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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED    JUNE 30, 2004

 

 

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________________ to _________________

 

VITALSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Nevada

 

001-10013

 

87-0429944




(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Jenner, Suite 100
Irvine, California 92618

 


 

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 743-2000

 

 

 

 

          Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES ý   NO ¨

          Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ¨    NO ý

          As of August 5, 2004, the registrant had 60,028,768 Common Shares outstanding.

 



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Part I

Financial Information

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets, June 30, 2004 And December 31, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Month Periods Ended June 30, 2004 And 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Month Periods Ended June 30, 2004 And 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

 

Part II

Other Information

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

 


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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

VITALSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

JUNE 30, 2004 AND DECEMBER 31, 2003

                   
                   
ASSETS              
          June 30,     December 31,  
          2004     2003  
            (Unaudited)       (Audited)  


Current assets:              
Cash    $ 10,255,215       $ 773,143  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts/credits              
  of $91,094 and $91,990 at June 30, 2004              
  and December 31, 2003, respectively     663,568     549,169  
Prepaid expenses     265,271     230,607  
Other current assets     90,589     91,117  


  Total current assets     11,274,643     1,644,036  


Fixed assets, net     2,370,071     1,400,931  


Restricted Cash     250,404     250,169  
Goodwill     961,900     961,900  
Loan costs     -     223,387  
Customer list     83,138     110,851  
Other assets     133,135     63,749  


          TOTAL ASSETS   $ 15,073,291   $ 4,655,023  


                   
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
                   
Current liabilities:              
Accounts payable   $ 783,052   $ 699,365  
Accrued compensation     174,385     172,898  
Current portion of capital lease obligations     745,122     316,988  
Factor borrowing payable     -       151,797  
Accrued expenses     392,977     330,754  


  Total current liabilities     2,095,536     1,671,802  


Capital lease obligations     923,414     377,587  
Notes Payable, Note 4     -       1,132,700  


          923,414     1,510,287  


                   
Commitments and Contingencies, Note 3              
                   
Shareholders' equity              
Preferred stock, series A, par value $0.001; authorized shares, 1,000; issued              
  and outstanding shares, 0 and 900 at June 30, 2004 and December 31,              
  2003, respectively, Note 4     -     1  
Common stock, par value $0.001; authorized shares, 290,000,000; issued and                    
  outstanding shares, 60,028,768 and 31,747,912 at June 30, 2004 and              
  December 31, 2003, respectively, Note 4     60,029     31,748  
Additional paid-in capital     19,952,305     8,438,038  
Accumulated deficit     (7,957,993 )     (6,996,853 )  


Total shareholders' equity     12,054,341     1,472,934  


    TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   $ 15,073,291   $ 4,655,023  


                   
                   

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VITALSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR

THE THREE AND SIX MONTH PERIODS

ENDED JUNE 30, 2004 AND 2003

(Unaudited)

 

                             
          Three Months Ended June 30,         Six Months Ended June 30,    
       
   
 
        2004     2003     2004     2003  
       
   
   
   
 
Revenue   $ 2,301,750    $ 1,697,520     $ 4,293,187     $ 3,449,968  
                             
Cost of revenue   894,695     730,975     1,734,921     1,512,825  
       
   
   
   
 
  Gross Profit   1,407,055     966,545     2,558,266     1,937,143  
                             
                             
Research & development   96,200     86,347     198,511     171,052  
Sales & marketing   673,269     471,492     1,264,502     947,728  
General & administrative   664,997     683,573     1,271,544     1,214,885  
Stock-based compensation   302,628     -        302,628     -     
       
   
   
   
 
  Operating Loss   (330,039   (274,867   (478,919   (396,522
                             
                             
Other income (expense):                        
Interest expense   (300,555   (38,334   (352,313   (70,806
Income tax expense   -       (2,400)     (2,400   (2,400
Other income (expense)   (16,318   59,613     (26,446   46,366  
       
   
   
   
 
  Net other income (expense)   (316,873   18,879     (381,159   (26,840
       
   
   
   
 
          Net Loss $ (646,912 $ (255,988 $ (860,078 $ (423,362
       
   
   
   
 
                             
                             
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
            (less preferred dividends)       
$ (0.02 $ (0.01 $ (0.03 $ (0.01
       
   
   
   
 
                             
Shares used in computing basic and diluted                                
  net loss per common share, Note 2   37,013,790     29,010,435     34,563,649     28,240,099  
       
   
   
   
 
                             

 

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VITALSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR

THE SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2004 AND 2003

(Unaudited)

 

             Six Months Ended June 30,     
         
 
          2004          2003       
         
   
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES              
NET LOSS      $ (860,078 )      $ (423,362 )  
Adjustments to net loss:              
     Depreciation and amortization     458,475     282,152  
  (Gain) loss on sale or disposal of equipment     (112   4,738  
  Stock-based compensation     302,628     -    
Changes in operating assets & liabilities              
  Accounts receivable (net)     (133,837   (120,682
  Prepaid expenses     (54,058   (38,913
  Other assets     (68,704   (33,964
  Accounts payable     96,031     76,146  
  Accrued compensation     2,395     61,253  
  Accrued expenses     64,837     (128,546
         
   
 
      TOTAL CASH USED IN OPERATIONS     (192,423   (321,178
         
   
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES              
Additions to property & equipment     (110,155   (49,672
Proceeds from sale of equipment     2,550     4,000  
Payments on purchase of assets from Epoch     -       (200,000
         
   
 
    NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES     (107,605   (245,672
         
   
 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES                
Payments on accrued interest of notes payable     (36,223   -    
Payments on capital leases     (307,318   (165,975
Payments of dividends associated with conversion of preferred stock              (101,062   -    
Issuance of common stock, net of offering expenses     10,125,774     -    
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     233,288     -    
Proceeds from note payable     -       691,000  
Payments to factor, net     (132,359   -    
         
   
 
    NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES     9,782,100     525,025  
         
   
 
         NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH     9,482,072     (41,825
                   
Cash at the beginning of the period     773,143     237,511  
         
   
 
Cash at the end of the period   $ 10,255,215   $ 195,686  
         
   
 
                   
Supplementary disclosure of cash paid during the period for:              
  Interest   $ 392,644   $ 71,322  
  Income taxes   $ 2,400   $ 2,400  
  Equipment acquired under capital leases   $ 1,281,279   $ 198,020  
                   
                   

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VITALSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1.     GENERAL

          VitalStream Holdings, Inc. ("VHI"), formerly known as Sensar Corporation, (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company"), is a streaming media and managed services company that offers a broad range of business-to-business Internet products and services, including live webcasting, audio and video streaming, media hosting and consulting services.

          VHI historically engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of analytical scientific instrumentation. After experiencing losses for several years, during 1999, VHI sold substantially all of its assets relating to its prior operations. On February 13, 2002, VHI entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "VitalStream Merger Agreement") with VitalStream, Inc. ("VitalStream") regarding the merger of VitalStream with a wholly-owned subsidiary of VHI (the "VitalStream Merger"). The VitalStream Merger, in which the wholly-owned subsidiary of VHI merged with and into VitalStream, resulting in VitalStream becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of VHI, was consummated on April 23, 2002.

          Although from a legal perspective, VHI acquired VitalStream in the VitalStream Merger, from an accounting perspective the VitalStream Merger is viewed as a recapitalization of VitalStream accompanied by an issuance of stock by VitalStream for the net assets of VHI. This is because VHI did not have operations immediately prior to the VitalStream Merger, and following the VitalStream Merger, VitalStream was the operating company.

          VitalStream was incorporated in Delaware in March 2000 to provide a complete solution on an outsource basis to customers wishing to broadcast audio and video content and other communications over the Internet. In September 2000, VitalStream entered into an agreement to acquire SiteStream, Incorporated ("SiteStream"). SiteStream had been organized in 1998 for the purpose of operating a website hosting business. SiteStream had failed to achieve profitability; however, it had developed a substantial customer base for its hosting business and had garnered technical expertise in audio and video streaming. VitalStream and SiteStream began integrating their operations in November 2000 and began functioning as a fully combined enterprise by the end of the first quarter of 2001.

