
1,715
|
2,198
|
|||||
|
Goodwill
|
2,263
|
1,049
|
|||||
|
Contracts
with photographers, net
|
929
|
1,133
|
|||||
|
Deferred
rent receivable
|
541
|
---
|
|||||
|
Long-term
notes receivable
|
15
|
18
|
|||||
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
3,882
|
92
|
|||||
|
Other
|
100
|
101
|
|||||
|
Restricted
cash
|
---
|
600
|
|||||
|
Total
assets
|
$
|
20,514
|
$
|
15,554
|
|||
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|||||||
|
Notes
payable, unsecured
|
$
|
1,050
|
$
|
---
|
|||
|
Accounts
payable
|
1,351
|
872
|
|||||
|
Accrued
wages and payroll taxes
|
113
|
147
|
|||||
|
Accrued
interest
|
104
|
187
|
|||||
|
Accrued
purchase price payable
|
156
|
201
|
|||||
|
Royalties
payable
|
1,180
|
979
|
|||||
|
Foreign
income taxes payable
|
206
|
---
|
|||||
|
Current
portion of promissory note payable
|
33
|
32
|
|||||
|
Warrant
liability
|
187
|
---
|
|||||
|
Other
|
33
|
---
|
|||||
|
Total
current liabilities
|
4,413
|
2,418
|
|||||
|
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES
|
|||||||
|
Loan
payable from sale-leaseback of building, less current
portion
|
7,438
|
7,458
|
|||||
|
Convertible
subordinated notes payable, net - Related party
|
---
|
520
|
|||||
|
Senior
secured notes payable, net - Related party
|
2,316
|
---
|
|||||
|
Notes
payable, unsecured, net - Related party
|
---
|
1,040
|
|||||
|
Promissory
note payable, less current portion
|
34
|
67
|
|||||
|
Other
|
92
|
61
|
|||||
|
Total
liabilities
|
14,293
|
11,564
|
|||||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
|
||||||||||
|
($
in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||
|
DECEMBER
31,
|
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
||||||||||
|
MINORITY
INTEREST
|
2,800
|
2,800
|
||||||||
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
||||||||||
|
Preferred
stock; $.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized; 14,480 and 0 shares
issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004,
respectively
|
---
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Common
stock; $.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 74,115,012
and
41,816,012 shares issued at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively
and
70,435,237 and 38,136,237 shares outstanding at December 31, 2005
and
2004, respectively
|
74
|
42
|
||||||||
|
Treasury
stock (at cost, 3,679,775 shares)
|
---
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
17,802
|
10,599
|
||||||||
|
Deferred
compensation
|
(115
|
)
|
---
|
|||||||
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(14,404
|
)
|
(9,411
|
)
|
||||||
|
Accumulated
comprehensive income (loss)
|
64
|
(40
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
3,421
|
1,190
|
||||||||
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
20,514
|
$
|
15,554
|
||||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
|||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|||||||
|
($
in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|||||||
|
Twelve
Months Ended
|
|||||||
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
9,563
|
$
|
7,475
|
|||
|
Cost
of revenue (excludes amortization expense of $697,000 and
$580,000)
|
3,090
|
2,241
|
|||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative
|
7,401
|
5,929
|
|||||
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,683
|
1,127
|
|||||
|
TOTAL
OPERATING EXPENSES
|
12,174
|
9,297
|
|||||
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
(2,611
|
)
|
(1,822
|
)
|
|||
|
Interest
expense
|
(1,380
|
)
|
(1,443
|
)
|
|||
|
Warrant
expense
|
(173
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Other
(expense) income, net
|
(610
|
)
|
45
|
||||
|
NET
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX BENEFIT
|
(4,774
|
)
|
(3,220
|
)
|
|||
|
Income
tax benefit
|
---
|
729
|
|||||
|
NET
LOSS
|
(4,774
|
)
|
(2,491
|
)
|
|||
|
Disproportionate
deemed dividends
|
(219
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
NET
LOSS ATTRIBUTED TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
$
|
(4,993
|
)
|
$
|
(2,491
|
)
|
|
|
NET
LOSS ATTRIBUTED TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS PER SHARE, BASIC AND
DILUTED
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
|
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING, BASIC AND
DILUTED
|
47,723,202
|
35,031,876
|
|||||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY) AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Treasury
Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Number
|
Number
|
Number
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
of
Shares
|
Amount
|
of
Shares
|
Amount
|
of
Shares
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||||
|
Balance
at December 31, 2003
|
---
|
$
|
---
|
22,707
|
$
|
23
|
(3,680
|
)
|
$
|
---
|
|||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for services
|
---
|
---
|
40
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for cash, net
|
---
|
---
|
15,000
|
15
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for repayment of notes payable to
affiliates
|
---
|
---
|
2,375
|
2
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for equity placement costs
|
---
|
---
|
450
|
1
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock in settlement of accrued compensation and compensation
expense to officers and consultants
|
---
|
---
|
670
|
1
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to the sellers of SuperStock
|
---
|
---
|
524
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock pursuant to the exercise of options
|
---
|
---
|
50
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
---
|
$
|
---
|
41,816
|
$
|
42
|
(3,680
|
)
|
$
|
---
|
|||||||||
|
Compensation
from the issuance of restricted stock
|
---
|
---
|
3,190
|
3
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of restricted stock for investor relations fees
|
---
|
---
|
150
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for cash
|
---
|
---
|
8,000
|
8
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Stock
options exercised
|
---
|
---
|
25
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Stock
warrants exercised
|
---
|
---
|
17,114
|
17
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of preferred stock as part of purchase price of Ingram (convertible
into
shares of a21 at a minimum price of $0.50/share)
|
14
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock in conjunction with the acquisition of Ingram Publishing
Limited
|
---
|
---
|
3,620
|
4
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of restricted stock for finance costs
|
---
|
---
|
200
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
|||||||||||||
|
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
14
|
$
|
---
|
74,115
|
$
|
74
|
(3,680
|
)
|
$
|
---
|
|||||||||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
||||||||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY) AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
|
||||||||||||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Additional
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Paid-In
|
Deferred
|
Accumulated
|