          As discussed in Amendment #1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on January 16, 2003, the Company consummated its acquisition of the hosting and colocation business of Epoch Hosting, Inc. and Epoch Networks, Inc. ("Epoch") in January 2003. Through this asset purchase transaction, the Company obtained a revenue-generating client base and the data center space it now operates in downtown Los Angeles.

          Basis of Presentation -- This report on Form 10-Q (Form "10-Q") for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2004. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expec ted for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004.

2.     SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

          Interim Unaudited Financial Information -- The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. The amounts that the Company will ultimately incur or recover could differ materially from its current estimates. The underlying estimates and facts supporting these estimates could change in 2004 and thereafter.

          The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of VitalStream Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, VitalStream, Inc. and VitalStream Broadcasting Corporation. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.


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          Revenue Recognition -- Revenues consists primarily of fees for streaming media services, web hosting and managed services. Streaming media service fees, which are typically usage-based, are recognized as the service is provided. Web hosting and managed services fees, generally consisting of fixed monthly amounts, are also recognized as the service is provided. Service contracts are generally for periods ranging from one to 24 months and typically require payment at the beginning of each month.

          Basic and Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share -- Basic earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and potential common shares outstanding when their effect is dilutive. Potential common shares result from the shares that would be issued upon the exercise of all outstanding stock options and warrants. Potential common shares have not been included in the calculation of weighted average shares used for the calculation of the diluted earnings per share, as their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect.

          Debt Restructuring -- The Company accounted for its debt restructuring in October 2003 in accordance with SFAS No. 14, Accounting by Debtors and Creditors for Troubled Debt Restructuring. In accordance with this statement, the effects of the modifications of the terms of the notes payable are recognized prospectively, and do not change the carrying amount of the payable at the date of the restructuring.

          Stock-Based Compensation -- The Company accounts for employee stock option grants in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations (APB 25), and has adopted the "Disclosure only" alternative described in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, (SFAS) No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, amended by SFAS No. 148 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure.

          SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, requires pro forma information regarding net income (loss) using compensation that would have been incurred had the Company accounted for its employee stock options under the fair value method of that statement.

          During the second quarter of 2004, common stock options were modified for one former employee as part of a severance agreement which resulted in a new measurement date. The total number of options modified was 467,957. The difference between the exercise price and the fair value of the common stock on the new measurement date for the option totaled $302,628. As a result, $302,628 was recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2004 as a non-cash charge to stock-based compensation.

          No stock-based compensation expense was recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2003. The fair value of options granted and modified by the Company have been estimated at $466,000 and $7,000, at the date of grant, for the three month periods ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, using the Black-Scholes valuation method.

          For purposes of determining pro forma amounts, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting periods. The pro forma net loss per share had the Company accounted for its options using FAS 123 would have been as follows:


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      Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     
   
 
      2004     2003     2004     2003  
     
   
   
   
 
Net loss reported $ (646,912 )   $ (255,988 )    $ (860,078 )   $ (423,362 )   
                              
Basic and diluted net loss per common share   (0.02 )     (0.01 )      (0.03 )     (0.01 )  
                           
Add back stock-based employee                        
  compensation cost, net of related tax                        
  effect included in the determination of
net loss as reported
  (302,628 )     -       (302,628 )     -    
                           
Total stock-based employee                        
  compensation, net of related tax effect                        
  that would have been included in the                        
  determination of net loss if the value-
based method would have been
applied to all awards
  (276,261 )     (3,369 )      (282,761 )     (6,249 )   
                           
Pro forma net loss as if the fair value-based method                        
  had been applied to all awards   (620,545 )     (259,357 )      (840,211 )     (429,611 )  
                           
Pro forma basic and diluted loss per share as if the                        
  fair value method had been applied to all awards   (0.02 )     (0.01 )      (0.02 )     (0.02 )   
                           
                           

 

3.     LEGAL MATTERS AND CONTINGENCIES

          In the ordinary course of its business, the Company becomes involved in certain legal actions and claims, including lawsuits, administrative proceedings, regulatory and other matters. Substantial and sometimes unspecified damages or penalties may be sought from the Company in some matters, and some matters may remain unresolved for extended periods. While the Company may establish reserves from time to time based on its periodic assessment of the potential outcomes of pending matters, there can be no assurance that an adverse resolution of one or more such matters during any subsequent reporting period will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations for that period. However, on the basis of information furnished by counsel and others and taking into consideration the reserves, if any, established for pending matters, the Company does not believe that the resolution of currently pending matters, indiv idually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition.


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4.    NOTE PAYABLE AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Purchase Transaction

          As discussed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2004 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on June 16, 2004, the Company closed a transaction contemplated by a Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with WaldenVC II, L.P. ("Walden"), Dolphin Communications Fund II, L.P. and Dolphin Communications Parallel Fund II (Netherlands), L.P. and their affiliates (collectively, "Dolphin"), and 11 additional investors, including seven private investment funds and four executive officers of the Company. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to the investors an aggregate of 18,106,594 shares of common stock and 5,431,977 warrants to purchase common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $11 million, or $0.6075 per unit of one share and .3 warrants. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.6075 per share and expire on June 16, 2009. The warrants also include a call provision requiring the h older of the warrants to exercise the warrants within 10 days of the date, after December 16, 2004, that the closing sales price of the common stock on the principal U.S. trading market for the common stock has equaled or exceeded $1.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits and dividends, reverse stock splits and the like) for ten consecutive trading days. The investor warrants also include standard anti-dilution provisions pursuant to which the exercise price and number of shares issuable thereunder are adjusted proportionately in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction.

          In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the investors also executed a Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to file, and filed, on July 16, 2004, a registration statement registering the re-sale of the common stock issued under the Purchase Agreement and issuable upon the exercise of the warrants that were issued under the Purchase Agreement. The investors also became party to a Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement under which Walden was granted demand registration rights similar to those previously granted to Dolphin and all of the investors were granted piggyback registration rights.

          The Company, the investors and certain key shareholders also executed an Investor Rights Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the investors and key shareholders agreed to facilitate the election or appointment of a nominee for the board of directors designated by Walden beginning on June 30, 2004. Effective June 30, 2004, Phil Sanderson, a general partner at Walden VC, was appointed by the Company and its Board of Directors to fill the new board position.

          ThinkEquity Partners, LLC, acted as placement agent for the transaction described in the Purchase Agreement. In exchange for its services, ThinkEquity received a cash commission of $770,000, which is 7% of the purchase price, and warrants to purchase 543,198 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $.80 per share. The placement agent warrants include a net exercise provision, one-time demand registration rights and piggyback registration rights. The placement agent warrants also include standard anti-dilution provisions pursuant to which the exercise price and number of shares issuable thereunder are adjusted proportionately in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction.

Conversion Transaction

          Simultaneously with the closing of the transaction described in the Purchase Agreement, the Company, Dolphin and the other holders of the Company's outstanding shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock closed the transaction contemplated by a Conversion Agreement (the "Conversion Agreement") among such persons. Pursuant to the Conversion Agreement, Dolphin agreed to convert its $1.1 million in Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes (the "Notes") into common stock in exchange for the Company's agreement to pay in cash all interest on the Notes that has accrued or would have accrued through September 30, 2004 and to pay a conversion premium equal to 14% of the outstanding principal (including accrued but unpaid interest through September 30, 2003) under the Notes. Upon conversion of the Notes, Dolphin was issued an aggregate of 5,516,411 shares of common stock and an aggregate cash payment of $267,131, of which approximatel y $231,000 representing the unaccrued portion was recorded as interest expense during the second quarter of 2004. As of June 30, 2004, the Company had no issued or outstanding notes payable or other long term debt other than obligations under capital leases.