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||
|
Capital
|
Compensation
|
Deficit
|
Income/(Loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
|
Balance
at December 31, 2003
|
$
|
5,388
|
$
|
---
|
$
|
(6,920
|
)
|
$
|
---
|
$
|
(1,509
|
)
|
||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for services
|
10
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
10
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for cash, net
|
2,775
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
2,790
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for repayment of notes payable to
affiliates
|
473
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
475
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for equity placement costs
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
1
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock in settlement of accrued compensation and compensation
expense to officers and consultants
|
146
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
147
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock to the sellers of SuperStock
|
137
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
137
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock pursuant to the exercise of options
|
13
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
13
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants to the holders of unsecured notes payable
|
31
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
31
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants to the holders of unsecured notes payable and convertible
subordinated notes payable
|
390
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
390
|
|||||||||||
|
Beneficial
conversion feature related to convertible subordinated notes
payable
|
1,105
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
1,105
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of options for consulting services
|
48
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
48
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants for costs incurred in connection with the acquisition
of
SuperStock
|
83
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
83
|
|||||||||||
|
Net
loss
|
---
|
---
|
(2,491
|
)
|
---
|
(2,491
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
(40
|
)
|
(40
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Comprehensive
loss
|
(2,531
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
$
|
10,599
|
$
|
---
|
(9,411
|
)
|
$
|
(40
|
)
|
$
|
1,190
|
|||||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
||||||||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(CAPITAL
DEFICIENCY) AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
|
||||||||||||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Additional
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Paid-In
|
Deferred
|
Accumulated
|
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||
|
Capital
|
Compensation
|
Deficit
|
Income/(Loss)
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants to the holders of unsecured notes payable
|
18
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
18
|
|||||||||||
|
Reduction
in additional paid-in capital for beneficial conversion feature in
connection with extinguishment of convertible subordinated notes
payable
|
(263
|
)
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
(263
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants to the holders of senior secured notes payable
|
3
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
3
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of restricted stock to directors and officers
|
400
|
(403
|
)
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
||||||||||
|
Issuance
of restricted stock for investor relations fees
|
28
|
---
|
---
|
28
|
||||||||||||
|
Amortization
of deferred compensation
|
---
|
288
|
---
|
---
|
288
|
|||||||||||
|
Charge
for the cost of variable option compensation
|
139
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
139
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for cash
|
1,192
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
1,200
|
|||||||||||
|
Stock
options exercised
|
5
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
5
|
|||||||||||
|
Stock
warrants exercised
|
3,149
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
3,166
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of preferred stock as part of purchase price of Ingram (convertible
into
shares of a21 at a minimum price of $0.50/share)
|
1,274
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
1,274
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock in conjunction with the acquisition of Ingram Publishing
Limited
|
973
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
977
|
|||||||||||
|
Issuance
of restricted stock for finance costs
|
66
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
66
|
|||||||||||
|
Deemed
dividend
|
219
|
---
|
(219
|
)
|
---
|
---
|
||||||||||
|
Net
loss
|
---
|
---
|
(4,774
|
)
|
---
|
(4,774
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
104
|
104
|
||||||||||||||
|
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
|
|
|
(4,670
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
$
|
17,802
|
$
|
(115
|
)
|
$
|
(14,404
|
)
|
$
|
64
|
$
|
3,421
|
||||
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements.
|
|||||||||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
|
||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||
|
|
|
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(4,774
|
)
|
$
|
(2,491
|
)
|
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,683
|
1,127
|
|||||
|
Loss
from disposal of property and equipment
|
69
|
---
|
|||||
|
Amortization
of finance costs
|
82
|
787
|
|||||
|
Write-down
of notes receivable and advance to stockholder
|
---
|
64
|
|||||
|
Compensation
from the prior issuance of variable options
|
139
|
---
|
|||||
|
Compensation
from the issuance of options and warrants
|
18
|
48
|
|||||
|
Deferred
compensation
|
288
|
---
|
|||||
|
Common
stock issued for services
|
23
|
21
|
|||||
|
Amortization
of debt discount related to notes payable
|
106
|
---
|
|||||
|
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
371
|
---
|
|||||
|
Deferred
income taxes, net
|
---
|
(729
|
)
|
||||
|
Other
changes in long-term assets and liabilities excluding business
acquisitions
|
(89
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Changes
in:
|
|||||||
|
Accounts
receivable
|
160
|
(210
|
)
|
||||
|
Inventory
|
(91
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(7
|
)
|
(131
|
)
|
|||
|
Income
tax receivable
|
108
|
(108
|
)
|
||||
|
Long-term
assets
|
---
|
176
|
|||||
|
Deferred
rent receivable
|
(541
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
199
|
(55
|
)
|
||||
|
Accrued
interest
|
(83
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
SuperStock
purchase payable
|
156
|
---
|
|||||
|
Security
deposit
|
---
|
61
|
|||||
|
Income
tax payable
|
4
|
---
|
|||||
|
Warrant
liability
|
173
|
---
|
|||||
|
Restricted
cash
|
600
|
(600
|
)
|
||||
|
NET
CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