          As part of the same transaction, Dolphin and the other holders of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock agreed to convert all outstanding shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock into common stock in exchange for the Company's agreement to pay in cash all dividends that have accrued or would have accrued through September 30, 2004 with respect to the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock and to pay a conversion premium equal to 4% of the outstanding liquidation value of the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock. Upon conversion of the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock, the holders were issued an aggregate of 3,829,788 shares of common stock and an aggregate cash payment of $101,061. As of June 30, 2004, there were no shares of preferred stock of the Company issued or outstanding.


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          Also, upon conversion of the Notes and shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock, the restrictive covenants contained therein, as well as Dolphin's security interest in substantially all of the Company's assets, were terminated.

          In addition, pursuant to exhibits to the Purchase Agreement, (a) the warrants to purchase common stock held by Dolphin and the other former holders of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock were amended in order to delete any provisions that would decrease the exercise price, or increase the number of shares subject to the warrant, as a result of future issuances of common stock at a price per share less than the exercise prices of the warrants; (b) the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreements dated September 30, 2003 was amended in order to delete Dolphin's preemptive right with respect to any future issuances of preferred stock, and (c) the parties entered into a Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement under which Walden was granted demand registration rights similar to those previously granted to Dolphin and all of the investors under the Purchase Agreement were granted piggyback registration rights.

          As a result of the above transactions, at June 30, 2004, there were 60,028,768 shares of VitalStream common stock outstanding and 13,430,376 shares of VitalStream common stock reserved for issuance as follows:

Options issued and outstanding

4,404,374


Warrants issued and outstanding


9,026,002



 


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ITEM 2.        MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                       AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Any statements in this report about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words or phrases such as "believe", "could", "may", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "will", "plan", "estimate", "continue", "should" or "would". Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties inherent in our business including, without limitation, the discussions set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" at the end of this Item.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, events, levels of activity, performance or achievement. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law.

Overview

          We are based in Irvine, California and, through our wholly-owned subsidiary VitalStream, Inc., we offer our customers a range of managed services including audio and video streaming, live event streaming, media asset management, integrated hosting services, content distribution, and vertical solutions such as digital dailies for the entertainment industry, encoding (via third-party resellers) and consulting. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary VitalStream Broadcasting Corporation, we offer hosting and colocation services to customers we acquired from Epoch Hosting and Epoch Networks. Our mix of products and services enables our customers to concentrate on the creation and marketing of their content, while outsourcing the encoding, data storage, broadcasting, hosting and related functions to VitalStream and its partners. Our business model relies upon leveraging our expertise and resources in audio and video streaming as we ll as our integrated hosting technology to persuade customers to utilize our Internet broadcasting services, thereby allowing our company to build a base of recurring revenues from monthly or other periodic broadcasting fees.

          We believe that our company is well positioned to take advantage of the growth opportunity within the streaming media marketplace. Over the past year, our management team has made changes within the sales, marketing, operations and finance areas of our business. Specifically, in the fourth quarter of 2003, we restructured our sales and marketing department. We recruited a senior-level Vice President of Sales, and are now focusing our sales, marketing and customer support efforts on enterprise accounts. By adopting a more solutions-oriented sales approach, we believe our marketing proposition is value-based, allowing us to sell increasingly customized solutions as opposed to off-the-shelf products. This in turn, increases overall gross margins and creates higher switching costs for customers to move to competitive services.

          While improving the top-line growth rate, we have also focused on efficiency and economies of scale within our cost of service expense structure. As a result of favorably renegotiating certain material contracts over the past year, we have been able to reduce our unit cost of service during the first half of 2004. Additionally, our network operations costs are growing at a slower rate than our revenue. The operational efficiency gains coupled with our improved top line growth rate are expected to result in increased gross profits in 2004 as compared with 2003.

          As our gross profits have increased in 2004, we have reinvested, and intend to continue to reinvest, some of those gains in the further development of our service offering including development of additional functionality for our rich media streaming services, and increased capacity and security for our content delivery network. By continuing to develop our service platform with additional unique and proprietary features, we expect to be able to further differentiate ourselves from our competitors, enabling us to gain market share and advantage, and to increase our prospects for customer retention and renewals.

          In the second quarter of 2004, we closed a financing transaction with institutional investors generating gross proceeds to the Company of $11 million. We plan to use the net proceeds from this transaction for general corporate purposes, including investment in research and development, facilitation of strategic acquisitions and related costs, strengthening our balance sheet to attract new customers and obtain more favorable terms from our vendors, and satisfying certain qualification criteria for listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or other exchange.


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          While the opportunities for us are increasing, they are not without risk. Our business and our industry have risks (see "Certain Factors" at the end of this Item), only some of which can be mitigated to varying degrees, and others that can only be dealt with reactively. As with any technology company, new technological advances within our industry could cause a paradigm shift in how we develop, market and service our offering. Some of these advances may be unavailable to us and we may not have a comparable or competitive technological offering. Additionally, while bandwidth and server hardware prices have been dropping over the last few years due to excess capacity and competition, this has presented both risks and opportunity for us. Although to date we have been able to manage the declining price environment to our advantage, there can be no assurance that we will continue to be able to do so in the future.

          The upward trend in sales growth combined with recently achieved operational efficiencies create an opportunity for us to become profitable in the future. As of the date of this report, our valuation multiples are lower than those of our publicly-traded competitors Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Loudeye Corporation. Because of the highly-fragmented nature of the streaming media services industry, economies of scale enable companies to be more competitive. Based on our recent experience in acquiring new accounts, we believe that the industry does not currently have a dominant leader. Management believes that our experience in successfully integrating acquired businesses, combined with our strong operational focus on our business, positions us to gain a greater market share in our industry.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

          Management is basing this discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations on our consolidated financial statements. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our critical accounting policies and estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, valuation of accounts receivable, property, plant and equipment, long-lived assets, intangible assets, and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual resul ts may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

          We believe the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. These judgments and estimates affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Changes to these judgments and estimates could materially affect the Company's future results of operations and cash flows.

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Valuation of Accounts Receivable. A considerable amount of judgment is required when we assess the ultimate realization of receivables, including assessing the probability of collection and the current credit-worthiness of our customers. Significant portions of customer payments are made by credit card and electronic debit. Each month, management reviews historical charge-back and cancellation patterns as well as historical data on other credits issued to customers and then records an allowance based on historical results as well as management judgment. Additionally, each month management reviews the aged receivables balance and records an allowance for doubtful accounts based on the age of the outstanding receivable balances, trends in outstanding balances and management's judgment. As a result of these analyses, we believe that the current allowance is adequate to cover any bad debts and credits that may be issued as of the date of the balance sheet. If our estimates prove t o be wrong, however, and we have not accrued enough of a reserve to cover the bad debts and credits, we would have to accrue additional reserve in later periods to cover the shortfall. If the under-accrual were substantial, this could have a material adverse effect on our financial results. On the other hand, if we have reserved too much, we may be able to lower our accrual in later periods, which would have a positive effect on our financial results.

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Goodwill. Goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead is subject to impairment tests at least annually. Accordingly, we annually evaluate goodwill for potential impairment indicators. If impairment indicators exist, we measure the impairment through the use of discounted cash flows. Our judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on legal factors, market conditions, and operational conditions. Future events could cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist and that the goodwill associated with our acquired business is impaired. If we subsequently determine that an impairment was or is required, we may be required to write down all, or part, of our goodwill. This would both reduce the amount of our assets, and would reduce the amount of our net income (or increase the amount of our net loss) for the quarter and year in which the impairment was recognized. Depending on the size of the write-down, the adverse impact on our financial results cou ld be material.