(1,406
|
)
|
(2,040
|
)
|
|||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW (continued)
|
||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||
|
Acquisition
of SuperStock, net of cash balance of $1,151 of SuperStock at date
of
acquisition
|
---
|
(1,417
|
)
|
||||
|
Acquisition
of Ingram, net of cash balance of $76 of Ingram at date of
acquisition
|
(1,487
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Investment
in building
|
(232
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
|||
|
Investment
in property and equipment
|
(107
|
)
|
(322
|
)
|
|||
|
NET
CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
(1,826
|
)
|
(1,760
|
)
|
|||
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||
|
Proceeds
from sale-leaseback of land and building accounted for as a loan
payable
|
---
|
7,516
|
|||||
|
Lease
payments accounted for as repayment of loan payable
|
---
|
(60
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds
from senior secured notes payable - related party
|
2,250
|
---
|
|||||
| Payment of Ingram debt | (1,548 | ) |
---
|
|
|||
|
Payment
of convertible subordinated notes payable
|
(1,250
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Net
proceeds from sale of common stock and warrants
|
4,371
|
2,790
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of unsecured notes payable and warrants
|
---
|
1,050
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
from issuance of convertible subordinated notes payable and
warrants
|
---
|
1,250
|
|||||
|
Payment
of revolving credit line
|
---
|
(1,700
|
)
|
||||
|
Payment
of unsecured notes payable to affiliates
|
---
|
(160
|
)
|
||||
|
Payment
of seller note payable
|
(201
|
)
|
(1,576
|
)
|
|||
|
Payment
of promissory note payable
|
(33
|
)
|
---
|
||||
|
Payment
of note payable to bank
|
---
|
(4,554
|
)
|
||||
|
Other
|
16
|
---
|
|||||
|
NET
CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
3,606
|
4,556
|
|||||
|
EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALANTS
|
104
|
(40
|
)
|
||||
|
NET
INCREASE IN CASH
|
477
|
716
|
|||||
|
CASH
AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
717
|
1
|
|||||
|
CASH
AT END OF PERIOD
|
$
|
1,194
|
$
|
717
|
|||
|
a21,
Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW (continued)
|
||||||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||||||
|
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
|
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||
|
Income
taxes paid (refunded)
|
$
|
(108
|
)
|
$
|
108
|
|||||
|
Interest
paid
|
1,251
|
103
|
||||||||
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING AND INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
|
Issuance
of equity for:
|
||||||||||
|
Repayment
of notes payable to affiliates
|
---
|
424
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for consulting service
|
9
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for lease financing arrangement
|
62
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for accrued interest on notes payable to
affiliates
|
---
|
51
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for accrued compensation
|
---
|
136
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock for placement costs in connection with the sale of
common
stock
|
---
|
13
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock as part of SuperStock acquisition
|
---
|
137
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of common stock as part of Ingram acquisition (see Note C)
|
977
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of preferred stock as part of Ingram acquisition (see Note
C)
|
1,274
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Deferred
compensation
|
115
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Modification
of warrants in connection with senior secured notes
payable
|
11
|
---
|
||||||||
|
Debt
discount recorded for the issuance of warrants in connection with
unsecured note payable and
convertible
subordinated notes payable
|
---
|
422
|
||||||||
|
Debt
discount recorded for beneficial conversion of convertible subordinated
notes payable
|
---
|
1,105
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of warrants as part of acquisition cost of SuperStock
|
---
|
83
|
||||||||
|
Note
payable to sellers on acquisition of SuperStock
|
---
|
1,576
|
||||||||
|
Accrued
purchase price payable
|
---
|
201
|
||||||||
|
Issuance
of promissory note payable in connection with acquisition of
SuperStock
|
---
|
100
|
||||||||
|
Minority
interest
|
---
|
2,800
|
||||||||
|
Acquisition
of SuperStock (See Note C)
|
---
|
7,477
|
||||||||
|
Adjustment
to goodwill for reduction in valuation allowance for tax
asset
|
---
|
301
|
||||||||
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial
Statements.
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($
in thousands)
|
December
31,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
|||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
Currency
transaction loss
|
$
|
(144
|
)
|
||||
|
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
(371
|
)
|
|||||
|
Foreign
tax credits
|
(105
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other
|
10
|
||||||
|
$
|
(610
|
)
|
|||||
|
$
in thousands, except per share amounts
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Net
loss attributed to common stockholders
|
$
|
(4,993
|
)
|
$
|
(2,491
|
)
|
|
|
Add:
Stock-based employee compensation included in net loss
|
427
|
---
|
|||||
|
Less:
Stock-based employee compensation using the fair value
method
|
(131
|
)
|
(11
|
) | |||
|
Pro
forma net loss
|
$
|
(4,697
|
)
|
$
|
(2,502
|
)
|
|
|
Loss
per share - basic and diluted
|
|||||||
|
As
reported
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
|
Pro
forma
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||
|
Current
assets
|
$
|
2,473
|
||
|
Land
and building
|
7,572
|
|||
|
Photo
collection
|
2,607
|
|||
|
Property
and equipment
|
469
|
|||
|
Goodwill
|
1,350
|
|||
|
Contracts
with photographers
|
1,304
|
|||
|
Other
intangible assets
|
116
|
|||
|
Other
long-term assets
|
342
|
|||
|
Note
payable to bank - current
|
(4,554
|
)
|
||
|
Other
current liabilities
|
(3,171
|
)
|
||
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
(1,031
|
)
|
||
|
$
|
7,477
|
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||
|
Current
assets
|
$
714
|
|||
|
Other
assets
|
82
|
|||
|
License
agreements
|
2,440
|
|||
|
Noncompete
agreement
|
790
|
|||
|
Customer
relationships
|
420
|
|||
|
Distribution
agreements
|
270
|
|||
|
Trademark
|
220
|
|||
|
Goodwill
|
961
|
|||
|
Current
liabilities
|
(602
|
)
|
||
|
$
|
5,295
|
|||
|
($
in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Total
revenue
|
$
|
12,258
|
$
|
12,059
|
|||
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(4,084
|
)
|
$
|
(2,480
|
)
|
|
|
Net
loss per share, basic and diluted
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Proforma
weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and
diluted
|
53,435,859
|
44,137,991
|
|||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
December
31,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
$
|