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Contingencies. We are subject to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. We are required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes to these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A determination of the amount of loss accrual required, if any, for these contingencies are made after careful analysis of each individual issue. We consult with legal counsel and other experts where necessary to assess any contingencies. A required accrual may change at some point in the future due to new developments in a matter or changes in approach such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters. If our judgment proves to be wrong concerning a possible accrual or other contingency, the impact on our results of operations and cash flows could be material. If we have under-accrued for a material liability, we would have to increase our accrual in a later period, which could materially decrease our net income (or inc rease our net loss) for such period. The payment of any material contingent liability would also adversely affect our cash flow.

 

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, items included in our consolidated statements of operations, stated as a percentage of revenues:

                       
                       
           Three Months Ended June 30,         Six Months Ended June 30,   
       
 
        2004   2003   2004   2003
       
 
 
 
Revenue   100.0%   100.0%   100.0%   100.0%  
                               
Cost of revenue   38.9%   43.1%   40.4%   43.9%  
       
 
 
 
  Gross Profit   61.1%   56.9%   59.6%   56.1%  
                       
                       
Research & development   4.2%   5.1%   4.6%   5.0%  
Sales & marketing   29.3%   27.8%   29.5%   27.5%  
General & administrative   28.9%   40.3%   29.6%   35.2%  
Stock-based compensation   13.1%   0.0%   7.0%   0.0%  
       
 
 
 
  Operating Loss   (14.3% )   (16.2% )    (11.2% )   (11.5% )  
                       
                       
Other income (expense):                  
Interest expense   (13.1% )   (2.3% )    (8.2% )   (2.1% )  
Income tax expense   0.0%   (0.1% )    (0.1% )   (0.1% )  
Other income (expense)   (0.7% )   3.5%   (0.5% )   1.3%  
       
 
 
 
  Net other income (expense)         (13.8% )   1.1%   (8.8% )   (0.8% )   
       
 
 
 
    Net Loss   (28.1% )   (15.1% )    (20.0% )   (12.3% )   
       
 
 
 
                       


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Three months ended June 30, 2004 compared to three months ended June 30, 2003

          Revenue. Revenue consists primarily of fees for Internet broadcasting, including streaming media services, managed services, web hosting and sales of hardware and software. Revenues increased from $1,697,520 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, to $2,301,750 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, an increase of 35.6%. This increase in revenue is primarily attributable to the addition of new customers using VitalStream services and technology to deliver streaming media. We expect revenue growth to continue through 2004 from the addition of new customers and from increased services to existing customers as we continue to strengthen our sales force, build on our channel partnerships, increase our marketing efforts, gain greater market recognition from potential customers and release new products and services.

          Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue consists primarily of Internet backbone and transport costs, data center rent and power costs, depreciation of network and server equipment, hardware costs and software license fees. Cost of revenue increased from $730,975 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, to $894,695 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The increased cost in absolute dollars primarily reflects the increase in bandwidth consumption, in addition to increases in other costs necessary to support the increase in revenue between the two quarters. The decrease in the cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue between the two quarters, from 43.1% of revenue in the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to 38.9% of revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, represents economies of scale primarily in the purchase of bandwidth due to our increasing purchasing volume and an industry-wide decrease in bandwidth prices. Management expect s that additional cost savings will result as we achieve even greater economies of scale in our purchasing of bandwidth, as we are able to more efficiently distribute bandwidth amongst carriers and as we then spread these costs over an increasing customer base. Management also expects the cost of revenue to decrease as a percentage of revenue as our Internet backbone and data center rent and power costs remain mostly fixed while revenue increases.

          Research and Development. Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel costs to develop and maintain our product offering. Research and development expense increased $9,853, from $86,347 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, to $96,200 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. As a percentage of revenue, research and development decreased from 5.1% for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to 4.2% for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. This absolute dollar increase, with a decrease as a percentage of revenue, reflects slightly higher payroll and other costs to support our expanding product and service mix. We expect research and development expense to increase in absolute dollars and to increase as a percentage of revenue through 2004 as we increase our efforts to develop additional technology related to our core product offering.

          Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of marketing-related personnel costs, including salary and commissions, in addition to the costs of various marketing programs. Sales and marketing expense increased from $471,492 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to $673,269 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. Sales and marketing expense also increased as a percentage of revenue, from 27.8% for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to 29.3% for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. This absolute dollar increase, and increase as a percentage of revenue, reflects increased payroll and related costs to expand and support the sales force, and increased marketing and advertising costs to increase market awareness and generate new customers. We expect sales and marketing expense to increase incrementally in absolute terms and remain relatively constant as a percentage of revenue through 2004 as we continue to expand an d support our sales force, and we invest further in marketing and advertising efforts to drive growth in our customer base.

          General and Administrative. General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel expense, professional fees and costs to maintain and support our facilities. General and administrative expense decreased from $683,573 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to $664,997 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The decrease in the expense during the quarter ended June 30, 2004 primarily related to lower bad debt expense and lower overall professional fees. General and administrative expense as a percentage of revenue also decreased from 40.3% of revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to 28.9% for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 as general and administrative remained relatively constant against higher revenue growth. We expect general and administrative expense to increase in absolute dollar value but decrease as a percentage of revenue through the balance of 2004 as revenue growth is greater than the growth in our b ase of general and administrative costs.

          Stock-based compensation. During the threes month ended June 30, 2004, a total number of 467,957 common stock options were modified in order to permit exercise at any time within 12 months of termination of employment for one former employee as part of a severance agreement. Consistent with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44 (FIN No. 44), "Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation", an interpretation of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, the modification resulted in a new measurement date. As a result, the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the common stock on the new measurement date for the options totaled $302,628 and was recorded as a non-cash charge to stock-based compensation for the three months ended June 30, 2004.


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          Net Interest Expense. Net interest expense increased from $38,334 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to $300,555 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The increase in net interest expense was primarily due to one-time payments of approximately $231,000 of interest and premiums associated with the conversion of $1.1 million in Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes and all outstanding shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock into common stock during the quarter, additional interest expense from increased use of capital lease financing, and minimum interest commitment fees associated with the payoff of all outstanding obligations under our factoring agreements. We expect our net interest expense to decrease through the balance of 2004 through interest income earned on cash balances and through financing of capital expenditures under more favorable terms.

           Net Loss. Our net loss increased from $255,988 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 to $646,912 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The increase in the net loss was primarily due to a non-cash stock-based compensation charge of $302,628 associated with a severance agreement during the quarter as described above, and an increase in interest expense of approximately $231,000 from the payment of interest and premiums associated with the conversion of $1.1 million in Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes ("Notes") into common stock during the quarter. We expect our net loss to decrease through 2004 as our revenue base expands, fixed costs remain relatively constant and our per unit cost of service decreases.

Six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to six months ended June 30, 2003

          Revenue. Revenue consists primarily of fees for Internet broadcasting, including streaming media services, managed services, web hosting and sales of hardware and software. Revenues increased from $3,449,968 for the six months ended June 30, 2003, to $4,293,187 for the six months ended June 30, 2004, an increase of 24.4%. This increase in revenue is primarily attributable to the addition of new customers using VitalStream services and technology to deliver streaming media. We expect revenue growth to continue through 2004 from the addition of new customers and from increased services to existing customers as we continue to strengthen our sales force, build on our channel partnerships, increase our marketing efforts, gain greater market recognition from potential customers and release new products and services.

          Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue consists primarily of Internet backbone and transport costs, data center rent and power costs, depreciation of network and server equipment, hardware costs and software license fees. Cost of revenue increased from $1,512,825 for the six months ended June 30, 2003, to $1,734,921 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The increased cost in absolute dollars primarily reflects the increase in bandwidth consumption, in addition to increases in other costs necessary to support the increase in revenue between the two six month periods. The decrease in the cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue between the two periods, from 43.9% of revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2003 to 40.4% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2004, represents economies of scale primarily in the purchase of bandwidth due to our increasing purchasing volume and an industry-wide decrease in bandwidth p rices. Management expects that additional cost savings will result as we achieve even greater economies of scale in our purchasing of bandwidth, as we are able to more efficiently distribute bandwidth amongst carriers and as we then spread these costs over an increasing customer base. Management also expects the cost of revenue to decrease as a percentage of revenue as our Internet backbone and data center rent and power costs remain mostly fixed while revenue increases.

          Research and Development. Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel costs to develop and maintain our product offering. Research and development expense increased from $171,052 for the six months ended June 30, 2003, to $198,511 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. As a percentage of revenue, research and development decreased from 5.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to 4.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2004. This absolute dollar increase, with a decrease as a percentage of revenue reflects slightly higher payroll and other costs to support our expanding product and service mix. We expect research and development expense to increase in absolute dollars and to increase as a percentage of revenue through 2004 as we increase our efforts to develop additional technology related to our core product offering.

          Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of marketing-related personnel costs, including salary and commissions, in addition to the costs of various marketing programs. Sales and marketing expense increased from $947,728 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $1,264,502 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. Sales and marketing expense also increased as a percentage of revenue, from 27.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to 29.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2004. This absolute dollar increase, and increase as a percentage of revenue, reflects increased payroll and related costs to expand and support the sales force, and increased marketing and advertising costs to increase market awareness and generate new customers. We expect sales and marketing expense to increase incrementally in absolute terms and remain relatively constant as a percentage of revenue through 2004 as we continu e to expand and support our sales force, and we invest further in marketing and advertising efforts to drive growth in our customer base.


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          General and Administrative. General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel expense, professional fees and costs to maintain and support our facilities. General and administrative expense increased from $1,214,885 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $1,271,544 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The increase in the expense during the six months ended June 30, 2004 primarily related to costs for administrative personnel necessary to support the growth in our customer and revenue base. General and administrative expense as a percentage of revenue decreased from 35.2% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to 29.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2004 as general and administrative remained relatively constant against higher revenue growth. We expect general and administrative expense to increase in absolute dollar value but decrease as a percentage of revenue through the balance of 200 4 as revenue growth is greater than the growth in our base of general and administrative costs.

          Stock-based compensation. During the six months ended June 30, 2004, a total number of 467,957 common stock options were modified in order to permit exercise at any time within 12 months of termination of employment for one former employee as part of a severance agreement. Consistent with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44 (FIN No. 44), "Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation", an interpretation of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, the modification resulted in a new measurement date. As a result, the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the common stock on the new measurement date for the options totaled $302,628 and was recorded as a non-cash charge to stock-based compensation for the three months ended June 30, 2004.

          Net Interest Expense. Net interest expense increased from $70,806 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $352,313 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The increase in net interest expense was primarily due to one-time payments of approximately $231,000 of interest and premiums associated with the conversion of $1.1 million in Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes and all outstanding shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock into common stock during the quarter, additional interest expense from increased use of capital lease financing, and increased interest expense from the use of a credit line under a factoring arrangement in place during the first six months of 2004 but not in the first six months of 2003. We expect our net interest expense to decrease through the balance of 2004 through interest income earned on cash balances and through financing of capital expenditures under more favorable terms.

          Net Loss. Our net loss increased from $423,362 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 to $860,078 for the six months ended June 30, 2004. The increase in the net loss was primarily due to a non-cash, stock-based compensation charge of $302,628 associated with a severance agreement during the quarter as described above, and an increase in interest expense of approximately $231,000 from the payment of interest and premiums associated with the conversion of $1.1 million in Notes into common stock during the quarter. We expect our net loss to decrease through 2004 as our revenue base expands, fixed costs remain relatively constant and our per unit cost of service decreases.

Non-GAAP Measures

Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)

          The Company's EBITDA was a loss of $81,753 for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 compared with a loss of $71,021 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. The Company's EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2004 was a loss of $46,890 compared to a loss of $68,004 for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The decrease in EBITDA in the three month period ended June 30, 2004 and the only slight increase in EBITDA in the six month period ended June 30, 2004, compared to the similar periods in 2003 were primarily due to the non-cash stock-based compensation charge of $302,628 related to a severance agreement for a former employee during the second quarter of 2004, offset by an increase in our revenue base combined with a decrease in our cost of service as a percentage of revenue.

          The Company defines EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a measure used in financial statements reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, does not represent funds available for discretionary use and is not intended to represent cash flow from operations as measured under generally accepted accounting principles. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net loss or net cash used in operating activities. The Company's calculation of EBITDA may not be comparable to the computation of similarly titled measures of other companies.

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          Reconciliation of the net loss for the three month and six month periods ended June 30 of 2003 and 2004 to EBITDA is as follows:

                         
                         
    Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
   
   
 
    2004     2003     2004     2003  
   
   
   
   
 
Net loss $ (646,912 )   $ (255,988 )     $ (860,078 )   $ (423,362 )
Depreciation and amortization           264,604     144,233     458,475     282,152  
Interest expense, net   300,555     38,334     352,313     70,806  
Income tax expense   -     2,400     2,400     2,400  
   
   
   
   
 
EBITDA $ (81,753 $ (71,021 ) $ (46,890 $ (68,004 )
   
   
   
   
 
                         

 

Capital Commitments and Restrictions

The following table discloses aggregate information about our contractual obligations including long-term debt, operating and capital lease payments, office lease payments and contractual service agreements, and the periods in which payments are due as of June 30, 2004:

 

Less than

1 Year

1 - 3 Years

4 - 5 Years

After 5 Years

Contract Type

Total

07/01/04 - 6/30/05

07/01/05 - 6/30/07

07/01/07 - 6/30/09

After 06/30/09







Operating leases

$

27,302

$

14,998

$

12,304

$

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$

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Capital leases

2,145,608

1,052,444

1,093,164

-  

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Office leases

2,168,587

521,847

984,844

661,896

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Contractual service agreements

1,376,394

1,376,394

-  

-  






Total contractual obligations

$

5,717,891

$

2,965,683

$

2,090,312

$

661,896

$






 

 

          Our capital leases represent $1,669,000 plus interest spread over eight capital lease financing arrangements. The hardware and software obtained through these capital lease arrangements are used in our data center operations, for supplying service to our customers, maintaining our internal network and providing the equipment needed for internal staff.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

          As discussed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2004 with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in Note 4 to the financial statements included herein, on June 16, 2004, the Company closed a transaction contemplated by a Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") involving the issuance of an aggregate of 18,106,594 shares of common stock and 5,431,977 warrants to purchase common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $11 million, or $0.6075 per unit of one share and .3 warrants. Simultaneously with the closing of such transaction, the Company and the holders of its $1.1 million in Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes (the "Notes") agreed to convert the Notes into common stock in exchange for the Company's agreement to pay in cash all interest on the Notes that has accrued or would have accrued through September 30, 2004 and to pay a conversion premium equal to 14% of the outstanding principal (including accrued but unpaid interest through September 30, 2003) under the Notes. Upon conversion of the Notes, the holder of the Note was issued an aggregate of 5,516,411 shares of common stock and an aggregate cash payment of $267,131. In addition, as part of the same transaction, the holders of the Company's 2003 Series A Preferred Stock agreed to convert all outstanding shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock into common stock in exchange for the Company's agreement to pay in cash all dividends that have accrued or would have accrued through September 30, 2004 with respect to the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock and to pay a conversion premium equal to 4% of the outstanding liquidation value of the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock. Upon conversion of the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock, the holders were issued an aggregate of 3,829,788 shares of common stock and an aggregate cash payment of $101,061.

          As a result of such transactions, the Company's cash position increased to $10,255,215 at June 30, 2004 from $773,143 in cash held by the Company on December 31, 2003. In addition, as of June 30, 2004, the Company had no issued or outstanding notes payable or other long-term debt other than obligations under capital leases, and there were no shares of preferred stock of the Company issued or outstanding.

          Cash used during the six months ended June 30, 2004 included $192,423 used in operations as well as $107,605 used in investing activities. Sources of cash for the Company during the six month period ended June 30, 2004 was $9,782,100 primarily from the proceeds of our sale of common stock during the second quarter pursuant to the Purchase Agreement transaction described above, offset by payments of commissions associated with the common stock sale and payments on capital leases.