421
|
$
|
412
|
|||
|
Photo/Computer
equipment
|
430
|
407
|
|||||
|
Software
|
147
|
138
|
|||||
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
(549
|
)
|
(410
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
property and equipment, net
|
$
|
449
|
$
|
547
|
|||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||
|
Goodwill
at December 31, 2004
|
$
|
1,049
|
||
|
SuperStock
earnout
|
156
|
|||
|
Ingram
acquisition
|
961
|
|||
|
Cumulative
foreign currency
translation
of Ingram goodwill
|
97
|
|||
|
Goodwill
at December 31, 2005
|
$
|
2,263
|
||
|
($
in thousands)
|
Average
useful
|
||||||||||||
|
Cost
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Net
|
life
in months
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
SuperStock
non-compete covenants
|
$
|
116
|
$
|
(53
|
)
|
$
|
63
|
48
|
|||||
|
Ingram
license agreements
|
2,440
|
(144
|
)
|
2,296
|
60
|
||||||||
|
Ingram
non-compete agreements
|
790
|
(77
|
)
|
713
|
36
|
||||||||
|
Ingram
customer relationships
|
420
|
(41
|
)
|
379
|
36
|
||||||||
|
Ingram
distribution agreements
|
270
|
(27
|
)
|
243
|
36
|
||||||||
|
Ingram
trademark
|
220
|
(32
|
)
|
188
|
24
|
||||||||
|
Intangible
assets
|
$
|
4,256
|
$
|
(374
|
)
|
$
|
3,882
|
||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||||||
|
December
31, 2005
|
Domestic
|
International
|
Total
|
|||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
7,937
|
$
|
1,626
|
$
|
9,563
|
||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
Segment
operating loss
|
(2,085
|
)
|
(526
|
)
|
(2,611
|
)
|
||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
Segment
assets
|
14,565
|
5,949
|
20,514
|
|||||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||||||||
|
December
31, 2004
|
Domestic
|
International
|
Total
|
|||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
6,456
|
$
|
1,019
|
$
|
7,475
|
||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
Segment
operating loss
|
(1,702
|
)
|
(120
|
)
|
(1,822
|
)
|
||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
Segment
assets
|
16,403
|
385
|
16,788
|
|||||||
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||
|
($
in thousands)
|
||||
|
2006
|
$
|
17
|
||
|
2007
|
35
|
|||
|
2008
|
55
|
|||
|
2009
|
80
|
|||
|
2010
|
110
|
|||
|
Thereafter
|
7,158
|
|||
|
7,455
|
||||
|
Less:
Current Portion
|
(17
|
)
|
||
|
Long
Term Portion
|
$
|
7,438
|
||
|
($
in thousands)
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Income
tax benefit at federal statutory rate
|
$
|
(1,623
|
)
|
$
|
(1,095
|
)
|
|
|
State
income tax benefit, net of effect on federal taxes
|
(173
|
)
|
(170
|
)
|
|||
|
Permanent
differences and other
|
53
|
304
|
|||||
|
Increase
in valuation allowance
|
1,743
|
232
|
|||||
|
Income
tax benefit
|
$
|
---
|
$
|
729
|
|||
|
($
in thousands)
|
December
31,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
|
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|||||||
|
Net
operating loss carryforwards
|
$
|
3,627
|
$
|
2,556
|
|||
|
Foreign
tax credits (1)
|
443
|
400
|
|||||
|
Alternative
minimum tax credit (1)
|
28
|
28
|
|||||
|
Accounts
receivable (1)
|
19
|
20
|
|||||
|
Deferred
compensation
|
173
|
19
|
|||||
|
Capital
lease
|
189
|
51
|
|||||
|
Total
deferred tax assets
|
4,479
|
3,074
|
|||||
|
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation
on photo collection and other
|
(879
|
)
|
(675
|
)
|
|||
|
Non
compete agreement
|
(24
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
|||
|
Photographer
contracts
|
(349
|
)
|
(522
|
)
|
|||
|
Total
Deferred tax liabilities
|
(1,252
|
)
|
(1,234
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
deferred tax asset
|
3,227
|
1,840
|
|||||
|
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(3,227
|
)
|
(1,840
|
)
|
|||
|
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$
|
---
|
$
|
---
|
|||
|
(1)
|
These
amounts relate to the acquisition of SuperStock, Inc. in
2004.
|
|
STOCK
OPTIONS
|
WARRANTS
|
||||||||||||
|
WEIGHTED
|
WEIGHTED
|
||||||||||||
|
AVERAGE
|
AVERAGE
|
||||||||||||
|
|
SHARES
|
EXERCISE
PRICE
|
SHARES
|
EXERCISE
PRICE
|
|||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2003
|
2,614,168
|
$
|
0.32
|
1,267,667
|
$
|
1.02
|
|||||||
|
Granted
|
2,083,455
|
$
|
0.30
|
28,015,890
|
$
|
0.59
|
|||||||
|
Exercised
|
---
|
(573,590
|
)
|
$
|
0.26
|
||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
4,697,623
|
$
|
0.31
|
28,709,967
|
$
|
0.61
|
|||||||
|
Granted
|
4,603,650
|
$
|
0.30
|
1,062,500
|
$
|
0.29
|
|||||||
|
Exercised
|
(25,000
|
)
|
$
|
0.15
|
(17,114,000
|
)
|
$
|
0.19
|
|||||
|
Forfeited/Cancelled
|
(598,335
|
)
|
$
|
0.27
|
(1,177,500
|
)
|
$
|
0.93
|
|||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
8,677,938
|
$
|
0.31
|
11,480,967
|
$
|
0.47
|
|||||||
|
Exercisable,
December 31, 2004
|
4,685,123
|
$
|
0.31
|
28,709,967
|
$
|
0.61
|
|||||||
|
Exercisable,
December 31, 2005
|
6,220,836
|
$
|
0.31
|
11,480,967
|
$
|
0.47
|
|||||||
|
Options
Outstanding
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
|
||||||
|
Exercise
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Number
|
|||
|
Prices
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual
Life
|
Exercisable
|
|||
|
$0.15
|
729,167
|
1
year
|
729,167
|
|||
|
$0.25
|
1,335,000
|
|
2
years
|
1,335,000
|
||
|
$0.30
|
6,213,771
|
|
4
years
|
3,756,669
|
||
|
$0.50
|
160,000
|
|
2
years
|
160,000
|
||
|
$1.00
|
120,000
|
2
years
|
120,000
|
|||
|
$1.50
|
120,000
|
2
years
|
120,000
|
|||
|
8,677,938
|
3
years
|
6,220,836
|
||||
|
Warrants
Outstanding
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
|
||||||
|
Exercise
|
Number
|
Remaining
|
Number
|
|||
|
Prices
|
Outstanding
|
Contractual
Life
|
Exercisable
|
|||
|
$0.188
|
500,000
|
4
years
|
500,000
|
|||
|
$0.20
|
968,000
|
3
years
|
968,000
|
|||
|
$0.225
|
918,000
|
3
years
|
918,000
|
|||
|
$0.25
|
4,079,000
|
3
months
|
4,079,000
|
|||
|
$0.30
|
122,000
|
2
years
|
122,000
|
|||
|
$0.377
|
562,500
|
4
years
|
562,500
|
|||
|
$0.40
|
50,000
|
2
years
|
50,000
|
|||
|
$0.45
|
1,926,000
|
3
years
|
1,926,000
|
|||
|
$0.56
|
160,000
|
3
years
|
160,000
|
|||
|
$0.63
|
16,668
|
1
year
|
16,668
|
|||
|
$0.75
|
162,500
|
1
year
|
162,500
|
|||
|
$0.90
|
734,400
|
3
years
|
734,400
|
|||
|
$1.25
|
160,000
|
2
years
|
160,000
|
|||
|
$1.26
|
183,333
|
1
year
|
183,333
|
|||
|
$1.35
|
734,400
|
3
years
|
734,400
|
|||
|
$1.50
|
83,333
|
1
year
|
83,333
|
|||
|
$1.75
|
50,000
|
2
years
|
50,000
|
|||
|
$2.25
|
33,333
|
2
months
|
33,333
|
|||
|
$3.00
|
37,500
|
6
months
|
37,500
|
|||
|
11,480,967
|
2
years
|
11,480,967
|
||||
|
SuperStock
Limited
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For
the year ended
31
December 2005
|
|
Page
|
|
|
Company
Information
|
1
|
|
Directors’
Report
|
2
|
|
Report
of the Independent Auditors
|
3
|
|
Consolidated
Statement of Income
|
4
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
|
5
|
|
Company
Balance Sheet
|
6
|
|
Consolidated
Cash Flow Statement
|
7
|
|
Notes
forming part of the Financial Statements
|
8
|
|
H
Ariav
|
(appointed
15 February 2005)
|
|
T
Butta
|
(appointed
15 February 2005)
|
|
K
Chiang
|
(resigned
15 February 2005)
|
|
a.