          The financing described in the Purchase Agreement transaction and the conversion of the Notes and the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock into common stock as described in the Conversion Agreement has strengthened our balance sheet, simplified our capital structure, and enabled the Company to meet the shareholders' equity requirements to qualify for listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or other exchange.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

          In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS no. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure", which amends SFAS No, 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation". SFAS 148 provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and requires more prominent and more frequent disclosures in the financial statements of the effects of stock-based compensation. The provisions of SFAS 148 are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2002 and the interim disclosures provisions are effective for the current period.

 Risk Factors

          If any of the adverse events described in the following factors actually occur or the Company does not accomplish necessary events or objectives described in the factors, its business, financial condition and operating results could be materially and adversely affected, the trading price of the Company's common stock could decline and shareholders could lose all or part of their investments. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only risks the Company faces.

We may continue to experience net losses from operations.

          We have experienced net losses in each quarter since inception, with net losses of $8.0 million from inception through June 30, 2004, and we are uncertain when, or if, we will experience net income from operations. Even if we do experience net income in one or more calendar quarters in the future, subsequent developments in our industry, customer base, business or cost structure or expenses associated with significant litigation or a significant transaction may cause us to again experience net losses. We may never become profitable.


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The market for Internet broadcasting and streaming services is in the early stage of development and may not grow at a pace that permits us to continue to grow.

          The market for Internet broadcasting and streaming services is evolving, and we cannot be certain that a viable market for our services will emerge or be sustainable. Factors that may inhibit the development of a viable market for Internet broadcasting services include:

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Content providers may be unwilling to broadcast over the Internet because of issues related to protection of copyrights, royalty payments to artists and publishers, illegal copying and distribution of data, and other intellectual property rights issues.

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Consumers may decide not to acquire broadband connectivity to the Internet at anticipated rates.

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Consumers may determine not to view or listen to media broadcasts over the Internet because of, among other factors, poor reception of electronic broadcasts or the creation or expansion of competing technologies, such as television beaming or interactive cable, that provide a similar service at lower cost.

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Customers that use the Internet to broadcast presentations or meetings may determine that alternative means of communications are more effective or less expensive.

 

          If the market for Internet broadcasting services does not continue to develop, or develops more slowly than expected, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be seriously harmed.

We may pledge substantially all of our assets to secure future financing agreements.

          We may be required to pledge substantially all of our assets to secure bank or other financing arrangements in the future. These financings would likely require that we afford rights and remedies that are commonly provided a secured creditor. If we default under such arrangements, subject to laws restricting the remedies of creditors, such creditors may immediately seize and dispose of all pledged assets.

We may be unable to manage significant growth.

          In order to successfully implement our business strategy, we must establish and achieve substantial growth in our customer base through sales, business acquisitions or a combination thereof. If achieved, significant growth would place significant demands on our management and systems of financial and internal controls, and will almost certainly require an increase in the capacity, efficiency and accuracy of our billing and customer support systems. Moreover, significant growth would require an increase in the number of our personnel, particularly within sales and marketing, customer service and technical support. The market for such personnel remains highly competitive, and we may not be able to attract and retain the qualified personnel required by our business strategy. If successful in attracting new customers, we may outgrow our present facilities and/or network capacity, placing additional strains on our human resources i n trying to locate, manage and staff multiple locations and to scale our network.

There are numerous risks associated with having Dolphin and WaldenVC as significant shareholders.

          Through their holdings of common stock, affiliates of Dolphin Equity Partners presently control 15,257,849 votes in connection with the election of directors and other matters, 25.4% of the voting power of our company, and affiliates of WaldenVC presently control 9,876,324 votes in connection with the election of directors and other matters, representing 16.5% of the voting power of the Company. In addition, if Dolphin and WaldenVC exercised all warrants they hold, Dolphin's and WaldenVC's respective aggregate beneficial ownership would increase to approximately 17,596,021 and 12,839,221 votes in connection with the election of directors and other matters, constituting 28.2% and 20.4%, respectively of the voting power of our company following such exercises. As a result of their stock holdings, Dolphin or WaldenVC may be able to block, or extract concessions or special benefits in connection with, various transactions, inclu ding any future merger or asset sale transactions.


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We may be unable to compete successfully against existing or future competitors of our businesses.

          Our current and future competitors in Internet streaming may include other digital content delivery providers, Internet broadcast network specialty providers and alternative access providers such as various cable television companies, direct broadcast satellite, DSL, wireless communications providers and other established media companies. Our current and future competitors in hosting and colocation may include other Internet hosting, colocation and access businesses, including such major providers as Savvis and AT&T, and essentially any other participant in the Internet industry.

          Many of these competitors have a longer operating history and greater market presence, brand recognition, engineering and marketing capabilities, and financial, technological and personnel resources than we do. Competitors with an extended operating history, a strong financial position and an established reputation have an inherent marketing advantage because of the reluctance of many potential customers to entrust key operations to a company that may be perceived as unproven or unstable. In addition, our competitors may be able to use their extensive resources:

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to develop and deploy new products and services more quickly and effectively than we can;

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to improve and expand their communications and network infrastructures more quickly than we can;

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to reduce costs, particularly bandwidth costs, because of discounts associated with large volume purchases;

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offer less expensive streaming, hosting, colocation and related services as a result of a lower cost structure, greater capital reserves or otherwise;

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to adapt more swiftly and completely to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements;

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to offer bundles of related services that we are unable to offer;

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to take advantage of acquisition and other opportunities more readily; and

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to devote greater resources to the marketing and sales of their products.

 

          If we are unable to compete effectively in our various markets, or if competitive pressures place downward pressure on the prices at which we offer our services, our business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer.

Our services are subject to system failure and security risks.

          Our operations are dependent upon our ability to protect our network infrastructure against interruptions, damages and other events that may adversely affect our ability to provide services to our customers (on a short-term or long-term basis) and may lead to lawsuits and contingent liabilities. Despite the implementation of precautions, the core of our network infrastructure is vulnerable to various potential problems, including the following:

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Our network infrastructure, or that of our key suppliers, may be damaged or destroyed, and our ability to provide service interrupted or eliminated, by natural disasters, such as fires, earthquakes and floods, or by power losses, telecommunications failures and similar events. This risk is increased by the concentration of our servers and infrastructure, and that of our key suppliers, in a natural disaster and power failure prone area in southern California.

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We and our users may experience interruptions in service as a result of the accidental or malicious actions of Internet users, hackers, or current or former employees.

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Unauthorized access to our network and servers may jeopardize the security of confidential information stored in our computer systems and our customers' computer systems, which may result in liability to our customers and also may deter potential customers.

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We may face liability for transmitting viruses to third parties that damage or impair their access to computer networks, programs, data or information. Eliminating computer viruses and alleviating other security problems may require interruptions, delays or cessation of service to our customers.

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Failure of our equipment or that of our suppliers may disrupt service to our customers (and from our customers to their customers), which could materially impact our operations (and the operations of our customers) and adversely affect our relationships with our customers and lead to lawsuits and contingent liability.


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          The occurrence of any natural disaster (including earthquakes), power outage, unauthorized access, computer virus, equipment failure or other disruptive problem could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent upon key personnel who may leave at any time and may be unable to attract qualified personnel in the future.

          We are highly dependent upon the efforts of our senior management team, the loss of any of whom could impede our growth and ability to execute our business strategy. To the extent our principal managers are parties to employment agreements, such agreements are terminable at will. Although our principal managers have significant equity interests or options to purchase equity interests in the company, such options to purchase equity interests are substantially vested, and the shares held by our President, our Chief Operating Officer and our Chief Technical Officer are not subject to vesting or repurchase rights and will be retained whether or not such persons remain with the company. The loss of the services of key management personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

          In addition, in order to continue to grow as planned, we will need to attract and retain qualified executive, technical and marketing personnel for whom there is intense competition in the areas of our activities. Any failure to attract or retain key executive, technical and marketing sales personnel as required could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We may become subject to risks associated with international operations.

          We plan to expand our marketing efforts in foreign countries and may establish a data center or other base of operations outside of the United States. The establishment or expansion of foreign operations involves numerous risks, including without limitation:

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we may incur losses solely as a result of the fluctuation of the value of the dollar, as most of our costs will continue to be denominated in U.S. dollars while our revenues may increasingly be denominated in other currencies;

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we may incur significant costs in order to comply with, or obtain intellectual property protection under, the laws of foreign countries; even then, foreign courts or other tribunals may decline to honor our intellectual property rights, may not enforce our contracts as written and may impose restrictions, taxes, fines and other penalties that exceed those that would generally be imposed under U.S. laws;

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we may be the target of anti-U.S. politically motivated actions, including sabotage, violence, nationalization of resources, or discrimination;

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costs and risks associated with management and internal controls will increase as our employees and assets our located outside of the Southern California region; and

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as our overseas revenues, and dependence on such revenues expands, we will become increasingly subject not only to economic cycles in the U.S. but also to cycles in other nations, which may be more variable that those in the U.S.

We may be unable to keep up with evolving industry standards and changing user needs.

          The market for Internet media-related services is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changing user needs and frequent new service and product introductions. Our success will depend in part on our ability to identify, obtain authorized access to and use third party-provided technologies effectively, to continue to develop our technical capabilities, to enhance our existing services and to develop new services to meet changing user needs in a timely and cost-effective manner. In addition, new industry standards have the potential to replace or provide lower-cost alternatives to our services. The adoption of such new industry standards could render our existing services obsolete and unmarketable or require reduction in the fees charged. Any failure on our part to identify, adopt and use new technologies effectively, to develop our technical capabilities, to develop new services or to enhance ex isting services in a timely and cost-effective manner could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent upon third-party suppliers and may be unable to find alternative suppliers.

          We rely on other companies to supply key components of our network infrastructure, including Internet bandwidth, which constitutes our largest direct cost of providing services, and networking equipment. Additionally, we rely on third-party development of technology to provide media-related functionality, such as streaming media formats and payment processing. We do not have long-term agreements governing the supply of many of these services or technologies, and most are available from only limited sources. We may be unable to continue to obtain such services, or licenses for needed technologies, at a commercially reasonable cost, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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Increases in government regulation may have an adverse affect on our business.

          The services provided by telecommunications carriers are governed by regulatory policies establishing charges and terms for wireline communications. We are not a telecommunications carrier or otherwise subject to regulations governing telecommunications carriers (or the obligation to pay access charges and contribute to the universal service fund). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could, however, expand the reach of telecommunications regulations so as to apply to companies such as ours. In particular, the FCC could require Internet service providers like us to pay access charges or to contribute to the universal service fund when the Internet service provider provides its own transmission facilities and engages in data transport over those facilities in order to provide an information service. The resultant increase in cost could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operati ons.

     As Internet commerce continues to evolve, we expect that federal, state or foreign legislatures and agencies may adopt laws and regulations affecting our business or our customers, including laws or regulations potentially imposing taxes or other fees on us or our customers, imposing reporting, tracking or other costly reporting requirements or imposing restrictions or standards on us or our customers related to issues such as user privacy, pricing, content and quality of products and services. Such laws and regulations may significantly increase our costs of operations, may expose us to liability or may limit the services we can offer, or may impose similar burdens on our customers, which in turn may negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If the protection of our intellectual property is inadequate, our competitors may gain access to our technology, and our business may suffer.

          We depend on our ability to develop and maintain the proprietary aspects of our technology. To protect our proprietary technology, we rely primarily on a combination of contractual provisions, confidentiality procedures, trade secrets, and common law copyright and trademark principles. Protection of our intellectual property is subject to the following risks:

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we have not applied for a copyright registration or patent with respect to our proprietary rights, and the common law associated with copyrights and trade secrets affords only limited protection;

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our claims of proprietary ownership (and related common law copyright assertions) may be challenged or otherwise fail to provide us with any competitive advantages;

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our existing or any future trademarks may be canceled or otherwise fail to provide meaningful protection; and

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the validity, enforceability and type of protection of proprietary rights in Internet-related industries are uncertain and still evolving.

 

          Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of our products is difficult, and while we are unable to determine the extent to which piracy of our software products exists, software piracy can be expected to be a persistent problem. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States.

Third party claims that we infringe upon their intellectual property rights could be costly to defend or settle.

          Litigation regarding intellectual property rights is common in the Internet and software industries. We expect that Internet technologies and software products and services may be increasingly subject to third-party infringement claims as the number of competitors in our industry segment grows and the functionality of products in different industry segments overlaps. We may from time to time encounter disputes over rights and obligations concerning intellectual property. Although we believe that our intellectual property rights are sufficient to allow us to market our services without incurring liability to third parties, third parties may bring claims of infringement against us, which may be with or without merit.

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We could be required, as a result of an intellectual property dispute, to do one or more of the following:

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cease selling, incorporating or using products or services that rely upon the disputed intellectual property;

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obtain from the holder of the intellectual property right a license to sell or use the disputed intellectual property, which license may not be available on reasonable terms;

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          The occurrence of any of these events could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources or could severely limit the services we can offer, which could seriously harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

          In addition, we have agreed, and may agree in the future, to indemnify certain of our customers against claims that our software infringes upon the intellectual property rights of others. We could incur substantial costs in defending ourselves and our customers against infringement claims. In the event of a claim of infringement, we and our customers may be required to obtain one or more licenses from third parties. We, or our customers, may be unable to obtain necessary licenses from third parties at a reasonable cost, or at all. Defense of any lawsuit or failure to obtain any such required licenses could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Trading in our common stock is thin, and there is a limit to the liquidity of our common stock.

          Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. The volume of trading in our common stock is small, and trading in our common stock is likely dominated by a few individuals. Because of the thinness of the market for our stock, the price of our common stock may be subject to manipulation by one or more shareholders and may increase or decrease significantly because of buying or selling by a single shareholder. In addition, the limited volume of trading limits significantly the number of shares that one can purchase or sell in a short period of time. Consequently, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of large numbers of shares of our common stock or to obtain a fair price for our common stock in the market.

The market price for our common stock is volatile and may change dramatically at any time.

          The market price of our common stock, like that of the securities of other early stage companies, may be highly volatile. Our stock price may change dramatically as the result of announcements of our quarterly results, new products or innovations by us or our competitors, significant customer contracts, significant litigation or other factors or events that would be expected to affect our business financial condition, results of operations and other factors specific to our business and future prospects. In addition, the market price for our common stock may be affected by various factors not directly related to our business, including the following:

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Intentional manipulation of our stock price by existing or future shareholders;

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A single acquisition or disposition, or several related acquisitions or dispositions, of a large number of our shares;

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The interest of the market in our business sector, without regard to our financial condition or results of operations;

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The adoption of governmental regulations and similar developments in the United States or abroad that may affect our ability to offer our products and services or affect our cost structure;

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Disputes relating to patents or other significant intellectual property rights held by others that we, our suppliers or our customers use;

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Developments in the businesses of companies that use our streaming or hosting services (such as the expansion or contraction of the use of the Internet to stream to deliver music or other media); and

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Economic and other external market factors, such as a general decline in market prices due to poor economic indicators or investor distrust.

 

Our ability to issue preferred stock and common stock may significantly dilute ownership and voting power and negatively affect the price of our common stock.

          Under our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, we are authorized to issue up to 10 million shares of preferred stock and 290 million shares of common stock without seeking shareholder approval. Our Board of Directors has the authority to create various series of preferred stock with such voting and other rights superior to those of our common stock and to issue such stock without shareholder approval. Our Board of directors also has the authority to issue the remainder of our authorized shares of common stock without shareholder approval. Any issuance of such preferred stock or common stock would dilute the ownership and voting power of existing holders of our common stock and may have a negative effect on the price of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock without shareholder approval may also be used by management to stop or delay a change of control.