|
select
suitable accounting policies and then apply them
consistently;
|
|
b.
|
make
judgements and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent;
|
|
c.
|
state
whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject
to any
material departures disclosed and explained in the financial
statements;
|
|
d.
|
prepare
the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in
business.
|
|
Notes
|
Year
31.12.05
£
|
Period
1.6.04
to
31.12.04
£
|
||||||||
|
TURNOVER
|
1
|
822,186
|
414,041
|
|||||||
|
Cost
of sales
|
(417,459)
|
(239,352)
|
||||||||
|
Gross
profit
|
404,727
|
174,689
|
||||||||
|
Administrative
expenses
|
(714,819
|
)
|
(219,521
|
)
|
||||||
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
(310,092
|
)
|
(44,832
|
)
|
||||||
|
Interest
receivable and similar income
|
576
|
322
|
||||||||
|
(309,516
|
)
|
(44,510
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Interest
payable and similar charges
|
(3,509
|
)
|
(1,631
|
)
|
||||||
|
LOSS
ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION
|
2
|
(313,025
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||||
|
Taxation
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
|
LOSS
ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES AFTER TAXATION
|
(313,025
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
||||||
|
Dividends
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
|
RETAINED
LOSS FOR THE YEAR
|
16
|
(313,025
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||||
|
Notes
|
31
December
2005
£
|
31
December
2004
£
|
||||||||
|
FIXED
ASSETS
|
||||||||||
|
Intangible
assets
|
7
|
2,830,186
|
-
|
|||||||
|
Tangible
assets
|
8
|
50,361
|
3,533
|
|||||||
|
Investments
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
|
2,880,547
|
3,533
|
|||||||||
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||||||||
|
Stocks
|
10
|
37,420
|
-
|
|||||||
|
Debtors
|
11
|
376,992
|
113,958
|
|||||||
|
Cash
at bank and in hand
|
152,386
|
34,122
|
||||||||
|
566,798
|
148,080
|
|||||||||
|
CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due within one year
|
12
|
(1,139,258
|
)
|
(599,281
|
)
|
|||||
|
NET
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
(572,460
|
)
|
(451,201
|
)
|
||||||
|
TOTAL
ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
2,308,087
|
(447,668
|
)
|
|||||||
|
CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due after more than one year
|
13
|
(3,064,710
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
|
PROVISIONS
FOR LIABILITIES AND CHARGES
|
14
|
(4,070
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
|
(760,693
|
)
|
(447,668
|
)
|
|||||||
|
CAPITAL
AND RESERVES
|
||||||||||
|
Called
up share capital
|
15
|
100
|
100
|
|||||||
|
Share
premium account
|
17
|
62,400
|
62,400
|
|||||||
|
Profit
and loss account
|
16
|
(823,193
|
)
|
(510,168
|
)
|
|||||
|
SHAREHOLDERS’
FUNDS
|
(760,693
|
)
|
(447,668
|
)
|
||||||
|
Notes
|
31
December
2005
£
|
31
December
2004
£
|
||||||||
|
FIXED
ASSETS
|
||||||||||
|
Tangible
assets
|
8
|
3,653
|
3,533
|
|||||||
|
Investments
|
9
|
3,056,200
|
-
|
|||||||
|
3,059,853
|
3,533
|
|||||||||
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||||||||
|
Debtors
|
11
|
134,305
|
113,958
|
|||||||
|
Cash
at bank and in hand
|
49,544
|
34,122
|
||||||||
|
183,849
|
148,080
|
|||||||||
|
CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due within one year
|
12
|
(709,024
|
)
|
(599,281
|
)
|
|||||
|
NET
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
(525,175
|
)
|
(451,201
|
)
|
||||||
|
TOTAL
ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
2,534,678
|
(447,668
|
)
|
|||||||
|
CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due after more than one year
|
13
|
(3,056,200
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
|
NET
LIABILITIES
|
(521,522
|
)
|
(447,668
|
)
|
||||||
|
CAPITAL
AND RESERVES
|
||||||||||
|
Called
up share capital
|
15
|
100
|
100
|
|||||||
|
Share
premium account
|
17
|
62,400
|
62,400
|
|||||||
|
Profit
and loss account
|
16
|
(584,022
|
)
|
(510,168
|
)
|
|||||
|
SHAREHOLDERS’
FUNDS
|
(521,522
|
)
|
(447,668
|
)
|
||||||
|
Notes
|
Year
ended
31.12.05
£
|
Period
ended
31.12.04
£
|
||||||||
|
Cash
flow from operating activities
|
18a
|
80,139
|
5,915
|
|||||||
|
Returns
on investments and servicing of finance
|
18b
|
(2,933
|
)
|
(1,309
|
)
|
|||||
|
Taxation
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
|
Capital
expenditure and servicing of finance
|
18c
|
(1,202
|
)
|
(3,817
|
)
|
|||||
|
Acquisitions
and disposals
|
18d
|
(3,056,200
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
|
CASH
(OUTFLOW)/INFLOW BEFORE FINANCING
|
(2,980,196
|
)
|
789
|
|||||||
|
Financing
|
18e
|
3,054,900
|
-
|
|||||||
|
INCREASE
IN CASH IN THE PERIOD
|
74,704
|
789
|
||||||||
|
2005
£
|
2004
£
|
||||||
|
Increase
in cash in the period
|
74,704
|
789
|
|||||
|
Change
in net debt resulting from cash flows
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
New
finance leases
|
(19,555
|
)
|
-
|
||||
|
NET
FUNDS AT 1 JANUARY 2005
|
789
|
-
|
|||||
|
NET
FUNDS AT 31 DECEMBER 2005
|
55,938
|
789
|
|||||
| Non-competing intangible | 3 years | |
| Trademark | 2 years | |
| License Agreements | 5 years | |
| Distribution Agreement | 3 years | |
| Customer Relationship | 3 years | |
| Goodwill | 20 years |
|
1
|
TURNOVER
|
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