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Because certain existing shareholders own a large percentage of our voting shares, other shareholders' voting power may be limited.

          As of June 30, 2004, our executive officers and directors beneficially owned or controlled approximately 18.5% of the voting power of our company. In combination with officers and directors and their affiliates, and entities owning 5% or more of our outstanding common shares, this group beneficially owned or controlled approximately 64.4% of the voting power of our company. As a result, if such persons act together, they have the ability to control all matters submitted to our shareholders for approval, including the election and removal of directors and the approval of any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. These shareholders may make decisions that are adverse to your interests.

We have not declared any dividends with respect to our common stock.

          We have not declared any dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain earnings, if any, to finance the operation and expansion of our business and, therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the foreseeable future.

We are subject to certain provisions of the California corporate code.

          Because we are a Nevada corporation, the rights of our stockholders are generally governed by the Nevada Private Corporations Law. However, under Section 2115(a) of the California Corporations Code, we became subject to various sections of the California Corporations Code on January 1, 2004 and will continue to be subject to such conditions until the year after fewer than one-half of our outstanding voting securities (held by other than nominee holders) are held by persons located in California. Although the applicable portions of the California Corporations Code are generally consistent with governing provisions of the Nevada Private Corporations Law and our charter documents, they are not identical. We may be faced with circumstances in which applicable provisions of the Nevada Private Corporations Law or our charter documents cannot be reconciled to governing provisions of the California Corporations Code. The existence of such a conflict may adversely effect our business and operations in various ways in that it may require us to withdraw from a proposed transaction, seek authorizations, interpretations, injunctions or other orders from various courts in connection with a conflict, rescind or re-execute a transaction or pay damages if our good faith attempts at reconciliation are deemed inadequate or incur additional expenses in order to attempt compliance with both governing laws.


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Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

 

We do not have any derivative instruments, commodity instruments, or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes, nor are we presently at risk for changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

(a) Based on the evaluation of our "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, have concluded that, as of June 30, 2004, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

(b) We are not presently required to conduct quarterly evaluations of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act. We are, however, in the process of designing, evaluating and implementing internal controls in anticipation of the date when we will become subject to such evaluation requirements.


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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

          In the ordinary course of its business, the Company becomes involved in certain legal actions and claims, including lawsuits, administrative proceedings, regulatory and other matters. Substantial and sometimes unspecified damages or penalties may be sought from the Company in some matters, and some matters may remain unresolved for extended periods. While the Company may establish reserves from time to time based on its periodic assessment of the potential outcomes of pending matters, there can be no assurance that an adverse resolution of one or more such matters during any subsequent reporting period will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations for that period. However, on the basis of information furnished by counsel and others and taking into consideration the reserves, if any, established for pending matters, the Company does not believe that the resolution of currently pending m atters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition.

 

Item 2.

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

          As discussed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2004 with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in Note 4 to the financial statements included herein, on June 16, 2004, the Company closed a transaction contemplated by a Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") involving the issuance of an aggregate of 18,106,594 shares of common stock and 5,431,977 warrants to purchase common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $11 million, or $0.6075 per unit of one share and .3 warrants. Simultaneously with the closing of such transaction, the Company and the holders of its $1.1 million in Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes (the "Notes") agreed to convert the Notes into common stock in exchange for the Company's agreement to pay in cash all interest on the Notes that has accrued or would have accrued through September 30, 2004 and to pay a conversion premium equal to 14% of the outstan ding principal (including accrued but unpaid interest through September 30, 2003) under the Notes. Upon conversion of the Notes, the holder of the Note was issued an aggregate of 5,516,411 shares of common stock and an aggregate cash payment of $267,131. In addition, as part of the same transaction, the holders of the Company's 2003 Series A Preferred Stock agreed to convert all outstanding shares of 2003 Series A Preferred Stock into common stock in exchange for the Company's agreement to pay in cash all dividends that have accrued or would have accrued through September 30, 2004 with respect to the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock and to pay a conversion premium equal to 4% of the outstanding liquidation value of the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock. Upon conversion of the 2003 Series A Preferred Stock, the holders were issued an aggregate of 3,829,788 shares of common stock and an aggregate cash payment of $101,061.

          The above-described issuances of shares of our common stock and warrants were effected in reliance upon the exemptions for sales of securities not involving a public offering set forth in Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act and Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, based upon the following: (a) each of the investors represented and warranted to us at the time of purchase (of the convertible security with respect to a convertible security) that the investor was an "accredited investor," as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, and had such background, sophistication, education, and experience in financial and business matters as to be able to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the securities; (b) there was no public offering or general solicitation with respect to the offering, and the investors represented and warranted that he was acquiring the securities for their own a ccount and not with an intent to distribute such securities; (c) the investors were provided certain disclosure materials regarding the Company and any and all other information requested with respect to the Company, (d) the investors acknowledged that all securities being purchased were "restricted securities" for purposes of the Securities Act, and agreed to transfer such securities only in a transaction registered with the SEC under the Securities Act or exempt from registration under the Securities Act; and (e) a legend was placed on the certificates and other documents representing each such security stating that it was restricted and could only be transferred if subsequently registered under the Securities Act or transferred in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act.


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Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

 

 

None


 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

      We held an Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 24, 2004 at which the shareholders considered and voted as follows on the items described below:

      1.      The shareholders considered whether to elect the following persons as directors, each to serve until the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders and until his respective successor shall have been duly elected and shall qualify:

Name of Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld/Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

Paul Summers

32,047,160

212,638

none

Raymond L. Ocampo Jr.

32,057,180

202,618

none

      2.      The shareholders considered whether to ratify the appointment of Rose, Snyder & Jacobs as independent auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004. There were 31,183,319 votes cast in favor, 74,717 votes cast against, 1,762 votes withheld, and no broker non-votes, which vote was sufficient for approval.

      3.      The shareholders voted upon a resolution authorizing the Board of Directors of the Company, in its discretion at any time prior to December 31, 2004, to take all steps necessary to effect a consolidation of its common stock on the basis of a ratio within the range of one post-consolidation share of common stock for every four pre-consolidation shares of common stock to one post-consolidation share of common stock for every eight pre-consolidation shares of common stock, with the ratio to be selected and implemented by the Corporation's Board of Directors in its sole discretion, if at all. There were 24,530,811 votes cast in favor, 197,552 votes cast against, 60,961 votes withheld, and 7,470,474 broker non-votes, which vote was sufficient for approval.

Item 5.

Other Information

 

 

 

None


 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

 

(a)  

See Exhibit Index following the Signature and Certification pages.

 

 

(b)  

Reports on Form 8-K         

On August 5, 2004, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K containing an earnings release related to the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004

 

On June 30, 2004, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K related to the issuance of common stock and warrants to 13 investors for an aggregate gross purchase price of $11,000,000. The 8-K also includes the issuance of common shares to holders of the Company's notes and Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the conversion of such notes and Preferred Stock to common shares.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

VitalStream Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 13, 2004

 

By:

/s/ Paul Summers


 

 

Paul Summers, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 13, 2004

 

By:

/s/ Philip N. Kaplan


 

 

Philip N. Kaplan, Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 13, 2004

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Deane


 

 

Patrick Deane, Vice-President of Finance
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

Incorporated by Reference/ Filed Herewith


 


 


3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date

 

Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 14, 2003, File No. 0-17020

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws

 

Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on June 30, 2003, File No. 0-17020

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amendment dated March 30, 2004 to Macromedia Flash Communication Server License Agreement

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

Master Service Agreement dated June 29, 2004, between Level 3 Communications, LLC and the Company

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

10.3

 

Confidential Termination Agreement and General Release dated April 29, 2004 between Kevin D. Herzog and the Company

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

31.1

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

 

32.2

 

Section 906 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

Filed herewith