||||||
|
United
Kingdom
|
614,237
|
397,260
|
|||||
|
Rest
of the world
|
207,949
|
16,781
|
|||||
|
822,186
|
414,041
|
||||||
|
2
|
LOSS
ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
|
||
|
Loss
on ordinary activities before taxation is stated after charging/(crediting):
|
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation
and amounts written off tangible fixed assets:
|
|
|||||||||
|
Charge
for the period:
|
|
|||||||||
|
owned
assets
|
562
|
648
|
||||||||
|
Exchange
losses/(gains)
|
6,057
|
126
|
||||||||
|
Auditors’
remuneration
|
35,000
|
5,000
|
||||||||
|
3
|
EMPLOYEES
|
|
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
No
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
No
|
||||||
|
The
average number of persons (including directors) employed by the company
during the period was:
|
|||||||
|
Management
and administration
|
1
|
1
|
|||||
|
Services
|
5
|
5
|
|||||
|
6
|
6
|
||||||
|
|
£ |
£
|
|||||
|
Staff
costs for above persons:
|
|||||||
|
Wages
and salaries
|
203,283
|
116,344
|
|||||
|
Social
security costs
|
27,116
|
14,027
|
|||||
|
230,399
|
130,371
|
||||||
|
Directors
emoluments and other benefits etc
|
53,130
|
-
|
|||||
|
4
|
INTEREST
PAYABLE
|
|
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
|||||
|
|
|||||||
|
Interest
element of hire purchase and finance lease payments
|
2,666
|
-
|
|||||
|
Interest
on parent company loan
|
573
|
-
|
|||||
|
Other
interest
|
270
|
1,631
|
|||||
|
3,509
|
1,631
|
||||||
| 5 | TAXATION |
|
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
|||||
|
Current
tax:
|
|||||||
|
UK
corporation tax
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
Total
current tax
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
Factors
affecting tax charge for the period:
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
|||||
|
The
tax charge for the year differs from a charge based on the standard
rate
of corporation tax in the UK (30%). The differences are explained
below:
|
|||||||
|
Loss
on ordinary activities before tax
|
(313,025
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||
|
Loss
on ordinary activities charged at the standard rate of UK corporation
tax
of 30% (2004: 19%)
|
(93,908
|
)
|
(8,767
|
)
|
|||
|
Expenses
not deductible for tax purposes
|
28,580
|
77
|
|||||
|
Capital
allowances in excess of depreciation
|
(796
|
)
|
(504
|
)
|
|||
|
Carry
forward of tax losses
|
66,124
|
9,194
|
|||||
|
Current
tax charge for the period
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
|
6
|
LOSS
OF PARENT COMPANY
|
|
7
|
INTANGIBLE
FIXED ASSETS
|
|
GROUP
|
|
On
acquisition
£
|
Charged
in
period
£
|
31
December
2005
£
|
|||||||||
|
Non-competing
intangible
|
452,465
|
37,706
|
414,759
|
||||||||||
|
Trademark
|
126,003
|
15,760
|
110,253
|
||||||||||
|
License
Agreements
|
1,397,486
|
69,874
|
1,327,612
|
||||||||||
|
Distribution
Agreement
|
154,640
|
12,887
|
141,753
|
||||||||||
|
Customer
Relationship
|
240,551
|
20,046
|
220,505
|
||||||||||
|
Goodwill
|
615,304
|
-
|
615,304
|
||||||||||
|
Total
|
2,986,449
|
156,253
|
2,830,186
|
||||||||||
|
8
|
TANGIBLE
FIXED ASSETS
|
|
GROUP
|
|
Plant
and
machinery
£
|
|||||
|
Cost
|
|
||||||
|
1
January 2005
|
4,303
|
||||||
|
On
acquisition
|
71,715
|
||||||
|
Additions
|
1,202
|
||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
77,220
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
|
|||||||
|
1
January 2005
|
770
|
||||||
|
On
acquisition
|
24,767
|
||||||
|
Charge
in year
|
1,322
|
||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
26,859
|
||||||
|
Net
book value
|
|||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
50,361
|
||||||
|
31
December 2004
|
3,533
|
||||||
| 8 | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
|
|
|
Plant
and
machinery
£
|
|||||
|
COMPANY
|
|
||||||
|
Cost
|
|
||||||
|
1
January 2005
|
4,303
|
||||||
|
Additions
|
1,202
|
||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
5,505
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
|
|||||||
|
1
January 2005
|
770
|
||||||
|
Charged
in the period
|
1,082
|
||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
1,852
|
||||||
|
Net
book value
|
|||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
3,653
|
||||||
|
31
December 2004
|
3,533
|
||||||
|
9
|
FIXED
ASSET INVESTMENTS
|
|||||
|
|
|
Unlisted
investments
£
|
|||||
|
COMPANY
|
|||||||
|
Cost
|
|
||||||
|
1
January 2005
|
-
|
||||||
|
Additions
|
3,056,200
|
||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
3,056,200
|
||||||
|
Provisions
|
|||||||
|
At
1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005
|
-
|
||||||
|
31
December 2005
|
3,056,200
|
||||||
|
31
December 2004
|
-
|
||||||
| 9 |
FIXED
ASSET INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||||
|
The
group holds more than 20% of the equity of the following
companies:
|
||||||
|
Subsidiaries
|
||||||
|
LCJ
Acquisitions Limited
|
||||||
|
Nature
of business: Publishers
|
||||||
|
Class
of shares:
|
%
holding
|
Period
|
Year
|
|||
|
Ordinary
|
100.00
|
ended
|
ended
|
|||
|
31.12.05
£
|
31.3.04
£
|
|||||
|
Aggregate
capital and reserves
|
1,097,092
|
1,004,705
|
||||
|
Profit
for the year/period
|
92,387
|
329,705
|
||||
|
Ingram
1001 Limited (subsidiary of LCJ Acquisitions
Limited)
|
||||||
|
Nature
of business: Dormant
|
||||||
|
Class
of shares:
|
%
holding
|
|||||
|
Ordinary
|
100.00
|
|||||
|
2005
£
|
2004
£
|
|||||
|
Aggregate
capital and reserves
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
||||
|
Ingram
Publishing Limited (subsidiary of Ingram 1001
Limited)
|
||||||
|
Nature
of business: Publishers
|
||||||
|
Class
of shares:
|
%
holding
|
Period
|
Year
|
|||
|
Ordinary
|
100.00
|
ended
|
ended
|
|||
|
31.12.05
£
|
31.3.04
£
|
|||||
|
Aggregate
capital and reserves
|
21,843
|
138,632
|
||||
|
Loss
for the year/period
|
116,789
|
51,060
|
||||
| 10 |
|
Stocks
|
|
|
|
2005
£
|
Group
2004
£
|
2005
£
|
Company
2004
£
|
|||||||||||
|
Goods
for resale and consumables
|
37,420
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
| 11 |
Debtors
|
|
|
2005
£
|
Group
2004
£
|
2005
£
|
Company
2004
£
|
|||||||||
|
Trade
debtors
|
374,666
|
108,782
|
131,979
|
108,782
|
|||||||||
|
Other
debtors
|
-
|
3,433
|
-
|
3,433
|
|||||||||
|
Prepayments
|
2,326
|
1,743
|
2,326
|
1,743
|
|||||||||
|
376,992
|
113,958
|
134,305
|
113,958
|
||||||||||
| 12 |
CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due withint one
year
|
|
|
2005
£
|
|
Group
2004
£
|
2005
£
|
Company
2004
£
|
||||||||
|
Hire
purchase contracts
|
11,045
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Trade
creditors
|
189,652
|
103,481
|
97,856
|
103,481
|
|||||||||
|
Amounts
owned to group companies
|
591,595
|
483,111
|
591,595
|
483,111
|
|||||||||
|
Corporation
tax
|
115,652
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Other
taxation and social security
|
28,681
|
6,339
|
14,573
|
6,339
|
|||||||||
|
Accruals
and deferred income
|
202,633
|
6,350
|
5,000
|
6,350
|
|||||||||
|
1,139,258
|
599,281
|
709,024
|
599,281
|
||||||||||
| 13 |
CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due after more than one
year
|
|
|
2005
£
|
Group
2004
£
|
2005
£
|
Company
2004
£
|
|||||||||
|
Obligations
under finance leases
|
8,510
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Amounts
owed to group undertaking
|
3,056,200
|
-
|
3,056,200
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
3,064,710
|
-
|
3,056,200
|
-
|
||||||||||
|
14
|
PROVISIONS
FOR LIABILITIES AND CHARGES
|
|
|
2005
£
|
Group
2004
£
|
|||||
|
Deferred
tax - accelerated capital allowances
|
4,070
|
-
|
|||||
|
15
|
CALLED
UP SHARE CAPITAL
|
|
Authorised:
|
|||||||||||||
|
Number:
|
Class:
|
Nominal
value
|
2005
£
|
2004
£
|
|||||||||
|
100,000
|
Ordinary |
£1
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
|||||||||
|
Allotted,
issued and fully paid:
|
|||||||||||||
|
100
|
Ordinary |
£1
|
100
|
100
|
|||||||||
|
16
|
PROFIT
AND LOSS ACCOUNT RESERVES
|
| Group | Company | ||||||||||||
|
|
2005
£
|
2004
£
|
2005
£
|
2004
£
|
|||||||||
|
At
1 January 2005
|
(510,168
|
)
|
(464,027
|
)
|
(510,168
|
)
|
(464,027
|
)
|
|||||
|
Retained
loss for the year
|
(313,025
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
(73,854
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||||
|
At
31 December 2005
|
(823,193
|
)
|
(510,168
|
)
|
(584,022
|
)
|
(510,168
|
)
|
|||||
|
17
|
RESERVES
AND RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS’
FUNDS
|
|
Share
capital
£
|
Share
premium
£
|
Profit
and
loss
account
£
|
Total
shareholders
funds
£
|
||||||||||
|
GROUP
|
|||||||||||||
|
At
1 June 2004
|
100
|
62,400
|
(464,027
|
)
|
(401,527
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Loss
for the period
|
-
|
-
|
(46,141
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||||||
|
At
31 December 2004
|
100
|
62,400
|
(510,168
|
)
|
(447,668
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Loss
for the year
|
-
|
-
|
(313,025
|
)
|
(313,025
|
)
|
|||||||
|
At
31 December 2005
|
100
|
62,400
|
(823,193
|
)
|
(760,693
|
)
|
|||||||
|
COMPANY
|
|||||||||||||
|
At
1 June 2004
|
100
|
62,400
|
(464,027
|
)
|
(401,527
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Loss
for the period
|
-
|
-
|
(46,141
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||||||
|
At
31 December 2004
|
100
|
62,400
|
(510,168
|
)
|
(447,668
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Loss
for the year
|
-
|
-
|
(73,854
|
)
|
(73,854
|
)
|
|||||||
|
At
31 December 2005
|
100
|
62,400
|
(584,022
|
)
|
(521,522
|
)
|
|||||||
|
18
|
CASH
FLOWS
|
|
|
|
Year
ended
31.12.05
£
|
Period
ended
31.12.04
£
|
|||||||
|
a Reconciliation
of operating profit to net cash inflow from operating
activities
|
|
|||||||||
|
Operating
loss
|
(310,092
|
)
|
(44,832
|
)
|
||||||
|
Depreciation
|
1,322
|
648
|
||||||||
|
Amortisation
of goodwill
|
156,263
|
-
|
||||||||
|
Increase
in stocks
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Increase
in debtors
|
13,821
|
6,291
|
||||||||
|
Increase
in creditors
|
218,825
|
43,808
|
||||||||
|
Net
cash flow from operating activities
|
80,139
|
5,915
|
||||||||
|
18
|
CASH
FLOWS (continued)
|
|
Year
ended
2005
£
|
Period
ended
2004
£
|
||||||||||
|
b
|
Returns
on investments and servicing of finance
|
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
received
|
576
|
322
|
|||||||||
|
Interest
paid
|
(3,509
|
)
|
(1,631
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Interest
element of finance lease rental payments
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
(2,933
|
)
|
(1,309
|
)
|
||||||||
|
c
|
Capital
expenditure and financial investment
|
|
|||||||||
|
Purchase
to acquire tangible fixed assets
|
(1,202
|
)
|
(3,817
|
)
|
|||||||
|
d |
Acquisitions
and disposals
|
|
|||||||||
|
Payments
to acquire subsidiary undertakings (note 19)
|
(3,056,200
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
|
e
|
Financing
|
|
|||||||||
|
Issue
of ordinary and preference share capital
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Bank
loans
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Related
party loan
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Hire
purchase and finance lease payments
|
(1,300
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
|
Payment
of deferred consideration
|
|||||||||||
|
Group
loan
|
3,056,200
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
(3,054,900
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
At
1
January
2005
£
|
Cash
flow
£
|
Other
non
cash
changes
£
|
At 31
December
2005
£
|
| f |
Analysis
of changes in net debt -
year
ended 31 December 2005
|
||||
|
Cash
in hand, at bank
|
34,132
|
118,254
|
-
|
152,386
|
|
|
Bank
overdrafts
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
34,132
|
118,254
|
-
|
152,386
|
||
|
Debt
due within one year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Debt
due after more than one year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
34,132
|
118,254
|
-
|
152,386
|
||
|
Analysis
of changes in net funds -
period
ended 31 December 2004
|
At
1
June
2004
£
|
Cash
flow
£
|
Other
non
cash
changes
£
|
At 31
December
2004
£
|
|
|
Cash
at bank and in hand
|
33,333
|
789
|
-
|
34,122
|
|
|
Debt
due within one year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Debt
due after more than one year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
33,333
|
789
|
-
|
34,122
|
|
19
|
NET
EFFECT OF ACQUISITIONS
|
|
|
|
Purchase
price
£
|
Fair
value to
the
group
£
|
Goodwill
£
|
|||||||||
|
Goodwill
arising on acquisitions in the year to 31 December 2005 comprises:
|
|
||||||||||||
|
LCJ
Acquisitions Limited
|
3,056,200
|
69,751
|
2,986,449
|
||||||||||
|
The
purchase price was satisfied by:
|
£
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash
consideration
|
552,716
|
||||||||||||
|
Issue
of share in a21, Inc
|
2,176,247
|
||||||||||||
|
Acquisition
costs
|
303,731
|
||||||||||||
|
3,032,694
|
|||||||||||||
|
The
fair value of the assets of LJ Acquisitions Limited acquired by the
company comprises:
|
|||||||||||||
|
Tangible
fixed assets
|
46,948
|
||||||||||||
|
Stocks
|
37,420
|
||||||||||||
|
Debtors
|
276,444
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash
|
43,560
|
||||||||||||
|
Creditors
due within one year
|
(334,621
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
69,751
|
|||||||||||||
|
20
|
OPERATING
LEASE COMMITMENTS
|
|
Year
ended
31.12.05
£
|
Group
Period
1.6.04
to
31.12.04
£
|
Year
ended
31.12.05
£
|
Company
Period
1.6.04
to
31.12.04
£
|
||||||||||
|
At
31 December 2005 group companies had annual commitments under
non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
|
|||||||||||||
|
Land
and buildings - expiring
within one year
|
44,076
|
44,915
|
44,076
|
44,915
|
|||||||||
|
Plant
and machinery - expiring
within one year
|
-
|
1,576
|
-
|
1,576
|
|||||||||
|
21
|
ULTIMATE
PARENT COMPANY
|
|
22
|
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
||||||
|
Royalties
charged on the provision of photographic images
|
70,191
|
45,129
|
|||||
|
Promotional
costs charged by the parent company
|
39,067
|
3,262
|
|||||
|
Loan
interest charged on amounts owing to the parent company
|
2,795
|
1,631
|
|||||
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
||||||
|
Royalties
charged on the provision of photographic images
|
-
|
7,531
|
|||||
|
Rent
payable in respect of the company’s premises
|
-
|
23,221
|
|||||
|
Year
to
31
December
2005
£
|
Period
to
31
December
2004
£
|
||||||
|
TURNOVER
|
612,504
|
414,041
|
|||||
|
Royalties
|
(324,809
|
)
|
(239,352
|
)
|
|||
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
287,695
|
174,689
|
|||||
|
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES
|
|||||||
|
Wages
and salaries
|
178,221
|
116,344
|
|||||
|
Staff
national insurance contributions
|
17,708
|
14,027
|
|||||
|
Rent
|
39,829
|
23,221
|
|||||
|
Rates
and service charge
|
3,381
|
2,595
|
|||||
|
Light
and heat
|
1,421
|
949
|
|||||
|
Insurance
|
3,647
|
2,120
|
|||||
|
Repairs
and maintenance
|
1,186
|
-
|
|||||
|
Cleaning
|
1,374
|
791
|
|||||
|
Catalogue
distribution
|
22,048
|
5,948
|
|||||
|
Catalogue
costs
|
9,371
|
1,671
|
|||||
|
Travel
and subsistence
|
4,106
|
10,634
|
|||||
|
Telephone
|
4,948
|
4,005
|
|||||
|
Stationery
and postage
|
15,365
|
6,194
|
|||||
|
Sundry
expenses
|
2,700
|
2,116
|
|||||
|
Subscriptions
|
871
|
670
|
|||||
|
Computer
costs
|
16,652
|
12,659
|
|||||
|
Advertising
|
26,948
|
3,134
|
|||||
|
Entertaining
|
275
|
406
|
|||||
|
Legal
and professional fees
|
600
|
1,388
|
|||||
|
Accountancy
fees
|
898
|
390
|
|||||
|
Auditors
and tax fees
|
5,000
|
6,940
|
|||||
|
Depreciation
|
1,028
|
648
|
|||||
|
Bad
and doubtful debts
|
(547
|
)
|
1,633
|
||||
|
Bank
charges
|
1,474
|
912
|
|||||
|
Foreign
currency gains/losses
|
411
|
126
|
|||||
|
358,915
|
219,521
|
||||||
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
(71,220
|
)
|
(44,832
|
)
|
|||
|
INTEREST
RECEIVABLE
|
|||||||
|
Bank
interest receivable
|
431
|
322
|
|||||
|
INTEREST
PAYABLE
|
|||||||
|
Interest
on other loans
|
(3,065
|
)
|
(1,631
|
)
|
|||
|
NET
LOSS FOR THE PERIOD
|
(73,854
|
)
|
(46,141
|
)
|
|||